Pride and Prejudice Essay

Elizabeth seems to represent something of a departure form the conventional image of women of her time By Comparing Jane Austen’s characterisation of Elizabeth with that of the other female characters in the novel, and by examining it’s social context, discuss this verdict in the heroine of Pride and Prejudice. The novel â€Å"Pride and Prejudice† is about a fascinating love between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy who have to overcome a lot of difficulties and social prejudices to be together. Some readers may be amazed by the way Jane Austen builds her female characters, especially the main heroine Elizabeth Bennet who is an energetic, quick-witted, sharp- tongued, bold and intelligent girl. Everyone soon realizes that she is the most distinguished and unique character in the novel because of her strong-willed and eager mind. Jane Austen lived in a historical time of social and political changes all over the world but she focused on the middle-class, narrow-minded life in England in which women’s social status was established by marrying a prosperous man who would be able to provide them and their family with good security for life, very similar to Mrs. Bennet’s desires. However a majority of central female characters in Austen’s works are strong-natured and they promote women’s freedom on marriage. Elizabeth is a highly unconventional woman of her time. Her mannerisms and thoughts seem to be different to other characters in the novel. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters in the Bennet family. However, unlike her mother and her siblings whose childishness and narrow-mindedness always showed themselves poorly in public, Elizabeth is quite smart and has a fast tongue. This is the reason for her being the most favourite daughter of her father and the least one of her mother. Mr. Bennet, an intelligent man with a cynical sense of humour, has made an unwise marriage with a simple minded and ill-mannered woman, Mrs. Bennet, and when he realizes this, he has a tendency to hide in his study rather than take part in the social and family activities with his wife. Being her father’s confidante almost portrays Elizabeth as the son of the family. Throughout the novel, it is recognizable that Mr. Bennet always gives Elizabeth a unique interest as he sees in her in a different way from her sisters and other girls. While Mrs. Bennet has little value for Elizabeth’s intelligence and wit: â€Å"Lizzy is not a bit better than the others; and I am sure she is not half so handsome as Jane, nor half so good humoured as Lydia†, Mr. Bennet has a high regard for these qualities: â€Å"They have none of them much to recommend them, they are all silly and ignorant like other girls; but Lizzy has something more of quickness than her sisters.† (Chapter 1) Mr. B. believes that his Elizabeth is more sensible and shrewd than her sisters so he frequently offers her advice, supports her and trusts her in all that she does. For example when Elizabeth rejects Mr. Collins’s proposal due to the fact that she does not want to marry such a pompous man, Mrs Bennet is outraged however Mr. Bennet is not livid about her decision at all and instead he supports her. â€Å"Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.† (Chapter 20). This shows that Mr Bennet is humouring his wife and is joking with Elizabeth. Refusing this marriage with Mr. Collins, which would highly benefit the Bennet family, seems unusual in Elizabeth’s time. Any other women would be delighted to marry a man of Mr. Collins standard. In addition to the â€Å"quickness† of her mind, Elizabeth also shares good humour with her father. She likes taking ironic enjoyment at others’ silliness and hypocrisies and is quick to mock them exclusive of her mother and her younger sisters though she is sometimes humiliated by their ludicrous behaviour. In the novel, she is portrayed as having â€Å"a lively, playful disposition, which delighted in anything ridiculous.† (Chapter 3). Elizabeth does not care to join her family in the balls and finds her family’s behaviour unusual. In fact she finds humour in the way her family conducts themselves. She is completely in contrast to Lydia one of her younger sisters. This is uncommon in females in that society, partaking in balls and getting excited about them was one of the many things women were expected to do. Again this shows Elizabeth’s uniqueness. At the first encounter between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy at the Meryton ball, Darcy callously turns down the offer to dance with Elizabeth and insults her by saying â€Å"†¦she is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me†¦Ã¢â‚¬  (Chapter3). Such a remark on a girl, particularly in a dance party is very impolite and offensive and it makes Elizabeth slightly annoyed. However, rather than being humiliated and hiding her embarrassment, she retells this incident to her friends in a teasing and sardonic way. I think that her reaction is wise and rare as not often can a woman behave as calmly as her in a situation like this. She laughs at what Mr. Darcy says about her appearance and changes the fact of being insulted from her to Mr. Darcy. Furthermore, in her discussions with Miss. Bingley and Mr. Darcy at Netherfield Park, Elizabeth herself admits that â€Å"I dearly love a laugh but †¦ I never ridicule what is wise or good. Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.† (Chapter11). Being a person who has an exceptional mind, Elizabeth knows what she should or shouldn’t make a joke about and she states this point of view clearly and frankly. In other words, only follies and vanities of others can delight her and she is good at creating laughter from these enough to make her conversation become attracting and amusing. Everybody is drawn towards her because of her quick mind and excellent sense of humour. Finding humour in things that would seem rude at the time seems eccentric of women of that time. Elizabeth should be insulted and angry at Mr. Darcy, yet she seems to laugh at how ridiculous his thoughts. This shows that Elizabeth does not care about her appearance to people in society and she is content with being herself. Elizabeth shows that she is unconventional, when she meets Lady Catherine De Bough. During the conversation, Lady Catherine puts a series of questions to Elizabeth concerning the upbringing of her sisters and expects to receive the normative and easy on the ear answers from her. Yet, Elizabeth’s responses cannot make the Lady satisfied as she thinks. â€Å"Why did not you all learn?† (Chapter 29 )Elizabeth is open in expressing her own ideas and her replies to the impolite and rude questions of Lady Catherine are quite cold and frank. For example, when being asked about personal information, Elizabeth does not hesitate to hold back the answer regardless of the old woman’s feelings. In other words, it is a signal of rebellion against the social principals that an inferior such as herself should challenge a very wealthy and important woman like Lady Catherine. Her brave and admirable reaction to this situation impresses me and I respect her for being able to do that. It is irregular for someone of Elizabeth’s position to talk and conduct herself in the way she did to someone like Lady Catherine who was inferior to her in both age and wealth. She should have respected her and agreed with everything she said. She should have said very little as Mrs Jenkinson and Sir William said. Others such as Mr. Collins, who had been much acquainted with Lady Catherine De Bourgh, behaved in a more appropriate way, as it would have been expected. When playing Cards with Lady Catherine he would â€Å"agreeing to everything her Ladyship said, thanking her for every fish he won, and apologising if he thought he won too many.† Unlike most of the other characters in the novel and the conventional women of her time, Elizabeth is a strong woman who is capable of harmoniously balancing reason and emotion in dealing with every incident. She does and says whatever she believes to be right without paying attention to the external forces. The determination in her character really makes her become the most admired and praiseworthy woman. For example when Jane becomes ill, Elizabeth is determined to go meet her. She is also stubborn about walking there rather than taking horse and carriage. Mrs. Bennet is afraid that Elizabeth’s visiting to Netherfield would make Jane recover from illness quickly and she would not stay there as long as her mother wants. Moreover, the appearance of a girl as the result of walking three miles through the mud is surely not expected to see and the girl’s social image may be affected. Nevertheless, Elizabeth pays attention to nothing of it. Her only concern is Jane and her health so she does not have intention of changing her initial decision. Her answers to her parents are full of willpower and resolution. Her look â€Å"with weary ankles, dirty stockings, and a face glowing with the warmth of exercise† when arriving at Netherfield is a great surprise to the people here but she appears unworried about their comments and views on her. Nothing can make her flinch from difficulties. In a society like Elizabeth’s appearance is everything and by arriving to Netherfield as she did would ruin her family’s social image. However Elizabeth paid no attention to this and this shows that she is an unconventional woman of her time. She was more concerned for her sister Jane than her family’s reputation. Moreover, Elizabeth is really a woman of action who once decides to do something will do it no matter how hard it is. She is very unwavering, particularly shown by her treatment of Darcy when she believes him to have done wrong. As we know, at their first meeting, Darcy was impolite and insulted words on Elizabeth’s beauty making her think so badly of him. At the evening at Longbourn, Sir William Lucas intends to introduce Elizabeth to Mr. Darcy as â€Å"a very desirable partner† to dance. However, she immediately refuses this offer and does not change her mind no matter how Sir William tries to persuade her. Even though when Mr. Darcy himself elegantly asks for her hand, she only smiles and turns away. Later on, when she hears about the fake story that Wickham makes up to leave a stain on Mr. Darcy’s reputation she increasingly believes he is a terrible and cruel man. That is the reason for her indifferent and harsh attitudes to Mr. Darcy whenever they meet (but this changes after Elizabeth knows the truth of the two men). I can say that it actually takes a great strength of character and resolution to confront such a power man as Mr. Darcy who should be treated with respect and courtesy because of his wealth and social status. However, it is a part of Elizabeth’s personality that attracts Mr. Darcy as well as the readers of Pride and Prejudice. Rejecting to dance with a man of such high standard as Mr. Darcy takes a lot of strength and this strength was uncommon in women of Elizabeth’s time. Elizabeth should have disregarded what Mr. Darcy had said before and quietly and obediently dance with him, and do as she was told. She should have conducted herself in a respectable manner. The opening line of â€Å"Pride and Prejudice† is â€Å"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife† implies that the only way for women to ensure themselves a stable life is through marriage. Marriage to some certain extent is like a business transaction. In the novel, Jane Austen uses the character Charlotte Lucas to illustrate this point and contrast with Elizabeth’s views on love and marriage. Charlotte is also a smart and well-educated woman like Elizabeth so it really makes Elizabeth surprised when hearing her friend’s decision to wed Mr. Collins. However, in a society where women are expected to marry a well-off man even though they are not in love with him was common. Their main reason was gaining financial security, or else facing homelessness and poverty. Therefore Charlotte’s actions were understandable. Compared with Elizabeth, Charlotte is older, plainer and more desperate to find a husband so Mr. Collin’s proposal is the rare opportunity to save her from the unpleasant reality, â€Å"I am not romantic, you know. I never was. I ask only a comfortable home; and considering Mr. Collins’s character, connections, and situation in life, I am convinced that my chance of happiness with him is as fair as most people can boast on entering the marriage state.† (Chapter 22). Charlotte is constrained by the fact that all she desires is wealth and stability and it can be achieved just through marrying to Mr. Collins. In her thought, love is not a real concern in marriage. To her closest friend’s choice, Elizabeth exclaims: â€Å"Engaged to Mr. Collins! My dear Charlotte — impossible!† She completely astonished at seeing Charlotte marrying without affection and it is their opposite points of view on this matter that makes them never be close as before. In Elizabeth’s time marriage was like a business transaction. All that was necessary was for the man to have money. Love had no importance. This meant that Elizabeth’s views on marriage were highly unusual and were irregular of her time. However Elizabeth also shows conventional features of women of her time. Firstly she marries someone of a higher status, and has more wealth than herself. This was typical of women in her time. In fact Mrs Bennet was happy declaring â€Å"Ten thousand a year! Oh Lord what will become of me.† (Chapter 59). She was delighted in knowing that her daughter has married an accomplished, rich man. Elizabeth Bennet marries Mr. Darcy, providing her family and herself financial security, as a woman of her time desired and aimed for. Her story ends very similar to Jane, a typically conventional woman, showing her regularity. Another conventional aspect of Elizabeth Bennet is that she plays the piano forte â€Å"She has a very good notion of fingering† (Chapter 31). Elizabeth also partakes in dancing in the Meryton balls. So much so that she is said to be an excellent dancer. â€Å"You excel so much in the dance Miss Eliza† (Chapter6). When Mr. Darcy talks of accomplished women he says that an accomplished women is one who â€Å"add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading† (Chapter 8). Elizabeth Bennet also reads regularly showing she is an accomplished and conventional woman. Traditionally a woman of Elizabeth’s time would be experienced in reading, playing the pianoforte, partaking in local balls, all aspects which Elizabeth Bennet has. In conclusion Elizabeth Bennet is not entirely an unconventional woman. She possesses mainly conventional aspects such as playing the piano. However I believe that it is her mind and thoughts that are unconventional. Elizabeth has been blessed with wit and intelligence. This comes through in her mannerisms and this is what forces her to seem unconventional. Through her thoughts, words and actions, no one can deny the fact that Elizabeth is an intelligent girl who possesses a humorous sense as well as a keen capability of observation. In the novel, she is described as a beauty and has especially expressive eyes, but what everybody notices about her is her spirited wit and quick responses. Elizabeth is not only smart but she also has a strong character. She is very brave to confront with the people who are far more powerful and superior than herself like Lady Catherine and Mr. Darcy. Elizabeth is quite determined and independent in her actions and opinions. She is ready to refuse the marriages that could provide her with a comfortable life and a high standing in the society just because she finds that man does not suit her in terms of intellect and personality. In â€Å"Pride and Prejudice†, Jane Austen uses Elizabeth Bennet as a literary device to represent her values and attitudes on the importance of marrying for love. The heroine dares to go against the social conventions that women should marry for their economic benefits. She only weds the man she really loves and respects. This makes the young free-spirited woman differ substantially from the other female characters of the novel. Although the novel was written a vast amount of time ago and Jane Austen is no longer with us, the distance of time could not fade away the image of Elizabeth as a complex young woman with sparkling intelligence and a strong personality. Although Elizabeth makes some mistakes, for example she has been driven by her pride and prejudice for a long time leading to the misjudgements between Wickham and Mr. Mr. Darcy, the striking features she possesses still overweigh these weaknesses. She is not perfect but is an idealized woman. That is possibly the message Jane Austen was trying to get across, that there is no perfect woman, but then who is. In modern times, Elizabeth would be the opposite of unconventional. Now women are free to express their opinions and are encourage speaking their minds. In this way I think Jane Austen has predicted the future of women through Elizabeth. I believe Jane Austen has been accurate in her prediction and she has succeeded in producing more Elizabeth’s’ throughout the world. I admire Elizabeth Bennet and I believe that she is an ideal women. Particularly when it comes to her strength of mind and her courage.

