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- 5271: An Analysis of Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant"
- ... the dying animal. He was killing the animal because he had to. He did not feel strong and powerful, as a hunter would; he felt weak and helpless. Orwell so vividly describes the elephant's death, almost as it were giving him pain to watch. The elephant lay, dying, very slowly and in great agony. . . (Orwell 102). While the elephant lay dying Orwell can feel nothing but helplessness. He describes the ... The compassion that he felt was obvious, he waited so long for the animal to die but, could not stand it anymore and went away (Orwell 102). The detailed description that Orwell gives of the death leaves the impression that he actually had feelings for the animal. If it were a routine killing he would have not even considered how the elephant felt. Orwell was very detailed about his feelings about ...
- 5272: No Greater Hero Comparison On
- We here the word 'tragedy' in news articles and daily conversations but what is tragedy? To some people it could be a common man such as Willy Loman, from Death of a Salesman or to others it would be mighty Oedipus, from Oedipus. Who does our society consider in ideal tragic model? Each person's viewpoint differs based on his own personal experiences with society ... a big sum of money. With this money he thought Biff would use to go on and be a big success. At his funeral he thought people would come from all over just for the death of Willy Loman. In the same way, Oedipus lived in a world in which he saw through his own eyes. He saw himself a great man. In the time of the great plague he thought ...
- 5273: Response to Susan Horton's Article "Mothers, Sons, and The Gangs"
- ... when she let him go out with his friends to get something to eat he was shot and died. She did everything she could but still she could not save her son's life. His death did not result from her action, rather it resulted from misfortune. Unlike the other two mothers Kary was really able to turn her son Jamee around. She finally made him understand and she can say that his death was an accident. He was not just a number or a statistic of children lost to gang violence. He made a difference because his mothers actions made a difference. She could not help the factors ...
- 5274: Allen Ginsberg : Howl
- ... influence of peyote. The Francis Drake Hotel appeared to Ginsberg to be a gigantic cycloptic monster. Ginsberg described it as "Uprising in the timeless city gloom, Dark Tower above ruddy building, suddenly a vision the Death Head--The building an evil monster--A tower in Hell--("Those poor souls making it up in the tower")--Two eyes blast light far apart brick glass illuminated from within--A painter might make it ... he was back in Mexico having a conversation with Joan Vollmer, the accidentally murdered wife of William Burroughs. Devoting parts of the poem to passages about the dream, and parts to passages about Vollmer's death, he was moderately successful in achieving the "petite sensation" effect. But despite praise by William Burroughs for the poem, Ginsberg was still basically blocked. He attempted unsuccessfully to complete two other larger works, and was ...
- 5275: Catcher In The Rye
- ... the wall. When he sees this he starts to think about committing suicide because he feels like living is just a waste. During this time he spent in the tomb he decides on life or death. After going unconscious for a couple of minutes he decides to live because, "Death thus becomes not a gesture of defiance but of surrender"(Miller 17). Once Holden wakes up he feels better and symbolically chooses life. This is when Holden begins to rise. When Phoebe is on the ...
- 5276: How Literature was Affected in the Victorian Age
- ... Chartreuse," Arnold described his society between two worlds, one dead and the others powerless to be born (Keach 708). Tennyson's "In Memoriam, is a product of seventeen years reflection and meditation engendered by the death of Tennyson's college friend, Arthur Henry Hallam. Robert Browning wrote "An Epistle" which is a contribution of the narrator's description of a madman. The man is a prophet, yet he does not understand ... Importance of Earnest ranks among one of the most brilliant comedies in English history. The Victorian age was an age of rapid growth and social change(Keach 612). By the time of Queen Victoria's death in 1901, Great Britain had became the literary capital of the world(Fraiser 23). The Victorian writers wrote about their changes in their society. Late in the nineteenth century, the final blow to the Victorian ...
- 5277: Brennaghs Hamlet
- ... each other in the battle. Seconds later, the queen dies. Hamlet becomes aware of the cause and begins chasing after Laertes. The entire room disburses in chaos bringing more tension to the situation. In his death, Laertes confesses that it was the king who poisoned the Queen, Hamlet s mother. This send Hamlet into a wild rage. This is emphasized by making the kings death much more elaborate and suffering that the play entails. In the play, Hamlet stabs Claudius then forces him to drink the poisoned wine. In the movie, Hamlet first stabs the king, then a large chandelier ...
- 5278: Letter to The Sarasota County School Board: Opposition To The New Attendance Policy
- ... Because you can't be sick for long periods of time. So if you caught the flu and missed ten days of school you lost the credit for that class. or say there is a death in the family out of state you would probably miss more than ten days of school. I have a friend that had his grandfather die in New York. he left on a Monday and then ... have lost credit for that classes and would have to take them all over again. In conclusion, this policy should not be passed because it will affect the people who get sick or have a death in the family. this policy will do more harm then good. it would be good not to pass this policy, so the students with problems problems can still get credit for the class.
- 5279: The Real Rules of Retirement for Women (and Men too!)
- ... sufficient information to make an informed decision, many couples choose the larger benefit instead of the survivor benefit without understanding that, as a result, a wife will not receive any benefit after her husband's death. Still others do not understand that even when they elect the survivor benefit, the widow will probably receive only half of the amount received while her spouse was alive. The Effects of Widowhood - One-third ... time, savings per se, should not be womens sole concern for retirement. Womens primary focus needs to be on avoiding and/or managing the 4Ds and the Big C: Divorce, Downsizing, Disability, Death, and Caregiving. The tension baby boom women have experienced their entire adult lives between labor, leisure, and caregiving will only prove more stressful as this generation approaches retirement age. Even for those women who say ...
- 5280: Coca-Cola and its Evolution
- ... to the early history of acquiring its name, the Coca-Cola Company traded several hands. While living, Dr. John Pemberton sold a portion of the Coca-Cola company to Asa Candler, then after Pemberton's death, Candler bought the remaining portion of the company. Candler acquired the whole company for only $2,300 and became known as "The Man Who Taught Coca-Cola to Walk" (Coca-Cola). Candler accomplished great achievements ... the market came about because taste tests showed a distinct preference for the new formula. The new formula was a sweeter variation with less tang, it was also slightly smoother(Tchudi 37). Robert Woodruff's death was a large contributor to the change because he stated that he would never change Coca-Cola's formula. Another factor that influenced the change was that Coke's market share fell 2.5 percent ...
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