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- 8911: Federalism's Role In Our Government
- ... right to vote cannot be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition or servitude. Just as in the 13th and 14th, the 15th Amendment allows for enforcement of the law by Congress. The New Deal was an effort by Franklin Roosevelt and Congress to try and decrease unemployment and raise trust in the government following the stock market crash in October 1929. In addition to these goals, the New Deal had an important impact on the state of federalism that existed in the United States at the time of the crash. Through the enforcement of many new programs and agencies, the national government gained power with the ability to enforce those new agencies and programs. Programs such as the Emergency Relief Act, even though it granted aid to the states, gave ...
- 8912: The Adventures and Maturing of Huckleberry Finn
- The Adventures and Maturing of Huckleberry Finn "My new clothes was all greased up and clayey, and I was dog-tired." Mark Twain uses these words to help create the character of Huckleberry Finn. Twain uses dialogue and dialects to show the reader the ... until the real Wilks brothers come. They escape, but don't get any money out of the scam. The King and the Duke choose to go back to their Shakespearean Revival and head to a new town, where they eventually get tarred and feathered. The Duke and King turn Jim in without Huck's knowledge and continue their scam. As Huck searches for his friend, he learns that Jim is at ... want no mo'." This makes Huck think about life, freedom, and what it really means to be rich. By the end of the novel, Huck's friendship with Jim causes him to have a whole new outlook on slavery. He believes all people should be free. Before the two runaways get to Cairo, Huck starts to doubt his morals and thinks about turning Jim in. He realized he was doing ...
- 8913: King Lear Vs. Glouchester
- ... Mind? In Shakespeare's classic tragedy, King Lear, there are several characters who do not see the reality of their environment. Two such characters are Lear and Gloucester. Both characters inhabit a blindness to the world around them. Lear does not see clearly the truth of his daughters mentions, while Gloucester is also blinded by Edmond's treachery. This failure to see reality leads to Lears intellectual blindness, which is his ... later, disguised as a servant. Another person to recognize his mistake is the fool. While Lear is lost in his grief and self-pity the fool is introduced to guide Lear back to the sane world, and to help find the Lear that was once lost behind a hundred Knights. Now Lear is out in the open and scared like a little child. The fact that Lear has now been pushed ... of Cornwall. Lear questions Gloucester's state: No eyes in your head, nor no money in your purse? Your eyes are in a heavy case, your purse in a light. Yet you see how this world goes. (IV, vi, 143-147) Here, Lear cannot relate to Gloucester because his own vision has not yet been cleared. Although Lear has seen his mistakes, he still believes that sight comes only from ...
- 8914: The Children Left Behind
- ... in order to protect them and their families from persecution or possible death. It was rumored that the North Vietnamese would kill anyone with ties to Americans, but being placed in re-education camps or New Economic Zones (NEZ) was certain. Here the children and their families were made to labor without compensation and were harassed because of their American ties. There are numerous cases where the Amerasain childrens only ... another integral part of OPD. This program admits Amerasains with members of their immediate families or foster families for resettlement in the U.S. (www.state.gov.). These programs have helped thousands of Amerasians build new lives in the United States. Barbara Crossette, of the New York Times reported in 1988 The United States has resettled 4,000 of the Vietnamese-Americans, known as Amerasains; at least 10,000 are thought to remain in Vietnam (Crossette, sec. I 1:1). ...
- 8915: The Political And Econimical C
- The Political and Economical Causes of the American Revolution The revolution began after many years of unrest between England and the American colonies. England s taxes, tariffs and new acts, imposed greatly upon the new American people. Large tariffs were placed on non British imports. British goods were more expensive, but they did not carry the high taxes that were imposed on foreign goods so they seemed economical. However British ... and kept strict control of them. They made the existing laws more exacting and they made numerous attempts to further tax the colonies. The Townshed Acts infuriated the people. The Acts included more taxes and new rules concerning imports and exports. One of the final acts passed was the Tea Act of 1773. Under this act the citizens could only buy tea from the East India Company s agents. This ...
