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- 5311: Symbolism in The Glass Menagerie
- ... location also has a lot of symbolism in its roots because he describes them to be flowering as warty growths in overcrowded urban centers. Tennessee Williams used many symbolic aspects to describe Laura and the world she lives in.In the play,Laura represents the very fragile,shy and emotionally crippled girl.In her mind she lives in a world of glass animals and doesn't have a connection to the real world.The managerie of glass also represents the fragile relationships among all the characters.The glass unicorn is most obviously a symbol of Laura-- delicate,sadly different,an anomaly in the modern world.The glass ...
- 5312: The Allegory of the Cave: Turn Around
- ... I finish whittling, there will be nothing left, but the Truth is of highest priority. Plato divides Everything into two worlds, and each of these two worlds into two subsections. The lowest section is the World of Images. If I tell you that money will bring you happiness, and you decide to believe what I have said with no previous knowledge of either happiness or money, you have been exposed to the lowest World. Up one level is the World of Objects. If I give you some money, you can touch it, fold it, eat it, whatever. You learn that you can buy things with this money, or you can deposit it in a ...
- 5313: Adolf Hitler The Final Solutio
- ... state and one for the master race, Germans. Exterminating Jews was, for Hitler, the only way to create a perfect Germany because it would eliminate the malignant tumors , the race that caused Germany to lose World War One. Hitler s decision to start exterminating Jews changed the course of history. In the end, over 6,000,000 Jews were killed and a Jewish state known as Israel, evolved. In the Summer ... and for himself politically by promising better things to come in the future. In 1933, while preaching in front of a large Nazi crowd, Hitler used the Jews as scapegoats for Germany s loss in World War One. If at the beginning of the War and during the War twelve or fifteen thousand of these Hebrew corrupters of the people had been held under poison gas, as happened to hundreds of ... against a cause. During the Holocaust, people were all killed because of what they were, non-Aryans, not who they were. Pre-adult experiences, including exposure to anti-Semitism and joining the German army for World War One, led Adolf Hitler to his beliefs about Jewish people and to his quest for a perfect Germany. Alois Hitler, Adolf s father, who was an absentee father and never really gave much ...
- 5314: Leggatt as an Independent Character in Joseph Conrad's "The Secret Sharer"
- ... scot-free in court. The captain describes Koh-ring as "a towering black mass like the very gateway of Erebus," (Conrad 193) Erebus being the cavern through which the souls of the dead entered Hades' world (Watts 134). Leggatt and the captain discover soon after they first meet that they are both "Conway boys," that is, as cadets, they served as crew on the training- ship the Conway, which is moored ... if all the truth must be told, I was somewhat of a stranger to myself" (Conrad 137-138). At this point in the story, the reader first recognizes that the captain as unsteady in his new command, but as having good intentions. He keeps anchor watch one night, to the astonishment of his crew, as a gesture of benevolence (Conrad 139). However, this attempt toward friendliness serves to alienate the captain ... London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1959. Batchelor, John. The Life of Joseph Conrad: A Critical Biography. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1994. Burgess, Chester Francis. The Fellowship of the Craft: Conrad on Ships and Seamen and the Sea. New York: National University Publications, 1976. Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer. New York: Bantam Books, 1981. Graver, Lawrence. Conrad's Short Fiction. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1969. Karl, Frederick Robert. ...
- 5315: Act Of Courage (jim Abbott)
- ... courage to just be one of the guys and compete at a camp that tested his true limitations. He showed all of us that day that he had no limitations! That summer gave me a new and heightened respect for athletes such as Jim Abbott. Jim is a role model for all kids. However, before endeavoring to expound upon an act of courage as exemplified by Jim Abbott, courage itself must ... addition, Jim credits his father for shaping his outgoing nature. For as long as Jim could remember, his father always told him not to be shy. His father urged him not to hesitate to meet new people. His father said, Whenever you see someone new, walk up to them shake their hand and say, Hi, my name is Jim Abbott. This never-ending support allowed Jim to never feel self-conscious about his incomplete arm. Jim s father encouraged ...
