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- 1141: Catcher In The Rye
- The Impossible Job: Catcher in the Rye Recent studies show that depression is common among teenagers. Although the research may be new, it is not a new disease that has occupied teenagers. In the novel Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, the main character Holden ... him. Similarly, Holden is subconsciously searching for help; he believes that by helping others, such as the ducks, he will find good in the world that will warm his heart and cure him of his depression. However, he finds the ducks do not cure his depression and again he discovers himself feeling lonely. Soon after the duck incident, Holden has his first encounter with Sunny. He starts talking to her and states his (phony) age. Sunny responds, "Like fun you ...
- 1142: Appearances - A Universal Concern
- Appearances - A Universal Concern A desire to appear attractive is universal; it permeates all cultures and peoples, and stretches from the past to the present. Throughout history, both men and women have gone to great lengths to become more attractive. In all parts of the world, people take many different measures to beautify themselves. Even move, the animal world also exhibits the desire to be attractive. Male birds of paradise ... their brilliant hues, contrast sharply with the females. Male peacocks have stunning tail- feathers that are obviously used to attract females as well. Although it is true that a subgroup of all peoples have expended great sums of money and energy to put themselves through a great deal of usually self-imposed tribulation and suffering, it is easy to discern the different perceptions of beauty held by various groups. These perceptions vary greatly abetween groups, which are demarcated by class, cultural, ...
- 1143: Hitler's Life
- ... seen. One day Adolf found some of his fathers’ books. He found one about the War of 1870-1871 between the Germans and Indians. He became obsessed with this book. He thought this was a great event. Hitler said he then became interested in anything to do with war. He liked playing war and would play it with anyone, anytime. At this time Adolf was 11 and his little brother Edmund ... top generals in the midst of waging a world war. Hitler’s history teacher was the only one that kept his attention. He liked German Nationalism, art and architecture. Hitler’s dreams of becoming a great artist were still great and many teachers wanted to see him thrown out of technical school for causing so much trouble. In May 1904, at age 15, he received the Catholic Sacrament of Confirmation in the Linz Cathedral. ...
- 1144: John Maynard Keynes
- ... the Peace” in 1919. In this book he predicted that the staggering reparations levied against Germany would goad that country into economic nationalism and resurgence of militarism. Keynes being a well-educated man, made some great investments in a decades time. Within that decade he made his two million fortune by speculating in international currencies, stocks and commodities. In addition to his newly made fortune Keynes served as a trustee of ... it's endowment from 30,000 to 380,000 pounds. Keynes went on to write other books like “Treaties on Probability” in 1921 and “The Treaties on Money” in 1930. (Lekachman/Miller). Being that the depression was at hand during the time, people reviewed Keynes theories, which they discovered did not really explain the prolonging of the recession. Keynes began to study this problem thoroughly which appeared in his major work ... of work that he did placed a convincing attack on the classical theory that capitalism would self-correct from a recession. Also, he proved the theoretical defense for programs that were already being tried in Great Britain and by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States. Keynes based his model on the belief that increasing aggregate demand will achieve full employment, while prices and wages remain inflexible. Moreover, his ...
- 1145: Newfoundland
- ... women and even men suffered was that of Julia Salter Earle. Julia Salter Earle was outstanding among the women of her time for her advocacy to improve the lot of the working classes. During the Depression, she led a march of about 500 unemployed men through the streets of St. John's to the Colonial Building. She provided much of the impetus for the founding of the Ladies Branch of the ... s sexuality - topics on which her contemporaries in the suffrage movement remained silent. Her novels were reviewed favourably by critics in New York and England, while receiving little attention at home. Margaret was also a great entertainer, and was enrolled in the London Academy of Drama and Education in London when she was ordered to return home because of the outbreak of World War 1. A career on the stage was ... Highway to Valour (1941). Her last book, The Caribou Hut (1949) was a history of the Newfoundland hostel at the King George V Institute during WW II. The Medical Realm Like the Goodyear brothers, the Great War swept up the women of Newfoundland. Unlike the men of Newfoundland their contribution to the war effort more of a medical persuasion. A couple examples of this are that of Ethel Gertrude Dickinson ...
