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- 2631: Forever
- ... fifteen minutes of fame, but I’m selfish, I don’t just want those fifteen minutes, I want eternity, I want forever. Forever, what a word. But what is forever? They sometimes say that the day lasted forever. Or is it a lifetime? Forever to the individual, but is there more? I want to know. That one word means so much, eternity. Unending? But how can something be everlasting? Is anything ... Who was the most powerful man in the world in the BC. era, Caesar, the ruler of all of Europe. And next came Christ, the essence of power, power over not only those of his day, but still to all of those who fight his holy wars in these latter days. How many men have died in his name and for his honor? Millions. And look at all the lives he ... over a life of pain and loneliness. But what is insanity. Is sanity teaching yourself it is okay to treat others like we do? Does sanity explain why young women are raped and murdered every day? Does sanity recognize how our young people live out their wasted lives in tortured, empty existences? If that is your sanity, please lock me up in this cell. Tell me I am not okay, ...
- 2632: Homer vs. 20th Century
- ... lost any memory of their home and duty. The movie begins book IX with the ship sailing directly to the island of the Cyclops. The video creates the scene of the island in merely one day, while there are hints in the book that it occurred for more than a day, possibly even two. Odysseus’ blinding of Polyphemus, a well-devised plan in order to escape from the cave, differs the most between book and movie. Very important is the fact that when Polymephus’ cries attracted ... lost any memory of their home and duty. The movie begins book IX with the ship sailing directly to the island of the Cyclops. The video creates the scene of the island in merely one day, while there are hints in the book that it occurred for more than a day, possibly even two. Odysseus’ blinding of Polyphemus, a well-devised plan in order to escape from the cave, differs ...
- 2633: In Cold Blood
- ... his writing subjects beyond the too-narrow personal world with which most writers concern themselves. The setting of “In Cold Blood” matters very much to the symbolism of the plot. The novel begins on the day that the murders take place. The Clutter family is going about their daily chores. Nancy, the town sweetheart, is contemplating about how she is to get all of her chores finished. Her father, brother, and ... no harm in telling Dick, as the Clutters had never mistreated him, he was merely conversing. Years passed from the time that Dick and his fellow prisoner had their discussions about the Clutters. Then, the day came: the final day of the Clutter family’s life. The tragic day of November 14, 1959. The tragedy was discovered on a Sunday morning when a young lady, by the name of Nancy Ewalt, came to the ...
- 2634: The Effects Of The Industrial
- The Effects of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was absolutely beneficial to the progress of the world from the 1800s all the way to present day. Sacrifices were made which allowed technological advancements during the Industrial Revolution, which in turn, created happiness, life opportunities, and an over-all, definite amelioration of life. At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, many hardships ... of these new inventions caused a dramatic plummet of the life expectancy of an average citizen to an alarming 15 years of age. Women and children were expected to work up to 16 hours a day and doing labor that could cause serious injury, like carrying extremely heavy loads. For their work, they were paid ridiculous wages, women around 5 shillings per week, and children about 1. One can easily recognize ... benefited the people as a nation, which made them happier, and made the government safer from rebellion. There is still one more aspect of this revolution and that is the effects of it on present day. Without the inventions and changes that took place to form a more ideal society, we wouldn't be where we are today. Without labor laws and health benefits, the life expectancy of a human ...
- 2635: The Mariner's Letter To Victor
- ... and a wonderful Christmas feast, but that night something happened, something that has changed my life forever. That night an albatross was perched at my window, I thought nothing of it at first, but every day he came, and every day he stayed a little longer. I befriended this albatross, we ate together and he encircled the boat while I worked. However, one day I had a surge of anger, and in my anger I shot this albatross with my crossbow. And you know what… Everything Stopped. The wind did not blow, the sea became unkind and the ...
