Before Ruilang met Xu Jifang at the festival‚ Ruilang does not clearly define his gender role to the readers. We only know that he is a boy with “matchless beauty”‚ which his brows like “crescent moons‚ his eyes like autumn pools‚ his lips like cherries‚ his waist like a willow front (Li‚ 105). Ruilang’s father perceives his son as a female rather than a male because at the beginning of the story‚ we learned that Ruilang is not allow to go out without his father’s permission. Usually males can
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Peter Singer states that “if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening‚ without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance‚ we ought‚ morally‚ to do it” (Singer‚ 1972). I believe Peter Singer has a desire to alter one’s view on the issues that are present at hand. The underlying issue that requires immediate attention is moral. “The unabridged way we look at moral issues – our moral conceptual scheme- needs to be altered‚ and with it‚ the way of life that has come
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HISTORY – S10 SECOND LONG PAPER The 1876-1879 and 1896-1902 famines in India and China were some of the worst famines the world had ever seen up until that point in time (Rouse Lecture). In China and India from 1876-1882‚ the estimated mortality was between 31 and 61 million (Davis 2001: 7). If the British and the Chinese governments had made simple changes in their policies regarding India and China‚ the results of the famine would not have been so catastrophic. In this paper I will analyze
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World Problems Famine World Problems are problems that affect not just one particular group of people in the world but a large number of several groups in the world. Famine is the biggest World Problems facing us today. Even though we as Americans have not yet seen or experienced the horrors of famine‚ other parts of the world have. We need to take action and solve this problem before it gets out of hand‚ and there are several ways to do it. Some ways are controlling the birth rate in LDC’s
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them) were devastated.Thesis: The Irish Potato Famine devastated the Irish population and economy as well as sowing the seeds of rebellion against England. 1st Point: Ireland dependent on potato • Families spent most time on cash crops to pay rent • Potato easy to grow‚ nutricious 2nd Point: The Irish Potato Famine depopulated the nation through starvation‚ disease and immigration • • • 3rd Point: I. What was the Potato Famine? 1) Families spent most time on cash crops to
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stop the famine in Africa‚ others believe it was wrong because he did not aid the child after taking the picture. It is understood that there was thousands of refugees walking and crawling towards the food center‚ so was he suppose to help everyone or just that child? In philosophy class we have been talking about Morality in Kant’s point of view which is the Categorical Imperative and also about
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crops were lost. The year after‚ the problem got worse and 1847 was the worst year of this 3 year period as almost all the potatoes were lost. At first‚ the British Empire did not do anything to solve the problem as they thought it was a common potato famine‚ but in 1846‚ when they realized it was not‚ Sir Robert Peel imported £100‚000 worth of corn. The corn was welcomed in Ireland despite this measurement not being enough to stop hunger‚ as more than £300‚000 worth of potatoes were lost. After this
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Xu Gang’s "Red Azalea on the Cliff" This is a story of a man looking upon a beautiful red flower growing on the side of a cliff. Because it is so high above his reach‚ its beauty is enough to make his "heart shudder with fear." Although it is a magnificent flower‚ any man trying to reach for it risks possibly losing his life because it is unattainable. Gang was drafted in 1962 fighting to support Mao Zedong’s Great Proletarion Cultural Revolution‚ and this poem was written several years after
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In Peter Singer’s "Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality"‚ he argues that the way people in relative affluent countries react to a situation like that in Bengal cannot be justified. His reason for saying this is due to his belief in his principle "if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening‚ without sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance‚ we ought‚ morally to do it". I disagree with his point of view and I will provide explanations as well as bring in my own arguments to
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"Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality" In "Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality‚" Peter Singer is trying to argue that "the way people in relatively affluent countries react to a situation cannot be justified; indeed‚ our moral conceptual scheme needs to be altered and with it‚ the way of life that has come to be taken for granted in our society"(Singer 230). Peter Singer provides striking examples to show the reader how realistic his arguments are. In this paper‚ I will briefly give a summary of
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