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- 4041: Frankenstein 6
- ... for England to gather information for his creation. He secludes himself on an island and works. One night, the monster appears at his window. Struck by the horrific consequences of his work, Victor destroys the new creation. The monster is enraged and vows that he will be with Victor on his wedding night. Later that night, Victor goes out onto the lake in a boat and dumps the remains of the ... decay of the human body. He finally discovers the origin of life and how to give life to lifeless matter. He decides to begin the construction of an animate creature, envisioning the creation of a new race of wonderful beings. Victor devotes himself to this labor zealously for months, neglecting almost everything else. Frankenstein - Volume I: Chapters IV - VII Summary One stormy night, Victor completes his creation. However, when he brings ... convinces him to listen and leads Victor to a fire where he begins his tale. The monster tells Victor of the confusion he experienced upon first being created. He describes his gradual acclimation to the world through his discovery of the sensations of light, darkness, hunger, thirst, and cold. One day he finds a fire and is pleased at the warmth it creates, however, he is dismayed when he burns ...
- 4042: Trouble And Her Friends
- You wanted to know who I am Zero Cool? Well, let me explain the New World Order. Governments and corporations need people like you and me. We are samurai the keyboard cowboys and all those other people out there who have no idea what s going on, are the cattle . Moo ... means trouble for India. Although her cover as a small commune SYSCOP is very comfortable, her chase from the minions of the law has just begun (McCormick line 14). So, these authorities believe that this new, Trouble, is indeed out there, and is indeed the same person it once was. But, India and her friends go forth in search of who this new Trouble could be. As India calls forth ...
- 4043: The Jungle
- ... He finds her and discovers she is a prostitute and drug addict. Then Jurgis walks in a political rally to keep warm. An emotional public speaker converts Jurgis to socialism and his life takes a new turn; he's given a new job as a porter in a hotel owned by a socialist. The novel ends on election night in 1904, where Jurgis learns his party has made a strong showing. Upton Sinclair is trying to tell ... could only find one character that I really liked, and the one character that I particularly liked was Elzbieta Lukoszaite, Ona's beloved stepmother. I like Elzbieta because she was a link between the Old World and the New World throughout the novel. She insisted on a traditional wedding for Ona and a proper funeral for her son Kristoforas, when he died. She begged for money for a funeral march ...
- 4044: Realism And Credibility In Mol
- ... neither of them identifies with wicked people of their own class, a circumsatnce which is expressed in the skilful use of personal pronouns: "...'tis fit I tell you the manner of bringing them to these new colonies; for those they make use of there, are not natives of the place, for those we live in perfect amity, without daring to command them;" (Behn, 75) and Moll Flanders speaks of other pickpockets ... the universality of a work by Shakespeare, Milton or Chaucer and these two early novels. The reader will notice a specific awareness of space in both novels. This finds its expression in description. Moll's world in particular is precisely revealed. Moll is caught in the self-defined space of a lower middle-class environment full of craving for material wealth and comfort. In her report she makes this world 'visible' to the reader. Behn's narrator is conscious of space in a different way. As her work (especially the part taking place in Surinam) is in many ways a travel story, there is ...
- 4045: Robert Frost 3
- ... Lee Frost, born in San Francisco, Mar. 26, 1874, was one of America's leading 20th-century poets and a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. An essentially pastoral poet often associated with rural New England, Frost wrote poems whose philosophical dimensions transcend any region. Although his verse forms are traditional--he often said, in a dig at archival Carl Sandburg, that he would as soon play tennis without a ... College, but remained less than one semester. Returning to Massachusetts, he taught school and worked in a mill and as a newspaper reporter. In 1894 he sold "My Butterfly: An Elegy" to The Independent, a New York literary journal. A year later he married Eleanor White, with whom he had shared valedictorian honors at Lawrence (Mass.) High School. From 1897 to 1899 he attended Harvard College as a special student but left without a degree. Over the next ten years he wrote (but rarely published) poems, operated a farm in Derry, New Hampshire (purchased for him by his paternal grandfather), and supplemented his income by teaching at Derry's Pinkerton Academy. In 1912, at the age of 38, he sold the farm and used the proceeds ...
