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- 15421: Hills Like White Elephants: Jig
- ... her being submissive, and puts up a frail fight by hiding her feelings behind her sarcastic comments. Jig faces an immense decision that will change her future. She must choose between the old and the new lifestyle. It is hard for her to let go of old habits that consists of taking no responsibility and the sole intention of seeking pleasure. She must go from a young worriedless rebel to a ... going to become of herself after the "simple" operation. In the end, everyone must choose and follow their own paths, whether their decisions were right or wrong, each direction leads to the beginning of a new journey.
- 15422: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock: The Pitiful Prufrock
- ... hear there voices anymore. He can only hear "voices dying with a dying fall," not unlike the indistinguishable hum of music playing in another room. But this is fine with him, because he and his world are once again at a comfortable place. Finally and permanently, Prufrock accepts that he will never be a prophet like Lazarus or a prince like Hamlet, and he slips into the safety of a fantasy world.
- 15423: The Choosing of a Landfill Site
- ... classification according to landfill strategy. The EU Draft Landfill Directive recognises three main types of landfill: Hazardous waste landfill Municipal waste landfill Inert waste landfill Similar categories are used in many other parts of the world. In practice, these categories are not clear-cut. The Draft Directive recognises variants, such as mono-disposal - where only a single waste type (which may or may not be hazardous) is deposited - and joint-disposal ... of each working day has been an integral feature of sanitary landfilling techniques as developed in the USA during the 1960s and 1970s. It is common practice at MSW landfills in many countries around the world but is by no means universal practice within the EU. Its continued use is increasingly being questioned, particularly where enhanced leaching is to be undertaken to accelerate stabilisation, because many materials used as daily cover ...
- 15424: Same Sex Marriages? By Definition, It Cannot Exist
- ... crime and poverty in our country. People don't know the difference between right and wrong. Children need a mother and a father to teach family values and the difference between right and wrong. The world would be a much better place if everyone had a parent or a teacher to show the them the proper path. Unfortunately, this is not the case. If more of society would put a priority ... these deplorable situations could lead to a catastrophe. If no one has any morals or ethics, this great nation would come to its decline. If no one has any morals or ethics, not even the world's most powerful military will be able stop the catastrophe. The argument against this point, raised by the supporters, is the question of divorced parents and single parents. According to religious philosophy, single parenting is ...
- 15425: The Killer Angels
- ... assumes that whenever cultures clash, there will be a final conflict. By showing the reader what the principals of this great battle were (and may have been) current thinking on multiculturalism are highlighted in a new and perplexing way. This was a great feet for a book written in 1974 to be so magnificent. The Killer Angels has been made into a five hour long motion picture and is called 'Gettysburg ... closes with General Lee leading his weakened forces on a retreat south to the safety of Virginia after having lost thousands of men in furious assaults on Union positions. BIBLIOGRAPHY Shaara, Michael. The Killer Angels. New York: Ballantine Books, 1974.
- 15426: The Wife (canterbury Tales)
- ... very knowledgeable about history and real life experiences. She uses the tale of "Metellius, that filthy lout"(270), and religious aspects to support her views. Her belief about the fair treatment of women was a new perspective to most people. Her tale is more on the feminist side, whereas the clerk tells a story in response about dominance in relationships. This is taunting the woman of Bath and her beliefs by ... that "it isn't very easy nowadays to find Griseldas round the town"(354). He points out that women are beginning to change and become more like those described by the woman of Bath. These "new" women are more domineering and aren't afraid to speak their minds. The clerk praises Griselda's patience with her husband, and the suffering that she endured from him. When the reader is first introduced ...
- 15427: Lord of the Flies: Success of Golding's Portrayal of the Children
- Lord of the Flies: Success of Golding's Portrayal of the Children Children all over the world hold many of the same characteristics. Most children are good at heart, but at times seem like little mischievous devils. Children enjoy having fun and causing trouble but under some supervision can be obedient little ... standing on the beach making no noise at all." (221). The previously wild savages are now quiet little boys in an orderly semi-circle. With the arrival of an adult authority figure from the outside world, the boys are beginning to return to the decorum of their innocent, more childlike past. The boys are in a semi-circle instead of in a pack of savages, they are coloured with clay ins ...
- 15428: The Greenhouse Effect
- The Greenhouse Effect Our world is suffering, and it is suffering from something people call the "Greenhouse" effect. The greenhouse effect is caused by humans over pollution of the earth. If we do not stop this soon the earth will "die". We have caused this over many years of over industrialization in this growing world. We think that bigger is better, so we make vehicles bigger and better, and we make pretty much everything else bigger as well. So we make larger factories to build these larger things, and these ...
- 15429: Rogers and Hammerstein's South Pacific
- ... shade You've got to be carefully taught!
To HATE all the people your relatives hate You've got to be carefully taught! (II,iii) Joe realizes that there would be no prejudices in the world if it nobody were to teach it to the children. He sees that if nobody had even spoken against other races or people that were different, he would have no problem with marrying Liat. He ... that had found him again. He finishes "Carefully Taught". He sings of being cheated in the past and being cheated out of love again. He sings that it is the fault of "a MEAN little world of MEAN little men (II,iii)." He sings that he will hold on to this island "and be free and alone(II,iii)." It is this part of the song that offers a perfect segue ...
- 15430: Child Labor
- Child labor was and is still an existing practice in the world today. Manuel, a five-year old worked at a seafood cannery in Biloxi, Mississippi, with a shrimp pail in each hand and a mountain of oyster shells behind his back. He is typical for thousands ... from sardine canneries of Maine to the cotton fields of Texas. He took pictures of kids at work, listened to their stories, and reported on their lives. His obvious goal was to reveal to the world the horrors of child labor and move people into action. There is a big difference between children who worked at odd jobs after school or did chores around the house or the family farm. No ...
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