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- 3001: The Upstairs Room
- ... wanted a tan. So Johan let them go out. He was going to pick them up around dinner. But then Dientje s sister came and they couldn t get in. Annie got real sick that day. A nice doctor came and helped them. The Germans came to inspect their house but Johan made a hiding place in the closet. The Germans caught one of their friends. They knew who had told the Germans so they told Johan to kill him and he did. He went to hide for a while in somewhere else. Then one day Germans come and tell them they want to use their house for headquarters. They tried to make them not like it but they wanted it. Now Sini and Annie couldn t do anything they would be in their pajamas and be in bed all day. They were getting tired of doing that especially Sini. Then one day Sini wanted wool so Annie went to the kitchen to get it. One soldier saw her. She ran upstairs and told Sini ...
- 3002: Fanon's Three Stages Related to the Indigenous People of Chiapas
- ... the European colonizers, this idea of protection justified forcing assimulation onto the natives. Although the native campesinos (the poor people of Chiapas) haven't fully assimulated, they have adopted particular aspects of European and present day Mexican culture. The campesinos have learned the Spanish language and joined the catholic religion. An example of Fanon's first phase is when the colonizer tries to calm the angry, poor and exploited colonized people ... the secret hope of discovering beyond the misery of today."(Fanon 210) The native is frustrated and angry with life. He immerses himself in his culture in an effort to solve the problems of present day. The native learns about what his people have done in the past, and as a result, he starts to look toward the future with new guidance. It is during this second stage when the colonized ... Zapata. From the very beginning of colonialization, the area of Chiapas has had periods of revolution.(Marcos 46) Fanon's stages describe a cycle that has continued throughout the history of the oppressed campesinos. The day the cycle stops is the day the third stage succeeds in converting dignity and rebellion into dignity and freedom.(Marcos 47) The campesinos will have ended this five-hundred year struggle for a national ...
- 3003: Alas, Babylon
- ... diminishment of supplies are dealt with, and how the loss of community members forces others to take on new roles. After the nuclear holocaust, the lifestyle of the River Road community changed drastically. Before The Day, many residents of the community were wastrels. These rejects of society lived each day to eat, drink, and sleep. They lacked the drive to succeed in everyday life. After the bomb drop, everything changed. These blots on modern society crawled out of their shells in order to contribute something ... it. Because of the nuclear holocaust, the lifestyle of the River Road community changed. Another way in which the community had to “…learn how to walk again”, arose from the lack of supplies. Before The Day, many residents live on a diet of beer and nuts. After the bomb incident, many of the foods found in the pre-bombed world were no longer available. During chapter 666, the food supply ...
- 3004: Critique of "The Invisible Man"
- ... When you choose to ignore the bad things in life you become weak, and when they finally do hit you, you may never recover from the blow. The next destination they reach is the Golden Day, a hotel/brothel which exists because no one bothers to do anything about it. It's a symbol of what happens when problems are not kept in check. Inside the Golden Day exist some Sanitarium Patients who represent the many faces of society. What is normal? These patients may have been average citizens one day, but the strains of society have taken their toll upon them. The struggle to blend in with society has caused them such stress that it has robbed them of their sanity. These peoples's ...
- 3005: A Look At Public Key Encryptio
- ... information. Typically when governments used encryption they used a very complex method of encrypting messages. Encryption does not have to be complex; the Captain Video Decoder Rings that we had as children used encryption. You'd encode your secret message, such as "Meet me by the swings," by replacing the letters of the alphabet with substitute letters from a certain number of places away. For example, let's say we decide to use the key "+4." That would mean we'd switch each letter in our message with the letter that comes four places later in the alphabet. D would become H; R would become V, and so on. You, or anyone else who knows the key can easily switch the H back to a D, the V back to an R, and ...
