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- 6991: The Great Gatsby: The Green Light
- ... He must have looked up at an unfamiliar sky through frightening leaves and shivered as he found what a grotesque thing a rose is and how raw the sunlight was upon the scarcely created. A new world, material without being real, where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted fortuitously about... The phrase "Material without being real" is an important part of this passage. Nick was saying that Gatsby was living in a material world where he could feel, see, and touch, but which had no meaning to him. A rose does not possess beauty in itself, but it is beautiful because we feel its beauty. The green light ...
- 6992: Maus
- ... humans. The author writes about two stories. The first story is of two survivors of the Holocaust. Vladek Spiegelman, a Jew who, along with his wife Anja, survive Auschwitz and came to live in Queens, New York. There, Vladek and Anja raise their post-Holocaust son, Art, (their first son died during the early stages of the Final Solution). The second story is about the son, Art, and his relationship with ... survivors’ accounts are portrayed throughout Maus as Art records his father’s memories in a series of oral interviews: Vladek’s courtship of the wealthy Anja, the marriage that facilitated his rise in the business world of the Jewish community of Sosnowiec, his times in the Polish Army and capture by the Nazis in 1939, and his release and return. Vladek tells about how the Nazis policies of extermination were put ... of the ways in which Vladek and Anja survive. Throughout Maus, Vladek’s story compares to Art’s attempt to come to terms with his father. Art’s father’s personality is formed in a world and through an experience so completely unlike his own. In order to survive, Vladek has become very opinionated, tight-fisted, and self-involved. Art and Vladek clash because of Vladek’s personality. Vladek is ...
- 6993: Ouija Boards
- ... gullible, and is like believing everything that you read in the newspaper or see on TV. If your mind tells you there's something wrong, there probably is . If the information you're getting seems new to you, compare it with other channeled material and see if you're comfortable with it. The important point to remember here is Like attracts Like. Ouija boards do work, but the sort of beings ... for the best. However, with practice, learning and spiritual development the chances of getting through to the right person are greatly increased. If used properly, the Ouija board can be a positive tool to making new friends and gathering information. However, you should not just stop there and rely on the board. Work on your own spiritual development and this will not only enhance your use of the board, but may render it obsolete - while at the same time improving your whole life. Bibliography Ouija. (1996). In Grolier's Encyclopedia. [CD-ROM]. Ouija Board. (1996). In The World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. [CD-ROM]. 525 W. Monroe, Chigago, IL: 1996 World Book, Inc. Ouija Boards. (1991). In Guide to the Supernatural. (Volume 1, page(s) 110-111). Using a Ouija Board. [Online]. (November ...
- 6994: Biography of Julius Caesar
- Biography of Julius Caesar Julius Caesar was a strong leader for the Romans who changed the course of the history of the Greco - Roman world decisively and irreversibly. With his courage and strength he created a strong empire. What happened during his early political career? How did he become such a strong dictator of the Roman Empire? What events led ... his release. He then returned to Rome to engage in a normal political career, starting with the quaetorship which he served in 69-68 BC in the province of Further Spain. In the Roman political world of the sixties the dominance of the optimates was challenged by Pompey and Crassus. The optimates, led by Quintus Lutatius Catulus and Lucius Licinius Lucullus , were chiefly men whose careers had been made by Sulla ... Bibulus, was thrown from the platform and his consular insignia were broken. Bibulus tried to stop Caesar and his supporters from passing any further law but was only able to postpone the creation of the new laws by saying that the skies would not permit it because there was stormy weather and they were very superstitious. Caesar disregarded Bibulus’ behavior and the remainder of the legislative program of the triumvirate ...
- 6995: Mary Shelley’s Self-help Guide to Life
- ... and decided to create his own, feeling that "no father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as [Victor] should deserve" (39) the gratitude of his creation. Victor completely secludes himself from the world when in the process of creating the monster. This seclusion nearly drives him insane: he states, "I became nervous to a most painful degree; the fall of a leaf startled me" (41). The loneliness caused ... ironic because the objective of it was to construct a partner in life. The monster is also agonized by the necessity of friendship. As he is first neglected by Victor and the society of the world, he is driven to hate the human race. He is originally a kind, compassionate creature, but is driven to abhorrence and vengeance because of his insurmountable loneliness. He claims, "I was benevolent; my soul glowed ... me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself would not deny herself to me...This being you must create" (129). However, when Victor refuses to go through with the proposal because he fears the new monster could also become murderous, the killing spree continues. Ironically, it was the monster's original killings caused by the anger of loneliness that ultimately seals his fate of loneliness. Shelley correctly exhibits that ...
