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- 1651: Nelson Mandela
- ... settlers used their own definitions to apply to South Africa. The western world was assumed modern, while the colonies were traditional. To solve the discrepancies, Europeans sent white settlers to rule the African country. When Great Britain overtook the Dutch for control of South Africa they brought with them ideas from the western world that did not complement traditional African culture In 1910 the British parliament passed the Act of Union that brought British and Afrikaans colonies together to create a united South Africa. This tactic enabled Great Britain to gain control of a growing diamond industry. In other words, Britain used the natural resources of South Africa for profit. Compliant with the nature of colonizing, the colonies were intended to enrich the mother country. “Colonialism was the system of political control forced on conquered peoples” (Peet 106). As the core country, Great Britain profited from the surplus of South Africa while the Africans were left poor. It can be argued that under apartheid, South Africa was comparable to the conflicts between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat ...
- 1652: Edgar Allan Poe
- Edgar Allan Poe Many authors have made great contributions to the world of literature. Mark Twain introduced Americans to life on the Mississippi. Thomas Hardy wrote on his pessimistic views of the Victorian Age. Another author that influenced literature is Edgar Allan Poe ... himself kicked out of school. Cutting classes and disregarding orders were his solutions. He was court-martialed for neglect of duties in January, 1831, and left West Point the following month (Asselineau 411). "Poe was great in three different fields , and in each one he made a reputation that would give any man a high place in literary history. Poe wrote great short stories, famous not only in his own country, but all over the world (Robinson V)." "Hawthorne, Irving, Balzac, Bierce, Crane, Hemingway and other writers have given us memorable short stories; but none has ...
- 1653: Michael Jordan
- ... his hair are generally effective. "With his friends and people who are close to him, Jordan will see something and ride you and crack on you" says Rod Higgins. It shows that Jordan has a great sense of humor that makes him friendly and outgoing. Over all Jordan has a great personality. Deloris Jordan says, "He was the biggest handful. If there was something to be tried he was the one to try it. He was going to test you to the end. Michael learned about ... his parents." As a result, Jordan is a devoted father, husband, son and friend. Not only does he compete with his family but has another aspect of his personality. Besides his greater career as a great athletic star, he promotes AIDS awareness, does a lot of charity golf tournaments for children and works with special Olympians. Jordan has a great love for children; he helps and gives them that attention ...
- 1654: The Beginnings of a National Literary Tradition
- ... the beginnings of a national literary movement. Before Lampman and the other Confederation poets there seemed to be a mere repetition of European ideas in literature in Canada. Even though Lampman was influenced by the great Romanticists in Britain, such as Keats and Wordsworth, he is still one of the most integral writers in Canadian poetry and literature in general. Lampman signaled the move from the ‘Immigrant' authors like Moodie and ... Lampman uses to ‘Landscape' the nation. Lampman is a pictorial artist. He uses images to allow the reader to see what he sees. Connor describes this first volume of poetry as the "exponent of a great soul, a gentle heart, a refined taste, and a pure life"(97). Among the Millet is a delicate record of the surface of nature. To Lampman nature was the surest of subjects. He once said ... his own time as "dreary and monotonous realism and [a] morbid unhealthiness of [the] soul"(Early 142). This admiration of Nature and its relationship with man was as much moral as it was aesthetic. Truly great poetry strengthens the understanding and the spirit. The poetry of the English Romanticist movement served to remove the ‘gloom' of human existence. Lampman had many qualities within himself that attracted him to the English ...
- 1655: Psychology Comparison
- ... Carnegie Mellon University completed a study (later identified as the ŇHomenetÓ study) that examines the social and psychological effects of Internet use in the home. What they found, the report states, is that the initial depression and loneliness of the participants in the study did not increase use on the Internet. However, citing the researchers, the article states; ŇInternet use itself appeared to cause a decline in psychological well-being.Ó ... Internet's focus on communication; Ňgreater use of the Internet was associated with declines in participants communication with family members in the household, declines in the size of their social circle, and increases in their depression and loneliness.Ó After this brief description of the study, the article begins by describing the trends in social ŇdisengagementÓ due to technology that many researchers have discovered over the past 35 years. The Internet ... tests were administered at the conclusion of the study. Social involvement was measured by family communication, size of local and distant social network, and social support. Psychological well-being was measured by loneliness, stress, and depression. They carefully monitored for other control variables that could influence these things. Internet usage was automatically monitored watching specifically for the major applications the Internet was used for and finding that e-mail and ...
