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- 7601: A Portrait of Duke Ellington By Tracy Frech
- A Portrait of Duke Ellington By Tracy Frech Duke Ellington is considered to be one of the greatest figures in the history of American music. Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was born in Washington D.C. on April 29, 1899. His parents were James Edward and Daisy Kennedy Ellington. They raised Duke as an only child, until his sister, Ruth, was born when Duke was sixteen years old. Duke, even ...
- 7602: The Gradual Development Of Cha
- ... close to non-existent, but it is a sign of civilization for Piggy. Piggy respects the conch up until his death, and when Jack s raiding party attacks to get fire, [he] was sure [Jack] d go for the conch (p. 155). When the conch is destroyed, too, Golding suggests that all remnants of civilization are destroyed along with it. When the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased ...
- 7603: The Hobbit By J.r.r. Tolken
- Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit, one of a race of short, timid creatures who live in cozy tunnels and who prefer to keep their lives ordered and predictable. One day, he unexpectedly finds himself playing host to Gandalf the wizard and thirteen dwarves. The dwarves, with Gandalf's help, plan to travel to the Lonely Mountain to recover the treasure that a dragon named Smaug ...
- 7604: The Huckleberry Finn Controver
- ... big issue but when the book was written African Americans didn t have the rights they have today and racism didn t exist. Twain wrote this book not having to worry about racism. In our day and time they want to censor out the words like nigger but that really would be wrong because it wouldn t be realistic, people need to know what it was truly like. Sheltering people from ...
- 7605: Black Boy: Richard's Hungers
- ... heart like the dart of a serpent's tongue, hunger that created in me odd cravings (119). Because hunger has always been a part of Richard's lifestyle, he cannot even imagine eating meat every day. This simple privilege would be a miracle to him, yet to most it is nothing. These weakening and piercing hungers are frequently evident where poverty dwells in the Jim Crow South. Furthermore, emotional hunger also ...
- 7606: The Identity of Thomas Pynchon
- ... one created by his novels. Corlies Smith, Pynchon's former editor, states that "[Pynchon] leads a perfectly ordinary life. The fact of the matter is [his vanishing] has created much greater publicity than if he'd gone on Donahue" (Diamond 66). Without the mystery surrounding his self-imposed exile, Thomas Pynchon would probably not be as publicly recognized as he is now. By remaining conspicuously absent from the public sphere, Pynchon ...
- 7607: The Mississippi River (huckleb
- ... think that a man is lessened by his skin color, then imprisoned for that fact exemplifies the ignorance of American society. If the American ways of the past were in any way correct, than modern day Americans views are basicly ridiculous. The great Mississippi River was one of the most significant landmarks of any time period. Every man, woman, and child was familiar with this particular river. This waterway was the ...
- 7608: Brave New World: Beliefs of Sex and Drug Use
- ... as a whole looks down on the people that have sex with only one partner. Drugs are also a socially accepted activity that is government controlled. The government issues a certain amount of drugs a day for the citizens to enjoy that night. Human Creation is an issue that is talked about and practiced in Brave New World. The society is made up with classes of people that have had their ...
- 7609: Alfred Nobel
- ... King at a ceremony generally held in the Stockholm Concert Hall on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death in 1896 at Sanremo, Italy. The Peace Prize presentation takes place on the same day at the Oslo City Hall. Each laureate receives a Nobel Gold Medal and a Nobel Diploma. The prize money, which varies according to the net income of the fund capital, is transferred after December 10 ...
- 7610: Henry David Thoreau: The Great Conservationist, Visionary, and Humanist
- ... committee was asked to review the situation. They decided that the lectures were not ample punishment, so they ordered Thoreau to flog recalcitrant students. With utter contempt he lined up six children after school that day, flogged them, and handed in his resignation, because he felt that physical punishment should have no part in education (Derleth 15). In 1837 Henry David began to write his Journal (16). It started out as ...
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