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- 8311: Benedict Arnold
- ... John Andrι, was soon hanged by the American Army. (Macks 120 and BAs Leg) The British lost the battle and Arnold became dismayed at the mistake of switching sides. (BAs Leg) The once great Benedict Arnold, was referred to as a "businessman turned ruthless, ambitious soldier". (Macks 70) Arnold was recognized kindly by King George III when he went to England in 1781, but others there looked down upon ...
- 8312: The Crucible: John Proctor
- ... cared more about his belief than he did about his life. By not buckling under pressure, Proctor was able to refuse to give into Danforth's and Abigail's power of persuasion, which showed a great deal of dignity. It is certain then that Proctor is an individual of many characteristics but only one stands out, that is that he is ethical. Due to being ethical he is also brave, extreme ...
- 8313: Benedict Arnold
- ... native state. Thankfully, West Point was saved. The American Army soon hanged the British agent, Major John Andrι. The British lost the battle and Arnold became dismayed at the mistake of switching sides. The once great Benedict Arnold was referred to as a "businessman turned ruthless, ambitious soldier". (Macks 70) King George III recognized Arnold kindly when he went to England in 1781, but others there looked down upon him. In ...
- 8314: Morrison's Beloved: A Review
- ... Her faith in God and self makes her the prominent legacy. As she rose above slavery so have other individual rose above persecution and hardship across the years. For instance, World Wars, Holocaust, and the depression to name a few. Morrison throughout Beloved offers realism of the times and consequences that occurred with the slaves. Morrison paints a picture post -Civil War life that leaves many black people lost in America ...
- 8315: "A Rose for Emily": A Review
- ... died they had to go to remove her body. The unsuspecting thing that happened in her house was that she had been sleeping with Homer's old decayed body for many years. Faulkner did a great job in creating the setting, characters and dialogue in this story. Everything is so well written and understood. We can understand many things about small town life in the south in the early 1900's ...
- 8316: Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener": Introduction of Character
- ... of him. The repetitive I in these paragraphs is important because it comes from the lawyer's thoughts of himself. For this text to flow in it's intended path, the reader must know a great deal about the lawyer and his employees. In fact, it is these characters which consummately defines the text. Therefore, without the lawyer's rather unbashful introduction, the story could not complete its task. In this ...
- 8317: Orwell's "Such, Such Were the Joys....": Alienation and Other Such Joys
- ... a sin without knowing that you committed it, and without being able to avoid it. Sin was not necessarily something you did it might be something that happened to you and [t]his was the great, abiding lesson of my boyhood: that I was in a world where it was not possible for me to be good (5). This is the result of a child's flawed, but logical process of ...
- 8318: Social Security
- ... paying you benifits. This is the Social Security Administration. Arrangements must be made to carry private health insurance over into retirement, and applications must be filed for government health coverage. While social security is of great financial benefit to retirees, it must not be mistaken as a financial entity on which people can live without any other sources of income or savings. Rather, social security income should be supplemented by money ...
- 8319: Catcher in the Rye: Holden Goes Through a Fall From His Innocence
- ... hell of it and like the child, seems to have no regard for his own well-being. At this point, Holden may see a side in himself that is care-free and this lightens his depression.
- 8320: Human Genome Project
- ... a normal physical or mental standpoint. Genetic enhancement is the other form, in which human genes are altered to express desirable traits, prolong life, or increase mental status beyond the normal level. It is of great concern that the altering of the genes in one generation will ultimately affect the germ line, or every descendant of that original generation. The majority of scientists and ethicists oppose gene therapy that will alter ...
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