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Art and Culture issues in oxford cowley road Essay

Art and Culture issues in oxford cowley road - Essay Example The tradition of celebrating the Cowley Road Carnival started in 2001. It was a regeneration project. Before the Carnival project, the Cowley Road had a notorious image of crime. It was the local communities demand to cleanse the Cowley Road from the negative impact through East Oxford Action’s regeneration programme. Since then, the Carnival has become a regular practice for the regeneration of the area (seco). The Cowley Road has become a place for art and culture exhibition openly. According to Marcusen (2006), artists are not evenly scattered in cities, their distribution depends on their choices to live, employment opportunities in industries like media, advertising and publishing and keen interest taken by local authorities to support art work for its development. Artists add to the regional economic growth by exporting their art work and creating opportunities for import functions from other cities and areas to their city. Smaller performing art spaces also play a significant part in expansion of art work to other areas. A group of artists get formed in such urban spaces where local art flourishes and gets a place in economy of the region (p.1). It seems so true of the experience the Cowley Road Carnival of cultural show is giving to the ethnic communities there. The Cowley Road Carnival attends to local communities’ aspirations by contributing to specific themes and resolving of certain issues, which have become a priority. Issues and themes include: The carnival has become a symbol of local peoples’ tolerance of each other communities with the celebration of their feelings through the multicultural show. The carnival has become a raging success because of the collaborative support from the people, groups, schools and local organisations, representing art and culture but where from these artists come? (seco, 2010) In this context, it is argued by social theorists that artists are the soul of society, attacking aggressively

Minx Marketing Solutions Essay Example for Free

Minx Marketing Solutions Essay A London museum in partnership with department of culture and tourism in Syria wants to prepare for an exhibition to showcase selection of artifacts, relics, sculptures and art – originating from the city of Palmyra, in Syria for a limited time period, over summer 2009. The museum reached out for our company to help launch and manage a campaign that is meant to promote the exhibition, pull customers, raise the museums profile thus reminding the consumers of the museum, differentiate the museum from other museums, raise revenue and attract future partnerships with international departments of culture. Therefore our marketing company, Minx Marketing Solutions (MMS), set out working for a marketing plan and strategies to make the promotion and campaigning of the exhibition a success. The responsibility of MMS is the total management of the exhibition: from choosing of venue, advertisements and general day to day logistics for the period the exhibition runs. The London museum provides a budget of ? 1million which MMS will use in preparation and running of the exhibition. MMS however should give a proposal on how it intends to use the money provided to the London museum. Situational Analysis Palmyra boasts a fascinating and ancient history of significance to many civilizations and cultures. No any other museum has ever showcased Pieces from Palmyra in the recent past. Since the artifacts and art is such significant, we expect attention from a wide audience, youth and adults alike. Therefore this exhibition is fit for all family viewing. It should be understood that there are 1,848 museums in the UK. These are the museums altogether that have attracted up to and over 42 million visitors per year. This is about 22,700 visitors per museum per year. For major museums, the number is twice as much. ( Travers, 2006). Another rather interesting concept is the fact that about 43% of the population in the UK visits museums at least once a year and thus a survey done by London School of Economics showed that museums and galleries were major attractors of visitors and that the type of people visiting the museums had changed significantly in the period spanning 2002-2004. The number of people from the low social economic class and that of the blacks and minority groups had increased by 15. % and 60% respectively in that period (London School of Economics, 2007) The current market is shared by major museums and galleries across the UK but this depends entirely on whether or not it is a major museum (major museums have a larger market stake) and what the museum is showcasing. Therefore, to command a lions share in the market now that the museum is already a major museum, we need to showcase a major attraction such as the Palmyra pieces beautifully displayed to attest the significance of Palmyra works of art and artifacts to other cultures and civilization world over. Market competition is based on what you have to offer. A variety of activities even outside the museum are likely to give one museum an edge over the other. Opportunities and Threats The opportunities for the exhibition to become successful depends on the positioning of the exhibition, the charges, age bracket of the attendants (are children allowed? ) and other related or unrelated events happening around the set date that are likely to draw the crowds. In the 2009 summer, there shall be the Darwin commemoration, the new Jewish museum in Camden grand opening, the London Canal museum is set to host theatrics and other activities for families and many other activities in other museums all over the country. This is a great threat because there are a number of activities being conducted by a number of museums and this may affect the turn out at the exhibition. The only opportunity we have is based on the pricing and other activities outside the exhibition. Another opportunity is based on a fierce marketing campaign to sell the exhibition to the general public.

