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- 3261: Remains Of The Day
- ... truly what is expected? (16) His seeming inability to give or take a joke without effort makes one wonder how Stevens can be human, and reminds one of the question of how the people in George Orwell s Nineteen Eighty-Four can be human without expressing real emotions. Stevens has real emotions, but he has hidden them for so long that he does not even know how to bring them to ...
- 3262: Star Wars
- ... the story of a father and a son torn apart by their differing views of the world. Another story which I feel parallels this story in certain aspects is the 1977 classic Star Wars by George Lucas. In Star Wars, Luke Skywalker, a young farmboy on a backwater world, receives a lightsabre from Obi Wan Kenobi, this inspires an urge to leave his world and learn to be a Jedi. One ...
- 3263: Telecommunication
- ... peripherals together so that they can exchange information. The first such exchange of information was on May 24, 1844 when Samuel Morse sent the famous message "What hath God wrought" from the US Capitol in Washington D.C. across a 37 mile wire to Baltimore using the telegraph. The telegraph is basically an electromagnet connected to a battery via a switch. When the switch is down the current flows from the ...
- 3264: The Dying Dreams
- ... of foreshadowing is Larry and his disappearance. Miller hints at the importance of this fact throughout the entire play but reveals the answer only at the end. Another example of foreshadowing is the arrival of George. During the early mentions of this name the reader senses that there will be trouble but without concrete ideas to base the premonitions on. The use imagery is limited to the past and foreshadowing in ...
- 3265: The Masque Of The Red Death
- ... have considered it to be one of his most controversial in his treatment of women. The taming of Katherine has been contended as being excessively cruel by many writers and critics of the modern era. George Bernard Shaw himself pressed for its banning during the 19th century (Peralta). The subservience of Katherine has been labeled as barbaric, antiquated, and generally demeaning. The play centers on her and her lack of suitors ...
- 3266: Black Panthers
- ... disproving racist ideas held by whites." Some blacks decided to do a little research about themselves and their history. Some famous musicians used phrases such as "Free your mind and your ass will follow" by George Clinton, and "Say it loud, I'm Black and I'm proud" by James Brown, to express themselves in the Black Liberation Movement. Some disapproved of the Black Panther Party's methods. The main person ...
- 3267: The Hot Zone
- ... and in two outbreaks in Zaire and Sudan wiped out six hundred people. But the virus had never been seen outside of Africa and the consequences of having the virus in a busy suburb of Washington DC is too terrifying to contemplate. Theoretically, an airborne strain of Ebola could emerge and circle the world in about six weeks. Ebola virus victims usually "crash and bleed," a military term which literally means ...
- 3268: The Has Been And The Never Was
- ... relegated to the roles of sidekick, criminal and bit player, but never a leading role. This all changed after his role as Jules in Pulp Fiction. Born Samuel Leroy Jackson on December 21, 1948 in Washington, D.C., he was raised by his mother and grandparents in Chattanooga, Tennessee. A very serious student, Jackson was admitted to Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA as an architecture student. Having struggled with a stutter ...
- 3269: The Great Gatsby 5
- ... the life she wants to be a part of. She always thought she should have done better than her current husband and having an affair with Tom reinforces this belief of hers. Her current husband, George Wilson, is just a poor gas station owner in the Valley of Ashes who had to borrow a tuxedo for his wedding. Myrtle would rather be treated like a dog by someone who has money ...
- 3270: The Role Of Women In Shakspear
- ... have considered it to be one of his most controversial in his treatment of women. The taming of Katherine has been contended as being excessively cruel by many writers and critics of the modern era. George Bernard Shaw himself pressed for its banning during the 19th century (Peralta). The subservience of Katherine has been labeled as barbaric, antiquated, and generally demeaning. The play centers on her and her lack of suitors ...
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