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- 3731: Asia 2
- ... plateau region located where the borders of India, China, and Afghanistan converge. It is known as the Roof of the World. Mountain ranges spiral out from the Pamirs to the west (Hindu Kush), and southeast (Great Himalayas). These ranges form an imposing eastern-western arc, about 2500 km (about 1550 mi) in length, that contains numerous peaks of heights well more than 6100 m (20,000 ft), including the highest peak ... arrayed four major plateau regions (Siberia, eastern China, southern India, and the Arabian Peninsula) and several major structural basins and river plains. Several major rivers flow north to the Arctic Ocean, others drain into the great interior drainage basin of Asia. In the south, southeast, and east, rivers such as the Ganges, Mekong, and Huang He (Yellow River) flow through vast lowlands. Climates in Asia range from equatorial to arctic. Vegetation ... collisions, and successions of Asian civilizations in continental terms. For additional information on countries or regions mentioned, see the history sections of articles on the individual Asian countries. The earliest known civilizations arose in the great river valleys of Southwest Asia, northwest India, and northern China before 3000 BC. All were agricultural societies that developed advanced social and political structures to maintain irrigation and flood-control systems. Raiding nomadic herders ...
- 3732: Amadeus Dramatic Vs Historical
- The play “Amadeus” by Peter Shaffer was not written in order to be a biography of the great composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, much more than this, Peter Shaffer wrote it as a story, rather than a history. In his story he was free to insert fiction to make the play more interesting to ... SALIERI playing his March of Welcome. It is an extremely banal piece, vaguely – but only vaguely - reminiscent of another march to become very famous later one.” The truth is that Salieri was recognized as a great composer and that is the reason he was appointed as the court composer and imperial Kappelmeister. He had several students, including Beethoven, Liszt and Schubert. His operas were performed and acclaimed in Italy and France ... diagnosed as several causes, from typhus to rheumatic fever, streptococcal infection to cyclothymic disorder, but none related to poisoning. Shaffer probably decided to write this play because of this rumor of a murder between two great composers. This idea, which at that time was indeed plausible, fed Shaffer with inspirations to write “Amadeus”. Even not being true, Salieri poisoning Mozart was a demand for Shaffer’s play. Again, a play ...
- 3733: Sheldon's If Tomorrow Comes: Hardships of Tracy Whitney
- ... get revenge. “Tomorrow,” she thought. “ If tomorrow comes”.” In this book the main character has a near perfect life (at least in the beginning). She is going to marry a very wealthy man, has a great job and many other things that make life worth living. Her world enters oblivion when she goes to New Orleans to attend her mothers surprising funeral. In New Orleans, Tracy learns that her mother's ... different from most other characters, because instead of going through one change she goes through two. As the story begins, Tracy is loving and compassionate. She has everything that she needs a rich lover, a great job and happiness. Every thing is great until she goes down to New Orleans to attend her mother's funeral. Soon after she arrives in New Orleans, her entire world turns in to utter chaos, when someone frames her for a ...
- 3734: Death Of A Salesman
- ... show his sons that he is a man. However, the other 'nobler' view of Willy is that he is a battered and tired man as a 'small man can be just as exhausted as a great man'. He has passed his opportunity for success due to his respect for his dear wife. He is most likely suffering some mental sickness and has just been fired from a job which he has ... however is not. However, from what we have done, it is not credible to state that Willy's dreams were 'wrong, all wrong' until we discuss them further. Willy's dreams are that of the great American Dream. This dream has been a common one, shared by many people, even to this day, it is the dream that Howard was given, that Bernard and Charley accomplished and that Willy and Happy ... has an excuse for everything. It would also have been perfect had Willy not lied about his success. It is these contributing factors, Willy as the Salesman, Biff as his finally maturing son and the Great American Dream that allow us to make an accurate assessment in that Willy didn’t have the wrong dreams, he just didn’t use the right methods to accomplish them, a sad fact which ...
