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- 4811: Harrison Bergeron
- ... at equality that comes about, makes America a dictatorship rather than a democracy. It also lowers the quality of living in America along with the competition level that America has with the rest of the world. Besides, there is no possible way to make everyone equal in everyday life. Without individuality, there would not be any free thinkers and no dreams to accomplish anything special. Vonnegut uses satire to mock the ... In Harrison Bergeron the political system has taken the Declaration of Independence and attempted to intertwine it with the Constitution. This however is not possible, since the Declaration of Independence was written in ridding the new Americans of the hold that the English had on them. The Constitution was written to have laws and order in the country. The Declaration of Independence speaks of All men are created equal... , this is ... level in sports now, a feat that no one would have ever thought would happen. To add to the point that times have changed, men are raising kids, cleaning house, and cooking in today s world. In every country, rules are required in order to maintain order. With these handicaps to make everyone equal, it would be impossible for someone with a mental handicap to maintain order in the country. ...
- 4812: Biological And Nuclear Weapons
- Most people today believe that the world is a better place than it was 20 to 30 years ago. But I, on the other hand, believe that the world is becoming a very dangerous place. Even though the world's superpowers condemn nuclear and biological warfare, I believe that the next millennium will bring a war that will make them change their beliefs toward weapons of mass destruction. There are many countries with ...
- 4813: Industrial Revolution
- ... and steam engines to run the machines. Sometime later they invented locomotives. Productivity began a steep climb. By 1850 most Englishmen were laboring in industrial towns and Great Britain had become the workshop of the world. From Britain the Industrial Revolution spread gradually throughout Europe and to the United States. The most important of the changes that the Industrial Revolution brought were: 1. The invention of machines to do the work ... of the flying shuttle in 1733 and the spinning jenny in 1764, the making of yarn and the weaving of cloth had been much the same for thousands of years. By 1800 a host of new and faster processes were in use in both manufacture and transportation. Several systems of making goods had grown up by the time of the Industrial Revolution. In country districts families produced most of the supplies ... began the belief that it was better to let business be regulated by the free play of supply and demand rather than by laws The English government started to leave business free to adopt the new inventions and the methods of production which were best suited to them. The new methods increased the amount of goods produced and decreased the cost. British merchants no longer found it a problem to ...
- 4814: We All Take Things For Granted
- We All Take Things For Granted Helen Keller is a very recognized author throughout the world. Not only did she have to deal with the competition of other authors, but she also had to deal with a great handicap. At the age of nineteen months, she developed an illness that claimed ... cutting edge of technology, industry, and medicine. This country is advancing so fast that the sky is the limit. On the other hand, many other countries are less fortunate. There are places all over the world where children starve to death everyday. People don t have the guarantee that every time they flip the light switch on, there will be electricity to make that light go on. All over the world families live in there own filth because they lack the technology of waste management. Our country is very advanced, but people here still live on the streets and have no food. When you compare ...
- 4815: Galapagos: James Wait's Rebirth from an Iron Age in Galapagos
- Galapagos: James Wait's Rebirth from an Iron Age in Galapagos In Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut, James Wait shows his rebirth by leaving his Iron Age and entering into his new Golden Age. Galapagos portrays a group of people who travel to an island on a boat to unknowingly escape a virus that wipes out all of man kind. They now hold the job to repopulate ... his life, but in the end he reaches peace and a golden happiness. James went through a corrupt childhood that helped to lead him into trouble, but by maturing without parents, James brought forth a new and better being. At one time he lived as a liar and a cheat as well as a wanna-be that manipulated peoples' minds and he even went so far as to not even tell ... them like a parasite. He probably knows he acts corrupt but he does not want to accept it just yet. James Wait begins to realize his problem following the law. He starts to see a new form of life without sin or deception. He realizes life becomes easier and better when he follows the law. Leon trout tells us about how Wait realizes this stage: Wait had just about made ...
