Moses was a leader in many ways. Moses was a leader starting from when he was a young man in Egypt and continued until he became an adult. From the time pharaohs daughter found him in a wicker basket floating on the river and adopted him. He was destined to be a leader. It's known that he made many of his decisions based on what was around him. Moses was asked many questions by the people because they considered him their leader, but he always answered their questions in relations to the word of God. For this reason Moses was then considered Gods' chosen one in who people looked up to, but also was the one that the people blamed when things went wrong in the community. Moses got a lot of his leadership qualities from his father-in-law Jethro (Exodus 18:13-27). These qualities helped Moses become one of the most dynamic leaders in the bible. Moses needed those attributes when he had to lead the Israelites, who were a group of rebellious people that were not content with the sta

While the history of American policing can be traced to its English origins, the American system of policing evolved from an amalgamation of systems from England, France, and Spain. "Many policing problems plagued the new cities of America. They included controlling certain classes, including slaves and Indians; maintaining order; regulating specialized functions such as selling in the market, delivering goods, making bread, packing goods for export; maintaining health and sanitation; ensuring the orderly use of the streets by vehicles; controlling liquor; controlling gambling and vice; controlling weapons; managing pests and other animals" (Nalla & Newman, 1994:304). These early police services had little to do with crime control, and were performed by volunteer citizens who served on slave patrols or Night Watches. Policing became formalize with the adoption of regular night watches, manned by volunteers that ultimately culminated in paid forces that provided service around the clock. These forces underwent reform t

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." These are the hopeful, inspiring words inscribed on a plaque on the Statue of Liberty. There is a broken chain that lies at her feet symbolizing freedom. She stands tall welcoming immigrants from around the world to the greatest country in the world. The United States has forever been known as the land of the free and a nation of opportunity. We were founded by many cultures drawn here with the hope of a better life, and are now considered to be the "melting pot" of the world. Historically, immigration has improved the image of the United States, and we are often seen as a welcoming country because of the cultural diversity we possess. America used to be a home for immigrants and welcomed them with open arms, but during the early 1800s things started to change. Nativist groups such as the KKK started to form in opposition to immigration, and their views began to spread. Now, immigration is strongly d

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or so the saying goes. What one person finds appealing at sight another might depict as abysmal. Cultural anthropology falls prey to this line of thinking, just like every other existing academic subject. It is simply a part of nature that every set of eyes differs in deciding what is alluring and what is distasteful, regardless of color, creed, and whether nearsightedness or farsightedness (or 20/20 vision) is present. The mere fact that there are a countless number of cultures that are celebrated and lived is a thing of pure beauty, in my opinion. The differing rituals, rites, and passages offered by diverse ethnic groups allow for reflection to take place, a reflection of how assorted this world is in a completely varied universe. I like the fact that things are different, and never uniform, especially all aspects having to do with one's heritage. Having studied marriage in three dissimilar subjects, I am entranced by the blunt manner in which t

Equality is the matter of people treating each other equal. Gender is a range of characteristics associated with certain specific sex. When gender and equality are put together, both sexes are treated fairly. However, it is difficult to accomplish equality in real life and is hardly seen in literature. Majority of adult literature books are dominated by male figures. Women are mostly portrayed as weak-willed, law-abiding, and obedient, while men are typically described as strong, driven by ego, and are independent. Although Greece was at one time a male-dominated society, Sophocles' work Antigone, represents women in a different manner. Antigone's soul is filled with courage, passion, and anger which symbolize respectable qualities in a woman. Despite the laws that were laid down by Creon, Antigone is strong enough to believe in her conscious to do what is right. As Antigone is devout to the Gods she believed that their laws should be obeyed above those of men, especially where famil

The term globalization has been used to describe many aspects of our growing world. The term "economics" is one of the largest spectrums that is loosely thrown around in the world of economics. Throughout time in the modern era, globalization has played a huge role in the economic development that we have come to know today; however, the last century has shown much more growth than in previous centuries. But to what extent has globalization played a role in economic development and what exactly is globalization? Throughout this essay, I will touch on the ideas and assess just what that role is, and how it has shaped the economic development that exists today because of it. Vaclav Smil stated it as, " the phenomenon of globalization- the planet-spanning process of economic exchanges and information links, of complex flows of social and political influences, and of unprecedented environmental consequences." (Smil 2010, page 1) To break that down in simple terms, we can say that glob

