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- 2181: Rocky Horror Picture Show
- ... time classic. The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the best cult film of all time. The movie has all the three basic elements it should have. It has funny audience participation, wonderful acting, and a great story line. Before the beginning of the movie, cast members will wander around the theater, and yell out various lines from the movie. When the movie curtain starts to roll its way up, you see ... when one of the characters, Dr. Scott, goes flying through the walls of the laboratory in his wheelchair. As he is rolling down the ramp from where he flew through, another character, Brad, yells out "Great SCOTT" and that s when everyone takes the toilet paper they have brought with them and throws it all over the place. Once all the toilet paper has been collected by the cast leader, they pick out one person from the audience and DOUSE them with toilet paper and it s the funniest sight one will ever see! Even though there is a great amount of audience participation, one really has to turn your attention to the actors in the movie. It takes a special kind of person to really understand the movie they are in. If they ...
- 2182: Fire 2
- ... that fire could be made by focusing the sun's rays with a lens or curved mirror ([CD-ROM], 1996). People remained ignorant of the true character of fire until 1783. In that year the great French chemist Antoine Lavoisier investigated the properties of oxygen and laid the foundation for modern chemistry ([CD-ROM], 1996). Lavoisier showed that ordinary fire is due to the chemical process called oxidation, which is the ... by the combustion of the burning substance is as high or higher than its ignition point. This is one of the most important laws of fire. Some very hard woods, such as ebony, require a great deal of heat to burn. If the end of a stick of ebony is placed in a coal fire, it will burn. When it is drawn out, the fire of the smoldering ebony itself is ... shows the variations in global temperatures, going back one-million years. It shows that warm periods occurred roughly every 100,000 years, with colder periods in between. It was during those cold periods that the great continental ice sheets advanced, spreading over much of the North American continent each time ([On-line], 1998). Figure 1 Variations in Global Temperatures Over the Last Million Years ([On-line], 1998). The next graph ...
- 2183: Beowulf
- The Lead of Beowulf Huy Ngo Beowulf displays the qualities of a good leader that were mentioned in the speech given by Hrothgar. The speech speaking of the vices and virtues of great political leaders contains many of the same qualities that Beowulf embodies. His boastfulness, generosity and kindness are evidence that he is a good leader and provides for his people. Although the qualities he posses may ... joy but baleful murder dark death sorrows to his Danish followers. With hot rage-thought she ravaged his people hearth-companions til hate severed him, jealous slaughter-king, from the joys of men though the great Measurer marked him for honor of a towering meadhall (pg. 55). Heremod pays no attention to the needs of his people. He inflicts pain and suffering upon them. The darkness and gloom are associating Heremod ... out the rest of their days wealthy and without worry. But Beowulf still wants to fight the beast alone. Our old gift lord meant to manage this monster hot battle alone once again with his great wonder strength armed with a war name earned through a lifetime forged now with deeds (2642-46). Beowulf is not fighting these monsters because he believes he is a god but because he wishes ...
- 2184: Revenge In The Odyssey
- ... was irked with himself / to think a visitor had been kept their waiting (5). One example in The Odyssey is when Odysseus comes to the home of the Kyklops. Odysseus states: We will entreat you, great Sir, have a care for the gods courtesy; Zeus will avenge the unoffending guest (153). Kyklops just answers that, We Kyklopes care not for your thundering Zeus (153). This is a big mistake because directly ... that Penelope has been faithful to him, even using trickery to hold off the suitors for all this time. Odysseus gets his revenge near the end of the story by killing the suitors with his great bow. He also kills every maidservant who has gone to bed with a suitor. This is also a great example of how Zeus puts doom on someone (or in this case a whole group) who abuses the host-guest relationship. With this deed now done, Odysseus has completed the task of getting on ...
