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- 9751: Brian's Search for the Meaning of Life in W.O. Mitchell's Who Has Seen the Wind
- ... father explains how these pigeons were made, Brian understands that birth is the beginning of life. Four years later, a similar conversation comes up when Brian asks his father how rabbits are born. With this new found knowledge, Brian also sees another newborn. But this time it was a two-headed calf, who dies at birth. Because of this, Brian comes to the realization that "God isn't very considerate"(166), for sometimes he lets things like the two headed cow come into this world, only to suffer and then die. The Second instance in which Brian is confronted with the meaning of life, comes to him when he sees death, and asks himself why. When Brian's pigeon died ... is born, as God breathes life into it. Somewhere in the dust there are the bones of a dog, and those of a man. - Somewhere in the vast field of God's infinite imagination, a new being is made. Somewhere in the land there is a boy who is perplexed by life. A boy who tries to understand. -
- 9752: The Great Gatsby - Tom Buchana
- ... Jazz era. It is well known as a very superficial time period. Tom is known as a very superficial character. Although Tom is well known as a wealthy man who seems to have the whole world at his beck and call. Despite his advantages which he has received in life it does not reflect his image which is ugly. People are constantly striving to be like him because of his social ... very powerful individual, with enormous wealth. He is openly aggressive towards people especially his wife whom he is abusive towards. He also shows abusive actions towards his mistress Myrtle when he meets with her in New York. Tom believes solely that he is more important than anyone else. He also has much hate towards Gatsby when he first meets him, since Tom is particularly jealous of Gatsby s wealthiness over his own. We see his jealousy when he gets a favour from a friend in New York City to look into Jay Gatsby and the life he has led. The reader develops much hate towards Mr. Buchanan when we learn of his mistress. His disprovement grows when he strikes her ...
- 9753: Is Science Necessary For Our Future?
- ... of the questions are caused by science itself. "The economic and technological triumphs of the past few years have not solved as many problems as we thought they would, and, in fact, have brought us new problems we didn't foresee." - Henry Ford II So what would the world be like if nobody bothered to look beyond? Just look at the simple and happy life of the cottagers and ask yourself if you would rather be there or in our confused and disoriented world of computers, guns, bombs, and test tube babies. I know where I would rather be.
- 9754: Analysis Of Abe Kobos The Red
- ... cocoon. Abe Kobo s story is quite abstract and seems to have little meaning. In fact, that is just the opposite. After reading some information about Abe Kobo, the story seems to take on a new meaning. Abe Kobo is considered to be one of the leading authors during the post-WWII era of Japanese history. Many of his works use what was then radical artistic methods of literature ( Abe Kobo ... involved in political issues at this time and many of his early writings preceding the early 60 s deal with his issues about society says Clerk and Seigal in Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World (136). With this information about Abe Kobo, an interpretation of The Red Cocoon emerges with heavy political and social tones. The narators central problem of attempting to find out why he does not have a ... rest of the story. I have a difficult time determining what is meant by the narrator being unwound and wrapped in a cocoon other than the narrator s complete isolation from the rest of the world. I have inclinations to believe, though that there are politcal issues that are underlying this part of the story, but I m unsure exactly what. What is somewhat obvious, though is that Abe is ...
- 9755: Mozart 2
- ... no longer able to pass for a prodigy, Mozart's reception there was muted and hopes of a job came nothing. Back in Salzburg Mozart worked for two years as a church organist for the new archbishop. His employer was less kindly disposed to the Mozart family than his predecessor had been, but the composer nonetheless produced some of his earliest masterpieces. The famous Sinfonia concertante for violin, violo and orchestra ... G minor, contrasts strikingly with the affirmatory Symphony No.41 Jupiter. Neither helped alleviate his financial plight, however, which after 1789 became critical. An extensive concert tour of Europe failed to earn significant sums. A new emperor came to the Austrian throne but Mozart was unsuccessful in his bid to become Kapellmeister. He was deeply in debt when in July 1791 he received an anonymous commission to write a Requiem. (The ... two little black eyes and a nice figure. She isn't witty, but has enough common sense to make her a good wife and mother .... She understands housekeeping and has the kindest heart in the world. I love her and she loves me....' . Constanze Mozart's life was far from easy. From June 1783 to July 1791, she bore six children. The Mozarts' first child, Raimund Leopold, died at the ...
