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- 15361: A Farewell To Arms 2
- ... the wall to make it stop, nights in bed, drunk, when you knew that that was all there was, and the strange excitement of waking and not knowing who it was with you, and the world all unreal in the dark and so exciting that you must resume again unknowing and not caring in the night, sure that this was all and all and all and not caring. The rhythm, the repetition, have us reeling with Henry. Thus, Hemingway's prose is in fact an instrument finely tuned to reflect his characters and their world. As we read A Farewell to Arms, we must try to understand the thoughts and feelings Hemingway seeks to inspire in us by the way he uses language.
- 15362: Chernobyl
- ... possibly fall within a couple of years. If this happens the sarcophagus could set off a 6.0 Richter Scale earthquake and send a cloud of radioactive material in the air that could circle the world. Chernobyl was the worst accident in the history of nuclear power plants. The accident caused many people to die and to suffer with the cancer and acute radiation syndrome. The accident also made people homeless and with the condition that Chernobyl is in, it possibly could send more radioactivity into the air and threaten the world.
- 15363: Heroic Qualities In the Hobbit
- ... s not big, strong , handsome,or good with any particular weapon. But in the hobbit bilbo does not need any of those particular standards. He is considered a hero under different standards. He is lucky, brave (this aspect develops throughout the novel), intelligent, and can be quite witty as well. In this essay I will outline how all these qualities are necessary for heroism. The first aspect I listed was luck ... Say you must face a nasty giant with only a sword,or jump in to a raging river,to get away or save your friends. Yet though you simply can't than are not truly brave and your consideration of being a hero is hurt. Throughout the novel Bilbo demonstrates bravery greatly, especially in the clutch. In chapter 12 where Thorin decided that Bilbo should go into the dragon's lair ...
- 15364: Einstein
- ... that the power was to be put to peaceful use. Einstein became a citizen of the United States in 1941. He lived in Princeton for over twenty years. He soon faded out of the public world, lived his own life, and died. Einstein died on April 18, 1955. We still remember him for his great acts toward war, toward the improvement of this world, and for his great sense of compassion to his fellow man. Hopefully, in time to come, Einstein and his theories will not be forgotten.
- 15365: Pride And Prejudice
- ... possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a good wife". At first, readers would understand this in one way. However, in the second half of the novel it takes on a whole new meaning. At first this sentence takes on an ironic meaning, because it is commonly understood that it is the woman who is in pursuit of a wealthy gentleman (and not the man pursuing the woman ... Elizabeth with the kindness with which he treats his loved ones (i.e. his sister and Mr. Bingley). Only then does Darcy finally win the love of Elizabeth. The quotation now takes on a whole new meaning. It is now no longer a ironic or satiric sentence, but rather a statement which if read literally can also have much meaning. This is proven by the relationship between Elizabeth and Darcy.
- 15366: Watergate Scandal
- ... lines that belonged to reporters in order to find any revealing some material. Nixon was so worried that during the Cambodia bombing he had to wiretap his own staff members. On June in 1971, The New York Times formed work that was published about the history of the Vietnam War, these were known as the Pentagon Papers. They got the information from secret government papers. The papers blamed the policies that ... issued make believe statements in Muskie's name and told the press false rumors about him, so that they could publish it to the public. And most of all, they sent a letter to the New Hampshire newspaper starting that Muskie was making mean remarks about French Canadian ancestry. All of these aides forced Nixon to begin getting above Muskie in the elections. Overall, the Democratic nomination went to George McGovern ...
- 15367: Circulation Systems Over China
- ... steep pressure gradient occurs which produces strong and persistent north- westerlies over Northeast China. A third pressure system which affects China, although limited only to south-eastern China, is the equatorial Low over Australia and New Guinea. The vast territory of East China lies in the middle of the path along which the Mongolian cold air tries to rush southward into the Equatorial Low. Northerly and north-easterly flows prevail over ... under non- monsoonal continental climate type, and the rest of the vast territory is under circulation-determined monsoon type climate. References: JOHN J. H. & JOHN E. O. (1993), Climatology: An Atmospheric Science, Macmillan Publishing Company: New York. MANFRED D. & PENG G. (1988), The Climate of China, Springer-Verlag: Berlin Heidelberg. ZHANG J. & LIN Z. (1992), Climate of China, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. & Shanghai Scientific and Technical Publishers: Shanghai.
- 15368: The Good Earth: Wang Lung - A Man of Determination and Loyalty
- ... On the way home from down south, Wang Lung used the gold he had taken from the man in the Great House to buy things for the land. He bought seeds to plant and a new beast to plow the fields. Wang Lung figures this will give him what he needs to work again in the fields. Wang Lung did all he could to make his land be a success. By ... doing so he made money, and money meant more land. Wang Lung puts all extra money either back into the land or spends it to benefit his children. If Wang Lung is going to buy new land he wants one of his kids to be literate. He decides to send two of his boys to school so he will have someone to go with him to the merchants to sell his ...
- 15369: Identity In Sula
- Many works of contemporary American fiction involve one individual's search for identity in a stifling and unsympathetic world. In "Sula," Toni Morrison gives us two such individuals. In Nel and Sula, Morrison creates two individual female characters that at first are separate, grows together, and then is separated once more. Although never physically ... Sula has surprisingly few ties to hers. Nel's imagination has been so restricted that the messiness of Sula's house along with its strange inhabitants and many visitors must seem like an absolute dream world. Similarly, the tidiness of Nel's house compared with the disorderliness of her own allows Sula to "sit still as dawn." (p.29) Morrison makes it clear in these instances that "each one lacked something ...
- 15370: Book-Movie Comparison Hamlet
- ... The ghost is first introduced into the movie in the following scene where Horatio is shown telling Hamlet about the ghost. The play depicts Fortinbras receiving a vote from the dying Hamlet to become the new king of Elsinore. Shortly after, Fortinbras himself makes a speech accepting the honor and declaring himself the new king. The movie fails to show the end where Fortinbras makes his declaration speech. The movie left out another part from the play. In the play, Polonius asks Reynaldo to travel to France and spy ...
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