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- 3581: Achilles’ Actions Bring His Eventual Doom Closer To Reality
- ... gods, that he is to live a short, but glorious life, however it is not known how or when his life will come to an end. Achilles himself, wishes to live one of longevity without great glory, and therefore tries to escape his lot in life. Is it just for him to give his life for war, or should he live a life to satisfy himself? Throughout the “Iliad”, Achilles’ actions ... should enter the war wearing Achilles’ armour and rouse the Greeks to overpower the Trojans. Achilles’ agrees to this and sends his best friend into battle to do his work. Unfortunately, Patroklos is not the great warrior that Achilles is, and the mighty Hecktor, of the Trojans forces, kills him. Achilles watches the war patiently, awaiting the tide of change to pass by, from the Trojans to the Greeks, but it ... so unselfishly giving his life for the greater good of the people. “I wish that strife would vanish away from among gods and mortals, and gall, which makes a man grow angry for all his great mind, that gall of anger that swarms like smoke inside of a man’s heart and becomes a thing sweeter to him by far than the dripping of honey. So it was here that ...
- 3582: Malcolm X 4
- ... misleading teachings of the honorable Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam, and how Malcolm learns the real truth of his religion. All should study the journey of Malcolm X's life because it gives great insight into one of America's great leaders. The struggles he had as young black boy and the influences he got there. To his teenage years where he developed most of his street smarts and learned how people really worked. Also his ... so truly free in my life." (199). Just copying the dictionary over and over again fascinated Malcolm and turned him on to bigger books and bigger things. Eventually all the reading he had gave him great knowledge in the fields of history, philosophy, and other subjects that would help him later in his life to preach and influence. The most important influence in Malcolm's life, by far was being ...
- 3583: Woodrow Wilson’s League of Nations Speech and Yezierska’s The Bread Givers
- ... is in this speech that he tries to convince Americans to let go of their grudge toward foreigners and foreign relations and join the League. He says,” …It has nothing to do with anything except great principles uttered by Americans of all sorts and of all parties which are now trying to realize at this crisis of the affairs of the world.” The world is in a state of crisis, and ... relations by entering the League of Nations. More importantly, in his speech he mentions “ international character for the rights of labor.” This directly relates to the problem in The Bread Givers. Wilson says, “We added great international character for the rights of labor. Reject this treaty, impair it, and this consequence of the laboring end of the world, there is no international tribunal which can bring the moral judgments of the world to bear upon us the great labor questions of the day.” The problems of labor and attaining work are prevalent throughout the novel and addressed here, implying that if the League is entered, labor problems will be solved. The phrase, ‘ ...
- 3584: African-Americans In The South
- ... Other enslaved peoples originally came from Madagascar and Tanzania in East Africa. Slavery became of major economic importance after the sixteenth century with the European conquest of South and Central America. These slaves had a great impact on the sugar and tobacco industries. A triangular trade route was established with Europe for alcohol and firearms in exchange for slaves. The slaves were then traded with Americans for molasses and (later) cotton ... in 1793 made it possible for workers to gin separate the seeds from the fiber some 600 to 700 pounds daily, or ten times more cotton than permitted by hand. The Industrial Revolution, centered in Great Britain, quadrupled the demand for cotton, which soon became America's leading export. Planters' acute need for more cotton workers helped expand southern slavery. By the Civil War, the South exported more than a million tons of cotton annually to Great Britain and the North. An area still called the "Black Belt", which stretched across Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, grew some 80 percent of the nation's crop. In parts of the "Black Belt", ...
- 3585: Huckleberry Finn 5
- ... a sharp eye for detail, though he doesn't always understand everything he sees, or its significance. Huck is essentially a realist, he knows only what he sees and experiences. He doesn't have a great deal of faith in things he reads or hears. He must experiment to find out what is true and what isn't. In general then, Huck's attitude seems to be that if you let ... the king and duke are frauds. In spite of this reasonable man's warning, the girls trust the king and duke until the truth becomes painfully obvious to them. They could have spared themselves a great deal of sorrow if they had listened to the voice of reason. This tells us that Huck enjoys peace and contentment, that he probably has too little of it in his life, and goes to ... his reading into action, which takes place many times in the novel. For instance he doesn't know what "ransoming" is, and he supposes it to be a way of killing prisoners. He has a great deal of dive, and can get people to do things his way. Tom is not the "Model Boy" of the village, nor does he want to be. As a matter of fact, Tom seems ...
