.... become truly happy. In marrying, they not only fulfill themselves as individual, but also affirm the principle values of society. As in many of her novels, this marriage at the end of the novel shows us Jane Austen's ideal view of marriage as a social institution. The novel Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen gives us the reader a very good idea of how she views marriage, as well as society. The theme of marriage is set in the very opening sentence of Pride and Prejudice; "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife" (Austen, 1) As Norman Sherry points out, this is Austen's way .....

.... the world. Some of the homeless tend to wander out of the city borders and into less populated areas. They gather all of their belongings and head for new more peaceful locations. The worst part of the year for the homeless is during the winter. They have to sleep in the freezing cold and many times they even have to sleep in the snow. There are a lot of homeless deaths during the winter beacuse they can't find a warm place to go and they freeze to death. Every year increases. There are two major trends responsible for the rapid growth of homelessness over the past 15-20 years. These two trends include the growing shortage of affordable rental housing .....

.... Laws in California” 1). Since curfew laws have proven themselves to be ineffective when trying to reduce youth crime, and actually have the potential to turn law-abiding teens into criminals: it is obvious they need to be thrown into societies trash bag, never to be used again. Parents have plenty of things to worry about when it comes to their children: if they smoke, if they’re hanging out with the wrong crowd, or if they are getting good enough grades. With all these worries, it seems nonsensical to throw one more worry on the already large pile of worries parents have to deal with. “My kids are home-schooled,” complains mother Tiana Hutchinson, “I .....

.... with their lives and join gangs as an alternative to boredom, hopelessness and devastating poverty. Studies have attempted to determine why gangs plague some communities but there has been no definitive answer. As a result, people working to solve gang problems have great difficulty. They find the situation overwhelming, and the violence continues. Early Gangs In United States History No groups completely fitting the above description of gangs existed in America until the early 1800s, but from the beginning of the European settlement in America there was gang-like activity, especially when class distinctions came into being. Gang members tended to .....

.... and the lack of individual creative power and initiative are certainly one of the chief defects of our time." [Op. Cit., p. 28] In effect, modern capitalism has reduced individuality to a parody of what it could be (see section I.7.4). As Affie Kohn points out, "our miserable individuality is screwed to the back of our cars in the form of personalized license plates." So we see a system which is apparently based on "egoism" and "individuality" but whose members are free to expand as standardized individuals, who hardly express their individuality at all. Far from increasing individuality, capitalism standardizes it and so restricts it - that it survives a .....

.... and unrecognized influences on children’s behavior in the 90’s is television and media. The impact that television is having on children should not just concern parents and educators, but should also open the eyes of politicians, physicians, and public health advocates. (Gadcow) Every week young people, from age two and up, view an average of 16 to 17 hours of television.(Klein) With every two to three hours spent each day watching the tube, children experience many acts of violence and sex. The National Television Violence Study reviewed three years, almost 10000 hours, of television programming. They found that 61% of the programming contained some kind o .....

.... to the teens about what everyone else was doing after homecoming. They told me that the other kids were all going to a party at this guys house and getting drunk. The same boy about a month ago had gotten in trouble by the police for having a party and here he is having another one. I asked them all why he was having another party after all ready getting in trouble, “Oh, well they won’t get in any trouble, nothing will happen to them. They’re our friends.” This displays the act of being indestructible. They all seriously thought nothing was going to happen to them. Maybe nothing will, but still they believe that there isn’t even the chance even th .....

.... of children across the world. Surfing is an ancient sport first practiced by Hawaiian kings. Early surfers rode 14 to 18 foot wooden boards that weighed over 150 pounds (Tomalin1). Duke Kahanamoka introduced surfing to the United States in 1912 (Weir3). If you asked someone who is the father of surfing, they would probably say, "Duke who?" But mention Kelly Slater and they will not stop talking. Robert Kelly Slater was born February 11, 1912 in Cocoa Beach Florida (Tomlin1). He went to high school and actually graduated. The reason I say this is because most people like Kelly (surfers knowing they are going to go professional) never graduate high school .....