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- 3871: A Story About College
- ... alarm clock did not go off, and mom was there to make sure school was still reached on time. When the alarm clock fails to go off at college, then the first class of the day is simply missed. At home breakfast is made to order: eggs, bacon, pancakes, or even French toast. In college one finds a particular meal that is edible, and must stick with it. A cabinet could ... space for everything to fit. Space efficiency becomes a survival tactic in college. When at home there is no worry of someone coming into the bedroom unless permission is given to enter. In college a day without at least ten random visitors is considered boring. At home, family was the only people living inside the house. In college the entire floor becomes family. The phone is the link of communication between ... Each college student has their mailbox with a combination, and going to the mailbox was never an ego booster or breaker before. There is newfound competition in the number, and size of parcels received each day. In high school going to bed at midnight is late; asleep by 2:30 a.m. is an early night in college. At home a bed is somewhere to sleep, where in college it ...
- 3872: Achilles Anophtheis (Achilles
- ... who supplanted the role of the confessor in this blasphemous time. He labored under the delusion that the immortal soul was accessible on a scientific, human level; and, like most of the scientists of the day, impiously discounted Allah as an unnecessary complication. We found an infamous saying which pervaded much of the Pre-Apocalypse literature: 'Religion is the opiate of the people'. Well, psychology became the new 'opiate of the people.' The patient with whom the doctor is dealing with in the recording, has been identified as a prominent businessman of the day. He is what was called an arbitrageur. A man who specialized in dealings on their stock market, a term I am sure all of you are familiar with. In any case, an arbitrageur bought and ... amounts of them in large buildings. This was apparently for safekeeping since the storage facilities were located well away from the centres of attack in the event of a nuclear war. The periodicals of the day also reflect the reverence in which these men were held, as they are frequently mentioned. It is another mark of the degradation of the society that the primary estimate of a man's worth ...
- 3873: The Hurricane
- ... trouble with the Chief of Police when he was younger. Rubin is hauled to the hospital, so that the bartender could identify him. “The wounded man looks up through his one dyin’ eye, says, wha’d you bring him in here for? He ain’t the guy!” Rubin should no longer be involved in this murder. He was cleared by the only witness, and he had no reason to kill anyone ... the burglar and his friend are in trouble. The cops are looking for someone to blame. “Remember that murder that happened in a bar? Remember you said you saw the getaway car? You think you’d like to play ball with the law? Think it might-a been that fighter that you saw runnin’ that night? Don’t forget that you are white.” This is a big part of the song ... and his dream was taken from him during this time. Rubin’s verdict was set. The trial “was a pig-circus, he never had a chance.” “No one doubted that he pulled the trigger” “The D.A. said he was the one who did the deed, and the all-white jury agreed.” Besides the fact that there was no evidence, it was hard for Rubin to defend himself because everyone ...
- 3874: A Critique Of Charlotte Gilman
- ... He feels that having people around would make her condition worse, so she is left to recover all by herself for three months. She does not even have John around for he "is away all day, and even some nights when his cases are serious." Because of her lack of interaction with people, she begins to find solace in the wall-paper, the only stimulating object left. She states that, "it ... woman in the wall-paper, and the more suppressed, lonely and confined she feels over the course of the story, the more she perceives herself to be the woman in the wall-paper. During the day, when she is temporarily freed from John's control, she says the woman is "subdued, quiet. I fancy it is the pattern that keeps her so still." Here, she is alluding to herself, for she is subdued and quiet, and is puzzled by the paper all day. However, "at night it becomes bars!" It is at night when the woman has bars over her, this of course, is when John is home. The wall-paper represents her marriage to John; moreover, ...
- 3875: American Dream 3
- ... Toward the later part of the nineteenth century, the picture had changed. America had spread westward and had filled with immigrants from Asia and Europe. While this was going on America was forming the modern day government and started to put proposals together to make this "Land of the Free" cost a little bit. Those fortunate and industrious enough to do so were accumulating vast fortunes. Despite America's great wealth ... to mean freedom to rise to one's greatest potential. Once wealth and safety are assured, anything seems possible. The slave could become a land owner, working his own farm. The immigrant worker could one day own his own company. An unemployable welfare recipient may one day be elected President of the United States. It all begins with hope and the desperation of a hard to reach dream.
