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- 2191: Brave New World
- ... on July 26, 1894. He belonged to a dis-tinguished British family, which included T.H. Huxley, an famous scientist and hu-manist; and Julian Huxley, a philosopher of science. Aldous Huxley went to Balliol College, Oxford. He wanted to become a doctor, but an eye infection blinded him, and prevented him from finishing his studies. Huxley had to quit for some time because of his eye infection. He did exercises ...
- 2192: Battle Royal
- ... the affluent white men have done to the main character. They give him what he believes to be victories-the opportunity for a speech, the chance to prove his worth in the battle royal, the college scholarship-all of it, to keep him running. He finally realizes it . By studying this fascinating character which , I think , represents all blacks of that time I discovered that the prejudice is one problem that ...
- 2193: Battle Royal
- ... people yelling at him, throwing nasty comments, and telling him to speak up constantly, even though he spoke quite forcefully. When he finally finished, the boy received a briefcase containing a scholarship to the state college for Negroes. This seemed like the white people were saying, “thanks for the entertainment here’s your prize”. Which pertains to the “puppet on a string” analogy. This story was about the struggle of the ...
- 2194: John Steinbeck
- ... to write stories that were “true.” She didn’t mean the events in the story had to have actually happened, but instead the story and characters must reflect real human feelings and conflicts. During his college years, Steinbeck worked at a number of different jobs to help pay for his education. He worked at a sugar company and for many different farmers. He worked along side Mexican, Japanese, and Fililpino men ...
- 2195: Life On The Color Line
- ... singled out by his family and his father to excel, to leave Muncie, and to make his fortune through his brains and academic prowess. This came true, and he is now the Dean of the College of Law at Ohio State University. His brother Mike, however, missed their mother terribly, yielded to their father's vision of him as "just like me" and lived a hard and dangerous life. Part of ...
- 2196: Less Than Zero Book Review
- ... world shaped by passivity. The place lacks feeling and hope. Three high school buddies, 2 male and 1 female, venture down very different paths after graduation. Clay comes home for Christmas vacation from his Eastern College and re-enters a landscape of limitless privilege. In this immoral world everyone drives Porches, dines at Spago, and snorts mountains of cocaine. He tries to renew feelings for his girlfriend, Blair, and for the ...
- 2197: Everyday Use 2
- ... admiration for them now seems to reflect a cultural trend toward valuing handmade objects, rather than any sincere interest in her "heritage." After all, when she was offered a quilt before she went away to college, she rejected it as "old-fashioned, out of style (Joy in a Common Setting 1). Yet, a careful reading of the story will show that Dee is not the only one confused about the heritage ...
- 2198: English Phonetic Interference
- ... disappear while the emigre struggles to master the language of their new home. Almost all people claim to read in their second language more proficiently than they speak1, however, emigres who attend high school and college in a foreign country often find themselves writing more often in their second language than in their first. After time, the second language becomes the default language of writing for these emigres and the spelling ...
- 2199: Everything Is Not For The Best
- Francois-Marie Arouet De Voltaire, the son of a notary, was born on November 21st, 1694, in Paris. In 1704 he was enrolled to the Jesuit College of Louis-le-grande to study law, but he remained there until his seventeenth year. Voltaire quickly chose literature as a career. He began moving in aristocratic circles and soon became known in Paris as ...
- 2200: Escapism In The Glass Menageri
- ... a very big "inferiority complex". She uses the Victrola so much to comfort her, that it has become an instinct. In scene three, Laura's mother finds out that she has dropped out of Business College. When Amanda is lecturing her, "Laura draws a long breath and gets awkwardly to her feet. She crosses to the Victrola, and winds it up." Amanda says, "What are you doing?" Laura says "Oh!" and ...
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