- 2636: Stephen Vicent Benet: An American Poet
- ... life) and realism (factual, objective details of ordinary life). Benét was an author who had a profound love and vast knowledge of his homeland: Benét, Stephen Vincent, (b. July 22, 1898, Bethlehem, Pa., U.S. - d. March 13, 1943, New York, NY), American poet, novelist, and writer of short stories, best known for John Brown’s Body, a long narrative poem on the American Civil War (Fenton). Born into a military ... realism. The poem Portrait Of Young Love, demonstrates a range of perception and feeling and captures best that combination of romanticism and realism: If you were with me-as you’re not, of course, I’d taste the elegant tortures of Despair With a slow, languid , long-refining tongue; Puzzle for days on one particular stare, Or if you knew a word’s peculiar force, Or what you looked liked when you were quite young. You’d lift me heaven-high-till a word grated. Dash me hell-deep--oh that luxurious Pit, Fatly and well encushioned with self-pity, Where Love’s an epicure not quickly sated! What mournful musics ...
- 2637: Albania
- ... aspects of life were contained. Illyrians would establish influences in the Roman military power structure; with several of them becoming emperors. New State is Born Along with the split of the Roman Empire, the present day territories of Albania became part of the Byzantine Empire. During the first ten years of Byzantine rule, Illyria suffered massive havoc imposed by raiding Viusgoths, Huns, and Ostrogoths. Once the Barbarians had swept through the Balkans, the Slavs appeared. From the sixth to the eight-century they settled in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia, and quickly assimilated the region inhabitants. Unlike Northern tribes, Southern tribes avoided assimilation and preserved their native tongue. In the course of several centuries, under the impact of ... attractive. During and after a Christian counteroffensive against the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1690, when Albanian Catholics revolted against the Muslim overlords, the Ottoman Pasha of Pec, a town in the south of present day Yugoslavia, retaliated by forcing the entire Albanian villages to accept Islam. Albanians who converted to Islam, found jobs in the military and government, but it did not mean that they were unconditionally accepted by ...
- 2638: "Out Of Empire: Edward Gough Whitlam"
- ... it." - Edward Gough Whitlam, 1985 Gough Whitlam was perhaps Australia's most controversial Prime Minister ever, and the Australian with arguably the most reason to resent our country's ties with Britain. For on Remembrance Day, 1975, the Governor General, Sir John Kerr, invoked his reserve powers to dismiss Whitlam as Prime Minister, something he could only do because he was supposedly acting on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II. Thus, it ... to this way of thinking after his dismissal, when he and the nation saw for the first time just how much power the Queen and her representatives really had, despite their lack of control over day to day running of the Government. At the onset of his career, Whitlam was quite proud of his Queen - he had, after all, fought in the Airforce during the Second World War to defend Britain as ...
- 2639: Mithraism
- Mithraism It is the third day of December, only twenty-two days remain till the celebration of Mithra begins (Cunningham, 197). Myself and a few of my army comrades have big plans for this upcoming occasion, it is just a shame ... of Rome are demonstrating for this man Jesus and his teachings is very uncanny, and it is only hurting my creed. The nerve these Christians have, putting their most holy of days on the same day as ours (197). This must be some sort of conspiracy in trying to finish off a dying religion. If that is not enough, they even tore down my place of worship and built a church ... for life. It is my faith in Mithra that gives me the strength to be such a great warrior for my home land of Rome. It is this same faith that my son shall one day have when he too is a great warrior for the Roman Empire. If this Christianity prevails through the masses in the future, and the followers of Mithraism become extinct, bad things will happen. I ...
- 2640: Irish Literature And Rebellion
- ... his position to force Parliament to take into account the possibility of Home Rule in Ireland. Joyce believed Parnell’s methods to be the epitome of proper political activism and immortalized his convictions in “Ivy Day in the Committee Room.” Frank O’Connor considers this to be “the real voice of the Irish middle class” (O’Connor, 161). Throughout “Ivy Day in the Committee Room,” we are introduced to a cast of characters who have been out shaking hands and kissing babies. They sit around and slowly warm themselves back to life by the small fire ... each other, and the anniversary of the tragic loss Charles Stewart Parnell. The story ends with the reading of a poem written in memory of Parnell, which declares him the “Uncrowned King,” and concludes “The day that brings us Freedom’s reign. / And on that day may Erin well / Pledge in the cup she lifts to Joy / One grief – the memory of Parnell” (Joyce, 116). Through the words and verses ...
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