- 8916: Adolf Hitlers Life And Times
- ... he was there and he even stated in Mein Kampf that he was not an anti-Semite at that time. After Hitler's father died, Adolf became more polite and quiet, sinking into a dream world more and more often. He continued to do poorly at school, but finally made it past the third term. He was only allowed to pass on one condition, that he did not return to the ... how Hitler finally assembled a large enough army to wage war. Germany was heavily in debt but Hitler arranged to bring it out of debt and made Germany the second most powerful nation in the world. No other man could have accomplished such a feat, for Hitler was a truly great man. FUTURE ASPIRATIONS Hitler would have first and foremost loved to eradicate all the non-Aryan people on the face ... and poverty to triumph and to become both the most famous and the most infamous man in history. He died tragically at the low point of his life, maybe regretting the mistakes he made. The world would be a very different place if it weren't for him, and although the things he did were wrong the human race benefitted from his actions. For he taught us not to act ...
- 8917: The Lady With The Dog - Anton
- The Lady With The Dog In the beginning of the story, Chekhov begins with the simple line, It was said that a new person had appeared on the sea-front This passage shows that the local residents of Yalta have discovered an outsider, a person they know nothing about. Chekhov asks the reader to consider who is she ... think that he liked women, he needed women. The reason he puts on this tough guy act is because he has never found a woman that he truly loved. Every time he had met a new woman, he was eager for life, and everything seemed simple and amusing. However, Every intimacy inevitably grows into a regular problem of extreme intricacy, and in the long run the situation becomes unbearable. Gurov did ... to maintain. That is why his marriage was a failure and unhappy. That is also the reason why he always became frustrated and used women as a scapegoat. Dmitri is excited when he sees the new mysterious woman; he sees a new opportunity to escape the monotonous marriage he is trapped in. Even though everything always failed him before he was unconsciously compelled to try and find something that worked. ...
- 8918: Billy Budd
- ... believe that through this book, Melville is telling us that we need to strike some kind of balance between these two ideas; we need to have morality and virtue; we need to be in the world, but not of the world. To illustrate his theme, Melville uses a few characters who are all very different, the most important of which is Billy Budd. Billy is the focal point of the book and the single person whom ... who are truly ready and without regret, as Billy was. The question, then, is presented. Innocence or wisdom? Which philosophy, which way of life is more correct? Claggart, who represents the natural evil in the world, serves as the opposition and corruption which we face everyday. He is the obstacle that Billy must deal with, and the way in which he confronts that obstacle determines which of these answers is ...
- 8919: Minimum Drinking Age - 1998
- ... supplied liquor if accompanied by parent or legal guardian. Suggested Recommendation Legal minimum drinking age of 20 years with no exceptions for purchasing alcohol. Minors accompanied by parents or legal guardian allowed on licensed premises. New Zealand Facts * A survey of drinking patterns in Auckland from 1990 - 1996 show a considerable increase in the typical amount of alcohol drunk and the frequency of drinking by 14 -19 year olds. This is counter to the trend for the general population. 1 * Under age drinking is widely practised in New Zealand. A recent survey showed that 43% of all 14-19 year olds had drunk at least on one occasion illegally on a licensed premise within the last year. 2 Nearly a quarter of all alcohol consumed by young men aged between 14-17 years was drunk illegally on licensed premises. 3 * A former New Zealand Police Commissioner claims that moves to lower the legal drinking age to 18 would create more than 100,000 extra legal drinkers, having an "immediate impact" on law and order. 4 * Research evidence ...
- 8920: Billy Budd
- ... believe that through this book, Melville is telling us that we need to strike some kind of balance between these two ideas; we need to have morality and virtue; we need to be in the world, but not of the world. To illustrate his theme, Melville uses a few characters who are all very different, the most important of which is Billy Budd. Billy is the focal point of the book and the single person whom ... who are truly ready and without regret, as Billy was. The question, then, is presented. Innocence or wisdom? Which philosophy, which way of life is more correct? Claggart, who represents the natural evil in the world, serves as the opposition and corruption which we face everyday. He is the obstacle that Billy must deal with, and the way in which he confronts that obstacle determines which of these answers is ...
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