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Overall Introduction: What is Religion? According to Atheism.com Religion is the set of beliefs, feelings, dogmas and practices that define the relations between human being and sacred or divinity. Religion supposedly gives a person an identity and relationship. Religion deals with answers to identity-forming questions such as Selfhood – “Who am I?” “Where did I…

The protagonist character Louise Mallard in Kate Chopins “The Story of An Hour” portrays a wifes unexpected response to her husbands death. The narrator divulges to the reader modest but convincing hints of Mrs. Mallards newly discovered freedom. This newly discovered freedom would be short lived for Mrs. Mallard. Mrs. Mallard, who suffers from heart…

Each day hundreds of cars are sold in the U.S., and new drivers are introduced into the exiting world of automotive. It is more than seventy five percent of the U.S. population that drives a car, polluting our highways of rubber and metal. These cars that can weight up to an average of three tons…

The Stranger Beatrice Guapo Period 4 May 1, 2000 What is love to Muersault My father once said, If you cannot love, then you cannot live. In the novel The Stranger by Albert Camus, Muersault, the main character would not be able to comprehend this statement, let alone agree. Love seems to have no importance…

Due to the rapid increase in crime the past ten years and prison overcrowding, more attention has been drawn to the opinion that something has to be done to the United States Criminal System.We need to reevaluate the way we treat people we are convicted of unspeakable acts of merciless slaughter or even rape.The United…

He is often referred to as the “electric poet” for his tantalizing words and mesmerizing music, and was called the “Lizard King” for his deep obsession for all creatures of nature. His name is James Douglas Morrison. Jim Morrison is one of the most influential artists in history. His life brought inspiration to many young…

Life After Death As the irritating, yet monotonous beeps of the life-monitor in the emergency room began to slowly die away, George struggled to hang on. It’s not my time yet, he thought. Please, give me just one more day The beeps soon became increasingly far in between, while the doctors frantically bustled on in…

The death penalty is a very controversial issue. Many people have different opinions about how a criminal should be disciplined. Over 80% of Americans favor the death penalty. Presently, thirty-eight states have the death penalty, but is the concept of “a life for a life” the best way to castigate a criminal? Of the thirteen…

Thomas Hardy portrays death as meaningless and futile in the beginning of Drummer Hodge, published on the 25th November 1899, just weeks into the outbreak of the Second Boer War in Southern Africa. In fact, ‘Drummer Hodge’ was inspired by, and possibly an elegy to, a drummer boy killed in the war. At the start…

Plato’s Phaedo In Plato’s Phaedo, Socrates is explaining to his friends that the acquiring knowledge comes from a recollection of things from a previous life. Socrates uses this as a way to comfort his friends. Based on this, according to Socrates, if a human being can learn anything, they must have known something about what…