- 3735: Native Son: Reviews
- ... s only claim to human courage and dignity to die. Wright also made Bigger be a human rather than just a racial symbol. This was an important concept in the novel that attributed to its great success. Each of the reviewers had many interesting opinions which were relevant to the novel. Having been compared to Grapes of Wrath and An American Tragedy , it is evident that Native Son is a great work of literature. The main point that the reviewers made was that Wright really had a great idea for a story and presented it extremely well. He was not too personal in his writings, yet he gave us, the readers a novel which we could apply personal experiences to and enjoy ...
- 3736: Delsohn's The Emmitt Zone: Summary
- ... have to pay his own way. However, his football skills permitted him to attend college on a full-ride scholarship. No one in Emmitt's family had ever been to college. So it was a great accomplishment for him as well as his family for Emmitt to be able to attend FSU and eventually graduate from there. After setting many collegiate football records as a top-notched, blue chip running back ... skeptical about the draft choice that Johnson was quietly pursuing. Emmitt proved to coach Jimmy Johnson that he had made the right pick by setting a record, three straight NFL rushing titles. Not even the great Walter Payton or Jim Brown had ever done this. This is what labeled Emmitt Smith as one of the best football players ever to step onto a turf or grass field. He was quoted by ... his presence." All in all, this was a good book. I learned all about the kind of records Emmitt Smith set. I learned that not all people are as fortunate as Emmitt to have a great skill and be able to take it on.
- 3737: The Yellow Wallpaper
- ... YELLOW WALLPAPER In the story, "The Yellow Wallpaper," the wallpaper is a central symbol of the repercussions a woman faces in the care of a man. The narrator, being female, is suffering from a "temporary depression". She states right from the beginning that "John is a physician, and perhaps--(I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind)-- perhaps that is the one reason I do not get well faster." She obviously loves her husband and trusts him but has some underlying feeling that maybe his prescription of total ...
- 3738: A Critical Analysis of Herman Melville's Moby Dick
- ... start for the financial collapse that later happened Allan Melville was unrealistic and had a lot of wishful optimism. “He seems to have been a man who constantly lived beyond his means, continually expecting a great windfall to be around the corner.” (Humford 35) When Allan Melville was borrowing money for his business, he was trying to fulfill his wife's social ambitions by moving into larger homes. Eventually that bubble ... name is but think of me as a rejected outcast.” (Dickinson 23) The mood of a “damp, drizzly November in the soul,” sets the whole mood for the whole novel. “It is a state of depression, emptiness, and alienation from life values.” (Glien 60) Herman Melville experienced many hardships in his life; Beginning with his unstable childhood and the slight rejection by his mother, more of a favoritism toward another sibling ...
- 3739: An Appreciation Of The Poem Di
- ... Heaney, there is an element of ambiguity. The author writes this poem about a Father 'digging potatoes' - this however, is only on the surface. Underlying the true intention or meaning of the poem reveals the great admiration and respect for how hardworking his Father and Grandfather was. All though this may just be a poem about 'digging potatoes'. The poet reveals the tremendous skill in digging and conveys certain artistry in ... uses "Nicking and slicing, neatly." These indeed is a delicate description of 'digging.' As mentioned earlier we can see that through the language used, he respects what his father and grandfather did, as farmers, a great deal. The first evidence of this is shown when he almost boasts: "By God the old man could handle a spade" In the sixth stanza of this poem he recalls a memory of how hardworking ... the seventh stanza, he describes the smell of the potatoes and recalling his memories in the last line of this stanza. Heaney writes: "But I have no spade to follow men like them." He shows great respect for these men but knows he can never be like them. In this, he compares himself to these men. However, the poem ends when he reflects on what he can do-what he ...
- 3740: "Schlesinger's Canon Vs. My High School's Canon"
- ... sex, and the capitalist class…" From my high school experience, I believe this is not true. At my high school, teachers encourage students to read not only standard English literature, but also to study the great writers of other cultures. There is a great deal of European influence in American society and in American education. Some people, like the Afrocentrists, feel that this influence is too heavy and that schools should also be teaching about other cultures in their ... be teaching a multicultural curriculum. At my high school, I feel as if I received this type of education. The teachers encourage students to read not only standard English literature, but also to study the great writers of other ethnicities. My high school is a private college preparatory institution in San Francisco. Some authors whose works we read in our English classes consisted of Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Jane Austen, Ovid, ...
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