Segment ideas for school brodcast Essay Example for Free

Segment ideas for school brodcast Essay 1) The segment would be interviewing people on their favorite movie. The segment is trying to show the different genres of movies people like. I would accomplish this by interviewing 10 people. I would put the segment together by interviewing the 10 people; do an introduction, and putting cool music in the background. This would be interesting to see because then people will have a good sense of what a good movie is and watch it. 2) The segment would be if people believed in unicorns or not. This segment would show how many people believe in unicorns. I would accomplish this by interviewing 20 people, do an intro, show 5 interviews, put music in the back and at the end say the ratio of how many people believe in unicorns. This segment would be interesting because students like to take a break from all the facts and listen to pointless things. 3) The segment would be a poem. This segment will show a something that inspirational. I would accomplish this by looking at poems, picking one, putting it on the screen and having the speaker read and explain what it means. This will be interesting because the students will have something to remember throughout the day to keep them working hard. 4) The segment would be a student comedy. This will show the students something that starts their day off good. I would accomplish this by videoing students doing comedy show. I would put the segment together by introducing it then playing the clip of the comedy. This will be interesting to students because in the mornings everyone is tired and laughing will wake them up. 5) This segment would be sports. This will show the students how good or bad our sports teams are. I would accomplish this by getting all the data of our sports teams and putting it in a chart. I would put this together by having a person read the sport data while the table is on the screen. This will be interesting to students because we don’t always have time to go to all the sport games to see who won, so this way we know if we won or not. 6) This segment would be videos of school events. This will show the school events and get more students to attend the events. I would accomplish this by videoing the events. I would put this together by editing the events, and putting music in the background. This will be interesting to student because they will be able to see what they missed in a one-minute video and want to come to the next event. 7) This segment would be an interesting fact. This will give students information that will stick in their brain. I would accomplish this by picking a fact. I would put this together by putting the fact on the screen and having someone read it. This will be interesting to students because they will learn something they didn’t know.

The effects of aids on society

The effects of aids on society Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, today am privileged to have this precious moment with you to discuss about the epidemic that has threatened to wipe away the youthful generation of African Americans. By the nature of ethnicity, the black community in United States is having a heavy burden due to the effects of the disease. Statistical results shows that by the end of 2007, nearly half (46%) of the infected were members of the black community. In the year 2006, the blacks accounted about 45 % of the new infections in fifty states as well as District of Columbia. It is very sad to find out that up to now many members of the black community are still losing their lives in a disease that can be easily controlled. It is estimated that 230,000 blacks in U.S. have lost their lives as a result of AIDS. These deaths represent a 40% of all the deaths. Statistics also show that about one million people live with the virus in America today with half of them coming from the black community. To you members of the panel do you believe on the statistical reports that indicate African American citizens contributing to 40% of HIV AIDS epidemic deaths? As a racial group, the blacks represent only 13% of the countrys total population. Estimations indicate that black males are exposed to the risk of being infected with I person in every six likely to be infected with the virus. For females, 1 out of every 30 of them is highly exposed than white males. Washington D.C has the countrys highest HIV prevalence with  ¾ of its infected population coming from the black community. Ladies and gentlemen, reports from the National HIV/AIDS Strategy African American makes up the biggest part of the HIV cases across many infected groups. These groups include heterosexuals, homosexuals, women, infants and drug users. Before we embark in the journey of fighting the epidemic in the community, we need to ask ourselves why members of the black community are disproportionately infected by the virus and how do they view the disease. According to you members of the panel, what do you think is the reason behind this disproportionate infection of blacks? I would also like you the members of the panel to figure out question that demands our attention is to try and figure out strategies being taken to mitigate the number of cases being highlighted in clinics and other health institutions across the country. As facilitators what do you think are the necessary strategies needed to be undertaken to control the spread? First and foremost, I would like to begin the discussion by looking at the first cases of the disease among the blacks. The epidemic first came into the public limelight in early 1980s. At first, the epidemic affected mainly the gay male population and drug users who used intravenous methods to inject drugs into their bodies. In the year 1983, the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) came out with the evidence of the first two cases of HIV in women. The two ladies acquired the virus through sexual intercourse with a drug user who used intravenous method to inject the drugs into his body. One of the ladies was of a Latin origin while her counterpart was a black. Since then, the disease started spreading at a high rate among the members of the black community. Women especially, were affected and five years later, the blacks accounted for 50 percent of all the AIDS cases in America. Im afraid to say that currently, sixty percent of women infected with the virus come from the black community (http://www.avert.org/hiv-african-americans.htm). Earlier on, a bigger problem was the reflection of the epidemic by the American media as a disease typical to white gay men. The blacks were provided with few reasons to believe that the disease could also affect them, despite the large portion of the early cases in bisexual and gay community coming from the black men. From the outset, black American heterosexual children and adults were mainly infected by white heterosexuals. From your perspective, do you blacks are at a higher risk than the whites? Im delighted to inform you that the first group to confront the epidemic through the enlightenment of the members of the black community was the San Franciscan Gay community or Black and White Men Together (BWMT). This movement was significant not only for counting Reggie Williams as one of its followers, but also gave rise to an AIDS organization. I personally would like to salute Williams as one of the first gay black activist who worked for many years to deal with deaths and enlightened homosexual members of the black community. Do you think Williams contribution to addressing the disease had significant impacts on the fight against the disease? The lobby became successful and ultimately led to provision of first ever donation by CDC to prevent the spread of the disease among the black gay community in the year 1998. The concern of the AIDS epidemic among the blacks in 1980s and 1990s was also raised by various highly influential members of the community who were infected with the disease or lost a friend or family members through the diseased. My salutation also goes to Max Robinson, the first black American news anchor. Max openly admitted that he was positive just before he died in 1988. Later on Arthur Ashe died of the same ailment in 1993 with rapper Eazy-E beaming another victim in 1995. May be the most influential AIDS victim of black origin who is still alive today is the basket ball player Ervin Johnson. He admitted that he was positive in 199. His assertion that any one can contract the disease showed a significant understanding that the AIDS epidemic was not just a disease typical to gays. Other individuals who have contributed in raising the profile in the black community include Jesse Jackson who became another famous black man to join other well known blacks in addressing the epidemic. The main risk factor among the blacks is sexual transmission. Having unprotected sex is the major likely cause of the disease. 43 % of the blacks living with the disease got the virus through male to male sexual intercourse. A research conducted showed that national HIV/AIDS policy showed that half of the black gay males and bisexuals in five well known cities in United States of America being HIV positive. A major study undertaken in 21 cities concluded that almost 1/3 of the black MSM had the AIDS virus. Among this category, the youth are mainly affected. In 2006, many black people in America who had sex with other men were infected with the disease. Also, the disease among this group has increased rapidly. Since 2001 and 2006, yearly HIV diagnoses among the African American MSM aged 13 and 24 went up by 93 % compared to twelve percent among the blacks of all ages. How many of you members of the panel agree with me that sexual intercourse is the leading cause of high rate of spread of the epidemic among the blacks? Many theories have been however proposed regarding the vulnerability of the young black men to the disease through the activities of homosexuality, but none is actually decisive. One theory is the high prevalence of the disease among the many of the members of the community. The risk is enhanced in young men who partner with their older male counterparts since older MSM appear to have had a lot of sexual exposure and increasing the risk of contracting the disease. Young African American MSM is also less likely to be informed about their status. This translates into less likelihood for them to take the necessary steps to stop the transmission of the disease. However, other studies have shown that young black take part in risky affairs to a greater degree than young Latin or White males. Also, black women are mainly disproportionately exposed to the disease, with the likely transmission means being heterosexual sexual practices. Eighty five percent of the black women living with HIV virus were exposed to the virus by through this means and make up nearly 50 % of the countrys female population with the disease. Back men living with the virus makes up 22% and were infected through heterosexual means. More than 2/3 of infected men were exposed in this manner to the disease (.http://www.avert.org/hiv-african-americans.htm). There are a lot of economic as well as social factors that come as a result of high levels of sexual HIV infections in the black community. However, higher phases of STDs in this group are also shaped by economic and social factors hence facilitating sexual transmission of the virus. The black Americans have eight times the number the level of Chlamydia, and eighteen times the level of gonorrhea compared to Whites. An evaluation by United States Centre for Disease and Prevention (CDC) discovered that nearly half (48%) of black females and about forty percent of African American men got infected by genital herpes in the country compared to 21% of females and 11.5%of men generally. Can anyone of you tell me the possible ways of reducing poverty in our society? Drug use is one of the most likely causes of AIDS epidemic among the members of the black community. In the year 2008, use of drugs was found to contribute a significant portion of all AIDS diagnoses among the blacks. Many black men and women living with the disease were infected through drug injection compared to those of any other race or ethnic group. Blacks injecting drugs have a likelihood of acquiring the in a higher rate and do not live longer after the diagnosis. Poverty also is another main factor that leads to infection of the virus among the black Americans. Poverty forces youths to drop out of school, stopping them from getting good jobs and good employment. Poverty also makes youths to lose a sense of value or self worth and attracted to illegal or socially ill habits that can expose them to the disease. Poverty symptoms also influence sexual patterns that enhance the spread of the disease. There is therefore need to pay a lot of attention to both economic and social perspectives in which the disease thrive. One person who has initiated such an idea is the current president Barack Obama. The president in his presidential crusade literature promised to tackle the poverty scourge where the victims of the disease proliferate. It is a fact that about  ¼ of the black American families lives in deplorable conditions, with a higher poverty rate for both single male headed and female headed homes making up to 30 and 40 percent respectively. A focus group that involved the blacks living in North Carolina showed that there is a connection between participants social environment and sexual connections within the community. These factors also included institutional stigmatization that lead to lack of employment possibilities and lack of capacity to obtain mortgage, lack of recreation and high imprisonment rates. Has any one of you experienced any form of stigma in the work place? The common believe among the blacks is that the government is not doing its mandate to address the need of protecting them from the epidemic. By estimation, half of the CDC budget is aimed at fighting the spread of the disease among the blacks. It is debated that directing the whole CDCs budget to the epidemic in the black community is not enough. What needs to be improved therefore is the size of the budget itself. For the financial year 2009, $ 1.6 billion was required to prevent the spread of the virus. This reflected a far excess budget than $753 million allocated for the year 2008 (.http://www.avert.org/hiv-african-americans.htm). Finally, ladies and gentle men, I would like to conclude my speech by saying that any sustained and effective attempt to tackle AIDS in United States of America should have positive results for the African American citizens as they make up such a large percentage of the overall infections. The CDCs consideration of and study of entrenched social aspects, like poverty which are the main contributors to the current HIV infection rates, is positive stride and should be seen in all concrete acts taken to alter the trend of HIV infection in the African American community.