- 6996: Weber And Rationalisation
- ... Weber, 1964]. He saw disadvantages and dangers in it, but argued it "makes possible, a high degree of calculability of results". To Weber, the paradigm case of the rationalisation process was bureaucracy. In the modern world, while bureaucracies continue to exist and to be of great importance, George Ritzer believes that the fast-food chains have become the model of rationality. The process in which the principals of the fast food-restaurant become dominating in relation to more and more sectors in American society as well as the rest of the world. The principals Ritzer is referring to is: efficiency, predicability, calculability, and control. He states that "the foundations of McDonaldisation" entry in society creates a society in which creativity, intelligent insight, transparency, and real human contact is more or less absent. McDonald's and McDonaldisation, then, do not represent something new, but rather the culmination of a series of rationalisation processes that had been occurring throughout the twentieth century [Ritzer, 1992]. An example of the extent to which McDonaldisation replicates the theory of rationalisation, is ...
- 6997: The Awakeing
- ... little chores. The biggest step she made was her decision to move away from her mansion and into the "pigeon house", a little cottage around corner. After this move she was free to explore her new profound freedom and desires. She succumbed to the passion in her heart and had a meaningless affair with Arobin, a known heartbreaker. She was in control of this new relationship and she loved feeling in control. True, she felt nothing beyond lust for the man but she was able to do as she wished. Her love for Robert Lebrun was truly her biggest obstacle ... her duties to her husband and children. That was the end of Edna Pontellier. She feels alone, with no one who would understand to confide into. Rather than be forced to live in such a world of tyranny and succumb once again to the mechanical lifestyle she had lived for so long, she chooses death. In death, there are no expectations, no one to impress or be "proper" for, and ...
- 6998: Robinson Crusoe
- ... Together, he and a young companion navigated along the coast of Africa, where they were pursued by both wild beasts and natives. A Portuguese ship finally rescued them and they sailed for Brazil. In the new land Crusoe established a prosperous sugar plantation. But again a feeling of lonely dissatisfaction overcame him: "I lived just like a man cast away upon some desolate island, that had nobody there but himself." Then ... he succeeded in making clay containers and even fired some pots that were solid enough to hold liquids. After four years on the island, he was a changed man: "I looked now upon the [civilized] world as a thing remote, which I had nothing to do with, no expectation from, and indeed no desires about.. ." Crusoe dedicated his entire fifth year as a castaway to building and inventing. He constructed a ... shivers down his spine - about 30 cannibals on the beach, enjoying a gruesome feast. Robinson shot at them, killing some and driving the others away. He rescued one of their native prisoners and named his new companion Friday, for the day upon which he was delivered. Friday proved to be strong, loyal and intelligent, though Crusoe still had cause to worry - Friday was also a bit cannibalistic. Crusoe began introducing ...
- 6999: The Boys From Brazil: Evil Will Never Die
- ... these people then adopt the ideas of the Nazis, then they will pass them on, and so on, and so on, keeping alive the ideas of hate and evil. The idea of evil is not new or surprising. It is the subject of popular songs, stories, other movies, and even a main theme of the Bible. The Nazis are definitely nothing new; they have left an everlasting mark in the history of our world. This movie raises many questions about our present day life: Is it possible to clone a madman's genes, is there a doctor somewhere waiting for the right time to create another Mussolini or ...
- 7000: Dave And Busters Inc
- ... of $180,000,000 versus $128,504,000 in 1997 for a 40% increase. The company reported that these increased revenues were a function of positive comparable store revenues and higher than expected volumes at new complexes. This company focuses on quality and customer satisfaction. Their need to achieve goals beyond their measures is consistently shown in every aspect of the complex. They are also trying different ways to satisfy each ... over the country and they are starting to go global. Some experts say that they are expanding too quickly, with facilities operating in the U.K. and Europe. As of now people all over the world still line-up to get into these fun-filled facilities. The question is whether or not people will continue to come after the introduction phase has ended. After weighing the strengths and weaknesses it seems ... Busters produces it is vital that one visit the premises. At some point in your visit you will definitely understand why this company does so well. There is no other place like this in the world, as of now, and Dave and Busters have taken so many steps to insure this. As soon as you step out of your car you hear music, this is because there are outside speakers ...
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