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- 9761: Who Has Seen the Wind: Meaning of Life
- ... Throughout the novel, Who Has Seen the Wind by W.O. Mitchell, Brian O'Connal has found himself with a tremendous hunger to discover the real meaning of life. Clearly, then, Brian always searches for new ways to learn about the world he lives in. One of the things that Brian shows an interest in is God. Brian really wants to meet Him, not knowing that God is something that cannot be seen, for He is a ... died, and never were again. Fathers died, and sons were born. The prairie was forever, with its wind whispering for man, but for Brian's father-never."(239) Thus, Brian begins to realize that the world is full of strange and unexplained things. Brian does not know why the two headed calf was born, so he concluded that it must have been God's mistake. The runt pig was another ...
- 9762: A Mortals Sense Of Immortality
- ... lies in memory by one s friends and family after one s death. When Adam is created in the second chapter (and second creation story) of Genesis out of the dust by the newly created world of God, he is the most innocent being ever known. It says of he and Eve, they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed (Genesis 2:24) , and why should ... unrestrained, and is now forced to provide for himself as a result of his sin. Gilgamesh s earlier glory is nothing but a mere afterthought, overshadowed by preeminent death and the harsh reality that the world will continue on once he is gone. Humanity will survive with or without him. Adam, on the other hand, has a new purpose of which to dedicate himself; the bearing of an entire human race. Through procreating with his wife and raising children a small share of Adam will live on following his eventual death. Through ...
- 9763: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Erich Maria Remarques All Quiet on the Western Front, a novel set in World War I, centers around the changes brought by the war onto one young German soldier. During his time in the war, Remarques protagonist, Paul Baumer, changes from a rather innocent romantic young man to ... During the course of his experience with war, Baumer disaffiliates himself from those societal icons--parents, elders, school, and religion--that had been the foundation of his pre-enlistment days, in order to mature. His new society, then, becomes the company, his fellow trench soldiers. They are a group who understands the truth as Baumer has experienced it. A period of leave when he visits his hometown is disastrous for Baumer ... Paul has observed death. He has watched it numerous times before. It is unfeasible to contemplate that these sights have had no affect on Paul. Death is one of the most feared things in the world today, and Paul, at only 20 years old, has seen it all too often. However, Paul has also had an encounter with death that hit more closely to home-- his own. He fell in ...
- 9764: The Imperial Aspect Of Heart O
- ... Congo, but also personifies the European imperial attitude at the time of the novella s release in 1902. Conrad uses Marlow, Kurtz and the listeners aboard the Nellie as advocates of a free and independent world while he uses the villainous manager and the immaculately- dressed, workaholic accountant to represent the majority of Europeans who, at the time, favored overseas expansionism. Imperialism is the central focus of the novella revealed through ... cruel without courage; there was not an atom of foresight or of serious intention in the whole batch of them, and they did not seem aware these things are wanted for the work of the world. To tear treasure out of the bowels of the land was their desire, with no more moral purpose at the back of it than there is in burglars breaking into a safe. Who paid the ... public. Conrad uses this affect to show the intensity of the European imperialistic attitude and to show the awful torture the people of the Congo suffered because of the white man s desire for more new and exotic land.
- 9765: Mark Harris' Criticism of Doctorow's Book
- ... luxury and wealth, just because Joe saw it passing the night before, and wanted to get a glimpse inside. In a large example of doctorow's abandoment of punctuation in a failed attempt at a new style, he write, In the girl's bedroom i sat on the plump mattress newly made up with fresh sheets thich quilt of satiny material there was no sign of her of course not a ... what is going on. Despite the terrible picking out of sentances one must do to read this book, once you get into it and become interested, it really is a good book. Just seeing the world through the eyes of each of these boys (when you can figure out which you are looking through!) is rather intriguing, because it is a different era than this is, and everything in it, including the people, was different. Even if Doctorow didnt succeed in telling a new story an old way, he at least retold an old story an interesting, if hard to read, way.