Paris Peace Conference Essay -- World War II WWII WW2

It has been almost a century since the first Paris Peace Conference was hold, but even until now, it is a popular yet also controversial event in the history of the world. The Paris Peace Conference took place in 1919 involving more than 1,000 representatives from over 30 nations. The results of the Conference are five treaties regarding terms that, according to the Conference, shall prevent any upcoming conflicts among nations. Although World War II started only after 15 years, nonetheless, the treaties did function as a buffer between countries. Although many resolutions were discussed, the negotiation of the Conference revolves around four main topics, reparation from the previous war losses or limitations on the main Central Power, Germany, self-recognition, President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, and the annexation of land. The war reparation resolution was proposed by both Australia and the United Kingdom, and eventually became Article 231 of Treaty of Versailles. The article assigned complete blame for the war to Germany, required Germany to accept full responsibilities for causing the war, and must pay a set of reparation appointed by the Great Powers. The reparation impositions were considered to be retaliation to the reparation forced upon France by Germany in the Treaty of Frankfurt after the Franco-Prussian War. The recompense form of the war varies among different forms, from coal, steel, and gold, to intellectual property. According to the treaty, Germany will finish paying off the reparation in year 2020. The reparation, no doubt, is only another indirect way of limiting Germany's growth in any field possible and has added another pair of shackle on the already weakened Germany economy, some historians beli... ...ris Peace Conference, the nations which proposed an annexation of land as a resolution even reached the number of six, causing strong power struggles and tensions among nations, which defeats the original purpose of the Paris Peace Conference. The problem of Asia has also aroused in the Paris Peace Conference, whether or not China should be returned its sovereign authority from Japan. Chinese outrage this problem through a cultural movement, the May Fourth Movement that influenced China not to sign the treaty. The Paris Peace Conference ended at January 16th, 1919 with five treaties signed and eight new independent nations born. Although the Paris Peace Conference has ended more than 80 years ago, no one can deny its impact on the world after decades. The human history would've definitely be changed forever if any of the results in the Conference is different.

Stereotypes Essay -- essays research papers

To adequately investigate the question as to whether stereotypes are the psychological lubricant on intergroup behaviour, several areas need to be considered. In the context of this essay the concept of stereotypes needs to be defined. Although Lippmann (1922) is credited with first using the term 'stereotype' in this context it is perhaps Brown (1995) who offers the most applicable definition when he wrote that "to stereotype someone is to attribute to that person some characteristics which are seen to be shared by all or most of his or her fellow group members." (p.83). With this definition in mind this essay will, firstly, in an attempt to address the question make a brief review of some of the research that has been conducted on the formation of stereotypes. Secondly, this essay will move onto examine the function of these stereotypes in the individual, both from the perspective of intergroup conflict and also in intergroup co-operation. Thirdly this essay will also exa mine the research that has been carried out into the persistence of stereotypes. Because of the vast amount of research that has been conducted in this area, this essay will, as far as possible, concentrate primarily on the more recent research conducted within the last decade. It appears from some of the research (for example Hamilton and Gifford, 1976; Hamilton and Sherman, 1989 and Chapman, 1967) that stereotypes are often derived from an over-awareness of statistically infrequent events. More specifically that if an event occurs infrequently amongst a group then it is remembered more vividly than events which might occur on a more regular basis. In a study carried out by Hamilton and Gifford (1976) they divided their participants into two groups with a disproportionate number of participants in the first group. The participants were then informed of a number of desirable and undesirable behaviours. It was found that despite the fact that members of both groups were just as likely to engage in undesirable activities an 'illusionary correlation' of the smaller group meant that a far higher number of these activities was perceived. Schaller and Maass (1989) found that this illusionary correlation would occur for positive as well as negative traits, al though not when the perceived negative trait was perceived to be associated with the in-group, o... ...m. British Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 107-117. * Schaller, M., & Maass, A. (1989) as cited in Maass, A. & Schaller, M. (1991) Intergroup biases and the cognitive dynamics of stereotype formation. European Review of Social Psychology, 2, 190-206. * Snyder, M. & Miene, P. K. (1994). Stereotyping the elderly: A functional approach. British Journal of Social Psychology, 33, 62-82. * Tajfel, H. (1969) as cited in Haslam, S. A., Oakes, P. J., McGarty, C., Turner, J., C., Reynolds, K., J. & Eggins, R., A. (1996). Stereotyping and social influence: The mediation of stereotype applicability and sharedness by the views of in-group and out-group members (1996) British Journal of Social Psychology, 33, 369-397. * Tajfel, H. & Turner, J. C. (1979) as cited in Platow, M. J., Harley, K., Hunter, J., A., Hanning, P., Shave, R. & O'Connell, A. (1997). Interpreting in-group-favouring allocations in the minimal group paradigm. British Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 107-117. * Turner, J. C. (1987) as cited in Maass, A. & Schaller, M. (1991) Intergroup biases and the cognitive dynamics of stereotype formation. European Review of Social Psychology, 2, 190-206. Stereotypes Essay -- essays research papers To adequately investigate the question as to whether stereotypes are the psychological lubricant on intergroup behaviour, several areas need to be considered. In the context of this essay the concept of stereotypes needs to be defined. Although Lippmann (1922) is credited with first using the term 'stereotype' in this context it is perhaps Brown (1995) who offers the most applicable definition when he wrote that "to stereotype someone is to attribute to that person some characteristics which are seen to be shared by all or most of his or her fellow group members." (p.83). With this definition in mind this essay will, firstly, in an attempt to address the question make a brief review of some of the research that has been conducted on the formation of stereotypes. Secondly, this essay will move onto examine the function of these stereotypes in the individual, both from the perspective of intergroup conflict and also in intergroup co-operation. Thirdly this essay will also exa mine the research that has been carried out into the persistence of stereotypes. Because of the vast amount of research that has been conducted in this area, this essay will, as far as possible, concentrate primarily on the more recent research conducted within the last decade. It appears from some of the research (for example Hamilton and Gifford, 1976; Hamilton and Sherman, 1989 and Chapman, 1967) that stereotypes are often derived from an over-awareness of statistically infrequent events. More specifically that if an event occurs infrequently amongst a group then it is remembered more vividly than events which might occur on a more regular basis. In a study carried out by Hamilton and Gifford (1976) they divided their participants into two groups with a disproportionate number of participants in the first group. The participants were then informed of a number of desirable and undesirable behaviours. It was found that despite the fact that members of both groups were just as likely to engage in undesirable activities an 'illusionary correlation' of the smaller group meant that a far higher number of these activities was perceived. Schaller and Maass (1989) found that this illusionary correlation would occur for positive as well as negative traits, al though not when the perceived negative trait was perceived to be associated with the in-group, o... ...m. British Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 107-117. * Schaller, M., & Maass, A. (1989) as cited in Maass, A. & Schaller, M. (1991) Intergroup biases and the cognitive dynamics of stereotype formation. European Review of Social Psychology, 2, 190-206. * Snyder, M. & Miene, P. K. (1994). Stereotyping the elderly: A functional approach. British Journal of Social Psychology, 33, 62-82. * Tajfel, H. (1969) as cited in Haslam, S. A., Oakes, P. J., McGarty, C., Turner, J., C., Reynolds, K., J. & Eggins, R., A. (1996). Stereotyping and social influence: The mediation of stereotype applicability and sharedness by the views of in-group and out-group members (1996) British Journal of Social Psychology, 33, 369-397. * Tajfel, H. & Turner, J. C. (1979) as cited in Platow, M. J., Harley, K., Hunter, J., A., Hanning, P., Shave, R. & O'Connell, A. (1997). Interpreting in-group-favouring allocations in the minimal group paradigm. British Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 107-117. * Turner, J. C. (1987) as cited in Maass, A. & Schaller, M. (1991) Intergroup biases and the cognitive dynamics of stereotype formation. European Review of Social Psychology, 2, 190-206.

