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- 691: A Raisin In The Sun
- ... is no blasted God-there is only man and it is he who makes miracles!" After Beneatha had finished her argument, Lena slapped her across her face and made Beneatha say, "In my mother's house there is still God". Lena stressed out her points that she will not tolerate any ideas like that in her house, or as long as she's around. Black families have a huge sense of pride of where they come from. For example, Asagai always talked about Africa and how it will be good for him ... or family to get in the way of them moving into a white town. They were a proud family. They didn't want to cause trouble, all they wanted was to live happily in a house that their father and husband sweat blood for. Walter almost gave in and wanted to settle for the money Mr. Lindner was going to pay for the family to go to another place to ...
- 692: The PRogression Of Violence In MUsic
- ... Hills housekeeper telephoned the police to report a murder at the secluded hillside residence of her employer, Hollywood starlet Sharon Tate and her husband, movie director Roman Polanski. She had come to clean up the house when she discovered the bodies of five people including Miss Tate, who was eight months pregnant. The word "pig" was scrawled in bold across the front door of the luxurious home. When the police arrived, they found what one called "a bloody mess." Twenty-six-year-old Sharon Tate's body lay in the living room of the house, a nylon rope tied tightly around her neck as though in preparation for a hanging. She had been stabbed sixteen times. Next to Tate on the floor lay the limp body of her close friend ... A towel partially obscured the rope that had been tied around his neck and then had been draped over a beam on the ceiling. Two more bodies were found on the front lawn of the house, some fifty feet apart. Thirty-seven-year-old Wojiciech Frykowski, a friend of Roman Polanski, had been shot five times, stabbed fifty-one times, and bludgeoned thirteen times on the back of the head. ...
- 693: FENCES
- ... them. His father, not afraid of Troy, beat up Troy. Troy was left there, his eyes were swelled shut. He didn’t know what to do. He couldn’t go back to his father’s house, so he went to another town 200 miles away. This is when Troy became a man at the age of 14. In the town, Mobile, it was hard for him to survive. He had to ... in jail. After they were married, they wanted to have a son. Cory, their son, was born. Troy thought that he was a good husband to Rose because he provided her with food and a house. He wasn’t a good husband because he didn’t give her love and compassion. These two things are needed in a good marriage. She centered her whole life around him and he gave her ... him think that he was a good brother. Troy wasn’t a good brother to Gabriel. He stole the war money that Gabriel got. He used the money that he got to build himself a house. Gabriel couldn’t take care of himself, so Troy oversaw Gabriel’s life. After a while Gabriel moved out. He went to live in Mrs. Pearl’s house, down the street. Troy was mad ...
- 694: Stillwatch: Summary
- ... murders, love affairs, suicide, an extremely obese mother who wasn’t appreciated, and an ex-fiancé...but that’s not all. Pat’s real name is Kerry Adams. She is living in her parents’ old house in Washington. 24 years ago, her parents died. It was said that her father had killed her mother and then himself. Pat’s not real sure that was the case. She’s living in that house so that she can try to conjure up some memories. And she does...like it or not. Pat begins to remember scenes such as tripping over her mother’s bleeding body, crying for her daddy, and running through the house in a state of shock. Pat is seeing Sam again, and Sam can’t stand Abigail Jennings OR her burly assistant, Toby. Toby doesn’t exactly have a clean record, and Pat’s been ...
- 695: Comparative Essasy - Comparing
- ... and a thin layer of mayonnaise. At times I have used mustard as a variation. She also told me stories about Sunday cleaning, which to me, was the real nightmare. They would all clean the house, front to back, spotless! She said they even used to clean behind the stove, behind the refrigerator, and clean out the drawers. They would spend all day, once a week, polishing and scrubbing, and dusting. Up until she was over 21, she followed this routing. My mother sometimes said they wanted company to be able to show up and the house not be a mess. I say, if company is coming they have no right looking behind the refrigerator, the stove, or in your drawers! My mother's youth reflects in the way she liked to ... She showed me the way she grew up. She would make me help her with the housework! I remember the time I got suspended from school. By the time I went back to school my house was spotless. Needless to say, I was never suspended again and I actually seen something that I had never seen before. That space behind the stove! My father could care less about what was ...
