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- 4351: Analysis of “The Vietnam Wall”
- Analysis of “The Vietnam Wall” In the poem “The Vietnam Wall” the reader joins the poet Alberto Rios (1952) on a visit to the Vietnam War Memorial. Rios portrays first-hand the powerful emotional effect the wall has on everyone who visits. “The Vietnam Wall” can be found in Discovering Literature edited by Hans Guth and Gabriele Rico pages 541-542 ... the uncontrollable up-welling of emotions one experiences when visiting the wall. Rios uses this technique frequently and effectively throughout this poem. “The Vietnam Wall” tells the story of the poets visit to the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington D. C.. Rios takes the reader with him on his journey down the wall explaining each detail as he goes from the shape of the wall to the physical appearance of it ...
- 4352: Law Enforcement
- ... 1870, all cities had full-time police departments. During the remainder of the nineteenth century, a number of efforts were made to reform and improve policing both in the city and in the rural areas. Civil service enactment proved helpful, and some forces moved gradually to merit employment and less political interference. Police training schools emerges in the early 1900's, and although quite modest, they set a standard that by ... chief law enforcement officer in most counties. The sheriff's department may be responsible for all traffic procedures and for prisoners in county jail. It may even be involved in settling business disputes and other civil matters. The sheriff's department also conducts certain police operations and provides training and local services to city police(3). County police also check out automobile accidents, and if at all possible they determine who ...
- 4353: Daddy 2
- ... ich, ich, ich, I could hardly speak. Again this describes her fear toward her father. She is so afraid of him that she can t talk and speak out against him. The barbwire represents the war that was taking place. She relates to the victims of war and sees herself caught in the barbwire that has been put up by her father, which keeps them separated. I thought every German was you. And the language obscene an engine, an engine chuffing me ...
- 4354: Picasso - Life Stile
- ... Paris, where he progressed through various periods - including a Blue period from 1900 to 1904 and a Rose period in 1904 - before creating the Cubist movement that lasted until the beginning of the First World War. Picasso initiated Cubism at the age of twenty-six after he already had established himself as a successful painter. According to Souch‚re, Picasso led the evolution towards cubism in order to "escape the tyranny ... Harwood, Jeremy, ed. How to Draw & Paint Still Life. London: New Burlington Books, 1986. · Marrero, Vinvente. Picasso and the Bull. Translated by Anthony Kerrigan. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1956. · Packard, Fred M. The Effects of War on the Works of Two Spanish Painters -- Goya and Picasso. Master's Thesis for Kent State University, 1961. · Picasso, Pablo. Bull's Skull, Fruit, Pitcher (Tete de Taurea, Fruit Pichet). Exhibited at the Cleveland Museum ...
- 4355: Byron's Don Juan
- ... Juan is, all-in-all, a legendary lover. Familiar with the Don Juan legend, Byron deliberately altered the traditional character and made him the innocent victim of womankind. He experiences love by natural disaster, slavery, war, the court, and the aristocracy. Its two main epic themes are love and war (Joseph 74). The first two cantos of the poem Byron wrote were published without an author or a publisher. Many thought the poem was novel and powerful, and caused great misgivings for Byron's publisher ...
- 4356: An Examination of Similes in the Iliad - and how Homer's Use of Them Affected the Story
- ... spin". These views that Homer might be trying to get across might be trying to favor Troy. It could easily be imagined that throughout time, only great things were heard about the Greeks mettle in war, and that Homer is attempting to balance the scales a bit by romanticizing the Trojan peoples, especially Hector, and bringing to light the lesser-heard tales of Greek stupidity. Shortly into Book Two, Agamemnon gives ... in knots", giving the "bees" an ominous tone. The Greek ranks are painted as a throng of weak-kneed wimps with their constitution sapped, obviously not the case as they go on to win the war, but it suffices to cast the Lycians in a negative light. A short, but emotionally appealing, simile is found after the Greek warriors have changed their mind about leaving and return to the Scamander: "They ...
- 4357: The Grasp Drugs Have On Colomb
- ... every day society, the economy, and severely tangled in the political structure. The first, and largest, problem is that of Politics. The Colombian government is wrought with corruption. The endemic corruption that undermines the drug war is rooted in the high profits that make it a rational choice for government officials and police and military officers whose low salaries cannot compete with traffickers bribes. (Bertram, Blachman, Sharpe, Andres p.170) These ... innocent killed by a car bomb, is a hard thing to bargain with. It will be a long a treacherous journey to a stable government that has control. Works Cited Bertram, Blachman, Sharpe, Andres. Drug War Politics The Price of Denial. Los Angeles University of California Press 1996 Wiarada, Kline. Latin American Politics and Development. Boulder Colorado Westview Press Inc. 1996 Rosenburg, Tina. Children of the Cain Violence and Crime in ...
- 4358: Henry Ford
- ... but he had not conquered the International regions. In early 1910, Ford Motor Company started to ship Model T’s to countries such as Turkey, Malaya, Newfoundland, Barbados, Mauritius, India, Africa, and Japan. When World War I started, Ford still produced cars yet at the same time, they started to produce airplanes for the airforce. When the war ended, many companies in other countries, tried to copy Ford’s Model T yet, they were not successful. One man, Morris Oxford, came so close to Ford’s design but did not produce the car ...
- 4359: Henry VII
- ... not lasted for long, less than twenty years – though twenty years in politics is eternity! A year ago I made a secret alliance with the Emperor of Spain to invade France and today, June 22nd1543, war has been declared on France. The war had to be, as France has failed to keep up payments in English pensions and there are maritime disputes between our countries. Also, there is great struggle is Scotland between pro-English and pro-French ...
- 4360: 1984 Thematic Essay
- ... was written by George Orwell about a grim future in which people are controlled by a party known as the brotherhood which is led by Big Brother. The background of the story is that nuclear war has ravaged the earth and three superpowers have arisen out of the rubble, Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia, all of which are at war with each other. The leading party in Oceania, where the story takes place, experts maintain its power through such techniques as “Spies”, a youth group that encourages children to report adults, including their parents, to ...
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