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- 2141: The Joy Luck Club: Relationship Between Mother and Daughter
- ... Besides that, I have also felt that I didn't quite belong around my classmates, as Tan's characters had, and that's partly why so many of my friends are Chinese (the "Chinese clique" =^D) and Asian--we look similar and come from similar backgrounds. Our parents are constantly demanding more from us when our best isn't enough for them, they're strict, and basically, "in a crowd of ... China to reunite with her long-lost sisters. The story is legacy of mystery and longing; June imagines China as a mystical place, and both she and her mother yearn to see the twins one day, a day that comes too late for June's mother. Other legacies that her mother left behind were material objects, each with a special meaning. One of these was June's second-hand piano, which was ...
- 2142: Oscar Wilde
- ... Jane Francesca Elgee Wilde, was a poet who wrote patriotic Irish verse under the pen name Speranza, and had a considerable following. As a youngster, Wilde was exposed to the brilliant literary talk of the day at his mother's Dublin salon. In 1864 Wilde entered the Portora Royal School at Enniskillen, and in 1871 entered Trinity College in Dublin. In 1874 he left Ireland and went to England to attend ... to his temperament and talents. As an aesthete, Wilde wore long hair and velvet knee breeches, and became known for his eccentricity as well as his academic ability. His rooms were filled with various objets d'art such as sunflowers, peacock feathers, and blue china. Wilde frequently confided that his greatest challenge at University was learning to live up to the perfection of the china. Wilde won numerous academic prizes while ... was in poor health, living on borrowed money and the kindness of friends and sympathetic hotel managers. In 1899 he was baptized by the Roman Catholic Church. He died on November 30th, 1900, in Hotel d'Alsace in Paris, suffering from cerebral meningitis. Among his last words were, "It's the wallpaper or me - one of us has to go." He was buried at Pere LaChaise cemetery in Bagneaux. Lord ...
- 2143: O.J. Simpson: Guilty
- ... by witnesses. On June 12, 1994, two people were brutally killed. Those two people were Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Nicole was O.J. Simpson's ex-wife. O.J. was arrested the next day and charged with double homicide. O.J. pled innocent to murder chargers against him and went to trial in criminal court. The trial lasted a year, and caused worldwide media excitement. There was so much evidence against him, it seemed almost impossible for him to be that he'd be found innocent. For example, the famous bloody glove found behind the guest house was proven by DNA testing to have O.J.'s blood and hair, Nicole's blood and hair, and Ron's ... J. to the airport and saw a black man, with the same build as O.J. sprinting across the lawn towards O.J.'s house. Yet when O.J. answered the door, he said he'd been napping(Biema, 56). O.J. also acted guilty: he wrote a suicide note, and led police on a chase through L.A. that ended at his Brentwood mansion with his surrender and arrest. ...
- 2144: Home School Or School House
- ... a student a home school education. First, parents can make direct decisions concerning what their children are taught. According to the Home School Statistics and Reports in 1997, written by founder and President Dr. Brian D. Ray, seventy-one percent of the parents who educate their children hand pick the curriculum from a variety of books, videos, and educational manuals. Another twenty-three percent order entire cirriculum packages (Ray 14). With ... miss the experience. Certain experiences at school are considered an important part of the American way of life. Public school students will never forget experiencing homeroom parties, pep rallies, and finding classes on the first day of high school. Can a home school student’s experience compare? Probably not, but to what importance these experiences play in the education and socialization skills of a student depends on each individual student. Home ... NOV 1998. Farris, Micheal. “Home Schooling Today.” The Washington Times 27 OCT 1998: E8. Kantrowitz, Barbara, and Pat Wingert. “Learning At Home: Does It Pass The Test?” Newsweek 5 OCT. 1998: 64-70. Ray, Brian D. “Home School Statistics and Reports” Home School Legal Defense Home Page.Dec 1997 http://www.hsdla.org//.
- 2145: The Count of Monte Cristo
- ... of this book. The Count of Monte Cristo is about a boy named Edmond Dantes who has everything going for him until four enemies (unbeknownst to him) plot to send him to prison on the day of his betrothal feast to his girlfriend. One enemy envies Dantes’ good fortune in being promoted to ship captain, one wants his girlfriend, one wants political power, and one is simply greedy and lacks all ... writings is said to be his desire to reflect history (or rather the current events of the time). He always spoke of French history, since by a stroke of luck, he worked for the Duc d’Orleans who later became the King. This book was probably written in part to expose the injustices done by all during the French Revolution, especially since his family was put into poverty upon the death ... in love, now that he fully understands it. The necessity of revenge is obvious in the case of Monte Cristo. He is in one of those situations that you just can’t wait for judgment day, karma, or for one of the villains to develop a conscience of any kind, because these people have been getting away with what they have done for nearly twenty years. They all became made ...