- 4046: Computer Crime 3
- ... in speed which improves the production of business or any other activity you may be doing. Calculations can be done in milliseconds and even worldwide connectivity and communication. With the introduction of the computer a new form of crime was born. These crimes referred to as computer crimes are varied and some are a lot more serious than others. Computer crime can involve criminal activities such as theft, fraud, forgery and mischief, all which are easily defined and subject to criminal sanctions. The computer has also brought along with it a host of potentially new misuses or abuses that may, or should be criminal as well. The problem with today s computer crimes are that the criminal justice systems have not been able to keep up with the technological change ... legal, enforcement and prevention problems. The problem with the legal system is that it has always been a system with limits. The system mainly deals with physical items as its central core. But with the new understanding of the value of data, the system came up with intellectual property as a means to cover these intangibles. Some people want to use this information in ways which would horrify us. We ...
- 4047: The Meaning of Life To Different People
- ... awful, that is your own choice. "Its my belief that the meaning of life changes from day to day, second to second . Were here to learn that we can create, and that our world , if we choose, can be a heaven or hell."5 Albert Einstein, believes that the meaning of life is to respect other people, as one would respect himself. "A person first starts to live when ... our input. He says we live on a line between our birth date and our death date. The line does not give us answers, it gives us options and opportunities. Muhammad Ali, a three-time world heavyweight boxing champion, believes that all the wealth in the universe is like a mosquitos wing, compared to the wealth we will receive in the after life. "Life on earth is only a preparation for the eternal home, which is far more important than the short pleasures that seduce us here."9 He believes that one day life on earth will end and a new world will be born. On that day the entire record of our good and evil deeds will be presented before God for judgment. Barbara Brennan, a farmer space scientist, believes the meaning of life ...
- 4048: Buddhism
- Buddhism By: Megan Mason Buddhism Buddhism is probably the most tolerant religion in the world, as its teachings can coexist with any other religions. Buddhism has a very long existence and history, starting in about 565 B.C. with the birth of Siddhartha Gautama. The religion has guidelines in two ... poor he would become a religious leader. If he didnt see these four things he would become an emperor. Because of this prophecy Gautama's father decided to isolate his son from the outside world, where he might "see how the other half lived", for the good of his empire and his citizens. Trying to shelter Gautama from all the four sights was impossible, and Gautama ventured out and that ... to follow a path of balance rather than extremism. He called this path the Middle Way. "Devotion to the pleasures of sense, a low practice of villagers, a practice unworthy, unprofitable, the way of the world [on one hand]; and [on the other] devotion to self- mortification, which is painful, unworthy and unprofitable. By avoiding these two extremes the Buddha has gained knowledge of that middle path which giveth vision, ...
- 4049: Folklore
- ... sophisticated 'folk' of modern society" (Brunvand, xi) The definition of folklore has changed throughout the changing of time. Today folklore represents many different forms of artistic expression. The term "contemporary urban legend" is fairly a new and unique term. "The juxtaposition of the terms 'modern,' 'contemporary,' and 'urban' and the word 'folklore' may seem contradictory to those who think of folklore as charming, obsolete, unsophisticated traditions passed along in the backwood ... focus on sex, drugs, and any other unexplainable mishap imaginable. Urban legends are often a means of expressing our fears about the dangers that ripple just beneath the surface of our seemingly calm and untroubled world. Urban legends are cautionary tales. They warn us against engaging in risky behaviors by pointing out what has supposedly happened to others who did what we might be tempted to try. In that respect, each ... circulating, generation after generation, are the cries of delight, and the chills of horror, they inspire"(Smith, 80). Many legends are truly national, but others often international, can be found in many variations throughout the world. For many people college is their first encounter with urban legends. Young men and women living away from home for the first time are the most susceptible to legends that play on their unease ...
- 4050: The Ninja
- Master of the Orient THE NINJA Born and raised in New York City, Eric Lustbader graduated from Columbia University in 1969. Lustbader has had a number of fascinating best-selling novels, including Black Heart and Angel Eyes, he introduced Elton John to the American music scene. He spent fifteen years in the music industry in various capacities, including working for both Elektra and CBS Records. He is a former writer for Cash Box magazine where he wrote lead stories on new rock acts. In that capacity, he was the first person in the United States to predict the success of Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and Satana, among many others. Lustbader has taught in the All-Day Neighbourhood School Division of the NYC Public School System and has also taught pre-schoolers in special early Childhood programmes. Eric Lustbader, who travels worldwide in researching his novels, lives in Southampton, New York, with his wife Victoria Lustbader, who works for the Nature Conservancy. Well, I don t want to give the whole story away in this report, so I am going to summarise the story ...
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