- 3006: Twinning in Cattle
- ... been done on in-breeding and between breeds. More will be learned about the genetic variation responsible for twinning, once these ideas have been researched more. Works Cited Davis, M.E.; W.R. Harvey; M.D. Bishop; W.W. Gearheart, “Use of embryo Transfer To Induce Twinning in Beef Cattle:Embryo Survival Rate, Gestation Length, Birth Weight and Weaning Weight of Calves”. J. of Anim. Science, 1989. 67: 301-310. Cundiff ... S.E.; Dickerson, G.E., “Twinning in Cattle III. Effects of Twinning on Dystocia, Reproductive Traits, Calf Survival, Calf Growth, and Cow Productivity.” J. of Anim. Science, 1990. 68:3133-3144 Bearden, J.W.; M.D. Holland, K.L. Hossner, J.D. Tatum. “Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Profiles In Beef Heifers With Single and Twin Pregnancies”. J. of Anim. Science, 1988.66:3190-3196. Cady, R.A., L.D. Van Vleck, “Factors Affecting Twinning ...
- 3007: "The Yellow Wallpaper": The Main Character and Cry for Freedom
- ... John insisted she really did not want to go. "Dear John! He loves me very dearly, and hates to have me sick. I tried to have a real earnest reasonable talk with him the other day, and tell him how I wish he would let me go and make a visit to Cousin Henry and Julia. But he said I wasn't able to go, nor able to stand it after ... pattern to some conclusion."(510) The woman longed to find some kind of importance in that pattern. The woman herself has made conclusions as to what the pattern symbolized. Being in the house, closed all day, oppressed by her husband, not being able to do anything the woman had all the time in the world to think about the meaning. She makes an unclear conclusion that the wall symbolizes a woman ... in the wallpaper. She states: "… By daylight she is subdued, quiet. I fancy it is the pattern that keeps her so still…"(511) She describes herself in the paper, but she is also subdued by day. The main character mentions "I don't sleep much at night, but I sleep a good deal in the daytime…"(513) By using these quotes from the main character Gilman gives us the impression ...
- 3008: Roman Life In Julius Caesar
- ... play fully unravels, we see a few of signs of Caesar's tragic end. Aside from the sooth-sayer's warning, we also see another sign during Caesar's visit with the Augerers, the latter day "psychics". They find "No heart in the beast", which they interpret as advice to Caesar that he should remain at home. Ceasar brushes it off and thinks of it as a rebuke from the gods ... to interpret it's meaning. Later Caesar tells his faithful companion Decius about it, and he interprets it quite the contrary, "That it was a vision fair and fortunate," and indeed, today is an ideal day to go out, since this is the day "To give a crown to mighty Caesar." Perhaps Decius is implying here that today is a day where much appreciation and appraisal will be given to Caesar, surely not the endangerment of his well- ...
- 3009: Animal Farm
- ... the freedom we have under government control. Body- 1. plot structure The story starts off in a form called "Manor Farm." An old white boar called "Old Major" tells all the farm animals of a day when all the animals would be free, and of a dream that took him back to when he was young. In his dream he remembered a song that tells of such a day. This was the day of the Rebellion. Soon after Old Major dies all the animals prepare for this day and it was not long before it happened. The animals chased off all the humans from the farm and ...
- 3010: Darwinism: The Theory That Shook The World
- ... science. From his theories on variation of species to his explanation of natural selection Charles Darwin has shocked the world by proving the world older than previously thought and creatures not immutable. In this present day these theories are as common belief as a simple mathematical equation such as two plus two equals four; but in the year eighteen hundred and fifty nine Darwin not only risked his reputation with these ... present religion was Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778). He believed species immutable and later became known as the father of modern taxonomy (Campbell p 422). Perhaps the largest barrier Darwin had was to convince the present day scientists of his findings in contrast to their pre-existing theories. The most common of the time was the catatropist theory. The definition of this theory was that "a violent and sudden change in the ... writing, Darwin published what would be twenty years of research in 1859. Although, thoroughly backed up with painstaking research, it was still refereed to as "the book that shook the world" and in its first day of sales had sold out (GEA & RBi p 43). The immediate reaction in the science world was one of disbelief. The leading scientists of the day said that Darwin could not prove his hypothesis ...
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