- 2185: William Butler Yeats
- ... in contrast to his admiration for the heroes of old. Yet they were of a different kind. These patriots had loved Ireland with a passion which consumed them, and for which no sacrifice was too great. For whom the hangman s rope was spun. But the present materialistic age has no place for such men of courage and idealism. Their age is past. It s With O Leary in the grave ... clown or jokes aimed at the commonest ear . Integrity and honour are sacrificed to materialism and self interest. In this vulgar environment, there is no place for Art. The beating down of the wise, And Great Art beaten down. The poem concludes with Yeats returning to his opening image of the fisherman. He is the symbol of his ambition as an artist, and his inspiration. Although he recognises he is but ... to cultivate a pride in the Irish people in their own culture, was increased by the fact that the woman he loved, Maud Gonne, did not return his affection. His love for her was so great that he could not bring himself to blame her for this. Why should I blame her that she filled my days with misery. Instead, he directs his rage against the revolutionaries she consorts with. ...
- 2186: Book Report - Lies My Teacher
- ... true history. This book attempts to show how and why American history has been taught the way it has without regard for the truth. Mr. Loewen had compared twelve different history textbooks they are: The Great Republic, The American Way, Land of Promise, Rise of the American Nation, Challenge of Freedom, American Adventures, Discovering American History, The American Tradition, Life and Liberty, The United States A History of the Republic, Triumph ... the harsh realities of our nations past. The United States has tried to maintain a positive image throughout history. Unfortunately, it has many skeletons in its closet that need to come out to heal this great nation on many levels. If the public at large new the real role of racism in our nations infancy and how men tried to pursue their way of thinking as opposed to what is good ... this represent a true Columbus or is it a way of heroifying the man to teach all students that yes, you too can do wondrous feats. Giving students the reinforcement needed to be confident is great but is it worth it? Mr. Loewen expresses that it is not. Students and the public at large need to know that failure and character flaws exist in all of us. He also feels ...
- 2187: The French and Indian War
- ... and various Indian tribes. The majority of Indians fought with the French, but one tribe called the Iroquois fought with the British. The French and Indian war was mostly caused due to colonial rivalries between Great Britain and France. Both Great Britain and France wanted control over the Ohio and Mississippi River valley regions. They wanted control over these regions so they could have the resources and land. The Indians believed that land didnt belong to anyone and that everyone should share it. The Indians sided with the French because they were good trading partners and the French respected the Indian culture. Great Britain and France both claimed some of the same land in the Ohio and Mississippi River valley regions which led to conflict over who should get control over it. The wars going on in ...
- 2188: Catcher In The Rye And For Esm
- There have been many great authors to this date in history, as we know it. In my lifetime, J D Salinger is one of the most famous and powerful authors I read. "J D Salinger, one of the world's ... seemed like I was the only one that did not read this classic. So I went to the library and they were all on loan so I bought one. After finishing the novel, which was great, I decided to read another piece of Salinger's work to see how Salinger's writing style would compare to "The Catcher in the Rye". I picked up a book called "Nine Stories", which had ... the story, I discovered that the two stories had a lot in common with each other. It was mainly because of Salinger's narrative style and other writing technique's he uses in these two great stories. Both of these stories are in first person point of view but "The Catcher in the Rye" is in subjective narration. Holden Caulfield is a teenager who sees the world as an evil ...
- 2189: CHARLES BAXTER
- ... plot lines must be able to strike a nerve with the reader. If a plot does not move a reader, than the story could not stand on it's own. I've seen movies with great plots that have been considered the best of all time. "Forest Gump" had a great plot and is one of the best. I've read books with great plots and those are the best ones. Although not a book, a play I believe "Macbeth" is a true masterpiece in its own time and till present day. In all of Baxter's work, ...
- 2190: C And C Huck Finn, Ethan Frome
- Huckleberry Finn, The Great Gatsby, and Ethan Frome were books written by three different authors and may have seemed completely different. The main characters of these books, Huck Finn, Ethan Frome, and Jay Gatsby, appeared to be three distinct ... an aspect shared by many characters in a wide variety of novels, but none other than Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome, and F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Each of these novels' main characters showed a deep emotional bond with another character. Huck Finn's relationship with Jim was somewhat strange, but nevertheless was strong. Jim was a runaway slave and Huck ... I won't let you! She's always had her way, but I mean to have mine now." Another type of love was the love of possessions, which was clearly evident in the novel The Great Gatsby. Jay Gatsby tried to capture his dream by trying to get his past love to fall in love with him again. Gatsby attempted to get Daisy to fall in love with him again ...
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