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- 2811: A Wife For My Son
- ... that the women are not capable enough to make their own decisions. Also in this kind of society men are always superior to women and one can feel this from the very beginning when the child is first born. Parents always look forward to having a boy for a first born, so this child can carry on the family name. One can see this in the story when everyone keeps referring to the baby as if it were a boy. Girls are not really desired because parents fear the ...
- 2812: Cultural Anthropology
- ... is the maize meal to go in this pot? or, Dont you have a bigger one to give me? To the Turkana, these are legitimate and expected questions, (Cronk 144). My Experience: As a child and as an adult the whole gift giving process is different. I can remember getting a gift and never thinking anything of it. As an adult if I get a gift that is quite elaborate ... a gift even better the giver. It is as if I want to one up the giver, as if it is going to make me a better person to give the better gift. As a child I remember receiving items from childhood friends and when a fight would occur the friend wanting the gift back, and this was referred to as Indian giving. Now as I get even older gift giving ...
- 2813: Paul Ehrlich
- ... number 606. Ehrlich helped Emil von Behring find an antitoxin for diphtheria. Diphtheria is a disease that particularly affects children and sometimes leads to death. In 1894, mothers no longer had to worry about their child dying of diphtheria because of Ehrlichs help in the discovery of the antitoxin for the deadly disease. Another discovery Ehrlich made was of a dye called trypan red. Trypan red helped destroy cells that ... to cure syphilis. II. Background A. Family Paul Ehrlich was born on March 14, 1854 in Strehlen, Silesia. Ehrlich was born in to a middle-class, Jewish family. He was the only son and fourth child of Ismar and Rosa Ehrlich. His father owned a small distillery. Ehrlich had an Orthodox Jewish upbringing in a time when being a Jew was controversial. B. Childhood When Ehrlich was six years old he ...
- 2814: Saint Bernadette Soubirous
- ... old parish church, being given the name of Marie Bernarde. Because of her small stature, she was always referred to by the diminutive form of the name, Bernadette. Six months later, Louise was expecting a child; because of this, Bernadette was entrusted to the care of a woman in near-by Bartres, Marie Aravant, who had just lost a baby boy. She stayed there for 15 months. From her birth, Bernadette was a weak child, suffering even then from the asthma which would cause her so much suffering that later, in the convent, she would beg the nurses to tear open her chest so that she might breathe. Because of ...
- 2815: The Life of King David
- ... in the front of the battle where the fighting was fiercest and David knew that Uriah would be killed. Uriah is killed in battle and David is allowed to marry Bathsheba. She bears him a child, and life is good, but David's sins are found out by the prophet Nathan and he loses his position as King. The child Bathsheba had for David dies because David sinned against God. David is exiled and he finds himself living in a cave. God hadn't give up on David. He still had a plan for David ...
- 2816: Literary Analysis Of The Woman
- ... The difference in languages causes Kingston to experience difficulties in learning English. It was when I found out I had to talk that school became misery, that the silence became misery (p.166). As a child, Kingston s efforts to be heard within her home and family were ignored by the difficulty she experienced communicating out loud in English. She realized that the other Chinese girls did not talk either, so ... I have, I said out of politeness. Thank you. ( No, I haven t, I would have said in real life, mad at the Chinese for lying so much. I m starved... (p.21) As a child, she believed that in saying such things was wrong. However, as Kingston matured, she learned that what she was taught and practiced was custom. And it doesn t matter if a person is ugly; she ...
- 2817: "Perfectly Imperfect: The Shakespeare Story"
- ... will to Mary the estate of Asbies in Wilmcote and six pounds, thirteen shillings, and sixpence. Within a year of her father's death, in 1557, Mary married John Shakespeare. William Shakespeare was the third child, born after Joan and Margaret Shakespeare. Margaret died before William was born, and Joan died sometime before 1569. William was born in 1564. His exact birth date is not known, though it is known that ... in the English countryside. Yet they decided to be married soon afterwards, though William was a minor. They received their marriage license on November 27, 1582, soon after Anne's father died. Curiously, their first child was born only six months later! Susanna Shakespeare was born in late May of 1583. Twins, a boy and a girl named Hamnet and Judith were born two years later. They were named after a ...
- 2818: No Name Woman: Bewitching Creation
- ... has been avoided and hidden for years. And only those who have been able to express themselves as libertines were looked down upon with degradation and called freaks or prostitutes. Madonna too, recently had a child out of wedlock as did Peter Gation, and she is the most known pop-artist. But the difference between the two parties, even though they are so similar, is that Madonna never subjected her artistry ... who do not desire to see the youths of America subjected to the impressions Gation presented in his lifework. Gation himself led life of immorality, living in sin with his lover, creating and raising a child out of wedlock, and profiting from the downfall of others. Only a man interested in same carnal pleasure could condone the activities that go on in these rooms while leaving traces of their former purpose ...
- 2819: Animal Farm
- ... much so that they become as corrupt and power-hungry as their predecessors, the humans. The theme in Animal Farm maintains that in every society there are leaders who, if given the opportunity, will likely abuse their power. The book begins in the barnyard of Mr. Jones' "Manor Farm". The animals congregate at a meeting led by the prize white boar, Major. Major points out to the assembled animals that no ... the pigs as leaders are taking bigger food rations for themselves justifying their behavior as something necessary for the "brains" of their animal society. At this point we begin to suspect that the pigs will abuse their positions and power in this animal society. Mr. Jones tries to reclaim his power but the animals prevent him from doing so in what they call "The Battle of the Cowshed". After the battle ...
- 2820: Empress Wu
- ... after that incident, Empress Wu was forced to retire and give the throne back to her third son. Empress Wu had a total of 4 children. There were three sons and one daughter. Her first child was a daughter that she killed to frame Empress Wang. She used her second and third son to control the Tang Court by telling them to do whatever she wants. In other words, they were just puppets controlled by her. Her fourth child, who was her third and last son, was named Chung-Tsung. Chung-Tsung took the throne and became emperor right after Empress Wu was forced to retire. Chung-Tsung was the only one remaining that ...
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