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- 541: Bradbury's "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains" and Poe's "Masque of the Red Death": Elements and Techniques to Create and Convey the Theme
- ... uses the man v.s. nature conflict to convey his theme. Ray Bradbury uses conflict of man v.s. nature to convey his theme "in the end man's technology will out live man." The house is still standing after the man made bomb hits the neighborhood in California. The nuclear bomb goes off and there is only one house out of a whole town still standing. The machines inside the house are stilling operating while the human masters are gone. When the fire broke out in the house the man made machines tried to put out the fire but they failed. The house was burned ...
- 542: Analytical Essay On The Grass
- ... ll expect him this afternoon!" The filmmaker uses dark clothes, hard wavy hair and a heavy stamp to highlight Verena's character. She maintains an outwards appearance of control and decency. Further more, Verena's house is designed to convey her power and authority over the other characters. The wall paper is a vertical stripe to convey a prison like feeling and the colours are green and gold, the colour of ... the party to bring Dolly home, and to stop the revival meeting. Even the road she lives on is named after her- Talbo Lane. Verena is extremely domaineering over the people that live in her house, especially her sister. " Put on that new pink dress I bought you.... and hold your head up. It makes me dizzy to watch you...... and do something with that mop of hair." Verena treats her ... or when she has to talk to someone, as she has no confidence. She also has a breezy walk. Dolly's kitchen, pink with lots of open space, contrasts with the rest of Verena's house. Dolly is nearly totally dependant on Verena. Catherine, the housekeeper, and dolly's best friend has alot to say about the way Verena acts towards Dolly. " That one! Always...do this, don't do ...
- 543: Harry S. Truman
- Biography 1. Date of Birth & Birth Place Harry S. Truman was born on May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri. 2. Childhood John A. Truman sold and bought livestock form a lot adjacent to their house when Harry was first born. When Harry was ten months old the Trumans sold their house and stocklot to move to Harrisonville, Missouri. From Harrisonville they moved to Belton, then to Grandview, and finally settled in Independence, Missouri when Harry Truman was six years old. President Truman was the oldest of ... Oxford, Georgia), and the University of Virginia Law School. In 1901 he was admitted to the Kentucky bar. After holding various county offices in Kentucky, he was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1912 and served until 1927. He was elected U.S. senator from Kentucky for four terms beginning in 1927. Barkley was majority leader of the Senate from 1937 to 1947 and ...
- 544: U.S Foreign Policy Toward Jewish Refugees During 1933-1939
- ... middle of the paper.16 Reports, although filing into the United States at an accelerated rate, were still considered unconfirmed. In November 1943, the Gillette-Rogers resolution was introduced in the Senate and in the House. The resolution called for "the creation by the President of a commission of diplomatic, economic, and military experts to formulate and effectuate a plan of action to save the surviving Jewish people from extinction..."17 SRes. 203 was supported unanimously, but in the House H.R. 352 faced the opposition of Breckinridge Long. In his testimony, he pointed out that with "every legitimate thing" already being done, any more action by Congress would "be construed as a repudiation of ... actual German citizens, taking the blame for everything from unemployment to inflation. Far right neo-Nazi groups were gaining momentum as the depression had bred intergroup racial tension. A January 3rd 1939 report, from the House Committee on Un-American activities reported the existence of 135 organization that were regarded as fascist. The German-American Bund was receiving program direction and funding directly from the Nazi ministry of propaganda and ...
- 545: Fahrenheit51 4
- ... snuck some books from the home of their last burning. Montag doesn't talk to Mildred about his unhappiness with his job. But Beatty knows of Montag's unhappiness, and makes a visit to his house. He gives Montag a pep talk about his curiosity about books. He tells him that all firemen have a curiosity about books sometime. He says that books are merely stories, only fiction. He tells him ... all the books he stole and she is later persuaded to read them. But little do they know that the Mechanical hound on their trail. He then ends up going to an old friends house, his name is Faber. At Faber's house, Faber tells Montag that he is devoted to the ideas contained in books, and concerned with the common good of man. Immediately Montag tells Faber of his unhappiness and curiosity. Faber tells Montag that ...
