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- 441: Napolean Bonopart
- ... students. Napoleon’s mother was left penniless, with eight children to take care of. Napoleon decided to earn his military commission as quickly as possible so that he could start helping her out financially. Working day and night, he completed the courses at the Military College within the year, though the program usually took two to three years. At sixteen he graduated with the rank of lieutenant and was assigned to ... the morning until ten at night. Forwarding his meager salary to his mother, he saved only a little to pay for new books for himself. He was so poor he ate only one meal a day. On June 11,1793, Napoleon settled his family near the southern city of Marseilles and then returned to his artillery unit in the north. By this time, Napoleon was a captain, but his salary was ... 14, 1800. The Austrians were surprised and unprepared for battle. Napoleon attacked their rear army, in charge of supplies. He knew the Austrian artillery would be at the front. Just as he had planned, he’d cut the front from its supplies and the rear from its artillery. Despite this advantage, the battle of Marengo was a long, hard contest between the two forces, but Napoleon was finally victorious. He ...
- 442: The Significance Of The Title
- In J. D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, there are many themes that are perceptible, however the most dominant theme was embedded in the title of the book. This is why in this essay I will address ... a direct reference to the title in Chapter 22, when Holden returned to Phoebe, his younger sister's room just after having sneaked back home in order to seek salvation through her: "I figured I'd better sneak home and see her (Phoebe), in case I died and all." When Phoebe found out that Holden had been expelled from yet another school she became upset and complained that Holden didn't ... start to go over the cliff - I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be. I know it' ...
- 443: Tupac Shakur
- ... New York, and died on September 13, 1996 in Las Vegas Nevada (unknown author, no title, no page, letter code C). But his family moved around a lot while he was a kid (Bastin, J.D.). He eventually ended up in the Bay Area California alone and spent his first two years there homeless (unknown author, no title, n.p., letter code D). He grew up with only his mom and loved her very much. He even wrote a song called Dear Mama to his mom and thanked her for how she tried her best at raising him ... This really helped his popularity. He released a double CD with the songs on it and a lot of his own songs and sold millions of copies (u.a., n.t., n.p. letter code D) More people were influenced to buy his CD. People listened to the music and did what he said he did. So Tupac was influencing all of these people. Tupac was rich and famous now. ...
- 444: Poem 2
- As we sat around like every other day, We decided we could no longer stay. So we packed up the van And we were determined to darken our tan. California was where we were going To the beach where it s never snowing. We were off to watch the scenery during the day And at night, find the best partay. By now you re wondering who is we It is five of my friends and don t forget me. So without further adieu Let me introduce my crew ... in just one word. He has the biggest ears around His girlfriend, Staci s house is where he ll be found . Soccer s what he loves to play Instead he s stuck at work all day. When it comes to humor he s the best At funny stories, he s better then the rest. He tried to change the color of his hair Many people just turned to stare. With ...
- 445: The Battle of 3rd Ypres (Passchendaele)
- ... be impossible if it rained and the ground turned into liquid mud. The Battle of Menin Road on September 20th. was the first of three famous victories using the new tactics. At dawn on that day, after a 5 day bombardment, the Anzacs made a successful attack with two Australian Divisions side by side and supported by a Scottish Division on their left. It was here that 2nd. LT. Fred Birks won his posthumous V ... supporting Railway line and plank roads were quickly laid down so that supplies could reach the new front line. On September 26th. the weather was still fine and the ground had dried out; on that day Plumer's rolling barrage worked well and the Anzacs were able to advance concealed by a barrage "like a Gippsland Bushfire" as Bean put it. The 4th. Australian Division then took the rest of ...
