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- 261: The Good Earth: Summary
- The Good Earth: Summary Wang Lung was the son of a peasant farmer. When it came for him to marry, his father chose a slave girl from the house of Hwang who was hardworking. O- lan, Wang Lung's wife was a good wife for Wang Lung. She did not waste anything, and made items such as shoes for the family so Wang Lung ... lan went inside and bore their first child. Luckily, it was a boy. Girls at that time were always slaves, or married to other family's sons. They named him Nung Wen. Before leaving the house of Hwang earlier, O-lan promised to bring their first child to pay respects to the house. That year, the harvest was good, so Wang Lung bought new clothes for O-lan, the baby, and himself. After paying their respects, Wang Lung made a deal with the house of Hwang and ...
- 262: Sir Isaac Newton
- ... that helped create the person society knows him as in this day and age. The beginning of these obstacles started at birth for Newton. Isaac was born premature on Christmas Day 1642, in the manor house of Woolsthorpe, 7 miles south of Grantham in Lincolnshire. It is said that “Because Galileo, . . . had died that year, a significance attaches itself to 1642” (Westfall 1). Though his father had died before Isaac was ... grammar school. While attending grammar school Isaac lived with the apothecary Mr. Clark (Westfall 12). Mr. Clark had three stepchildren from the first marriage of his wife, Miss Storer, who were also living in his house. In school and at home Isaac was apparently different and did not get along with any other boys. He was often in fights and remembered only one nice boy from school, Chrichloe. All the other boys seemed to hate him. He was more comfortable in the company of girls. He made doll furniture for Mr. Clark’s daughter. From this Isaac’s first and last romantic experience developed. “Indeed, as the two grew older, something of a romance apparently developed between him and Miss Storer” (Westfall ...
- 263: Review of Citizen Kane
- ... always what they had seemed. Thompson meets with Susan at a nightclub and questions her about Kane. She remembers that Kane "was really interested in my voice. What do you suppose he built that opera house for? I didn't want it. I didn't want to sing. It was his idea. Everything was his idea, except my leaving him." Her flashback tells of her singing lessons, her operatic career, and ... her feelings meant nothing to him.Kane builds a mansion for Susan in Florida. it is huge with Egyptian sculpture. Susan does not like being forced to live there--imprisioned. She is trapped in the house all day with noone to talk to, nothing but statues--she is lonely. Kane goes off to fancy places and all hi slife he has never bought her anything. Susan becomes upset, this is tearing ... bags in her bedroom since early morning. Susan's bedroom is decorated like a child's nursery, with painted animals decorating the beams (similar to the animals that decorate the grounds of the castle) and doll-house furnishings. Kane feels threatened by her departure and enters her room, slamming the door toward the camera as he asks: "Have you gone completely crazy?" As he stands facing her , a doll sits ...
- 264: Sir Isaac Newton
- ... that helped create the person society knows him as in this day and age. The beginning of these obstacles started at birth for Newton. Isaac was born premature on Christmas Day 1642, in the manor house of Woolsthorpe, 7 miles south of Grantham in Lincolnshire. It is said that "Because Galileo, . . . had died that year, a significance attaches itself to 1642" (Westfall 1). Though his father had died before Isaac was ... grammar school. While attending grammar school Isaac lived with the apothecary Mr. Clark (Westfall 12). Mr. Clark had three stepchildren from the first marriage of his wife, Miss Storer, who were also living in his house. In school and at home Isaac was apparently different and did not get along with any other boys. He was often in fights and remembered only one nice boy from school, Chrichloe. All the other boys seemed to hate him. He was more comfortable in the company of girls. He made doll furniture for Mr. Clark’s daughter. From this Isaac’s first and last romantic experience developed. "Indeed, as the two grew older, something of a romance apparently developed between him and Miss Storer" (Westfall ...
- 265: Paul McCartney: Six Feet Under?
