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- 2291: Beowulf
- ... Beowulf says, "My hands alone will fight for me, struggle for life against the monster." And with Beowulf’s saying this shows his confidence in his ability to do battle. A hero in both modern-day, as well as in the Anglo-Saxon time is always very confident, as well he should be. It would serve no purpose to face battle with doubt of ones ability to do so, and with ... politely, Offering the edge of my razor-sharp sword. Butthefeast,think,did not please them, filled their evil bellies with no banquet-rich food, thrashing there at the bottom of the sea; by morning they’d decided to sleep on the shore, lying on their backs, their blood spilled out on the sand" to those listening in hopes that they too would realize just how great a hero he really is ... In every heroic quote said, fear is the hidden motive. Beowulf must make everybody know how great he is by telling people; but before everybody else, he reminds himself for he knows that the next day could be his last. Beowulf looks for fights against anything and everything because he wants to know that he can conquer even the biggest things in life, because he is not sure whether or ...
- 2292: Birches
- ... wood" to acknowledge that life can lead a person to feel lost. "Pathless wood" illustrates confusion, whereas "one eye weeping from a twig…" illustrates the sadness that comes from life's adversity. In saying, "I'd like to get away from earth for a while" Frost expresses a desire for an escape not necessarily via Cowburn 3 death, but perhaps through fantasy where he may start over again. He quickly addresses ... why the speaker claims, "That would be good both going and coming back." He could mean the feeling of free falling with the climax of springing upward, or he could refer to belief that one-day he will be reincarnated. In any case, he wished he could escape the pressures of everyday life by living or at least visiting the fantasy world he/she has created. This fantasy world is one which children in every day life create, and in which the speaker cane remember creating several years ago. The personal aspect of the poem starts in line forty-one. The speaker takes the reader back with him in his/ ...
- 2293: Earthquakes
- ... the range of wave amplitudes measured on seismographs using some mathematical device" (Bolt 118). The first earthquake recorder described in any detail was an artistic device invented by the Chinese scholar Chang Heng about 132A.D. The instrument was a seismoscope: unlike a seismograph, it did not give the complete time history of earthquake shaking but simply the direction of the principal impulse due to the earthquake. Along seacoasts, another disaster ... Mt.St. Helens. In March 1980 a few earthquakes near Mt.St. Helens began a sequence that led to an eruption two months later. By the end of March seismographs recorded hundreds of earthquakes each day. By mid-April, a bulge was seen developing on the peak of the mountain. May 8, 1980 the (USGS) predicted the earthquake would be soon and began evacuating the area. Many residents refused to go such as Harry Truman who said, "If I got out of here, I wouldn't live a damn day." Because it was their home for many years and they didn't believe it would erupt. On May 18, 1980 a huge landslide. Then an incredible blast, compared to a six-megaton bomb, blew ...
- 2294: Women In Combat
- ... 320) Secondly, the women seeking combat positions will generally be more aggressive than the majority of females who stay within traditional roles within the military. Although women performed well in the Gulf War, the 4-day war was not long to provide empirical evidence as to how women would perform in combat situations (Congressional Quarterly Weekly, 1992, p. 842). More research has to be conducted to determine the long-term effects ... unit has to be analyzed. When the military community determines that women in combat would not lower effectiveness, only then should women be given the chance to serve in combat units. Bibliography WORKS CITED Campell, D. (1993). Women in combat: The great world war II experience in the united states, great britian, germany, and the soviet union. The Journal of Military History, 57(2), 310-325. Decaw, J. W. (1995). The combat exclusion and the role of women in the miliary. Hypatia, 10(1), 56-72. Dunbar, C. (1992). Toward a gender blind military. Harvard International Review, 15(1), 52-58. Durand, D. B. & Rosen, L. (1996). Cohesion and readiness in gender-integrated combat service support units: The impact of acceptance of women and gender ratio. Armed Forces & Society, 22(4), 17-31. Hines, J. H. (1992). ...
