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- 3321: Beloved: Sethe and Her Daughter
- ... She must deal with this haunted life on every level, from the fires of the flesh to the heartbreaking challenges to the spirit. The story is set in the rural Ohio several years after the Civil War. "It is the ultimate gesture of a loving mother. It is the outrageous claim of a slave"(Morrison 1987). These are the words that Toni Morrison used to describe the actions of the central character ...
- 3322: The Crucible
- ... can warp judgment, its absence can diminish memory's truth. What terrifies one generation is likely to bring only a puzzled smile to the next. I remember how in 1964, only twenty years after the war, Harold Clurman, the director of "Incident at Vichy," showed the cast a film of a Hitler speech, hoping to give them a sense of the Nazi period in which my play took place. They watched ... of writing about the hunt for Reds in America, I was motivated in some great part by the paralysis that had set in among many liberals who, despite their discomfort with the inquisitors' violations of civil rights, were fearful, and with good reason, of being identified as covert Communists if they should protest too strongly. In any play, however trivial, there has to be a still point of moral reference against ...
- 3323: Oklahoma History
- ... When the Five Civilized Tribes were moved to Oklahoma from the East, the government signed a treaty they "would stay there until the water ran dry. After the Tribes signed with the south in the civil war, the Government took half their land, and put railroad tracks going east and west and north to south down the middle of the territory. When people saw that there were money making opportunities in the ...
- 3324: Which Is Better, To Have Rules
- ... the garden of Eden. They did what was wrong, and they were punished by evil, who was Satan. In the end, when the boys are rescued, it is ironic that the man comes from a war ship, from the real world who is at war. The boys resemble them by having a mini war on the island. Jack s barbaric ways on the island has shown that even though on the outside a person may seem good, but it takes time for their true self to show. Golding ...
- 3325: Things Fall Apart 4
- ... and even greater reputation among the people of Umofia. Therefore, his desire for titles and respect makes him one outspoken leader of the village taking responsibilities in name if Umofia, such as carrying messages of war. Okonkwo was well known throughout the villages. His fame rested on personal achievements, he gained fame as the greatest wrestler when he was young, twenty years earlier. Okonkwo s habitual ways of acting is dominated ... and violent warrior. However, the worst crisis of Okonkwo s life happens when he kills one of the white s messengers at Umofia s meeting. The meeting was an opportunity for the village to start war against the white colonialists, Okonkwo argues. Okonkwo s anger and desire of vengeance is so high that he kills one of the messengers of the white s court. Okonkwo knew that Umofia would not go to war, they did not take any action, and they let the other messengers to escape. He heard voices asking, Why did he do it? Okonkwo feels abandoned, he is sad that his people did not ...
- 3326: Origins Of Distrust Between Th
- ... long way off from achieving a lasting peace. The roots of all these problems go back to the settlement imposed on the Middle East in 1918-1922(Field 26). Since before the start of World War I, there was a great Western presence in the area we know today as the Arab world. Britsh and French forces occupied Northern Africa since 1882; British occupied Egypt, at the request of Sultan in ... 000 men to attack the newly created state. That attack proved to be a disaster for the Arab. The only state to come out on top was Transjordan, who aquired the West Bank after the war. After the deafeat of the Arab forces, questions began to arise on why the war was lost to the Israelis, and why their government was ineffective. The answer came to be that it was the fault of the colonial powers: Britain and France.
- 3327: Malcom X
- Malcom X All men are created equal. This statement was the basis of the civil right movements of the 1960's. Malcom X is a man that promoted a society in which all human beings were equally respected. He believes that blacks should achieve that goal by any means necessary ... pressure to leave and felt betrayed by his church, he started the Organization of Afro-American Unity. They had the commitment to "doing whatever is necessary to bring the Negro struggle from the level of civil rights to the level of human rights." While making a speech in the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem on Feb 21, 1965 he was assassinated by 3 persons all belonging to the NOI. Whether you like him or not, Malcom X was charismatic leader that said the many things that had to be said in the midst of the civil rights movement. "By any means necessary! I'm for freedom. I'm for a society in which our people are recognized and respected as human beings, and I believe that we have the right ...
- 3328: Richelieu and Olivares: The Quest for European Domination
- ... in the end they reached the conclusion that the world was too small to contain them both. (6). The first time that the book notes an unfriendly atmosphere between Richelieu and Olivares came after the War of Mantuan Succession. The two men blamed each other for the problems incurred as a result of the conflict. Richelieu's journal for the early months of 1631 shows him receiving reports to the effect ... Olivares very highly either, as it is said in the journal of a French courtier: De Morgues, who knew Richelieu intimately, speaks of the Cardinal's hatred for the Count-Duke (114). As the impending war loomed, Richelieu and Olivares sought allies to defend against each other. Richelieu found allies in Germany, Italy and even Protestant countries such as Sweden and the Netherlands. While Richelieu gained support from the Protestants, Olivares ... what each man's perspective is and what is happening in Europe at the time. The author also goes over the good and bad points of every move that each man makes, such as the War of Mantuan Succession. The prose was very well written and always had a point in mind. It appears that much was learned about Richelieu and Olivares and the state of Europe during the seventeenth ...
- 3329: Biography of Benjamin Franklin
- ... about electricity. He won many awards for his work in the field of electricity Long before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin worked hard to try to bond the colonies together. As the French and Indian War came near, Franklin was chosen as a delegate from Pennsylvania to the Albany Congress of 1745. He proposed the Albany Plan of Union which was a plan for unity of the colonies. The delegates approved ... Franklin was sent to England in 1757 to represent Pennsylvania to try to persuade the sons of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, to pay their share of the expenses of the French and Indian War. He was received in England with praise and was able to help put a bill through taxing the Penn family for its lands. When the Stamp Act was passed, the colonists were angry. They felt ... the American Colonies and allowed them to fight with colonials. He stayed in France and was America's representative there. He was chosen to be a representative to negotiate a peace treaty to end the war with Britain. He was one of the signers when the treaty was passed. Franklin was old and sick and wanted to return home. He returned to Philadelphia on September 14, 1785 and was welcomed ...
- 3330: The Cask of Amontillado: Lyman
- ... For a whole summer the boys stay out in the car having adventures, meeting new people and furthering the bond that the car has created. When they return from their trip, Henry is sent to war and he leaves the car to Lyman. While Henry is gone, Lyman spends his time pampering and fixing the car. Lyman sees the car almost as Henry himself or an extension of him. Again, even though they are thousands of miles apart, the car still serves as somewhat of a bond, at least from Lyman to Henry. During the war, Henry is taken as a P.O.W. and spends time in a Vietnamese prison. When he returns home, Henry was very different...the change was no good, Lyman says. He was constantly paranoid and evidently mentally unstable as a result of his war-time trauma. When the family believes there is nothing that will help, Lyman thinks of the car. Though Henry has not even looked at the car since his return, Lyman says, I thought the ...
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