Essays on New World Encyclopedia

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According to the New World Encyclopedia (2016), a gender role is an arrangement of behavioral standards related especially with guys or females in a given social gathering or framework, regularly including the division of work amongst men and ladies and the orderly complex of kid raising and socialization forms driving youth toward developing to propagate a similar example. Sex based parts incidental with sex-based parts have been the standard in numerous customary social orders, with the particular segments and workings of the sexual orientation/sex arrangement of part division fluctuating extraordinarily from society to society. Sexual orientation part is a ...

Majority of societies that existed in the past and even today are patriarchal. It is a male-dominated society and history has more prominent male figures than their female counterparts. It is in the norm that women are to stay at home and fulfill their roles as mothers and homemakers. Society finds it daunting to see a woman fulfilling a man’s role. In her essay, Ulrich highlights three women who lived in different times from each other. The first lady mentioned was Christine de Pizan, an Italian-French court writer in the 15th century. Next was Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an ...

The movie ‘Gone Baby Gone’ from 2007 is the directorial debut by the Hollywood actor Ben Affleck. The topic is the private investigation of the little girl’s abduction which went into the unexpected direction. This art piece got mostly positive reviews. In a center of the audience’s and critic’ attention is the very ending of the movie and the moral dilemma expressed by it. Dilemma is presented through the action of the main character, young private detective, Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck). He has to decide: will he leave the saved little girl in the hands of the ...

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The world we live in today has not always been what it is but has been built to what it is today. While little is known of the Western world, specifically the Americas before explorers such as Christopher Columbus discovered it, there exists rich literature of ancient civilizations that have shaped all spheres of modern life. The most recognized civilizations include the Egyptian civilization, the Roman Empire, and the Greek civilization. The fall of one civilization led to the rise of another civilization and so forth. The earliest recorded civilization, however, is the Egyptian civilization and scholars have credited ...

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Yi Hwang was a prominent figure among the Korean Neo-Confucian Scholars. He led a modest life, applying what he learned to enrich his life. Hwang was a man of absolute character. He always embraced high moral standards during his time. He worked hard in his studies, securing a government job; however, later in his life, he turned down several job offers to pursue his passion of enriching the society through his works. In this essay, the writer seeks to explore the contributions Yi Hwang to Buddhist and Neo-Confucian thoughts. The author observes that Hwang made profound contribution on Buddhist ...

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Music has always been part of the human and society system. It makes the various occasions to be more meaningful. It also mirrors human emotions as various music relay the internal thoughts and emotions rooted from the different experiences of man. In fact, music is part of the day to day activities of man. There are various types and genres of music. Some are made and played for specific reasons while there are some that can be aired and played at any moment of time. Whereas the number of music accelerates rapidly in today’s generation, there is a ...

NATIONAL PARKS

National Parks Introduction Acadia National Park The Acadia National Park is federal parkland located in New England, United States. This national park is made up of mountains, lakes, woodlands, ocean shoreline and so forth. It also includes a small island located to the southwest of Mount Desert Island, and parts of Baker Island, also nearby. This makes up much of the Isle au Haut. A part of the Schoodic Peninsula situated on the mainland of Maine is also included in this park. The national park is the first to be established in the East of the Mississippi River and ...

Some women think that marriage and giving birth to children demand significant sacrifices. They assume that after getting married and giving birth to kids, young mothers should forget about themselves and take care of kids and husband only. Women sacrifice their dreams and things they like doing and as a result feel themselves miserable. This approach is absolutely wrong. Life does not end on the wedding day it is just getting more settled and busy, woman have a chance to become a mother and beloved wife which is just wonderful. Starting the family is fantastic, but woman should not ...

The “is vs. ought” fallacy occupies a special position in moral philosophy since it concerns one of the most important problems of human existence, namely the problem of moral choice. This fallacy consists in the gap between “what is the case” and “what ought to be the case” (“The Is/Ought Gap”) – in other words, in the gap between a fact and a moral judgment. It was discussed by D. Hume in his “Treatise of Human Nature” (“The Is/Ought Gap”): according to the author, to derive what a person ought to do from what a person does is an ...

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Everyone needs to take a rest at one point or the other. Most people have a lot of workloads as they ought to do a certain activity to earn their livelihood. It applies to grownups. Young people are not left behind a well. They also have their responsibilities. For instance, they help their parents at home with house chores or other duties as allocated to them. However, the most important thing that all children ought to do is go to school. School comes with learning which involves a lot of work, especially work which involves his mind. When overworked, ...

Diversity among the Arab people is apparent and has led to differences in the patterns of events of a marriage. But, the larger population of the Arabs are still Muslims. Until this modern day, the Arab wedding still follows an extravagant series of event before the marriage. A traditional Arabic Wedding usually starts with the meeting of the two families. An Islamic Wedding requires consent on both the groom and the bride. The bride, together with his family, is welcomed in their house. The presence of the family is required as it maintains the purity between them. The diversity ...

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The topic of this paper presents a study from a sociological perspective on how the abuse of opiates affects society. The viewpoint renders its gaze from the application of conflict theory. The progression of this research paper posits its analysis through several stages. Beyond the introduction herein, the conversation moves into a bit of history, and thereafter assesses a reasoning section prior to approaching a conclusion. What is conflict theory and how may it be defined? According to the ‘Sociological Guide’ conflict theory may be defined as a collection of several ‘conflict theories,’ however the prominent one links to the Karl Marx model. The Marxist ...

Taj mahal, a monument defying words has been attracting a lot many visitors since the time immemorial. The shining white monument has been a centre of attraction gathering lot of praises for its spell binding gorgeousness from all around the world. The number of visitors to Taj Mahal has consistently been increasing with the data revealing about 2 to 4 million people visiting Taj Mahal each year. Taj Mahal grabbing a huge appreciation from each corner is now the one of the most loved monuments of the world. So far it’s too good! The facts portray a totally idealistic picture of Taj Mahal ...

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Winston Churchill, finding a way through I. Introduction to Winston Churchill Who is Winston Churchill. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, (November 30, 1874 –January 24, 1965) was a British statesman, better known as the most prominent of the prime ministers of the United Kingdom. People remember Churchill for his priceless contribution to the struggle for peace during the Second World War. But at various times of his life, Churchill was a soldier, author, journalist, painter and politician. Still his achievements as a strong leader in the world history are always put in the first place. Though Churchill is sometimes considered a reactionary on several ...

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Psychological Operations or PSYOP are tactics are used to convey selected propaganda and information to specific foreign audiences, especially an enemy front, to expedite the process of defeat of the enemy forces by destroying the will of the enemy to show resistance, undermining the credibility of enemy leadership, spurring civil unrest in enemy regions, persuading enemy forces to surrender, reducing the interference of civilians in military operations, opposing enemy propaganda and boosting up acceptance of friendly forces in occupied territory. The PSYOP propaganda is conveyed by a variety of mediums such as face-to-face communication, television, radio or loudspeaker, internet, leaflets, ...

Soviet Union was a social, single party state. Its existence is determined within the time frame of 1922 – 1991. The territory stretched from Baltics to the Pacific Ocean, whilst existing, it was the largest country in the world. It consisted of 15 socialistic countries, but the capital was held in Moscow. Moreover, it had more than 100 nationalities within the boundaries, but the majority of population consisted of Eastern Slavs (Ukrainians, Russians, Belorussians). Speaking of the territorial extension it spread for more than 8,650,000 square miles, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was one of superpowers that ...