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- 4921: Symbolism
- ... play it’s ironic that in each story the main idea is redundant. Each of the three stories uses symbolism as a way to relate conflicts in the story to the conflicts in the real world. Symbolism in Lord of the Flies In Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses symbolism in three important areas: objects that have symbolic value as references to ideas, characters that symbolize important religious and historical people, and the setting which frames conflict on the island in comparison to the whole world. (Bernard Oldsley, pg. 215) Many objects in the Lord of the Flies have symbolic value. The conch shell represents power and authority, Ralph uses the shell to call for the boys to come to the meetings, whoever has the shell has the power to talk. “The conch shows how people use objects to give power in the world, like a crown, ribbon, or other things that show who has power. We also learn that objects don’t really give a lot of power when people choose not to obey it, like Ralph’ ...
- 4922: Evaluation of The Lord of the Flies
- ... in 1954 about a number of boys marooned on a tropical island and left to fend for themselves. While on the island, they discover quite a bit of evil within themselves. A few years after World War 2, a planeful of boys as young as 5 or 6 but most no older than 11 or 12 crashes near an uninhabited tropical island. As soon as they land, one of the eldest ... been to before and they reflect quietly. Later, Jack and his growing army of hunters go off to hunt another pig. Jack is wounded in the battle with the pig. The hunter boys start a new dance-like ritual in which one of the boys pretends to be the pig and their battle cry of "kill the pig" is repeated. At first, nobody is hurt in the ritual, but eventually it ... to think, although not particularly good thoughts. It is him and those like him who put the spear through Ralph and dropped the stone on Piggy. If it was not for the Rogers of the world, much of the mindless, cruel suffering which is so often explained away through "But I was only following orders!" Although the military chain of command can be important, it is also important that officers ...
- 4923: A Street Car Named Desire
- ... of Blanche Dubois Blanche Dubious, appropriately dressed in white, is first introduced as a symbol of innocence and chastity. Aristocratic, refined, and sensitive, this delicate beauty has a moth-like appearance. She has come to New Orleans to seek refuge at the home of her sister Stella and her coarse Polish husband, Stanley. With her nervous and refined nature, Blanche is a clear misfit in the Kowalski's apartment. Blanche represents ... cannot cope with life outside Laurel. Her life is a lesson in how a single tragic event can ruin the future; her refusal to come out of the time warp and cope with the real world, makes her unrealistic and flighty. At the age of sixteen, she fell in love with, worshipped, and eloped with a sensitive boy. She believed that life with Allan was sheer bliss. Her faith is shattered ... been different. But Mitch is not educated or intellectual and cannot understand Blanche's behavior, past or present. Since he sees things only as truth or lies, black or white, he deserts Blanche. Blanche's world is full of grays and pastel colors. She cannot stand a vulgar remark, a loud noise, or a harsh light. With Allan's departure, the light had gone out of her life, seemingly forever. ...
- 4924: Monetary Policy
- ... goal does raise serious issues. One, is the definition of high employment. It obviously does not mean zero unemployment, as there will always be some frictional unemployment. This results from workers leaving jobs to find new ones, new entrants into the labor force, and from a geographical mis-match or occupational mismatch of workers and jobs. Even if an appropriate level of un-employment is determined, there is not a good statistical measure ... in the equity and reasonableness of social conditions in general. Page 6 Foreign Exchange Rate Stability The foreign exchange rate market has become so much more important in recent years, as the economies of the world have become more integrated, and foreign currency exchange rates have begun to affect even larger segments of the economy. Because ex-change rates are clearly dependent in some ways on the monetary policies of ...
- 4925: The Chosen
- Plot Summary of The Chosen The action of The Chosen unfolds in the immigrant community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, against the backdrop of World War II. It is seen through the eyes of Reuven Malter, a boy who would appear to have much in common with Danny, for they are both brilliant, Jewish, closely tied to their fathers, and ... are churning within him, Danny finds Reuven as an empathetic listener who is highly intelligent yet safe—not a Hasid, but a Jew who follows orthodox religious traditions without rejecting the secular possibilities in the world around them. As the boys become friends, Reuven begins to learn about Hasidism. He learns that there are tzaddiks who were believed to be superhuman links between the people and God. In some sects it ... permeates his friend’s life. Weeks before the accident which brings the two boys together, Mr. Malter meets Danny in the public library and begins to guide him in his search for knowledge of the world through the "forbidden books" prescribed by his father. Mr. Malter tells Reuven of Danny’s brilliant mind, his insatiable appetite for learning, and the amazing speed with which he digests information. When the Germans ...