Ideals of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution were both rooted from the desire to abolish absolute authority, ensure the natural rights of men, and develop a stable government. Napoleon Bonaparte, a prominent military general and French Emperor, strove for these political ideologies, but was corrupt in his way of approaching them. He was strictly egotistical and selfish; these characteristics served only as a catalyst to his abolition. Mohandas Gandhi, a pacifistic revolutionary that led India's emancipation, stated that "power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment". Napoleon, however, seized control over France by ruling oppressively and ruthlessly; citizens followed him only in fear of his boundless power. Although Napoleon did help establish political and social equality in France, his uncontrollable desire for personal supremacy suppressed the ideals of the revolution and violated the basic

The amount of violence shown in the media has posed a lot of controversy. Many video games, television programs, adverts, films and music lyrics depict different forms of violence. Some people feel that there is too much violence exposed in the media. Many studies have made the claim that the media is responsible for much of the violence seen in the world we live in. However, people have choices and responsibilities, we cannot allow ourselves to blame the violence in the world on such things like the media. The violence seen in our media has an impact on both adults and children. Since children are exposed to various forms of media, there has been additional concern for how they process and think about the violence they see, read and hear. Excessive exposure to media violence can affect people in many ways as they can become disturbed and develop serious fears of being victimized in real life. "Although television and media contribute, it is less important than the abuse within th

The events surrounding the rise of Stalin in the Soviet Union and the rise of dictators like Mussolini and Hitler in Europe proved to be a defining mark of the 1930's and early 1940's. As such, these dynamic figures ushered in a new era in which the West was brought face to face with words such as totalitarianism, fascism, National Socialism, and the realities of a disintegrated Europe, that increasingly relied on ideological remedies to systemic problems. In this way, many scholars have concluded that the regimes of Stalin and Hitler were not themselves totalitarian as much as they were merely representations of what some have termed "organized chaos". However, such a view, although it has some merit, flies in the very face of prior and existing definitions of the term as well as the key signs that these regimes demonstrated prior to the Second World War. As such, this brief essay will attempt to chronicle some of the ways in which both of these regimes epitomized totalitarianism

I have chosen the United States Federal Court System as my topic of research. I believe the U.S Federal Court System is paramount to our criminal justice system. Today the Federal Court System is a complex structure of courts and actors working together in an imperfect process to deliver justice. Throughout the years there's been controversy and debate between the rights of state and federal courts. However, as the dual process evolved they became dependent on each other. Without one or the other, the system will not function properly. The Federal Courts have been a controversial issue since the 18th century. The two landmark decisions that are well known are the Article III of the U.S Constitution and the Judiciary Act of 1789. Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation in the past was thought to be the absence of a national supreme court to enforce federal law and resolve conflicts and issues between different states. The major issue during the Convention in Philadelphia

The argument that I choose was regarding the regulations of exotic animal owners in Ohio. The laxness in the regulations of exotic animal ownership only leads to the possibility of personal injury or death. The current economic situation has put a strain on many individuals financially and some private owners of exotic animals are stressing about the care of the animals. The costs to maintain the health and environment for animals such as the lion, monkey, kangaroo, and bears can be expensive. Several cases have been brought to the public's attention regarding the negligence and difficulty of keeping an exotic animal farm. For example, a man in Zanesville Ohio committed suicide after releasing many wild animals into the community. Terry Thompson had been in trouble with the law on

Albert Einstein once said: "You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time." In the case of the First World War, an attempt to do precisely that was among the reasons that caused the war to break out. Since the beginning of the 20th century, European economies were thriving more and more, making it easy for an Arms Race to begin. Leading up to the Great War, some things went awry in Europe. An inflexible system of alliances, the Triple Entente (Britain, France, Russia) pitted against the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy), made hostilities and national rivalries grow. Germany emerged as an economic and industrial giant which suddenly demanded, in Kaiser Wilhelm's words, "a place in the sun" as well as world power status, which threatened and worried all its surrounding rivals. This essay will examine three of the main causes for World War I: the nationalistic tensions within Austria-Hungary, the Arms Race in the pre-war years, and the failure of German diploma

William Faulkner's Acceptance Speech, given for the literature Nobel Prize in 1949, discusses Faulkner's view of what an author should utilize in their writings in order to become a good writer. This valuable and deep speech about writing influenced many authors. Toni Morrison was one of the authors who was most most-influenced by Faulkner's speech; Sula, a rich and powerful novel published by Morrison includes many of the criteria which Faulkner mentions in his speech: writing of love and pride and sacrifice, the old universal truths (Faulkner). Morrison embraces love, pride, and sacrifice in many parts of Sula. Throughout the story, Eva's love for her children stands out significantly and is a meaningful piece of the story. For Eva, love is an action; she works for them and feeds them with all her effort by herself in a time when Blacks were "dying like flies"(Morrison 68). Her love toward Plum, the only son of Eva, is comprehendible. When Plum comes

