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- 9831: Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution
- ... cover the same ideas because of these reasons. In the Russian Revolution an irresponsible leader name "Nicholas the second" or how people in those days refer to him as "the Czar" was overthrown by a new leader with better ideas and ways to keep Russia alive, he was Lenin! But then he was betrayed by one of his communist comrades, Stalin. Stalin ruled for a great period of time, but everyone knows there is no such thing as immortality, and so he got kicked out too! This time by his own people. In Animal Farm a boar name "Old Major" has a dream about a world where animals rule, there are no differences, all equality, a dream about communism. This same thought applies with the idea of Stalin and his plan in ruling Russia. So when Snowball hears this him and ... it you would get executed. In conclusion I think Animal Farm is a great novel and not only did I learn about a group of Animals taking over a farm but I learned more about World War one history and Russia's history
- 9832: A Rose For Emily
- ... her. She spent the majority of her time inside of her house because that was where she could best feel her father’s comforting dominance. Emily was extremely resistant to modern changes in the outside world affecting her own world because she was determined to live in the past with the ghost of her father. When the new age of city authorities in the town visited her to collect taxes they felt she owed, she sent them away explaining that she didn’t have any taxes because the mayor of an earlier ...
- 9833: A Separate Peace
- ... their lives forever. As the story unfolds the friends have to deal with the fact that the unfortunate event was no accident. An extremely well written book, A Separate Peace is a wartime story about New Hampshire schoolboys as they approach maturity and learning how to handle adult responsibilities. The story begins with minor incidents among friends. As the plot becomes more complex the story takes on new meanings. A Separate Peace has many intriguing allegories. Leper, Gene s friend, is treated as an outcast by his peers and is shunned by society. Leper s isolation forces him to enlist for military service ... static character with fixed attitudes and ideas. A Separate Peace is a great read. The stories of Phineas and Gene can be a lesson to today s teenagers as they move into the increasingly complex world about them. The timeless lessons from this fifty-year-old story are certainly applicable today.
- 9834: A Separate Peace; Chapter Summaries
- A Separate Peace; Chapter Summaries Chapter 1: The narrator (Gene) returns to the Devon School in New Hampshire, that he graduated from 15 years earlier. He goes to a certain tree and switches back to the past. Phineas dares everyone to jump from a branch in the tree into the river. Phineas ... to war. Chapter 3: The boys join The Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session. The club meets every night. Phineas and Gene open each night by jumping out of the tree. They make a new kind of war game called blitzball, in which everyone is everyone elses enemy. Phineas breaks the schools swimming record, but tells Gene not to tell anyone, he just wanted to do it for himself. Gene ... The boys have returned from Christmas vacation. Leper Lepellier enlists in the ski troops. Gene reacts that war must be unreal for a peaceful Leper to enlist. Finny tries to draw Gene into a private world with just them two. Finny comes up with a plan for a winter carnival. Finny establishes a separate peace for the boys at Devon. A telegram arrives from Leper, saying that he has escaped ...
- 9835: A Farewell To Arms
- ... his position until he deserts the army. Floating down the river with barely a hold on a piece of wood his life, he abandons everything except Catherine and lets the river take him to a new life that becomes increasing difficult to understand. The escape to Switzerland seemed too perfect for a book that set a tone of ugliness in the world that was only dotted with pure love like Henry's and Cat's and I knew the story couldn't end with bliss in the slopes of Montreux. In a world where the abstracts of glory, honor, and sacrifice meant little to Frederick, his physical association with Catherine was the only thing he had and it was taken away from him long before she died. ...
- 9836: Are "Good" Computer Viruses Still a Bad Idea?
