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- 411: The Year 2050
- ... on the outskirts of San Jose. Since the year 1993, no action has been taken to resolve the environmental problems within the US, but third world nations are prospering because they started to preserve their rain- forests. Many US citizens are packing up and heading to Zaire, where large amounts of coal and oil reserves have been found. Although people feel that they will be able to "Strike it rich" in ... help the economy. His first action as president was to take care of the massive droughts in the Central United States. President Jagger had his scientists invent a new way of seeding clouds to force rain. So, this new process of seeding the clouds began. Before we knew it, we had a massive hole in the ozone layer right above the United States. This hole was the result of the large ...
- 412: Frankenstein
- ... built upon strong foundations, and so worthy of my considerations” (Shelley 27). The night of the creation of Frankenstein’s monster “was on a dreary night of November” and as he worked on it “the rain pattered dismally against the panes,” (Shelly 42). He created him by candle light in an isolated part of an old house. This environment corresponds to the state of mind and heart of the creator at ... a joyful mood. Then in Chapter 10 he meets up with the monster again. This time, like the other time, the environment they met each other is one of a rainstorm, Victor says that, “the rain poured down from the dark sky and added to the melancholy impression I received from the objects around me” (Shelley 81). The setting was also full of jutting rocks, broken, and blastered trees. This setting ...
- 413: Hot Zone
- ... question the book seems to raise later on, however, is who is the real impostor; the virus on the human race, or the human race on its home for the past millions of years, the rain forests. Are Ebola, and the other filoviruses, antibodies against the "human virus" that is swiftly and thoughtlessly destroying Mother Earth? Are these viruses the "check" on the human K-species that we have been expecting ... Nature will have her revenge on those who make a mockery of her as he does, perhaps the human race, as well, which is destroying the very loins that gave birth to us, the African rain forest. Ebola is a deadly virus to humans and primates, and its origin has yet to be uncovered. There is no cure for any of the Ebola sisters: Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan, Marburg, and the ...
- 414: Chemical Bonding
- ... apart. A strong example of this is the nitrogen in the atmosphere. An energy jolt as strong as that of a lighting bolt (1.21 jigawatts) is needed to separate the nitrogen and make nitric acid. The acid is then taken in by plants in order to produce amino acids and for DNA. Chemical bonds are the building blocks of all substances. The atmosphere, the Earth, and even your own body are products ...
- 415: Macbeth Imagery
- ... in Macbeth contributes to its ominous atmosphere. In the very beginning of the play the three witches are talking and the first witch says "When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?" (Macbeth 1. 1. line 1). This is a good example of darkness imagery because when you think of the crashing thunder, lightning and rain, they all remind you of evil and ominous things. Later on the Sergeant is talking with Duncan and Malcolm when he states "Ship wrecking storms and direful thunders break" (1. 2. l26). Again this darkness ...
- 416: Movie: What's Eating Gilbert Grape
- ... was very upset with Gilbert and asked, “Where has your head been?” Gilbert head has been up in the clouds, with his love. This movie, “What's eating Gilbert Grape” is similar to the movie “Rain Man”. In both movies they have mentally impaired bothers who need certain treatment. These brothers didn't always give it to them. In “Rain Man”, Charlie abducted his brother, Raymond, from the only home he has ever know. This wasn't the proper kind of treatment that Raymond needed, he was treated this way out of Charlies' selfish reasons ...
- 417: A Clockwork Orange: Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish
- ... the house of a writer, to burglarize it. While there, they brutalized the writer and his wife. Alex raped the wife in front of the writer and then started to sing "Sing'n in the Rain" as he pummeled the old man. Alex's final act of violence came at the house of a rich health spa owner. The gang went there with the intent of robbing the place, but the ... the grotesque murder and rape scenes found in Clockwork. The most notable copycat crime was in Britain where a woman was raped and beaten by a group of thugs who sang "Sing'n in the Rain" as they carried out their ruthless act of violence. When questioned by police, one of the thugs commented, "I got the idea to beat this b**** from a movie I saw." The movie turned out ...
- 418: Fanon's Three Stages Related to the Indigenous People of Chiapas
- ... land and freedom." In the following excerpt, the old people find a calling to revolution from the very land the revolution is fought for. The oldest of the old say that the wind and the rain and the sun tell the campesinos when they should prepare the soil, when they should plant, and when they should harvest. They say that hope also must be planted and harvested. And the old people say that now the wind, the rain , and the sun are talking to the earth in a new way, and that the poor should not continue to harvest death, now it is time to harvest rebellion.(Marcos 46) As the second stage ...
- 419: Archetypes In The Lion King
- ... from his sheltered world. When Simba is found by Timon and Pumbaa in the desert, they splash him with water to bring life back into him. Another example of the symbolism of water is the rain when Simba defeats Scar and assumes his position on the throne of Pride Rock. The rain symbolizes the rebirth of the Pridelands. They go from the desolation that Scar brings to the prosperity that comes with Simba. On the other hand, the desert is symbolic for spiritual defilement and desiccation. This ...
- 420: Oxygen
- ... Priestley's experiments, was principally responsible for the understanding of COMBUSTION and the establishment of the law of conservation of matter. Lavoisier gave oxygen its name, which is derived from two Greek words that mean "acid former." Lavoisier held the mistaken idea that oxides, when dissolved in water, would form only acids. It is true that some oxides when dissolved in water do form acids; for example, sulfur dioxide forms sulfurous acid. Some oxides, however, such as sodium oxide, dissolve in water to form bases, as in the reaction to form sodium hydroxide; therefore oxygen was actually inappropriately named. NATURAL OCCURRENCE Oxygen is formed by a number ...
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