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- 4611: John Woo
- ... very fast and furious action sequences in which viewers often get caught up in, mixed in are the duel gun battles and the Mexican standoffs. Woo is known for action, and this is where a great deal of the "new breed" of action directors (and some old veterans) get their "inspiration" for their action sequences. One of Woo's trademarks, men shooting it out with a gun in each hand, has ... and a while get emotional while filming one of his movies. This goes to show that he relates his movies well to real life, and has an understanding of what it takes to become a great director.
- 4612: Jeffrey Dalhmer
- ... to Lionel and Joyce Dahmer. He was a child who was wanted and adored, in spite of the difficulties of Joyce's pregnancy. He was a normal, healthy child whose birth was the occasion of great joy. As a tot, he was a happy bubbly youngster who loved stuffed bunnies, wooden blocks, etc. He also had a dog-named Frisky, his much loved childhood pet. Despite a greater number than usual ... that most serial killers stop once the victim dies. Everything is leading up to that. They tie them up; they like to her them scream and beg for their lives. It makes the killer feel great, superior, powerful, dominant...In Dahmer's case, everything is post-mortem...all of his 'fun' began after the victims died...He led a rich fantasy life that focused on having complete control over people...That ...
- 4613: Jean Sartre
- ... No one is complete until death when self-definition ceases. Then, how others interpret the individual is based upon the individual’s accomplishments and failings" In reality this concept is correct if someone was a great man or woman that means they did great things when they were living. If someone did not do anything worthwhile means the person did not accomplish much. But now days having a family, living a good honest life is an accomplishment. No, the ...
- 4614: Jean De La Fontaine
- ... most widely celebrated nondramatic poet in seventeenth –century France. He has often experienced the misfortune of having the artistry of his works obscured by a host of myths, half-truths, prejudices, and nonaesthetic issues. This great poet, has become a "classic". His fables, on which his Reputations rests, are part of the literary canon of French writers and are studied in schools. His other works, however, have been rediscovered and are ... to eleven, which appeared from 1678 to 1679, were addressed to an adult, the monarch’s long time mistress, Madame de Montespan. The poet was in full possession of his genius and had acquired a great reputation. (Http//localhost. Pg. 3) La Fontaine loved to read other peoples works. When he was younger he admired such writers as François Rabelais, François de Malherbe, and Honoré d’Urfé, but as he grew ...
- 4615: Jackie Robinson
- Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson He was the first black person to ever be at bat in the Major Leagues, and made his name famous. But now, everyone seems to have forgotten this great legend. So I hope that this will refresh your memory, had if you’ve never heard of him this is what happened in his life: Born on January 31 1919 in Cairo Ga., Jack Roosevelt ... into playing on their team. But his childhood wasn’t all-good, because all of his friendships ended after each game. Lucky for him he had four siblings to spend time with, who were all great athletes, including Willa Mae who was amazing at basketball. He also had some immigrant friends who called themselves "The Pepper Street Gang". Together they challenged white groups in sports for money. Jack’s skills bloomed ...
- 4616: Herbert Spencer
- ... be proportional. Spencer explains that the intrusion of family ethics into state ethics is a dangerous interference with the laws of nature and society, and slowly followed by fatal results. The last essay is "the Great Political Superstition." In which Spencer says that the great political superstition of the past, was the divine right of kings. Whereas, in the present it is the divine right of parliaments. He attacks the doctrine of sovereignty as propounded by Hobbes and rejects the ...
- 4617: Henry David Thoreau
- ... that only lasted about a month and a half (8). He returned to college in the fall of 1836 and graduated on August 16, 1837 (12). Thoreau's years at Harvard University gave him one great gift, an introduction to the world of books. Upon his return from college, Thoreau's family found him to be less likely to accept opinions as facts, more argumentative, and inordinately prone to shock people ... of criticism of Thoreau and his work. James Russell Lowell complained the Thoreau exalted the constraints of his own dispositions and insisted upon accepting his shortcomings and debilities as virtues and powers. Lowell considered: "a great deal of the modern sentimentalism about Nature...a mark of disease" (Wagenknecht 2). In some ways Walden is deluding. It consists of eighteen essays in which Thoreau condenses his twenty-six month stay at Walden ...
- 4618: Helen Keller
- ... in Boston. Anne Sullivan, who was also a recent Perkins graduate, was suggested to be Helen's teacher by Michael Anagnos. Michael Anagnos was the professor of Samuel Gridley Howe, a gentleman who was having great success working with the deaf and blind at Perkins (Notable 389). Helen's greatest inspiration and life long companion, Anne Sullivan, arrived at her home in Alabama in March of 1887. In just a couple ... a purpose. Her beliefs were reflected through her work of this period. In 1910 A Song of the Stone Wall was published. This patriotic poem was 600 lines long. This was the last of her great poems. It is said that, "After Anne Sullivan and John Macy's marriage ended Keller never again wrote with such lyric power," (Notable 390). Also, a collection of socialist essays entitled, Out of the Dark ...
- 4619: Heinrich Schliemann
- ... items that had been uncovered seemed important enough to justify further digs (Duchêne 57). A section of wall that was found was identified by Schliemann as the fortification built by Lysimachus, lieutenant of Alexander the Great. Digging past that wall, the crew found fortifications that dated back to the 13th century B.C. (Duchêne 56). Some anthropomorphic vases were found, whose necks were decorated with what Schliemann interpreted to be the ... have discovered the tombs… of Agamemnon, Cassandra, Eurymedon, and their companions… In the sepulchers I have found immense treasure in archaic objects and pure gold. By themselves alone these treasures are enough to fill a great museum, which will be the world's most wonderful and which for centuries to come will draw thousands of foreigners from all countries to Greece" (qtd. in Duchêne 75). Early in 1878, Mycenae was published ...
- 4620: Frederic Douglass
- ... these freedoms and rights. The country was founded with a main focus on freedom from Tyranny. This is shown by the following excerpt from the Declaration of Independence: "The history of the present King of Great Britian is a history of repeated injuries and ununsurpations, all having direct object the establishment of Tyranny over these states." When the Constitution was written the first ten amendments were a bill of rights. The ... to the first reason why Frederick Douglass's life represented the failure of the American dream. Being born a free man is no doubt a god given right. And in a country that goes to great troubles to make sure each specific right is spelled out, it would seem obvious that the freedom to belong to yourself was one of those rights. This is why it is so outlandish and hipocrtitical ...
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