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- 3971: Siddhartha's Journey
- ... own when he had his spiritual awakening. He discovered that the reason he didn't know anything about himself was due to one thing--he was afraid of himself. From then on he saw the world differently. He would no longer destroy himself to find a secret behind it. He would learn for himself the secret of Siddhartha. He started anew and learned about things that had always been there but he had never paid attention to. This new beginning would lead him to a river where he would experience the last part of his quest. The last part in Siddhartha's quest was wisdom (enlightenment). Siddhartha came to the river wanting above all ... to his painful life but right when he was about to he heard a sound that he had remembered from his childhood-- "Om". It was him remembering of the indestructibleness of life that marked another new beginning for Siddhartha. He now knew that time was irrelevant and that "the world of appearances is transitory."(93) Now he was making a new pilgrimige, this time in rich man's clothes. He ...
- 3972: The Importance Of Accounting In Our Modern Society
- ... lined in green and red lying on the manager’s table or desk, you saw books of accounting. Accounting is one of the fastest growing fields in the United States It expands each time a new store, a factory, a filling station, or a school goes up, whether in a large city or a small town. In today’s society, the demand for good accountants for exceeds the supply. As our ... what should be done. They are using more scientific ways changing money, figuring change, and collecting sales taxes. Moreover, department stores and other companies now have plants and offices widely scattered throughout the country. A new set of bookkeepers and accountants, is needed at each branch. I know there are many managements supervisory, and junior or senior executive positions are bing filled by people who started as accountants because accountants have ... creditors, since it shows an impartial opinion of the company is financial condition. For the management of the company, the auditor can often make very valuable suggestions for cutting costs, minmizing tax liabilities, and finding new ways to increase profits. Let’s look some accounting jobs in government. There are two million federal employees are working for the government , dealing with problems of population, education, transportation, national security, welfare and ...
- 3973: The Suspension Bridge
- The Suspension Bridge In the winter of 1852, John Roebling and his 15 year-old son, Washington were riding a ferry boat across the East River from New York to Brooklyn. John Roebling was an engineer. His specialty was building bridges. As he looked across the East River, he could picture the bridge he wanted there. For years after that, John tried to ... the air, suspended from thick cables. Only two towers are needed to hold up the cables, and they can be placed far apart to keep the river open for boat traffic. Finally in 1867 The New York Bridge Company made John A. Roebling engineer. In just three months he produced all drawings, cross sections, location plans, preliminary surveys, estimated cost, took sounding, and wrote his proposal. In June of 1869 John ... protected the workers inside as they dug. In 1871, the Brooklyn caisson reached solid bedrock at 44 ˝ feet below the river, and the caisson was filled with concrete. The first foundation was finished. On the New York side of the river, the caisson sank deeper and deeper below the river without reaching solid rock. Washington worked day and night doing tests on the soil beneath the caisson. He discovered that ...
- 3974: The Heart of Darkness: The Horror!
- ... the horrors that provided the political and humanitarian basis for his attack on colonialism. Conrad's Kurtz mouths his last words, "The horror! The horror!" as a message to himself and, through Marlow, to the world. However, he did not really explain the meaning of his words to Marlow before his exit. Through Marlow's summary and moral reactions, we come to realize the possibilities of the meaning rather than a ... Once the horror was unleashed, there was no way of again restraining it. Bibliography Dorall, E. N. [Conrad and Coppola: Different Centres of Darkness.] Heart of Darkness. By Joseph Conrad 3rd ed. Ed. Robert Kimbrough. New York: Norton Critical 1988. 306, 309. LaBrasca, Robert. [Two Visions of "The Horror!".] Heart of Darkness. By Joseph Conrad 3rd ed. Ed. Robert Kimbrough. New York: Norton Critical 1988. 290. Levenson, Michael. [The Value of Facts in the Heart of Darkness.] Heart of Darkness. By Joseph Conrad 3rd ed. Ed. Robert Kimbrough. New York: Norton Critical 1988. 401. McLauchlan, ...
- 3975: The Bell Jar
- The Bell Jar The book starts with the setting in New York as the main character is pondering the execution of the Rosenbergs. Esther the main character is in New York because of contest held by a fashion magazine. While in New York Esther tells about her life by the encounters she's had. She is a college student and is in the honors courses. The whole trip to New York had messed up Esters way ...
