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- 2121: Nine Guardians
- ... man, in this case the Spanish man is oppressing the Mexican Indians. Just like history before the oppression of the Mexican Indians the oppressed revolt. In The Nine Guardians when the Indians revolt it causes death, degradation of a family, mental strain to the point of insanity and property damage, just as revolts before it. Death is caused by a revolting Indian, attempting to stop a “help letter” from arriving at it’s destination. Ernesto was the messenger and the indian killed him thinking it would send a strong message to ... by way of introducing their dark ritualistic ideology to Francisca that Matilde goes off into the woods to kill herself. Zoraida, too went partially insane due to the Indian necromancers prophesizing her only son’s death. The death of the property was caused when an Indian committed arson on a mill building, which created an out of control fire throughout the ranch. This fire destroyed the cane harvest and most ...
- 2122: Ancient Egypt
- ... and ideals, as well as much of manÕs knowledge, had their origin in Egypt. The ancient Egyptians developed the worldÕs first national government. Their religion was one of the first to emphasize a life after death. They produced an expressive art and literature. The Egyptians introduced stone architecture and made the first convenient writing material, papyrus. They developed a 365-day year and set up the basic methods of geometry and ... who could read and write was apparently quite small. Religion appeared in every part of life in ancient Egypt. The Egyptians believed that gods and goddesses took part in every human activity from birth to death. For the Egyptian, the good life depended on obeying the commands of the gods. After someone died, the gods would judge how well the person had obeyed their directions. The Egyptians believed that their king ... chose on ram to be the temple animal of that god. Other sacred animals included the baboon, bull, cat, crocodile, and jackal. The people of ancient Egypt took great care in preparing for life after death. They denied that death ended the existence of a person who had led a good life. They believed that the next world would be like Egypt in its richest and most enjoyable form. They ...
- 2123: Great Gatsby 3
- ... become for him the "grotesque" stuff of his nightmares. What does this return home tell us about Nick? It is entirely reasonable that he would be adversely affected by the events of that summer: the death of a woman he met briefly and indirectly, who was having an affair with his cousin's husband and whose death leads to the death of his next-door neighbor. His decision to return home to that place that he had so recently condemned for its insularity, makes one wonder what Nick was doing during the war? If the ...
- 2124: Maurice Sendak
- ... World War I. Many of his relatives died in the Holocaust, and this was an important influence upon his childhood. His parents were always upset about the relatives they had lost and the cloud of death was always in the air. He even drew the faces of some of his relatives who died in the Holocaust in Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Zlateh the Goat. Sendak is the youngest of three children. He was also a very sickly child, who always caught pneumonia or some sort of illness. He grew up under the constant fear of his own death. His mother was very concerned, and always kept a watchful eye over him. For this reason, many of Sendak's books have a picture of a moon in the scene. This is representative of his ... is always something fishy in all of his work.) Sendak grew up in a family of storytellers. His father told (uncensored) stories that were considered “not for children.” They were nightmarishly scary stories of pogroms, death, love affairs, and other Jewish tales. His brother wrote stories, and his sister bound the stories into books that they sold on the sidewalks. Sendak loved hearing his father tell stories, and associates good ...
- 2125: Beloved - Toni Morrison
- "Beloved" Set in post-Civil War Ohio, it is the story of Sethe, an escaped slave who has risked her life in order to wrench herself from a living death; who has lost a husband and buried a child; who has borne the unthinkable of killing her baby and not gone mad. Sethe, who now lives in a small house on the edge of town ... journey to freedom. She is desperate and is willing to do anything to escape slavery, the school teacher, and his nephews. In Sethe's mind, slavery and its affects are worse than the threat of death. This threat of death is genuine; Sethe and her baby, Denver, probably would have died had it not been for the white girl who saves Sethe by pushing her to go on. Sethe knew about the threat of ...
