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- 3081: Tender Mercies
- ... made reversible. Basically, in this screenplay whenever there was a fall, the characters were able to get back up and continue their lives. for example, the screenplay did nothing to trivialize Mac’s daughter’s death. Her death had little effect on the course of her father and other’s lives. Her death just made everyone that knew her very emotional. As a matter of fact, as Mac’s daughter died, Mac and Sunny got even closer with one another.
- 3082: Aids And Africa
- ... information about sage infant feeding to HIV-infected woman who are pregnant. In developing countries rather than Western society, they have a mentality much more diverse. Western societies have the luxury of preventing illness and death, the knowledge, and reason with a life expectancy of 75. In developing countries, the worry more about survival of the present moment which can mean that they face death from AIDS in five years from prostitution or death from starvation tomorrow from lack of money. In many cases, if the wife is persistent in condom use, she is threatened with the husband leaving her for another female. In which case, the wife ...
- 3083: Sula
- ... in 20th Cen. Lit. Prof. Fiona Paton Paper 2- Nov 10, 2000 In the novel Sula, by Toni Morrison we follow the life of Sula Peace through out her childhood in the twenties until her death in 1941. The novel surrounds the black community in Medallion, specifically "the bottom". By reading the story of Sula’s life, and the life of the community in the bottom, Morrison shows us the important ... Shadrack and Hannah however are not regarded with near as much fear or resentment the town feels towards Sula. The difference between the way the town treats Hannah and Sula is particularly alarming. After the death of Sula’s father, Hannah has no real relationships with men. She sleeps only with the husbands of her friends and neighbors husbands. Although Hannah sleeps with married men the people in Medallion have a ... as evil, just as a crazy old man. He organized a day, on January third, as National Suicide Day. Where he marched through the town giving people one day to pile all their thoughts of death together, in an attempt to make sense of it. "In fact they had simply stopped remarking on the holiday because they had absorbed it into their thoughts, into their language, into their lives." (p2000). ...
- 3084: Story Of An Hour
- ... which the lady who has a weak heart experiences the momentary joy of freedom after hearing that her husband has been killed in a railroad accident. Mrs. Mallard initial reaction, upon hearing of her husband death, is not far from what readers expect: she is deeply grieved, weeps and wants to be left alone. However, during the hour she spends alone in her room, her state of mind changes dramatically. Sitting ... suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being. Free! Body and soul free! 72) These unbelievably radical words show her enormous hunger for freedom, her strong wish to be herself again. Her husband sudden death has made her lifetime emotional torment come to an end, and she can be as free as a man now. On the other hand, Mrs. Mallard may cry again for the loss of her oving ... all her dreams and wishes of the almost touchable, upcoming wonderful future. Her weak heart cannot endure the enormous disappointment by this last straw and it chooses the real free state of the ultimate joy -- death.
- 3085: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... war efforts. Paul then gets confined to a shell hole for a night. While in the hole, an English soldier falls in the hole and Paul stabs him, and finds what the real meaning of death means. Paul's group then has a stroke of luck when they were assigned to defend a village. Since there was no one in the village, they got to search all the houses , and keep ... Remarque, did a good job of writing the book. One complaint I had was I expected Paul to survive and be able to tell his children and grandchildren about the war. In a way, his death freed him from the war. The look of calm on his face proved that he welcomed death with open arms.
- 3086: Song Of Solomon
- ... and became slaves because salt made them too heavy to fly. Those who did not partake, flew back to Africa. (Hurston 315). Whether Africans really fly or just escape a monumental burden, perhaps only through death, is a decision Toni Morrison has apparently left to her readers. Never the less, no matter what you believe, within Song of Solomon, the suggestion is, that in order to "fly" you must go back ... labor pain. As the velvet petals float to the ground, the insurance man spreads his wings and flies from Mercy. The flight is unsuccessful even though Pilate tries to "sing" him into the air. The death of Mr. Smith, and the confusion at Mercy (called No Mercy) Hospital allows Macon III to be the first black baby ever allowed to draw its first breath within those consecrated white halls. Baby Macon ... Guitar could kill, would kill, and probably had killed." (210). Guitar Baines [bane] is the destructive force and will have to be dealt with sooner or later. Guitar is so filled with greed, hate and death, he can not see the truth. When forced to confront his identity, he goes mad. His mind has become so twisted , he does not even realize he has crossed the line to insanity. Milkman ...
