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- 3451: Forest People
- ... as one of the forest people because he was not an animal like the negroe villagers. Simply put, he was able to keep up and run with the BaMbuti through the forest which meant a great deal to the tribe. This meant that he was part of the forest and not an "outsider". Based on the fact that he could move through the forest with ease and quietness, proved to the ... responsibility as the next. Each member of the BaMbuti is equal, but each member is distinguished by their physical attributes, hunting skills, cooking skills, building skills, accomplishments, etc. For example, Njobo is known as a great hunter because of the numerous hunts he has participated in as well as his success rate. He is especially known for the elephants he has killed. Members in the tribe offer different attributes and collectively ... system. These have developed over time and have been reinforced through occurrence. The BaMbuti, children of the forest, hopefully maintain a boundary between them and the "outside" world. Their lifestyle is unique and one of great wonder for many people and should be appreciated for the time to come.
- 3452: Chinese Economic Reform
- ... death of Mao Zedong in 1976, it became apparent to many of China's leaders that economic reform was necessary. During his tenure as China's premier, Mao had encouraged social movements such as the "Great Leap Forward" and the "Cultural Revolution" which had had as their bases ideas such as serving the people and maintaining the class struggle. By 1978 China s leaders were searching for a solution to serious ... than Mao had done, their moral force. (Xu 247) This is not to say that the idea of economic reform was embraced enthusiastically by all members of the Chinese Communist Party in 1978. To a great extent, the issue of economic reform became politicized when the issue was used as a means by Deng Xiaoping to obtain the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. Hua Guofeng, had tried to prove himself ... vegetables, fish, meat, and eggs, were freed from government controls so they could respond to market demand. Most importantly a surge of private and collective industry and commerce in the countryside occurred. This allowed a great percentage of the populace to become involved in private enterprise and investment in family or group ventures. (Shirk 39-40) Another important aspect of Chinese economic reform was the decision of China to join ...
- 3453: Nick Carraway: A Good Narrator
- Nick Carraway: A Good Narrator A good narrator can make the story more interesting and understandable for the readers. However, not every character in the story can fit the job of narrator. A great narrator should have clairvoyant qualities and opinions compatible with the reader's view point. In the Great Gatsby, there were three advantages for Nick Carraway as the narrator for the story. At first, Nick was neutral in the story, he was neither a East Egger nor a West Egger. Second, he was ... from. Because of Jay having almost no clandestine relationship with Nick, Nick could tell a lot about Gatsby to readers. No one else in the story knew more about Gatsby than Nick Carraway. In the Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway was the only one who could be the narrator of the story. He didn't belong to neither West Egg or East Egg. His opinion wouldn't give any advantages for ...
- 3454: Ernest Hemingway 3
- ... him. In the last year of his life, he lived inside of his dreams, similar to his mother, who he hated with all his heart. He was suicidal and had electric shock treatments for his depression and strange behavior. On a Sunday morning, July 2, 1961, Ernest Miller Hemingway killed himself with a shotgun. Ernest Hemingway takes much of the storyline of his novel, A Farewell to Arms, from his personal ... experiences which he was writing about. I believe that Hemingway had Catherine and her child die, not to look different from his own life, but because he had a sick and morbid personality. There is great power in being an author, you can make things happen which do not necessarily occur in real life. It is obvious that Hemingway felt, as a young child and throughout his life, powerless, and so ...
- 3455: Mount Ruapehu
- ... under-flow with a dense fluidised fine ash matrix supporting larger clasts and 2. an ash cloud that is more dilute and turbulent. These flows and ash clouds can be very hot and travel at great speeds destroying most things in it's path. Pyroclastic flows can travel for several km and fill valleys in much the same way laharic flows do. ASH FALL: With a large enough eruption column volcanic ... the towns in the adjacent valleys, such as Manunui and Taihape. Skiing is a big tourist trade in the area around Ruapehu, skiers on the slopes of Ruapehu and the close by mountains are in great danger from collapse of the crater lake walls and avalanches caused by volcanic earthquakes. Depending on the wind direction and strength and height of the eruption column, any town within the central region (and beyond ... any major damage to people or property out of these danger zones. Links: Global volcanism Network USGS Ruapehu page 1995-1996 Eruptions REFERENCES: A.G. Anderson(1977) New Zealand in Maps. Hodder and Stoughton publishing, Great Britain. S. Belliss(1996) Landcare Research. http://www.landcare.cri.nz/ruapehu/ C. Bruton, A. Meike, W. Glassley(1995) Geologic setting of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. http://www-ep.es.llnl.gov/ ...
- 3456: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- ... from the archbishop's service. Mozart's career in Vienna began promisingly, and he was soon (1782) commissioned to write The Abduction from the Seraglio, a Singspiel, for the Court Opera. His concerts were a great success, and the emperor, Joseph II, encouraged him, later (1787) engaging him as court composer at a modest salary. Mozart's works were now in constant demand by amateur and publisher. In 1782 he married ... Mozart had fallen in love with her sister, Aloysia, at Mannheim in 1777-78), much to his father's dismay. The young pair visited Salzburg in 1783; there, the Kyrie and Gloria of Mozart's great Mass in C minor, composed in Vienna and destined to remain unfinished, were performed. Mozart's greatest success was The Marriage of Figaro (1786), composed for the Vienna Opera. The great piano concertos and the string quartets dedicated to his "dear friend" Joseph Haydn, whom he had long admired and had first met in 1781 at Vienna, were also composed during this period.
- 3457: How the 60's Changed Our Lives
- How the 60's Changed Our Lives When the soldiers returned from WWII, they returned to a country that was flourishing again. The Great Depression had finally come to an end, and the economy was back where it should be. "Leave it to Beaver" may have been somewhat stereotypical, but it still remains a fairly accurate portrayal of the average ...
- 3458: Walt Disney
- ... he worked out a way to make this possible. On September 29, 1928, Steam Boat Willie opened at the Colony Theater in New York. The Mickey Mouse movie helped to lift peoples spirits during the great depression. In 1933, Walt Disney produced the Three Little Pigs. It won an Oscar for the best cartoon of the year. That same year, Lilly had the first child, a girl named Diane Marie. Three years ...
- 3459: Harriet Beecher Stowe
- ... any community activities nor did she try to make many friends . Through her secluded lifestyle, she was able to sit back and observe the happenings of the world around her (Faber 39). She learned a great deal about the most prominent issue of the time, and eventually her life, -- slavery. Traveling from Connecticut to Ohio brought Harriet closer to a place that was pro-slavery. Actually, the only thing separating the ... Interview Schedule Name: Joseph De Torres Date: May 16, 1998 Time: 12:30 p.m Place: Pinaula Residence Q: Do you think that it is right to consider Harriet Beecher Stowe as one of the great American authors? A: Well, considering her novel, Uncle Toms Cabin, I believe her writing is felt deep within the hearts of those who are sympathetic to the needs of those less fortunate. Being able ... does have any. Q: What distinguishing comments would you tell someone, like myself, inquiring about the life and times of Harriet Beecher Stowe? A: I would start off by telling them that she is a great author. Then I would tell them that because of one little novel she became world renowned. I would try to relay the message that you can achieve anything you set your mind on. You ...
- 3460: Irwin Allen Ginsberg
- ... 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. Ginsburgs 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 ...
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