- 9766: If I See A Ghost Are My Senses
- ... a non-existent and the ghost as an existent spirit. This will be done through the elements of perception. Perception, although being so complex, is the medium by which individuals receive information from the surrounding world. Let us consider the situation where a person believes that s/he has perceived a ghost. This can be an optical illusion created by the classical example of shadows, or by sound (the wind) which ... so called) paranormal potentials. Bibliography S. Gooch, Creatures From Inner Space, Hutchinson Publishing Group: London, 1984 S. Borella, L Io Nella Percezione, Citta` Nuova: Rome, 1983 W. G. Chase (Ed.), Visual Information Processing, Academic Press: New York, 1973 R. Boar and N. Blundell, The Worlds Greatest Ghosts, Hamlyn: London, 1995 C. Green and C. McCreery, Apparitions, Hamish Hamilton: London, 1975 The New American Bible, Good Counsel Publishers: Chicago, 1971 D. F. Kellerman (Ed.), The Lexicon Webster Dictionary, Lexicon, 1977 S.P.I.R.I.T, Psychokinesis available: www.ghosthunter.org/archives/ philip.htm J. Ritchie, Inside ...
- 9767: An Analysis of "This Boy's Life"
- ... we couldn't understand a word"(pg. 41- 42). This was a society that had organization and togetherness, which these boys had never experienced. They didn't belong to anything. They felt lost in a world where they had already been left out and left behind. There experiences were affecting the way they interpreted how the world worked. "These shows instructed us further in the faith we were already beginning to hold: that victims are contemptible, no matter how much people pretend otherwise; that it is more fun to be inside than ... never be like him. They wanted people to look at the three of them in admiration the same way that people admired the Thunderbird. The image of the man behind the wheel of a brand new sports car represented everything that they weren't. The image was cool, tough, and sleek. The fact that this guy was on his way to pick up a girl made them even more envious. " ...
- 9768: Marie Curie
- ... conclusion that pitchblende contains a small amount of an unknown radiating element. Pierre Curie understood the importance of this supposition and joined his wife's work. In the next year, the Curie's discovered two new radiating elements which they named Polonium(after Maries native country) and Radium. They now began the tedious and monumental task of isolating these elements so that their chemical properties could be determined. During the next ... lecturer at the Sorbonne, and in 1908 she was appointed the professor. In 1911 she received an unprecedented second Nobel prize, this time in chemistry for her work on radium and it's compound. During World War I, Madame Curie dedicated herself entirely to the development of the use of X-rays in medicine. In 1918 she became head of the Paris Institute of Radium, were her daughter Irene Joliot-Curie ... abroad. Marie Curie died on July 4, 1934 of Leukemia, which was undoubtedly caused by prolonged exposure to radiation. A year later Irene and Fredric won the Nobel prize in chemistry for the synthesis of new radioactive elements. ELEMENTS MARIE DISCOVERED Polonium is a rare metallic element, which naturally occurs in uranium ore pitchblende. But most commonly is made artificially by bombarding bismuth( a brittle metal) with neutrons. It is ...
- 9769: The Themes in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- ... of the south. Lee's life and time period influences her writing. Like her father and Atticus Finch, Lee went on to study law. She left school in 1950 so that she could go to New York and become a writer. "Her law studies proved to be 'good training for a writer' because they promote logical thinking and because law cases are an excellent source for story ideas" (Matuz 239). When her father became ill, she was forced to split her time between New York and Monroeville, Alabama. "In her native town she was surrounded by the setting of her novel; an old house where a mysterious recluse might live, the courtroom, and the lawyer's office" (Matuz 239 ... 147). Lee uses Scout as a way of breaking up the mob, and shows her dislike towards mobs and points to "the importance of law and order," (Magill 1680). Atticus represents the people in this world who see mob justice as an excuse for anarchy. People like Atticus who defend the court systems, want everybody to get a fair trial, whether they be white or black. "That boy might go ...
- 9770: Michael Jordan 3
- ... he was back, number 23 was not back. Jordan came back as number 45. In his first few weeks back, Jordan's shot was off, although his outstanding leadership was back. In one game the world new that Michael was back. Michael scored 55 points in a game at Madison Square Garden in New York. A few weeks later, Michael, a very superstitious man, switched his number from 45 to 23. Although the Orlando Magic in the playoffs defeated the Bulls, the Bulls went on their best winning ...
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