Once upon a time Americans had what they believed to be a solution to crime it was called gun control. Gun control was a relatively simple concept; if you reduce the amount of guns out on the streets then you reduce the amount of gun related crime. After a few months, however, something astonishing happened people started losing their minds crime actually increased once gun control took effect. The golden goose solution for diminishing crime was backfiring. How could this happen? An even more pressing question to consider is how such unconstitutional legislation could even be passed? Perhaps the most pressing issue today is gun control which is wrong because it impedes on an American's second amendment right and increases crime. First off, this great nation of ours had the courtesy to bless us with certain unalienable rights one of them being my best friend the second amendment. For those of you not familiar with the second amendmen

Stress is a feeling that's produced when we react to certain events. It's the body's way of rising to a challenge and preparing to meet a tough position with focus, strength, determination, and heightened alertness. Stress among teen has become a growing epidemic in the past century, Teen stress is more common than you may think. Teens fall victims to stress everyday whether some people would like to think so or not. It's a point of a child life where some may say it's the most stress that anyone will experience. It's the time where there about to be on their own, they have huge decisions to make about their future and their goals, and what they are going to do with their life whether if to do with their education, work and even personal life. With all the peer pressure and struggles that teens may face, can have a huge effect which can put a huge load of stress on to a teen. Stress in teens is simple to identify such as depression, sleep deprivation, internal clock may

In David Malouf's novel, An Imaginary Life and William Wordsworth's poems, it is evident how a man's changing relationship with the natural world is shaped by both context and values. Through themes such as the interaction with nature, the power of nature and the role of nature in childhood as well as various techniques, the composers explore how man's changing relationship with the natural world is determined by both their contexts and background. William Wordsworth learns his interaction with nature in "Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey, on revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a tour, July 13, 1978", "The Prelude" and also in his poem "The Solitary Reaper". The power of nature and its complexities have the ability to transform man's relationship with the natural world. In the 'Solitary Reaper', although the poet cannot hear the song, the sound of the 'Highland Lass's music' will forev

The documentary film, The Corporation, shows brutal economic reality of contemporary times, where humanity has been degraded to the role of servants of corporations. However, this documentary reveals the origin and country of corporations: USA. Therefore, phenomenon which is economic expansion of corporations, their strong position and activities in contrary to social needs and natural environment are differentiated as well as its pace and strength. However, it can't be denied, that corporations have economically conquered the world, within help of consumerism, globalization and mass culture. 19th 's century nightmare directly connected with industrial and second industrial revolutions came back in 21st century and has been strengthen with ICT and information technologies (IT). In my opinion, the source of the power of corporation lays in so called harsh-capitalism, which originates in 19th century. Nowadays, small or medium enterprises are led to bankruptcy by corporations

Trying to produce a film adaptation from a play or novel is sometimes quite difficult because the result of the film is almost completely based on the director's decisions. While the director may manipulate the film production and guide it towards a certain direction, other people may disagree with his opinion and judgment. This is because all people are different and have different interpretations. A play or novel may have an extraordinarily high amount of detail that a two hour movie just can't be added in. In addition, a high amount of detail in artistic works is subject to multiple interpretations as well. Because a director is trying to receive appeal from a large audience, properly adapting a work of literature into a movie requires a large amount of his skill. Some of the most famous theatrical adaptations come from the works of William Shakespeare, and a very successful film adaptation from Shakespeare is The Merchant of Venice, directed by Micheal Radford. Radford br

A researcher's choice of paradigm sets out their objectives, reasons, and probabilities for the study. Without proposing a paradigm at the first stage, there is no basis for a successive choice with regards to the methodology or research design. This essay will explore how the different philosophies of the social sciences are reflected in a researcher's choice of methodology. Examples of different studies will be shown to explore the different methodologies researchers have carried out their studies and the philosophy behind it. Positivism is often referred to as the scientific method because it originated from Auguste Comte (1868) who discussed the importance of the relationship between theory, practice and the human understanding of the world. The scientific methodology aims to explain different predictions or results. It is argued that scientific methods uncover different social norms and relationship between different individuals that are observed in the social world. Therefore, these observations done could be understood and studied logically and rationally using scientific methods

