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- 13931: How Technology Effects Modern America
- ... competition, technology, deregulation, the decline of unions and defense cuts - technology is probably the most critical. It has favored the educated and the skilled," says M. B. Zuckerman, editor-in-chief of U.S. News & World Report (7/31/95). Since 1973, wages adjusted for inflation have declined by about a quarter for high school dropouts, by a sixth for high school graduates and by about 7% for those with some ... under the age of 18. This government policy was conducive to our economic markets, and allowed our country to prosper from 1950 through 1970. Now, our own prosperity has moved us into a highly technical world, which requires highly skilled labor. The natural answer to this problem is that the U.S. Government's education policy must keep pace with the demands of the highly technical job market. If a middle ... a college diploma, as it was for the children of the 70's to get a high school diploma. This brings me to the issue of our country's political process, in a technologically advanced world. Voting & Poisoned Political Process in the U.S. The advance of mass communication is natural in a technologically advanced society. In our country's short history, we have seen the development of the printing ...
- 13932: How To Grow Venus Fly Traps
- ... behind. A trap may catch and digest up to three insects, after which the leaf turns black. Older leaves blacken and die regardless of how many insects are caught and the plant continually sends out new leaves during the growing season. Venus flytraps usually grow along the dampish edges of sandy, wet bogs or fens. The plant begins its growth each spring, sending out a resette of small leaves. Usually the ... 50 degrees F. The plants will eventually die if grown permanently in tropical hothouses. After 2 or 3 years, flytraps decline if the medium is not changed. Therefore, it is best to transplant them to new soil every couple of years. Transplanting is best done at the end of dormancy, from February to about April. Venus flytraps will catch their own insects when grown outdoors. In insect-free locations, you may ... when they are 2 to 4 inches high for vigorous summer leaves. Finally, insect pests do attack these plants, particularly aphids. Check deformed leaves closely: they are usually the result of aphids sucking juices from new leaves. Apply diazinon or orthene. The Lily Miller brands available at K-Mart work well, or use a wettable powder.
- 13933: “I Won’t Learn From You” And Other Thoughts on Creative Maladjustment
- ... desire to learn certain things. According to Kohl, these students turn to creative maladjustment while “breaking social patterns that are morally reprehensible, taking conscious control of one’s place in the environment, and readjusting the world one lives in based on personal integrity and honesty.” The concept of not-learning, being something that can be learned is an interesting phenomenon to me that is explored by Kohl in the title essay ... Kohl’s own words, “To agree to learn from a stranger who does not respect your integrity causes a major loss of self. The only alternative is to not-learn and feject the stranger’s world” (Kohl 6). Kohl distinguishes between failure and not-learning when he states that “the results of failure are most often a loss of self-confidence accompanied by a sence of inferiority and inadequacy,” wheras not ... economic status, and make judgements through the filters of your own cultural, gender, and racial biases, you’ll find the characterisics you expect....On the other hand, if you look for stregnths and filter the world through the prism of hope, you will see and encourage the unexpected flowering of child life in the most unlikely places” (Kohl, 44). In Kohl’s third essay, the author points out that excellence ...
- 13934: Silas Marner
- ... is no meaning to life. Due to this small accusation, the life of Silas has changed in a way that can never be restored. No longer believing in God, he isolates himself from the outside world. Silas finally realizes, as time passes, that he must move forward in life. He has a new hope, an inspiration that has motivated him to extend beyond himself and communicate with others living in his town. He still denies religion and its teachings, but he knows that it is not his fault ...
- 13935: A Heritage Denied
- ... she can keep Dee hidden. Dee, embarrassed at her home and the life it provides, fears that her prosperity as “Wangero” may be attributed to her family. Dee goes to great lengths to shelter the new life she has created for herself. When Dee arrives at her mother’s home, before greeting anyone, “she gets out of the car with a camera taking picture of her mother’s house” (Walker 74). This may seem like a gesture to captivate one’s heritage, but by Dee’s conduct and attitudes, as previously revealed, one can hardly assume she expresses appreciation now. Dee, trying to invent a new reformed person, “Wangero”, needs proof that she has evolved to a greater life than what her upbringing provided. Dee exploits her past to fulfill her selfish need to conceal her heritage. Family artifacts, passed from ... and consequently fails to appreciate anything it may have to offer her. Work Cited Walker, Alice. “Everyday Use.” Literature: An introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Eds. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 7th ed. New York: Longman, 1999. 71-78.