- 696: Vietnam War
- ... Although, it faded when the college students went home during the summer of 1965, other types of protest that grew through 1971 soon replaced it. All of these movements captured the attention of the White House, especially when 25,000 people marched on Washington Avenue. And at times these movements attracted the interest of all the big decision-makers and their advisors (Gettleman, 54). The teach-ins began at the University ... 25,000 in 1965 to 79,000 in 1966. The antiwar movement grew slowly during this period and so did the number of critics in Congress and the media. A ban on picketing the White House was recommended. Instead, President Johnson and later Nixon combated the picketers through a variety of legal and illegal harassment, including limiting their numbers in certain venues and demanding letter-perfect permits for every activity. (Gettleman ... of the most turbulent years in all of American history. The war in Southeast Asia and the war at home in the streets and the campuses dominated the headlines and the attention of the White House. To make matters worse, 1967 witnessed more urban riots; the most deadly of which took place in Detroit. It was also the year of the hippies, the drugs, and a wholesale assault on morality ...
- 697: The Downy Woodpecker
- ... its name of downy because of its soft fine feathers. The downy, smallest of the woodpecker clan, is not even as big as a robin. It is only about the size of the of a house sparrow at six inches tall. The downy can be separated from all other woodpeckers ~ except the hairy ~ by the broad, white strip down its back. The downy and the hairy are often confused since their ... intended victim, and remained sitting there for a few moments, searching in vain. The black and white feathers of the downy blended perfectly with the bark and lichen on the tree." Other enemies, strangely, include house wrens, which have been known to wait until downies have completed work on their nesting cavaties before appropriating the site for themselves. Unbelievable as it may sound, the house wren can be aggressive enough to attack a pair of downies and drive them from their own nesting site to procure the cavity for its own. Squirrels, particularly red squirrels, will destroy the eggs ...
- 698: Ethan Frome - Contrast Between Film And Novel
- ... of winter. This, with the addition of appropriate music, creates a bleak atmosphere, and there is no doubt in the audience’s mind of an impending sense of gloom and tragedy. The darkness of the house amongst the pure white of the snow is a symbol of the darkness within the house. It shows that the people living in the house, the Fromes, are not happy people. They have their burdens and a darkness in their lives that is further intensified by the joy of the people around them. The audience is perhaps more aware ...
- 699: Babe Ruth
- ... s perfect. I plan on exploring Babe Ruth’s life and noting the good and bad points of Americas greatest Baseball hero. George Herman Ruth Jr. was born on February 6, 1895 in his grandparents’ house at 216 Emory St. in the tough water front section of Baltimore. Babe Ruth’s parents Kate and George Herman Ruth were 19 and 23 when they had their first child, George Jr. The young ... upset by this. Their home was in Sudbury, Mass. which meant George would only be able to visit when he was playing in Boston. Helen was getting tired of being home in such a big house by her self. So in an effort to relieve Helen of her loneliness, in 1921 George adopted a baby daughter, whom they named Dorothy. She brought much happiness to the couple, but unlike George had ... married to Helen. This would change soon enough. One night while Helen was sleeping in her home a serious problem occurred. There was an electrical failure which caused a large fire to burn down the house and it took Helen with it. The death of Helen would now allow Claire and George to get married. So they did so on April 17, 1929. Luckily Dorothy was not in the house ...
- 700: The Aztec Nation
- ... powerful to slay the prisoner. This cycle continued until the prisoner was finally exterminated (Bray 1968). To the Aztecs family was very important. The family was an important part of survival. The man was a house builder and a farmer or craftsman while the woman prepared food, cared for the children, made clothes, and looked after the livestock. Aztecs thought that marriage without children was incomplete and thus barren women were ... inferior. A ruler's daughter was made to walk around and never look up from the ground. She was to never talk while eating and must keep absolute silence. Maidens could not go outside the house without guards. Young unmarried women could never see their father without permission and every time the saw him they would give him presents and gifts they had made. None laughed in his presence and all ... him many gifts. Now the young youth was considered a man. The girl who was usually 16, spent most of her time in preparing food for the big event. Marriage ceremonies were held in a house during the night with many people present (usually about 150). The marriage rite took place and the couple were perfumed with incense and were then presented with traditional gifts. Then they were joined by ...
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