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- 6101: Abolute Monarchs
- ... In his view, the two rules went together and he held them in balance. Frederick William developed, Berlin, into a cultural center he founded what was to become one of the finest libraries in the world, the Prussian State Library. He made his palace a center of art. Frederick construction program beautified Berlin with new churches and huge public buildings. He also established an academy of Sciences. Tsar Peter I was the only one of the autocrats to build an entirely new capital, called ST. Petersburg. Policies were implemented to establish precedence. Louis XIV implemented polices to expand Frances s frontiers and to assert his superiority over other European states. In the early 1680s, Louis adopted ...
- 6102: A Separate Peace 2
- A Separate Peace: by John Knowles During World War II in the struggle for peace among nations comes a smaller, but still significant struggle, in a prep school boy becoming a man and waking up to reality. In the book A Separate Peace ... life. In the summer of 1942, Gene and his friends stayed at their prep school for the summer session. His best friend in those days was a boy named Phineas, or Finny. During that time World War II was going on and the sixteen-year old boys were trying to preserve the peace in their lives, before they would be old enough to be drafted into the war-just one year ... Months pass and suddenly the accident is brought up again by a boy named Brinker who believes that there is more to the story than what is being said. (No one else in the school new for a fact that Gene shook the branch on purpose to make Finny fall, they just had empty accusations.) So Brinker set up a sort-of mock court one night and took Gene and ...
- 6103: Evaluation of Baja Seasons Resort
- ... dance, and do a little kerioki. At night get wild and crazy and the other bar on site, La Yarda. This bar is sure to make your night and you will not leave without making new friends. It is known to get a little crazy and is only open on weekends. Wake up in the morning and enjoy a great Mexican style breakfast at the on site restaurant. The food is fabulous and you will keep going back to try new things. You won't get sick of Mexican food, because they have American Style foods as well. Retired couples who are traveling the world and living in new places should definitely experience the Baja Seasons Resort. Making monthly payment, like rent, these retired couple can live in the privacy of their own motorhome, and enjoy the relaxing life ...
- 6104: Canterbury Tales: Power Corrupts
- ... teach others and be taught. He listened carefully to what everyone had to say and never said anything more than what was appropriate for the specific time. This showed his modesty and willingness to learn new viewpoints and not just teach everyone his views. The Friar was a happy and lustful man, who having taken a vow to poverty and preaching, added as part of his job begging people for money ... knew all the gossip about what was going on in the four orders of Friars. The Friar would find husbands for his ex-mistress at his owene cost (Prologue, line 213) and would find himself new women to entertain. He was also licensed to hear confessions and give absolution in cases beyond the jurisdiction of the parish priest. This gave him immense power over other people lives. He would grant people ... money and his lust for women. He would use flattery and his position in the church to attract women to him. He then quickly got bored with them and went out in pursuit of someone new. Ful wel biloved and famulier was he With frankeleyns over al in his contree, And eek with worthy wommen of the toun; (Prologue, Lines 212-213) The Friar knew just where he would find ...
- 6105: Silas Marner: Eliot's Manipulation
- ... living his lonely existence at Raveloe, which leads to a flashback to fifteen years earlier when he was driven from Lantern Yard. The time then resumes quickly to its original point from November through the New Year. The last time span is accelerated sixteen years later where the results of the early events are seen. These three time spans are how Eliot's manipulation of time contributes to the effectiveness of ... the village of Raveloe because he has been falsely accused of stealing by the members of his religious sect in Lantern Yard, his hometown. Having lost faith in both God and man, he seeks a new life in Raveloe with new inhabitants, and falls into a routine of work and loneliness. We learn that his greatest joy is in amassing money. He likes how they shine and feel. Silas' few attempts at being neighborly are ...
