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- 3681: The Shield of Achilles
- ... men quarrel over the blood price for a murdered kinsman and take their case 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 Achaeans 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 Achaeans and the Trojans. It serves to remind the reader of what has taken place,as shown in the battle scenes, while setting the scene for what is to come. It acts ...
- 3682: The Rise of Capitalism and its Opposition
- ... the system should be distributed according to need. Thus, the philosophy of Marx and Engels influenced future opposition and revolution's against capitalism. For most of the 20th century capitalism had faced much opposition. World War I brought revolution and a Marxist-based communism to Russia. The war also spawned the Nazi system in Germany, a mixture of capitalism and state socialism brought together in a regime whose violence and expansionism eventually pushed the world into another major conflict. These two arising forms ... by it. Contrary to the logic of Marx's prophecy, capitalism failed to collapse into revolution. It faced depression and wars and survived. It demonstrated an ability to survive and adapt to change. Since World War II, capitalist countries enjoyed nearly uninterrupted growth. Beginning in the ate 1960's, however, inflation erupted and unemployment rose. New demands imposed on the economic system included ending environmental pollution, extending equal opportunities and ...
- 3683: Summary of Willie Morris' "Good Old Boy"
- ... a car. They mainly stuck with the guys, but Rivers Applewhite, a girl friend, went with them on many of their adventures. They took trips up into the hills some weekends to look for old Civil War battlefields. One year a huge crime wave swept through Yazoo City. There were things stolen that no one could imagine anyone stealing. The thieves stole radios, jewelry, money, and tombstones including the bodies in the ...
- 3684: Slavery Is The South
- ... anywhere. Many Northerners, Abolitionists, and “Free-Soilers” were infuriated by this decision. From 1820 to 1860 slavery was a “hot topic” in Congress and the House of Representatives. In a way, it even caused the Civil War and in the end was perceived as the main reason for fighting it. All political issues during this time could not be discussed without the topic of slavery behind it. Slavery dominated all political issues ...
- 3685: Grover Cleveland
- ... Caldwell, New Jersey on March 18, 1837. He was the first Democratic President who served two terms that did not directly follow each other. He also was the first President who was elected after the Civil War. Grover Cleveland was born the son of a country minister whose name was Richard Falley Cleveland. His mothers name was Ann Neal Cleveland, the daughter of a publisher. Grover Cleveland was the fifth child in ...
- 3686: Coke
- ... s market share lead of 42% to 31% in the U.S. is the largest in 20 years, according to Maxwell Consumer Reports. It’s a defining moment in the world’s most ruthless corporate war. Yes, they both sell sugar water, but Coca-Cola and PepsiCo never were as similar as most people believed. In recent years they have veered in completely opposite directions. While PepsiCo diversified increasingly into restaurants ... Pepsi Won the Cola Wars. Says Goizueta, seeming both vindicated and vindictive: "It appears that the company that claimed to have won the cola wars is now raising the white flag." Hold on, Roberto. The war may be one-sided, but Pepsi has hardly surrendered. Quite the contrary. When Enrico is told about Goizueta’s disparaging remark—that Pepsi has become "less relevant"--he folds his arms across his burly chest ... be aware that no one, not even his rivals, questions that Enrico is the right choice to redirect PepsiCo. He’s been a hero before. Here’s his chance to be a hero again. The war rages on.
- 3687: Summary of Lord of the Flies
- ... to be the same had the island been inhabited with adult survivors instead of children. The novel is about a transition from an immensely exciting adventure of some children, to what eventually becomes full-scale war, ending with the arrival of the naval officer who rescued them. Tough I still wonder if they were really saved, considering the atomic war which, at that time was still raging around the globe. The book begins by introducing the two of the characters - Ralph and Piggy. Ralph finds a conch (a shell shaped in such a way that ... be very dominating over the boys towards the end of the book, which I believe was his true personality. Setting The novel was set on a Pacific island, during what appeared to be a nuclear war of some sort. Review I thought the book was an absolutely brilliant story. Although deceptively simple it can be read at many different levels and is full of beautiful language, including some highly descriptive ...
- 3688: The Great Inflation
- ... reverted to the barter system. Farmers refused to accept the effectively worthless, banknotes in exchange for grain, and food quickly began to run short in the cities. Prices rose one trillion-fold from their pre-war level. More importantly, for the long-term political future of Germany, the middle and working classes saw their savings wiped out. These were, in essence, the people who were later to become the hard-core ... could never be redeemed. It did not matter. The point was that the currency was stabilised and became exchangeable at a rate of one billion old marks to one new mark, and at the pre-war parity of 4.2 marks to the dollar. The new currency was quickly accepted by the population, and food and consumer goods began to appear in the shops. The government could now attempt to regain ... Party in their millions. The causes, then, of the Great Inflation are not perhaps the reparations clauses of the Treaty of Versailles which are commonly blamed for Germany¡¦s ills. German financial practices during the war undoubtedly sowed the seeds of the disaster which was to strike in 1921. The failure of her Republican governments to act, by implementing austerity measures, through a fear of their own weakness of position, ...
- 3689: The Salem Witch Trials
- ... both men and women, had been examined in Salem Village, and “jails were being filled with up to 150 accused persons from many towns including Salem, Topsfield and Andover… Dozens of people under excruciating religious, civil and family pressures found themselves confessing to being witches” (“Witch”). There were also reported instances of farm and domestic animals being possessed by the devil; in fact 2 dogs were put to death because of ... form of something of a spiritual nature. It has been suggested that this “hysteria” happens periodically in societies, but the culprit may take on different forms. During the 1950s, at the height of the Cold War, many innocent people were unfairly labeled as Communists during the McCarthy hearings. This was a time when our society’s greates fear was Communism. Also, since the 1960’s, there appears to be an increasing ...
- 3690: Soldiers Home
- ... religious"home"(71). Moreover, as Robert Paul Lamb notes, the story is also about "a conflicted mother-son relationship"(29). Krebs' small-town mother cannot comprehend her son's struggles and sufferings caused by the war. She devotes herself to her religion and never questions her own values; she manipulates her son. She is one of the Hemingway "bitch mothers" who also appear in "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife ... avoid. Furthermore, a careful reading of "Soldier's Home" reveals yet another story discernible beneath the main one. Krebs' indifference towards the girls in the town seems to reflect his disillusionment not only with the war and his parents' marriage, but also with another experience--Krebs' breaking up with a lover: Now he would have liked a girl if she had come to him and not wanted to talk. But here ... mutual love. Thus, "Soldier's Home" is a sophisticated story of a variously wounded veteran's return home. it is a more refined and distanced treatment of Hemingway's own experiences during and after the war.
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