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- 2661: David Copperfield: A Novel of Hypocrisy, Sexual Degradation, Selfish Exploitation, and Fraud
- ... impression is one of joy tempered and mellowed wisdom" Discuss. David Copperfield is probably one of the most successful novels of all time. I believe it has inspired many readers to a full life with great success. The novel itself is so real that it has even been said to be 'more real than life' I am one of those who agree and I will try and explain why in the ... own respect. This is basically because Dickens chose to write about life and in life all these terms apply. By the time that Dickens began writing David Copperfield he was already a profound author with great popularity. I believe he wanted to portray life as best he could, he wanted to show what life was to him: and what better way than a biography closely related to Dickens himself. We could ... polite warden at a jailhouse who has respect even for the greatest criminals such as Heep and Littimer, Steerforth's despicable servant. Similarly Mr. Murdstone seems at the beginning to be very polite and a great gentleman; until he gets what he wants! He marries rich young widowed women whom he slowly destroys with his odious 'firmness' 'Cold-hearted fraud' this is probably the most serious offense that is committed ...
- 2662: St. John The Evangelist
- ... of birth are unknown, but it is well known that he was one of the best followers and students of Jesus. St. John was the son of Zebedee, and the brother of St. James the Great with whom he was brought up to the trade of fishing. While Jesus was spreading his teachings and his miracles St. John entered public ministry. Then in his first year of public ministry our Lord ... especially his converts. The other two are short, and directed to particular persons, to Gaius and to local church. The Book of Revelation is also attributed to him. Writing a Gospel was not the only great challenge that St. John performed in his life. He became the "beloved disciple" and the only one of the Twelve who did not forsake the Savior in the hour of Jesus Passion. He proved it ... his mother. Together with his brother James and with Simon Peter, he formed a kind of inner circle of Three among the Twelve. In that those three were privileged to behold the miracle of the Great Catch of Fish, the healing of Peter's mother-in-law, the raising of the daughter of Jairus, the Transfiguration, and the Agony in Gethsemane. So St. John was surrounded with challenges and he ...
- 2663: Confederate States Of America
- ... 223). Despite the North's enormous population advantage over the South during the Civil War, other wars proved that size doesn't matter. For example, the Colonist's success in the American Revolution proved to Great Britain that America was an insignificant, but a successful opponent. "While Northern superiority in numbers and resources was a necessary condition for Union Victory, it is not a sufficient explanation for that victory," says James ... for Northern Americans, the North enacted a completely nationalistic program to promote economic development. According to Richard N. Current author of "God and the Strongest Battalions," "in cotton, the South had a cash crop of great value, and yet, in the midst of war, Southerners reduced their planting, burned the bales they had on hand, and discouraged shipments abroad" (Current 24-25). Furthermore, drafting of Southern slaves robbed cotton farms and ... The Confederate government literally flushed itself into the worst economic inflation America has seen since the American Revolution. When dealing with the military issues of the Civil War, the army of the North had a great advantage over the South. Richard McMurry, of "Why the South Lost the Civil War," blames the South's defeat on its military commanders (Zebrowski 224-5). McMurry states, "the Confederacy did not have a ...
- 2664: Sophocles
- ... Dionysus in which new plays are presented all of the time. This was to show how successful Sophocles was in his acting career. During his first competition, Sophocles had the honor of competing against the great Aeschylus himself and defeated him taking first place. There would be many more plays to follow this accomplishment and Sophocles would walk home with nothing less than a second place. Sophocles, noted as being a ... time after that, Sophocles was the director of the Treasury. This was where Sophocles controlled the funds of the association of states which were to be known as the Delian Confederacy. Being one of the great innovators of the theatre, Sophocles was the first playwright to add a third actor to his plot. In doing this, he annulled the trilogic form. For example, Aeschylus used three tragedies to explain a single ... Although Oedipus can not escape his fate, he finally finds peace in the sequal, Oedipus at Colonus. Shortly after the production of the play Oedipus at Colonus, Sophocles passed away. He joined the other two great Greek playwrights Aeschylus and Euripides who had gone to their graves before him. This is to be the conclusion of the first great age of tragedy. Many modern scholars have considered Sophocles to be ...
