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Inventions are truly remarkable, revealing talented inventors who were or are able to think laterally about problems and solve them.

Inventions are truly remarkable, revealing talented inventors who were or are able to think laterally about problems and solve them. The sewing machine, aeroplane and long-lasting light bulb all filled a gap in an increasingly industrialized era, often taking existing ideas and improving on them significantly; thus, introducing the concept of mass production or, in the case of the plane, the accessibility of it and advancements for large-scale trade and travel opportunities. Hence, filling a need, and recognizing a gap in the market, would be a definite reason for inventing anything. The perseverance of the inventors is also another reason why these things, among others, were invented as inventing requires patience, aptitude, an inquiring and questioning mind and an absolute belief in the product or idea. There are also monetary concerns as inventing can be an expensive process. There are many inventions that never made it- or that were invented much later- because of a shortage of cas...

Human ingenuity and the industrial revolution combined to develop mechanical and electronic means for conducting tasks

Human ingenuity and the industrial revolution combined to develop mechanical and electronic means for conducting tasks that would otherwise either not have existed, in the case of manned flight, or remained subject to crude, inefficient methodologies. The inventions of the sewing machine and the light bulb were two prime examples of the application of science and industry to transform how people sewed textiles and illuminated space. The act of sewing has been around tens of thousands of years. Archaeological and anthropologic discoveries have verified that humans were using crude devices, such as early versions of needles, to construct clothing, blankets and other items made from cotton, wool, animal remains, wood fibers and other materials. By the middle of the 18th Century, the industrial revolution was underway and, with it, the search for more efficient means of performing tasks like sewing. The development of the sewing needle is considered to have preceded the sewing machine, wit...

Bolt depicts More as a man who recognizes permanence in the face of contingency.

Bolt depicts More as a man who recognizes permanence in the face of contingency. Bolt constructs More as one who possesses”an adamantine sense of self.” This aspect of his characterization enables him to surrender increasingly weightier goods as he remains loyal to his conscience, something inextricably linked to his notion of self. This can be seen at different points in the drama. When Norfolk seeks to pressure More to embrace political expediency and conformity, More speaks of a strong identity that is willing to forego acceptance from others as well as political title: “And when we stand before God, and you are sent to Paradise for doing according to your conscience, and I am damned for not doing according to mine, will you come with me, for fellowship?” For More, “doing according to your conscience” is what defines his very essence. It is in this notion that More is shown to be “A Man For All Seasons,” as the validity of his conscience is what drives his actions. More’s sense of c...

In Bradbury’s science-fiction narrative, Montag is dissatisfied with his life much before he realizes that he is

In Bradbury’s science-fiction narrative, Montag is dissatisfied with his life much before he realizes that he is. In Chapter 1 after he has finished burning some books, he senses the presence of the pedestrian, Clarisse McClellan, who has been watching from around the corner. As he walks down the street with her, she talks of odd things, like noticing the colors of things. Once near her house, Montag notices all the lights on inside; confused by this, he asks Clarisse what is happening. To Montag’s surprise, she tells him that the family sits around and talks to each other in the evening. Montag’s encounter with Clarisse stirs his interest and his discontent with his life. After he returns to his own home, Montag has to call the emergency hospital to come and pump her stomach because she has taken too many sleeping pills; however, the next day, she fails to remember anything, returning to her watching the mindless television watching. In the next days, Montag talks with Clarisse and th...

In Act III Horace talks with Addie who tells him that Ben and Oscar and Regina believe that the deal with Mr. Marshall will greatly profit them; in fact, they consider it consummated.

In Act III Horace talks with Addie who tells him that Ben and Oscar and Regina believe that the deal with Mr. Marshall will greatly profit them; in fact, they consider it consummated. HORACE: They believe it that way?….They are fools. ADDIE: You ain’t born in the South unless you are a fool. Addie knows that to dream is a foolish venture for every black, as their station in life is fixed. And, for Ben and Oscar to believe that the Northerner, Mr. Marshall, has come to truly make a profitable bargain with them is equally foolish. For, the Northern industrialists come to the South only to profit themselves and to exploit the defeated South.Moreover, those who do not combat the vices such as greed, fall to the evil wrought by it, along with apathy and envy. Horace Giddens is made sick, and his will to fight is defeated; Birdie turns to drink, and Alexandra comes to detest her mother, while Leo gets arrested.Hellman perceived the passivity of Southerners as defeatist and dangerous. For, al...

Independence is relative and variable for an elderly person.

Independence is relative and variable for an elderly person. There are many everyday activities with which an elderly person is going to need help, the most obvious being traveling; once the ability to drive ones own vehicle is gone, all other kinds of independence are diminished as well. A calm, realistic co-existence with an aide or series of aides is the best way to mental health, and physical sanity and comfort. Abuse comes from caretakers who have not volunteered or been hired, but rather are put in a caretaking situation by dint of the relation to the elderly person, or of a financial situation that they resent. Motive, therefore, is central to assessing the quality of care being given. The elderly person, in turn, must not assume a master-servant attitude, but rather an attitude of a grateful receiver of attention when needed. The worst kind of abuse, besides out-and-out physical harm, is the withdrawal of real human contact from the caretaker, someone who treats the patient as ...

Creon does in large measure get what he deserves at the end of the play, although this does not mean that we cant feel sorry for him.

Creon does in large measure get what he deserves at the end of the play, although this does not mean that we cant feel sorry for him. He brings retribution down on his own head by his intemperate speech and actions, but the disaster that finally overwhelms him is of such magnitude that it is hard not to pity him. Actually, to begin with Creon seems quite reasonable, with honourable principles, as he establishes himself as the defender of the city against the traitor Polynices, refusing to allow his body a decent burial. His opening speech is measured and eloquent as he extols loyalty to the city above all else our country is our safety, he declares: and his exposure of the traitors corpse, although a dubious move, is presented at this stage as a justifiable act overall. However, Creons reasonable faade quickly changes once Antigone sets herself up to defy him. He becomes more and more vitriolic and vindictive, showing himself to be extremely hot-tempered, too quick to react to insults,...