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- 5691: Adolf Hitler
- ... pg 4) "In all my career," Dr. Bloch, the doctor who treated Klara, later remembered, "I never saw anyone so prostrate with grief as Adolf Hitler." (Rubenstein; pg 11) The years after his mother's death were the hardest for Adolf. He returned to Vienna once again to try to gain admission into the Academy of Fine Arts, but was again denied. He grew very bitter after this and never looked ... have been the downfall of Hitler's personality. ( Rubenstein; pgs 12-13) In conclusion, it is not known why Adolf fixtured his hatred on Jews. It was believed that the combination of his mother's death and his failure to enter the Academy of Fine Arts caused him to turn bitter. Adolf never accepted responsibility for his own failures and blamed others. Therefore, Hitler came to hate Vienna, the place where ...
- 5692: Thomas Jefferson
- ... them to some extent throughout his national career. The most important immediate effect of his troubles was to create in his own mind a distaste for public life that persisted in acute form until the death of his wife on Sept. 6, 1782, which reconciled him to a return to office. He also acquired an aversion to controversy and censure from which he never wholly recovered. During this brief private interval ... concluded by Lewis and Clark during his second term. Other expeditions that he sent out failed or had slight geographical and scientific significance, but his title as the chief presidential patron of exploration remains unchallenged. Death Jefferson died on July 4th 1826, hours before his friend, John Adams, on the 50th anniversary of The Declaration of Independence.
- 5693: The Count Of Monte Cristo
- ... subjects and becomes a thoroughly learned individual. The two plan an escape, but shortly before the completion of their plan, the old Abbe dies, but not before revealing the whereabouts of a hidden fortune. The death of the Abbe became Dantes ticket to freedom. He hide in the burial sack meant for the Abbe, and is thrown into the shadowy depths of the ocean. After nearly drowning, Dantes breaks free, and ... father, ex mother – in – law, servant, father, and daughter, Valentine. Her husband unveils her plot, and pushes her to the point of taking her life, and that of her son. With the realization of the death of Edouard, Madame Villefort’s son, the Count of Monte Cristo is concerned that his wrathful vendetta may have gone too far. His heart is consoled, thought, when he reunites a young couple, Maximilien Morrel ...
- 5694: Infant Swimming
- Drowning is the third most common death related accident among children younger than 4 in the United States and the leading cause of death in children younger than 5 in California, Arizona, and Florida. (Ellis & Trent, 1997) People have reacted to such statistics by coming up with programs to teach children to swim. The programs started with the pioneering ...
- 5695: The Chimmney Sweeper
- ... happier and playful mood. This soon changes when he decides to tell the stranger more about his parents. They are showed to be punishing their child for being so happy by "clothing in clothes of death and teaching him to sing notes of woe." It is very obvious the sweeper’s feels hate towards his parents for putting him in such sadness, but instead he chooses to hide it by making ... clear in the last Stanza that Blake’s criticizing the Church , especially, and the state for letting a lot of these things happen. During this time many children were dying from being, either, worked to death or from malnutrition. Neither the state or the church did anything to stop this and is obviously why Blake feels so much anger towards them. The sweeper’s parents are really no help towards their ...
- 5696: Theodore Dreiser
- ... order to fulfill his political heritage. The Stoic was the last book written by Dreiser and it was the last volume of his Yerkes trilogy. Helen helped him write this book, just weeks before his death. The Bulwark and The Stoic were published in 1946 and 1947, ending the great career of Theodore Dreiser. He died December 28, 1945 in Hollywood, California. A majority of Dreiser’s books were about his ... his famous works. Dreiser’s most famous works were Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy. In 1938, he moved to Los Angeles with his mistress, Helen Richardson. Dreiser continued on writing literary works until his death in 1945. Theodore Dreiser was a well-known novelist and a great man as well as a historic member of the Terre Haute area. Bibliography Bibliography Gerber, Phillip. Theodore Dreiser, Chicago, Woodford Publishing., 1986, pp ...
- 5697: The Cask Of Amontillado
- ... story was at the point where Fortunato questions Montresor about really being a mason. To prove to Fortunato that he is, he pulls out a trowel. The trowel serves as a symbol for Fortunato's death. It's ironic that Fortunato is talking about the secret group of the masons, and Montresor is actually a real mason. Another symbol may be the skeletons along the walls and floors. It makes the ... kill me. I shall not die of a cough." It's extremely ironic that he says such a statement because in one aspect he's right, but he's only a few moments away from death anyway. The cough is not going to kill him, but Montresor is. The second line that serves as foreshadowing is lines 102-103. It's when both men are making a toast, and Fortunato says ...
- 5698: The Call Of The Wild - Symbolism
- ... and doing nothing, he learns to work in a way he doesn’t know too well about. He learns to fight and/or steal his food, if he didn’t , he would have starved to death. That is why Buck is portrayed as one who achieves full potential. Mercedes portrays the absolute opposite to Buck. She represents all that is weak in a civilized society. She cannot live without her precious ... civilization. John Thornton was the only thing holding Buck to the civilized world. When he was killed by the Yeehats, Buck would now be a primitive animal. All he had to do was avenge the death of the only man he ever loved, John Thornton. There are many other symbols in the book, these were just the most obvious. I liked the book, it was well written in a time I ...
- 5699: The Book Of Matthew
- ... His first revelation is to his disciples only, for they are the nucleus of the coming church, and this takes us up to chapter 18. Here is the transfiguration and the first intimation of Jesus' death. This is followed by parables of the King. These are addressed first to the disciples, and then to the nation. All are parables presenting him as the King who has the right to command and ... then the crown. We should remember this the next time we are tempted to take the easy way. The message of the empty tomb is, "Do not be afraid!" Jesus overcomes the world, the people, death, and the devil. So we need not be afraid of anything as long as we have Jesus. He also keeps His promises, goes before us, and has all authority. He will prepare a way for ...
- 5700: The Book Of Judges
- The book of Judges is the sequel to Joshua. It is the seventh book of the Old Testament. It recounts stories and events from the death of the hebrew leader and prophet Joshua to the birth of the hebrew Samuel. That is roughly, from the end of the Israelite conquest of Canan in the 13th Century B.C to the begining of the monarchy in the 11 th century B.C. It tells about the hebrews from Joshua’s Death to the time of Samuel. It was written in about 550 BC, on tablets named the Ras Shamra tablets. The Ras Shamra tablets where later discovered in the early 20th Century, even though the stories ...
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