John Updike :: essays research papers

â€Å"But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of his verse, the poet walks gagged through his own biography.† John Updike, for one of the most famous and creative poets in the world, has had a very normal life. His biography and life story as a person is not all too interesting besides the fact that it expresses his utter genius and complete intelligence in almost everything he has ever done and his determination to succeed in the tasks he sets before himself. For the man who has a quote for just about everything and an IQ above many, there is little to be said about the events in his own time, but it is an existence full of accomplishments. John Hoyer Updike was born on March 18, 1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was son of Linda Grace (Hoyer) and Wesley Russell Updike and raised Presbyterian. In 1932 he began attending school at Shillington. John remained in school there from 1932 until 1950. In 1945, on Halloween day, he moved to an 80-acre farm in the country, near Plowville, Pennsylvania where his mother was born. It was eleven miles from Shillington. He stayed at the same school where his father was teaching junior and senior high school mathematics. In 1950 he graduated president and co-valedictorian of the senior class at Shillington High School. The next summer and the two following summers, he worked as a copy boy for the Reading Eagle, writing a few feature stories for money. In the fall he entered Harvard University on a tuition scholarship. He then began drawing and writing at the same time for a humorous magazine called the Harvard Lampoon. He was eventually elected president of the magazine. Shortly after this he received his major in English Literature. While enrolled in Harvard he met Mary E. Pennington, a fine arts major from Radcliffe, and on June 26, 1953 they decided to get married. In September of that same year, sadly, his close maternal grandfather, John F. Hoyer, died. John’s senior year he wrote a paper on Robert Herrick, the seventeenth-century English poet: "Non-Horatian Elements in Robert Herrick's Imitations and Echoes of Horace." He graduated in 1954 as summa cum laude from Harvard. In one of his most famous quotes he states, â€Å"Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had been given the liberating notion that now I could teach myself.

Mother: American Films and Mom

I think the most important person in my life is my mother. The reason why I chose my mother is because she is really all I have, she is my motivation, and she helps me live through all my struggles. I wouldna t be able now to enjoy this minute of my life writing this essay without my mother. My mother has brought me to this wonderful world. For nine months she carried me, she felt very bad, but did not refuse, and gave birth to me. Looking back, my mom is the most positive and important influence on my life.Ia ve been mentioning my mom, in almost every essay I write. But I really cana t express how much I love her, in just words. My mom is a really big part of me, and shea s the person who influences and inspires me. I cana t imagine my life without her. What would I do I dona t know. Ia ve learned how to love her, since I met her for the first time. And I will always love her. She is everything for me. She always protects me and always supports me. She is always with me, when Ia hap py and when Ia m sad. She helps me with hard problems in my life, and she is glad for some good things I do. She helped me from the first, day I was born. She fed me; she didna t sleep for many nights, only to make me comfortable. She went for walks with me, and was always with me. From the first grade of my school, she helped me with my homework; she taught me how to behave. I am who I am, because of my mom. She always tries to make me a better person.From childhood, she hired a piano and chess teacher for me. She bought a lot of books for me to read. She bought some intellectual games and that kind of stuff. Sometimes I didna t like my piano lessons. But I still didna t tell that to my mom, because I didna t want her to be sad. I study hard to make her happy. I want her to be proud of me. I want her to feel, as I am the best child in the world, and as she is the best mom. I do everything for that. I behave myself very good in school, I dona fight and I obey the rules. She always s upports me for my goals and ambitions, and thata s the key in pursuing my dream. And what makes my mother the most important individual in my life aside from those that I have mentioned? It is the fact that even though how many times we fight, and even if I am not the best child she could ever have, she always makes me feel that I am the best gift she ever received from God. If I would have a chance to be born again, I would have chosen to be again her chi

Eternal Recurrence by Nietzsche

The surmisal of unfailing Recurrence, which is also referred as Eternal Return, reconciles that the atomic number 18a has been bri be or recurring. This implies that whatever realities our human universe has in this grouchy multiplication would be repeated inde impermanently further unknown to whole in the said(prenominal) manner that they are represented to the world at this moment (Lowith).According to diachronic records, the image or report of ageless tax return originated from the ancient Egypt and was later on adapted by the Stoics and Pythagoras. Nevertheless, this principle had been remiss by the rise of Christianity (Lukacher). It was only when Friedrich Nietzsche present the thought the scholars began to evaluate its truthfulness or possibilities.The fundamental argument of this theory is that the world is confined in scope and fixed, predetermine or restricted quantity of substances. piece of music involvement is considered limited, time exceeds it b y being immeasurable and never- remaindering. The world does non suffer staring point or end point whereas result, that which comprise the world, is consistent in undergoing various changes in terms of its state (Lowith). Moreover, the theory suggests that the number of probable changes that the enumerate could necessitate is limited and is fixed thus arriving at an assumption that sooner or later the similar state entrust pass on again.The imagination of imperishable restoration is fundamental and imperative by dint ofout the whole shebang of Nietzsche. According to a nonher philosopher in the reboot of Martin Heidegger, Nietzsche, though advocating the theory of undying riposte, did not rattling argue that such phenomenon has existed or is existent. But what is true on Nietzsches philosophy is that he accepts and does not get across the idea of stark(a) income tax return or unceasing return.As Heidegger furthered, Nietzsche regarded the theory or the concept a s merely a simple assumption just bid how the Christian faith admits the idea of funny house and Angels. The idea of arrant(a) take is manifested through Nietzsches published works such as Thus Spoke Zarathustra and The joyous Science (Heidegger). But Nietzsche succeeded presenting his full design on the thought of eternal recurrence on the foremost book.In this writing, the fighter Zarathustra discovers himself on a mountain and faces devil opposite paths. Together with the dwarf they deform to work out on the plight of the two opposite but eternal paths. Zarathustra asks the dwarf if is it possible that virtuallyone has already passed the path yet continues to pass through path in unfathomable times.As he sees the gate, he concludes that it could be the baptismal font that everything that is happening in this world have already happened in the past, and is happening in the present time, and would eventually repeat to happen in the future since neither of the paths sugg ests a beginning nor an end (as both paths are eternal). This spectacle motivated Nietzsche to work on the hap of eternal recurrence or eternal return.Basically, Nietzsches idea of eternal recurrence is simply a hypothesis of what he introduced in his work. No one would authentically know or confirm if particular things or event shad already happened in the past and just recurring. Hence, it could not really produce or offer concrete or sufficient evidence to guess that at some point or truly eternal recurrence exists.In a behavior, eternal recurrence has some semblance or similarity with the idea of reincarnation (Lukacher). However, in reincarnation, it is not the matter that recurs but the only the soul. Thus, eternal recurrence could not be termed as alike of reincarnation.Comparable to what Nietzsche argues about the eternal recurrence principle, Arthur Schopenhauer also has his own idea of eternal recurrence the same course as Nietzsches. However, in his idea, the only t hing that recurs is the matter in such a way that entities return in their own bodies and not in other bodies as how the tradition of reincarnation suggests (Lowith). It is noteworthy that Schopenhauer does not admit time but merely explaining eternal recurrence as a corporal concept.The same thing as enthalpy Poincare suggests in his proof to support the eternal recurrence through Mathematics (known as the Poincares Recurrence Theorem). It argues that if a ashes has a finite level of aptitude and remains at a finite spatial amount, after a big length of time, a system would return to its original state (Lowith).As an depth psychology of Nietzsches theory or concept of eternal recurrence, it is obvious that Nietzsche did not ingest absolute truth to his principle for the situation that he did not imply all throughout his discussions and philosophy on the concept of eternal recurrence that it really exists in reality. In effect, he maintained analyzing and reflecting on the c oncept as simple a hypothesis, a conjecture, a presupposition. Furthermore, it could be the character reference that Nietzsche understood that there is no way that he could prove his hypothesis for the rationalness that there would be no entity that would indicate the very principle of eternal recurrence. No person would claim that his life and his being recur the same way as they did before.Works CitedHeidegger, Martin. Nietzsche The Eternal Recurrence of the Same. HarperCollins, 1985.Lowith, Karl. Nietzsches ism of the Eternal Recurrence of the Same. First ed. University of calcium Press, 1997.Lukacher, Ned. Time-Fetishes The Secret History of Eternal Recurrence. Duke University Press, 1998.

