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- 1331: Compare And Contrast Once Upon
- ... in "Once Upon a Time," that if the story were full of dialog, it could easily become overwhelming. Another similarity is the use of repetition throughout the tale. D. H. Lawrence repeatedly stated that the house whispered "There must be more money" (513). The author reinforces this phrase by telling us that everyone in the house hears the whispering, even the wooden rocking horse. This line foreshadows the insanity that lurks in the house and gives a sense of urgency to the dilemma of the character. Nadine Gordimer also uses repetition to foreshadow tragedy with the line "YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED" (75). The warning is early in the ...
- 1332: The Catcher in The Rye: Chapter by Chapter Summary
- ... they are playing football. He's on his way to Mr. Spencer, an old teacher of his. It is cold and much wind. It's winter. So he rings the bell at Mr. Spencer's house and his wife opens the door for him and shows Holden where Mr. Spencer is. Chapter 2 --------- So Holden comes in and sits on Mr. Spencer's very hard bed. Mr. Spencer asks him a ... see any. He thinks he could get pneumonia and decides to go home and see sister Phoebe. Chapter 21 ---------- Holden has a good break in the elevator before he opens the front door of his house and gets in. He walks through the house very quiet, because his mother is very nervous. Finally, he gets to Phoebe's room and wakes her up after looking at the books on her desk. She's awake in a second and ...
- 1333: Bloc Quebecois
- ... away our individuality, heritage and language from us, we the Bloc are sworn to protect these segments of Quebec. The purpose of the Bloc Quebecois is to ensure that Quebec is fairly represented in the House of Commons and that we, the people of Quebec, obtain all that we require to ensure that Quebec will be strong in the future when we separate from Canada. If we get a fair number of seats in the House of Commons, we would not use ourpower to block economic benefits for other parts of Canada. But we would act in the best self-interests of Quebec. The Bloc is a pro- sovereignty party, and ... to $53.6 billion. The liberals claim that they wish to re negotiate the NAFTA deal because it is unsatisfactory but before they did nothing when they first could have voted it down in the House of Commons. Their plan to allow the deficit to rise is a very dangerous one because if they let the deficit get too high then it will be even harder to bring it down ...
- 1334: The Importance of Gender Conflicts Literature to Society Past and Present
- ... thus our male dominated society sought once again to sentence them to the limited existence they lived before the war. Gender conflict is not limited to females in our society. Men who seek to be house husbands or wish to take on the role of primary caretaker for the children, suffer the stigma society attaches to them as being too lazy to go out to support their families, or are viewed ... end of 1925. On June 20, 1929 he married Estelle Oldham. In 1950 Faulkner received the Nobel Prize for literature. Faulkner died July 16, 1962, the same year he declined an invitation to a White House dinner honoring Nobel Prize winners hosted by President and Mrs. J.F. Kennedy. (Ford & Kincaid 4-11) Sophocles was born at clonus, in 496 B. C.. He won his first victory in tragic competition in ... head high. No mention is made as to whether behavior of Homer Barron is acceptable, implying a double standard that exists within the townsfolk. Miss Emily further defies social norms when she retreats into her house like a hermit seeking solace from the meddlers of her community. Folklore traditionally portrays hermits as males. Most striking of all Emily Griersons gender bending actions is her murder of Homer Barron. Then an ...
- 1335: Caesar 2
- ... marriage to Pompeia ended in 62 BC. Caesar divorced his wife because of the allegation that she had been implicated in the offense of Publius Clodius, who was awaiting trial for breaking into Caesar s house the previous December. He was disguised as a woman at the festival of the Bona Dea, which no man is allowed to attend. Caesar had secured for five years the governorship of three provinces. The ... wife dreamt of him being stabbed to death by a robber. The following morning on March 15, a day referred to as the Ides of March, Caesar was called to a meeting at the senate house. Calpurnia urged Caesar not to attend the meeting because she feared something terrible would take place. Caesar was also hesitant to attend. Decimus Brutus, a conspirator to the death of Caesar, calmed Caesar s hesitance ... senators were gathered to accept him as their king. Caesar was not aware that Brutus and a large number of gladiators had plotted to kill him at the meeting. On his journey to the senate house, Caesar was handed a letter from Artemidorous, a Greek teacher. Artemidorous had learned of the plot through conspirators who were his pupils. Through confusion and distraction of other letters, Caesar never read Artemidorous warning ...
