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- 781: The Apathy Of Generation X
- ... wage and Pell Grant minimums are issues that turn the heads of younger voters. Other issues that effect young people and make them get involved include birth control, use of tobacco products and A.I.D.S. research to name a few more. In 1991, Montanas state Legislature enacted a unique referendum. It allowed the states high school students to determine whether or not tobacco products should be sold to young ... www.mtv.com/chooseorloose). Thus the Presidents support amongst young people was a significant percentage higher then Doles. With very little extra work Clinton had given young people the attention they craved. Therefore when Election Day rolled around Clinton again had his young support. When asked why he voted for Clinton, student Mark Whitmore replied Clinton is the only one who would even give us the time of day. He only gave us a little, but it was better then the nothing Bob Dole gave us." Therefore only showing meager support for the causes of the younger generation of voters Clinton was able ...
- 782: Mark Twain and His Writings
- ... stereotypes religion as hypocritical. He is not saying that religion in itself is hypocritical, but rather the people who comprise of the different religious groups. Another example is again the feuding families. On the final day of Huck’s stay with the Grangerfords, the two families break out into a bloody war over a marriage that has taken place. Huck retreats to the safety of a nearby tree and witnesses the ... reads notably sharp due to the hidden meaning that is represented. Twain writes this story about the details of Julius Caesar’s death. However, characters names are changed to fit the time period of modern day and the story plot strangely resembles a murder that might occur in a pioneering community; hence the work “Localized” in the title. When reading this story, the humor is not blatantly comical, but the reader ... Tom and his friends lead. This proves true in the all-famous whitewashing scene where Tom is forced to paint an entire fence for a punishment. Tom dreads doing this because he had a wonderful day of planned activity. While he is painting, along come the other boys of the neighborhood who taunt Tom. Tom uses reverse psychology on the boys and his ready-wittedness makes them want to paint ...
- 783: Robert Hunter
- ... Take your shift at the mine?' Conventional wisdom is a motif that Hunter uses in several of his traditional poems, namely "Greatest Story Ever Told", and "Uncle John's Band". These deal with aspects of day-to-day country living and the common-sense wisdom found in many classic folk tales. "Uncle John's Band" is the prime illustration of this theme, and is perhaps the epitome of Hunter's traditional style of ... homes. A good example of this is the traditional "Tennessee Jed": ...You know you bound to wind up dead If you don't head back to Tennessee Jed. Tennessee, Tennessee Ain't no place I'd rather be. Honey, won't you carry me Back to Tennessee. In this instance, Jed plays the role of the seeker or lost character, and the singer is his guide, warning him that he ...
- 784: Of Mice and Men: The Great Depression - The Uncommon Struggle of All Men
- Of Mice and Men: The Great Depression - The Uncommon Struggle of All Men "I've been doin' some hard travelin', I thought you'd knowd. I've been doin' some hard ramblin', way down the road. . .I've been layin' in a hard rock jail. . .I've been laid out ninety days, way down the road. The darned old ... s Intermediate Dictionary defines struggle as: "to make great efforts or attempts; strive; labor". The Depression brought on many fears and no comprehension. With the Depression came hunger, joblessness and many other things. On a day-to-day basis, the farmers, workers an every other common person had to wake up each morning with the question: "How am I going to feed my family today?". If you had a job, or could ...
- 785: Sweetness And Power
- ... food can reveal facts about people and how food can bring people. He also states why he chose sugar instead of some other substance, such as honey or other luxuries. He says, "In 1000 A.D. few Europeans knew of the existence of sucrose, or cane sugar" (Pg. 5). "By 1900, it was supplying nearly one-fifth of the calories in the English diet" (Pg. 6). Mintz was determined to discover ... uses is quite evident, also. While many types of history are represented within his work, such as political, cultural, or intellectual history, but he primarily focuses on social and economic history, which is what you’d expect to find when dealing with a topic such as sugar. This is clearly shown throughout the entire book. In chapters two and three, he gives many examples of production and consumption data. For example ... of power declined while its potency as a source of profit gradually increased," declares Mintz (Pg. 95). Mintz then writes on to point out the combination of tea and sugar that has until this very day remained a part of English society. From tea, sugar went on to supplant other food such as bread and porridge. To explain the emergence and standardization of sugar in the daily English person’s ...