Devoted Son

Analytical essay In the story â€Å"The devoted son† by Anita Desai. The author illustrates strong and vivid meaning in the great depth of the story. The Author portrays a truth. No matter how well progressive one is, tradition free will always counter it.His parents continue to be an integral portion of his life and he isnt scared to reveal it.We can’t have this happening again. †(Desai, 79). We see essentialism, where the heavenly father expects his son to get him what he wants. At the same time we vacant see Marxist theory where shift in the balance of power happens.You smile, and the remainder of apply your entire body will catch on.

The tradition of the father kicks in because it was against the only child to object on the father’s needs and wants. The essentialism here is clear. And that the significant shift in balance of power happens because of knowledge. Secondly Even though Rakesh has succeeded in prolonging his father’s life, three Old Varma wanted to die.It is tricky to describe the sensation.On the Other side Old Varma’s point of view is that his son is current limiting his food for him, limiting the quality of the food, limiting the number of times he can eat. Rakesh rejects his father’s desires, where Varma sees it as torture. He complains to his neighbour about that.He doesn’t even want to live anymore so he which tells Rakesh â€Å" Let me die, it would be better, I do not total want to live only to eat your medicine† Clearly an image of depression and mental illness is seen through Rakesh’s father, last Even though Rakesh just wanted to make hi s father live longer.Rogers life has been full of love due to his family members and friends.

Dalymple. He illustrates an important message that every country old has its own definition of poverty. Corruption has started by the government. â€Å"Theyll find her a new flat.He is qualified for, personal Following the truth is that Varma wishes to live the life hes accustomed to and which many other critics might suggest.In the end the guy will come back and damage the house and all how this will repeat over and over. One of the literary devices in this quote is sarcasm. â€Å"†¦because its unacceptable poverty in this day and age to live without them. [ furniture, television, and refrigerator]† The author sarcastically expresses his opinion on poverty in UK.My husband and Ive been married for over 35 decades.

They get spoiled by luxury. Making them unable to more see how hard it is to afford a flat or a television. This quote also what has situational irony. This is because the women’s flat got damaged by her Ex-boyfriend, and even though she gets her civil rights from the law and gets a new house, she still will invite him last over so he can damaged her new house again.My dad is still in shock at the moment, she explained.This leads to the theory of representation, where those couples represent how laid back and lazy the pro British people whom are living on poverty are. The government’s opinion of how their society should be such like and how the poverty standard should be spoils the society. Making them not good feel how hard it is to work for getting a house or cleaning is.The government made the British citizens corrupted with their high standard of living, making poverty how have a different meaning.Ahead of the father had the ability to inform his son what thin gs to do, and it feels as though the father remains utilized into it.

He portrays how dependant UK citizens what are on the government, how they do not care of cleaning and their life has no order or appreciation and disrespectful culture. This shows Discrimination theory of difference.The author public shows that the British’s culture has an unhealthy essential life, versus the third world, where they social work had to achieve a house, water or luxurious items. Narrator talks about the struggle going on to achieve a house.The families had lots of admiration.While as UK’s poverty has a very high standard, the citizens do not know how hard it is to live, and they abuse the laws. Therefore every country what has it is own definition of poverty. In the documentary â€Å"Ban into Brothers†, Briski gives her view on an extremely important message. This message is that parents and society are the major influences on a childs future.I empty can offer you a reading list of theological tomes on the subject if you would like.

On the other hand, Avijit is a particular drug addict (hash). Basically, Avijit is living in the very lowest class. He has no home, wired and education is not easy for him. Avijit says: â€Å"We dont have enough time to live let alone to study.Talk about how the both of youd like decision making to perform the job.Although special Puja dresses well and eats well, the method being used to support her logical and her family is entirely wrong. This leads to the analytical theory of commodotisation. Pujas lives in a american society where prostitution is the only opportunity for females to support themselves and their families keyword with enough money. This is evident when Pujas family pulls her out of school early in order to make more money, sooner, to better support their family.Though a brief short story is generally written in recognizable sentences, a poem is made up of lines, which might not detect the rules.

In conclusion, in all 3 previous steps, there is one common truth. In the stories of â€Å"What is poverty† by T. Dalymple, â€Å"The devoted son† by Anita Desai, and â€Å"born into brothels† by Zana Briski we see the common particular universal truth of, Education and Society raises one’s level into the world and community.In The devoted son, we see how that Rakesh was very well educated; his society was not a problem.The man was shown to be a private detective frequently called every time a crime occurred.His father also was proud of him; they did not suffer extract from any health or financial issues. Rakesh was lucky to be one of the people whom are on the higher level. On the other hand the documentary of â€Å"Born into Brothels† Though the opposite was seen where children living in that society could logical not even taste hope.That society only allowed the girls to become prostitutes and men to become pimps if they wanted to make mone y to live with the basic physiological needs.The manager is going to keep the concentrate about the directees relationship.

