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- 2621: Religions
- ... that can be said of any group of civilizations. To say that all religions are spread by violence is equally unfair and untrue - because contrasted religions has been spread in exceedingly diverse regions of the world, by vastly different cultures. Islam, as a prime example, has been characterized inequitably by historians and the media as a religion of violence. To put it bluntly, as this article does, "Islam was mainly spread through Arab territorial conquests (Sudo, 4)." However, upon examination, it is not fair to make the generalization that Islam is a religion of violence, and one notices when looking at world religion on a whole, one finds that Islam was no more violent than any other religion. In fact, not only is Islam not a fundamentally violent philosophy, but we can also see that many other ... throughout the centuries, been somewhat a victim of circumstance - indeed it has been perceived by many as oppressive and cruel. This belief originated over a thousand years ago, when Islamic peoples first threatened the western world. As they slowly undermined Byzantine authority, Christians became terrified of their presence, resulting in widespread animosity and aversion. Hindus and Buddhists of the South Asian subcontinent lived under Islamic law for hundreds of years ( ...
- 2622: Lord Of The Flies
- ... and speeches: "Ralph was puzzled by the shutter that flickered in his brain. There was something he wanted to say; then the shutter had come down." (p. 156) He started to feel lost in their new environment as the boys, with the exception of Piggy, began to change and adapt to their freedom. As he did not lose his sense of responsibility, his viewpoints and priorities began to differ from those ... for my glasses back, not as a favour. I don't ask you to be a sport, I'll say, not because you're strong, but because what's right's right" (p. 189). This new standard of harshness brought tears out of him as the suffering became intolerable. For a brief moment, Piggy's anger at the unfairness and his helplessness robbed him of his usual logical reasoning, which returned ... Piggy was an intelligent boy with a good understanding of their situation on the island. He was able to think clearly and plan ahead with caution so that even in the freedom of their unregulated world, his wisdom and his isolation from the savage boys kept him from giving into the evil that had so easily consumed Jack and his followers. The resulting cruelty Jack inflicted upon him taught Piggy ...
- 2623: Allen Ginsberg : Howl
- ... called, Allen Ginsberg rises above the rest as the pseudo-poet laureate of the group (Burns 125). His most well-known poem, "HOWL", caused an incredible amount of controversy; however, it also forever changed the world of poetry. Allen Ginsberg was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1926 to an upstanding middle class Jewish family. In a lifetime of literary accomplishment, he has moved from the position of a curiosity on the borders of society to become the hero of ... order in which it now appears. Ginsberg went back over the poem, categorizing each stanza thematically from A to D. He then grouped the stanzas accordingly. The categories were: A. Lines proceeding from or around New York, including Columbia University and Madison Avenue, the Lower East Side, and Ginsberg's apartment. B. Lines relating to the "break of life between the womb of college days and the shock and alienation ...
- 2624: Identity Theft
- Identity Theft Boo! Are you scared? You should be, you see I'm a ghost and everyday I tap in to the information cyber world. And everyday I have access to you. Worse yet I could be you. According to the secret service approximatly one half a billion dollars is lost every year to identity theft online. What people don't seem to realize is that the internet world is just like any other community. so it's safe to assume the cyberworld would act as any natural community would with entrapranaurs, vast corperations, little guys selling warez, doctors visiting patients in their cyber offices, church organazations, and cyber crime as well as cyber criminals.With so many new users signing on everyday the cyber world has become a tourast trap so to speak where nameless faceless conartists work the crowds. Ghosts.Anybody can fall victem to a ghost. Nobody is really truely ...
- 2625: The Invisible Man: Summary
- ... events, yet his true feelings escape him for a moment when, while he is reading his speech, he accidentally says "Social equality," instead of "Social responsibility." After he finishes his speech, he is awarded a new briefcase. Inside the briefcase is a scholarship to the state Negro College. That night he has a dream in which his grandfather tells him to open the briefcase and read what is in the envelope ... But even then, he still does not understand what is being done to him. He still believes that other people have his best interests at heart. Dr. Bledsoe tells him that if he goes to New York and earns enough money, he will be readmitted to the college. The narrator agrees to this, and Dr. Bledsoe gives the him several letters of recommendation and sends him on his way.(Nadel 12) When the narrator gets to New York, the son of Mr. Emerson, one of the people Dr. Bledsoe wrote a letter to, tries to tell the narrator about the tyranny that he is being exploited by. But the narrator refuses ...