- 3976: Henry David Thoreau
- ... every year, and he lived alone in the woods for two years, in seclusion. His nearest neighbor was at least a mile away. While he was living independently in the woods, he thought of many new ideas for his literature. Thoreau even tried to encourage others to assert their individuality, each in his or her own way. He also believed that independent, well-considered actions arose naturally from a questing attitude of mind. He was first and foremost an explorer, of both the world around him and the world within him. In his most popular piece ever, Walden, he stated this: "Be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought,"(Walden, p. ...
- 3977: Artists of The Harlem Renaissance and Lost Generation
- Artists of The Harlem Renaissance and Lost Generation The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance and the Lost Generation diverged from the mainstream to begin a separate cultures. Harlem was an area in New York with an extensive African American population. During the ‘20s poets, writers and musicians like Langston Hughes, Claude Mckay and Zora Neale Hurston made the Harlem area the center of black art and culture. The lost generation was based mainly in Paris, France. It consisted of war torn men who could not re-enter society after World War I. In Europe nearly sixty two percent of men had been killed, captured or debilitated in the Great War. Famine and poverty plagued every nation. The Lost Generation was truly lost – they felt angered by the problems at home and many choose to abandon their pre-war land and values to move abroad and adapt a new culture and morals. The black artists of the post WWI era did not conform to mainstream society or even “regular” black society. Instead they formed their own culture aside the mainstream and the movement ...
- 3978: Jacques Louis David
- ... spontaneous sentiment to be revealed. In these last years his portraits, such as Antoine Mongez and His Wife Angelica (1812; Lille) and Bernard (1820; Louvre) are enormously vital and in them the seeds of the new romanticism are clearly discernible. Jacques-Louis David was born into a prosperous middle-class family in Paris on August 30, 1748. In 1757 his mother left him to be raised by his uncles after his ... quickly evolved his own individual neoclassical style, drawing subject matter from ancient sources and basing form and gesture on Roman sculpture. His famous "Oath of the Horatii" was consciously intended as a proclamation of the new neoclassical style in which dramatic lighting, ideal forms, and gestural clarity are emphasized. Presenting a lofty moralistic (and by implication patriotic) theme, the work became the principal model for noble and heroic historical painting of ... director of the French Academy at Rome, David having won the Prix de Rome. In Italy, David was able to indulge his bent for the antique and came into contact with the initiators of the new Classical revival, including Gavin Hamilton. In 1780 he returned to Paris, and in the 1780s his position was firmly established as the embodiment of the social and moral reaction from the frivolity of the ...
- 3979: Mountain Bikes
- ... Beach, California, early in the 1980's coincided with the need for a bike that combined technical superiority, ease of care, and multipurpose use. Technological advances came extremely fast after it's introduction into the world. The advances have made riding mountain bikes easier, which makes it possible for the rider to explore new terrain. I hope that this report will be able to provide some information on the subject of mountain bikes and the advances in technology that the bike has gone through, and what might be in ... reasons. First , because geometry and design were copied from the first "Stone- Age bikes"; second, because off-road riding created different problems ; and third, because innovative frame design mirrored the "spirit of the times": young, new, dynamic, and strong. The off-road bike required extra stability. Frame It is important to know the basic frame geometry and how to measure it. The combination of tube length and angle determines not ...
- 3980: Jose Donoso's Paso: Summary
- ... by Jose Donoso is a compelling story of love and the absence of. It takes place in a well to do home that thrives on traditionalism. This traditionalism is disturbed by the coming of a new member into this inner circle of house mates and the problems that accrue due to this. This paper will look at the theme of the story both before and after the introduction of this new member. The writer will also offer theory as to why and how the traditionalism was broken and this “house” fell apart. To begin the one must look to the write of the story to understand ... physically feel the plot twist. The dog, after following the narrator and aunt Mathilda home and standing outside there home for many nights, finally sneaks into the home. This intrusion into aunt Mathilda’s perfect world by an imperfect animal is too much for Mathilda to handle. She is described as saying”She has to get better so we can throw her out(Donoso321)”. This exemplifies her need to make ...
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