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- 7941: Catcher in the Rye and Of Mice and Men: Go West Young Man
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An live off the fatta the lan.(Steinbeck 14) What George wanted most of all was to not be lonely. Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They dont belong no place.(Steinbeck 13) George has been saving up money to buy a piece of land for Lennie and him to live on. He finally has enough ... d just be the catcher in the rye
thats the only thing Id really like to be.(Salinger 173) Holden does not want children to be exposed to the evil things of the world. He wants them to remain innocent as Phoebe is. The field of rye represents the childrens world where everything is good and the cliff represents the evilness of the world. Holden wants to protect the children from all the bad things in the world. Later, Holden realizes that you cant ...
- 7942: Robert E. Lee
- "They say you had to see him to believe that a man so fine could exist. He was handsome. He was clever. He was brave. He was gentle. He was generous and charming, noble and modest, admired and beloved. He had never failed at anything in his upright soldier's life. He was born a winner, this Robert E. Lee ... forty of them for the duties of peace (Redmond). Works Citied Brasington, Larry, The American Revolution-an HTML project. Http://odur.let.rug.nl~usa/B/relee/htm, 11/23/97. Brinkley, Alan, American History. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995. Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia. Computer Software. Compton's NewMedia, Inc,1994. Connelly, Thomas L. The Marble Man. New York: Knopf, 1977. Davis, Jefffers, The Papers.http://www.ruf .edu/~pjdavis/lee/htm, 11/6/97. Grimsley, Wayne. "The Differences Deepen." Starkville, MS, 11 Nov. 1997. (Class lecture delivered at Mississippi State University.) ...
- 7943: Candide
- Voltaire's Candide is the story of an innocent man's experiences in a mad and evil world, his struggle to survive in that world, and his need to ultimately come to terms with it. All people experience the turmoil of life and must overcome obstacles, both natural and man-made, in order to eventually achieve happiness. In life, "man ... Voltaire believes that people should not allow themselves to be victims. He sneers at naive, accepting types, informing us that people must work to reach their utopia (Bottiglia 93). In Candide, reality and "the real world" are portrayed as being disappointing. Within the Baron's castle, Candide is able to lead a Utopian life. After his banishment, though, he recognizes the evil of the world, seeing man's sufferings. The ...
- 7944: Genetic Diversity In Agriculture
- Genetic Diversity In Agriculture Genetic variation is the raw material for the plant breeder, who must often select from primitive and wild plants, including wild species, in search of new genes. The appearance of new diseases, new pests, or new virulent forms of disease causing organisms makes it imperative that the plant be preserved, because it offers a potential for the presence of disease resistant genes not present in cultivated varieties. ...
- 7945: A Hard Days Night Searching Fo
- ... s sense of machismo (and subsequent fear of sexual inadequacy) and the female reader's sense of sympathy, Jake's plight is given a tragic, but character enhancing, perspective. He can be immediately seen as brave and strong for living a "normal life" despite his serious misfortune. His association with Brett further reinforces this image. Despite his injury, he is able maintain a relationship with a woman who, as Hemingway goes ... a character. His seemingly endless crusade for the love of Lady Ashley, and the everyday abuse he endures for being a Jew, makes Robert seem as though he is somehow supporting the weight of the world. It is in this sense that Robert Cohn can be seen as the hero of the story. He shows the courage and conviction to maintain his quest, however futile it may appear, for the love ... Robert Cohn can never be realized. He will always be, at best, just another man in Brett's colorful history, and at worst, a child forever lost in a fantasy. In the Robert Cohn dream world of knights in shining armor and damsels in distress, the hero is always there to save the day at the end. In the disillusioned world of our four main characters, however, there is no ...
- 7946: The Grasslands
- ... scorching sun. You have just visited a collective farm in the Soviet Union, a Masai village in Africa and Abilene, Kansas, which is located in the U.S. These three places are part of the worlds mid-latitude grassland region. Grasslands are usually found in the interior parts of most continents. The worlds grasslands are vast areas covered with grass and leafy plants. They generally have a dry climate, little vegetation, and most grasslands receive only about twenty to thirty inches of rain each year, with most ... in the grasslands is met with fierce competition. 4. Pronghorn- Their brownish fur lies flat as an insulator in cold weather and springs erect to cool the skin in summer. One of the fastest of New World mammals, it can run up to 72 km/h (45 mph), which is essential for evading predators. 5. Rodents- Learn to live in burrows and search for food at night during hot summers, ...
- 7947: Nelson Manndela
- ... Council. He was suspended from college for joining in a protest boycott. He went to Johannesburg where he entered politics by joining the African National Congress in 1942 (Woods). At the height of the Second World War, members of the African National Congress set themselves the task of transforming ANC into a mass movement. In September of 1944 they came together to form the African National Congress Youth League. Mandela soon ... to have a leader of that character. Without Mandela, blacks would still be opposed and would not have equal opportunities. They would not have a proper education or have any basic human rights. Bibliography "Apartheid." World Book Encyclopedia. 1988 ed., vol. 1, pp. 563. Ngubane, Jordan. "Mandela." McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography. 1987 ed., vol. 7, pp. 132-133. Woods, Donald. Biko. New York: Paddington Press LTD, 1978.
- 7948: Catcher In The Rye - The Conte
- ... that typifies the idealistic American school, where the dirt and grind does not have a space, at least not on the surface. Holden is then expelled from the school, and starts to venture out the world on his own. He goes back down to New York, the dirt and grind capital of the world. He gets more and more sickened by the fakeness, and cruelty of the world. An example of this would be in the Catcher in the Rye, when he goes in to the museum he ...
- 7949: ANIMAL FARM IN COMPARISON TO T
- ... was forced to abdicate the throne after the Russian Revolution. After Old Major died, the work of teaching and organizing fell upon the pigs, the most intelligent of the animals. Snowball and Napoleon became the new leaders of the revolution. They changed "Manor Farm" to "Animal Farm", and expanded Old Major's teachings into a system called Animalism (or Marxism according to Russia.) Because the animals couldn't remember all the ... simplified it to "4 legs good, 2 legs bad". Snowball is based on the character of Leon Trotsky, a great organizer, and Napoleon is based on Joseph Stalin, a cruel and ruthless leader. In the new Soviet government Trotsky became commissar of foreign affairs, and he is credited with creating, inspiring, and directing the Red Army. Snowball behaves similarly by also creating different organizations; one of his greatest achievements was teaching ... The Battle of the Windmill, both in which the farmers were defeated. Mr. Pilkington of Foxwood represents England, and Mr. Frederick of Pinchfield represents Germany. The Battle of the Cowshed represents the invasion of the new Soviet Russia by the West, and the Battle of the Windmill represents the German invasion of Russia during World War II. After the windmill was destroyed in The Battle of the Windmill, there were ...
- 7950: A Clockwork Orange
- The new American edition of the novel A Clockwork Orange features a final chapter that was omitted from the original American edition against the author's preference. Anthony Burgess, the novel's author, provided for the new edition an introduction to explain not only the significance of the twenty-first chapter but also the purpose of the entire book, which was the fundamental importance of moral choice. Burgess states that the twenty ... and Alex wouldn't be able to stop him any more than he would be able to stop his own son. And this repetition of youthful, clockwork aggression would continue until the end of the world. This repetition is compared to someone, like God, continuously turning an orange in his hands. Also, for the perceptive reader, it is compared to the repetition of the phrase "what's it going to ...
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