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- 2651: All Quiet on the Western Front
- ... novel. After Behm became Pauls first dead schoolmate, Paul viewed the older generation bitterly, particularly Kantorek, the teacher who convinced Paul and his classmates to join the military, feeling alone and betrayed in the world that they had left for him. Pauls generation felt empty and isolated from the rest of the world due to the fact that they had never truly established any part of themselves in civilian life. At boot camp, Himmelstoss abused Paul and his friends, yet the harassment only brought them closer together and ... lostness" from society as a result of war seemed to be a point presented often and possibly an experience of Remarque. Numerous times Paul found his unit to be separated from the rest of the world. He found no belonging to civilization but instead a brotherhood amongst his comrades in the military. The constant questioning of war and its values was presented very frequently and in fact may have included ...
- 2652: Theodore Roosevelt
- Theodore Roosevelt is mostly remembered as the twenty-sixth President of the United States, but this astonishingly multifaceted man was a great many other things as well. In addition to holding elective office as a New York State Assemblyman, Governor of New York, Vice President, and President, he was also a deputy sheriff in the Dakota Territory, Police Commissioner of New York City, U.S. Civil Service Commissioner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Colonel of the Rough Riders, all by the age of 42, at which time he became the youngest man ever to ...
- 2653: Theodore Roosevelt: Twenty-Sixth President 1901-1909
- Theodore Roosevelt: Twenty-Sixth President 1901-1909 Theodore Roosevelt was the second of four children. He was born in New York City on October 27, 1858 of Dutch, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, French and German heritage. Partially due to poor health, he suffered from Asthma and bad vision, he was educated by tutors until he entered ... Alice died on February 14, 1884 following the birth of their daughter, Alice. Roosevelt's mother died on the same day. When his wife Alice died, he was already serving his third term in the New York State Assembly. First elected at the age of 23, he rose rapidly in influence as the leader of a minority of reform-minded Republicans. After Alice's death, Roosevelt spent much of the next ... over the loss of his wife as he lived in the saddle, driving cattle, hunting big game, and even capturing an outlaw. He returned east in the fall of 1886 to run for mayor of New York against Congressman Abram S. Hewitt and the economist Henry George. Hewitt, a Democrat, won easily with Roosevelt finishing a poor third. Roosevelt then married his childhood sweetheart, Edith Kermit Carow, in London. Edith ...
- 2654: Lady In A Rocking Chair
- ... and colorful memories. One of the lower branches of the tree appears to be mangled and frayed. She remembers it when it was in perfect condition, housing a handmade, wooden swing hanging from a brand new strand of coarse rope. Over the years the rope had turned from a brilliant golden-yellow to an almost brownish-amber. She would come home each day and was always comforted by that same tree ... just a tree, but to her, it was as comforting as a warm fuzzy blanket. She remembered attending her first day of school when she was a young child. Everything was so unfamiliar to her; new faces, new voices, a whole new world she could then discover on her own, without her mother holding her hand. Unfortunately the fun she expected to have did not go as she could have hoped. It ...
- 2655: Ethan Frome: Fantasy is an Escape From Winter
- Ethan Frome: Fantasy is an Escape From Winter Ethan Frome, the title character of Edith Wharton's tragic novel, lives in his own world of silence, where he replaces his scarcity of words with images and fantasies. There is striking symbolism in the imagery, predominantly that of winter which connotes frigidity, detachment, bleakness and seclusion. Twenty-eight year old ... do that should arrest the mad flight of the moments (Wharton 95). "Zeena herself, from an oppressive reality, had faded into an insubstantial shade" (Wharton 39). Her hypochondria is her outlet, just as Ethan's world of fantasy is his. "It [her obsession with her health] is adventurous in contrast to her monotonous marriage" (McDowell 66). Sickly Zeena is able to manipulate her husband using her frail health to justify her ... shiver in the wind that had risen with the ceasing of the snow (20). The downtrodden image painted in this quotation describes the environment, as well as describing Ethan. Just as his house was once new and beautiful but is now torn by many harsh winters in Starkfield, so to was Ethan. The ravages of winter destroy both man's will to survive and the buildings he constructed to shield ...