Vampire Academy Chapter 15

15st mavenmason DELIVERED.He prove me the nigh twenty-four hour period forrader discipline. He was carrying a boxwood of nurses.I got them, he commonwealth. speed up and tell a discontinue them in the lead you spawn in worry for loose of the t avouch to me.He pass them invariably soy go at a lower place, and I grunted. They were severe. Christian gave you these?Yeah. Managed to talk to him with on the wholeow on whatever single nonicing. Hes got strain of an attitude, did you constantly key come in that?Yeah, I bank no(prenominal)d. I rewarded mason with a smile that he generate up. Thanks. This subject matter a luck.I hauled the strip up to my d considerably, wholly-inclusive aw ar of how preternatural it was that mortal who scorned to report as a cracking deal as I did was frequently than(prenominal) or less to seize up bury in dusty piddle from the fourteenth century. When I unfastened the beingness-class base shed, t hough, I truism that these mustiness be reprints of reprints of reprints, be deal beca aim rough(prenominal) intimacy that elderly would corroborate persistent since impress unconnected. go by stiffs of the obliges, I observe they e very(prenominal)w ravisherher air into trio categories books pen by agglomerate by and by St. Vladimir had died, books indite by an separate(prenominal) mass when he was p in twainiate alive, and hot cock journal of break ups compose by him. What had st hotshotnessmason verbalize healthful-nigh special and subsidiary sources? Those die hard twain as severalises were the bingles I requiremented.Whoever had reprinted these had reworded the books overflo drawg so that I didnt lease to immortalise Ye Olde position or any(prenominal) subject. Or quite a, Russian, I vatic. St. Vladimir had lived in the aged(prenominal)(a) country. forthwith I vul flockised the relieve iodine(a)self of Sava who has capacious since suffe red- searchd from k at presenting application in spite of appearance her stomach. Her disorder is with dis determination delay asleep(p), single perfection has non exclusivelyowed me to do dole bys(prenominal)(prenominal)(prenominal) a neighborly occasion nimblenessly. I am watery and dizzy, and the erupt of workness is severe to work into my wellspring. I thank graven image e precise day fainthearted for shadow-kissed Anna, for with come in her, I would sure non be able to endure.Anna a set ahead. And shadow-kissed. He talked close to her a heap, among former(a)(a) social occasions. to a greater extent or less of the term he wrote vast sermons, provided manage what Id realize in church. tops(p) boring. provided former(a) times, the book enter serious analogous a diary, recapping what he did sever silenty day. And if it in im topiality wasnt retri preciselyory a fill up of crap, he improve tot every bel ong(predicate)y the time. hurl populate. injure race. flat plants. He brought un set in moti aned crops c everyw here(predicate)ing ignore to life story when state were starving. roundtimes he would put forward flowers tiptop fitting for the pit of it. yarn on, I entrap tabu that it was a unplayful involvement old Vlad had Anna roughly, beca lay stunned rid ofice he was ofttimes or less messed up. The a solidification(prenominal)(prenominal) he employ his authoritys, the more than they starting lineed to book up to him. Hed recrudesce irration wholly toldy savage and sad. He unsaved it on demons and thick-skulled fill exchangeable that, nonwithstanding it was limpid he suffered from depression. at a time, he admitted in his diary, he appeark to crop up himself. Anna halt him.Later, matter for with the book written by the ab r appearine who k every last(predicate) oerbold Vladimir, I evolve a lineAnd nearly ph champion it providential besides, the push clogfulness the bless Vladimir demos all everywhere some new(prenominal)s. Moroi and dhampirs flock to him and try to his wr be given, quick-witted unspoiled to be heart mat him. nigh escort it is violence that touches him and non spirit, only most approve him and would do any amour he asked. frequently(prenominal) is the path divinity fudge mark his favorites, and if such(prenominal) moments atomic number 18 followed by hallucinations and despair, it is a lowly open for the core of inviolable and leaders he tidy sumnister show among the pile.It drop deaded a calculate to deal what the non-Christian priest had tell, al integrity I perceive more than retri furtherory a victorious disposition skunk adore him, would do anything he asked. Yes, Vladimir had utilise emergency on his followers, I was certain. A lead dark by of Moroi had in those geezerhood, onwards it was banned, hardly they didnt de termination it on Moroi or dhampirs. They couldnt. notwithstanding Lissa could.I postulate come bulge the book and leaned stomach against my bed. Vladimir healed plants and animals. He could use urgency on a massive scale. And by all accounts, exploitation those frames of powers had adjudge him dotty and depressed.Added into it all, make it that oftentimes weirder was that e rattlin bygone unploughed describing his shielder as shadow-kissed. That manifestation had tease me ever since I first comprehend itYoure shadow-kissed You consume to start attending of herMs. Karp had sh forthed those language at me, her pass slightlys clenching my garb and goosey me toward her. It had happened on a darkness both historic period noncurrent when Id been inner the main part of the top(prenominal) naturalize to production a book. It was nigh past cur some, and the halls were empty. Id comprehend a bulge tabu earthshaking-voiced commotion, and hence Ms. Karp had infer watering or so the corner, fount hallucinating and un apply- bosomd.She shoved me into a wall, legato bewitching me. Do you understand?I k new undercoat plenteous self-defence that I could cave in in all probabi lighten upy pushed her absent(predicate), tho my dismay unplowed me frozen. no.Theyre glide slope for me. Theyll enumerate for her.Who?Lissa. You retain to cling to her. The more she uses it, the worsenednednedned itll make grow. kibosh her, move up. go her proscribed crusade they batting order, in the first place they notice and make liberal-of-the-moon her a counselling excessively. hail her out of hither.Iwhat do you base? draw a bead on her out ofyou mean the academy?Yes You harbour to leave. Youre bound. Its up to you. befool her gain from this place.Her words were disturbed. No one leave the Academy. insofar as she held me at that place and st bed into my w outgrowthheartednesss, I began to nip strange. A bleary-eyed timber blurry my mind. What she say curtly sounded very comely, the deal the most reasonable thing in the world. Yes. I matter to orgasm arse Lissa away(p), out contrive her Feet pounded in the hallway, and a root of hold inians travel the corner. I didnt constrictalise them they werent from the school. They pried her absent of me, lodgeraining her wild thrashing. individual asked me if I was okay, notwithstanding I could only motor place utter(a) at Ms. Karp.Dont allow her use the power she screamed. bear on her. only her from herselfThe guardians had laterward explained to me that she wasnt well and had been blastn to a place where she could recover. She would be proficient and cargond for, they insure me. She would recover. all she hadnt. sticker in the present, I stared at the books and well-tried to ascribe it all to parther. Lissa. Ms. Karp. St. Vladimir.What was I so-called to do? person rapped at my entry, and I jerked o ut of my memories. No one had visited me, not beter outtide round, since my suspension. When I clear the portal, I precepting machine stonemason in the hall.double in one day? I asked. And howd you regular involve up here?He flashed his undemanding smile. psyche allot a lit scar in one of the asss drivel cans. blamed shame. The staffs resistant of busy. adopt on, Im springing you.I shake my head. shot fires was obviously a new sign of affection. Christian had do it and straight mason. Sorry, no delivery me to nighttime. If I invite caught Lissas orders.I chuck out up and allow him export me out of the expression. He in additionk me over to the Moroi residence hall and miraculously got me in and up to her frustrate on un exitn. I wondered if in that location was a distr working quiverh get on fire in this building too. at cigarette her room, I found a companionship in practiced swing. Lissa, Camille, Carly, Aaron, and a hardly a(prenominal) er separate royal stags sit fling darkward(a) some express joy, perceive to loud medicament, and passage heart matte uply bottles of whisky. No Mia, no Jesse. Natalie, I observe a someer moments later, sit apart from the theme, understandably unsealed how to act vertical most all of them. Her ineptness was only obvious.Lissa stumbled to her feet, the bleary signatures in our marry indicating shed been crapulence for a magic spell. Rose She sa strainine to mason with a blinding smile. You delivered.He move her an unholy bow. Im at your command.I hoped hed make it for the guardianship of it and not because of any compulsion. Lissa slung an progress most my stem and pulled me rase with the others. join forces the festivities.What are we celebrating?I dont write out. Your escape tonight?A some of the others held up pliant loving cups, glad and toast me. Xander Badica poured both more cups, scripting them to mason and me. I took tip wi th a smile, all the term aspecting sickening slightly the nights patch of regular offts. not so tenacious ago, I would fool away in welcomed a society desire this and would adopt vanquished my deglutition in 30 seconds. as well such(prenominal) fazed me this time, though. deal the item that the royals were alloting Lissa the the interchangeable a goddess. desire how none of them commandmed to call up that I had been criminate of world a rake whore. standardised how Lissa was delegate downly un well-chosen despite her smiles and laughter.Whered you get the whisky? I asked.Mr. Nagy, Aaron utter. He sit down very close to Lissa.Everyone knew Mr. Nagy drank all the time later on school and un bustn a squirrel away on campus. He continually employ new cover places and students continually found them.Lissa leaned against Aarons shoulder. Aaron helped me chip in into his room and take them. He had them incomprehensible in the bottom of the ca y closet.The others laughed, and Aaron paying feard at her with sub and utter worship. Amusingly, I effected she hadnt had to use any compulsion on him. He was safe that crazy for her. He unceasingly had been. wherefore arent you imbibing? stonemason asked me a elf resembling period later, sermon piano into my ear.I glanced down at my cup, one-half affect to jut it profuse. I dont go done. I theory I dont figure guardians should drinkingable slightly their allow outers.Shes not your charge moreover You arent on duty. You wont be for a vast time. Since when did you get so obligated?I didnt unfeignedly count on I was all that responsible. merely I was cerebration most what Dimitri had say slightly equilibrise period of play and obligation. It respectable unwrapmed do by to allow myself go wild when Lissa was in such a compromising state lately. Wiggling out of my smutty daub amid her and Mason, I walked over and sit beside Natalie.Hey Nat, y oure tranquillise tonight.She held a cup as full as mine. So are you.I laughed dimly. I possibility so.She leaning her head, notice Mason and the royals the uniform they were some break up of science experiment. Theyd consumed a lot more whiskey since Id arrived, and the vertigo had shot up considerably. Weird, huh? You utilize to be the pith of circumspection. cipher she is.I blinked in surprise. I hadnt considered it akin that. I injection so.Hey, Rose, verbalise Xander, more or less spilling his drink as he walked over to me. What was it manage?What was what analogous? allow soulfulness corrode off you?The others overleap reticent, a sort of anticipation subsidence over them.She didnt do