- 2146: Mexico
- ... century AD. Another group, the warlike Toltec, migrated from the north and in the 10th century established an empire in the Valley of Mexico. They founded the cities of Tula and Tulancingo (north of present-day Mexico City) and developed a great civilization still evidenced by the ruins of magnificent buildings and monuments. The Aztec Empire In the 11th century the Toltec were vanquished and dispersed by the Chichimeca, who took ... For the remainder of the Spanish colonial period, from 1535 to 1821, a total of 61 viceroys ruled Mexico. Mendoza and his successors directed a series of military and exploratory expeditions, which eventually made present-day Texas, New Mexico, and California part of New Spain. A distinguishing characteristic of colonial Mexico was the exploitation of the Native Americans. Although thousands of them were killed during the Spanish conquest, they continued to ... Donojú who, on his arrival in Mexico in July 1821, was forced to accept the Treaty of Córdoba, marking the formal beginning of Mexican independence. Empire and Republic A turbulent period ensued. After a coup d'état in 1822, Iturbide made himself Emperor Agustín I, but was deposed ten months later by a revolt led, notably, by Antonio López de Santa Anna, his former aide. A republic was proclaimed, and ...
- 2147: History Of Social Security
- ... Since the beginning of time there has been a longstanding tradition of the workers supporting the elderly. This was practiced during biblical times, with the children supporting their parents, and has continued to the present day. As times changed and humans developed more as a society, it became apparent that everyone should be required to support those who cannot work. The goal in mind is to provide everyone with economic security ... The law was supported through taxation, with relief given to those in need. Buildings, called almshouses, were even built in order to provide shelter for those without it. This law laid the foundations of modern day economic security. The ideology of the workers supporting the needy was brought over to America with the immigrants. Many of the new communities developed laws very similar to the English Poor Law of 1601. One ... This seeking for a greater measure of welfare and happiness does not indicate a change in values. It is rather a return to values lost in the course of our economic development and expansion . . ." Franklin D. Roosevelt: Message of the President to Congress, June 8, 1934. The nation agreed with Roosevelt that something had to be done to help curb the poverty situation. Roosevelt appointed a committee to examine the ...
- 2148: Jimmy Hoffa, His Life and Disappearance
- ... s knock out blow against Hoffa(204). The ensuing trial was full of oddities and surprises. Hoffa hired Edward Bennett Williams, a talented, yet slimy lawyer. The trial took place in a predominately black Washington D.C., where the jury of twelve peers was made up of eight blacks. Williams attempted to portray the prosecution's key witness, Mr. Cheasty, as an anti-black, accusing him of having investigated the NAACP ... woman with a heart condition. At last he got her to explain what had happened. His father had not come home the night before. He had been due back at 4 o'clock the previous day for a barbecue. Hoffa Sr. has been described as a teetotaler, a boy-scout type husband who came home every night. He was meticulous, he called home if he was a going to be even ... the body was nearly as bad as the murder itself. The killers had inflicted a special kind of torture on the survivors. It allowed family members to think up a new form of death every day. There would be no ending, no funeral, no rush of sorrow, followed by acceptance and no rebuilding. There are many questions that have been left unanswered by Hoffa's disappearance. The most obvious question ...
- 2149: Mexico
- ... suspicion of taking bribes from alleged drug lord Rafael Aguilar Guajardo and the CIA dropped him soon after. De la Sota was working as the head of the private security team for Colosio on the day of the assassination. Federal investigators arrested De la Sota in February of this year on charges of giving false and conflicting testimony about the assassination. Despite his 20 years' experience in police work, De la ... with shooting the candidate in the abdomen from the left side. Cortes Vazquez and De la Sota knew each other. Cortes Vazquez worked for various PRI officials as a driver and messenger, and on the day of the murder he was driving for Gen. Domiro Roberto Garcia Reyes, who was in charge of the official security for Colosio. One of the videotapes held by the attorney general's office reportedly shows ... Economic, Political Crisis Shadows Zedillo's First National Address. Associated Press, Internet (WWW), http://www1.trib.com/NEWS/APwire.html. Briones, J., (1995, September 4). NAFTA's Broken Promises. Public Citizen Publication, p.10. Dean, D., (1995, September 20). Mexico Doing Right Things to Turn Itself Around. Houston Chronicle, Sec. A, p.29. Gabriel, S., Mount Holyoke College. Internet (WWW), Newsgroup: soc.culture.mexican. Marcos, Subcomandante Insurgente, (1995, August 30). ...
- 2150: How Does H.G. Wells Create Tension In: The Red Room
- ... side. 'A many a thing to see and sorrow for.'" "The man with the withered arm gave this newcomer a short glance of positive dislike" "The human qualities seem to drop from old people insensibly day by day." "their evident unfriendliness to me and to one another." Repetition is used widely in this story to stress points of view of the characters or the fear that the reader should be experiencing. The custodians ... caretakers to ease his mind slightly. Although before he reaches the red room he finds a dark recess that he feels he must investigate to ease his mind. "Listening to a rustling I fancied I'd heard" "with my hand in the pocket that held my revolver" "My mind reverted to the three old distorted people downstairs, and I tried to keep it on that topic" " I moved my candle ...
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