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- 2051: Summary: Lord of the Flies
- ... the island, to be alone again. Jack's idea of giving the beast an offering was like the start of some religion worshipping the beast as though it was a god. Their hunt of the big sow, was vividly described with much detail to the terror and blood. The brutality of the hunt and cruelty of the hunters were powerfully expressed through the harm they had inflicted upon the drove of ...
- 2052: Nine Tomorrows: Will Computers Control Humans in the Future?
- ... everything for them. According to another story in the book, Asimov also describes how computers would be able to predict probabilities of an event, future. In the story All the Troubles of the World one big computer predicted crime before it even happened, allowing the police to take the person who was going to commit the crime and release him/her after the danger has passed (All The Troubles of The ...
- 2053: The Island by Gary Paulsen
- ... that his father is tired and sad,his eyes rimmed with red from crying. Wil invites his father over to the island and realizes that this saga will only end when Wil finds an island big enough for his whole family so they can learn what he has learned. I feel that the most interesting part of the book is the beginning of each chapter where there is a paragraph by ...
- 2054: Margaret Bourke-White
- ... mill but women weren't allowed inside. Being a woman didn't stop her and the pictures were a success. Her shots were published in magazines all over the country and got Margaret her first big job, at Fortune magazine in New York. With Margaret's photos Fortune became one of the leading photography magazines. The magazine had also made her a star but Margaret still kept her studio, which had ...
- 2055: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... of Virginia young Edgar seemed to some how created a substantial amount of gambling debts. Mr. Allan then refused to pay any more of Poe's so called "college fees." Poe and John had a big dispute and Poe decided to run away and join the army( under the name Edgar A. Perry). Poe spent three years in the army, during this time he began experimenting with writing. In his last ...
- 2056: John Wilkes Booth
- ... up the stairs to the Presidential Box. He got by the guard. He planned to open the door when the audience was laughing at a funny part of the play. He opened the door and "BANG"! He murdered Lincoln.The bullet went into the back of Lincoln's head and was lodged behind Lincoln's left eye. He shot Lincoln with a derringer shotgun. After he shot Lincoln, he jumped from ...
- 2057: Biography of Anne Frank
- ... would have arguments over things Anne thought were petty, like the usage of potatoes. On day Anne asked Mr. Pfeffer if she could use the table they shared for her afternoon studies. There was a big conflict about that and it had it be ended through conflict. Anne often felt it was wrong of them to be in the annex. She thought that Jews shouldn’t have to live under the ...
- 2058: Kobe Bryant
- ... Charlotte Hornets. Before even practcing in a hornet's uniform, Kobe was dealt to the Los Angles Lakers in exchange for center Vlade Divac. Despite his youth and lack of college experience, Bryant was a big help to the Lakers. He scored in double figures 25 times. He grabbed the spotlight at the All-Star Weekend by winning the Nestle Crunch Slam Dunk and leading all players with an event-record ...
- 2059: Al Gore
- ... in Vanderbilt’s law school. Just two years later, he began to campaign for the Democratic nomination for Tennessee’s Fourth District congressional seat. When he won the nomination over Stanley Rogers, it was a big enough success to predict his win in the 1976 general election. After serving four terms, Gore jumped at the chance to fill the open Tennessee senatorial seat. He won the election in 1984. Among other ...
- 2060: Stephen King
- ... band "Rock Bottom Remainders". Hollywood has had a great relationship with Stephen King right from the beginning. It is taken for granted that almost any novel that he writes will eventually be adapted for the big screen, sometimes by King himself. While some have been critical failures, it is interesting to note that none of his movies have ever lost money. On the other side, The Shawshank Redemption (which received seven ...
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