- 13936: Property Of
- ... who will do anything to belong--to McKay, that is. "No one knows how much she wants him, how far she'll go to be with him. She doesn't even know herself..." (back cover). New York City sets the stage for this tale. It tells the stories of a gang in the 1940's, the Orphans. Everyone who belonged to this gang was an orphan. All they had were each ... do anything for McKay, but all McKay wanted was honor. As the story progressed, she moved in with McKay. She learned his way of life and the secrets the gang possessed. McKay soon found a new love. Heroin. She got jealous of the needle and wanted to share his passion. At first he wouldn't grant this to her, but at last gives in. "Too dumb and in love. It seemed ... for more knowledge of their lives, their love, and their addiction. It was a book of extreme giddiness and also extreme burden. I would suggest this book to anyone. Work Cited: Hoffman, Alice. Property Of. New York: The Berkley Publishing Group, 1974.
- 13937: The Themes of Great Gatsby
- ... 1920’s, a period when the old values that gave substance to the dream had been corrupted by the pursuit of wealth. The characters are mid-westerners that have come east in pursuit of this new dream of money, fame, success, glamour, and excitement. Tom and Daisy must have this huge house, a stable of polo ponies, and friends in Europe. Gatsby must have his enormous mansion before he can feel ... The only characters, who see, in the sense of “understand,” are Nick and Owl Eyes. The eyes of Dr. Eckleburg seem to reinforce the theme that there is no all seeing presence in the modern world. The past is a central importance in the novel, whether it is Gatsby’s personal past, his affair with Daisy in 1917, or the larger past to which Nick refers in the closing sentence of ...
- 13938: 1984 and The Handmaid's Tale: Lives of Dystopia Can Be Changed
- ... her face cannot be seen. She wears white wings on her face so that no one can see her and the only way she can see out is by sneaking short peeks at the outside world. In both of these books, 1984 and The Handmaid’s Tale, the main characters know that the controlled lifestyle that they are living is wrong. At the beginning, they think that this is the way ... van waits in the driveway, its double doors stand open. The two of them, one on either side now, take me by the elbows to help me in. Whether this is my end or a new beginning I have no way of knowing: I have given myself over into the hands of strangers, because it can’t be helped.” (pg 276) This quote shows how she could possibly be getting a ...
- 13939: The Gift: Review
- ... Review When I first saw the cover for the novel, The Gift, I was instantly attracted to it when I saw the name of the author Danielle Steele, and when I saw it was the New York Times' bestseller. I had read many of Danielle Steele's novels before, (such as Wings, Accident, Secrets, and Now and Forever), and I thought that they were fantastic so I read the back of ... to meet Maribeth, (a young girl who had unprotected sex and got pregnant), through Tommy (the son). Maribeth arrived at their town out of coincidence, not knowing where she had arrived, wanting to start a new life without the pressure of giving up her baby given by her father. Tommy got to know Maribeth and soon without realizing it he had fallen in love with her. Tommy's parent had a ... much about Maribeth or her pregnancy, because she wore baggy clothing and her stomach didn't really show. But when he found out about Maribeth's past and how she was there to begin a new life, he didn't see to treat her any differently. He didn't put her mistakes against her and instead began to love her, not for what she had done, but for who she ...
- 13940: Candide: Problems With Everyday Surroundings
- ... states, “we must cultivate our garden.” Although this doesn’t go with the philosophy of optimism, Candide is not pessimistic. The theme underlying all the persiflage and fantasy is this: If you want a better world, get off your rear and do something about it, even if it is as simple as cultivating your garden. Candide encounters many different characters that help shape him into what he becomes in the end. Dr Pangloss is one of the first characters mentioned. He initially gives the philosophy that all is for the best in the world to our main character in the first chapter when it states, “that things cannot be otherwise: for, since everything was made for a purpose, everything is necessarily for the best purpose.” This idea gives Candide ... to all options before making decisions in order to allow life to run more smoothly. If not we are just going to run around with someone else’s opinions which will in turn make the world what someone else wants it to be and not what we think it should be. Voltaire expresses this idea clearly when he allowed the reader to see Candide undergo a complete change, giving us ...
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