Albert Einstein once said ”We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” The Odyssey written by Homer and translated by Robert Fagles resembles this quote by how Odysseus only thinks about the first thing that pops up in his mind. He is very good at planning war attacks‚ but when it comes to society and talking to others he is not very advanced. He has made some good choices‚ but even those have some bad consequences. Odysseus needs to learn how to talk and act
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In the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost‚ the author exemplifies how our minds tend to look back at our memories and make the small‚ everyday decisions we previously took seem as though they were great acts of bravery and valor. The author wrote this poem to show how with the passing of time‚ our memories no longer remain reliable‚ as they tend to exaggerate what were once insignificant decisions. In the poem‚ the protagonist comes upon a diverging road and both of his options look the same
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One of the smash hits of Hitchcock Psycho (1960) is based on a novel of the same name published in 1959 by the prolific American writer‚ primarily of crime‚ horror and science fiction‚ Robert Bloch. Psycho is the story of a charming boy Norman Bates (Antony Perkins) obsessively devoted to his mother. It is founded on the marital trauma of Mrs Bates’ and the frustrated romance of Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) and her lover Sam Loomis (John Gavin). Bloch’s novel begins with Norman but screen play
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In the poem “Design” by Robert Frost‚ the classic use of the color white‚ meaning innocence and purity is turned around. Instead of giving this color to wholesome‚ pure objects he gives them to objects that are the reverse‚ which are death‚ darkness and unholy objects. When I read the poem “Design” I got the feeling that the author did not feel the same as I do about the color white. The first line talks about a fat white spider. This line contradicts the reputation
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“Doing The Right Thing” In the story‚ “The Moustache‚” by Robert Cormier‚ a boy named Mike had a moustache. Although many did not approve nor like the moustache he really liked and wanted to keep it. Until one day he visited his elderly grandma at a nursing home and saw how she couldn’t quite remember him‚ things changed. She did have a memory issue and while she slightly remembered the boy as her grandson she absentmindedly referred to him as her husband‚ Mike. She then went on to tell
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Merton’s Strain Theory I learned that Robert Merton borrowed "anomie" from Emile Durkheim. Anomie is the breakdown or absence of social norms and values. This website had little content but was very informative. It outlined the five modes of adaptation to strain. The five modes are conformity‚ innovation‚ ritualism‚ retreatism and rebellion. In the mode of conformity‚ individuals follow culturally approved goals and the accepted means to achieve these goals. In the second mode‚ innovation‚
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Short Summary Robert Walton‚ an English adventurer‚ undertakes an expedition to the North Pole. While on this expedition (which has been a lifelong dream of his)‚ Walton corresponds with his sister by letter. Amid the ice floes‚ Walton and his crew find an extremely weary man traveling by dogsled. The man is near death‚ and they determine to take him aboard. Once the mysterious traveler has somewhat recovered from his weakness‚ Robert Walton begins to talk to him. They two strike up a friendshipÃ
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steam-powered train. In 1769‚ James Watt improved the steam engine and its main purpose was to create a new source of power. The early model was to drain water and raise coal from the mines the main purpose was to use it for steam power. Then in 1807‚ Robert Fulton created the first steamboat using a steam power that changed the speed in which helped materials move from different colonies of Britain. Later in 1814‚ Stephenson then used the steam engine to help create the steam-powered train. This allowed
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decipher the piece in ways that which their mind is constrained to. As a result‚ psychedelic art allows the viewer to maximize visual and emotional potential in ways that the mind cannot do so naturally. Influential comic artist of the late sixties‚ Robert Crumb was known for his archetypical characters and is a suitable example for someone whose work has been heavily impacted by psychedelic substances. Crumb claimed that the first time he took LSD‚ he found himself in an artificial world and he realized
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Amongst all the revenge and adventure this story brings it still manages to maintain the sweet romance between farm boy‚ Wesley (Carl Elwes) and dazzling princess‚ Buttercup (Robin Wright). Robert Reiner‚ director of this not so ordinary love tale has done and extraordinary job in capturing some of the truly hilarious personalities of many characters‚ whilst keeping the original theme of romance. The Princess Bride is the story of young
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