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- 5191: Jackie Robinson 4
- ... corporate well together. His importance to the public was more then just playing baseball. Robinson s importance continues after his baseball career. After he retired in 1956, he became active in the NAACP and the civil rights movement. He put forth his baseball career and decade his life to improving African Americans status in society. Many black people looked for to him for help and support. He didn t care what ... a hotel resulted in the integration of many white hotels around the states. Robinson was setting the example for the rest of his followers to follow. He would later serve as a special assistant for civil rights Governor Nelson Rockefeller. He also was vice president of a restaurant chain in New York. His achievements were great. Today when you see blacks and whites on the same field or working together thank ...
- 5192: William Blake
- ... conflicting views of creation and mankind. In his innocent years, Blake saw the world as a joyous meadow, natural and free. However as he grew with experience his naive ideology was tainted with images of war and devastation. Blake s purpose in writing these poems is to position his readers to see the world as it lies before them, unmasked and raw. He is inviting society to take a stand against ... who fought for their country their blood (running) down Palace walls , perhaps a reference to the English colonial wars, are now looked down upon by the fellow countrymen they died to save. Blake is criticising war for the damage it does to society infrastructure. The widely contrasting imagery and themes explored in Laughing Song and London create juxtaposed atmospheres. Laughing Song has a celebratory mood, Blake is celebrating nature and the ...
- 5193: Hellen Nellie McClung: A Canadian Feminist
- ... she was the only Canadian woman delegate to the League of Nations. Sir Robert Borden, Canadian prime minister, recognized Nellie's contributions to Canada when he appointed her the only woman member of the Dominion War Council. Nellie did many things as a feminist, and in addition to her impressive resume she also raised five children. All her life Nellie took a strong interest in the welfare of human beings. This interest was reflected in her love of peace and fear of war. As she entered old age, Nellie suffered a series of heart attacks. She unfortunately passed away in 1951, at age 78. Right up until the end of her life Nellie remained interested in women's ...
- 5194: Lee Iacocca
- ... senior year in high school Lee came down with rheumatic fever. He had a harsh bout with the disease because there was no modern medicine to aid in the recovery. In 1941 during the World War he was very excited about joining the military. Ironically, the illness that had almost killed him, saved him from going to war. Most of his classmates that joined the service had been killed over-seas and abroad. For college Lee chose Lehigh University for its engineering program, although he wanted to go to Purdue, he did not ...
- 5195: What Is Literature 2
- ... a non-religious person may not find the Bible entertaining, as it doesn t fit their context. Different value systems of different cultural groups also play a big part in what is considered literature. In war stricken countries a poem such as Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen which is an anti war poem would be cherished but in a country like Australia where peace is taken for granted a poem about peace would also be taken for granted. If a text is to be considered of great ...
- 5196: Watcher
- ... your father when he needed it, and make no mistake I ll belt you. Is that understood? s l belt you. Is that understood? (6). She acted like a military officer from the Second World War. Charlie did not like staying on the farm there was never anything fun to do. The one thing Charlie enjoyed doing was, hiding in the corn patches spying on people and eating corn on the ... got me thinking about everyday life and the dilemmas that we would face in the future. 33 s l belt you. Is that understood? (6). She acted like a military officer from the Second World War. Charlie did not like staying on the farm there was never anything fun to do. The one thing Charlie enjoyed doing was, hiding in the corn patches spying on people and eating corn on the ...
- 5197: Biography: Helen Keller (1880-1968)
- ... languages. Career Much of her life was spent delivering inspirational lectures in some 25 countries. She was concerned with women's rights, pacifism and helping the deaf and blind. Her pacifism during the First World War led to a decline in her income from lectures. During the Second World War, she visited soldiers who had lost their sight or hearing. She devoted much of her time to fund- raising for organizations for the deaf and blind, helping to found the American Foundation for the Blind ...
- 5198: Albert Einstein from Start to Finish
- ... academic lecturer. Albert was in Germany when WW I broke out. At this time he was concentrating on the problem of gravity and the theory of relativity. Albert was not at all interested in The War. He hated it. In 1922, Albert received the Nobel Prize in Physics for the Photo Electric Law and his work in the field of Theoretical Physics. This was also the year that he came to the United States. In 1934, Germany took away his citizenship, simply because he was in the US and he hated war! Later in his life Albert switched his focus to To Atto Hahn, who discovered what great power an atom contains. Of all times Hahn made his discovery just before Christmas. He thought this technology might ...
- 5199: 90s And 50s
- ... who is breaking records that seemed written in stone during Fangio's time. Important world issues were very different in the 50's, than now in the 90's. In the 50's, the cold war was one of the most important issues to deal with for Americans. Recent war ended in 1991, now the main concern is Iraq. In the 50's, there was a mass hysteria over the Russian production of atomic weapons. Now the Americans are worried about the Russians selling the ...
- 5200: 1984
- ... 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 take place, exerts and maintains its power through such techniques as the Spies, a youth group that encourages children to report adults, including their ...
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