- 1146: Differences and Similarities of Liberalism
- ... inequality ...since gold and silver, being little useful to the life of a man in proportion to food, raiment, and carriage, has its value only from the consent of men, whereof labour yet makes, in great part, the measure, it is plain that men have agreed to a disproportional and unequal possession of the earth.3 In Locke's state on nature there are also three distinct problems. First there is ... doesn't consult the law of nature. Locke states that the three problems in the state of nature would be best solved by coming together to form a new government to protect there property. The great and chief end therefore, of men's coming into commonwealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property...4 And goes further into what this new government should be empowered to do ... the amount of money flowing and the rate at which it flows. This means that the market place was prone to certain types of macro economic illness. These illesses are First, that an economy in depression might well stay there; there was nothing inherent in the situation to pull it out. Second, that prosperity depended on investment; for if savings were not put to use, the dread spiral of contraction ...
- 1147: The Catcher In The Rye
- ... condition. Holden Caulfield is a teenager struggling to reach maturity. He is growing up in New York and goes through a lot of difficulties a teenager goes through in his teenage life like drinking, smoking, depression and family problems. The problems he has is relevant to New Zealand teenagers of today because a lot of teenagers in New Zealand are heavy drinkers, heavy smokers, they have depression problems and have family problems at home. These are the 4 problems Holden has in his teenage life and usually it always starts with the drinking. In New Zealand 33% of the heaviest alcohol drinkers ... days, they usually do it in the toilets, school hockey turf's or where teachers never do their duties. Holden smokes a lot in the book and he does it sometimes when he gets depressed. Depression was a big problem with Holden, whenever he got depressed he tends to turn to his younger siblings for support. Thinking of Allie makes Holden feel better, when Holden checks into the hotel and ...
- 1148: King Solomon
- ... how he was sent to bring the people into a new type of living for the people of Israel. This paper will give a personal account on my reason for thinking that Solomon is a great king of his time. Solomon was born the son of Bathsheba and thought to be the illegitimate son of David. The people accepted this since Bathsheba was a prostitute, and Solomon was to be the ... so that the choice of the king would be Solomon. So according to scripture Solomon was the chosen successor of David. Once Solomon received the thrown he prayed to God to be blessed with the great wisdom that the Lord his God have. The lord God granted Solomon with a wisdom that would surpass all. He would be wiser than everyone from the north would and wiser than all the people ... an education. Solomon receives knowledge; he doesn’t earn it. He under goes no youthful learning experience.” This means that without God giving the blessing of wisdom unto Solomon he may not have been the great leader that he was today. This gift made Solomon loved by all people of his kingdom. Solomon used his wisdom to make a decision about two women and a dead baby. This story in ...
- 1149: Jazz Age
- ... set standards for all later jazz singers, not only by the way he altered the words and melodies of songs but also by improvising without words like an instrument (scat singing) (Arnold12). Armstrong was a great musical architect. He brought a superb sense of drama to jazz solo conception. During a period when most improvisers were satisfied simply to embellish or paraphrase a tune, Armstrong himself was a master at both ... contained less collective improvisation and more solo improvisation, and the amount of improvisation in most swing era hits was small. The construction of improvised solos in most hits were melodically conservative. The onset of the Great Depression had a chilling effect on the jazz world, as it did the whole entertainment industry. The ambiance of jazz culture were demystified in the process. During this period, the growing popularity of talking movies ...
- 1150: George Brenard Shaw
- ... vow never to eat flesh again. He believed that all living things were equal and deserved to be treated with the same respect. Shaw's visits to museum library brought him into contact with the great people alive during that time such as, William Morris, Ruskin, and the Bloomsburry gang. These people were just as smart as he was, thus allowing Shaw to associate with them and become socially active. A keen on boxer; in 1883 Shaw joined the Queensburry Amateur Boxing Championships, and took part in the Middle & Heavyweight matches. This was a great way of keeping healthy, while he exercised his brain at the library. With his good looks and refined personality, women fell at his feet. Jenny Patterson, Alice Locket, May Morris, Edith Bland, Eleanor Marx and ... the day he died. On November 2nd 1950, while pruning an apple tree, George fell of a ladder and died of complications at the age of 94. During his lifetime George Bernard Shaw had many great achievements. In 1892 Shaw s first play, Widower s Houses, performed in London. Shaw continued to right plays such as Overruled, Man of Destiny , and Great Catherine. In 1926 he received the Nobel Prize ...
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