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- 14461: Song Of Solomon
- ... nuclear family that has been a stable and critical feature of American society. The family is the institution for producing children, maintaining them, and providing individuals with the means to understand their place in the world order. But this same nuclear patriarchal structure of the family itself creates the problems it should be solving. What represses the Deads is the father, Macon: his single-minded ambition, his unscrupulous greed, his materialism ... motherless Pilate in his arms to the neighboring farm. But Macon is now changed from a "nice boy" to a "stern, greedy and unloving" man. When Milkman lives at home in Michigan, he perceives the world in the same materialistic terms that are similar to his father's. In the second part of the novel, his search for gold leads him to Virginia. This is an indication that he wants to ...
- 14462: King Philip's War
- ... battle. When the official war began in the spring of 1675, the Puritans were surprised by the intensity. The natives used hit-and-run tactics against the Puritans by attacking and burning outlying settlements of New England. When the natives began reaching the outskirts of Boston, the angered colonists began killing many Native Americans. The war went on for over a year with the two sides mostly equal. Finally, the Native ... not get off so very easy either. An English ally killed Metacom and his head was exhibited at Plymouth for twenty years. As a result of this war, Native Americans never regained power of southeastern New England again. Because of the loss of men, the settlers had to become dependent on its mother country once again. In the long term, the Native Americans and English never became friends and the Native ...
- 14463: The Chocolate War Book Report
- ... seventies or the early eighties. Most of the story takes place at Trinity High School in a town that the author doesn t reveal. 5. Jerry Renault, the protagonist in The Chocolate War, is a brave and caring young man. He proved himself to be brave by standing up to the vigils like no other student had, and agreeing to be in the boxing bout knowing his chances of winning were slim to none. Jerry always felt sorry for his dad ...
- 14464: General William Tecumseh Sherm
- ... William T. Sherman". Encylopedia Americana. Vol 24.Grolier Incorparated:Danbury 1993. ¨ "General William T. Sherman". Encylopaedia Britannica. Vol 10. Univ. of Chicago:Chicago 1991. ¨ Ward, Geoffrey, Ric Burns, Ken Burns. The Civil War. Knopf Publishing :New York 1994. ¨ McPherson, James. The Atlas of the Civil War. Macmillan: New York 1994. ¨ "General William T. Sherman". http:\\www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/915/. last update: September 10, 1999. October 28, 1999. ¨ "Sherman's March to Sea". Boys Life. June 1995. pp.32 +.
- 14465: Hinduism
- ... I have attained during my studies in the classroom permits me to give substantial respect for the Hindu religion and its followers. This paper will attempt to analyze the living spirituality in the everyday Hindi world as seen in our textbook experiencing the World’s Religions written by Michael Molloy. At the very heart of the Hindu religion is the caste system, acknowledged in 500 BCE with the Rig Veda and further recognized with the Bhagavad Gita, that divides ...
- 14466: The Civil War
- The Civil War The Civil War had solved some old problems for the United States. Towns have been rebuilt, new industries flourish, and new schools have been erected. Most of the damage of war has been long repaired. North and South both enjoy prosperity. But many human problems still remain. On paper the North was far stronger than the ...
- 14467: Scarcity In The Canadian Economy
- ... will also decrease. In order to improve this situation, first Canada must increases its productivity of petroleum. Next, government must be involved in controlling the prices of petroleum and research must be done to reallocate new resources and develop new technology to recycle used petroleum. All these can help to increase the supply of petroleum. As the supply increases, the scarcity of petroleum in Canada also can be improved. Since society cannot produce everything their ...
- 14468: Les Miserables
- ... of the book, Javert encounters Valjean one last time. Instead of following his instincts and avoiding thinking by arresting him, he slowly walks away with a thought that morally he should let Valjean go. A new idea forced its way into his consciousness. There is a higher law than the judicial law. A man can be an outlaw and still be virtuous he decides, against the code of law. He is ... thinking in a different matter, or seeing what he has done wrong and changing it. The quote helps the reader to understand the complexity of this novel. It opens the reader's eyes to a new, unprecedented way of thinking.
- 14469: Monetary and Fiscal Policy
- ... is lowered, banks are required to keep less money, and so more money is put out into circulation(theoretically). If it is raised, then banks may have to collect on some loans to meet the new reserve requirement. The tool known as open market operations influences money and credit operations by buying and selling of government securities on the open market. This is used to control overall money supply. If the ... it can be a long period of time before the situation is even recognized. Because a tax cut can take a year to really take effect, the economy could revive from the recession and the new unnecessary tax cut could cause inflation. Politics are another problem. Unlike the monetary policy run by the partisan Fed, the fiscal policy is initiated by the government, and so politics play a key role in ...
- 14470: Kindred
- ... strong, independent, black, 20th century black woman in the antebellum south. This provides a strong contrast in living conditions, as well as psychological patterns with those of the 19th century Dana sees and conveys the world of slavery around her with the background of the 20th century, "our world." This allows the reader to find a real connection with the protagonist, Dana. Dana describes in its gory detail the whippings she took: He beat me until I swung back and forth by my wrists ...
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