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- 6461: Fahrenheit 451: Change
- ... killing Beatty, it shows that he is a totally changed person. He wants to change the society. He wants to teach the people about the books, so that they will not repeat the mistakes of war and destruction. Montag is not walking blind anymore. He is seeing 20/20 vision, and sprinting full pace! Montag's change is finally stated when he joins the new society that valued books in the ...
- 6462: Benjamin H. Latrobe
- ... and also classical and modern languages. Latrobe started his career training under England's most renowned engineer of the day John Smeaton. Under Smeatons teachings Latrobe gained a strong grasp of technical and theoretical English civil engineering and meticulous draughtsmanship (Carter 1981, 1-2). Latrobe's interests in engineering soon led him to develop an interest in architecture. Latrobe decided to pursue his interest in architecture. He decided to work with ...
- 6463: Abbey, and His Fear of Progress
- ... of progress. He knew that hordes of people and their "machines" would come (Abbey 50-51). Most people see progress as a good thing. Abbey proclaims. "I would rather take my chances in a thermonuclear war than live in such a world (Abbey 60)." "Prog-ress n. forward motion or advance to a higher goal; an advance; steady improvement (Webster's)." Is progress really all of that? How can you improve ...
- 6464: Summary of Burk's "Runs With Horses"
- ... the White Eyes, as they are referred to in the book. What is left of the entire Apache Nation, his tribe, are forced to surrender to the White Eyes and are taken as prisoners of war to Florida by train. While stopped in Texas for two months, President Cleveland decided that the Apache men where to be separated from their families and held at Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island in ...
- 6465: Hemingway's A Farewell To Arms
- Hemingway's A Farewell To Arms The book A Farewell to Arms, written by Ernest Hemingway, is a classic about the love story of a nurse and a war ridden soldier. The story starts as Frederick Henry is serving in the Italian Army. He meets his future love in the hospital that he gets put in for various reasons. I thought that A Farewell ...
- 6466: Huck Finn: Twain's Cynic Point of View
- ... moment by society, is shown in more than one instance, such as when the group was preparing to hang Huck and the King over their plot to defraud the daughters, or, more obvious, in the war between the Shephardsons and the Grangerfords. The aspect of people being basically hypocrites is seen at the beginning when Miss Watson displays a degree of hypocriticality on insisting that Huck follow the Widow and become ...
- 6467: The Eyes Have It
- ... the dragons of regaining their life blood. The dragons are slowly dying off, much like the Wolf Nomads. The climax reaches its height when all three of the major characters battle. Kranoch has waged incredible war by destroying most of the Yeomanry's forces, and is ready for the kill. The dragons want their gem and their power is unmatched. Kathryn and Askar have the gem (it was retrieved by Askar ...
- 6468: Albert Camus
- ... former French colony in Africa). His mother, Catherine Sintes, was a cleaning woman, and his father, Lucien Camus, was a farmhand. Only a few months old, Albert lost his father in the horrors of World War I in 1914. After the loss of his father, him, his brother and his mother moved in to his grandmother's three-bedroom apartment with his two uncles. The only way Albert "escaped" from this ...
- 6469: Diary of Anne Frank: Notes
- ... Frank by Anne Frank 2.The setting of this book is an attic of a building in Amsterdam during the time period of 1942 to 1944. 3.The historical period of this book is World War II. 4.Anne Frank was a young girl who is the author of this popular diary. She was thought of by others as conceited but didn't think so herself. She was in love with ...
- 6470: Beethoven
- ... trauma, his father, Johann, resorted to drinking in order to deal with his problems. Soon, Ludwig was having to carry the weight of the entire household on his shoulders. On top of all this trauma, war broke out in Bonn later that year. It was soon decided by Maximilian Franz and Neefe that Beethoven should once again travel to Vienna, this time to study under Haydn. So off he set at ...
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