|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 3201 - 3210 of 14167 matching essays
- 3201: Hemingways For Whom The Bell T
- ... and it brought to power General Francisco Franco who ruled Spain from the end of the war until his death in 1975. Following the Spanish American War (1898), Spain lost the remainder of its once great empire. This defeat greatly increased dissatisfaction and the demands for change grew. People disagreed on the changes needed, however and Spanish politics became dominated by factions. In 1936 the Republic was in power in Spain ... see a scene such as the flailing to death in the plaza on the top of the cliff above the river." "The fascists were all held in the Ayuntamiento, the city hall " "There was a great crowd outside and there was some levity outside and some shouting of obscenities, but most of the people were very serious and respectful." " most had flails and those who did not have flails had heavy ... fight is one of nervous despair. The men are riddled with angst and are snapping at each other. Jordan's plan which he had thought up the night before doesn't seem like such a great one now that morning is near. The situation has become progressively worse. He doesn't have enough men to overcome the enemy guard posts, and he has lost the equipment necessary to blow the ...
- 3202: The War Between the States
- ... is late 1861 or early 1862. Whilden's Confederate service records in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. commence with his enlistment in 1864, but Miss Hard's reminiscence may be correct that her Great Uncle Charles "enlisted a number of times, but when he had an [epileptic] attack would be discharged. Then he would go somewhere else and enlist again." Confederate service records are notoriously incomplete, and it stands ... clock that evening, a large oak, some 22 inches in diameter and cut almost in half by Federal rifle fire, fell down on works manned by Whilden's regiment, wounding several men and startling a great many more. While this desperate fighting took place, other Confederates were constructing a new defensive line across the base of the mule-shoe about a mile to the rear of the Mississippians and South Carolinians ... veterans, Charles Whilden struggled to put his life back together after the war. He might have succeeded, but on September 25, 1866 he died suddenly in Charleston at age 42. According to Elizabeth Hard, her Great Uncle Charles "died without fame or glory, as on an early morning walk he suffered an [epileptic] attack and fell in a pool of water from rain collected on the pavement." The man who ...
- 3203: Analysis of the Immigration Problem
- ... in Sri Lanka in the 1950s. In one year, the average life of everyone in Sri Lanka was extended by eight years because the number of people dying from malaria suddenly declined. This was a great human achievement. But we cut the death rate without cutting the birth rate. Now population is soaring. There were about one billion people living in the world when the Statue of Liberty was built. There ... States. Human population has always moved, like waves, to fresh lands. But for the first time in human history, there are no fresh lands, no new continents. We will have to think and decide with great care what our policy should be toward immigration. At this point in history, American immigration policies are in a mess. Our borders are totally out of control. Our border patrol arrests 3000 illegal immigrants per ... These immigrants are denied the rights and privileges we want every person in the United States to enjoy. In closing, we must all realize this issue will not go away. Other generations of Americans made great sacrifices so that we today can enjoy the freedom, the quality of life, and the standard of living that we have. When I think of what uncontrolled immigration will do to the dreams of ...
- 3204: The American Dream In Self Rel
- The American Dream remains viewed as the success which one obtains. The American Dream has had a great impact on literature as well as an impact on the changing of time periods. The 19th century Transcendentalists’ idea of the American Dream focuses on reaching one’s goals by honest, hard work. On the ... Gatsby’s idea of the American Dream in the 20th century centers on becoming successful by way of illegal money that was not acquired through working. Ultimately, the Transcendental and Gatsby’s beliefs reveal a great deal of contrast. The American Dream of the Transcendentalists centers on being all that one is meant to be. First of all, the ideas of the Transcendentalists did not revolve around society and materialistic possessions ... bought Gatsby everything he needed to know. The closest Gatsby came to nature was going for a ride in his hydroplane which he seldom did. Most importantly, the ideas of nonconformity and individualism in The Great Gatsby directly contrast from those values of Transcendentalism. Everyone in this book feels that they must act a certain way to be accepted by society. Gatsby’s use of “old sport” illustrates his perception ...
- 3205: Allen Ginsburg In America
- ... and thieves (mostly friends of Burroughs), experimenting with Benzedrine and marijuana, and cruising gay bars in Greenwich Village. At this point in Ginsberg life he and Kerouac thought they were working towards some kind of great poetic vision, which they called the “New Vision.” Ginsburg’s friends acted crazy in a sort of joyfull way, that coupled with the real craziness of his mother, whose condition continued to worsen until she ... to find the edge his mother had fallen over. In 1948, the 26-year-old Allen Ginsberg had a mad vision reading William Blake in which Blake came to him in person. This was a great moment of his life, and he told his family and friends that he had found God. Ginsberg had a change of values once when several of Ginsberg's friends (such as Burroughs and Herbert Huncke ... York City's Lower East Side, and would constantly be seen at local readings and gatherings, either on a stage or in a crowd. I think this book opened my mind not only to a great poet but also a whole generation of people. It gave me insight on to what was happening at that time. With the whole anti-war movement, and the discrimination of homosexuals. Both of which ...
