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- 10131: Francisco Pizarro
- ... in one of Spain's poorest regions. He apparently never learned to read or write. The conquest of Peru by an obscure adventurer is one of the most dramatic episodes in the history of the New World. Until he was nearly 50 years old, Francisco Pizarro, serving as a minor Spanish official on the Isthmus of Panama, had nothing to show for years of toil and peril but a small holding of ... to Cuzco and set up Manco, Atahuallpa's brother, as nominal sovereign. In 1535 he founded Ciudad de los Reyes (City of the Kings), which is now Lima. The city was the seat of his new government. Manco escaped and headed an unsuccessful uprising. Two or three years later Pizarro and Almagro quarreled about the territory each was to govern. This contest soon assumed the proportions of a civil war. ...
- 10132: Ernest Hemingway 5
- ... to forgive himself for his past actions, he will become obsessed with them, resulting in the loss of his freedom to begin anew. His forgiveness liberates him from the past and allows him to make new promises in the future (97). For Jake Barnes living according to the hero code meant living passionately and without illusion, and finding value in what he did with his life. According to Rovit and Gerry ... them, or by experience, or by taking chances, or by money. Enjoying living was learning to get your money s worth and knowing when you had it. You could get your money s worth. The world was a good place to buy in. It seemed like a fine philosophy. In five years, I thought, it will seem just as silly as all the other fine philosophies I ve had. Perhaps that ... tennis partner, Robert Cohn, a graduate of Princeton and former boxer, whose only goal was to win Lady Brett Ashley. Despite the intentions of these two men Brett s only interest was to drink, meet new friends, and marry Mike Campbell. Even the Catholic Church failed to provide Jake with the security of religion. The Catholic Church had an awfully good way of handling all that. Good advice, anyway. Not ...
- 10133: John Grisham
- John Grisham John Grisham became a world famous writer with his book The Firm. Although he never wanted to be a writer, he has now written over nine books, many of them best- sellers (Arnold 29). Examining his writing will show why ... class in tax law, Grisham transferred out and into criminal defense law. In 1981 he graduated from law school with a J.D. degree (Current 221). John Grisham wasted no time going right into his new business of a lawyer. After finishing college Grisham set up a private practice in Southaven (Ferranti 42). Almost as soon as he opened his practice, Grisham disliked his chosen field. After accepting, and winning, his ... Grisham went on to write nine more novels in his nine years of being a writer, with five of them becoming movies. Forbes magazine ranked John Grisham as one of the wealthiest entertainers in the world. In 1996 alone he earned $43 million. A Grisham novel will usually have a total sell of well over two million in hardcover with an additional three or four million in paperback (Arnold 29). ...
- 10134: Wallstreet, Movie
- ... interest demand comfort and security and that they don't take the risks that result in growth and achievement. At the start of Wall Street, Bud Fox is young and very naοve about the business world. He is a typical broker seeking new clients and offering second-hand advice regarding the buying and selling of stock. Just once Id like to be on that side, he says, dreaming of the day when he will be a corporate ... against greed but also does not think of the word in the sense that most people do. He believes that those greedy actions are merely part of the spirit of capitalism. He says that a new project or economic activity will succeed only to the extent that it responds to the needs of others. The effort to fulfill the needs of others is essential to important achievement. He realizes that ...
- 10135: The Color Purple - Childhood
- ... psychological neglect from her parents has a profound effect on her. As she grows older, she observes her father's cynicism and her mother's whining. Caddy feels that she must reject the fake Compson world; she would willingly agree to have incest or commit suicide with Quentin, because either one would be a rejection of her parents. She has sex, because each new encounter is a new rejection. She does not love these men; she says, "when they touched me, I died"(171). Caddy does not desire to be like her parents. Caddy tries to disassociate herself from the Compsons; she ...
- 10136: Ernest Hemingway 4
- ... 1918 he enlisted as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross in Italy. In 1920 he starts working as a reporter and a foreign correspondent for Toronto. After being an ambulance driver in Italy in World War I, he converted to Catholicism and he often referred to himself for the rest of his life as a rotten Catholic (Lesnaik 20). Hemingway married four times during his life, each time to a ... or phrase through a series of shifting meanings and inflections (Lesniak 192). Ernest believed that if he could see himself clear and whole, his vision might be useful to others who also lived in his world. However, in order to project those metaphors cleanly, he had to subject the total techniques of his writings to the natural rhythms of his own personality (Rovit 165). Hemingway loved to play with words, toy ... puns and savor sounds, juggle a rhyme or utter a snappy piece of slang. Words came alive for him not just on the pages of books, but also in his conversations. He tried to find new and original ways of saying things. English is the one subject that never was difficult for him (Ferrell 35). Hemingway decided that he would write one story about each thing he knew about. He ...