- 3876: The Rainmake - Film Review
- ... the ordeals of a young lawyer and associate entering the realm of unscrupulous money hungry company’s scams. “They were totally unqualified to try the case of a life time, but every underdog has his day”. To become a “Rainmaker” is Rudy Baylor’s (Matt Damon) ambition, to try the case of a lifetime and make the “big bucks” fall from the sky. Passing his bar exam with ease, this idealistic ... makes money by ripping off the less well off citizens, such as the Blacks, it is also becomes a battle for Justice. When Baylor realises that law is not as honest and fair as he’d imagined his idealistic views are shattered, he states near the end that law isn’t the profession for him by saying “ Every Lawyer at least once in every case feels himself crossing a line he ...
- 3877: The Masters Of Puppets
- ... phenomenon known as heavy metal brought together two completely different men who went on to form one of the most famous rock bands in the history of rock ‘n’ roll (Clark 712). “We knew from day one that this was going to be our lives and we were going to make this work no matter what,” expressed Hetfield (Metallica). When Lars Ulrich, the son of a Danish tennis star, relocated to ... get when you are forced to stay in a single room, while your buddy is in the hospital and can not go see him because Montreal police will not let you go!” (Metallica). On the day of June 28, 1994, Master of Puppets hits three million sales. On February 2, 1995, the album Metallica was certified for eight million sales (Rees and Crampton 573). In the month of June 1995, Kill ... the enthusiasm (Gig 11)! They were "stoked", you could tell, just really jazzed to be on stage, they were having fun. And everyone felt it (Gig 11). The Garage Inc. album just came out that day, so many did not have it yet (Gig 11). There were a lot of songs that were unfamiliar (Gig 11). They were fresh, new, and so exciting (Gig 11). Understanding the soul of rock ' ...
- 3878: World Art
- ... about the people, the cultures, and the belief systems of those who lived hundreds and thousands of years before us. Art has developed, influenced, and contributed starting from the great Stone Age to the present day. Art gives an insight into the changes and evolution that man and culture have gone through to become what is today. Art is culture, art is the essence of the people who make it and ... of four distinct ages: The Old Stone Age, The New Stone Age, The Bronze Age, and The Iron Age. These four Great Ages is the complete history of art from the beginning to the present day. Each age is named characteristically for the type of material used for that time. Stone was used in the Old and New Stone age, bronze in the Bronze Age, and iron in the Iron Age ... I” and where sprit and matter are not longer one but separate. Great changes occurred in the Iron Age, which started in the West in 1200 BCE and spread and still continues, to the present day. The Iron Age came into being with the use of iron in tool and weapon making. With weapon increasingly stronger and more advanced; violence and destruction and hence power began to over take the ...
- 3879: Mi Vida Loca
- ... party to execute El Duran. Little Sleepy fires the deadly shot. At this same party, La Blue Eyes realizes that El Duran is Juan, who was just a sweet talker the whole time. The next day, a young boy in the neighborhood admits that he “borrowed” the car and crashed it on the steep streets of Echo Park during a joy ride. In retaliation, El Duran’s followers the little girl standing by Little Sleepy on the sidewalk the next day, thinking she’s his. But that little girl was actually Big Sleepy’s daughter. The movie ends with the females becoming independent and starting their own operations. Sad Girl says, “Women don’t use weapons ... same man who was killed and caused her to serve four years in jail. Giggles wants to break the stereotypical gender role by becoming independent. La Blue Eyes constructs a gender role. She is the day dreaming girl that yearns for a prince charming. Her prison pen pal is the man of her dreams, except that is just on paper and in her mind. He wins her heart, but then ...
- 3880: Metallica
- ... band next week. Within the next week of this meeting, Metallica kicked Dave Mustaine out of the band. In exchange, they offered Kirk Hammet, former Exodus lead guitarist, a job in the band. The same day that Dave Mustaine was kicked out of the band, Kirk Hammet flew in by plane to try out for the band. A week after Kirk Hammet entered Metallica, they began to record their first album ... of Metallica consider themselves to be four lucky fans who got together in a garage. Metallica’s music goes much more deeper in emotions than rap and other new forms of “popular” music. Since the day I started listening to Metallica, there hasn’t been a day that went by where I didn’t listen to them. Metallica has a song for every person and every emotion. By cutting there hair, by changing what ways they allow their music to be ...
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