- 5316: Photochemical Smog
- ... smoke and sulfur dioxide produced from the burning of coal can combine with fog to create industrial smog. In high concentrations, industrial smog can be extremely toxic to humans and other living organisms. London is world famous for its episodes of industrial smog. The most famous London smog event occurred in December, 1952 when five days of calm foggy weather created a toxic atmosphere that claimed about 4000 human lives. Today ... produce a mixture of hundreds of different and hazardous chemicals known as secondary pollutants. Development of photochemical smog is typically associated with specific climatic conditions and centers of high population density. Cities like Los Angeles, New York, Sydney, and Vancouver frequently suffer episodes of photochemical smog. One way in which the production of photochemical smog is initiated is through the photochemical reaction of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) to form ozone. There are ... and area sources (the loss of vapors from small areas such as a local service station, surface coatings and thinners, and natural gas leakage). Vehicle engines, which are extremely numerous in all parts of the world, do not completely burn the petroleum they use as fuel. This produces nitrogen dioxide which is released through the vehicle exhaust along with a high concentration of hydrocarbons. The absorption of solar radiation by ...
- 5317: The Scarlet Letter: Hester and Her Daughter Are Isolated From Society
- ... response of the community toward Hester's scarlet letter. Hester and Pearl are isolated by living so far out as they do. Pearl shows signs that she is brought up without a friend in the world but her mother. The response toward Hester's scarlet letter from the town's people show how she is isolated. Hester and Pearl are isolated from everything in the world but each other. Hester's new home is the biggest factor in saying that they are isolated from the world. Hester finds an abandoned cottage on the outskirts of town, within verge of the peninsula, but not in close vicinity ...
- 5318: Italy
- Italy Italy is most likely known for its rich cultural heritage and its unique natural beauty. Its cities have spectacular churches and beautiful central plazas. Their museums contain some of the world's best-known art. Italy got its name from the ancient Romans. Romans called the southernmost part of the peninsula Italia, which means land of oxen or grazing land. Italy's landscape is dominated by ... and Sardinia. Two independent countries lie within Italy's borders: the tiny Republic of San Marino, in north-central Italy, and Vatican City, which is located completely within the city of Rome. Italy boasts several world-famous cities. Rome, the capital and largest city in Italy, was the center of the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago. Florence was the home of many artist of the Renaissance, a period of great achievements in the arts. Venice, with its intricate canal system, attracts tourists from all over the world. Italians take great pride in the quality of their cooking. They traditionally eat their meals at midday. Large meals usually consist of a pasta course, followed by a main course of meat or fish. ...
- 5319: All Quiet On The Western Front
- Erich Maria Remarque s All Quiet on the Western Front, a novel set in World War I, centers around the changes wrought by the war on one young German soldier. During his time in the war, Remarque s protagonist, Paul Baumer, changes from a rather innocent Romantic to a hardened ... been the foundation of his pre-enlistment days. This rejection comes about as a result of Baumer s realization that the pre-enlistment society simply does not understand the reality of the Great War. His new society, then, becomes the Company, his fellow trench soldiers, because that is a group which does understand the truth as Baumer has experienced it. Remarque demonstrates Baumer s disaffiliation from the traditional by emphasizing the ... All Quiet VII. 149). Baumer is driven away from the older men because he understands that the words of his father s generation are meaningless in that they do not reflect the realities of the world and of the war as Baumer has come to understand them. Also during his leave, Baumer visits the mother of a fallen comrade, Kemmerich. As he did with his own mother, he lies, this ...
- 5320: A Separate Peace - The War
- ... complicated plot in order to convey the harsh, sad, cruel, destructive forces of war. The Characters Gene and Finny are used as opposing forces in a struggle between that cold reality of war-that is World War II in this story-and a separate peace. A peace away from the real war and all of the terrible things that come with it. Through their relationship, that is a struggle on both ... Three: Everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him. It is the moment when his emotions achieve their most powerful sway over him, and afterward when you say to this person "the world today" or "life" or "reality" he will assume that you mean this moment, even if it is fifty years past. The world, through his unleashed emotions, imprinted itself upon him, and he carries the stamp of that passing moment forever. (32) This statement explains that Gene must have something that is his "stamp." This stamp appears ...
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