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- 5201: Science Fiction In Human Socie
- ... Wyndham, wrote pieces that try to predict the outcome of events or the future. H.G. Wells wrote many successful science fiction novels, from "The Island of Doctor Moreau" to "The Invisible Man" to "The War of the Worlds" and many, many more. "He took the ideas and fears that haunted the mind of his age and gave them symbolic expression as brilliantly conceived fantasy made credible by the quiet realism of its setting" (Nicholson 1). Wells foresaw certain developments in military use of aircrafts in "The War in the Air" and for a long period he acquired a reputation of a future prophet (Nicholson 2). "Some 'post-holocaust' stories such as Wyndham's 'The Chrysalides,' portray cultures that understand and control less ...
- 5202: 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 ...
- 5203: Paul Revere (1735 - 1818)
- ... son which is also named Paul died in 1813, he had sadness and grief other than being healthy. When tension developed between the colonies and the mother country after the end of the Seven Years War group of artisans who identified themselves with the critics of the policies of the Mother Country. In 1765 Paul had began experimenting with engraving on copper and he produced several portraits and a songbook. He ... 1768 he undertook dentistry and produced dental devices. In that same year he made one of the most famous pieces of American Colonial silver - the bowl commissioned by the fifteen sons of Liberty. After the war Paul operated as a Brass foundry and he manufactured sheet copper at Canton, besides him continuing his successful trade as a silversmith. In 1770 it was the year of his most famous engraving, that was ...
- 5204: A Gift Of Peace From The Past,
- ... history, the Olympics have been a symbol of the camaraderie and harmony possible on a global scale. The gathering of athletic representatives, the pride of the pack, from participating governments, even throughout the recent Cold War period, is proof that world unity is possible; just as it was in Ancient Greece with the polis or city-states. Olympic Games were held throughout Ancient Greece, but the most famous are the games ... sometimes their sweat was preserved and sold as a magical potion. In the later years of the games, an additional event was added which signaled the end of the games and the return to the war ridden life of ancient history. Soldiers, adorned with a full body of armor weighing upwards of 50 pounds, would compete in a foot race. Unfortunately, even the apparent athletic ability of these soldiers could not ...
- 5205: Fear
- ... Our fears may be sudden like when your kid brother jumps out behind you and yells boo. Peoples fears can be built up over a long period of time, for example, during the cold war millions of people thought that at any moment they would be attacked by the Russians, so they built bomb shelters because of that fear. Some of our fears come straight from our imagination. They may ... wake. I wear my seat belt for protection, and sometimes I look in my closet before I go to bed. Its the larger planet-wide fears that we collectively hold our breathes for, of war, of starvation, of toxic pollutants, of disease and other events. We fear for the uncertainty of our loved ones or the loss of a loved one, an ancient fear yet new to every generation. Still ...
- 5206: John Harlan
- ... in 1925. He also served as a Special Assistant Attorney General from 1928 to 1930. Prior to working as Special Assistant Attorney General, Harlan married Ethel Andrews, with whom he had one child. During World War II, Harlan served as a colonel in the United States Army Air Force. Harlan was in charge of the Operations Analysis Section of the Eighth Bomber Command. He was also the recipient of the American Legion of Merit and the Belgian and French Croix de Guerre. After the war, Harlan returned to his practice. From 1951 to 1953, Harlan served as a chief counsel to the New York State Crime Commission. During his time as chief counsel, Harlan helped to investigate illegal gambling, as ...
- 5207: 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 ...
- 5208: John Lennon
- John Lennon Lennon was born in 1940 during the Nazi bombing of Britain and given the middle name Winston, after Prime Minister Churchill. Knowing firsthand the horror of a world at war and living through the era of Vietnam's senseless carnage as well, Lennon came to embrace and embody pacifism via such classics of the Beatles era as "All You Need Is Love" and "Strawberry Fields ... endured challenges from within and without to became one of the most touching and celebrated of 20th-century romances. They were gallantly foolish in undertaking performance art pieces - bed-ins, happenings, full-page ads declaring "War Is Over!" - to spread their message of peace. During the early Seventies Lennon fought the U.S. government to avoid deportation - a campaign of harassment by Nixon-era conservatives that was overturned by the courts ...
- 5209: 1984 Short Essay On Freedom
- ... Ministry of Truth, rewrites history without complaint. Records are changed to better suit the present. People are so naive that they would believe anything the government says. For example, one day they can be at war with Eurasia, and the next minute they are at war with Eastasia. The people of Oceania, are not living with any human rights. Without freedom, they are no better then a caged animal. There are just puppets that the government controls. Everyone should be entitled ...
- 5210: 1984 Orwell
- ... you marry, etc. is trying to warn the reader against letting any government get this powerful. He tells the reader this through Winston, "the last (thinking) man in Europe." Another motto of the Party is War is Peace. To make the people believe this, the government must be in continuous warfare, and this is also to keep the economy strong. Finally the third party slogan is Freedom is Slavery. The government ... government. People are petrified over what will happen, even if they just write something. Orwell is warning the reader if he does not watch out, government and technology could take over. Oceania is suffering from war, loss of privacy, ignorance, and no freedom. The government decides everything for them. If they do not comply with government rules, they are arrested and tortured until they believe and comply. This is what happens ...
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