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- 4791: Hitler
- Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler had a great intellectual mind, but he himself used his mind for evil, not for good. Thus, Hitler took his insanity out on the Jews because he was a failure in most of his life. His feelings toward ... was because he had a thing against this Jewish race. The people caused Hitler no harm, but Hitler took it upon himself to take over Europe and create a super human race. Hitler, with his great mind, took over Europe by meeting with high-ranking officials and started building concentration camps. Six million Jews were killed because of Adolf Hitler. He looked at other people like they were building blocks for ...
- 4792: The Scarlet Letter
- ... unjust law that does not even apply to this situation? Although the subjects of the novel do apply to important issues in history and could have had influences on the time period, they were not great. During the times and in the Puritan community this did not have a large affect on anything. Sure, they did not want anyone committing adultery, most were killed if convicted, but it was not something ... of the scarlet letter umpteenth times he wears it out so that the reader wants nothing more to do with a dumb "A" on some woman's chest hundreds of years ago. Other than that, great book.
- 4793: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... its values was presented very frequently and in fact may have included a few of Remarque's own questions of society and biases against the immorality and murder committed during war. I have gained a great deal of insight into World War I from this novel. Previously, I understood the diplomacy and the military strategies involved with this war, but I have now also been exposed to the physical and foremost ... endeavors; this realism forced me to look at the purpose of war more closely and examine its results on the militia. Foremost, I have gained a multitude of new perceptions, some of which make a great deal of sense, from the vividly portrayed physical results of war and the depth in which the dynamic emotions of the soldiers, particularly Paul, were presented. This book has simply given me new views of ...
- 4794: The Odyssey And Its Themes
- The Odyssey and Its Themes Homer s great literary classic, The Odyssey, represents and illustrates many emotional and mental values. All of these values can be classified under three different main themes that are constant throughout the epic tale. These themes are: A ... the perils and difficulty of his journey. All through these times it seems that Odysseus will never get home, but he never loses hope. In Book 11, Odysseus ventures into hell to meet with the great prophet, Teiresias. Teiresias prophesizes, But anguish lies ahead: the god who thunders on the land prepares it As terrible as this sounds, Odysseus just accepts his fate and continues on with his journey. Just as ...
- 4795: When The Legends Die
- ... wrongly persecuted; because of this, their culture as a whole is suffering greatly. It is a shame to see such a once prosperous culture become insignificant in today's world. To understand what this once great culture consisted of, first one has to obtain a basic grasp of some of the ideals that were practiced by Native Americans. Philosophy of life, importance of nature, and the ways in which they can ... of trying to improve our understanding of these people while also amusing us. The main message these books portray is that the Native American cultures of today are much less eloquent than the majestic and great society of the past, but they will always be known as a respectful and caring society forever.
- 4796: Walking The Tight Rope
- Walking the tight rope The recent murder of Tupac Shakur is a great tragedy and a waste of a young, promising life. Shakur at only 25 years-old had come to represent a volatile mixture of youthful energy, exuberance, arrogance, self-confidence and, at times, foolishness. He represented ... Community mourns his loss is that there are many young Black men like Tupac Shakur who although less well-known and less financially secure, are equally caught up in self-destructive lifestyles. Due to a great deal of misinformation and a changing economy, their numbers are growing, even as they are being wiped off the planet everyday. Herein lies one of the greatest challenges facing the Black world in the 21st ...
- 4797: Wuthering Heights Nelly
- ... she choose someone with more knowledge, or why didn't they choose a major character like Heathcliff or Catherine? I believe that the choice to make Nelly the narrator is what makes the book so great, and how the story is told, she is one who qualifies most to be the narrator. This book is very much about love and hate, but Nelly is one who is totally un-opinionated about ... except Nelly. If little Cathy didn't trust Nelly to send her letters to Linton; they would never gotten together . That might have been a good thing, but the story wouldn't turn out as great as it did because there would be no correlation to Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange because at this time there wasn't any first generation left at Thrushcross Grange. In the end we realize Nelly ...
- 4798: The Crucible 2
- ... bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion; the very crowns of holy law I brought, and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died; and where I turned the eye of my great faith, blood flowed up. Beware, Goody Proctor-cleave to no faith when faith brings blood " (Miller, P126) Hale discovers in his life that misguided faith causes one to believe he has the right answers. Yet ... response to the question of our representation of God. Edmund S. Morgan in his Historicity of The Crucible comments on this question, "It allows us to escape from the painful knowledge that has informed the great religions, knowledge incidentally that the Puritans always kept before them, the knowledge that all of us are capable of evil." He continues, "The glory of human dignity is that any man may show it. The ...
- 4799: The Bogart By Susan Cooper
- Have you ever wondered how great it would be to inherit a castle in Scotland? What if it was haunted by a sprit called a Boggart? The book I read called The Boggart by Susan Cooper is a story based on ... was waiting for them further into the game. When they found him he was able to spell out a message that said that he wanted to go home to Scotland. Jessup came up with a great idea. They copied the game with the Boggart in it on to a computer disk and sent it to their friend Tommy in Scotland. Tommy downloaded the disk and released the Boggart. The Boggart was ...
- 4800: Tragedy Of Macbeth From Macbet
- ... little remorse, or some second thoughts about actually killing the king. Using the animal images is another way that Shakespeare develops characters and themes. One other image pattern that was used but not with a great extent, was that of sleep. Used in the play in order to almost create a "guilty" sense coming from Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, with the sleep walking of Lady Macbeth and the not sleeping from ... the changing of characters, as well as just those woven into the plot line. Going from the highest honored man to being killed for treason to the same king he once fought for shows the great tragedy of the play, Macbeth, "To-morrow, and To-morrow, and To-morrow, creeps in this petty place from day to day, to the last syllable of recorded time;..."(V,v,21-23) this, Macbeth ...
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