- 3087: Song Of Solomon
- ... wherever and whenever he could in order to retrieve the hoarded riches. Guitar's first few sniper attempts to execute Milkman did fail; however, the ending of the novel leaves the reader with the imminent death of either Milkman or Guitar. Ironic that the reader never discovers whether Guitar, who coined the statement, "Everybody wants the life of a black man" (222), ever gets the life of Milkman. Even though the ... than other women, Hagar rationalizes her actions with a very simple attitude: Milkman will either love me and include me in his life, or have no one at all. Hagar's need for Milkman's death soon vanishes, she cannot bring herself to murder the one she loves; however, this does not impede her from seeking other paths to Milkman's heart. Although Hagar's raging emotions result in many extreme ... filled Macon with dread. Macon resented the fact that he was not the only man of importance in Ruth's life; the strong bonds that composed the relationship between Ruth and her father before his death dwarfed Macon and Ruth's relationship as a married couple. The birth of another child, especially a boy, would divert Ruth's attention and make Macon the second man in Ruth's life once ...
- 3088: Poetry Analysis: “My Papa’s Waltz”
- ... he were keeping time for a dance or a rhythm on the boys head (13). This all enlarges the negativity and sadness of the poem. The small boy also states, “But I hung on like death” (3). This proves that the boy was thinking about death, but dangling on to prevent it. During this whole incident the boy’s mother sits and watches as the abuse continues. Furthermore, the mother’s apathy towards the battering of her son is even more ... You beat time on my head”, no matter how much fun they are having, a father is not going to beat his son on the head (13). Also when Roethke says, “I hung on like death” it clearly proves that the boy is scared for his life, and he is being mistreated. Many actions take place that causes this poem to become sad and negative. All of these actions cause ...
- 3089: Confucianism And Taoism In Joy
- ... to deal with the grief in her life. It is said that Lao Tzu was found happily banging on a drum after his wife died. When asked why he was so happy, he said that death was a normal reaction to life, as sleeping would be when you're tired. This upbeat look at morbid events characterizes the Taoist Spirit that could have helped her throughout the trials in her life ... t hesitate to make a decision to stay with her mother instead of letting her walk away forever. An-mei's mother was trapped in the Confucian system, blackmailed all her life then force into death by it. This lifestyle set An-mei's life out of balance, "too many good things all seem the same after awhile. I tired of anything that wasn't a novelty," (Tan 254). In Confucianism ... her mother-in-law into believing the ancestors had sent her a dream, by knowing more about her husband than his mother did, and using them as signs she saw in the dream, predicting his death. Lindo used the religion and the theme of knowing more than your opponent. Lindo continued to operate by the same rules that got her out of her horrible marriage but left her integrity intact. ...
- 3090: Chinese Economic Reform
- Chinese Economic Reform Two years after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976, it became apparent to many of China's leaders that economic reform was necessary. During his tenure as China's premier, Mao had encouraged social movements such as the "Great ... the class struggle. By 1978 China’s leaders were searching for a solution to serious economic problems. Hua Guofeng, the man who had succeeded Mao Zedong as CCP (Chinese Communist Party) leader after Mao's death, had demonstrated a desire to continue the ideologically based movements of Mao. Unfortunately, these movements had left China in a state where agriculture was stagnant, industrial production was low, and the people's living standards ... foreign investments (Tyler A8). Western analysts have asserted that the Open Policy and the coastal development strategy have allowed Deng to entrench his political power and will allow his power to be sustained even after death. (Shirk 47) With the influx of business into the area, it was necessary for the CCP to pump billions of dollars into improving the cities facilities. To that end forty billion dollars worth of ...
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