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- 3481: 1984
- ... but his displeasure with the society leads him on to rebel numerous times. First of all, Winston has committed a “thought crime”, a crime which is used to prevent the individual from thinking and the penalty for committing a thought crime was death (so he thought). Winston knew he was guilty for the crime but at the same time he assumes that he is not going to be detected or caught, at least in he beginning. One thing ...
- 3482: Les Miserables-the Grand Spiri
- ... in the eyes of others, was not entirely correct. He has become a harsh and cruel man. He has seen the error of his ways when he viewed it as too late. Valjean s own death is almost suicidal too in that he just allowed himself to waste away. In death, there is no denying that these two great and moving characters are the same. One s body ends up under a laundress boat and the other, in an unmarked grave. These two great characters, such ... were freemen in bondage, both seeking blindly in life for that something they cannot even dare to perceive. They were looking for a missing necessity which they do not even know they lacked. And in death they claimed what was rightfully theirs at the start. Freedom. They will never be slaves again. Never again will they be les miserables.
- 3483: The Life and Work of Edgar Allen Poe
- ... in Poe's tale, is also deathly ill. She had a "settled apathy" a gradual decaying of the body. Madeline later dies (by one interpretation) in this tale as does Virginia in January. Virginia's death in 1847 slowed the tempo; during much of that year Poe was seriously ill himself - perhaps with a brain lesion - and became very depressed and erratic. Virginia, being young, beautiful, and deceased was also one ... name Lenore..." and also in "Annabel Lee" then there is also Poe's tragic tale of 'Legeia". These selections each deal specifically with beautiful, yound, and dead women, just how Poe obsessed over Virginia's death. In 1848 Poe became so upset that he tried to commit suicide by taking laudanum. Throughout Poe's life he has been through failure: Allan withdrew him from school; Poe lost all chance of becoming ... be reflected uponin the character of Poe's antagonists. "The Cask of Amontillado", "Hop Frog", "Fall of the House of Usher", and "William Wilson: A Tale" each deal with some kind failure or loss or death. Such as how Poe lived. Being that these failures were negative, it would seem right for the antagonist of Poe's works to fail or die in the end. There could be worse fates ...
- 3484: The Effects of Teenage Alcoholism
- ... which can often lead to serious accidents. High concentrations of alcohol can cause your breathing to slow and eventually stop. Alcohol slows a person synaptic transmission which slows breathing. This slowed breathing often ends in death.[Coping with] Alcohol can also have serious effects on a person’s ability to reproduce. Sexual potency and sperm count are greatly reduced in alcoholic males. Alcoholic women often produce infertile eggs. There are many ... to miscarriage.[Alcohol and You] Alcohol not only causes serious diseases, but can often effect a persons emotions and their capability to make good choices. Alcohol is a factor in the three leading causes of death in children fifteen to twenty-four years old [accidents, homicide and suicide].[Liquor Ads[ Teen alcohol abuse is associated with a high incidence of injury and death due to motor vehicle accidents, high risk sexual behavior from not using condoms, exposure to HIV, violence, depression and suicide. Alcohol is responsible for sixty-four percent of teenage murders, forty-one percent of ...
- 3485: AIDS: Is it a Modern Plague?
- ... group and is the etiologic agent of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). AIDS was first recognized as a disease syndrome in 1981; HIV was identified as its cause in 1984. AIDS is a life and death issue. To have the AIDS disease is at present a sentence of slow but inevitable death. There currently is neither a cure, nor an effective treatment, and no vaccine either. But there are things that have been proven immensely effective in slowing the spread of this hideously lethal disease. Scientist believe ... in Asia, where new HIV infections increased by 80 percent in the last three years, and estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicate that AIDS in Asia will cause unprecedented rates of infection and death. The major strain of HIV in the North America, Europe, and central Africa is known as HIV-1. In western Africa, AIDS is also caused by HIV-2, a strain of HIV closely related ...