- 2626: Brief History of Library Automation: 1930-1996
- ... when punch card equipment was implemented for use in library circulation and acquisitions. During the 30's and early 40's progress on computer systems was slow which is not surprising, given the Depression and World War II. In 1945, Vannevar Bush envisioned an automated system that would store information, including books, personal records and articles. Bush(1945) wrote about a hypothetical "memex" system which he described as a mechanical library ... a single "chip" of silicon. This invention of the integrated circuit and newly developed disk and tape storage devices gave computers the speed, storage and ability needed for on-line interactive processing and telecommunications. The new potential for computer use guided one librarian to develop a new indexing technique. HP. Luhn, in 1961, used a computer to produce the "keyword in context" or KWIC index for articles appearing in Chemical Abstracts. Although keyword indexing was not new, it was found to ...
- 2627: Conventions Of Drama
- ... Four plays which have been selected from Greek, Elizabethan, Restoration and Modern times can be analysed to show and represent the changes of drama. These plays are Oedipus the King , Macbeth , The Way of the World and A Doll s House . The early origins of drama came from the Greek. Drama in Greece,450BC was not readily available to the society. Plays were only put on twice a year during great ... This type of comedy meant that the main issues dealt with during the play were concerned with up-to-date dress and fashion standards as well as the behaviour of men and women under the new code of permissiveness. The code of permissiveness which prevailed that society was able to do basically anything they pleased, came about with the restoration of Charles II to the throne. As a result in the change of throne, the attitudes of characters became more carefree. The characters in the play The Way of the World are all constructed as witty and cynical, adopting a worldly attitude to marriage. This is because after joking around and laying terms on what a married life is going to be like, a business ...
- 2628: Benjamin H. Latrobe
- ... style was sometimes called the "Plain Style," which was characterized by simplicity, geometric power and rationalism. With all these great teachers and mentors. Latrobe was able to develop his own style which would start a new form of architecture and create the Greek revival (Carter 1981, 12). Latrobe decided to move to the United States. With him be brought his architectural gift and curiosity. He was very interested in the US ... their natural ability. With all these observations he was able to come to a better understanding of architecture and how to use architecture in a more natural and simpler state (Carter 1981, 22). This strange new world offered the possibility of many new and interesting things to come. The natural growth of the United states increased because of this construction was booming in every state in the nation. Many more houses ...
- 2629: A World Of Intoxification
- By: michael martin E-mail: funkyfresh123@hotmail.com Michael Martin Professor D. 11/30/1999 Hum. 101 A world of intoxification Screams pierced the midnight air and students ran wildly about the campus. Police cars whizzed by with their sirens blaring in the night. Glass was being broken and girls were being defiled. Confusion ... own, with the help of the more important people on campus, fraternities and sororities. Once mommies little boy, or daddies little girl get to college they become as little babies again. Looking at a whole new world in which they live. This isnt the quiet town in which they grew up, it is a world in which if you are not important, and you get trampled on. Well, the only ...
- 2630: The Awakening 4
- ... begins to change her life s priorities, such as not staying home on Tuesdays as most women did and were expected to do so. She also changes her mindset away from trying to get the world s approval and just does what makes her happy at that time. She does things such as moving into a smaller house while her husband is away to show this. She even states in the ... s point of view. The setting of The Awakening is in only two locations. The beginning and end of the story are in Grand Isle Louisiana, while the middle of the novel is set in New Orleans. Grand Isle is a lush summer getaway for the rich of Louisiana at this time period. New Orleans is a busy metropolis of business. I believe that each setting helps to develop the author's viewpoint, because in each she undergoes a change. When she is first in Grand Isle is ...
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