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- 6441: Problems With Being A Teen In The Twentieth Century
- ... have always been there for me during all of the problems that every teenager must face. For example, I just went through a rough time after my boyfriend broke up with me Saturday night, the day before Valentines Day. Not only was my best friend able to comfort me, but also my parents. My best friend told me that I should no longer let guys beguile their way into stressing me out, and that ...
- 6442: Determination
- ... study and work. A good wrestler has to have determination. When I was at a tournament in January of 1996 I broke my shoulder blade. I was in the second and final match of the day when I broke my clavicle (I didn't know that it was broken until a week later). This happened on a Friday night, and I was upset that I had lost the chance for the championship by two points. I knew that I would be wrestling for third place the next day so I would have to shake off any aches or pains that I might have. I woke up the next morning and my shoulder was throbbing. I thought that the pain would subside if I ...
- 6443: Creative Writing: Slavery
- ... hurt physically and mentally. Like I said we were abused and beaten by our master. We were not only beaten and abused, but we were also hard workers. We can do a lot in a day. I picked crops and cooked food for the master and his family. My day started at 5:00 a.m. and ended at 7:00 p.m. Just because we were hard workers and messed up at times doesn't mean we deserved the abuse. To sum things up ...
- 6444: Extreme Nationalism
- ... stable, the parties (the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes) would have to minimize conflict in the interest of the new modernization taking place. The constitution of June 28, 1921, which became known as the St. Vitus Day Constitution (Vidovdanski Ustav), was intended as a major step in this direction. It defined the new state as a constitutional, parliamentary, and hereditary monarchy (Udovicki, Ridgeway, 51). Nationalism is a power game. In this aspect ... will eventually bring down the entire federation. It is very unfortunate that history guides nations such as Yugoslavia into the direction of conflict. however, this is the birth of a new nation which will one day be in unity. As with most new nations, for example the United States, there will be conflicts and civil wars before the nation becomes stable.
- 6445: Analysis of the Ending of "Death of a Salesman"
- ... big success in the business world. It also portrays his wife Linda, who "plays along" nicely with his lies and tells him what he wants to hear, out of compassion. The book describes the last day of his life, but there are frequent "flashbacks" in which Willy relives key events of the past, often confusing them with what is happening in the present. His two sons, Biff and Happy, who are ... why Biff gives him a "hopeless" glance near the end of the Requiem. Biff speaks of the "nice days" that they had had together, which all involve handyman's work Willy had done on the day. Charley adds to this that "he was a happy man with a batch of cement" (p.110). This adds a new dimension to the tragedy, because it all indicates that Willy was, just like Biff ...
- 6446: Feminists
- ... make-up, shave areas on their body, or try to hide their true selves, why should women do this to impress men? Women should not be afraid to look how they would on any normal day. Look at when women go out on a date, they feel their hair has to be perfect, as does their make-up and their body have to be shaved. The reason for all of this ... and fight for a man's attention. If a women had to fight for the attention of a man, would that not mean that the man is not interested in the first place? In this day and age, men need to be cautious of what they say or how they act in front of a woman. The very last thing that men need to do in today's society is to ...
- 6447: Aphrodite
- According to the ancient Greeks, Aphrodite was a beautiful, youthful goddess, associated with the attributes of love and life (Schefold 15). Between the 6th century B.C. and the 1st century A.D., she was frequently used as a subject matter in Greek and Hellenistic art. During that period, goddesses related to Aphrodite were often seen in Near Eastern art as well. In fact, Aphrodite's origins can ... N. W. "Classical Greek Art." A History of Art. Sir Lawrence Gowing, ed. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1983, 131-148. Schefold, Karl. Myth and Legend in Early Greek Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, n.d.
- 6448: Robber Barons or Captains of Industry
- ... back together in the torent years following the civil war were robber barons or captains of industry. Three of these great men who organized industrial America and changed the American way of life are J. D. Rockefeller, J. Pierpont Morgan and Andrew Carnegie. Each of these men took their own level of morality and individual business startageis into the world of industry. It was this morality and their personal business strategies that have lead historian to classify these three men as either robber barons or captains of industry. Perhaps the most famous of these three men and most deffinently the richest of them is J. D. Rockefeller. Rockefeller acumulated his huge fortune, ranked the largest in American history by Time Magazine, through the oil industy. He stared his capitalistic ventures as a child by lending a farmer who lived by him ...
- 6449: Hamlets Insanity 2
- ... and Hamlet also questions her motives. Hamlet s mind is filled with sexual thoughts of his mother and it disturbs him greatly. Nay, but to live In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed, Stew d in corruption, honeying and making love Over the nasty sty! (Shakespeare 3.4 101-5) Hamlet is referring to his sexual acts between Gertrude and Claudius. He is using to strong terms like enseamed and ... is some danger Leave wringing of your hands. Peace; sit you down. And let me wring your heart; for so I shall, If it be made of penetrable stuff; If damned custom have not braz d it so That it be proof and bulwark against sense. (Shakespeare 3.4.38-45) Hamlet shows his contempt for Polonius life through his numerous insults after he murdered him in cold blood. Hamlet refers ...
- 6450: Auschwitz-concentration Camp
- ... they would be beaten, deprived of food, or shot. From time to time, they would be assured that things would get better (MicrosoftEncarta). The daily meals in Auschwitz consisted of watery soup, distributed once a day, with a small piece of bread. In addition, they got extra allowance consisting of 3/4 ounce of margarine, a little piece of cheese or a spoonful of watered jam (Internet: Auschwitz Alphabet). Everyone in ... The prisoners slept on three shelves of wooden slabs with six of these units to each tier. They had to stand for hours in the wet and mud during role call, which was twice a day. Some people thought the reason hundreds of people died, daily, was because when it rained they lay with wet clothes in their bunks (Microsoft Encarta). In place of toilets, there were wooden boards with round ...
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