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- 3511: My Oedipus Complex
- ... how all the characters were feeling throughout the story. In my perspective all the characters had similar emotions. Let me begin with Larry. He is five years old and his father is off in the war, thus alone at home with the undivided attention of his mother. Now as a little kid Larry is going through a lot of difficult times. He looks at his father like Santa Claus, only there ... shows another Santa connection, kids arent interested in Santa Claus if he is not in his big red suit. Now for Santa himself, also known as Larrys Father. He went away to the war, where he was alone, he didnt have his wife or his son to give him a hug when he went to bed. For some one to spend that much time alone when they know ... she just turned and took care of it. You asked us which one of the characters we felt sorry for the most. I would probably have to say the father. He has to go to war, yes he does make it home safely. When he gets home all he seems to want is to spend some time with his wife, and he pushes his son out of the way. Later ...
- 3512: Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
- ... with some 'person who, having enclosed a plot of land, took it into his head to say this is mine and found people simple enough to believe him, [and who] was the true founder of civil society.'(874) Rousseau questions whether or not we were truly better off for all of our subsequent developments, for 'although man had previously been free and independent, we find him, so to speak, subject, by ... concepts. However, the new concept of wealth that could be hoarded and taken lead to a perpetual conflict that ended only in fights and murders. Emerging society gave way to the most horrible state of war; since the human race, vilified and desolated, was no longer able to retrace its steps. (881) To protect themselves from other groups, and to insure that they would be around to hoard more wealth, free ...
- 3513: Eliot Ness
- ... Did they merely fade away into quiet life? The fate of Ness was quite the opposite, he continued doing what he fell in love with. Taking down corruption on any level. He carried on his war on the mob for an entire decade after Capone, staging daring raids on bootleggers, illegal gambling clubs and generally putting organized crime on the run. Ness exploits in Chicago were chronicled in his book The ... was the last Ness saw of Capone who was infected with syphilis and died in prison, the world s greatest crime boss died a near vegetable. In July 1934 Ness was promoted and continued his war on bootleggers, in less than a year he and his team made it too expensive to bootleg liquor in Ohio. In November of 1935 Mayor Harold Burton of Cleveland elected Ness to safety director. This ... of rampant mob activity. Ness immediately made it clear that good police work would be rewarded while bad police work would be severely punished. Ness fully intended to clean up the force prior to making war on illegal gambling and mob activity however an opportunity came up he could not ignore. A county prosecutor by the name Frank Cullitan was hell bent on closing down a gambling club known as ...
- 3514: Cesar Chavez Mural
- ... It also includes anonymous images of people who admired Cesar Chavez during his movement that demanded respect, dignity and social justice for them. Cesar Chavez was a nationally recognized chicano leader and organizer of the civil rights movement, during the 1960's and 1970's. He was born in Arizona, grew up in a migrant family that liked harvesting fruits and vegetables. In 1950 he moved to San Jose where he ... national table grape boycott that eventually led to the first union contacts in farm labor history. An important milestone was the passing of the California Labor relations Act. The Chicano/a movement, influenced by the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's, grew out of alliances between farmworkers struggling to unionize in California and Tezas. A chicano artist produced this mural on memory of Cesar Chavez and his movements in favor of the civil rights of the farmworkers in California, Texas, and Arizona.
- 3515: Summary of Beloved
- ... house for eighteen years. The story begins in the year 1873, but there are many flashbacks to the year Sethe attempted to run away, which is in 1856, four years before the start of the Civil War. Sethe, Paul D., and Baby Suggs were all slaves on the same farm in Kentucky, which was ironically named Sweet Home, though for them, it was neither home nor sweet. Plot The plot of the ...
- 3516: Napoleon Bonaparte
- ... reorganizing the country. He reduced taxes, founded the Bank of France to stabilize the economy, opened schools and universities, established public programs to give jobs to the unemployed, and commissioned jurists to draw up a civil code unifying all of France s laws. Known as the Code Napoleon, it became the foundation of the country s legal system and is still in use today. In the spring of 1800, Napoleon received ... emperor in the presence of Pope Pius VII. The magnificent coronation ceremony is held at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. Austria and Great Britain were the two greatest enemies of France. They declare war on France in 1803. Napoleon first met the Austrians in battle. Near Ulm in Germany., he demolished their army in 1805. The enemy he hated even more was Great Britain. He wanted to destroy their ...
- 3517: Gender Issues In The Tempest
- Gender issues in The Tempest The modern NBC miniseries adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest shares many similarities and differences on certain issues. The miniseries is an Americanized version, set during the period of the Civil war. Many issues involving gender were changed in the miniseries to reflect the new setting. The result is a more believable and understandable Tempest to which people can relate. The gender issue changes make the characters ...
- 3518: Thornton Wilder's Our Town
- ... and Row, Publishers, 1955. Summary: This Essay has a lot about the life of Thornton Wilder, and about some of his works. Wilder had three Pulitzer Prize winning plays and they all came around World War II times. In Our Town there is one comment about a boy going off and getting killed in France. So it shows that he wasn't the fondest about war. Thornton Wilder lives in the New England Area. You can see how he knows so much about the Culture of the little town Grover's Corners. That, is how he creates the masterpiece of language in his play "Our Town." Our Town had a lot of meaning at the end with dying and death, this also shows how much he loved life and how he must have been against War. Critical Comment: This essay gave a lot of background information about Thornton Wilder. He showed some of the reasons the play was like it was. Thornton Wilder must have loved life and I'm ...
- 3519: Invisable Man - Black Leaders
- ... group of men who were opposed to the ideals of Booker T. Washington. They named Du Bois as one of the founding officers in 1910. Because of his essays on lynching, his positions on the war, and his criticisms of Marcus Garvey, Du Bois gained respect. The head officers of the NAACP were all white. The organization then took a stance that blacks should integrate with whites. Du Bois left the ... and he looked down upon Booker for having such an emphasis on economic independence. Du Bois only fault, like Garvey, was in his belief in racial separation. He would not compromise with whites. During the civil rights movements, individuals and organizations challenged segregation and discrimination with a variety of activities. In the forefront of these movements were Marcus Garvey, Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B. Du Bois. All three of ...
- 3520: The Odyssey
- The Odyssey The Odyssey is an epic poem, which shows the maturation of Odysseus throughout his long journey home from the war at Troy. Odysseus grows from an arrogant, self-centered warrior to a more humble man. This mental odyssey is seen as the young Odysseus matures, learns values of and respect for nature and higher power to return home to Ithaka as a more humble and honorable man. The first side of Odysseus seen in this poem is the young arrogant Odysseus. After the Trojan war Odysseus shows no thanks to the god Poseidon. Offending the god did not make an easy voyage home. Odysseus and his men eventually end up at the island of the Kyklopes. They go in cave ... even seen by Athena, Odysseus mentor and protector, when she says, Where is your valor, where is the iron hand that fought at Troy for Helen, pearl of kings, no respite and nine years of war?
How is it now that on your own door sill, before the harriers of your wife, you curse your luck not to be stronger?(Ody XXII 250). In the epic poem, The Odyssey Odysseus ...
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