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- 6561: Historical Truth And Imaginati
- ... savagely as to leave the marks visible for a long time after. This whipping was the first of a number just like it....." The Narrative gives example after example of the hardship the slaves faced day in and day out. It speaks of the hopelessness each slave dealt with. It speaks of the social degradation and of the want for common equality. Frederick Douglass lead us to the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation ...
- 6562: Stereotype: Speaking Mandarin
- ... paid in cash but of course under the minimal wage. At that time I didn't think much of it, I was just excited that I had gotten the job on the spot, the next day was a completely different story. When I went into work the day after, I was confronted by the cooks who were obviously illegal immigrants working in Canada. They started to introduce themselves to me but in Mandarin and I explained that I could only speak English, the ...
- 6563: Vonnegut's Portrayal of Society in Breakfast of Champions
- ... Thesis: In Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut portrays a prepackaged, robotic society, and an American culture plagued with despair, greed, and apathy. I. Introduction II. Social problems A. Racism B. Commercialism and materialism C. Violence D. Lack of culture E. Greed III. Destruction of America A. Pollution B. Destruction for wealth IV. Conclusion "The country Vonnegut takes us through has been plasticized, prepackaged, and brainwashed beyond redemption. The poor are sinking ... Broer, Lawrence R. Sanity Plea: Schizophrenia in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut. Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P, 1989. Brucker, Carl. "Breakfast of Champions." Beacham's Popular Fiction in America. Ed. Walton Beacham. 4 vols. Washington, D.C.: Beacham, 1986. 4: 1423-32. Giannone, Richard. Vonnegut: A Preface to His Novels. Port Washington: Kennikat, 1977. Horwitz, Carey. "An Interview with Kurt Vonnegut." Library Journal 98 (1973): 1311. Merrill, Robert. "Vonnegut's Breakfast ...
- 6564: John Steinbeck's`"In Dubios Battle": Summary
- ... escaping, but Jim was shot in the upper arm/shoulder area. Word of their plain for the next morning had leaked out, and they suspected a spy was in their midst. Never less, the next day they marched out to meet the strikebreakers at the railroad station, and to implore them not to fight against their fellow workers. Although the police had assembled in force, they seemed afraid of the strikers ... managed to outwit the guards and set afire to Anderson's barn, ruining his crops that were stored in there. The barn and an adjacent kennel housing some favorite pointers were both destroyed. The next day Anderson called the sheriff to evict the strikers. The strike seemed lost. The spirits of the men were very low, and they gave signs of yielding. On the following night a boy came and told ...
- 6565: 20s And 30s
- ... both sides by the people for causing the depression. He was criticized for interfering and for not interfering enough. He failed to compromise with the people. In the 1932 election, he went up against Franklin D. Roosevelt and lost in a landslide. Roosevelt did not have any great ideas on how to end the depression, but he could relate to the people. He would experiment until he found something that worked ... United States looked on as Japan invaded China, Italy invaded Ethiopia, the Fascists took over Spain, and Germany‘¦s Nazi Party invaded parts of Eastern Europe. It wasn‘¦t until the late 1930s that Franklin D. Roosevelt realized that it was necessary to get out of this policy and get involved. At last, from the 1920s to the 1930s, the economy caused the change and continuity in America. Conservative politics produced ...
- 6566: Joshua Larwence Chamberlin
- ... and form up behind a convenient stonewall. The Confederates waited for the Union troops to get within range, and mowed them down like grass. The 20th Maine was part of the last charge of the day, fighting with their comrades in the Center Grand Division. We lost four killed, and 32 wounded. On June 23, 1863, I took command of the 20th because I impressed General Griffin on assisting him with ... the exhausted Rebels; many threw down their weapons and surrendered. The 20th Maine, once it got started charging, was hard to stop. We took, around 400 Rebel prisoners. In spite of our heroic charge, the day was not over for us. After an anxious night, we rested on Big Round Top. We lay there during the bombardment that preceded "Pickett's Charge" on July 3rd, but were too far away to ...
- 6567: What Is Marijuana?
- ... people do not become physically dependent on marijuana. The majority uses it as others use alcohol - to relax occasionally and to indulge a festive mood. How can a mild intoxicant, taken less than once a day by most users, be seen as a public threat? The law should not penalize even those who are ԤhookedԬ, or psychologically dependent upon their habit. Some people find any compulsive and unproductive behavior disgusting. But ... cannabis in the U.S. Today our laws and lawmakers should view it under the same light. As they do alcohol. Marijuana Status 1970: 11% of high school seniors said they were using marijuana every day. 1975: About 27% said they had used marijuana sometime in the previous month. 1978: The monthly users grew up to 37% then in 1986 dropped to 23%. 1979: 12 to 17 year olds reported using ...
- 6568: Should Steroids Be Banned From Society?
- ... can not compete adequately against their opponents who are using steroids to achieve higher levels of performance. One might say this is how competition works though. Race car drivers and gymnasts are out there every day, pushing themselves harder and harder, going just a little faster, or doing a new, more difficult trick. Many believe they are forced by their own desire to win, and the hazardous risks they take, be ... their former athletic idols suffering from medical problems caused by steroids. These professionals will even admit to their former steroid abuse in hopes to persuade the thousands of young athletes participating in steroid abuse each day. I find it hard to reason how young athletes can simply ignore the warnings of these suffering abusers. This can partly be blamed on the lack of education about steroids a young athlete will receive ...
- 6569: Holden Caulfield (catcher In T
- Holden Caulfield, the main character in J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, is what I believe to be one of the most well-developed characters which I have read about. He has many characteristics that are all his own, such ... mind so quickly when she finds that Holden has no money is a prime example of the "phonies" Holden encounters. Another general example of what Holden thinks is "phony" is actors. He talks about how D.B. took Phoebe and him to see "Hamlet," and he talks about Sir Laurence Olivier, and how the play would have been good, except that Olivier "knew he was good, and that spoils it." Holden ...
- 6570: Adolescent Depression - The Under Acknowledged Disease
- ... Available HTTP: http://www.mentalhealth.com/mag1/p51-dp01.html. Brown, A. (1996, Winter). Mood disorders in children and adolescents. NARSAD Research Newsletter [Internet]. Available HTTP: http://www.mhsource.com/advocacy/narsad/childmood.html. Lasko, D.S., et al. (1996). Adolescent depressed mood and parental unhappiness. Adolescence, 31 (121), 49-57. Oster, G. D., & Montgomery, S. S. (1996). Moody or depressed: The masks of teenage depression. Self Help & Psychology [Internet]. Available HTTP: http://www.cybertowers.com/selfhelp/articles/cf/moodepre.html.
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