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- 4371: Death Of A Salesman Log
- ... only is a reflection of the American Dream gone awry, but a look at the changes in America at that time. Death of a Salesman was first performed in 1949. The years immediately following World War II distorted and antiquated Willy s beliefs. This is even apparent in the settings. The Loman house is surrounded by sprawling apartment buildings. His house symbolizes his own pride and stubbornness. He refuses to realize ... due to personality. What Willy does not realize is the days of knowing personally, and respecting your business associates has passed. No one remembers or respects Willy Loman. With the influx of veterans from World War II, all areas of business are extremely competitive. Willy Loman represents a dying breed. As Charley eloquently stated: He s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine ...
- 4372: A Seperate Piece
- ... longer can stand on his own. The complete contrast of Finny and Gene is a boy named Leper. Leper was not interested in much and is the first of the boys mentioned to go to war. Leper introduces the boys into the adult world before entering the army. His freedom is ended by the strict rules and behaviors of the army and he then changes severely. Throughout the novel arises the ... the tree, victory over fear and the betrayal of a friend. This book shows the struggles conflicts and changes of a growing boy in society. Struggle between self and others society during the time of war takes place and the overall conclusion that "Wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart." By the destruction of His ideal, Finny; Gene only then realizes that a person must only be ...
- 4373: Iran-contra Affair
- ... stopped. “ Lurking in the background of these affairs, then, was the ghost of McCarthyism…”(Draper 568). The White House took the 1950’s idea of McCarthyism to take every method short of a full-scale war to overthrow the Sandinista regime. The War Against the Sandinistas The United States Central Intelligence Agency armed and trained an anti-Sandinista Guerrilla force based in the neighboring countries of Honduras and Costa Rica called the “Contras.” (Corn) These Contras began a ...
- 4374: Sports and Nationalism
- ... from a variety of different examples. Some of which are dated back as early as the late 1800's, during Napoleon's reign in France or Nazi Germany during the period of the Second World War. Some recent examples of nationalism may include the events that took place in Northern Ireland during the late 1980's or the events that are presently taking place in Yugoslavia. It is interesting to note ... are not even attributed to my country. Basketball and baseball is as important to my country's cultural background as hockey is to Canada. During U.S. occupation of the Philippines after the Second World War, basketball and baseball became more popularized. The Americans dominated our "national" leagues with often bigger and stronger players. However as the decades passed and the Philippines grew more independent of the U.S., we used ...
- 4375: Comedy
- ... ample tear trilled down her delicate cheek."(IV,iii, ln 12-13). Cordelia then orders for some of the French soldiers to bring Lear to her so that she can look after him before the war between Britain and the French soldiers begins. Her love was further displayed when she says, "But love, dear love, and our aged father's right. Soon may I hear and see him!"(IV,iv, ln ... entire book to explain all the ramifications of his great folly. However, I can say that the deaths of Goneril, Regan, Cordelia, and of himself may be attributed to his mistake. He also caused a war between Britain and France that should not have occurred. I believe it is clear that Lear acted as a fool when giving his land to Goneril and Regan, but not to Cordelia.
- 4376: Careful, He Might Hear You 2
- ... this chain of events. Careful, he might hear you is based on Elliott's own life when he was a child. His mother died when Elliott was young, and he found himself amidst a raging war being fought amongst his aunts for the custodianship. This battle was not resolved until Elliott had turned ten. Much like his own life story, Careful, he might hear you reflects upon the morals, emotions, and musings rising as a result of this battle. Elliott had learnt first-hand what it was like to be trapped in the middle of such a war. The consequent thoughts and emotions generated by this wrath are relived and portrayed through the character of PS.
- 4377: Stephen Crane
- ... instilled with religious beliefs. However, fear of retribution soon turned to dejection and criticism of his idealistic parents’ God, "the wrathful Jehovah of the Old Testament" as he was confronted with the harsh realities of war as a journalistic correspondent. Making extensive use of religious metaphors and allusions in The Blue Hotel (1898), Crane thus explores the interlaced themes of the sin and virtue. "The Blue Hotel" by Stephen Crane is ... some interesting facts about how the dramatic effect is created and how the actual telling of the story is tied to Crane's philosophic and moral standpoint. He also activates components speaking of violence and war throughout the text. Here I will discuss two equally important themes: colors speak and color as a moral statement. Bright colors represent speaking out or screaming while less vivid ones represent silence or perhaps whispering ...
- 4378: Inspiration By Homer
- ... that hovered o'er her head" (I. 19-22). "Now then men, dismiss for your meal, and let us make ready for battle," says Homer, "Sharpen your spears each man, look to your shields . . . let war be the word" (trans. in W.H.D. Rouse 30). The arming of the hero, or in Pope's case the heroine, has always been a key element in the classic epic. Alexander Pope catalogs ... combat on the velvet plain," in such a manner as Homer used to catalog the Achaian army. As each card is laid upon the table, Belinda feels the capitulation of her foes. The ravages of war leave only an illusion of victory. Pope writes, "O thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate," as Belinda plays the final trump to see this battle won. Belinda, just ...
- 4379: Romantism
- ... the necessities. By doing this he found the divine within himself. You can only find the divine if you are one with yourself and separate from society. Finally there was an exert from “Resistance to civil government” in which Thoreau was thrown in jail for not paying a tax to the state. He was thrown in jail for believing in himself over what society expected of him. This shows a lot ... use for them. If you are to be yourself you need to use books only to inspire you to write your own book, or find the truth with in yourself. Thoreau says in “Resistance to civil Government”. “If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue sitting upon another mans shoulders. I must off him first, that he may pursue ...
- 4380: The Zulues in South Africa
- ... South-Africa, they found a people on the east coast of Natal who called themselves" A ma zulu". These people were tall and very atleticly build, they could take great effort in both hunting and war and their knowledge to the nature was incredable. The Zulu tribe was once one of South-Africas biggest and most powerful tribes and they managed to stand up against the British until they lost the Zulu war in 1897. The tribes defece system was wery simmular to the system we have in Norway today. The troops were devided into regiments according to their age. And they got military training in diffrent parts ...
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