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…The Road to Doom Selfish acts and curious inquiries prove to be dangerous human qualities. Following a display of wit and courage, Oedipus arrives in the city of Thebes, demanding control. It is here that he discovers himself. Curiosity…

…extremes; men being stronger, tougher and more controlling, while women are meek, thoughtless and easily dominated. In keeping with the Ibo view of female nature, the tribe allowed wife beating. The novel describes two instances when Okonkwo beats his second…

…different extremes; men being stronger, tougher and more controlling, while women are meek, thoughtless and easily dominated. In keeping with the Ibo view of female nature, the tribe allowed wife beating. The novel describes two instances when Okonkwo beats his…

…you to keep up the good fight. I never told you, but our life is at war and I have been a traitor all my born days, a spy in the enemy’s country ever since I give up my gun back in the reconstruction. Live with your head in the lion’s mouth. I want you…

…of their lives as they begin to deceive and dissipate their relationship with the adults around them. Miles and Flora soon become doubtful of the governess as they creep to the top of the control tower in the relationship; soon the governess becomes the naïve…

…something that is very real and innate. There is a side to our human nature that finds perverse pleasure in gun-shootings, blood and gore and if violence were eliminated from the media, this intrinsic quality wound find some other avenue to rear its ugly head…

…are probably familiar with the phrase "road rage." Road rage is when the aggressive driver goes to the extreme and may involve using a weapon whether it is the vehicle itself or a gun kept under the seat. These kinds of incidents have also been on a steady rise…

…Believe It Or Not," a small village in an eastern country was featured. In this village the pest population was so out of control that the villagers were forced to control it the only way they knew how--by eating the problem. Rats are no longer a problem…

…of blacks from any share in political power, and economic control by the white government. Also a network of laws kept a structure of discrimination, exploitation, and deprivation, in which Coloureds and Indians formed oppressed votes in relation to whites…

…, desensitizes them to the pain of others, and teaches them that it is normal for adults to resolve conflicts with fists and guns" (40). Children cannot understand pain and death if they are watching cartoons of coyotes falling off cliffs, just to get up and do…