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- 4161: The Color Purple: Celie
- The Color Purple: Celie The Color Purple is the story of a poor black woman living in the south between World War 1 and World War 2. This was at a time when, although slavery had ended, many women were still virtually in bondage, and had to put up with many conditions that was reminiscent of the days of slavery ... way she’d always been raised and treated. It’s almost normal to her, but at the same time, she admires the way Sophia can fend for herself, and I think she wished she was brave enough to do the same. Sophia finally leaves Harpo because of the way she is treated, but Celie finds out that she’s not so lucky when she shows her attitude to the Mayor ...
- 4162: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... Maria Remarque’s novel All Quiet on the Western Front. In this novel, the author uses excellent imagery and descriptive writing to portray the lives of several German school mates who are eventually destroyed by World War I. Ramarque's purpose in writing this book was to display the hidden costs of war. The physical aspects of death and wounds did not begin to show the mental anguish that the soldiers ... of characters developed very genuinely throughout their endeavors; this realism forced me to look at the purpose of war more closely and examine its results on the militia. Foremost, I have gained a multitude of new perceptions, some of which make a great deal of sense, from the vividly portrayed physical results of war and the depth in which the dynamic emotions of the soldiers, particularly Paul, were presented. This book has simply given me new views of war. It was an incredible work to read. I have gained a great deal of insight into World War I from this novel. Previously, I understood the diplomacy and the military strategies ...
- 4163: Drugs And The Internet
- Drugs and the Internet Since the beginning of the twentieth century, ever generation has had its own personality; its own new fad to inspire a whole new group of children and young adults, and to drive the elders crazy. The twenties had the Charleston, the fifties sported huge neon blue and pink finned automobiles. The sixties invented the hippie craze, and the seventies inspired the world with the magically funkadelic sounds of disco. The eighties were unfortunate enough to grace us with glam rock, big hair, and pastels. Nearly any member of the youth of the nineties surely would say ...
- 4164: Rise Of The Tech Stock
- ... of 3-2-00, anyway. However, all good things must come to an end; the question is when. Milton Friedman and Alan Greenspan are both major authorities in Wall Street, and when they speak, the world of investors listens. The one bad thing is this, they usually never agree. In late 1999, Friedman "suggested the current market looks similar to the pre-crash markets in the U.S. in 1929 and the pre-crash market in Japan in 1989." Soon after, "Greenspan made equally scary remarks about the stock market and the wealth effect" (Duarte, Greenspan 1). These are remarkable authorities in the world of investing, but these notes don t specifically talk about the tech stock falling. Some people believe that the so-called "crash" that they spoke of has already happened at the turn of the millennium ... Dow drops a little, the NASDAQ drops a lot (Fool 9). However, there s no concrete evidence to prove this theory that they are connected somehow. January 4th, 2000; a sigh of relief sweeps the world as nothing too terribly devastating happens on the turn of the millennium. However, this sigh turns quickly into a gasp; at least for those watching the stock market. The Dow Jones plummets nearly 360 ...
- 4165: A Comparison of Huckleberry Finn and On The Road
- ... and personal liberty. Huck is a drifter, much like Twain himself(Twain 238), just as Sal is Kerouac alias, when Kerouac was in his drifter, "beat generation" phase. Huck is more interests in Jim's world, where slaves possess nothing other than their life, but have great feelings for their family and friends. Huck would rather live outside of society, and what it or his elders dictate that he should be ... Mississippi than go to school or work. For example, as he and Jim were rafting down the river together, Huck describes the scene they saw each morning. The air was still, "just like the whole world was asleep, only sometimes bullfrogs a-cluttering" and "you see in the mist curl up off the water and the east reddens up…and everything smiling in the sun" (Twain 113-114). For Huck, it ... Just as Huck found his personal identity on the raft, Kerouac sought to find his personal identity as a writer by penning On the Road. Kerouac hoped to find his "writing soul" by employing a new method which he called sketching or spontaneous prose within which he converted his travel journals into an autobiographical work (Charters 6). The part of Kerouac's life which is chronicled in On the Road ...
