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- 12591: Faulkner Vs McCarthy
- ... father’s request not to be with John Grady Cole. Although she is very tempted to run off with John, Alejandra partially honors her father’s request never to see John again. After spending a day with John on her way home from school, Alejandra denies his asking of her to run away with him, John asks her why and she refers to what her father did when she told him ...
- 12592: Edwin Hubble
- ... One astronomer who fits this mold most is, Edwin Powell Hubble. Wondering about what was out in the universe led to the construction of the 200-in reflector telescope, the most high-powered of its day. Using this high-powered telescope he went on to prove that there were other galaxies beside the Milky Way and was able to formulate Hubble’s law, which linked the distance of galaxies to their ...
- 12593: The Death Of Ivan Ilych
- ... just did what he set out to do and succeeded at that. It is noted that "Ivan Ilych's life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible." (Arp, 512) Until one day he became sick. For months he laid in bed in agonizing pain, and the doctors were left without agreeing knowledge on what he had. Close to the end of his life he began to wonder ...
- 12594: A Street Car Named Desire
- ... teaching career. Blanche is an escapist who says, "I don't want realism". She hides from bright lights, just as she hides from the truth. Her delicate nature simply cannot bear the reality of present-day existence; she finds it too painful. She, therefore, convinces herself that she has remained pure because "inside, I never lied". She knows that her soul, or inner self, remained uninvolved in her physical encounters. As ...
- 12595: Cathcher
- ... book Catcher in the Rye is a story of Holden Caulfield's thoughts about life and the world around him. Holden tells many of his opinions about people and takes the reader on a 5-day trip into his mind. Holden, throughout the book, made other people feel inferior to his own. I can relate to this because although I do not view people inferior to me, I judge others unequally ...
- 12596: Mark Twain, The Adventures Of
- ... tell Miss Watson, or accept going to hell. He finally chooses "hell" when he says, "I took it [letter to Miss Watson] up, and held it in my hand. I was a-trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute...and then says to myself: 'All right, then, I'll go to hell,' and tore it up."(chap. XXXI) Huck ...
- 12597: Animal Farm
- ... production rates high, without depletion of quality. They are promised a better lifestyle with more material goods. As with the over exhaustion and manipulation of the Proletariat, Clover and Boxer worked so hard that one day he collapses. This was indicative of the harsh times the laborers endured in Russia at the time of Revolution. The name “Boxer” is significant because it alludes to the Boxer Revolution, which occurred in China ...
- 12598: To Be Or Not
- ... as war, secrecy, faceless social disaffection, and public powerlessness. Soon enough it could be goodbye to dangerous stress, tobacco, burgers, serial killings, muggings, and smog. Times change. Many of today’s accepted virtues might one day be judged as crimes against humanity and nature, which leads to the question: What kind of world do you want to live in? Our ancient habit is to stumble backwards into the future. We feel ...
- 12599: Censorship In Fahrenheit 451
- ... destruction. Immediately after the books are burned, the offender is arrested and taken to prison. Although book burning was the most abrupt and outlandish form of censorship, people experienced mind censorship in their homes every day. Parlor walls were walls in a room used for watching television and specially designed “interactive” programs, designed to provide people with pleasure. Shows written for the soul purpose to please people in their parlors were ...
- 12600: Quantum Computers Fact -or- Fantasy?
- ... more than just a step in micro-computing technology, it could offer insights into real world applications such as cryptography. "There is a hope at the end of the tunnel that quantum computers may one day become a reality," says Gilles Brassard of University of Montreal. Quantum Mechanics give an unexpected clarity in the description of the behavior of atoms, electrons, and photons on the microscopic levels. Although this information isn ...
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