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- 4961: Lewis Latimer
- ... boy, earning a salary of $3.00 per week, to draftsman at $20.00. In the period immediately following the Civil War, important scientific advances occurred in America. There was an explosion of inventions and new uses of technology, and inventors were securing thousands of patents in growing industries. While working at the Boston firm, Latimer met Alexander Graham Bell who hired him to draw the plans for a new invention, the telephone. Bell was in a race to have his invention patented before anyone else registered a similar device. By working with him late at night, Latimer was able to provide Bell with the ... inventor. They had won the race! In 1880 Latimer began work as a mechanical draftsman for Hiram Maxim, an inventor and founder of the U.S. Electric Lighting Company in Brooklyn, N.Y. In his new job, Latimer was given the opportunity to become familiar with the field of electric incandescent lighting, an area in which there was fierce competition to secure patents. In addition to his work with light ...
- 4962: Interpretation of Rushdie and Kazantzakis' Stories
- ... religious beliefs. The Satanic Verses featured the modern day society compressing the main characters with their positronic rules and restrictions. The Last Temptation of Christ focused on the feudalism exhibited by the oppressors of the world at the current time (Roman militia). Upon the climatic ending of each novel, I would effortlessly integrate the author's deluge of spiritual dynamism with my own. This produced an ethical conflict in my mind ... religion versus oppresive regime Therefore, in analyzing and interpreting each piece of fiction, I was able to understand what similarities they held and why such novels can procreate an undersirable amount of calamity in the world. The supernatural portrayed a dominant role in both texts. Each author seemed to enjoy casting these uncanny forces against their main characters in order to induce their thoughts across much more clearly. In the Satanic ... of what is noble without recourse to that old crutch" (Saladin remarking about his physical appearance). Having their physical status altered, they were unable to communicate on a humane level with other people in the world. It seemed as though their lack of faith and nobility to God had created an ethereal war between them and the supernatural spectrum. The angelic Gibreel was now only capable of exhibiting feelings of ...
- 4963: 1984 2
- In the world of 1984, Winston rebels against the party, but not only does he do it in a different ways but his displeasure with the society leads him on to rebel numerous times. First of all, Winston ... near. There were a couple of things that Winston owned that were deemed illegal but ironically the glass paperweight seemed to be the most important. First of all, the paperweight serves no purpose in the world that Winston lives in. Another thing about it was that it represented individuality to him because he thought of it as a world in which he and Julia lived in and nobody could touch it, even the Party. Finally, it reminded him of the past, the past in which there was a better world and a world ...
- 4964: Inside The IRA
- ... independent Irish parliament, and declared the sovereignty of Northern Ireland as part of the Republic of Ireland. The response of the British government was to ban all of these Institutions and declare war on the new Irish Democracy. Guerilla tactics in this war established the basis for modern guerilla warfare. The war lasted until 1921, when, with no question of a surrender of arms, the IRA called a truce. Things went ... above, are the oldest political party in Ireland, and now that the IRA has risen to power, they have become the political wings of the IRA. According to them, they seek the establishment of a New Ireland based on sustainable social and economic development; genuine democracy, participation, equality and justice at all levels of the economy and society; and also a lasting meaningful peace with purpose of lasting unity of purpose ... cease-fire, the IRA resisted pressure to give up its arms and decommission its weapons. Apart from political considerations, the IRA is aware that it is becoming more difficult to obtain and import new stocks of weaponry. Fortunately for them, they still have a surplus of weapons from when they did have Libyan and U.S.A weapon sources. Some weapons confiscated by the FBI in the U. ...
- 4965: Darwins Finches
- ... natural selection. But how did these birds, once sharing the same habitat and species, become so different? This can easily be explained by the idea of speciation. Speciation is defined as the process by which new species are formed. There are three different types of speciation, Allopatric, Parapatric, and Sympatric. The two most probable modes of speciation are Allopatric and Sympatric. Allopatric speciation occurs when members of the same species are geographically separated and they adapt to their new habitats. They are reproductively isolated and soon they cannot interbreed, hence becoming a new species. Species A Geographically Isolated Permanent Isolation - Bodies of water - Mountain formation - Volcanic activity - Destruction by man New Species A good example of allopatric speciation is the differences between the common giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), ...
- 4966: Yarmouth,england
- ... Kind Edward. In addition, a deadly fight broke out between the two towns, resulting in many lost ships. The fairs had to be regulated, hoping to supervise the sales of goods during this time. Soon new conflicts prevailed as Clique complained to the King about new regulations, and that Yarmouth had control over the fishing areas. Problems with France pressed the communities to set aside some of the conflict for a short period of time, but soon that problem was resolved ... streets, they were very slim passages, separating rows of peoples homes. Despite their small size, these rows managed to last throughout the Medieval times. The only reason they were destroyed was because of the Second World War. Two architectural problems in Yarmouth were the cost of a harbor facility, because the people wanted it to be so big with boat docks all around, stores, and many more things. The second ...
- 4967: Good Vs Evil In King Lear
- In the King Lear play, Shakespeare creates many conditions in which humans live in the world. The main characters in the play are used to portray Shakespeare's ideas. One of these ideas which Shakespeare is trying to portray is evil between the characters and in the world which are emphasized throughout the play. The evil, created by humans, is outweighed by good in the world of King Lear. Evil was created by humans who decided to do wrong to others. Duke of Albany, said that all evil people will be justly punished (ACT V, iii, 303). Albany indicated that ...
- 4968: The Motif Of War In A Separate
- World War II started in 1939 and did not end until 1945. It was the result of one person's need for power and control over the rest of the world. We saw this power as a threat, which exploded into an outbreak more devastating than anything else we humans had ever seen. War is defined as an armed conflict between nations or states, or between different parties: any act or state of hostility. War can be experienced if there is an armed conflict between two groups (as in World War II), or just as a hostility one feels towards another person. In the novel, A Separate Peace by John Knowles the major motif is war, which is evident throughout the novel. The motif ...
- 4969: Organ Cloning: The Future Of Our Lives
- Organ Cloning: The Future Of Our Lives
On February 23, 1997 the world itself was changed forever. Whether or not you believe that it was for the good is an entirely different question. You can not argue the fact that a major breakthrough in cloning technology had been ... that man was not meant to walk on the moon. If they did, and the program did not succeed, then we would not have the technology that we have today. Cloning organs can only yield new technologies that will be beneficial to society. Organ cloning is something that would be extremely beneficial to society. Imagine the ability to "create" a liver for James Earl Ray. He was the man that was accused in the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. After he died, new evidence was brought forth in finding that he might not have been responsible for Kings death. Imagine if the technology was available to clone his liver in order to prolong his life so ...
- 4970: Heart Of Darkness
- ... or train tracks was made. "One's cruelty is one's power; and when one parts with one's cruelty, one parts with one's power," says William Congreve, author of The Way of the World. (Tripp 206.) The Europeans forcibly took away the natives' land and then enslaved them. All the examples given are part of one enormous idea of cruelty - cruelty that the European white men believe because its victims are helpless. These are mystical revelations of man's dark self. Bibliography Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness: Backgrounds and Criticisms. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1960. Meyers, Jeffrey. Joseph Conrad. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991. Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness 3rd ed. Ed. Robert Kimbrough. New York: Norton Critical, 1988. Williams, George Washington. [A Report upon the Congo - State and Country to the ...
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