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- 1231: Christmas Satire
- ... once was a delightful, Christmas caroling time is now a chaotic, screaming in someone's face nightmare. Relatives avoid each other for fear of actually reliving bad childhood family moments. Children still run around the house clamoring over presents, but not from under a nice smelling pine tree, but from an aluminum death trap waiting to fall over and spit out sparks of electricity. While the children still enjoy this time, they too have lost all sense of the Christmas spirit. They throw tantrums and scream and shout over the Furby or Pokemon doll that they didn't get. So what if their parents are having trouble making ends meet, how dare they not be able to buy them that ridiculously expensive toy? Sure they won't play with ...
- 1232: Awakening Vs. Greenleaf
- ... be his wife, however, Edna realizes that Robert in a way also views Edna as property and not a freethinking individual. She combats this by showing that she has moved out of her husband’s house, is completely independent of him, and will give herself to whom ever she pleases. The convergence process that Mrs. May experiences is not as blatant as the one Edna Pointellier experiences. Flannery O’Connor uses ... plants outside of Mrs. May’s window awakens her. She closes the window fearing that the bull will charge her. Mrs. May sees the bull potentially eating everything that is outside, then continuing to her house, and finally eating both her sons and her. The bull, taken as a Christ figure, is a notion of the supernatural that Mrs. May attempts to hide from. At first, she orders that the bull ... into a truly authentic, individual person. Edna was able to take the artistic, physical, sexual and romantic freedom she had always had the right to have. Realizing, though, that moving out of her husband’s house and having relationships with other men would make her a pariah in this late nineteenth century Creole society. The only connection she had to her former life was her children. Edna realized that her ...
- 1233: Buying Votes
- ... money. The money raised is passed on to Congressmen via a lobbyist. The term lobbyist “was initially used several centuries ago in Great Britain in reference to journalists who waited in the lobbies of the House of Commons to interview legislators” (Volkomer 114). Today, the lobbyist’s job is to pass the money to representatives for a vote in their favor of a bill. Up to $5000 may be given to ... more for it. Congressmen would look to vote for bills that would get them the most money from the PACs. Figuring the maximum $5000 is given to half of the Senate and half of the House of Representatives for passage of one bill, the total donations comes to $1,335,000. “Spending for the first half of last year…totaled $633 million, according to a computerized Associated Press analysis of lobbying ... Gingrich went as far to say that anything is fine so long as everything is documented, thus giving much leeway to lobbyists. This view only condones improper policymaking and further encourages corruption. Gingrich, being the House Speaker, is very influential in Congress and is probably approached by a number of lobbyists. Likewise, others of influence in Congress are likely to support lobbying because they benefit directly from it. The lobbying ...
- 1234: The Witness
- ... a comfortable family home in Quarter Close. The brick residence stood silent and dark in the early hours of the morning, looking much like the rest of the houses in the Grove. However, inside this house lay the prosecution’s sole witness in the most important case in the history of the state. Without him, the trial could not go to court. His life was in danger. Joel Granger stepped from ... me back from a pay-phone." And Joel promptly hung up. The car turned slowly off the freeway again and made its way quietly down a suburban street. Joel parked outside an old weather board house and carried Adam around the back. He forced open an old wooden door and carried Adam down the stairs to the basement. His mobile rang. "Joel. That you?" It was the boss. "Yep. I’ve got the kid and I’m at my parent’s house." "What! It’s not safe!" The boss said angrily. He trusted Joel, but Adam was a very important witness. "Don’t worry. I’m in the basement. They don’t even know I’m ...
- 1235: The Watergate Scandal
- ... Jury, continued to hear witnesses. During hearings of his nomination to be permanent director of the FBI, Gray revealed that he had given FBI Watergate files to Dean. His testimony suggested that other top White House aides were involved in the clandestine activities. In March and April, Nixon met often with top aides to plan responses to the Gray revelations and to prepare for the investigations. On March 23, Judge Sirica ... and Mitchell denied wrongdoing and defended the president. The testimony revealed the president and his aides as isolated and as hostile toward and fearful of scores of enemies(Watergate 4). Alexander Butterfield, a former White House official, testified in July 1973 that Nixon had taped conversations in his office. Nixon refused to release them. Judge Sirica directed Nixon to let him hear the tapes. Nixon appealed the order, arguing that a ... Watergate investigation. Colson pleaded guilty, and Strachan’s charges were dropped. The remaining five went on to trial in October 1974 and January 1, 1975, all but Parkinson were found guilty. In late July the House committee approved three articles of impeachment(Carson 2). Shortly thereafter James St. Clair, the president’s lawyer, learned that one of the 64 tapes that Nixon had been compelled to surrender was the June ...