- 4166: Escaping Extinction - The Amer
- ... a day. Children spend more time in front of a television than in the presence of teachers. Dominant perceptions of ourselves, of others, of this country and its neighbours, of desirable lifestyles, of national and world affairs, of different ethnic, religious, and social groups perceptions of all of these things are profoundly influenced by the programming available and watched on television. No wonder then this medium is a uniquely powerful force ... what can be done to ensure that the electronic media serve the best individual and collective interests of Canadians. There are at least six major factors explaining why Canada is so vulnerable to the television world of the United States. First, the physical proximity of so many Canadians to the United States border places a vast majority of the population within the reception area of American signals with the aid of only a cheap rooftop antenna. New technologies, particularly cable, and, more recently, satellites, have placed almost the whole of the country within reach of American programming. Secondly, 80 percent of Canadians speak English and therefore have no problem in savouring ...
- 4167: Demian
- ... between the two realms of good and evil. Right from the beginning of the novel Hesse introduces the reader to Emil, of whom the novel is based around. The reader sees how Emil's "good" world of peace, love and protection becomes mingled in the "evil" world of lies, cheat and theft. Hermann Hesse does an extremely fine job of protraying the effects of these two worlds on the human spirit. Rather than trace Emil's actions and every feeling, to better ... having fallen "out of paradise back into reality, again face to face with the enemy, with his evil eye." This dream is very sinificant in that it shows Emil's departure from the absolute "good" world into one of "evil." Emil has had first experience with lying, which he did to Kromer, that opened the door to more evil. Emil now finds himself jumping at every command Kromer throws to ...
- 4168: Nick Carraway’s Role in The Great Gatsby
- ... Gatsby, are biased and therefore flawed. He is still a character and is important to the novel in many other respects, as well as being the narrator. Although there are some similarities between Fitzgerald’s world and the fictional one in The Great Gatsby, we should keep in mind that although the basis for the novel could have been founded on aspects of his own life, that there are also many ... also to events and phenomena as well. Our impression of the novel and its happenings are largely dictated to us by Nick, because he is our eyes as well as our ears in this fictitious world. In telling us his story about the “great man,” Jay Gatsby, he goes to quite a length in establishing a credibility which is essential for the story. His reflection on his upbringing, particularly his “advantages ... whom he says has an, “extraordinary gift for life, a romantic readiness.” In making the preceding statement, he overlooks Gatsby’s bootlegging and his association with Wolfsheim, who is rumored to have fixed the 1919 World Series of baseball. So this tells us that Gatsby is not perfect as well which appeals to us because it makes him appear more human, which adds realism to the novel. It is also ...
- 4169: Bermuda Triangle
- ... then west to a point through the Bahamas past Puerto Rico to about 40* west latitude, and then back again to Bermuda (Gaffron 14). This area occupies a disturbing and almost unbelievable place in the world’s catalogue of unexplainable mysteries. In the Bermuda Triangle more than 100 planes and ships have literally vanished into thin air, most of them since 1945. More than 1,000 lives have been lost in ... an instant (Berlitz 56-57). One of the most celebrated stories of the Devil’s Triangle is that of the SS Cyclops. The navy supply ship disappeared on a clear day in March 1918, during World War I. The Cyclops was a steamship, 542 feet long, one of the largest vessels afloat. Twenty-four hours after she left the West Indies bound for Norfolk, Virginia everything went dead (Berlitz 46). Since ... thunder storms and water spouts often spell disaster for pilots and mariners. Finally, the topography of the ocean floor varies from extensive shoals around the islands to some of the deepest marine trenches in the world. With the interaction of the strong currents over the many reefs, the topography is in a state of constant flux and development of new navigational hazards is swift and unpredictable (Cusack 56). Quite a ...
- 4170: Epstein’s Welfare in America
- ... to those in the greatest need. He quotes, “family dissolution and non-marital births account for a large amount of the reliance upon Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)…forty-two percent of all new spells on AFDC are associated with an unmarried mother becoming a head of household.” (Epstein 111) To prove that inequality exists in society we need to define the conflict theory and compare and contrast it ... for most federal benefits during their first five years in the United States; states must provide Medicaid for anyone who qualifies under current law; and food stamps will be limited for adults not raising children.” (New York Times 1996, Shannon 233) Wisconsin welfare dependants are supposed to, according to the guidelines, work in the private sector if jobs are not available, or in job training programs if the workers need such ... up to its potential. (Journal Sentinel 7-1998) All in all we can clearly see welfare policies in the United States becoming more and more undisciplined. The idea of Karl Marx was to see the world change as well as society. Conflict is a part of everyday life. It is what defines us to our world and our world to us. Marx did not envision social animosity. The purpose of ...
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