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- 5281: Alfred Nobel
- ... work. He also realized that the safety problems had to be solved and a method had to be developed for the controlled detonation of nitroglycerin. In the United States he visited John Ericsson, the Swedish- American engineer who had developed the screw propeller for ships. In 1852, Alfred Nobel was asked to come back and work in the family enterprise which was booming because of its deliveries to the Russian army ...
- 5282: Jane Eyre - Nature
- ... old foundations before she could build anew. It is necessary to examine these scenes of nature in the context of the early to mid nineteenth-century. This was of course the time of the Industrial Revolution, when as Robert Ferneaux Jordan put it, there was "a shift from the oolite, the lias and the sand to the coal measures. What had been the wooded hills of Yorkshire or Wales became, almost ...
- 5283: How Much Land Does A Man Need
- ... did in Americans over a hundred years ago. The story goes on and we see Pahom becoming agitated the he has to pay fines all the time because of his animals wandering. This represents the American people having to pay fines, such as taxes and tariffs, to the government in the mid-1800’s. Pahom lives in a commune and some of the people have begun to buy their own tracts ...
- 5284: Martin Luther King and Malcolm X - Two Views, One Cause
- Martin Luther King and Malcolm X - Two Views, One Cause Many black authors and leaders of the sixties shared similar feelings towards the white run American society in which they lived. Malcolm X, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, and Stokely Carmichael all blamed the whites for the racism which existed. However, they agreed that it was up to the black society ...
- 5285: Heart Of Darkness And Apocalyp
- ... little people and preserve its own image in the world. Along with that is the growing realization, since the Tet Offensive of 1968, that the U.S. was somehow way off the mark (Worthy 24)." American Culture views it self as "correct", and we see ourselves as powerful police of the world. Our culture looked down upon the Vietnamese because they were more simple than us, just as Europe and Marlow ...
- 5286: The Manhattan Project
- ... bomb, opposed the bombings and felt that it was immoral to kill that many innocent people just to get an influence in the war. The Manhattan Project was one of the most important parts of American History. It was the first effort to create an atomic bomb, that helped end the war in the Pacific. I enjoyed researching the topic and learned a lot from my readings. Now I understand the ...
- 5287: The Boston Massacre
- ... it should be noted that as a result of his death in the Boston Massacre, Crispus Attacks would emerge as the most famous of all the black men to fight in the cause of the Revolution, and become its first martyr. Documentation has come to light over the years indicating that Revere copied engraver Henry Pelham's drawings of the Massacre, produced his own engraving, and three weeks after the occurrence ...
- 5288: Ray Charles Robinson
- ... come. In the 1960's Charles recorded "I Can't Stop Loving You" (a piece of country music) with a large orchestra and his own voice. This song, like his others, was loved by the American people. Unfortunately, in the 1940's Charles became addicted to heroin, and in 1964 he was arrested for it. While he was awaiting his trial he went to an award ceremony in which his son ...
- 5289: Great Gatsby - Comparison Of N
- ... girl he always wanted but couldn’t get. Nick sees Gatsby at the end as a romantic dreamer who seeks his ideal by amassing wealth as a racketeer. Gatz was a symbol for the whole American Experience When his dream becomes unfulfilled and not expected what it would be, Gatsby gets destroyed by his own illusions.
- 5290: Martin Luther King
- ... he pleaded guilty and was sentenced 99 years in prison. Martin Luther King was able to achieve the impossible. He was an ambitious man who wanted to make a difference in the lives of every American Black. Step by step, he organized demonstrations and made speeches to further strengthen his cause. His philosophy of non-violence played a key role in the success of the right to be free. Carved on ...
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