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- 5651: Black Rain: Reader Response
- ... one paragraph, The name of the bomb had already undergone a number of changes, from the initial “new weapon” through “new-type bomb,” “secret weapon,” “special new-type bomb,” to “special high-capacity bomb.” That day, I learned for the first time to call it an “ atomic bomb.” (Black Rain 282) The importance of the name of the bomb may seem ineffectual, but he seems to dwell on finding out what ... mussels left in any of the many streams and there were also no fish in any of the ponds. The only thing that survived were the eels who were seen swimming up the river a day before the surrender was given. This was a sign of rebirth. It only took a year after the Hiroshima bombing for the surrender and during that time the government did not help any of the ...
- 5652: Marx's Philosophical Writings: Alienation
- ... philosophical writings is alienation. He believes that social or psychological alienation arises out of economic or material alienation. In other words, consciousness is determined by material conditions, as opposed to the prevailing view of his day that said that consciousness determines material conditions. Another way of saying the same thing is, "Life is not determined by consciousness, but consciousness by life." One's material conditions in life result from one's ... and are therefore no different, qualitatively and quantitatively in terms of access to resources and power, than slaves. Just as a slave is not free to decide whether or not to work on a given day, neither is the worker. Both must work in order to survive. Marx states that, "...the division of labour implies the contradiction between the interest of the separate individual or the individual family and the communal ...
- 5653: Catcher In The Rye Symbolism
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a roller coaster ride through the mind of an angry, frustrated and confused teenager named Holden Caulfield. After getting expelled from Pencey, Holden takes a trip to New York City where Holden keeps asking the cab drivers where all the ducks in the lagoon near the Central Park South go in the winter. This lagoon and the animals in it are constantly are used by J.D. Salinger to show Holden's rejection for adulthood. Holden's curiosity about the ducks in Central Park relates to his own adulthood insecurities. Just as the ducks face the hard times of winter, Holden is ...
- 5654: Greek Myths
- ... created. Apart from an explanation of the creation of the universe, mythologies also seek to explain everyday natural phenomena. The Egyptian scarab god Khepri, who rolled the ball of the sun across the sky each day thus provided an explanation of the rising of the sun each day, its progress across the sky and its setting in the evening. Similarly, the Maori of New Zealand attributed the morning dew to the tears of the god Rangi (Heaven) for the goddess Papa (Earth) from ...
- 5655: Eleven
- ... s predicament. By having Rachel recount her birthday rather than a narrator tell the story in the third-person point of view, the reader gets to witness everything Rachel feels during the course of her day. We are able to see Rachel’s thoughts as she ponders why when you turn eleven, you do not feel eleven, but rather all the previous years together "like pennies in a tin Band-Aid ... from coming out" just like she was three again. Her birthday was ruined and she wanted to be as far away from eleven as possible. A birthday is a special time, particularly during youth. That day should be perfect but for Rachel, unfortunately, her birthday was devastated by this school experience. Everyone has an embarrassing moment from childhood that they want to forget about—being yelled at for something that was ...
- 5656: The Untold Story of Theseus
- ... greatest length possible. I told them also to spare even the use of any contractions to shorten it." "My classmates and myself continued to do all the work assinged for a few days. Till one day, Mrs. Grumpp was not in school. It was saidthat we gave her so much work to grade, she had a nervous breakdown. After the breakdown, she went to live in seclusion at her son's ... Ahhh. So, did you enjoy the story? I hope you can tell it to me sometime for i seam to have nodded off somwhere. Ohh well, back to the story. "Stop!" said the man. "Good day," said Theseus. "Now listen, stranger, everyone who passes this way........
- 5657: Conrad Jarrett
- ... in a boating accident, and ends with a boy on the path to normalcy. The events of the story also prove him as a dynamic character. In the beginning, Conrad has trouble dealing with every day life. He cannot make even the simplest decisions for himself. “Too many details crowd his mind. Bush his teeth first? Wash his face? What pants should he wear? What shirt?” (page 2) Conrad also feels ... road to recovery just as much as the pretty girl at the library. Then again, perhaps the most powerful element of change would be Berger. Berger helps Conrad by talking to him about his every day life. They converse about the girl, Jeannine, the list, the fact that Conrad “jacks off,” and everything else in his life. The end result is a changed Conrad. In the end, Conrad can finally make ...
- 5658: University of Pennsylvania Essay Questions
- ... income, cuisine, interest, race, ideology or intellectual heritage. Choose one of the communities to which you belong and describe that community and your place with in. Basketball had always been my favorite sport since the day my father registered me in a basketball course when I was only eight. Unfortunately, because I am from Turkey, people objected to my playing a 'masculine sport.' Surprisingly, most of the opposition came from my ... over to inspire my teammates, and my desire and dedication to basketball led me to be named captain when I was in just the 7th grade; I am still captain of the team to this day. Through my way, I never forgot the advice that my coach gave: Quitters never win and winners never quit and till now I have always tried to be the winner.
- 5659: Joan Of Arc 2
- Joan of Arc, in French, Jeanne d'Arc, also called the Maid of Orleans, a patron saint of France and a national heroine, led the resistance to the English invasion of France in the Hundred Years War. She was born the third of five children to a farmer, Jacques d'Arc and his wife Isabelle de Vouthon in the town of Domremy on the border of provinces of Champagne and Lorraine. Her childhood was spent attending her father's herds in the fields and learning ...
- 5660: Hemingway's "In Our Time": Lost Generation
- ... closeness and strength of relationships; everyday things like the lost art of conversation. But at the same time, the characters in the stories appear to be part of a "lost generation" themselves. In "The Three- Day Blow," Nick and Bill spend a leisurely afternoon talking about baseball and books while enjoying a good "ole'" bottle of Irish whiskey. They manage to pass the time talking rather than watching "television" or going ... even why fate has brought them to the place in time they are in. "Cat in the Rain" depicts a so- called happily married couple on some sort of a vacation in Spain, spending a day inside(apparently by the husband's choice) due to the bad weather. The wife seems to be searching for something to fill a void inside of her. She speaks of a cat in the rain ...
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