- 6106: The Red Badge Of Courage
- ... of time, war can turn a boy into a man. It does not physically turn an individual into a grown man, but it mentally matures them. War matures boys into a men is by experiencing new, unpredictable environments and adjusting to unfamiliar smells, sounds, and emotions. Think about it, being there on a battlefield witnessing deaths of friends and comrades would have to have an effect on a human being. Being in a war and to be around new faces, new personalities, confusion, and trauma would force one to adapt to an environment faster than you usually would. Just imagine leaving your country home and entering a new and frightening world on a battlefield. What ...
- 6107: A Separate Peace - Detailed Analysis
- ... ever since the beginning of time. In A Separate Peace by John Knowels, the value of dealing with your feelings and dealing with your enemies is shown by Gene Forester, a student in Devon during World War 2 dealing with few human enemies, but his emotions create a nemesis far greater than any human enemy. "I never killed anybody," Gene had commented later in his adulthood, "And I never developed an ... tree, he was still sore at Finny and when he was about to jump, Gene shook the limb, Finny Lost balance, fell and shattered his leg. Never to play sports again. Now Gene had a new enemy: Guilt. Gene knows that he has broken Finny's leg, it is all his fault, his best friend can never play sports again because of him. All his fault. This is really eating at ... so he doesn't let him say anything else about the tree incident. Now well into the winter session, Brinker, a friend of Genes, comes into his room and Gene gets nervous thinking that Brinker new that he had caused Finny's accident, because of that Gene suggested they go to the butt room, a drab room where smoking was allowed only to be confronted by a bunch of "the ...
- 6108: The Quebec Winter Carnival
- The Quebec Winter Carnival Quebec City is the World's Snow Capital. Quebec City held its first winter carnival in 1894. It was an elaborate celebration that provided people with relief from the cold harsh winter. In the sixty years that followed these winter ... traditions. Beautiful snow sculptures as well as the traditional canoe race across the mighty St. Lawrence River are as spectacular and as popular as ever. Since 1955, the Quebec Winter Carnival was recognized as the World's biggest winter celebration, and is the third largest carnival, after those in Rio and New Orleans. Today Quebec City's historic streets are filled with people of all ages, anxious to experience the joys of winter at the world-famous Quebec Carnival. The Quebec Carnival offers a wide variety ...
- 6109: Counterfeiting: We're In The Money
- ... for authenticity, is our currency system in danger? As of the beginning of 1996, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve and the Secretary of the United States Treasury, prove their economic wizardry by making the new one hundred dollar bill nearly impossible to counterfeit in attempt to protect our economy. This is just the first step in improving our currency system. Counterfeiting U.S. currency is an illegal practice that has ... do something to protect our economy for the future. In attempt to enhance our currency system, the one hundred dollar bill was completely redesigned last year and released at the beginning of this year. This new bill contains a security thread, a watermark, a larger portrait, varriable-color ink and infrared fibers. It is called the 1996 series. Next year the fifty dollar bill will change and so forth. At first, economist talked about recalling all of US currency, but later this idea was ruled out o keep a smooth transition and to honor the new bills at current face value. If our economy is at its strongest, who paid for the creation of the series 1996? The Federal Reserve, under the direction of Alan Greenspan, paid for this currency ...
- 6110: Creation As Seen Through Greco
- ... end) (2, xvi). All the different uses of myths are astounding especially when viewed from the point that with all of the different cultures that have formed in so many different atmospheres all over the world all throughout time. The majority of them have many similarities in the way that they used their myths as well as to what occurs in those myths. Particularly interesting is how the theories of creation ... will eventually become a part of the creation process. Some myths do not have the entire universe created from these voids or unions, rather there are only certain elements that are created such as the world or emotions. The Greco-Roman myth of creation is an excellent example of how only a few things are created instead of all things from Chaos, eventually, Nyx and Erebus was born. Nyx was Night ... from their unfair imprisonment. In repayment for freeing them the Giants and the Cyclopes joined forces with Zeus and his siblings. When the battle was rejoined the gods were victorious with the help of their new allies. Afterwards the three gods Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades drew lots for their kingdoms. Zeus drew the sky, Poseidon the sea, and Hades the underworld (2, 8). In the Norse creation myth a slight ...
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