- 3586: Marco Polo
- ... one of the most well known heroic travelers and traders around the world. In my paper I will discuss with you Marco Polo s life, his travels, and his visit to China to see the great Khan. Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice. He was a Venetian explorer and merchant whose account of his travels in Asia was the primary source for the European image of the Far East ... two Dominican monks, and the two good monks turned back at the first sign of misfortune, another local war. Aside from the pope s messages, the only spiritual gift Europe was able to furnish the great Kublai Khan was oil from the lamp burning at Jesus Christ s supposed tomb in Jerusalem. Yet, in a sense, Marco, the only new person in the Polos party, was himself a fitting delegate of ... become a hardened traveler. He had also received a unique education and had been initiated into manhood. Kublai Khan greeted the Polos warmly and invited them to stay on in his court. The Polos became great favorites of the khan, and Kublai eventually made Marco one of his most trusted consuls. For political reasons, the khan was in the habit of appointing foreigners to administer conquered lands, particularly China, where ...
- 3587: The Decline of Chivalry and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- ... and undertaking crusades for the good of their faith. The divergence between this early model and the fourteenth century knight came with the rise of courtly love in which the knights were led to their great deeds by devotion to a mistress rather than God. The discrepancy between this and the church's mistrust of women and desires of the flesh is obvious, and the poet uses women in the story to deliver this message. In contrast to reality at the time, women in the story are given great power: Mary, when properly worshiped, gives Gawain his power, Lady Bertilak operates alone in the bedroom and singlehandedly taints the chevalier, and Morgan the Fay instigates the entire plot, wielding enough power. The author is ... token to token endowed with the magic to protect his life. When the confession and absolution scene occur, it becomes a possession of the Green Knight, who then redefines it as a token "of the great adventure at the Green chapel" (2399); at this point Gawain takes it up as a symbol of his shame. Thus courtly love turns is revealed to be dark sorcery, which to accept is shameful. ...
- 3588: The Impact Of Computers In Accounting
- ... GB Hard Disk. This high quality equipment has bought recently and they have already contributed a lot in improving the business' operation by making better works done more quickly. Advance management also has its own great software to match with its advances computer system. The software is specifically designs for the use of property managing and is called AFEX. This accounting software for property management has been in uses for almost a year and is a very helpful in working with the company's accounting routine. The company uses the accounting software to a great extent. All Account Receivables, Account Payables, payrolls and financial statements are done conveniently on the computer. For Account Receivable, by entering all information (ex. Account number, name, addresses, rental payments, and lease term) into the ... problems didn't happen in Ken's company on the year 2000. Although Advance Management is a small business, it makes efficient use of the advance technology and has ambition to discover more. Computers have great impact on the profession of accounting. With the rapid growth of technology today, there's no doubt that computer will become a common asset in all professions.
- 3589: Pesticides Are Affecting Our F
- ... to the nervous system, and birth defects. If producers do not reduce the amount of pesticide used on food which is highly consumed by children, more will become intoxicated and their health will be at great risk. CHILDREN’S HEALTH IS AT RISK THROUGH THE LIQUIDS THEY DRINK Water and apple juice are two major liquids children drink, and both may be contaminated, and if contaminated, pose a big threat to ... four hours after application was ten to fifty times higher than what the EPA considers an acceptable exposure for adults.” With this critical information, it is clear that infants and children’s health is at great risk if they are exposed to such a situation. Children absorb the pesticide or pesticides through the skin from contaminated carpets and linens. At home or in daycare, small children spend lots of time on ... children come in contact with dust particles and surfaces such as carpets, books, and plastics that could have pesticide residues. This means that even if pesticides are sprayed after school hours, children are still at great health risk. In the following two cases such an event has become reality. “In 1993, chlorpyrifos and dichlorvos were applied for ant control in North Powellhurst School in Oregon. Soon after, at least sixty- ...
- 3590: Hemingway's Portrayal of Nick's Consolation
- ... piece-of-mind. Nick's father, Dr. Henry Adams, appears in "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife" as a kind and gentle man with patience of steel. Hemingway tells the reader of Dr. Adams' great love for hunting and fishing. He also demonstrates Dr. Adam's ability to maintain his self control. "He was a busy and kindly physician whose chief advocations were hunting and fishing"(Baker 129). Dr. Adam ... is echoed down through the Corridors of Hemingway's fiction (9). These acts are symbolic of Nick's attempt throughout the stories to avoid his mother and embrace his father. Hemingway's stories have a great deal of "hidden" or deep meaning. "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife" gives the reader an impression that Hemingway is writing of a specific instance in his own life that made him turn to ... the position of the "guide" (167). Nick now has become an equal to his Dr. Adams. They both are on the same level. They both have things to teach and show each other. Nick's great want, or better stated, need for consolation is met. Nick's comfort zone is found in what's familiar, his father.
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