On March 23rd 1775, Patrick Henry, known to many as a great patriot, gave his speech on freedom at the Virginia Convention. After making it to the podium, he started off explaining that he was going to be brutally honest and he hoped that no one would take offense to his arguments. Henry advanced his argument by employing two important literary devices, allusion and syntax and structure, to create an emotional appeal to his audience in order to start a revolution. Henry was straight forward in his speech. In paragraph one, lines six and seven he states, "I shall speak forth my sentiments freely, and without reserve." This statement meant that he will argue all of the opinions he has towards the British rule without any worries on how others might feel from what he says. In lines 27-28, Henry is metaphorically calling experience a 'lamp', he is saying that experience will show or "light" the way for the future. There is a Biblical allusion here to th

Each year in America, 4-6 million animals are euthanized in our overcrowded shelter system. There just simply is nowhere for them to go. They die from no crime, but are kept like prisoners until their final day. Very few make it out, and will never know what it is like to run and play in the grass or be cuddled by an owner who loves them. A few lucky dogs get out alive, and are then adopted out to families. Unfortunately this is not always a happy ending either. Some return to the shelter to never be adopted again. Many of these animal's lives could be saved if the shelter systems and the governing cities put into effect a mandatory spay and neuter law. Which upon enacting such a law, it would also have to be greatly enforced. Breeders are fighting these laws, but our overcrowded shelters are also due to breeders. Many breeders do not take their dogs back if later in life the people cannot keep them, or there are discipline issues. Hence the dogs wind up in a shelter. There are ma

There is no running from judgment. Nor is there somewhere you can go to hide from becoming a victim of the sinister act of being judged. Anyone can do it. Therefore, everyone does. Having a conclusion drawn based off of one's thoughts or their opinion, whether they are right or wrong, is simply inescapable. It's up to the patsy who has been declared as a target to decide whether or not these inferred acts of character profiling will phase them or not. The changes some people force themselves to undergo to fit in are truly remarkable. Having been a 'lifer' in the Lake Travis Independent School District, I have had the pleasure in a first hand visual as the peers and other fellow students of mine grow up and made something of their lives. Unfortunately, I have also had to witness the self-destruction of those who were not as strong as the others and crumbled under the impersonal leer thrown at them by this caged-in society. At Lake Travis, your clique is your reputation. There are no

Drinking and alcoholism are a big part of any countries society, but in Russia, it is sometimes taken to the extreme. Ever since Prince Vladimir decided to convert the nation to Orthodox Christianity because of its tolerance of alcohol in 988, Russia has been almost accustomed to drinking (Brown). Writing about this topic seemed important because it is not a coincidence that Russia's population is declining and the death rate is increasing; it is in some part due to alcoholism.  Alcohol has almost always been a part of Russia's culture, and you can see just how important it is to the country through its history. Drinking has been part of Russia's culture for a long time, and sometimes even plays a role in wars and fighting. In 1223, Russians lost a battle against the Mongols and Tartars because they entered the battle drunk. Also, during World War II, Soldiers were given 100 grams of vodka a day for their courage by Stalin ("In need of a Vodka Tonic"). In the 18th century, some peopl

Nguyen Thai Hoc tried to fight against the imperialism of the French, so he formed the Vietnamese Nationalist Party during the 1920's. Nguyen explains in his document, "Letter to the French Chamber of Deputies," how everyone has the right to defend his own land, and if the French are going to try and rule over his country, then why are Vietnamese treated in a completely different way from the French citizens? When looking at the French document entitled, "National Assembly, Declaration of the Rights of Man And Of The Citizen" one passage describes the rights of the French citizen. The documents states, "Men are born free and remain free and equal in rights." How can a country that believes in these rights have the ability to take control over Vietnam and treat these native people with no respect or care for their well-being? Another intriguing document is Jules Ferry's "Speech Before The National Assembly." Ferry points out how he feels that, "Supe

From the beginning, I was uncertain about what the book's message would be, but throughout the play, I was able to pick up the messages and themes. The play focuses on the main character, Li'l Bit, as she goes through many difficult and emotional decisions. We are shown that her Uncle Peck is teaching her how to drive in a literal sense, but that is interpreted as a double meaning as well. Both are connected, as they are the outsiders of the family and learn from each other. Vogel's play is controversial because of the age difference between the two main characters and the nature of their relationship. Yet, these kinds of scenarios play out around the world every day, so Vogel is depicting a slice of real life. Vogel's play expresses that we are all given decisions, sometimes hard or unconventional decisions, and we must learn "how to drive" our own lives, sometimes making mistakes and learning the hard way. The characters Li'l Bit and Uncle Peck are the central main focus of the play. I feel Li'l Bit is the protagonist and Peck, the antagonist. Peck is married to Li'l Bit's Aunt, and a conflict between right and wrong occurs. Though Li'l Bit's ages switch f