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- 3491: Russia's Five Year Plans
- ... but the majority of industry was made property of the people, which meant the majority of the means of production was controlled by the government. Lenin’s government made many achievements. It ended a long civil war against the remnants of the old Tsarist military system and established institutions in government. During this period, censorship and the subordination of interest groups such as trade unions was imposed to stop dissension and increase ...
- 3492: The Shield Of Achilles
- ... men quarrel over the blood price for a murdered kinsman and take their cases to a judge to decide the outcome. In the latter, children and housewives stand guard as the men march out to war. This scene is analogous to the Trojans leaving to fight the Acheans between their shores and the city. As seen in line 625, now hauling a deadman through the slaughter by the heels , Homer foreshadows ... the harvest feast while the women fix the midday meal. The shield depicts happiness and prosperity for the king(whom represented Agamemnon, the king of the Achaeans) again foreshadowing the Achean s victory in their war with Troy. The shield also shows a thriving vineyard with a winding footpath on which the pickers run. Among the pickers is a young boy who plays his lyre and sings a lovely dirge. A ... the cities themselves and within the King s estate are evidence of this. Not only do they hold beauty in the intricacies, they also serve to represent the larger story of the Iliad and the war between the Aceans and the Trojans. It serves to remind the reader of what has taken place, as shown in the battle scenes, whille setting the scene for what is to come. It acts ...
- 3493: Middle East And Canada
- ... Keenleyside, Soderlund, & Burton, 1985; Kirton, Barei, & Smockum, 1985; Schroeder, 1977). (3) Conflict rather than cooperation, it was hypothesized, would be the dominant orientation of the press with articles focusing on political divisions, disasters, violence and war rather than on softer news related to such subjects as culture, education and development (Cuthbert, 1980; Dewitt & Kirton, 1989; Hackett, 1989; Inyang, 1985; Onu, 1979; Schroeder, 1977; Sinclair, 1983). (4) On the perennial subject of ... affairs over this four-month period. Through the late spring and summer of 1988, the intensity of the coverage of Israel declined somewhat and the Canadian press devoted markedly increased attention to the Iran-Iraq war, then in its concluding stages, and to the Persian Gulf region generally. By the autumn of 1988, however, the continuing unrest in Gaza and the West Bank and the Israeli election shifted the press focus ... coverage of the protests in Gaza and the West Bank and of Israel's reported ``iron fist'' response elevated the issue of Israeli policy on the Canadian political agenda, just as occurred during the 1982 war in Lebanon. Both private diplomatic and public responses to Israeli behaviour were called for as a result of the scope and character of the coverage it received. Second, the nature of the media's ...
- 3494: Mythology: Important Part of History
- ... are almost always together and Cupid is always shooting darts of desire in to the bosoms of Gods and men. I hate to admit it but in a way I am responsible for the Trojan War. One day Discord threw an apple on to Olympus to be given to the most beautiful goddess. Hera, Athene, and I all tried to claim the title. Each of us tried to persaude the judge ... that he would receive great military fame, and I guaranteed him Helen of Troy's hand in marriage. He then declared me the fairest of all, and abducted Helen of Troy thus beginning the Trojan War. I have also inspired many paintings, sculptures, and poetry. The most famous painting featuring me is the Birth of Venus. It is a very famous painting from the Renaissance. As you can see I am ... husband then summoned all the gods to come and view the spectacle. When he released me I ran off in shame and embarrassment. Another one of my famous stories is about me starting the Trojan War which I already mentioned. Being a goddess can be exciting but also scandalous!! Revealing to you who I am, how I relate to mythology, and famous anecdotes about myself was the main theme of ...
