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Two people grow up in similar circumstance, live in the same town, work similar jobs, and have similar dreams; yet, one will continue to work hard and live a moral, socially acceptable life, and the other will turn to crime becoming a social deviant. Why? What factors cause one to become a deviant; and fail to have any effect on the other. These are age old questions that philosophers and scholars have tried to answer throughout recorded history. Often religion or lack of it has been believed to…

The NCAA and the universities benefit tremendously from the profits the student athletes generate. Through various sources of profits the NCAA has grown to a multi billion-dollar industry. The NCAA is broken down into conferences, some of the conferences are more competitive then others. There are powerhouse programs within the conferences that groom the best athletes, get the best recruits, and compete for the most prestigious championships. As a result, these conferences get the best…

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most well known books in American history. It is a story of the struggles of high society in the 1920s, forbidden love, and how selfishness can ruin lives. However, many people do not realize that this novel parallels Fitzgerald’s own life in many ways. One can see this comparison through the characters, the setting, and the society depicted in the novel. Fitzgerald pulled many experiences from his own life in many ways to create this great…

I had always been around horses growing up. I learned how to ride horses at a very young age. However, all the horses I rode were always well trained. Therefore, riding an untamed horse was something completely new to me. I knew when I had purchased Mystic she was untamed and I was aware of all the risk that came with an untamed horse, but I purchased her anyways. The next few months consisted of a lot of ground work with Mystic that would lead up to the day that I was going to have to ride an…

Sometimes the greatest fears in life are the ones that involve life and death; furthermore, these fears expose what it really means to be human. In the story, The Most Dangerous Game, written by Richard Connell, a world-renown hunter falls of a yacht, gets stranded on an island, and learns what it means to be hunted. In the film, High Noon by Carl Foreman, the skilled Marshall has to protect himself and the town from a man and his posse seeking revenge. In both the film and the text, the main…

When asked, most Americans would say they have healthy aspirations when it comes to family, money, and love. “The American Dream” means that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby creates unrealistic dreams that would transform him from a poor young soldier into a man of wealth in order to impress the woman of his dreams, Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby…

The Great Gatsby: Livin’ The American Dream One of America’s jewels in literature during the 20th century, and still read by many today, is The Great Gatsby, a novel, written by Scott Fitzgerald, about a poor boy who wants to impress a wealthy girl, so he spends his life accumulating riches and throwing parties to get her in his possession. The story takes place in New York, featuring a plethora of characters and a fantastic story that brings any reader in its clutches. Many subjects and themes…

Question one of this essay will seek to show how legislation and morality are not only seen as a false dichotomy, but essential for social cohesion. This will be further expanded to show procedural difference between private and public law with the individual. Question two will seek to show the legal relationship between the citizen and the state through different legal systems. Those systems being statutory and civil legislation with accountability under a duty of care. Laws are sets of…

anchoring event mirrored 23 years of natural coral reef decline and the damage will forever impact that reef. If those numbers are published to the companies that take tourists out there, maybe the captain of the next large vessel will use one of the 200 yacht moorings that were installed rather than throwing the anchor into one of the islands most important…

The Portrayal of Idealized Femininity in Overboard The embodiment of idealized femininity has been a common trope throughout many works of literature throughout the ages. The idea appears in centuries old works such as Ovid’s Metamorphoses, in which the form of an idealized woman is sculpted and created. Over time, many other authors have produced works that include the idea of creating the perfect woman, and the idea has transferred to the cinematic world during the current era. One such…