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- 3861: The Glass Menagerie
- ... living in the present. All of the characters retreat into their separate worlds to escape the brutalities of life. Laura, Amanda, Tom and Jim use various escape mechanisms to avoid reality. Laura retreats into a world of glass animals and old phonograph records. Even when it appears that Laura is finally overcoming her shyness and hypersensitivity with Jim, she instantly reverts back to playing the Victrola once he tells her he's engaged. She is unable to cope with the truth so she goes back to her fantasy world of records and glass figurines. Laura can only live a brief moment in the real. Amanda is obsessed with her past as she constantly reminds Tom and Laura of that "one Sunday afternoon in Blue ... girlish frock she wore on the day that she met their father and she regresses to her childish, giddy days of entertaining gentlemen callers. Amanda chooses to live in the past. Tom escapes into his world of poetry writing and movies. He cannot handle his menial job and his unsatisfying home life. He believes that the atmosphere is stifling and damaging to his creative capacities. Finally, when he does leave ...
- 3862: Colonies
- The New England and Southern Colonies were both settled largely by the English. By 1700, the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. The southern colonies have characteristics that are the antithesis of the New England colonies attributes. New England was colonized for Freedom of Worship and freedom of political thought. The Southern colonies were developed for freedom of economic opportunity. The New England colonies had aspirations for a distinct society, where they ...
- 3863: Essay On Colonies
- The New England and Southern Colonies were both settled largely by the English. By 1700, the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. The southern colonies have characteristics that are the antithesis of the New England colonies attributes. New England was colonized for Freedom of Worship and freedom of political thought. The Southern colonies were developed for freedom of economic opportunity. The New England colonies had aspirations for a distinct society, where they ...
- 3864: Comparing Casablanca To 1984
- How can a hero survive in a world gone mad? Both Casablanca, the classic 1940s film, and hailed as the greatest movie ever by some, and 1984, a piece of classic literature by George Orwell, also seen as being one of the most important novels of the 20th century, revolve around a world in chaos, where no one trusts anybody else, and a war wages on within and without. In 1984, Winston hides from a totalitarian, thought controlling government, that is out to stomp out all aggression against the Party. Rick dealt with a world rocked by the impacts of World War II, where everyone was a spy, and even the spies were spied on. Both wish for hope and courage in their mutually exclusive worlds, yet only Rick ...
- 3865: Clash Of Civilizations
- The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P. Huntington is an extremely well written and insightful book. Samuel P. Huntington is the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University, director of the John M. Olin Institute for ... Clash of Civilizations?. This article was very controversial and stirred up much debate among scholars, politicians, and anyone interested in the future of international affairs. His book, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, is a more detailed exploration of the ideas and predictions put forth in his article. Huntington believes that with the end of the Cold War, the world is divided along the borders of civilizations and religion rather than the boundaries of countries. He identifies eight clearly distinct civilizations: Western (the United States and western Europe), Islamic, Sinic (primarily China), Orthodox (primarily ...
- 3866: Job Security
- THE REALITY OF JOB LOSS AND THE PERSEPTIONS OF THE COMMON WORKER As was the thinking many years ago, if a proverbial horse was too get sick, the farmer would simply get a new horse. Every American worker lives with the fear of being that horse. The fear that they can be easily replaced by another worker, or nowadays, replaced with what is referred to as capitol. As times ... to have his doubts. The fact of the matter is, that workers have less to fear than they are willing to admit. A person has to remember that if one worker is fired, then a new worker must take his place. This is called turnover, and tends to be fairly costly. A new worker has to be trained in the new atmosphere, about a new product, to work with a new clientele, to use a new computer system, and simply to learn to work with new individuals ...
- 3867: Comparing 'Casablanca' to '1984'
- Comparing 'Casablanca' to '1984' How can a hero survive in a world gone mad? Both Casablanca, the classic 1940s film, and hailed as the greatest movie ever by some, and 1984, a piece of classic literature by George Orwell, also seen as being one of the most important novels of the 20th century, revolve around a world in chaos, where no one trusts anybody else, and a war wages on within and without. In 1984, Winston hides from a totalitarian, thought controlling government, that is out to stomp out all aggression against the Party. Rick dealt with a world rocked by the impacts of World War II, where everyone was a spy, and even the spies were spied on. Both wish for hope and courage in their mutually exclusive worlds, yet only Rick ...
- 3868: Usage of the English Language
- Usage of the English Language The English language is constantly growing and changing. Necessity or fashion is always creating new words. Traditional grammarians examine the usage of these new words, as well as older more established words. The traditional grammarians have upheld the standards of language usage for centuries. Opposing the traditional grammarians is the group called the structural linguists, or structuralists. The structuralists challenge the traditionalists by the insistence of freedom of expression through efficiency and limitation of guidelines. The debate between the traditionalists and the structuralists is not new, and because of the constant changes and growth of the English language, it will never end. The only judge of correctness for language is its usage. We must make choices and arrange words in ...
- 3869: Germany's Role in World War One
- Germany's Role in World War One In the early 1900's, there was much stress in Europe. Imperial competition, a strong feeling of nationalism and the fear of war, caused countries to ally with one another. Also, fear of an arms race further increased this tension and contributed to the outburst of war. Although Germany could be held most responsible for causing World War One, she was not alone in setting the wheels of war in motion. Several countries had their own reasons for wanting battle. A Serbian terrorist group, The Black Hand, sparked the match to war ... Austria-Hungary purposely sent an absurd and impossible ultimatum to Serbia knowing that she would reject it and hence giving Austria-Hungary justification for declaring war. But the majority of the blame for the first world war could be put on Germany. She pressured Austria-Hungary into declaring war on Serbia because she needed an excuse to fight. Germany wanted to prove that she was supreme. The assassination, the ultimatum ...
- 3870: Dog
- ... To contrast how she feels about the sea and the forest, she refers to the forest as deep and immense, while she refers to the sea as huge and empty. Andy sees the man's world as a wonderful, fascinating world while she sees the woman's world as meaningless and empty. Andy sees the changes into a woman on the horizon and she is scared by these changes because they are very confusing to her. This is why she try's ...
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