- 3495: JFK - Assasination
- ... 3: 105). In 1962 Cuba was known to have missiles from the Soviet Union in Cuba. They thought Cuba or the Soviet Union would make a nuclear strike. Accused of helping the soviet union wage war on the U.S., enemies and suspects were made (7: NP). Neither the FBI nor the CIA approved of getting into the Vietnam War. They didn’t approve of any of the president’s decisions (3: 105). There were three shots, even a possible four. Some people think that the last shot was one from an agent’s gun ... to kill the President? You can’t expect a very good shot to come from a mail order gun for 21 dollars and with a mental case handling it. During the middle of the cold war Oswald ran to Russia and came home disillusioned. Oswald tried to get citizenship in Moscow and when they refused him he cut his wrists (5: 71). And soon after Oswald met with Valery Vladimirovich ...
- 3496: Paul Dunbar Research Paper
- ... free blacks. Dunbar’s father escaped from slavery at a plantation in Kentucky, and ran away to Canada. Paul’s mother on the other hand was released from slavery due to the outcome of the Civil War. Both of them eventually made their way to Ohio, where they met, married, and gave birth to Paul. Paul’s career started out strong right from the beginning when he was in high school. He ...
- 3497: Emily Dickinson 6
- ... her desire to hold and kiss her, and her sorrow being without Susan. These poems and letters have led some people to think Emily was a lesbian. Dickinson had her greatest poetic output during the Civil War. She wrote around eight hundred poems in this time. To go along with this great output came a stressful period, too. Emily went through great stress in the year eighteen hundred sixty-two because of ...
- 3498: Agatha Christie
- ... expressed her feelings in music. Later in life, she would turn to writing as a means of expression (Yaffe BKYaffe@nltl.columbia.edu). Agatha Miller’s first husband was Archibald Christie, who was a World War I fighter pilot. The newlywed Mrs. Christie worked as a nurse while her husband was off at war. Through her nursing experiences, she learned of many new drugs on the market. These drugs fascinated her, thus prompting her to use them as factors in several of her Graham 2 works. Her marriage to ... Mystery Affair at Styles", Christie used her nursing experiences to make the book enjoyable. Several of her books include death by poisoning. Christie gained this knowledge also from her experience as a nurse during World War I. Two of the main characters used in most of Christie’s works were Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster with enough spare time on her hands to do a little unprofessional detective work, ...
- 3499: Rosa Parks
- ... holds true for Rosa Parks, a middle class African American woman from Montgomery, Alabama who simply refused to give up her bus-seat for a white man. Through this controversial act, she touched off the civil rights movement as we know it. Rosa Parks lead a simple life in Montgomery, Alabama. Married to Raymond Parks, she worked as a seamstress in a department store but silently protested segregation by avoiding areas ... the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Parks was a hard-working woman and very well respected for her dedication to the African American community. However, she would kick off a national civil rights movement on December 1, 1955 on her way home from work. As she traveled home from work that day, a white man approached her isle and demanded that any African Americans sitting there had ... someone else to do it. The story of Rosa Parks proves that one person can make an impact on society through even the smallest of gestures. Parks didn't set out to start a national civil rights movement but did by simply not getting up. This same behavior today wouldn't be cause for concern as the laws demand equal treatment of blacks and whites. However, Mrs. Parks truly is ...
- 3500: Describe The Elements Of Death
- Describe the elements of war and death in Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage. This book is divided into two parts. In the first part the main characters, Henry Flemings. illusions disappear when confronted by the reality of ... malevolent, probably no different, but is certainly not the benevolent pantheist realm of the transcentalists, and God, is simply nowhere to be found(Weatherford 32). In the second part of the novel Henry beco0mes a “war devil”, the hero that he wanted to be originally when another battle is over, all Henry has accomplished is negated. Many critics found the last chapter confused and muttled, Henry’s feelings range from remorse ... universe, the chaos of the world, the illusory nature of religion and patriotism and heroism, but he learns these lessons in the heat of the moment, when recognition is virtually forced on him(reports of war 146). Henry becomes a representative of mankind. The individual memory becomes a metaphor for collective memory, history. Everythings a lie. Not even heroism can last.
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