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- 3821: Crime And Punishment 6
- Sonya s affect on Raskolnikov Sonya, throughout the story had a great affect on Raskolnikov s changes. In the novel, Crime and Punishment by Fyoder Dostoevsky, this can be seen from all the things Sonya had done for Raskolnikov and what affect the cold person turned loving. Sonya is the daughter of Rodia s friend that was forced into prostitution to provide for the family, but all is done willingly out of love. In Sonya, one can see a great sinner as Raskalnikov at peace with her and with God. Sonya s knowledge that God alone gives one worth allows Sonya to love others unconditionally, including Raskalnikov. Sonya also helps Raskolnikov to get rid of ... holy fool!" Raskalnikov thinks to, but yet Rodia is still drawn to Sonya s strength. At last, Raskalnikov begins to realize that he is not alone, and it is because of this realization that the great sinner began to confess to Sonya. It can be said that, in this confession, Raskalnikov s strength returns. However, Raskalnikov s confession to Sonya is not enough, and Sonya knows it. Sonya "asks only ...
- 3822: Winning Isn't The Most Important Thing
- ... of downtown Erie in 85 degree heat and humidity. Runners who are running in the 10K have to show tremendous determination, stamina, speed and physical agility not to mention surviving in grueling temperatures and humidity. Great Olympic and Boston Marathon runners have dropped out of a 10K due to it's intense strain. I was on hand to witness the race and saw many great athletes finish the race with great times. These are runners who put every day into running and run every race. Soon after these runners had crossed the finish line and been handed their trophies, the last runner in the race ...
- 3823: Fiberoptics
- ... video imagery to be transmitted instantaneously, allowing for photographic-quality images, interactive video conferencing and other business multimedia uses" (Inman News Features 1). It's becoming possible to transmit audio, video and data signals over great distances using these fibers of pure glass or plastic. Today, fiber optic technology has almost become a necessity in everyday business. Because fiber optics can simultaneously transmit two audio signals across a single fiber optics ... 2 Stealth bomber has greatly reduced the chance of the aircraft being detected on radar. They also, unlike wiring harnesses, do not radiate electronic signals, therefore outperforming highly sensitive enemy radar and tracking devices. Another great use for fiber optics is in the automotive environment. The car's wiring is almost as fragile as the wiring in aircraft in some aspects. The conditions surrounding the wiring can be very harsh, including ... other cable systems and also the advantage of being the only known resource for lighting confined areas. The fiber optic-systems of today will continue to be developed and by the end of the century, great advances and inventions that never seemed possible will be available.
- 3824: Beowulf
- ... fated body....(1257-1260) Beowulf later brought back Gendel's head as some sort of symbolic trophy. He gave the head Hrothgar as some kind of gift to try to show to everyone what a great warrior he is, but if he were a true great warrior he would not have to bring anything back to prove his greatness. Besides Beowulf's boastfulness and egotistical actions he was also very greedy, not just from the treasures he got with the victory ... instance Beowulf's greediness was his one and only motive for killing Grendel alone. Beowulf wanted to fight Grendel all by himself so that he alone would get all of the glory and for his great deed could become immortal by getting a song or poem written about him. The only reason why Beowulf even went to the Meadhall and offered to help Kill Grendel is because he knew that ...
- 3825: The Scarlet Letter: Chapter by Chapter Review and Analysis
- ... It seems as if Hawthorne is just dragging this out. CHAPTER 6- Pearl- In this chapter, Hawthorne finally gets around to doing characterization on Prynne's daughter, Pearl. She was named this “as being of great price,- purchased with all she had,- her mother's only treasure!” The child grew up to be wild, which might have been due to the lack of spankings the kid had, as it says on ... that he emitted that he followed with a conspicuous laugh was a cry for help, in which I think only Prynne and Pearl can cater to in the chapters to come. Due to Hawthorne's great skill of characterization, and my own part in being able to identify with this reverend so much, I therefore decree that Dimmesdale is my favorite character in this whole book. CHAPTER 13- Another View of ... three for all I'm concerned. This ending chapter also tells how Chillingworth just withered up and died, being that he had no one else to torture. But in his will he left Pearl a great deal of land abroad where it was heard that the child got married and lived happily ever after. It is said that Prynne went with her, then returned a short time after. Her door ...
- 3826: To Kill A Mockingbird: The Unfairness of Life
- ... was one of the poorest in Maycomb County. "Not exactly. The Cunninghams are country folks, farmers, and the crash hit them hardest." (Lee, 21) He, like others during this time period were suffering from The Great Depression, and unfortunately there was nothing he could do about it. Although the Cunninghams are poor, that doesn't mean they appreciate help from others. In fact they are embarrassed to take charity. The Cunninghams are ...
- 3827: To Kill A Mockingbird: The Theme of Prejudice
- ... house. This is how the children changed, matured and to saw things differently (Johnson,4). The novel was written about the 1930's. During this time the country was in the period known as the"Great Depression". Many people were jobless and homeless, many people lived in shanty towns, with shelters made of sheet metal and scrap lumber lean-tos. All over America it was common to see unemployed men and women ...
- 3828: Death Of A Salesman 4
- ... the All-Scholastic Championship game in front of thousands of people. Willy couldn't be prouder of his two popular sons who at the time had everything going for them and seemed destined to live great, important lives, much more so than the "liked, but not well liked" boy next door, Bernard. Willy's dependency on the "drug" is becoming greater by the hour, at this rate, he cannot remain sane ... memories. The way he overuses his vivid imagination is sad because the only thing it's good for is enabling Willy to go through one more day of his piteous life, full of bitterness, confusion, depression, false hopefulness, and a feeling of love which he is trying very hard to express to his sons who seem reluctant to accept it.
- 3829: Shoeless Joe Jackson
- ... things. "The Black Sox Scandal of 1919 started out as a few gamblers trying to get rich, and turned into one of the biggest, and easily the darkest, event in baseball history" (Everstine 4). This great sports scandal involved many, but the most memorable and most known for it was Joe Jackson. The aftermath of the great World Series Scandal left many people questioning the character of Joe Jackson and whether or not he should have relations thereafter with baseball. There is still question today whether or not to let Joe into ... place in baseball history" (Everstine 4). "He went on to say that many Hall of Fame players also support Joe’s induction into the Hall" (Everstine4). The preceding was stated by Ted Williams, a baseball great and also a member of the Hall of Fame. "Eighty years after the World series that resulted in Shoeless Joe Jackson’s lifetime ban from baseball, the House of Representatives passed a resolution calling ...
- 3830: Brave New World
- On a superficial level Brave New World is the portrait of a perfect society. The citizens of this Utopia live in a society that is free of depression and most of the social-economic problems that trouble the world today. All aspects of life are controlled for the people of this society: population numbers, social class, and intellectual ability. History is controlled and ... is dangerous. “Because it’s old; that’s the chief reason. We haven’t any use for old things here.”13 In Mond’s opinion, the tragedy found in the works of Shakespeare and other great writers did not arise from man’s situation; it once arose from the instability of a particular situation that once existed - one that had been eliminated. He added “The world’s stable now. People are ...
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