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- 13981: Rip Van Winkle as a Folktale
- ... displays all these characteristics of what a folk tale is, it is therefore a prominent example of one. A folktale is a term for all types of narrative literature found in oral traditions of the world. They are heard and remembered, and are subjected to various alterations in the course of retelling. Nevertheless, an essential trait of folktales is their diffusion, and their passage from one generation to another, by word ... years he wants the people of the town to believe him. There is a symbolic level that is unmistakable which establishes subjects specific to the changing American society. Rip Van Winkle is awaken to a new life after the American Revolution, and the happy ending hints toward what the future holds for him. “Rip Van Winkle” establishes all the elements that can claim it to be a folk tale of the ...
- 13982: The Goal: Book Review
- ... to deal with such things has bottlenecks, excess inventories, and the theory of constraints is something that many managers struggle with. Also, Goldratt teaches that, contrary to the belief of nearly every manager in the world, capacity should never be completely balance them the quickest and and the lowest cost. The engineering department is in charge of such things as approving which parts go through heat treatment and making sure that ... brainstorming in order to meet a series of common goals. And, finally, Goldratt teaches that things are not always as they seem and sometimes we have to forgoe traditional methods and take a chance with new ideas, thinking, and innovations. Basically, we have to do what it takes to reach the goal.
- 13983: Wuthering Heights
- ... she loves him - "not because he's handsome, Nelly, but because he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same... My great miseries in this world have been Heathcliff's miseries, and I watched and felt each one from the beginning: my great thought in living is himself. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be ... the structure and symbolism in the story, this tale of love that is stronger than death, wouldn't be the interesting and complex novel that it is known for. Works Cited Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights (New York: Bantam Books, 1981). All parenthetical page numbers in this analysis refer to the text in this edition.
- 13984: Social Injustices in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- ... that Twain uses to expose the hypocrisy, racism, greed and injustice of society develops along with the adventures that Huck and Jim have. The ugly reflection of society we see should make us question the world we live in, and only the journey down the river provides us with that chance. Throughout the book we see the hypocrisy of society. The first character we come across with that trait is Miss ... to think for yourself, running right next to the constraints made upon you by society. Somewhere deep within the story Twain is making a powerful statement, a wish for all humanity, that we can be brave enough to break with what others assume is correct and just, and make decisions for ourselves and the ability to stand on our own and do something about it. We are that mob that stood ...
- 13985: Character Development in Dead Poets Society
- ... the plot, nor the setting, nor any other device of writing, but that of character development. By the time our society invented the movies, character development had become a fine and ancient art in the world of written literature. But with the creation of the film came a new problem: how does one develop a character that we can also see and hear? The Dead Poets Society is an excellent example of character development because it contains a large group of main and essential ...
- 13986: Lsd 2
- ... who was searching for possible therapeutic uses of Ergot. Hoffman continued his experiments, but never came in contact with the crystals until1943. (LSD can be absorbed through the skin.) Hoffman then sent LSD around the world to be tested and investigated to find medical uses. Lysergic acid deviates were found to relieve migraines and control postpartum hemorrhage because it causes veins to contract, but also caused gangrene of the limbs, and ... once familiar shapes distorted beyond recognition. The hallucinations become intense, and total unreal objects may appear. A user may go through a profound "mystical" experience where they find insight or enlightenment about themselves or the world around them. The fourth stage is the downfall where the drug wears off and the user re-enters the normal world. LSD was very popular in the late 60's for its properties of "realization", transcendence, or the all-knowing effect that LSD often gives. But the use of LSD quickly faded because of it' ...
- 13987: Lung Cancer 3
- Cancer Today it seems that their is nothing that won't give you cancer and nothing that cant help save you from it. Almost everyday we find a new way to protect ourselves from it either by modifying are diet to include or disclude something or by changing the products and materials that we use day to day. It seems that every time a new bit of information comes out in the fight to find a cure; a new cancer causing item is found. In the following pages I will discuss what cancer is, where is comes from, a specific kind of cancer and what can be done to treat it.In the ...
- 13988: Lyme Disease
- ... exposure in an area where Lyme disease is common, and a clustering of Lyme disease symptoms among family members. To improve the accuracy of Lyme disease diagnosis, NIH supported researchers are developing a number of new tests that promise to be more reliable than currently available procedures. Some of these detect distinctive protein fragments of the Lyme disease bacterium in fluid samples. NIH scientists are developing tests that use the highly sensitive genetic engineering technique, known as polymerase chain reaction (PCR), to detect extremely small quantities of the genetic material of the Lyme disease bacterium in body tissues and fluids. Several new methods to detect infection are under development in NIH laboratories. Scientists have isolated a protein of B. burgdorferi, called p39, that reacts strongly on blood tests. The presence of antibodies to this protein was found ... the tick with bare fingers. Swab the bite area thoroughly with an antiseptic to prevent bacterial infection. Although Lyme disease poses many challenges, they are challenges the medical research community is well equipped to meet. New information on Lyme disease is
- 13989: Social Injustices in Huckleberry Finn
- ... that Twain uses to expose the hypocrisy, racism, greed and injustice of society develops along with the adventures that Huck and Jim have. The ugly reflection of society we see should make us question the world we live in, and only the journey down the river provides us with that chance. Throughout the book we see the hypocrisy of society. The first character we come across with that trait is Miss ... to think for yourself, running right next to the constraints made upon you by society. Somewhere deep within the story Twain is making a powerful statement, a wish for all humanity, that we can be brave enough to break with what others assume is correct and just, and make decisions for ourselves and the ability to stand on our own and do something about it. We are that mob that stood ...
- 13990: Invisible Man: Denial Of Education For Blacks
- ... from a kneeling slave. The Invisible Man wonders if the veil is really being lifted or is the veil being lowered. Symbolically, Ellison is showing us a sense of blindness, or being invisible to the world. Thus giving the reader the illusion that education is being hidden from the blacks, denying them of a proper education. “I am standing puzzled, unable to decide whether the veil is really being lifted, or ... shows a denial of education to the blacks is how the college gives the students an “education,” but when it all comes down to it, the college has taught the blacks nothing of the real world. The Invisible Man calls the college a “flower-studded wasteland” because he realizes later on in the novel that his time spent in college was useless. The college does not prepare him or anyone for the type of life they (the students) will encounter in the real world. The college only feeds the students simple clichés, rather than a true education. The white men used the black people for their own entertainment and to fulfill the whites needs, that are otherwise forbidden ...
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