- 10137: The Enlightenment
- The Enlightenment The Enlightenment is a name given by historians to an intellectual movement that was predominant in the Western world during the 18th century. Strongly influenced by the rise of modern science and by the aftermath of the long religious conflict that followed the Reformation, the thinkers of the Enlightenment (called philosophes in France) were ... the work of the great 17th century pioneers--Francis Bacon, Galileo, Descartes, Leibnitz, Isaac Newton, and John Locke--who had developed fruitful methods of rational and empirical inquiry and had demonstrated the possibility of a world remade by the application of knowledge for human benefit. The philosophes believed that science could reveal nature as it truly is and show how it could be controlled and manipulated. This belief provided an incentive ... swept away in the religious revival of the 1790s and early 1800s, and the cultural leadership of the landed aristocracy and professional men who had supported the Enlightenment was eroded by the growth of a new wealthy educated class of businessmen, products of the industrial revolution. Only in North and SOuth America, where industry came later and revolution had not led to reaction, did the Enlightenment contribution to the literature ...
- 10138: The Color Of Water - A Search For Identity
- ... criminal activities. Although he physically fit in with the gang, he did not fit in mentally. He knew what they were doing was wrong, yet he felt as though he was "getting back at the world for injustices [he had] suffered" (141). When his mother learned of his affiliation with the gang, she sent him to stay with his sister Jack in Kentucky. He regarded staying with Jack as "sweet liberty," and he stayed there for three summers (143). He met a new group of men who accepted him for who he was instead of judging him. "No one knew about [his] past, [his] white mother, [his] dead father," and he felt that he could hide his differences ... other students made her feel further separated from society. With the exception of Frances, she was friendless. Ruth was "starving for love and affection" (83). When she escaped from her religious prison, she sought a new, forgiving religion with which she could identify. She found that she fit in with the Baptist religion. Although she did not blend in with them physically, she matched them in their spiritual beliefs. Unlike ...
- 10139: The Client
- ... in the USA. Meanwhile, Mark escaped. He pretends to be in shock too, and they took him to the St. Peters hospital, where he knows the way. He called Reggie and together they went to New Orleans, to find out the body was there. But when they arrive at Romey's home, (the body is buried there) they remark that the men of Muldano are looking for the body too. They ... different ways at the ending, they mark up that they have formed a very close relation. The story takes place on different places. It starts in Memphis, where Mark lives. Later, the story plays in New Orleans, where the Mafia murdered a senator. Here the story finally ends. The story plays in very busy cities, where people are always rushing and not looking for each other. Mark seems to be alone in his world, he has to be very tough. The story has a very serious, realistic and maybe a little sad tone. It lets you think about the problem. As said in earlier, the story is chronologic, ...
- 10140: Tobacco Advertising Makes Young People Their Chief Target
- Tobacco Advertising Makes Young People Their Chief Target Everyday 3,000 children start smoking, most them between the ages of 10 and 18. These kids account for 90 percent of all new smokers. In fact, 90 percent of all adult smokers said that they first lit up as teenagers (Roberts). These statistics clearly show that young people are the prime target in the tobacco wars. The cigarette ... young to be independent thinkers and to not be swayed by the tobacco companies who are trying to take advantage of their mind and body. Works Cited "Bill Clinton vs. Joe Camel." U.S. News & World Report. 2 Sep. 1996: 12. Infotrac. Online. 27 Oct. 1996. "Selling Tobacco to Kids." America. 17 Feb. 1996: 3. Infotrac. Online. 27 Oct. 1996. Roberts, Steven. " Teens on tobacco; kids smoke for reasons all their own." U.S. News & World Report. 18 Apr. 1996: 38. Infotrac. Online. 27 Oct. 1996. Thomas, Roger E. "10 steps to keep the children in your practice nonsmokers." American Family Physician. Aug. 1996: 450. Infotrac. Online. 27 Oct. 1996. ...
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