- 4926: Dolly Madison
- ... and Mary Coles. She spent her childhood in Scotchtown, Virginia. "The Paynes were well connected and sufficiently prosperous, small planters in Hanover County."1 The Quaker house forbade festivity, shunned amusement and frowned upon the world's vanities. After a preliminary visit to Philadelphia, John Payne returned to Hanover County to dispose of his property and free his slaves and in July 1783 he settled with his family in the pleasant ... herself a widow at twenty-five, and executrix of her husband's will. In the fall Dolly returned to her mother's house, which was now a boarding house. At all events, the Senator from New York, Colonel Aaron Burr, lodged at the Madison Lodging House. He told everyone about the pretty widow Todd. He finally told his friend Congressman Madison of Virginia. The Congressman, however, disliked women after Catherine Floyd ... was not long before their engagement was rumored all over Philadelphia. John Todd had not been dead a year when, on September 15, 1794, James and Dolly were married at Harewood. Now there was a new Philadelphia for Quaker Dolly, the Philadelphia she had always longed for. "The town had never been more gay, a continually changing pageant of foreign guests and ministers."3 A brilliant scene graced by the ...
- 4927: Alfred Nobel
- ... caused by the loss of some barges of building material, Immanuel Nobel was forced into bankruptcy the same year Alfred Nobel was born. In 1837, Immanuel Nobel left Stockholm and his family to start a new career in Finland and in Russia. To support the family, Andrietta Nobel started a grocery store which provided a modest income. Meanwhile Immanuel Nobel was successful in his new enterprise in St. Petersburg, Russia. He started a mechanical workshop which provided equipment for the Russian army and he also convinced the Tsar and his generals that naval mines could be used to block enemy ... dramatic works. The Nobel Prizes became an extension and a fulfillment of his lifetime interests. Many of the companies founded by Nobel have developed into industrial enterprises that still play a prominent role in the world economy, for example Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), Great Britain, Société Centrale de Dynamite, France, and Dyno Industries in Norway. Toward the end of his life, he acquired the company AB Bofors in Karlskoga, where ...
- 4928: History Of The Original Lincol
- ... Lincoln in the form of the Springfield Resolutions of 1854. Douglas quoted the radical “Codding” and declared that Lincoln joined with abolitionists Giddings, Chase, Fred Douglass, and “Parson” Lovejoy had constructed this platform for the new Black Republican Party of Illinois. Douglas became so engrossed in the speech he had to be reminded of his time limit. When Lincoln replied, he had no choice but to defend himself against the accusations ... did in 1854, against the admission of any more slave states into the Union, even if the people want them?” Answer: I do not know, nor ever did, stand pledged against the admission of a new state into the Union. Question 3. “I want to know whether he stands pledged against the admission of a new state into the Union with such a constitution as the people of that state may see fit to make.” Answer: I do not stand pledged against the admission of a new state into the ...
- 4929: The Law Enforcement Profession
- ... of taxpayers money (L. A. Times, p. 1-2, August 1, 1988). This incident generated major outcry from the minority community to overhaul the use of force policy and procedure within the department. Nationally, five New York City police officers were charged with murder in the slaying of a suspect in Queens. All five officers were arraigned on murder charges in the death of Federico Pereira, 21 years of age, a car theft suspect who was punched, kicked, and strangled as he was being arrested. This is one in a string of accusations of bruality made against New York officers in recent years (The New York Times, March 21, 1991, p. A 1). In the south, the incident of Officer Donald Jeffries who was honored as Mississippi's officer of the year in 1993. He alleged that mental stress ...
- 4930: Solidarity in Poland
- ... was not in the plans for expansion. As a matter of fact the state was planning on eliminating it totally. The workers realized that the government's way of improving Poland's status in the world market was to exploit the workers. On December 14, 1970 the workers finally showed their anger and frustration by striking. A white-collar worker explained the situation that arouse at Lenin Shipyard that morning: When ... elections and Round Table negotiations, communism began to fall all over Eastern Europe. Hungary's borders to the west opened, East Germany was freed when the Berlin Wall came down, and Czechoslovakia popularly elected a new President. The “Iron Curtain” over Eastern Europe was falling fast and new nations with new identities were to come about. Works Cited 1. Bratman, Fred. "A triumph of moral force; Walesa discomforts the Communists by winning a Nobel Prize." Time 17 Oct. 1983: 50-51. 2. ...
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