- 446: Huck Finn: Essay On Each Chapt
- ... and this is another case of Twain talking to you over the head of his narrator. Twain is suggesting that God can be imagined in different ways by people with different personalities. Huck says he'd prefer belonging to the widow's God, but he can't see why God would want someone so ignorant, low-down, and ornery. By this time you should begin to see that Twain doesn't ... Huck knows they're really brandishing broomsticks and stealing turnips but Tom's description of the Spaniards and "A-rabs," with their elephants and camels, does catch his interest. So he shows up the next day to take part in the spectacle. What Huck sees is a Sunday School picnic for little kids. What Tom sees are the Spaniards and Arabs he described. The gang has been enchanted by magicians, Tom ... lawyer to sue Judge Thatcher for the money that once belonged to Huck. Although he occasionally catches Huck and beats him for going to school, Huck continues to go, to spite his father. Then one day Pap kidnaps his son and brings him to a log cabin on the Illinois shore, on the other side of the river. Whenever he's away, Pap keeps Huck locked in the cabin. But ...
- 447: A Tale Of Two Cities - Charact
- ... novel. Even in the manner that she is physically described, she is presented as “dark” and therefore she is seen as evil. She is as evil as she is because when she was younger the D’Evremonde brothers killed her whole family. Now the purpose of her life is to procure revenge on the D’Evremonde family and every other aristocrat. Even when told by her beloved husband she has gone to far, she does not stop. Instead her repartee to him was, “Tell the wind and fire where to stop; not me”. In it she evidently expresses how she will never forget what was done to her family and how the D’Evermondes are deserving of what they will receive. The actions she performs in her daily life demonstrate her evilness. In the novel it seems as though she is the “bad guy” who is starting ...
- 448: Cults 2
- ... that their power is threatened they might order a mass suicide of the cult s members. Jim Jones, the founder of the Jonestown cult, exemplifies this behavior. According to Mary McCormick Maaga, who s Ph.D. dissertation was on the Jim Jones Cult, when Jim Jones feared that more people would begin to leave Jonestown and that his power would be weakened, he ordered the mass suicide of more than 900 ... Davidians are a prime example of this. According to B.A Robinson, a researcher for the religiously neutral organization called ReligiousTolerance.org, the Branch Davidians began in 1929 as a splinter off of the Seventh Day Adventist church. Victor Houteff, who had joined the Seventh Day Adventist church in 1919, wrote his book The Shepherd's Rod in which he outlined errors that he found within the denomination. From that point he split from the Seventh Day Adventist church completely ...
- 449: The Effect of Viewing Television Violence on Childhood Aggression
- ... aggression. Feshbach and Singer (1971) conducted an experimental field study controlling the television viewing of nine to fifteen- year-old boys. For six Aggression weeks they were required to watch two hours of television per day. Half watched aggressive shows and half watched non- aggressive shows. Feshbach and Singer found no evidence that violence on television leads to increases in aggressive behavior. Certainly the study shows no support for the theory ... have a definite answer to this relevant question. References Bandura, A. (1965). Influence of models' reinforcement contingencies on the acquisition of imitative responses. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1, 589-595. Bandura, A., Ross, D. & Ross, S.A. (1961). Transmission of aggression through imitation of aggressive models. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 63, 575-582. Bandura, A., Ross, D. & Ross, S.A. (1963a). Imitation of film mediated aggressive models. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 66, 3-11. Bandura, A., Ross, D. & Ross, S.A. (1963b). Vicarious reinforcement and imitative learning. Journal of ...
- 450: Salvador Manuchin
- ... that each subsystem can carry out its family-stabilizing tasks while remaining connected to the others. One of the most common family problems is a weak boundary between subsystems. A woman making several calls a day from work to instruct her teenagers on how to dress for school, what to say when they turn in homework, and so forth indicates over-involvement with the sibling subsystem; a man who calls or ... family will subtly try to push him back into his old vices, not because they want him sick, but because families, like other organisms, naturally resist changes that might further destabilize the system. So one day the husband says to his abstaining wife, "Why not skip your AA meeting tonight so we can catch a movie?" Or the mother of a teen who's quit using congratulates him on finding a ... by the therapist in the following exchange(Gwin 1996): Wife: You can't tell him anything. He just sits there. I don't really expect him to do much work around the house. But I'd like just once of he'd ask if I wanted help. (silence) Therapist: Ted, I feel pretty uncomfortable right now, kind of frustrated. I sense this is the way you may be feeling just ...
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