- 9756: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
- Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon After Russia, Canada, China and the United States, Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world. It is the biggest country in South America and takes up almost half of the continent's area. Its northern part is called Amazonia, after the Amazon river, which runs through it. This region covers ... the forest has many terrible consequences, some of which are irreversible. After an area of the forest has been cut down, it is practically impossible to restore. Even if it is allowed to regrow, the new forest will lack the diversity of the original one. It can take hundreds of years for it to regain it's original state! (Sterv) Thousands of animal and plant species disappear each year because of ... but it is not something that is impossible to stop. There are alternatives to it that would have the same financial advantages, but none of the ecological disadvantages. The governments of major countries around the world should realize this, and make an effort to stop deforestation before it is too late.
- 9757: Mark Anthony's "Crypt of the Shadowking": A Fantasy
- ... known power against the Shadowking and the nightstone. As the company travels to toward the Fields of the Dead, they encounter a shadevar, a horrifying and powerful foe thought to have been banished from the world of Toril long ago. After a wild battle, and the death of the shadevar, the company thief, Ferrit, searches the corpse and finds a ring which enabled the shadervar to communicate with the frighteningly powerful ... take the nightstone for her own, and is grotesquely killed by the being. But of course the Company intervenes and uses the shadowsong to drive the Shadowking back into the crypt and they save the world. The book revolves around the main character Caledan Caldorien. The fact that Caledan cannot be around his friends from the past without rousing memories of his wife who was killed seven years before causes a ... cityfolk how much their homes meant to them and how valuable their freedom really was.” The book is fantastic and there is never a boring moment. Mark Anthony tells an epic tale of lost love, new-found love, friendship, hate, and terror in Crypt of the Shadowking. The book is easily read because the fast paced writing flows so smoothly it sets the reader onto a thrill ride. The variety ...
- 9758: Their Eyes Were Watching God: The Use of Clothing
- ... to her. He looked like the love thoughts of women. He could be a bee in blossom--a pear tree in blossom in the spring. he seemed to be crushing the scent out of the world with his footsteps. Crushing aromatic herbs with every step he took. he was a glance from God." (pg. 102) When the author uses words like these to describe the thoughts of Janie towards Tea Cake ... store and the big white house and laugh to herself. What if Eatonville could see her now in her blue denim overalls and heavy shoes?" (pg. 127) This passage is a slice of Janie's new life on the muck, but is catalogs her change of clothes again into blue denim overalls and heavy shoes. This type of clothing was practical for working on the muck, so she wore them. At ... it was blind. All of Janie's clothes represent her search for true love and her relationships with those around her. When you look around, that is true most of the time in the real world, too. We all wear our clothes a silent messengers, and Hurston used this tool clearly and well in her novel.
- 9759: Summary of 1984
- ... did, but he was sure there must be. The Party was reconstructing society as a whole, and no one seemed to notice. it was done so systematically and effectively, it was hard to believe the world had ever been otherwise. Children were raised to love Big Brother (the human face the Party took on). They were taught to turn anyone in who showed signs of deviation from the Party, even their own parents. they were born not knowing anything of the past, and without anyway of finding out. Anything that was taught to them as true, was taken as the truth. Even a whole new language had been in development, called Newspeak. Newspeak effectively limited the amount of words to a bare minimum. The goal was to completely get rid of any words that allowed for individual or original thought ... freedom) were all nonexistent. People had no way of expressing anything, because there were no words to do so with. That way,any possible threat to the Party could be wiped out of existence. The world had been divided into three large countries: Eurasia, Eastasia, and Oceania. Oceania was the country in which Winston lived, and the Party controlled. The three countries were constantly at war with one another. Oceania ...
- 9760: The Atmospheric Ozone Layer
- ... between 1957-73. This decrease had only occurred for about six weeks in the Southern Hemisphere spring and had begun in the spring of 1979. This discovery placed the British scientists into the limelight of world publicity, for it revived a somewhat sagging public interest in the potential destruction of the stratospheric ozone layer by anthropogenic trace gases, particularly nitrogen species and chlorofluorocarbons. Ozone concentrations peak around an altitude of 30km ... term threat is the damage to cell DNA and the genetic structure in not only human beings but in other animals, plants and organisms. With the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole and the resultant world-wide interest, publicity and concern, a historic meeting occurred in Montreal, Canada in September 1987. For the first time ever, 57 countries and organisations met to make a specific decision to limit the emissions of ... the future. The eventual document adopted on September 16, 1987 and entitled "The Montreal Protocol", was signed immediately by 24 countries and since has been ratified by several more. REFERENCES: 1. Jonathan Weiner, "Plant Earth", New York, Bantam Books, 1986 2. "Atmospheric Ozone, Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project" (Vol. 16, Geneva 1985 International Organisation of Meteorology) 3. Lydia Dotto and Harold Sciff, "The Ozone War", Garden City, N.Y., ...
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