- 1236: Henrik Ibsen
- ... to Munich in 1875. In 1869, he wrote the comedy The League of Youth. The realistic style used to stage the drama Pillars of Society (1877) focused on various problems of the day. However, A Doll’s House, published in 1879, marked the first major breakthrough for realistic drama. Ibsen’s next two realistic contemporary dramas, Ghosts (1881) and An Enemy of the People (1882) were both successes. Ibsen gained international acclaim as ...
- 1237: The Matchmaker
- ... ball with no one around him within 20 yards, he knows that play was one of the many that his brother has designed in his “spare time.” Homer is married, has a beautiful wife, a house, and has three kids. His brother, Steve, is divorced, has no children, owns a single story house, and recently had a break-up with his ex-girlfriend who said, “He spends too much time with his football team and not enough time with me.” Steve admits that he spends a lot of ... and Marge went to pick up Mary, she said she would not be able to go. Her reason was that her 8 year-old son, Peyton, was supposed to go over to his friend’s house, but his friend caught a flu. Homer suggested to Mary that she should bring her son. Mary, knowing that her son loves football, thought it was a great idea. The stadium was packed; over ...
- 1238: Emily Dickinson: A Biography
- ... Emily saw herself as a woman who had her own way of thinking, a way of thinking shaped neither by the church or society. By the time she was twelve, her family moved to a house on Pleasant Street where they lived from 1840 to 1855. Emily was already writing letters, but composed most of her poetry in this home. Emily only left home to attend Mount Holyoke Female Seminary for ... one, Emily and her family moved to the Dickinson Homestead on Main Street. This move proved to be very difficult for Emily. This was difficult for Emily because she became very attached to her old house, which shaped her writing and personality for fifteen years. They now lived next door to her brother Austin and his wife Susan and their daughter Martha. Emily and Susan became so close that many people ... poems. Emily died on May 5, 1886 at the age of 56. She had planned her own funeral. It was held at the mansion on Main Street and ended at the family plot near the house on Pleasant Street. At her request, her casket was covered with violets and pine boughs, while she herself was dressed in a new white gown and had a strand of violets placed about her ...
- 1239: The Challenges Faced In Jane E
- ... friend, Miss Temple, is there. Once Miss Temple decides to marry and leave the school, Jane finds that she has nothing left to hold her there. She applies for and obtains a job at Thornfield House as a tutor to a young girl named Adele Varens. She quickly makes friends with the girl and the housekeeper, Mrs. Fairfax. When Jane meets Mr. Rochester, the owner of Thornfield, she quickly wins him ... love and happiness is about to be ripped away from her. It turns out that Mr. Rochester is already married. But his wife is insane and lives locked away in the upper floors of the house, and the English government will not allow him to legally divorce her, so he suggests eloping to France. Jane, being an intelligent girl, refuses to go with him, and leaves Thornfield the next morning. It ... acceptance that she desperately wanted. She has family. But she also has a loose end to deal with. She returns to Thornfield to deal with her memories of Mr. Rochester, only to find that the house has burned down, Rochester s wife is dead, and Mr. Rochester is blind from the fire. Despite this, they start a new life together. Jane finally has everything she dreamed of having - a family ...
- 1240: The Loss of a Friend
- ... with her. Reality set in. My life would never be the same again. Life seemed precious and not as safe as I thought. The ride over there seemed to take forever. As I approached her house my heart was racing. I had no idea what to expect. I walked in her house there was a stillness in the air. Amanda was sitting on the couch. She looked so small and fragile. Her words were running together, making little sense. I had nothing to say to make it better. It was such a helpless feeling. Her brother was just taken away from her and there was nothing I could do to ease her pain. I left her house feeling empty and scared. The funeral would be in two days and Amanda needed me to be there for her. The next two days seemed to drag. Dread and anxiety filled my body. The ...
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