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- 11761: The Hot Zone
- ... the most lethal of all strains of Ebola. It is so lethal that nine out of ten of its victims die. Later, the geniuses at USAMRIID found out that it wasn't Zaire, but a new strain of Ebola, which they named Ebola Reston. This was added to the list of strains: Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan, and now, Reston. These are all level-four hot viruses. That means there are no ... been seen outside of Africa and the consequences of having the virus in a busy suburb of Washington DC is too terrifying to contemplate. Theoretically, an airborne strain of Ebola could emerge and circle the world in about six weeks. Ebola virus victims usually "crash and bleed," a military term which literally means the virus attacks every organ of the body and transforms every part of the body into a digested ...
- 11762: The Hobbit
- ... woods). It is hard to believe that the characters can exist in reality since they cannot, and they are not supposed to since it is a fantasy book. Setting The story occurs in the imaginary worldMiddle-earthcreated by the author, it is appropriate since creatures that are found in the book (e.g., goblins and dwarves) do not exist in our world. Since the story happens in many places over Middle-earth the author gives a deep description only in places where important things to the plot happen but in other places he gives a more general ... occur. It starts at the spring and ends in about the same time the year after. Parts of the story take place in every time of the day (and night). The mood is of fantasy world, where everything (like magic and huge treasures) can appear and happen. book are not very complicated, but there are some words that are not longer in use, or used just in poets (such as ...
- 11763: The Glass Menagerie -x
- ... a St. Louis apartment building and the Great Depression, the Wingfield family dreams of escape: budding poet Tom envisions a future on the open seas, his sister Laura retreats from the resent into a fantasy world of glass animals, and matriarch Amanda waltzes through her past with seventeen gentlemen callers from the Mississippi delta of her youth. The future becomes the present, the present the past, and the past turns to ... clings to the fear that she is strange and crippled though she herself exagerates the reality of that. Magnifying her illness, denying her inner beauty to come forth, is the way Laura hides from a world lit by 'lightning." Tom, on the other hand, relies on self-denial to justify his concerns and feelings of insecurity. By making himself believe that he is a good man, he convinces himself that his ... d done to the fragile girl. The Glass menagerie is a play that makes one to think about their current situation and wonder if we too are living in our own sort of "glass menagerie" world. This play brings forth the feelings of sorrow, self-pity, and entrapment, that are common feelings that we all have , and shows that these are feelings that we all have and need to deal ...
- 11764: The Raven Symbolism
- ... some could interpret? Also why does Poe use midnight and December for the time the story takes place? I figure midnight and December both represent an end to something, and also the anticipation of something new. A new year comes after midnight, also a new day; and December represents the end of a year. Finally when I picture the room the narrator is positioned in, I picture him lonely and sorrowful, and the richly furnished room reminds him of ...
- 11765: The Music School
- ... basis) than I am interested in the preservation of the logically rigid signification at the cost of limiting my subject matter and perceptions. --Hart Crane Is life really full of logicality? Visualize yourself in a world where everything made "logical" sense. There is no creativity and individuality. "Oh, you cannot do that, it does not make logical sense!" Who cares? We, the people of this earth, are on the top of ... details-- are brought together in paragraphs seven and eight. The last two paragraphs brings forth the reasons on why Alfred is afraid of rejection and/ or failure and also his reflections and thoughts on the world around him. Illogical connections are brought together to form a more meaningful impact on the story itself and its readers. The last two paragraphs of John Updike's story, "The Music School", bring meanings and ... Eucharistic wafer to the murder of the computer programmer, he tries to view a perspective of life that might bring meaning to him, yet, he cannot comprehend how these meanings developed. His image of the world, a true existentialist belief -- that "life with its little joys, griefs, triumphs, and tragedies, is a very brief interlude between two vast abysses of nothingness." And in the grace note, of the two backward ...
- 11766: The Scarlet Letter -x
- ... trials. Hawthorne did not condone their acts and actually spent a great deal of his life renouncing the Puritans in general. Similarly, The Scarlet Letter was a literal "soapbox" for Hawthorne to convey to the world that the majority of Puritans were strict and unfeeling. For example, before Hester emerges from the prison she is being scorned by a group of women who feel that she deserves a larger punishment than ... the scaffold, Governor Bellingham and the beloved, young Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale beseech Hester to reveal the identity of her child's father. She refuses. As Hester endures this public disgrace, Roger Chillingworth, an old man new to the village asks, members of the crowd for information about Hester Prynne. Upon closer inspection, Chillingworth comes to the realization that Hester is really his long-lost wife. When the distraught Hester and Pearl ...
- 11767: 1984 Thematic Essay
- ... He then hears a news broadcast saying something he knows is false but he just accepts it as the truth and he feels very fond of big brother. This story shows the danger of a world in which the government has too much control. The government in the novel controls all the people eliminating their individuality and the essence of everything that makes a human a human. Though the society is efficient, it means nothing since the people cannot enjoy anything. The techniques used by the party have happened in different places of the world in history. Hitler changed the history books in Germany during the late twenties and thirties. Stalin and Lenin also had people executed or imprisoned if they did not agree with their ideas. This book compiles all of the worst situations that could possibly happen. Hopefully this never happens in this world. Word Count: 633
- 11768: Tragic Triumph
- ... been labeled a tragedy by many critics. Robert Heilman defines a tragedy as a work of literature in which a character divided within the self makes choices, bears the consequences of those choices, gains a new awareness, and suffers victory in defeat. As you will see, John Proctor is a perfect protagonist. The main choice which Proctor must make is simple enough to recognize: lie about his participation in witchcraft or ... until the 20th century, when Massachusetts courts rescinded the excommunication and acquitted Proctor and the others. As a result, victory is achieved in the culmination of Proctor s integrity, where he forever engraves in the world s mind the honor of commitment, a value which will forever be noble. It appears the critics were right: The Crucible is a tragedy. But the uniqueness of the play is what captured my heart ...
- 11769: To Kill A Mockingbird 4
- ... Alabama. The time is the early 1930s, the years of the Great Depression when poverty and unemployment were widespread in the United States. The story begins during the summer when Scout and Jem meet a new playmate named Dill who has come from Mississippi to spend the summer with his Aunt Rachael. Dill is fascinated by the neighborhood gossip about "Boo" Radley. Egged on by Dill, Jem and Scout try to ... that he was a good man all along. She has learned a lesson about understanding and tolerance. And through the sheriff's action she sees that sometimes there can be justice and compassion in the world. The title of the book, To Kill a Mockingbird is a key to some themes in the novel. The title is first explained in Chapter 10 at the time that Jem and Scout have just ...
- 11770: To Kill A Mockingbird
- ... to overcome was when he was given the opportunity to defend Tom Robinson in court. Atticus did not treat this litigation such as any other case that he had ever dealt with before, for he new that this one would most likely change his life. The reason: Tom Robinson was a Negro. At the time, segregation was very common among the citizens of his town, and therefore he knew that he ... favour to her father, and that she owed him at least this, for he demanded very little out of her and Jem. When one dies, it is most likely that they would prefer leaving this world feeling good about themselves, as did Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose, who had to go through a painful process to be successful in doing this. Mrs. Dubose was an elderly and frail woman who was despised ...
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