Jamie Smith

While the rules regarding the priesthood has changed during the history of the church, so has the perception of the priesthood in regard to women. While they cannot hold priesthood office, women are important in the grand scheme of the priesthood. As the article “Joseph Smith’s Teachings about Priesthood, Temple, and Women” states, “As Bishop Newel K. Whitney expressed it shortly after receiving his endowment, ‘Without the female all things cannot be restor’d to the earth. It takes all to restore

In Book 1 of 1984, Orwell implies that truth is fashioned by what society would like to believe, even when it’s not necessarily true. Orwell reveals this idea through the main character, Winston Smith, whose job is to rewrite the history for his society. According to Winston, “all history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary” (Orwell, 49). He goes back on old newspapers that had opinions or predictions that contradicts with what Big Brothers does and

Over the centuries, society has debated the most effective and economical methods to solving poverty within politics and government. This debate has carried over into the Christian community as well, with modern day Christians falling into two categories: those who are for free market enterprise, capitalism, and those who agree with the redistribution of wealth, socialism/communism, for fixing the problem of poverty. In looking at both sides of the argument, it can be determined that there is a decidedly

Adam Smith Adam Smith was a philosopher, political scientist, journalist, educator, scholar, and economist. He lived from 1723-1790. In his lifetime he was a very important and well known man. He was known as the “Father of Modern Capitalism”. Smith described how the free market works and is known for his expression “the invisible hand”. Smith became famous for his book titled The Wealth of Nations. He also had a book titled Theory of Moral sentiments. Adam Smith was very political and very pro

PER REPORTER: Candace said she received a text today from her step son (Gabe) saying his stepfather (Lee) threatened him with a knife today. According to Gabe, he got his progress report today and was failing three classes which resulted in Marsha and Lee calling him into the room where they were. He said when he went into the room Lee got upset with him and then threatened him with a knife. He said his mother did not say or do anything about Lee threatening him with the knife; however, he said his

By the end of 1984, Winston had been completely broken down and purged of his rebellious mind and instincts. Big Brother told Winston throughout the novel that he would eventually be killed. However, Winston was not actually physically killed. He was stripped of his own thoughts and characteristics that made him himself, therefore his self being had been killed. Many readers dislike the novel’s conclusion and find it decidedly bleak. Why did Orwell end the novel this way? In the beginning of the

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath also addresses the tensions between expectations regarding traditional female roles and the increasing demands and opportunities of paid labor. In the summer of 1953, The Bell Jar opens. Esther Greenwood, a brilliant young woman, is functioning as an editorial intern at a famous women’s magazine in New York city. Although Esther has an academic promise and aspiration, she feels demoralized about her future and disconnected from society. In addition to her early symptoms

The book the Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath and the short story the yellow wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman are both about two women who have severe mental issues. On top of that Both females also fall under many stereotypes during the time of the 1950s. Esther falls under the stereotype of a young american girl who goes to New York. Esther is expected to marry a rich young man, and what she calls a home wife. A wife that cooks,cleans, and does whatever the husband tells her to do. THe female in the yellow

over-arching entity to provide such public goods. However, economists differ on the role that this government should play. Of the five economists whose viewpoints were portrayed in the YouTube clip, I agree with Adam Smith and his general view of the role of government in a capitalistic society. Smith places value on the government providing infrastructure, such as the “production of roads, bridges, canals, and harbors.” This assertion highlights that there may be difficulties in a pure free

Panic! At The Disco’s song, “Nine In The Afternoon” tells a story of the band going back too room where the band was created, and the song is all about reminiscing about the good times and memories of the group beginning. The title of the song tells a story on its own, the room the band first started in had no windows nor any clocks, so when they wanted to know the time they would peak their head outside the door and guess the time, around 9 in the afternoon, creating the name of the first song