- 3206: Carl Friedrich Gauss
- ... everyone who has seriously studied it at some time, and, as we have seen, he had found new results in this and other areas of mathematics while he was still at Collegium Carolinum. Gauss made great discoveries in many fields of math. He gave the proof of the fundamental theorem of algebra: every polynomial equation with complex coefficients has at least one complex root. He developed the theory of some important ... to have become more serious, and in January of 1854 Gauss underwent a careful examination by his colleague Wilhelm Baum, professor of surgery. The last days were difficult, but between heart attacks Gauss read a great deal, half lying in an easy chair. Sartorius visited him the middle of January and observed that his clear blue eyes had not lost their gleam. The end came about a month later. In the ... BIBLIOGRAPHY Gindikin, S.G., Stories about physicists and mathematicians, Russia, Moscow, "Nauka", 1982 (in Russian). Hall, T., Carl Friedrich Gauss, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970. Muir, Jane, Of Men and Numbers: The Story of Great Mathematicians. Dodd, Mead, and Co, New York, 1961.
- 3207: Hans Christian Andersen
- ... reveal her story on the tapes. She must grasp the importance of conveying the atrocities that were executed during the Gileadian area. Offred is representative of an average women also because she has experienced no great traumas. She isn't just ambivalent because of her tendencies but because she has been abruptly interjected into a new society. She is stunned and almost numb. She barely shows signs of life. She doesn ... nothing from her quiet rebellions. Offred is also obviously the perfect narrator because she is a handmaiden. In this new system, almost a caste system, the role of being a handmaiden is not only of great importance, but is also considerably better than other positions, such as an "unwoman", who cleans toxic waste in the Colonies. Because Offred is characterized as passive, and mostly compliant, she is not as much in ... the story. As a result of the apocalyptic themes throughout the story, a hero must be in place to embrace the end, whether it be a positive or negative one. Offred fills this position with great expertise. She suffered through the oppression, through the trying times, and she was in a situation which provided a window into the government repression, and, the ways around it. The novel, in my opinion, ...
- 3208: John Lennon
- John Lennon John Lennon was a great song writer and musician. He played the rhythm guitar, the piano, and sang. He was in the most popular group in the history of rock music. In 1959, John founded this group, called The Beatles ... in 19 days. On their next album, Beatles For Sale, the material reflected how unhappy John and Paul were with life on the road. Songs like "I'm a Loser" and "No Reply" spoke of depression and the frenzy of life in the spotlight. John once said, "It's like we're four freaks being wheeled out to be seen, shake our hair about, and get back into our cage afterwards ...
- 3209: Agencies of the United States
- ... Germany and taking them and their dependents to the Soviet Union. The political conflicts of the 1930's and World War II left many educated people with the impression that only communism could combat economic depression and fascism. It was easy for Soviet agents to recruit men who would later rise to positions of power with access to sensitive information. 'Atom spies' were well positioned to keep the Soviets informed of ... for secret packages were imaginative to say the least and ranged from trees, to ruined walls, to mail boxes. Listening devices were not restricted to telephone bugs, and on one occasion there was a handcarved Great Seal of the United States presented to the US ambassador in Moscow by the Soviet Union. It turned out that hidden inside was a listening device. Microwave receivers exist all over the world for the ...
- 3210: Romanticism - Washington Irvin
- ... during this time period were Mary Shelley with Frankenstein, Edgar Allen Poe with various poems and selections, such as The Raven, The TellTale Heart, and The Pit and The Pendulum. One person who had a great effect on the Romantic era was Washington Irving. Some called Irving the first real American writer. Washington Irving was born April 3, 1783, in New York City. He was the eleventh child of Sarah William ... encouraged by one of her sister's boyfriends (Myers 64). His interests in the arts and in the theater were obvious in his works. Irving did not wish to go to college. Though he had great interests in the theater and the arts, his father expected each of his sons to support himself, so Washington decided to be an apprentice in a law office. His employer was Ogden Hoffman and Irving ... statesmanship of Jefferson, or the dedication of Paine. Yet he outlives them all in the history of American letters"(649). Others see him as the first real American poet. Everyone saw him as such a great poet because of The SketchBook. Everyone was reading it in that time. It was all the rage. This book established Irving as a talented writer , one whose elegant good taste seemed to come instinctively. ...
Search results 3201 - 3210 of 14167 matching essays
|