- ... Primary when the family moved to Speke, near Liverpool. He then went to the Liverpool Institute, the best-known of Liverpool's grammar schools. (Davies, 24) At age thirteen, the McCartneys moved to a little house in Ardwick, also near Liverpool. A year later, Mary died of breast cancer, a tragedy that was extremely painful to the family, especially Paul's little brother, Michael. The boys were then moved to stay ... dolls. There is a set of teeth on Paul's right arm, signifying his teeth were knocked out in the car crash, rendering dental records useless for identifying the body. (Gabriel) George is holding a doll's head next to Paul's head. This is supposed to show that Paul was decapitated in the accident. (Gabriel) The alternate cover had Paul in a box with the other three surrounding it. When ... handed bass guitar with three sticks upon it, indicating the three remaining Beatles. Some even believe that the guitar appears to spell "PAUL?" (O'Brien). On the right side of the cover, there is a doll with red lines (blood) running down her dress (Jane Asher or the metermaid), and there is a small car on her lap, the model of the one Paul was driving. Below the "T" in ...
- 266: The Cherry Orchard: Reality, Illusion, and Foolish Pride
- The Cherry Orchard: Reality, Illusion, and Foolish Pride Chandler Friedman English 231 Dr. Clark Lemons In the plays The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, and Galileo by Bertolt Brecht, the protagonists' mental beliefs combine reality and illusion that both shape the plot of each respective story. The ability of the characters to reject or accept an ... they continue to live their lives under the illusion that they are doing well financially. The family continues with its frivolous ways until there is no money left (the final night they have in the house before it is auctioned, they throw an extravagant party, laughing in the face of impending financial ruin) Even when Lopakhin attempts to rescue the family with ideas that could lead to some of the ...
- 267: The Road To Independence
- The Road To Independence As an individual grows, he or she is molded by the actions of the parents or parental figure that is present in the home. In Henrick Ibsen's play A Doll's House Ibsen created Nora who is a victim of her upbringing and male dominance. What is responsible for Nora's attitude toward life and her acceptance of a commanding mate? Nora has been emotionally controlled her ... and treated as a child her entire life. Her first home was with her father. There she was trapped inside of a world, where she was treated as an object. She was treated as a doll. Although she eventually grew old enough to leave her home and father's mistreatment, she walked into an identical home when she married Torvald (Hurt 437). Torvald took full advantage of the situation while ...
- 268: The Town of El Dorado Springs
- ... cases, very conservative people. I went to high school there and then later on I was a teacher at the high school for nineteen years. I don't live in the town, I have a house about six miles out of town and I drive down and stay there weekends, but I know about most of the things that have happened there." I was to learn later that Susanna had always ... you around." I was surprised and pleased with the invitation. (Coming from the city, where people are usually a little paranoid, it was unusual for someone to invite a total stranger to stay at their house.) We arranged a weekend that was available for both of us. I would go down on Friday during the day to get a start on my research, and then meet her when she arrived after ... public park. So it was on July 20, 1881, that the town of El Dorado Springs, Missouri became a reality ("Spa" 3). Joshua Hightower, according to one account, was the first man to build a house in the town, to be close to the curing waters. He was a strictly religious man, slave owner and southern sympathizer, with a son who had been in the Confederate Army. The family suffered ...
- 269: Use Of Fairy Tales In Germany Pale Mother
- ... she sees him. One day, the suitor demands that his bride come visit him at home. When she tells him she does not know the way, he says he with spread the path to his house with ashes. Nodoubt this fictional element is meant to invoke sadistic images of Nazi Germany and the use of ashes of cremated concentration camp inmates for road construction. The daughter does follow the path with great unease, however, as she follows the path she marks it with peas. She finally comes to the house, and is promptly warned by a bird that she is entering a house of murderers. The girl enters and house and finds it almost entirerly deserted. However, in the basement she finds an old women who repeats the bird’s warning. The crone then prphesizes that the ...
- 270: Bipartisanship
- Recently, the debate of whether bipartisanship has completely left this country incapacitated due to the lack of cooperation between Senators and House members with conflicting opinions has grown especially due to the Clinton Impeachment Debates. Many individuals feel that the only reason William Jefferson Clinton was impeached in the House was due to the fact that the majority of the House is republicans. This research proposal will attempt to define if the concept of bipartisanship does exist. If it does exist, what are the contributing factors to it (convincing individuals, convincing corporations, money, the Senators ...
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