In Freakonomics‚ Stephen D Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner’s purpose was to make the reader susceptible to the idea that there is a concealed yet obvious side of everything‚ if delved into enough. This purpose is useful in uncovering the conventional wisdom‚ a phrase coined by economist John Kenneth Galbraith. According to him‚ he believed that conventional wisdom “ must be simple‚ convenient‚ comfortable‚ and comforting - though not necessarily true”(Levitt and Dubner 86). But‚ what if someone wanted
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In “Desert Places‚” Stephen Crane uses various poetic details to write his own interpretation of a story told within the bible. His poem is derived from when Jesus was telling his disciples to‚ “let the little children come to me‚” in Matthew 19:14. Crane’s poem‚ in its entirety‚ symbolizes how sometimes it is so easy to look down on people within a society‚ never stopping to see the beauty they possess. In the same way‚ the story from the bible takes place after children are devalued because of
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“Do Not Weep‚ Maiden‚ for War is Kind‚” was written by the poet Stephen Crane. The poem is a bitter and emotional protest of the horrors of war. It gets much of its strength from using simple but highly descriptive words in contrast with innocence‚ and also through the use of repetition and sarcasm. The poet portrays bitterness and innocence in the first stanza. It is strongly shown in the lines "Do not weep‚ maiden‚ for war is kind‚ because your lover threw wild hands towards the sky” (1-2). The
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In Stephen King’s essay “Why We Crave Horror Movies” he suggested that we are all mentally ill‚ demonstrated by those who talk to themselves on occasion‚ make grimacing faces or have hysterical fears of snakes‚ the dark‚ or tight places. King also stated that he believed that a horror movie appealed to all that is worst in us‚ allowing us to experience morbidity‚ basic instincts and fantasies in the darkness of the theater. We all know someone who talks to himself on occasion or someone
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Many of Stephen Crane’s stories reflect much of Mark Twain’s approach to Western stories. “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” depicts a East invasion of the West through small role changes in a small western town. The power of the Old West is giving way to the domesticating power of the East. Crane supports this through the description of events that unfold on the train‚ the couples actions after getting off the train‚ and the uneventful showdown at the end. The biggest indicator would be how Crane
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The chapter in Stephen J. Gould’s Bully for Brontosaurus titled “To Be A Platypus” touches on the discovery and classification of the duck-billed platypus native to Australia. The chapter opens with a note on the origin of the telegram‚ in which the platypus was first described using the four words “monotremes oviparous‚ ovum meroblastic” by Cambridge biologist W. H. Caldwell. Fundamentally‚ this translates to the platypus being a mammal that possesses a duck-like bill and lays eggs. The “duckbill”
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“Why we crave horror movies” In the essay “Why we crave horror movies” Stephen King argues the reason why we crave watching horror movies‚ examining the obvious and hidden. King believes we are all mentally ill by saying that we’ve all known people who have a certain kind of characteristic that can be found a little crazy. Why do we watch horror movies then? King starts with the first cause‚ which is: to show that we are not scared. He compares it to the thrill of a roller coaster; People ride
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This started a long love affair for horror stories. For instance Stephen King is known as the master of horror; I have read all his older novels. Watched a few of his movies and discovered the movies are ‘B’ rated compared to the books. His newer work is a little more farfetched for me more like Sci-Fi‚ but he was the cause for my thirst in horror and mystery. A case in point when summer was over‚ I started looking for Stephen King books on the shelves at school and discovered that they did not
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One of the main themes of the novel The Shining‚ by Stephen King‚ is expressed through the character of Jack Torrence‚ who unwittingly loses his temper on occasion and forfeits his common sense to commit borderline monstrous acts. Him‚ being a normally happy family man with a wife and son‚ can express the theme that “anyone is capable of going insane if pushed in the right direction”. One example of this occurring when Jack tells a doctor of the night he came home to find his son‚ Danny‚ has destroyed
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In Stephen Marche’s “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?”‚ published in The Atlantic in May 2012‚ he brings up the topic of the growing loneliness in America and its possible connection with Facebook. Marche shows us the “accelerating contradiction” (62)‚ where the system that was designed to connect us‚ is actually causing us to become more lonely. Isolation‚ or solitude‚ does not mean that someone is unhappy. Loneliness‚ on the other hand‚ is what makes us miserable. However‚ both are on the rise.
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