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- 15811: Themes in Ellen Foster
- ... belonging to no one and she must fight to maintain her own spirit. Her counselor questions her at school about her name change. Ellen changed her last name to Foster because she felt that the new family was hers now. She didnt understand that foster was the type of family where lost children were taken in and loved. There is an example of symbolism used throughout the novel Ellen ... reality was that her mother had committed suicide, her father was an abusive alcoholic, and her extended family blamed her for the sins of her father. This illusion was finally fulfilled when she found her new mama who showed her a pure love and she had never received before.
- 15812: The Tragic Love Triangle of Yonville
- ... three things, "bliss, passion, and ecstasy". Emma had a character that was 1) dissatisfied 2) adulterous and 3) free spending. For a while she was excited and pleased by her marriage, but overwhelmed by her new life, she quickly became dissatisfied. As a result of her dissatisfaction she became mentally ill. For the sake of her health the Bovary's moved to a new town, Yonville, where their daughter was born. Emma's unhappiness continued, and she began to have romantic feelings toward Leon, a young law clerk. After Leon left the town in order to attend law school ...
- 15813: The Crucible Men Of God
- ... the evil and others that evolve to show the outbreak of good. Two of these characters are Reverend Samuel Parris, and Reverend John Hale. These men are the spiritual leaders for two neighboring towns in New England, whom many in the community looked up to. Although the personalities of these "men of God" seemed very similar throughout the first half of the play, self-centered and inhuman, their differences became more ... Although there seem to be some doubts still pondering in Hale's mind, he has begun to consider these situations by looking at the big picture and by the end of Act 2 creates a new image for himself, with less similarities to Parris than displayed in Act 1. In Act 3, both characters appear together in the courtroom scene, where it becomes very obvious how different they truly have become ...
- 15814: Death Of A Salesmen
- ... to guide him. The main tragedy of the play occurred when Willy committed suicide. To understand Willy s tragedies we must view his psyche, his Unfulfilled dreams, frustrated hope and draw parallels to our present world. Miller shows Willy as a protagonist who no longer distinguishes between memory, imagination, reality and desire (121 Martin). The tragedy begins to unfold when Willy s memory of the past occurs virtually simultaneously with his ... before the business become reality. After Biff failed to acquire the loan and Willy s fired from his job the depression drew deeper for him. Willy believing he was a failure could not face the world with yet another lost. He loses sight of his identity, gives in to his uncontrollable emotions and commits suicide. While most depressed people do not commit suicide, most suicides are attempted by those who are ...
- 15815: The Hobbit ]
- ... part in great affairs, returns to his quiet home at Bag End in the Shire. Because of his unhobbit-like adventures, he is never really accepted back into the community of Hobbiton. Though Tolkien's world is one of fantasy, he designed it to reflect certain truths about the real world. The Hobbit addresses the problem of determing the "right" way for a hobbit to live, not what society tells us to do. Should he or she concern himself with great deeds and wars, and risk ...
- 15816: The Day Of The Jackal
- ... He is a tall, blond Englishman with opaque, gray eyes. A man, whose mission is so secret not even his employers know his name, an assassin with a contract to kill Charles de Gaulle, the world's most heavily guarded man. Although the Jackal is not aware, his main obstacle is a simple policeman, Deputy Commissaire Claude Lebel. Some consider him among the best detectives in France, but he himself cannot ... much confidence due to the fact of knowing that his objective is to track down a killer that has no identity what so ever. But the assistance given to Lebel from police all over the world, slowly allows him to piece together the Jackal's image in time to prevent this international incident. In this book we follow the Jackal's meticulous planning step by step. The intelligence of the Jackal ...
- 15817: St. John The Evangelist
- ... The "beloved disciple" died at Ephesus, where a stately church was erected over his tomb. It was afterwards converted into a Mohammedan mosque. The contribution that St. John made to the Christian community and the world is extremely important. He is the one who will be known forever for his writings and his challenges. He will be never forgotten, as he was the one who passed Jesus teaching to the whole world. He gave his life for the future, so that today we would know how should we live as Christians, and how morally should we behave. There are a lot of things that I learned from ...
- 15818: Leaders of the Progressive Movement
- ... Perhaps the most radical of the three, Emma Goldman, took her work for women's rights one step further. Although she was skeptical about suffrage, Goldman worked for contraceptive information to be given to the "New Woman". She fought prejudiced Victorian attitudes, as all of these women did, with true progressive spirit for their causes that previously had been widely ignored. These articles seem to be justifying corrupt political practices such as graft, for the sake of individuals (such as George Plunkitt) or for the sake of the commercial spirit. To me, Steffens is not strongly condemning corruption, but seems to equate it with the new American practice. Even the competition between St. Louis and Chicago centered around "loot". Pride became about who controlled the most votes and speakeasies. Worst of all, Citizens were complacent about this change, not seeming to ...
- 15819: Drug Smuggling
- ... After all of the arrest are made you may wonder where all of the substances and money end up, well the police intake them to the police station the money is used to either purchase new equipment or given to charity. The drugs are usually destroyed or taken to a local hospital for medical use. Most drugs are sold and bought in poor suburbs. This location is meant to be an areas where very few police drive through. But the police are starting to catch on. Although there are allot of new high tech ways of locating and stooping drug transfers from happening. there still are allot of illegal drugs out on the streets of this greatly populated country. There has been a slight uprise of all ...
- 15820: Drugs and Legalization
- ... those who would benefit from their medical use and those who would like to use them as recreational drugs much like alcohol and tobacco are. Research would also be encouraged as scientists could search for new and practical uses of drugs. There are many wonderful uses of drugs that have not yet been identified or perfected because of the strict laws against them. With expanded research, we could discover these new possibilities. Of course, some restrictions would have to be set. Likely, an age restriction would have to be adopted. Restricting the use of drugs to adults only, and educating the youth of the potential dangers ...
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