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- 14321: Prime-time Animation
- ... is another of Groening's animations. Like The Simpsons, it too "has all the sly Groening hallmarks for subversive, amusing, sharply written pop culture fun. Besides those Planet Kevorkian curbside suicide booths, loopy life in New New York in the year 3000 includes the Church of Robotology, JFK Jr. Airport and a chain of silicon convenience stores called the Implant Hut (Duffy, )." Futurama, however, takes place well into the future. This is ...
- 14322: Slavery in the Eyes of the South
- ... States. In the years prior to the Civil War, the Southerners probably wished that men like Jefferson and Jackson could rise out of their graves to defend slavery and marvel at some of the radical new ideas of Abraham Lincoln and John Brown. Lincoln wasn’t the total abolitionist that some other people were, but he was anti-slavery enough for the south that when he was elected president, the southern ... and slaves. In conclusion, the South defended slavery by saying it was beneficial to the Southern economy and that the abolition of slavery would be detrimental to the quality of life in the South. The new radical anti-slavery feeling that was spreading in the north seemed revolutionary and unbelievable to the Southerners. Their southern arguments in defense of slavery would lead these Americans to take a revolutionary/rebellious stand to ...
- 14323: Billy Budd - Individualism
- ... though. He left the Rights-of-Man waving a "genial goodbye". (Melville 49) Many would be devastated if they were forced to serve their country but Billy looked at it as an opportunity to gain new experiences (Ellis), "He rather liked this adventurous turn in affairs, which promised an opening into novel scenes and martial excitements" (Melville 49). A final way he shows individualism is when the chaplain approached him at ... be different. Works Cited Ellis, Brian. "Melville Comments." April 4, 1998. "English: Billy Budd". October 15, 1998. Melville, Herman. Billy Budd, Sailor. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962. Toole, John Kennedy. The Confederacy of Dunces. New York: Grove Weindenfield, 1980. Wood, K. "Reviews of The Confederacy of Dunces." March 30, 1999. (August 25, 1999).
- 14324: To Kill A Mockingbird 3 -
- ... he wanted to hurt you . To which Atticus replied He still is (a friend), he just has his blind spots along with the rest of us . Gradually Scout begins to learn the ways of the world, losing her innocence and naivete. Scout, and readers alike, learn that prejudice is strong but can be stopped, simply because we are still human . One person stands in another s shoes, and is then forced ... the companionship he preferred. This, the children learn, is the way he avoids the prejudice of Maycombe. This is more loss of innocence, as the children obtain a growing awareness of the imperfections of their world. Through this, the author focuses on the matter of racial prejudices and discrimination. Seeing Dill s distress, Mr Raymond offers him some insight. Soon, he said, Thing ll strike him as being not quite right ...
- 14325: How TV Impacts Teens
- ... with their problems and instead dealing with obstacles peacefully, they use their fists, knives, or even guns. Another result of violence on TV is the formation of gangs. Teenage gangs exist throughout the state of New York, including the peaceful town of Port Washington, where I live. So now people will realize that violent teens is due to the violenceon TV. A third problem with TV is the dialogue. Adolescents today ... their favorite character does on TV. For example, in the cartoon Beavis and Butthead, the main character throws bowling balls from his apartment down on to the sidewalk. After this episode, a teenager here in New York tried to do the same. Nevertheless, the results were deadly. A bowling bowl hit a lady walking on the sidewalk and died. As for shows like Sesame Street... they are bad because teens would ...
- 14326: Angel and Tess: A Romance Fit For the Books?
- ... have a hand in defining who exactly Tess Durbeyfield is. She expresses an innocence that Angel does not have. Tess is also very idealistic. She is full of hopes and dreams for herself and the world in the future. "They [stars] sometimes seem to be like the apples on our stubbard apple tree. Most of them splendid and sound-a few blighted." (25) Tess believes the stars are other worlds. The stars symbolize her desire to live a better life, but she knows that could never happen unless she lived in another world. Angel, corrupted by the contradiction between his sheltered life and the harshness of reality, could never appease her idealism. Tess was stubborn in her beliefs and independent. "'Never!' said Tess independently, holding on as well ...
- 14327: To Kill A Mockingbird-- Plot S
- ... Alabama. She tells us a little of her family history, and then begins her story : It is the summer of 1933. Scout is five, and Jem is nine. They pass the summer happily with their new friend Dill, a six-year-old boy who has moved into their neighborhood for the summer. They are very curious about one of their neighbors, Boo Radley, who hasn t been seen by any one ... times when Scout and Jem walk home from school, they discover small gifts in the hollow oak tree at the edge of the Radley yard. When Dill returns for the summer, the children devise a new game of acting out their own version of Boo s story. One night they sneak up to the Radley house to look in at a window. Mr. Radley, Boo s uncle, chases them off with ...
- 14328: Students Rights in the Public School System
- Students Rights in the Public School System I chose to do my report on students rights in the public school system. Lisa Rowe, then sixteen a student at Teaneck High School, in New Jersey, thought she was doing a good dead when she returned a purse she'd found in her English class. When she took the purse to the office instead of being rewarded she was told ... searched. Why? In case she was hiding stolen money from the purse. That is just one example of how students rights are being violated, and here is another. In the case T.L.O. Vs NEW JERSEY a girl got cought smoking in the bathroom of her school. She was then taken to the office, and asked to open her purse and spill out the contence. What was found in the ...
- 14329: Man Vs. The Environment
- ... the attitude of use what we need and do not worry about the concencuios. Man started the raping of earth back when the first colonist made the long voyage across the Atlantic to start their new life in America. Uncontrolled burning of the forest was done to make way for the intruders villages, towns, and cities. Once estab-lished the settlers needed more room for farms and bigger cities so again ... to raise a family on an environmentally farm than to raise a musket and shoot. References Eitzem, D. S. , Zinn M. B. (2000). Social Problems. Boston: Allyn and Bacon Elliot, K. , Merrill. (1961). Social Disorganization. New York: Harper and Row. Pendley, W. (1995). War on the Wild West. Washington D.C.: Regnery Publishing Inc.
- 14330: Brown Vs. Board Of Education
- ... the Mexican children and ruled that school desegregation was illegal. The 1936 Berlin Olympics marked a historical moment in history when Jesse Owens broke the racial boundaries. This moment, much to the unhappiness of the world's leading political leaders, opened up the arena of world class athletics to a greater number of athletes regardless of race. Although this did not happen instantaneously, the Berlin Olympics marked the beginning of this trend. Finally, another event leding up to the Brown v ...
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