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- 3301: Causes Of World War 2
- ... economic sanctions on that country. But the league had so little power that the sanctions it passed were normally ignored and it could do nothing from that point on. Another failed peace effort was the Washington Conference. At this conference the principal naval powers agreed to limit their navies according to a fixed ratio. But again none of the powers really went through with their agreement. Yet another failed peace effort ...
- 3302: Jamestown
- ... There are only two pieces of evidence throughout the Outer Banks between 1587-1590 of the Jamestown colonist. The first was the landing of an Irish captain, William, most likely in August of 1587. Sir George Carey, a probable backer of White's expedition, governor of Isle of Wright, had sent the privateer, "Swallowe", out of its way to check on the colonist. It was on its way back to Ireland ...
- 3303: Jay Gatsby And Dick Diver
- ... ideals under a great amount of pressure from changing times. America is said to be a classless society, yet Fitzgerald shows a world of many class distinctions, highlighted by the differences between Tom Buchanan and George Wilson. Gatsby can never be at ease with Tom either, because of the divisions of class between them, despite living in the New World, where every man is equal. Fitzgerald realises that despite the U ...
- 3304: John Proctor Tragic, Or Pathet
- ... fit this bill of tragedy? Arthur Miller was quoted by the essayist Koon as saying "The common man is apt a subject for tragedy as kings" (Koon 5) And the same idea was reaffirmed by George Lillo who said "that tragedy need not concern itself soley with kings" (as quoted by Siegel 92). These statements seem to hold true to the measure, no one is more common then Willy Lowman and ...
- 3305: Hate Crimes
- ... Bigotry and Bloodshed. New York: Plenum, 1993. Novick, Michael. White Lies, White Power: The Fight Against White Supremacy and Reactionary Violence. Maine: Common Courage Press, 1995. Pressley, Sue Anne. Down a Dark Road to Murder. Washington Post 12 June 1998: A1. Racist Murder Leads Texas Town to Probe Its Prejudices. Wall Street Journal 1 October 1998: A8.
- 3306: Lesson Before Dying
- ... Lesson Before Dying." in Vol. 2 of Masterplots II, 682-687. Pasadena, CA: Salem press, N.D. Giles, James R. Ed. "American Novelists Since WWII" in Vol. 152 of Dictionary of Literary Biography, 63 Detroit, Washington, DC: Gale Research Inc. 1995
- 3307: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- ... cured by removing herself physically from her home, husband, and finally her daughter, and by taking part in and writing about the social movements of the day. Later in life she married her first cousin, George Gilman, and again suffered from depression though not as severely as she had suffered throughout her first marriage. Using her life experiences as a female within a male dominated society, Gilman wanted to redefine womanhood ...
- 3308: Christa Wolf
- ... 1972; The Reader and the Writer, 1977), a collection of essays on the form and function of prose. Wolf was awarded the highest literary honor of the Federal Republic of Germany, or West Germany, the George Bόchner Prize, in 1980.
- 3309: Lonliness In Of Mice And Men
- ... reflective of the time period in which the novel was written. Loneliness haunts the characters in the novel Of Mice and Men. Nearly everyone in this book is a loner, and all are suspicious of George and Lennies companionship. Loneliness is said to cause people to become mean and afraid of everyone else. This theme is relevant in the time period in which this novel was written, the Great Depression ...
- 3310: Is There Life On Mars
- ... our lifetime is very slim. (Newcott, 23). The cost of the equipment would be immense, and the effect of the journey on a human would be unknown (McGuire). In a fit of optimism, then President George Bush suggested that the U.S. should land humans on Mars by 2019, the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's first step on the moon. As the years pass, that possibility seems to dwindle. But ...
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