Lewis Thomas’ Ceti (Summary) Ceti‚ is a short essay taken from a book named The Lives of a Cell. It was written by Lewis in 1975. The essay briefly discusses the use of radio astronomy as a means of communicating with extraterrestrial life on other planets and galaxies. He also goes into detail about the various problems with trying to contact intelligent life. This leads to Lewis Thomas’ thesis. If we are ever able to communicate with extraterrestrial life‚ we need to stop and think about what
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C.S. Lewis conveys in his message that the difference between good and evil‚ as well as heaven and hell is based on the human ability or inability to choose a path not centered on themselves. As individuals we are given the power to make choices‚ good and bad‚ right or wrong‚ which in return then make the choice of placement in hell an even greater tragedy. In the book the passengers on the bus‚ making its way to heaven‚ are required to make the choice of getting on the bus but then when they
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On November 5th 1872‚ Susan B. Anthony‚ a suffragette‚ did the impossible. She marched up to the voting booth in Rochester‚ New York and tried to place a ballot for Ulysses S. Grant election of 1872. She was arrested before she could place the ballot into the voting booth‚ but this courageous act created a huge growth and push for The Women’s Suffrage movement of 1920. In The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell‚ Gladwell explains the concept of Tipping Points and their effects on global epidemics.
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The crucial theme present throughout C.S. Lewis’ "That Hideous Strength" and Oscar Wilde’s "The picture of Dorian Gray" is morality‚ and how it can be influenced. The main characters in C. S. Lewis’ novel‚ Mark and Jane Studdock‚ go through very contradicting paths and join opposite in objectives‚ organizations; at the same time they share similar feelings (solitude‚ confusion‚ paranoia) and carry out immoral actions in the attempt to run away from the problems. On the other hand
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The definition of anti-Semitism in the Merriam-Webster dictionary is “hatred of Jewish people” . In the article “Anti-Semites”‚ Bernard Lewis discusses anti-Semitism and how Jewish hatred was originally defined by religious terms‚ but eventually evolved a racial issue. Anti-Semitism became a force during the medieval period in Europe and has continued for centuries. When someone thinks about Jewish hatred‚ I believe that the Holocaust would be the first thing on their mind. The Holocaust was the
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number one is ‘don’t get too attached to a character.’” He was talking about fictional characters‚ but the same can be said for real life. In the short story “American History‚” by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ a girl named Elena becomes friends with a boy named Eugene‚ but she is devastated when she finds out that he will be moving soon. The moral of this story is not to get so emotionally attached to someone. Elena got so attached to Eugene because of how similar they are. She says that she likes him “right
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Susan B. Anthony was a women’s rights activist and an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. She fought for the rights of women and basically anyone else that wasn’t treated equally. She was born to a Quaker family that was neither prejudice nor biased towards anyone. Her family moved to a farm in the 1840’s and they fought to end slavery as part of the abolitionist movement. She became a teacher and later was involved with the fight of equal rights for women. In my opinion‚ I would say Susan
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The African-American Story In 1619‚ twenty Africans were brought to Virginia and forced into slavery. By 1790‚ there were 700‚000 slaves in the United States and in the 1800s‚ African-American slaves were 40% of the Southern part of America (Brunner). Africans were not slaves before they were brought to America. They were kidnapped and shipped to the U.S. where were made into slaves. African-Americans have struggled for hundreds of years to gain equality. They staged boycotts‚ had marches‚ and
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TA 300 23 September 2012 From West Side Story to Spring Awakening: The Evolution of the American Musical Broadway‚ also known as The Great White Way‚ no matter how you chose to describe it‚ they describe a place that for over one hundred years has put on the most spectacular musicals in the world. From Ancient Greece to the Globe Theatre and finally to Broadway‚ these places have all been known for being “the” place for plays and musicals. “Broadway is the street in New York that has come
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McGregor Creative Writing - Poetry October 2nd 2012 Critical Analysis of “As the Ruin Falls” by C.S. Lewis Many of C.S. Lewis’ poems have spoken to me on a deep level over the last few years‚ this one in particular holds the most meaning for me and has impacted my life in multiple ways. In this paper‚ I will first discuss why I believe this piece to be about the regret Lewis felt in regard to the negative effect his selfishness had upon a relationship that he was a part of and how this
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