- 1336: Computer Graphics
- ... upgrade to the newer cheaper computers, virtually every independent computer graphics studio went out of business by 1987. All of them, that is, except PDI, which went on to become the largest commercial computer graphics house in the business and to serve as a model for the next wave of studios. The Second Wave Burned twice by TRON and The Last Starfighter, and frightened by the financial failure of virtually the ... bring this object to life, and that, in the end, gives the image its final look. Sophisticated computer graphics software for commercial studios is either purchased for $30,000 to $50,000, or developed in-house by computer programmers. Most studios use a combination of both, developing new software to meet new project needs. Modeling Modeling is the first step in creating any 3D computer graphics. Modeling in computer graphics is ... is applied. Rendering is the most computational time demanding aspect of the entire animation process. During the rendering process, the computer does virtually all the work using software that has been purchased or written in-house. It is here that the animation finally achieves its final look. Objects are given surfaces that make it look like a solid form. Any type of look can be achieved by varying the looks ...
- 1337: Ants, Little But Mighty
- ... duty is to lay more and more eggs, thousands of them in her lifetime. Many wingless workers develop and help to enlarge the nest into an intricate network of tunnels and chambers that will eventually house thousands of ants. When the colony becomes well established, the queen begins to lay some eggs that develop into queens and males. It takes a few years before a colony becomes large enough to send ... the welfare of the whole community. Each ant has its appointed work, and does it very well. Ants are everywhere , they can be a big problem for people when they invade the timber of a house , causing the wood to collapse. They even nest between walls. When ants invade wooden beams , they chew out extensive interconnecting chambers for nests. All this chewing is what weakens the wood . When people discover the ants chewing up their house, their is only one way to get rid of them extermination! The jaws of an ant are very powerful. Their powerful jaws not only chew through wood but are also used to fight off ...
- 1338: Catcher In The Rye By Jd Salin
- ... highschool days at pency (he was kicked out because of the academic policy, he just wasn't up to par and failing out). So he leaves the football game and heads for Old Spencer's house his history teacher. He arrives at Old spencer's house and Mrs. Spencer answers the door and he asks her how Old Spencer is doing. Chapter two: *He goes into Old Spencer's room. Old Spencer explains to him why he had to fail him ... to her about school and people. Chapter's twentythree- twentyfive: *Holden's parents come home from their party and he almost gets caught but makes it out safely. He ends up at Mr. Antolini's house where he is given good advice by him even tho he is drunk. Mr. Antolini lets holden spend the night on his couch. Holden spends the next day trying to leave town and head ...
- 1339: Mark Schaller's Study About Fame
- ... change in both personality and social behavior. Combining information from several studies and articles, this paper discusses the possible reasons and results of the psychological destructiveness of fame. Fame is, as described by The Random House College Dictionary(1982), "widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character," and also gives the synonym, "celebrity." In a study done by Mark Schaller(1997) three famous people were investigated. One of these people was Kurt ... and Non-Generalized Social Anxiety. Personality and Individual Differences, 22, #5. Schaller, Mark(1997). The Psychological Consequences of Fame: Three Tests of the Self-Consciousness Hypothesis. Journal of Personality, 65, #2. Stein, Jess, The Random House College Dictionary, Random House, Inc., New York, 1982.
- 1340: The Politics of Homelessness
- ... As a result of public pressure generated by the TV show, and against the advice of professionals who were familiar with the Williams case, the city placed her and her family in a newly renovated house. They even subsidized Mrs. Williams' rent. According to homeless advocate theory, all Mrs. Williams needed was a decent place to live and raise her family. However, the reality became that in only one year's time the house was in such terrible condition that it had to be declared unfit for human habitation (Wheeler B3). Little furniture was left, many of the plumbing fixtures had been ripped out, the kitchen cabinets were gone, windows, doors, and walls had been destroyed, and the house was filled with trash and human waste. The building was boarded up and taken out of the city's inventory of low-income housing. The children were declared victims of abuse and neglect, and ...
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