- ... of control. Even if the author of the virus discovers the bug at a later time, there is the almost untreatable problem of revoking all existing copies of the virus and replacing them with fixed new versions. 2.1.5. Compatibility Problems A computer virus that can attach itself to any of the user's programs would disable the several programs on the market that perform a checksum on themselves at ... instead of only for destructive purposes. And several people have tried to positively answer this question. Some of them have even implemented their ideas in practice and have been experimenting with them in the real world - unfortunately, without success. In this section we shall present some of the unsuccessful attempts to create a beneficial virus so far, and explain why they have been unsuccessful. 3.1. The "Anti-Virus" Virus Some ... Encryptor" Virus This virus has been published by Mark Ludwig - author of two books and a newsletter on virus writing, and of several real viruses, variants of many of which are spreading in the real world, causing real damage. The idea is to write a boot sector virus, which encrypts the disks it infects with a strong encryption algorithm (IDEA in this particular case) and a user- supplied password, thus ...
- 9837: Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms": Henry - A Man of Action, Self-Dicipline, and One Who Maintains Grace Under Pressure
- ... the one and only love of his life. He has an uncanny ability to weigh and analyze the choices he makes without getting emotionall y involved. Frederick is sentimentally detached from the rest of the world which enables him to deal with intensely climatic moments with such aplomb and ease. When being transported to his room in the American hospital, Henry graciously acknowledged the stretcher bearers even in such grueling pain ... the hotel in the rain" (Hemingway, 314). The statue is a metaphorical creation, which attempts to grasp the nothingness Frederick feels after Catherine's death. Perhaps the path Henry takes towards the hotel symbolizes a new chapter in his life one in which he begins without the love he held so dearly and strived to maintain. Throughout this tragic piece, Frederick reflects the essential elements of a true code hero with dignity and grace. By following his character in every facet of his journey, we see how Hemingway uses it to unify the central events of the story around his creation of a new breed of hero and all the qualities they possess. Such characteristics will set one apart and become evident in all aspects of life where they are truly challenged and welcomed. As it may be, ...
- 9838: Multi-Agency Working In Nursin
- ... and regular reviewing of interprofessional dynamics. Ævretveit, (1997) states that UK policy in the nineteen nineties has asked the question, what is wrong with the service? Rather than what problems need tackling in the outside world. In future it should re-focus on how partnerships between the users of the service, professional workers and managers can be achieved, in other words how can we make an integrated service truly democratic? The ... formation of community teams such as housing support and community support teams, and as a result effective interprofessional collaboration could soon become more commonplace. (BALDOCK, 1974). REFERENCES. AJN, (1987), Conflict Management. American Journal of Nursing, New York. BALDOCK.P, (1974), Community Work and Social Work. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London. BANTON.R et al, (1985), The Politics of Mental Health. MacMillan Publishers LTD, University Press Oxford. BILLIS.D & HARRIS.M, (1996 ... Page 229-242. BIBLIOGRAPHY. ROPER.N, LOGAN.W, & TIERNEY.A.J, (1986). The Elements of Nursing. Churchill Livingstone, London. LYTTLE.J, (1994) Mental Disorder - Its Care & Treatment. Bailliere Tindall, London. SELIGMAN.M, (1991). Learned Optimism. New York.
- 9839: Celtic Invasions
- Celtic Invasions The Celtic way of life reflects the essence of a real world and a real people. Feasting, fighting and ritual boasting were typical of the Celts, who were an ancient people who controlled much of Europe and the British Isles for about 800 years. Though their world is now dead, their culture influenced a good part of the European Continent, and spread all the way from Ireland to the shores of the Black Sea. The Celt’s barbarian like battle tactics determined ... Scots”. They won a victory at Sterling Bridge but their advance was stopped at Falkirk in 1298. During the period of their power, the Celts shaped the course of European history. They transformed and created new military tactics during their many invasions into foreign lands. Their conquests and accomplishments have made the Celtic culture a valuable part of European history.
- 9840: A Rose For Emily 2
- ... her. She spent the majority of her time inside of her house because that was where she could best feel her father s comforting dominance. Emily was extremely resistant to modern changes in the outside world affecting her own world because she was determined to live in the past with the ghost of her father. When the new age of city authorities in the town visited her to collect taxes they felt she owed, she sent them away explaining that she didn t have any taxes because the mayor of an earlier ...
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