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- 1861: Prisoners of War
- ... one wanted to go to war, but for those men who did, and for those who survived as POWs will always regret it. The Prisoners of War were kept in concentration camps, where it was day to day constant dying and suffering and separation of the family with unconditional weather. 1 They had no real shelter, and kept busy by working, and the odd time even got a chance to play baseball, soccer ... to defend us. 4 It is a life no one wants to encounter, and we pray no one does, and we remember how they were abused and how they suffered to protect us. This special day is called Remembrance Day and is celebrated the eleventh day of the eleventh month. BIBLIOGRAPHY WORLD WAR II, "Prisoners" Marshall Cavendish Ltd, New York, Vol VIII. 940.53 WORLD WAR II, "Prisoners of War" ...
- 1862: Virtues of My Life: Order, Courage, Patience
- ... at least some standards and goals of morality in a person's life. Moral excellence is definitely hard to achieve, but is definitely something to attempt. Personally, there are many distractions and obstructions the present day provides, creating a difficulty of direction in my own life. I need to overcome obstacles such as peer pressure in order to become a confident, successful person. The present day provides impediments which I believe I can overcome by way of morality and virtue. Order, courage, patience, and faith are all virtues necessary for personal achievement in my life. The first virtue I have chosen ... governs my academic studies is a type of order, setting specifics of where and when I should be. Order helps in my life if I am able and willing to create a schedule for each day, specifically stating when I should be doing what. If I can achieve order in my own life, worries and concerns will be eliminated by means of order that will easily become habit. Russell Kirk ...
- 1863: Community Service At Colleges
- Community Service Day University of Connecticut students and faculty volunteered their time and energy on Nov. 20 for Community Service Day. Organized by the Uconn Center for Community Outreach, the volunteers worked at one of 15 different work sites throughout the day. They included campus clean up of litter around the ponds, sorting donations at Windham Area Interfaith Ministry, reading stories to children at the Lutz Children's Museum in Manchester and making tree ornaments with ...
- 1864: Summary of Jane Eyre
- ... back to her room by Bessie, the nurse. She isn't well so Bessie call's the apothecary. To him Jane says that she wants to go to school. For weeks nothing happens. At one day Mr. Brocklehurst arrives. He is the head of Lowood Institute. Jane goes to Lowood and meets Helen, a very intelligent child. Helen dies of tuberculosis. Many other children die at the same time of typhus ... for Adele a little orphan and ward of Mr. Rochester, the master of the house. Mr. Rochester isn't home and there are strange things going on in the house. Many days pass away. One day when Jane goes out to the village to post a letter, she meets a horseman with his dog. The horse falls and the man is hurt and Jane helps him on his feet. When she ... One of the guests is Miss Blanche Ingram, a very beautiful woman who tries to secure Mr. Rochester, which gives great pain to Jane. Jane thinks that Mr. Rochester wants to marry Blanche Ingram. One day a stranger arrives, a Mr. Mason from Spanishtown, Jamaica. Mr. Rochester seems to be very upset by his arrival. In the night Jane hears terrible screaming from the third floor. Mr. Rochester asks her ...
- 1865: Harriet Tubman 3
- Her name deserves to be handed down to posterity, side by side with the names of Jeanne D'Arc, Grace Darling and Florence Nightingale, for not one of these women, noble and brave as they were, has shown more courage, and power of endurance, in facing danger and death to relieve human suffering ... soldiers and contrabands "dying off like sheep" (Taylor 84-86). She explains a role of hers while working in a hospital: (dialect omitted) I would go to the hospital, I would, early every morning. I'd get a big chunk of ice, I would, and put it in a basin, and fill it with water; then I'd take a sponge and begin. First man I'd come to, I'd thrash away the flies, and they would rise, they would, like bees around a hive. Then I would begin to bathe ...