- 2295: Brave New World - Summary
- ... him, then which Marx produces John and Linda that greet him as son and wife. Tomakin then resigned in disgrace. Bernard and a friend, Helmholtz Watson, help to adjust John to Utopia, and spend each day showing off Utopia to him. John becomes more disgusted and appalled with each passing day. Mean while, Lenina has become infatuated with John and made sexual advances toward him, and this ruins his image of her as an object of worship, so he spurns her. Soon his mother died and ... is a very technical and realistic novel, written by a descriptive author. In the year of 1932 quite a lot was beginning to take place nationally and around the world. In the U.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt had just been elected the Presidential Office. The open-air theater opened with ‘Merrie England’. And over in Germany the beginning of Nazis was starting to take action, with Adolf Hitler as their ...
- 2296: Brave New World - The Conflict Between Mond And The Savage
- ... of narrow-mindedness. She simply does not realise that John has different ideas. "Still wearing her shoes and socks, and her rakishly tilted round white cap, she advanced towards him. 'Darling. Darling! If only you'd said so before!' She held out her arms. "But instead of saying 'Darling!' and holding out his arms, the savage retreated in terror, flapping his hands at her as though he were trying to scare ... nasty smells, no dirt at all - and people never lonely, but living together and being so jolly and happy, like the summer dances here in Malpais but much happier, and the happiness being there every day, every day..." The shock received when he finds that the world is not like this only results in denial. He still thinks of the place where perfection is normal. He dreams of this place when he ...
- 2297: Buried Child
- ... It is suggested that Tilden is the father. The evidence to support this includes the fact that the baby was small, and that Tilden would sing to it and take it for long walks all day, just talking to it and treating it as his own. "Tilden was the one who knew. Better than any of us. He’d walk for miles with that kid in his arms. Halie let him take it. All night sometimes." (p. 124) Dodge would not allow this abomination to grow up and live in his family, so he ... on and tell the secret, and be healed. No one else sees the crops because of the rain, which is a symbol of the secret. For all we know, it has been raining since the day the child was killed. The others can’t see through the rain to see the truth, the secret must be revealed. After the secret has been revealed to Shelly, it stops raining and everyone ...
- 2298: Buried Child
- ... It is suggested that Tilden is the father. The evidence to support this includes the fact that the baby was small, and that Tilden would sing to it and take it for long walks all day, just talking to it and treating it as his own. "Tilden was the one who knew. Better than any of us. He’d walk for miles with that kid in his arms. Halie let him take it. All night sometimes." (p. 124) Dodge would not allow this abomination to grow up and live in his family, so he ... on and tell the secret, and be healed. No one else sees the crops because of the rain, which is a symbol of the secret. For all we know, it has been raining since the day the child was killed. The others can’t see through the rain to see the truth, the secret must be revealed. After the secret has been revealed to Shelly, it stops raining and everyone ...
- 2299: The Sky Is Gray
- ... and thinks, “You wait till Summer…” The family does not even have enough money for some of life’s other necessities, such as food and medical care. For example, they eat bread and syrup every day for breakfast; and as James’ younger brother, Ty, said, “I’m getting tired of this old syrup. I want me some bacon sometime.” Beans are another bland food that James’ family must eat every night ... they are told, they should instead try to change and find out for themselves (You believe it’s green because someone told you it was green. If someone had told you it was black you’d believe it was black.”). As he says, “Things are changing because some black men have begun to follow their brains instead of their hearts.” This shows that there is hope for the future black generations. James and his mother’s miserable day is redeemed by an act of kindness from an unexpected stranger. A White couple, seeing what is going on, show compassion by letting James and his mom into their home for food and warmth. ...
- 2300: Roosevelt and the Great Depression
- Roosevelt and the Great Depression While the Great Depression of the 1930’s proved devastating to the American economy, the efforts of Franklin D. Roosevelt turned the nation around and helped to improve the terrible conditions of the time. His “New Deal” plan did indeed stabilize the economy and encourage a more just and fair society. Three of his ... relief, reform” platform and proved very effective at tackling their specific problems. First of all, the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 was one of Roosevelt’s first and most effective plans. Part of his “hundred-day legislation,” the AAA was designed to restore purchasing power of agricultural producers by cutting production of the farmers, eliminating surplus crops, and establishing fair prices. Largely a response to the farmer’s strike of 1932 ... Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp, the United States Supreme Court upheld the decision and guaranteed worker rights to unionize. So while the 1930’s were a period of economic depression, the efforts of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his “New Deal” legislation made dramatic improvements in the economic stability of the nation. The Agricultural Adjustment Act, the Wagner Act, and the National Recovery Administration all proved to fashion a more ...
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