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- 15441: "The Gift of the Magi": Theme of Love
- ... The theme for "The Gift of the Magi" is that love is more important than any material item. Della and Jim, the two main characters, demonstrated the theme. This theme also occurs in the "real world." The theme in this short story has a deep meaning. One way to interpret the theme is that love will last a lifetime, and material gifts will not. Another interpretation is that people will always ... useful at the time but it was a sign of their love. This theme not only relates to this short story but it relates to life. For example, Mother Theresa gave her love for the world, but she was not rich. She had more to give in the way of love. Another example was a family who adopted many children, regardless of their handicaps, and loved them, which was something that ...
- 15442: True Son
- ... words that made him an Indian. True Son considered this to be his life, and these people to be his family. One day when he was 15, he was told by his father that a new law was passed and because he was white, he had to go back and live with his real family. Then True Son is escorted by white soldiers back to the place where his parents live ... conflicts, Man vs. Society and Man vs. parents and do all of the things they told him to even though they seemed pointless and made no sense to him. He also had to learn a new strange language and say things the way he was told. He had to stand differently. Basically he had to go through a total metamorphosis. The resolution to these problems is when True Son and Half ...
- 15443: Creative Writing: The Dinner Party
- Creative Writing: The Dinner Party Mr. Smith has just come home from work and Mrs. Smith suggested that they could have a dinner party and send an invitation to my new chief. I thought it was a wonderful idea then I sad "Let's do it tomorrow, if you don't have something else to do then". Then she replies "No I have nothing to do ... it's settled. I call my chief and tell about the dinner party "I'll go and call him right away". Ring, ring "Yes this is at Fowlers". "Hello this is Mr. Smith You're new colleague. I'll wonder if you and the misses could come over for dinner Friday at 8 p.m." "Yes, thank you for the invitation, we'll be there". "Why don't we find out ...
- 15444: Personal Writing: Why I Should Receive This Scholarship
- Personal Writing: Why I Should Receive This Scholarship I believe that I should recieve this scholarship because of my financial need and my potential to become a productive citizen to this world. At this point in time I am working on getting finances for my college expenses. I am applying for scholarships, financial aid, loans, and working to save for the upcoming expenses that I will have ... everyone's mind. I had leadership skills and would develope them to my fullest potential. Later my freshmen year, a teacher encouraged me to participate in a national project to make a difference in the world. This was a project where I could help use my skills to help others. This project was not only about helping those less fortunate than myself. This was a project that would help build my ...
- 15445: To Be Shakespeare, Or Not To Be Shakespeare, That Is The Question
- ... script is brought to film. Every pearl and snowflake have been placed strategically before the audience, so that there is no need to listen to the language to create your own vision of Hamlet's world. Branaugh's world is full of lavish affairs, freezing winters, and halls of mirrors. The use of the camera has some definite advantages and disadvantages. First, since the characters are no longer limited by a defined space, they ...
- 15446: Symbolism In The Crysanthemums
- ... setting that compliments the feelings of the main character. The story starts off saying, "The high Gray-flannel fog of winter closed off the Salinas Valley from the sky and from the rest of the world."(Steinback 267)from the first sentence the author is developing a setting that compliments the character. At this point in time of the story nothing is known about the Elisa Allen, but this quote about how the Salinas valley is closed off from the world is a symbol of the struggle that Elisa is soon to face. The second sentence of this story reinforces that the this place is isolated by saying, "On every side it sat like a lid ...
- 15447: No Exit
- ... I am what I am not. What is meant by this is that we can never truly be what we wish to be. Such a concept results from the fact that we exist in this world solely for others. Therefore, if we act in bad faith and do not try to legitimately come to terms with this fact, then we will never be more than what others wish us to be ... his death. It is at this point, that Inez says something quite insightful. She states, Your a coward, Garcin, because I wish it. This represents Sartres idea that we are a being in the world for others. Prior to Inez making this comment, Garcin had been trying to flee the anguish surrounding his position. After the statement, Garcin realizes that his fundamental project has failed and he must now spend ...
- 15448: Imagery In Their Eyes Were Wat
- ... off in the distance, it represents Janie's desire to move forward. Unlike the others who are content to sit on their porches and watch the sun set, Janie wants to travel and see the world, and the horizon symbolizes the unknown land that lies beyond. Joe Starks is a selfish character, driven only by his desire to be powerful. To illustrate how Joe is different from the other males in ... beginning of chapter 14, she describes the Everglades as having "Dirt roads so rich and black that a half mile of it would have fertilized a Kansas wheat field." These literary treats make Hurston's world seem all the more real. Reading this book is like watching a movie in the mind's eye, with every detail so richly developed nothing is left out of the picture. Few books can offer ...
- 15449: In The Lake Of The Woods
- ... bed with him, or take it to school, because the mirror was his way of making everything seem all right; he was able to withdraw from reality and feel comforted within his own make-believe world. The mirror made things better (p.66) Although he did not carry his mirror around with him into his adult life, John still carried with him a fantasy life, and when things became difficult would ... is the truth, and he is bringing real life into the fantasy that he so badly aspires toward. Towards the end of the novel, when Kathy disappears, John appears to have entered into his fantasy world, and he is extremely confused about what happened the night that Kath went missing. Perhaps John has stepped inside the mirror, and has lost the ability to separate events that happened in real life, and ...
- 15450: Pkt
- ... post-Keynesian Economic There@are a number of propositions which all post-Keynesians accept. Sawyer (1989) concurs with Davidson (1981) on the following three: 1. The economy is a historical process, 2. In a certain world, expectations have a significant and unavoidable impact on economic events and, 3. Institutions, economic and political, are of paramount importance in shaping economic events.4 The main characteristics of post-Keynesian economic can be divided ... on its demand. 4 The fourth characteristic of post-Keynesian economics is the unique role according to labour and labour markets. In the post-Keynesian view, there is not a labour market in the real world and instead of neo-classical determination, wages g emerge as the result of a bilateral administrated pricing process between employers and employees. Nominal labour contracts are argued upon and then prevail over some future period ...
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