- 1866: Christian or Hypocrite
- ... Douglass, is a narrative about his struggles as a young slave. Frederick's master Mr. Thomas, sends him to Mr. Covey, a fierce Negro breaker. Mr. Covey beats Douglass often and is completely overpowering. One day while working Douglass becomes too ill to work. When Mr. Covey discovers Douglass in his staggering condition, he beats him severely. Out of desperation, Douglass makes his way back to his master, Mr. Thomas. However, his master sends him right back to Covey. One day Douglass some how musters up the courage to stand up to Covey. Douglass battles Covey back when he tries to beat him. After the battle, Covey never physically harms him again. In Uncle Tom's ... floggings it all seemed like mockery to him. How can a good Christian man treat his fellow man with such brutality? However, Covey did allow the slaves to rest on the Sabbath, but the following day Covey would be up to his old tricks again. Mr. Covey proves how corrupt his relationship with God is when he buys a slave woman named Caroline and uses her for breeding purposes. Covey ...
- 1867: Applied Litigation Research
- ... research, but it seems to lack the flexibility needed to link pretrial research to ongoing courtroom events. Participant observationis a methodology which seems more suitable for studying the dynamic environment of a trial. A 6-day civil trial is used to evaluate participant observation reports against pretrial survey analysis and trial simulations. The objective is to show how different methodological approaches converge in the frame of reference which reflects the actual ... a multifaceted methodological approach very useful in applied litigation research. This paper examines the utility of a combined methodological strategy applied in support of a multimillion dollar contract dispute. A case history of this 6-day civil trial is presented to evaluate the reports from participant observers against the results of pretrial research and trial simulation conducted prior to and independent of the observational data reported below. The main objective is ... and observed several trial simulations. In addition, this person systematically participated with trial attorneys in the daily presentation and evaluation of the case, and in the development of tactical responses and initiatives for the next day. The second observer has had extensive experience with qualitative methodological approaches across various settings, but became acquainted with the case only as it unfolded. In some ways, it may be advantageous that the observer ...
- 1868: Julius Caesar As A Tragic Hero
- ... 18) Julius Caesar rebukes the soothsayer by stating, “Caesar. He is a dreamer. Let us leave him. Pass.”(1,2,23) Caesar does not take warning to be wary the middle of the month, the day of his assassination. Later, Caesar’s wife Calpurnia has a nightmare that Caesar is slain at the Capitol. Caesar calls for the priests to do a sacrifice to see if it is wise to stay ... the house and Calpurnia pleads with him also. Caesar’s pride is shown by his response, “Caesar. …Danger knows full well that Caesar is more dangerous than he. We are two lions littered in one day, And I the elder and more terrible, And Caesar shall go forth.”(2,2,44-47) Caesar shows that his pride overrules any advice given by others. If not for Julius Caesar’s pride, he ... Caesar’s pride is a hamartia that leads to his downfall. Julius Caesar vacillates, or changes, his mind throughout the play and this downfall is shown to be one of Caesar’s hamartias. On the day Caesar is to go to the Capitol, he changes his decisions frequently. Caesar defies the warnings of Calpurnia and the priests and Caesar says that she, Caesar, shall go forth to the Capitol this ...
- 1869: Columbus's Voyage
- ... Starting from a known point, such as a port, the navigator measures out his course and distance from that point on a chart, pricking the chart with a pin to mark the new position. Each day's ending position would be the starting point for the next day's course-and-distance measurement. In order for this method to work, the navigator needs a way to measure his course, and a way to measure the distance sailed. Course was measured by a magnetic ... at least 1183. Distance was determined by a time and speed calculation: the navigator multiplied the speed of the vessel (in miles per hour) by the time traveled to get the distance. In Columbus's day, the ship's speed was measured by throwing a piece of flotsam over the side of the ship. There were two marks on the ship's rail a measured distance apart. When the flotsam ...
- 1870: Macbeth: Macbeth A Tragic Hero - His Strengths, His Weaknesses, His Tragic Flaw and the Effect of Outside Influences on His Nature
- ... courage, and honour. Prior to the murders Macbeth utilised his strengths well and this earned him a new title: "Thane of Cawdor". "For brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name. Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel, Which smoked with bloody execution, Like valour's minion carv'd out his passage, Till he fac'd the slave." (Act 1, Scene 2, Lines 16-20). However, after the murder of Banquo, his ambition and superstitious nature clouded his morals and common sense. Pride and ambition were a main contributor to ...
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