- 546: Charles Dickens 5
- ... Dickens was born on Friday, February 7, 1812 at No. 1 Mile End Terrace, Landport, Portsmouth. His father, John Dickens, was a clerk in the Navy Pay Office. In 1814 John was transferred to Somerset House in London. In 1817 John moved his family to Chatham and worked in the naval dockyard. It was here, at Chatham in the Medway Valley, that Charles experienced his happiest childhood memories. John was transferred ... city he toured. He also toured factories, the industrial mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, a Shaker village in New York, and a prairie in Illinois. While in Washington he attended sessions of Congress, toured the White House, and met President Tyler. In the White House, as just about everywhere he went in America, Dickens was appalled at the American male passion for chewing tobacco. Dickens wanted to see the South and observe slavery first hand. His initial plan was ...
- 547: Abraham Lincoln
- ... 1926), Edward ("Eddie") 1846-1850, William ("Willie") 1850-1862, and Thomas ("Tad") 1853-1871. Lincoln became a successful attorney, and the family bought a home in 1844. In 1846 Lincoln ran for the United States House of Representatives and won. While in Washington he became known for his opposition to the Mexican War and to slavery. He returned home after his term and resumed his law practice more seriously than ever ... S. Senate but received some support for the Republican Vice-Presidential nomination in 1856. Also in 1856 Lincoln gave his famous Lost Speech. He opposed the Dred Scott decision in 1857 and gave his famous "House Divided" Speech on June 16, 1858. Additionally, he engaged in a series of debates with Stephen A. Douglas in 1858. Lincoln was against the spread of slavery into the territories but was not an abolitionist ... as his running mate. Lincoln defeated the Democrat George McClellan on November 8, 1864. On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant. Two days later Lincoln addressed a crowd outside the White House. Among other things, he suggested he would support voting rights for certain blacks. This infuriated a racist and Southern sympathizer who was in the audience, John Wilkes Booth, who hated everything the President stood ...
- 548: The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe
- ... until no one else remains. Death is king of all (Rogers 41). "The horror abysmal darkness, and absolute helplessness befalling the victims are described with vivid accuracy in tales such as 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' 'The Cask of Amontillado,' and 'The Premature Burial' (Perry XI-XII)." In "The Fall of the House of Usher," the narrator visits his insane friend, Roderick Usher. Usher's house is huge and gloomy (Rogers 20). His twin sister, Madeline, gets sick and dies. The narrator and Usher place her in a tomb in the basement of Usher's house. What they do not ...
- 549: Housing Discrimination And Hou
- ... housing discrimination with the ultimate goal of creating an integrated society. On the surface, housing discrimination simply segregates minorities into specific living areas, however its implications reach far beyond the location of an individual's house. Where a family lives determines what schools their children will attend as well as the quality of their education. Since minority areas are necessarily those with low income and sometimes terrible poverty, the education systems ... attain residency on the private market, hopefully in a new area. Although these programs are only being done on a small scale, they are extremely successful. Most families were able to move to a larger house or apartment, and into areas of less crime, better educational systems, and greater ethnic and racial diversity. Most of the recipients of these vouchers said their living conditions as well as their quality of life ... housing for all will hopefully emerge. Although housing discrimination is a major obstacle for integrating our society, the presence of lending discrimination also provides additional problems for minorities who are looking for housing. Buying a house is an expensive process, and few individuals have the financial capability to simply purchase a house. As a result, most homebuyers go to a bank and get a loan, and the conditions of the ...
- 550: The Political Career of Richard Nixon
- ... to contribute 2 billion dollars over a two-year period to communities in the process of desegregating their schools. Nixon conducted his campaign for a second term by surrogate. While he seldom left his White House office, the vice-president and other associates campaigned for him. Supporters interpreted his landslide vote as a mandate for his programs. Soon after reelection, Nixon requested the resignations of some 2,000 presidential appointees in ... Committee headquarters at the Watergate apartment-office complex in Washington, D.C. Early in 1973 they were convicted of burglary and political espionage. The Senate held hearings to probe allegations of attempts by high White House officials to cover up administration involvement in the case. Several of Nixon's top aides resigned as they became implicated. Meanwhile, the House Judiciary Committee began an inquiry into whether he had committed impeachable offenses. On April 30, 1974, Nixon released edited transcripts of White House conversations that he felt would reassure the public of his innocence ...
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