- 3486: Managing People with AIDS
- Managing People with AIDS Today, AIDS is the second leading cause of death among adults between the ages of 25 and 44. With more than half of the nation’s 126 million workers in this age group, managers cannot afford to ignore this deadly disease. As more effective ... to continue to work. The manager needs to determine when this time has come and how to handle the situation. The psychological issues that an employee with AIDS faces is also important to consider. Facing death is not easy, and an employee diagnosed with AIDS faces severe psychological stress. Managers must realize that the job performance of the employee may suffer, as they try to come to terms with their fate. The insurance industry calculates that a typical AIDS patient’s medical bills cost an average of $140,000 from diagnosis to death. According to a study by the Medical College of Georgia, treatment costs for AIDS patients have risen from $12,000 a year in 1992 to $18,000 in 1997. (Greene, p2) Since many employers ...
- 3487: Literaranalysis- All Quiet On
- ... Paul is excited that he is going off to war. Once he arrives at the front he begins to understand the terrible thing called war. He realizes that war isn t all glory, there is death and destruction. Paul learns to deal with the deaths of all his friends and how to keep his mind clear without turning into an animal. One of the big issues in the book was Kemmerich s leather boots. At his death everybody was squabbling over who would get them. Remarque, in my opinion, shows you the pettiness between good friends because of war. Remarque kind of slips in these themes, some others are how terrible war ... in a ditch he spends the night watching him die and begging his forgiveness, that s the reality of war. Personally, I thought it was a good book. It showed the reality of war and death. With Remarque s descriptions you could see the trenches and the men huddled inside in the worst possible conditions. You could feel the men s pain just from reading the book. On a scale ...
- 3488: Inquisision
- ... held by the inquisitor. Penalties went from visits to churches, pilgrimages, and wearing the cross of infamy to imprisonment (usually for life but the sentences were often commuted) and (if the accused would not abjure) death. Death was by burning at the stake, and it was carried out by the secular authorities. In some serious cases when the accused had died before proceedings could be instituted, his or her remains could be exhumed and burned. Death or life imprisonment was always accompanied by the confiscation of all the accused's property. Abuses by local Inquisitions early on led to reform and regulation by Rome, and in the 14th century intervention ...
- 3489: An Analysis of Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher
- An Analysis of Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher The Fall of the House of Usher is definitely a piece written in Poe's usual style; a dark foreboding tale of death and insanity filled with imagery, allusion, and hidden meaning. It uses secondary meanings and underlying themes to show his beliefs and theories without actually addressing them. It convinces us without letting us know we're ... eventually Usher speaks, “yes, I hear it, and have heard it ... We have put her living in the tomb!” At this point the reader still thinks Usher is mad and is hearing his sister in death (as did the character in The Tell Tale Heart), but soon that theory is disproven when the lady Madeline does indeed still live and enters the room killing her brother. The narrator flees at the ... Another use of upper current meanings in Poe's tale is in the many stories the two read. They seem to suggest a theme of an evil presence. They are mostly based on topics like death, heaven and hell, and similar philosophical works. These stories, and the poem as well, only reinforce the situation Usher is trying to escape from. Everything the narrator does in attempt to solace him only ...
- 3490: The Call Of The Wild
- ... law of club is quite simple, if there is a man with a club, a dog would be better off not to challenge that man. Buck learned this law after he was beaten half to death by the man who had the club. no matter what he tried, he just couldn't win. Buck was sold off to a man who put him in a harness connected to many other dogs ... downed dog and make quick work of it. All of these unspoken rules had turned Buck into the Best dog to ever roam the Klondike. Buck did eventually fight Spitz and send him to his death. After all of the transformations and cruelty he had been through, you would think that Buck would never be able to trust another human. He was being starved to death by a gold seeking group who had not brought enough food for the dogs. When Buck could finally not move another step, a man from the group started to beat Buck. As the blows ...
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