- 2656: Ancient Egyptian Religion As S
- ... no other group in history; however, its complexity has led to many misconceptions about the Ancient Egyptian populace. The ever-popular archaic art style of a figure in profile surrounded by hieroglyphs has become the worldΉs favorite view of the Egyptian. As a result of this ignorance, the cultural aspects of this society are not fully appreciated. One of the greatest little-known truths about the people of this society ... far more important part than modern man can imagine. With the peoples of antiquity, as in Europe in the Middle Ages, belief in gods or in one god [formed] the focal point of manΉs world-outlook. Religion [provided] the stimulus to art and philosophy and a matrix for the development of moral principles. (Woldering 28) This similarity between everyday tasks and belief in the gods lead to advances in numerous ... little by little, over the long years, their skill as artists increased and their everyday objects became as beautiful as they were useful² (27). After this eventual increase in the artistic talent of the people, new practices came in to use by which Ancient Egyptians expressed themselves. For example, tombs went from being mere pits and hollows in the sand to being quite complex. These structures have become what the ...
- 2657: "A World of Light and Dark"
- "A World of Light and Dark" Poetry- Essay 1 New Criticism "Let me not to the marriage of true minds/ Admit impediments...," begins Shakespeare in his "Sonnet 116". This work is a potent discourse on the nature of love, not only because of the passion ... stance concerning the most mysterious of emotions. Through a careful examination of the text, it is revealed that love is a very black and white subject to Shakespeare. In fact, the poem asserts that the world is constituted solely of extremes: light and darkness, love and hate, and there are no shades of gray to stand between these forces. According to Shakespeare, "Love is not love/ Which alters when it ...
- 2658: Education: Past, Present, and Future
- ... wandering around the globe. Education is an important factor in our lives, but the past, present, and future of education is changing. And change it will until our education system is the best in the world. In the past, Education in America was plain and simple. We've all heard the stories of how our ancestors used to have to walk to school 5 miles in the snow in the heat ... the pressure put on us by the teachers, parents, peers, and colleges, it's a heavy load to handle. Now, scientists recently did an expiriment. They placed a child in a room with some brand new toys. They left him there for a couple of hours and he did not play with them. The scientists puzzeled took the boy aside and asked him why he did not play with the toys ... lead us to the pony at the end of the rainbow. While we may not like school, it will always benifit us in the long run. The furture of education is changing ever so rapidly. New classes are starting to emerge from the midst of old traditional classes that many new students have failed. It may be hard for some of us to face, but some students just can not ...
- 2659: The Awakening
- ... woman, Edna Pontellier, who transforms herself from an obedient housewife to a person who, is alive with strength of character and emotions which she no longer has to repress. Playing the role of a wealthy New Orleans housewife, Edna searches for fulfillment in her customary 19th century life, where the Creole society had high expectations of their women. Even with children, a generous husband, and financial stability, Edna finds herself wanting more from life. In the novel, two women friends of Edna, Adele Ratignole and Mademoiselle Reitz signify her awakening and the consequences of her new found self. Edna was attracted to both women for their prospective connection to the two existences within which Edna struggles to find herself. Adele Ratignolle is Edna's close friend and confidante, but the two ... enough to justify her life. Adele could not understand how Edna could say that she "would never sacrifice herself for her children, or for anyone" (Chopin, p. 47). Edna's being is taking on a new importance in her life. She is starting to realize just how important it is to be true to herself. She has never done that before. She went along with the way things were supposed ...
- 2660: Taxation & Democracy
- ... income taxes, social security taxes, corporate profits taxes, and VATs (Value Added Taxes, such as added taxes to gasoline) have become the norm, whereas they were unheard of nearly a century ago. All of these new sources of tax revenue can be attributed to common political ideas, social forces, economic needs, and technological advances which are commonplace in nearly all modernized economic systems. The commonalities between these states, according to Steinmo ... fair taxes, and the need for economic growth are pressures faced by taxing authorities everywhere. As a result of these common forces, income, general consumption, and social security taxes have tended to go up since World War II both as a percentage of tax revenue and as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), while property, corporation, excise, and a host of other smaller taxes haved tended to decrease." Next, Steinmo ... understanding the development of tax policy during that period was the strength of both labor and capital to represent and protect their own interests in their respective legislatures. In all three countries, the stress of World War II forced all political parties to pull together and compromise over revenue issues. Just how much money is to be made in the business of war? "The new taxes will be severe, but ...
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