- 786: Lord of the Flies: Success of Golding's Portrayal of the Children
- ... of the same characteristics. Most children are good at heart, but at times seem like little mischievous devils. Children enjoy having fun and causing trouble but under some supervision can be obedient little boys an d girls. Everybody, at one time in their lives, was a child and knows what it is like to have no worries at all. Children have their own interests and react to different things in peculiar ... show enmity towards building the shelters, even though this work is important, to engage in trivial activities. Af ter one of the shelters collapses while only Simon and Ralph are building it, Ralph clamours, "All day I've been working with Simon. No one else. They're off bathing or eating, or playing." (55). Ralph and Simon, though only children, are more mature a nd adult like and stray to work ... ost children their age by being more interested in having fun than working. Secondly, all the boys leave Ralph's hard-working group to join Jack's group who just want to have fun. The day after the death of Simon when Piggy ! and Ralph are bathing, Piggy points beyond the platform and says, "That's where they're gone. Jack's party. Just for some meat. And for hunting ...
- 787: Newfoundland
- ... 400 women worked in sales; not counting those employed in smaller grocery and confectionery stores in the city. Most women gave up their paid labour when they married, in line with the conventions of the day. These conventions continued for decades. Some still persist even to this day. In all this judicial abuse and political silence there have been a few that have stood took the lashings of the day. One of these women is Louise M. Saunders. Louise Saunders was admitted to the Bar in 1933, becoming the first female lawyer in Newfoundland. She began her career as a legal secretary in the ...
- 788: Lord of the Flies: Characteristics of Children
- ... of the same characteristics. Most children are good at heart, but at times seem like little mischievous devils. Children enjoy having fun and causing trouble but under some supervision can be obedient little boys an d girls. Everybody, at one time in their lives, was a child and knows what it is like to have no worries at all. Children have their own interests and react to different things in peculiar ... show enmity towards building the shelters, even though this work is important, to engage in trivial activities. Af ter one of the shelters collapses while only Simon and Ralph are building it, Ralph clamours, "All day I've been working with Simon. No one else. They're off bathing or eating, or playing." (55). Ralph and Simon, though only children, are more mature a nd adult like and stray to work ... ost children their age by being more interested in having fun than working. Secondly, all the boys leave Ralph's hard-working group to join Jack's group who just want to have fun. The day after the death of Simon when Piggy ! and Ralph are bathing, Piggy points beyond the platform and says, "That's where they're gone. Jack's party. Just for some meat. And for hunting ...
- 789: Carl Gustav Jung
- ... conscious level serves four functions. The following are the functions of people (not types!): A. Thinking: connecting ideas in ordered strings. B. Feeling: evaluating ideas upon feelings about them. C. Sensing: wanting to get experiences. D. Intuiting: following unfounded ideas. A & B are called rational, and C & D are called irrational. If they don't make much sense, they will be explained in more detail after explaining Types. There are also 2 classes of conscious behavior: A. Introverted, which are people who are ... with perfectly balanced classes of behavior. Jung said that an ego is a filter from the senses to the conscious mind. All ego rejections go to the personal subconscious. The ego is highly selective. Every day we are subjected to a vast number of experiences, most of which do not become conscious because the ego eliminates them before they reach consciousness. This differs from Freud's definition of ego, which ...
- 790: Apathy 2
- ... wage and Pell Grant minimums are issues that turn the heads of younger voters. Other issues that effect young people and make them get involved include birth control, use of tobacco products and A.I.D.S. research to name a few more. In 1991, Montanas state Legislature enacted a unique referendum. It allowed the states high school students to determine whether or not tobacco products should be sold to young ... www.mtv.com/chooseorloose). Thus the Presidents support amongst young people was a significant percentage higher then Doles. With very little extra work Clinton had given young people the attention they craved. Therefore when Election Day rolled around Clinton again had his young support. When asked why he voted for Clinton, student Mark Whitmore replied Clinton is the only one who would even give us the time of day. He only gave us a little, but it was better then the nothing Bob Dole gave us." Therefore only showing meager support for the causes of the younger generation of voters Clinton was able ...
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