Warcraft: Orcs & Humans

Not Bliss Knowledge is the characteristic people obtained through millennia of trial and error that has allowed humans to become the dominant species and control the Earth. People’s natural curiosity initiated science and technological movements in the early years of humankind's history that have given us new understandings and perspectives of the world. However, before humans had time to move their focus from basic survival to more intellectual endeavors, they were ignorant of what is…

Uprooting the Truth “The universe is composed of Nature and the soul,” said renowned Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson in his piece title Nature (qtd. in Perkins 591). The vitality of nature’s power is one of the fundamental pillars of Transcendentalism. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter mirrors this concept, nature playing a vital role in the novel from beginning to end. The influence of nature is a common theme throughout the novel. Specifically, the forest, flowers, and sunlight…

Understanding Morality in Anthem The city of Anthem is unlike anything seen in the modern world. Ayn Rand’s strange, futuristic society is seen by many as a place from the past. Though Anthem may begin out sounding like this, readers later find out that that this odd city is from the mysterious future. It is believed by the people of Anthem that in order to create a perfect world there can be no sort of ego. These people always use the word “we” instead of “I”. Citizens do not have distinct…

vernacular which tend to carry a less thoughtful and desensitized meaning. These euphemisms collectively contribute to the break between the actions of humans and what we, as people, with basic human rights regard to…

appreciating something about them when we truly don't. But as argued by Twain, integrity is not that important when the truth affects others. It is better to be benevolent than to be truthful and abrasive. All in all, lying is a factor that makes us all humans, whether the lies are bad or good. We are not perfect, but the art of lying can be perfected and should be if it is being practiced. Still, lying should not be an option because it hurts others. Both Twain and Ericsson are right about…

In the reading “Help Those Who Help, Not Hurt, Themselves,” Christian Brahmstedt presents an argument why the homeless should not be supported by the public or government. However, in supporting this argument, Brahmstedt makes several invalid and unsound points in the form of fallacies. In Brahmstedt’s “Help Those Who Help, Not Hurt, Themselves” he uses material fallacies, which are flaws given or material used, in order to support the idea that the homeless should not be supported by public or…

Essay 4: Religion: Scourge or Refugee? I. Scourge In his book Letter to a Christian Nation, Sam Harris analyzes the Abrahamic religions and makes an argument that these religious faiths are based on faulty mythological stories and that the very existence of these traditions is detrimental to society (Harris xi). Harris delves deep into the purpose of morality in these religions, as well as the correlational ties between religion and violence. He also takes the time to question God’s role in…

General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my classmates to rethink the process of stress. Thesis: Modifying the ideology of stress has beneficial effects towards people. Attention-Getter: How many people have low stress? How many people have moderate stress? And how many people have large portions of stress? Credibility: In a National Health Interview Survey there was a thirty-three point seven percentage increase in mortality in people who thought stress as a large…

Human nature obviously has evolved through history, but I believe that the instincts that drive us to make decisions in humans are still the same. The main human instinct is to survive, but the way we survive now is different than the way we survived in the past. Yet, it is the same, humans are still very social and need others in order to survive. It is the way we respond and interact with people that has changed over time. Not only did our interaction change but our survival has turned into…

Aspiration. Freedom. Opportunity. Today’s society, humans keep the dreams of the community in a higher level, which it can create a condition for the “American Dream” that can make the next generation survive. In addition, Humans are making more dreams, vision, or ideas to come true by moving each step forward to the future, also the “American Dream” displays the new world with more improvements for economic problems, or commercial. Dream is considered a pathway to achieve a goal or any reason…