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    sticking in your head. After Mimi’s first home ec class‚ Hilton repeats the phrase‚ “I have a notion”. “I have a notion that Mama and I will go downtown this Saturday. I have a notion that she’ll buy one fabric with flowers for the bottom part and another fabric with stripes for the tie and pocket… And I have a notion that if I sew this apron very fast‚ I’ll have time to make a skirt” Mimi repeats‚ “I have a notion” three times

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    politics. Hobbes’ depiction of the state of nature is that within which man is born free‚ equal and rational. Faced with scarcity of resources‚ he will exercise his freedom by taking what he desires from another‚ killing him if needs be. Hobbes’ notion is that of creates perpetual fear and suspicion‚ creating what “war of man against every man”‚ resulting in man’s life being “short‚ brutish‚ solitary and poor”. Hobbes also highlights that man’s primary concern is ‘self-preservation’‚ and to achieve

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    interpretations is more plausible. Although the first notion is a reasonable interpretation of Nietzsche’s epigram regarding widely accepted notions of morality‚ the second proves to be a more valid conclusion when following Nietzschean philosophy. While the first interpretation allows for moral recognition and awareness‚ the second allows for actual progress in the individual. The first notion relies heavily on previously conceived notions of morality from past philosophers. Following the ideas

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    Jaclyn Caskey Sociology 105 Final 1. Describe and critically evaluate dominant notions of masculinity and femininity in US society. How are masculinity and femininity constructed and maintained? Provide examples from two of the following spheres of influence: school‚ work‚ family‚ and popular culture. (1-2 pages) The American culture embraces masculinity through many aspects of their everyday lives. The way they conduct work in the work place‚ the principles of teaching young adolescents

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    principle Hume’s copy principle functions on the notion that the mind

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    makes divine the flesh. In Whitman’s time‚ the dichotomy between the soul and the body had been clearly defined by centuries of Western philosophy and theology. Today‚ the goodness of the soul and the badness of the flesh still remain a significant notion in contemporary thought. Even Whitman’s literary predecessor‚ Emerson‚ chose to distinctly differentiate the soul from all nature. Whitman‚ however‚ chooses to reevaluate that relationship. His exploration of human sensuality‚ particularly human sexuality

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    common concern for an understanding of Islam that takes into account the myriad challenges that Indonesia is today faced with. They reflect Madjid’s quest for developing a contextually relevant interpretation of Islam that‚ departing from traditional notions in some significant respects‚ can help in the process of building a pluralist and more democratic society based on social justice. Madjid’s search for a contextual Indonesian Islamic theology draws upon his understanding of what he calls the underlying

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    end to segregation‚ but Malcolm X is known to have relied on violence to get his point across‚ instead of peaceful protesting. King and Malcolm X were seen as ideological opposites‚ and many people describe their characters based on preconceived notions‚ when in reality‚ their ideas and views converged in some areas.

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    ENGLISH ESSAY Being foreign to a certain group‚ place or setting or simply being different. These are just some of the notions explored in the elective area of study‚ ‘the outsider’‚ a notion‚ which is well explored through the two studied text‚ ‘the awakening’ a nineteenth century novel by Kate Chopin and a 2002 film ‘far from heaven’ by Todd Haynes. Both texts correspondingly convey a similar idea of an individual’s self-actualisation and inner desire to breach their societal constrains obligatory

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    A journey can be described as a passage one may undergo in order to reach a destination. Journeys can be both physical and emotional. As well as this journeys can be a positive and negative experience. The notion of journey is apparent is “Beneath Clouds” by Ivan Sen‚ as well as in related texts “Stand By Me” by Rob Reiner and “Bushwalking” by Phillip Rush. The idea of Journey in these texts is portrayed through obstacles‚ various poetic and film techniques. Beneath Clouds is a movie about a physical

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