- 1656: Explaining The Three Parts Of
- ... that there should be a conversion to the previous conformity of government. Pronouncing that all of these rights shall be gratified into an unbiased society. Jefferson was denouncing the position of King George III, of Great Britain, throughout all of second component of the declaration. He fabricated a list of all incriminations against the king. Jefferson stated that the king never had the colonist s well being at heart. He was ... the American colonists were being deprived of benefits and privileges. In the second part, the king was accused of numerous accusations. Jefferson made it out to be that the king was there just to enrich Great Britain and did not care about any laws or occurrences opposing the colonists. Mercantilism was an ample factor. In the closing of the declaration, Jefferson pronounces that the colonists have the right to be free. He stated that time and time again the colonists were denied the chance for any independence or lenience from Great Britain. Jefferson desired that all allegiances should be exculpated throughout the American colonies. Essentially all that was wanted of the American colonies were to be granted the rights, freedoms and independence that they were ...
- 1657: The Life of Charles Dickens
- ... This report will talk about the life of a famous author, Charles Dickens. It will tell you about his early, middle, and later years of his life. It will also talk about one of his great works of literature. In conclusion, this report will show a comparison of his work to his life. Charles Dickens was born at Landport, in Portsea, on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in ... children and a loan society to enable the poor to prove to Australia. Then about 1865 his health started to decline and he died of a stroke on June 9, 1870. Dicken's Work The Great Expectations This story talks about a guy who is in love with a girl. It is the theme of a youths discovery of the realities of life. An unknown person provides the young hero, Pip, with money so that he can live as a gentleman. Pip's pride is shattered when he learns that he loses Estella forever, the source of his "great expectation". Only by painfully revising his values does Pip reestablish his life on a foundation of sympathy, rather than on vanity, possesions, and social position. Conclusion His work of Great Expectation is very related ...
- 1658: On The Road
- Jack Kerouac's 'Great American' Novel, On the Road "…because the only people for me as the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same ... And Jack Kerouac was there to see it all and tell about it in splendorous detail. Truly Jack Kerouac was a mindful literary genius and his novel On The Road published in 1957 is a great American novel that all citizens should take the time to read. On The Road begins with Sal Paradise, a beatnik traveler looking for something more in his life than the tedious life he lives, and his hero Dean Moriarty, a true representative of beat life in America and a mad man. Sal desires meaning for his pointless life so he begins a great American journey looking for everything and nothing, following in the footsteps of Dean and his friend Carlo Marx. Instead of making use of the money he has earned he takes to the road on ...
- 1659: Evita Peron
- ... woman in South America, would enter her office past a crush of adoring, impoverished women and children. Evita Peron, the wife of President Juan Peron, would sit at her desk and begin one of the great rituals of Peronism, the political movement she and her husband created. It was a pageant that sustained them in power. She would patiently listen to the stories of the poor, then reach into her desk ... at Evita. One woman spat on the doorstep. Uncowed, Evita left the apartment to try to get Peron out of prison. But she could not even learn where he was being held, that became the great mystery in the streets of Buenos Aires. Where was Peron? He passed a letter out of prison, and it was published in the newspapers. He also managed to have himself transferred to Buenos Aires for ... peacefully, but with this order in mind: they were not to go to work the next day-October 17-but to celebrate their victory instead. For many years to come, October 17th would be the great day of Peronist Argentina, transformed by government propaganda into a glorious and bloody workers' revolution. Four days later, Peron and Evita were married. Peron soon won the presidency. The very day he was sworn ...
- 1660: The Scarlet Letter: Do You Dread Guilt?
- ... but no one knows it yet. Guilt is very powerful. Some people after awhile give in to this guilt and confess what they did. In The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale commit a great sin. Because of this great sin, it causes them immense guilt and sadness though out the rest of the book. One of the main character's that is affected the most is Arthur Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale handles it in a different ... in cold blood, the sanctity of a human heart. Thou and I, Hester, never did so!" Because Chillingworth's sin was the blackest his fate was the most horrible of the three. To overcome this great guilt the character's handle it in there own way. Hester Prynne handles it by trying to hide nothing, trying to show the world, see what I did and I'm proud of it! ...
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