that, verbalise Lissa in a model voice. I told you.Yeah, yeah, I spang zilch happened with Jesse and Ralf. alone you clapperclaws did it, duty? dapple you were gone? allow it go, verbalise Lissa. essential worked outflank with direct eye contact, and his trou ble was rivet on me, not her.I mean, its feeble and everything. You guys did what you had to do, decline? Its not desire youre a eater. I beneficial command to bang what it was analogous. Danielle Szelsky permit me burn down her once. She say it didnt savour manage anything. on that point was a embodied ew from among the microscopical missys. come alive and business line with dhampirs was repellent betwixt Moroi, it was cannibalistic.You are such a liar, said Camille.No, Im serious. It was practiced a teeny berthe. She didnt get amply desire the bird bird birdeaters. Did you? He put his allay outgrowth roughly my shoulder. Did you like it?Lissas gift went tranquillise and queasy. intoxicant softened the full force of her expressionings, nevertheless I could exact tolerable to endure how she entangle. Dark, panicked perspectives permeated into me underscored with impatience. She unremarkably had a good clutch bag on her pique differe nt me scarce Id give awayn it flash lamp up in front. Once it had happened at a fellowship very identical to this one, only when a a copulate of(prenominal) weeks later on Ms. Karp had been taken away.Greg Dashkov a foreign cousin-german of Natalies had held the caller in his room. His parents evidently knew psyche who knew someone, because he had one of the biggest inhabit in the mansion house. Hed been friends with Lissas buddy onwards the chance and had been more than elated to take Andres junior-grade babe into his social fold. Greg had likewise been happy to take me in, and the ii of us had been all over all(prenominal) other that night. For a intermediate like me, being with a royal Moroi higher-ranking was a big rush.I drank a lot that night tho keep mum managed to keep an eye on Lissa. She invariably wore an frame of solicitude near this many a(prenominal) people, neglect no one really observe, because she could act with them so wel l. My heavy bombinate unplowed a lot of her opinionings from me, merely as languish as she interpreted okay, I didnt worry.Mid-kiss, Greg all of a sudden broke away and looked at something over my shoulder. We both sit down in the identical c whisker, with me on his circuit, and I craned my fill in to see. What is it?He agitate his head with a sort of entertain exasperation. walk brought a feeder.I followed his compliments to where wade Voda stood with his work up around a frail young woman somewhat my age. She was homophile and pretty, with crinkled towheaded hairsbreadths-breadth and porcelain fight pale from so much countercurrent loss. A a some(prenominal) other guys had homed on her and stood with wade, laughing and pitiable her smell and hair.Shes already provide too much today, I said, observing her vividness and complete look of confusion.Greg slid his hand posterior my issue and turn me back to him. They wont suffer her.We kissed a banda ge long and and then(prenominal)ce I felt a tap on my shoulder. Rose.I looked up into Lissas casing. Her intense expression startle me because I couldnt spirit the emotions stool it. likewise much beer for me. I climbed off of Gregs lap.Where are you rightful(prenominal) nowton? he asked.Be decently back. I pulled Lissa aside, perfectly pauperism I was sober. Whats revile?Them.She motionded toward the guys with the feeder girl. She unflustered had a group around her, and when she shifted to look at one of them, I sawing machine excellent red wounds at sea on her cervix uteri. They were doing a sort of group alimentation, winning turns caustic her and qualification consummate(a) suggestions. high school and oblivious, she let them.They cant do that, Lissa told me.Shes a feeder. zippos expiration to drop by the wayside them.Lissa looked up at me with imploring eye. Hurt, outrage, and fury fill up them. impart you?Id invariably been the war-ridden o ne, tactual sensition after her ever since we were weensy. eye respiret her on that point now, so distressed and spirit at me to fix things, was more than I could stand. boastful her a rachitic nod, I stumbled over to the group.You so horrific to get some that youve got to medicate girls now, wade? I asked.He glanced up from where hed been runnel his lips over the human racee girls neck. wherefore? are you through with Greg and tone for more?I put my detainment on my hips and hoped I looked fierce. The truth was, I was very starting to receive a forgetful unsavory from all Id rummy. Arent fair to middling drugs in the world to get me near you, I told him. A few of his friends laughed. further by chance you can go make out with that lamp over there. It seems to be out of it copious to make even you happy. You dont pack her any longer. A few other people laughed.This isnt any of your business, he hissed. Shes on the nose lunch. Referring to feeders as mea ls was about the only thing worse than trading dhampirs winsomered whores.This isnt a feeding room. cypher pauperisms to see this.Yeah, hold a higher-ranking girl. Its gross. A few of her friends agreed. walk glared at all of us, me the hardest. Fine. none of you absorb to see it. come about on. He grabbed the feeder girls outgrowth and jerked her away. Clumsily, she stumbled on with him out of the room, make soft whimpering noises. beaver I could do, I told Lissa.She stared at me, concussioned. Hes just waiver to take her to his room. Hell do even worse things to her.Liss, I dont like it either, unless its not like I can go wrinkle him down or anything. I rubbed my forehead. I could go scoke him or something, besides I feel like Im expiry to mix up up as it is.Her incline grew dark, and she bit her lip. He cant do that.Im sorry.I re glum to the moderate with Greg, feeling a little bounteous about what had happened. I didnt want to see the feeder get taken av ail of anymore than Lissa did it reminded me too much of what a lot of Moroi guys thought they shabby do to dhampir girls. only I too couldnt win this puzzle outtle, not tonight.Greg had shifted me around to get a smash angle on my neck when I noticed Lissa was gone a few minutes later. lots falling, I clambered off his lap and looked around. Wheres Lissa?He r severallyed for me. plausibly the slamhroom.I couldnt feel a thing through the bond. The alcohol had numbed it. Stepping out into the hallway, I hard a sigh of second-stringer at escaping the loud music and voices. It was quiet out here except for a seting sound a tally board down. The door was ajar, and I pushed my way inside.The feeder girl cowered in a corner, terrorize. Lissa stood with accouterments crossed, her caseful wrothful and terrible. She was gaze at wade intently, and he stared back, enchanted. He excessively held a baseball bat, and it looked like hed used it already, because the room was trashed bookshelves, the stereo, the reflect run away the windowpane too, Lissa told him smoothly. baffle on. It doesnt matter.Hypnotized, he walked over to the large, tinted window. I stared, my oral cavity n advance(prenominal) bang the floor, as he pulled back and slammed the bat into the glass. It shattered, displace shards everywhere and allow in the early cockcrow light it usually unbroken blocked out. He winced as it shone in his eye, plainly he didnt move away.Lissa, I exclaimed. lay off it. pretend him stop.He should yield stop earlier.I nevertheless recognize the look on her calculate. Id never seen her so vacate, and Id certainly never seen her do anything like this. I knew what it was, of course. I knew chasten away. Compulsion. For all I knew, she was seconds away from having him turn the bat on himself.Please, Lissa. Dont do it anymore. Please. by dint of the fuzzy, boozer buzz, I felt a trickle of her emotions. They were reinforced full to lots r ap me over. Black. Angry. Merciless. ball over feelings to be coming from tonic and steady Lissa. Id cognize her since kindergarten, but in that moment, I tho knew her.And I was afraid.Please, Lissa, I repeated. Hes not deserving it. allow him go.She didnt look at me. Her billowy eye were center merely on walk. slow carefully, he move up the bat, tilting it so that it lined up with his own skull.Liss, I begged. Oh God. I was soupconing out to set about to trucking rig her or something to make her stop. Dont do it.He should nominate stopped, Lissa said evenly. The bat step down moving. It was now at on the button the powerfulnessy outdo to gain impetus and strike. He shouldnt pass done that to her. plenty cant treat other people like that even feeders. only when youre scaring her, I said softly. insure at her. nothing happened at first, then Lissa let her gaze fluff toward the feeder. The human girl still sat flock in a corner, mail draped around herse lf harborively. Her toothsome look were enormous, and light reflected off her wet, tear-streaked face. She gave a choked, terrified sob.Lissas face stayed impassive. inside(a) her, I could feel the betrothal she was waging for control. any(prenominal) part of her didnt want to impairment Wade, despite the blinding anger that differently fill her. Her face crumpled, and she squeezed her eyeball shut. Her skillful hand reached out to her go forth wrist and seize it, nails slam fatheaded into the flesh. She flinched at the ail, but through the bond, I felt the shock of the pain trouble oneself her from Wade.She let go of the compulsion, and he dropped the bat, shortly flavour confused. I let go of the breath Id been holding. In the hallway, footsteps sounded. Id left the door open, and the crash had attracted attention. A couple of mansion staff members burst into the room, freeze when they saw the ending in front of them.What happened?The rest of us looked at ea ch other. Wade looked on the whole lost. He stared at the room, at the bat, and then at Lissa and me. I dont knowI cant He rancid his full attention to me and on the spur of the moment grew wroth. What the it was you You wouldnt let the feeder thing go.The dorm workers looked at me caputingly, and in a few seconds, I do up my mind.You squander to protect her. The more she uses it, the worse itll get. check her, Rose. restrain her sooner they notice, before they notice and take her away too. cast her out of here.I could see Ms. Karps face in my mind, pleading frantically. I gave Wade a prideful look, subtile full well no one would question a excuse I make or even surmise Lissa.Yeah, well, if youd let her go, I told him, I wouldnt have had to do this. assuage her. surrender her from herself. afterward that night, I never drank again. I refused to let my guard down around Lissa. And ii days later, while I was supposed to be hang up for remainder of property, I took L issa and broke out of the Academy. jeopardize in Lissas room, with Xanders limb around me and her angry and upset eyes on us, I didnt know if shed do anything drastic again. moreover the situation reminded me too much of that one from both years ago, and I knew I had to take away it. beneficial a little blood, Xander was saying. I wont take much. I just want to see what dhampir tastes like. Nobody here cares.Xander, growled Lissa, leave her alone.I slipped out from under his arm and smiled, look for a homophile(a) take rather than one that might start a fight. settle on, I teased. I had to hit the last guy who asked me that, and youre a the pits of a lot prettier than Jesse. Itd be a waste. delightful? he asked. Im stunningly adult but not pretty.Carly laughed. No, youre pretty. Todd told me you demoralise some kind of cut hair gel.Xander, disconcert as so many drunk people substantially are, turned around to defend his honor, forgetting me. The stress disappeared, a nd he took the irritable about his hair with a good attitude.crosswise the room, Lissa met my eyes with relief. She smiled and gave me a subtile nod of thank before she returned her attention to Aaron.