- 2126: The Ebola Virus
- ... Allied Health Dictionary as, a group of viral aerosol infections, characterized by fever, chills, headache, malaise, and respiratory or GI symptoms, followed by capillary hemorrhages, and, in severe infection, oliguria, kidney failure, hypotension, and, possibly, death. The incubation period for Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever ranges from 2-21 days (JAMA 273: 1748). The blood fails to clot and patients may bleed from injections sites and into the gastrointestinal tract, skin and internal ... center of the epidemic in Zaire involved a missionary hospital where they reused needles and syringes without sterilization. Most of the staff of the hospital got sick and died. This outbreak infected 318 with a death rate of 93% (Le Guenno et al. 1271). Another fatal case was reported one year later in Zaire but nothing major ever became of it. The most recent case recorded was the infamous breakout in ... declared on August 24, 1995 that the outbreak of Ebola Zaire in Kikwit was officially over after killing 244 of its 315 known victims ("Ebola Outbreak Officially Over" 1). This outbreak had a rate of death over 75%. Ebola Sudan also occurred in 1976 about the same time as Ebola Zaire. The number of cases was 284 with a death rate of 53% (Le Guenno et al 1271). The outbreak ...
- 2127: Theological Consequences In Ki
- ... corpse. This suggests that he is still in the glaze of at least a false conventional sense of revenge, in which one killing justifies another. Also, he is far from readily willing to accept the death of his Cordelia. He admits that she is "dead as earth," but then revokes the statement as he deludes himself into believing that the feather stirs and she lives. Lear has not even entered upon ... s "Break, heart, I prithee, break!" can even be seen as a command towards Lear's condition. If Lear had faith enough to allow his heart to break, to feel the full immediate pain of death, he might gain some redemption. Instead, Lear unnaturally clings to illusions of life in death's closing hour, and this struggle causes him more pain than the acceptance of death possibly could. As such, Kent's command can also be seen as a sort of warning to the reader. ...
- 2128: Human Dignity In A Lesson Befo
- ... together. In this book, Ernest J. Gaines presents three views to determine manhood: law, education and religion. Jefferson has been convicted of a crime, and though he did not commit it, he is sentenced to death as a hog a word that denies any sense of worth or fragment of dignity he may have possessed in a world ruled by oppressive white bigots. Jefferson is at an even greater loss as he has no education and after the conviction he doubts that God can even exist in a world that would send an innocent man to his death. It is clear that Jefferson does not believe he has any value. I m an old hog. Just an old hog they fattening up to kill for Christmas (83). Though Grant may have had some ... be powerful and would be believed by the black children sitting inside the small schoolhouse. That a white man would say it would make it true in the eyes of the children. However difficult facing death may have been, it was also empowering to Jefferson. Jefferson believed that if he could walk with dignity to his death, he would not only make his grandmother proud, but that he would also ...
- 2129: The Influence of Thoreau on Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.
- ... sensual pleasure, nothing for riches, nothing for comfort or praise.” (UNESCO, p15) On January 30, 1948, as Gandhi was on his way to his evening prayer meeting, a Hindu fanatic killed him. More than the death of anyone else in modern times, Gandhi’s death was considered a catastrophe of global proportions. Some say his place in humanity was not measured in terms of the 1900s, but in all of history. The General Assembly of the United Nations set aside ... alludes to over thirty-six other writers or philosophers in his work Walden. Regardless of how others viewed his ideas, they all had to agree that he did live the life he proposed. Upon his death Louisa May Alcott wrote this poem, titled Thoreau’s Flute. We sighing said, "Our Pan is dead; His pipe hangs mute beside the river Around it wistful sunbeams quiver, But Music's airy voice ...
- 2130: Biological Warefare
- ... with the circulation of air. It was a colourless, odourless, and tasteless chemical agent that was used by terrorists. This story actually happened in the busy subways of China. Everyone on the subway suffocated to death. Biological and chemical arsenals are effective in eliminating a large number of people in a short period of time. It is economical, efficient and swift. The victim is unaware of the chemicals effects. The poisonous ... Clostridium Botulinum Bacteria-Produces Botulinum toxin, which causes botulism. Symptoms appear 12 to 72 hours after ingestion or inhalation. Initial symptoms are nausea and diarrhea, followed by weakness, dizziness and respiratory paralysis, often leading to death. Antitoxin can sometimes arrest the process. Yersinia Pestis- Causes bubonic plague, the Black Death of the Middle Ages. If bacteria reach the lungs, symptoms include fever and delirium. May appear in three or four days. Untreated cases are nearly always fatal. Vaccines can offer immunity, and antibiotics are ...
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