- 4816: Muhammed Ali
- ... likes of Archie Moore, Billy Daniels, Doug Jones, Henry Cooper, Dennis Fleeman, and Jim Robinson. He then went on to challenge Sonny Liston for the heavyweight title. Clay was considered the underdog and shocked the world by forcing Liston to stop the fight after the sixth round. After the fight Clay told the world that he had accepted the teaching of Islam and was changing his name to Muhammed Ali. Ali wrote poetry about his opponents, which would describe how he would beat them. He also created one of ... Even through all of his arrogance, he still had lightning fast reflexes, great mobility, and probably the best jab in boxing. His first title defense was a rematch against Sonny Liston, and again shocked the world with a first round knockout. Ali right after his victory over Zora Folley followed his religious beliefs and refused induction into the United States Army. Because of this he was arrested and stripped of ...
- 4817: Jackie Robinson
- ... Robinson got moved up to the Los Angeles Dodgers professional team late in spring training, only five days before the Dodgers first game (86). This gave the critics not much time to react to the new player in the league (86). On April 15, 1947 Jackie became the first black player to play major league baseball in the United States (87). Robinson's moving to the team caused national outrage between coaches, teams, and fans (87). His new teammates signed a petition to get him off the team just because he was black (Ward, Burns 283). The general managers and head coaches of the Dodgers including Branch Rickey and Pee Wee Reese kept ... 1). After leading a successful career in baseball Robinson retired from the game in 1957 (Ward, Burns 289). The LA Dodgers also retired his number (Ward, Burns 289). He opened a chain of restaurants in New York and moved on to persue another dream, to help other black people become successful like he did (Hill 2). He first joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and ...
- 4818: Mysteries of the World
- Mysteries of the World Mystery and the study of the unknown has always fascinated people. The search for truth in the "uncomprehensible" has led to many controversies. Some believe in the "supernatural", while others simply do not. Both types of people obviously have their own reasonings for believing or disbelieving in it. There are numerous world famous mysteries that are still controversial and remain "unsolved" to this day. Some of these mysteries include the Loch Ness Monster, the Abominable Snowman, and the Bermuda Triangle. The Loch Ness Monster is a legendary ... unknown animal in the depths of the Loch Ness. Evidence however, is inconclusive, and the controversy continues. Along with the Loch Ness monster, the abominable snowman shares fame as one the great mysteries of the world. The abominable snowman is a legendary creature of the Himalaya mountain region. It is reported to live in forested regions near the snow line. This creature is also known to some by the name ...
- 4819: Three Sisters
- ... too highly of himself and is too self-centered to change his ways. Both ultimately ruin themselves because they are too focused on their way of thinking to realize how they actually fit into the world. The old doctor, Chebutykin, is a man that knows he is going to leave the world soon and is giving up. He tells us that he lives only for the girls and would have died if it werent for their existence. Right from the start of the play he doubts ... Andrey thinks of himself as a well-respected man who has a good future. Yet we know Andrey as an egotistical coward who cares nothing of his own family. Both Chebutykin and Andrey view the world around them differently too. Chebutykin sees no hope for the future and has given up on it. He feels what he has at the moment is what is important to him the most. Andrey ...
- 4820: The Literary Contributions of King Alfred the Great
- ... countries), that his dealings were closest, and it was from them that he invited scholars to aid him in his work of education. A scholar named Grimbald came from St. Omer to preside over his new abbey at Winchester; and John the Old Saxon, was brought from the abbey of Corbey to rule a monastery and school that Alfred's gratitude for his deliverance from the wars with the Danes raised ... Keynes 29, Smyth 527-566) In addition to translating these works into English, he was also responsible for the editing (omitting here and expanding there) of most of the books. He enriched Orosius by sketching new geographical discoveries in the north of England and Scandinavia. He gave a West Saxon form to his selections from Bede. In one place he stops to explain his theory of government, his wish for a ... Bede; but it is when it reaches the reign of Alfred that the chronicle and Anglo-Saxon scholarship suddenly widens into the vigorous narrative, full of life and originality, that marks the gift of a new power to the English language. Varying as it does from age to age in historic value, Alfred's contributions remain the first vernacular history of any Teutonic people, and the earliest and most venerable ...
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