- 2665: Socrates
- ... to a group of students in a small classroom. These students were much like disciples. They respected and followed in the philosophies of their teacher. Socrates’ most famous pupil, Plato, went on to become a great philosopher like his mentor. Socrates lived through and fought in the Peloponnesian War. After Athens’ defeat, the democracy was replaced by a tyranny. This did not bother Socrates much because his belief in government was ... step toward advancing modern philosophy, as we know it. His theories and ideas were a whole new concept that helped progress the western philosophy through all of later history. In conclusion, Socrates’ historical importance is great, due to his extreme influence on the evolution of the world’s ideas of philosophy. Even though Socrates never made written records of his work, his finest and most successful pupil, Plato, recorded much of ... my ideas would consist of principles rather than sciences. The simple lifestyle of the philosopher appeals to me. I enjoyed the unusual behaviors that I associated myself with. All that really interested me was the great mysteries of philosophy, and the questions of knowing oneself, which I devoted my life to learning and teaching. Mark – Your teaching was remarkable and much can be learned from studying it even after your ...
- 2666: The War Of 1812 And Its Effect
- ... a world power just yet. The nation went into a period of isolation and did not come out of it until after the Spanish-American war. The children of our nation did go through a great change though. Many of them wanted to be president. The leaders of our nation such as the president and the congress were looked upon in awe. They were proud to be Americans, because it meant ... in a way that most Americans back then did not even think of. Weather they liked it or not, they all were united in one way or another. The United States had evolved into something great; something special that could no longer be denied its goals. Its children had become proud of this infant nation, and that was the most important step in keeping together. If no one believed in a ... it survive? Many questioned weather or not this pride would last, but undoubtedly it did. It evolved into a nation-wide sense of pride. It grew and with it the nation grew and prospered under great leadership and the democratic way. The great democratic experiment had worked, the nation was at peace and was growing, and the tide for the next century had already been set in motion. John K. ...
- 2667: Huck Finn Is A Very Troubled Young Boy
- ... the way he was, taught that lying and stealing aren't wrong, proved very useful in getting him out of many of these predicaments. Because Huck's father brought him up to be such a great liar and a stealer Huck has been able to escape from many close calls. One instance in which Huck wriggles himself out of trouble is when he and Jim, the runaway slave are traveling down ... and notice that Jim is a black slave they inquire about him. They ask Huck if he's a runaway slave and they seem interested in selling him for a good price. Huck being the great thinker he is argues, "why would a slave be going south?". That really stumps the two men and they leave it at that. It is instances like these where Huck is able to think quickly ... and tells him about what happened and how he really isn't dead and how he's trying to free Jim, Tom agrees to try and help to free Jim. Huck and tom concoct a great plan, Tom will be Toms brother Sid and Huck will be Tom and they will work to free Jim. Well they go along with their plan and it is successful in freeing Jim, well ...
- 2668: Sir Isaac Newton
- ... when in all actuality, Newton proved wrong. Another contribution was the reflective telescope; he knew that the refractive telescope could only be so big, hence prohibiting extreme magnification. His optical studies stopped because of the Great Plague that hit in 1666. That is why he is mainly known for his mathematical discoveries and the laws of gravitation. Newton once said, "If I have seen further than most men, it is because ... with the constant change which is ever present in the word around us"(The New American Encyclopedia Vol. 3: 891). This ingenious mathematical method has provided us with the ability to create things which the great philosophers of the past could only dream of. This mathematical method allows us to make precise calculations by using specified equations with only a few known quantities. Have you ever tried to determine the volume ... impossible, but it would be impractical to try and attack such a problem without the proper tools. Without calculus, it would be like trying to eat soup with a fork. "With calculus, Newton’s first great achievement, he provided himself with the mathematical tools necessary for the rest of his work"(www.tiac.net/users/bruen/newton.html). Mathematics, science, and technology go hand in hand. Without the proper mathematical ...
- 2669: Joe Louic
- Joe Louis was born in Alabama on May 13, 1914. He was the son of an Alabama sharecropper, the great grandson of a slave, and the great great grandson of a white slave owner. He moved to Detroit as a youngster with his mother. He was the first African American ever to achieve lasting fame and star status in the 20th Century. ...
- 2670: Bus Boycott
- ... for civil rights, showed that African-Americans united for a cause could stand up to segregation. Being president of the Montgomery Improvement Association taught Martin Luther the skills and gave the exposure to become a great leader of a movement as large as the civil rights movement. The thing that Martin Luther King is remembered most for was his oratory skills. M.L.K was a master speaker and his speeches and the greatness of them will always live on forever. His Speaking style has been compared to such great people as Gandhi, Jesus and Fredrick Douglass because he knew how to dramatize the truth.2 This is evident when he gives his first speech as the president of the M.I.A. at the ... civil rights. When M.L.K was attending Crozer seminary near Philadelphia he struggled with ideas of how to approach the race problem in America. Until he found his answers in the teachings of the great Mohandas Gandhi’s non-violence resistance. Gandhi taught that non-violent resistance is non-cooperation with evil. Gandhi believed that a group can strike, boycott, and hold protest marches non-violently and all predicated ...
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