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- 1681: The Things They Carried 3
- ... how people display their power or how they use their existing power by altering their behavior. Power is an emotionally strong element to have; power can make someone feel better by knowing that they have control over someone or something else. When fear is present, power can aid in easing the anxiety by giving the person the emotional lift that is present when control is felt. The power, which is present in the story, is physical power and an example is Norman Bowker carrying a thumb of a boy that had been killed. The carrying of the thumb shows that he had power over the boy; this gives him some relief to know he had that kind of control. Cross s power, over the rest of the men, increased his fear of death for all the men not just himself because he is responsible for them. With his responsibility, Jimmy Cross alters his ...
- 1682: The Shelter Of Each Other, A B
- ... advertising is more sophisticated then ever. We are manipulated into being unhappy. We always need the newest and the best. What should be important has become unimportant. War and hunger take second place to bladder control. The idea of spending money is patriotic. As a consumer based society, we create jobs if we spend money. Telling people that their life will be better if they spend money has led to bad ... today in a society where tough love is often the only cure. There is also popular psychology, which is seen as a business. At best, the buzzwords created teach communication skills, stress management, and impulse control. At worst it is oversold. Words like dysfunctional and inner child are a common part of our language. We are labeling each other rather than fixing whatever ails us. Pipher has identified ten mistakes that ... the will. Then there is Aubrey. She is sixteen and has decided not to go to school anymore. Teachers were spending more time solving problems than teaching. Aubrey had tried them but had the impulse control to prevent herself from becoming addicted. Many of the students were using drugs. Sexual conquests were common at her school. She was trying hard to be good. She volunteered at a rest home. This ...
- 1683: The Role Of Achilles In The Il
- ... the many events during the funeral games, forces the reader to identify and apply these themes and ideas to the rest of the text. The reader has to realize that every time Achilles is taking control, praying to Zeus, fighting in the war, and bringing his troops together he is doing it for the benefit of himself. Because it is human nature to see everything in a lighter sense then is ... working toward getting great glory. In order for the Greek culture to live on, they must beat the Trojans and win the war, for the Achaean's to win they must have teamwork. Achilles takes control of the funeral games to prove his power that he can actually control the Greeks so they will be able to win the war and give him glory. Achilles holds funeral games so that when he dies he will get funeral games in his honor too. The ...
- 1684: The Longest Day
- ... Eisenhower did not launch on the 6th, he wouldn t be able to launch for another two weeks. So the early the next morning the slowest ships and the minesweepers were launched with the faster gun ships traveling behind so that they would all reach the beaches of Normandy at the same time. Paratroopers were launched to remove German defenses from behind, but this was ineffective as the many planes and the paratroopers were shot down. As soon as the troops landed a long and strenuous firefight began for the control of the five beaches at Normandy. As the Allies pushed inward they overran the German installations slowly but steadily. At the end of the day however, the Allies received greater casualties than the Germans due ...
- 1685: Through The Tunnel
- ... a man. The story uses the tunnel to represent burdens or challenges needed to achieve some goal. In the story, it was necessary to make safe passage through the tunnel. The young boy had to control his breathing. He had to hold his breath. He had to adjust to the water's pressure. Most of all, he had to control his fear with a sense of confidence. Without control of his fear e would surely parish under the water. Like the Chunnel, much hard work was needed. How did the builders keep the ocean crushing the structure as The Chunnel was built? The ...
- 1686: The Women Of Jane Austen
- ... Lucy Steele about her engagement and upcoming marriage to Edward. Instead of breaking down like her sister, she fulfill[s] her obligations as a daughter, a sister, and a member of society while trying to control the anguish of disappointed love (45). In most of her dealings with the outside world, Elinor represents the sense side of the equation. Her sister, Marianne, is quite different. Marianne, according to Liddell, lays an ... 16). Morrison says [m]ale critics, in particular, have an alarming tendency to fall in love with Marianne because of her heavy-heartedness, which fits into the feminine stereotype (339). She allows her feelings to control her so much that she becomes ill. Southward calls Marianne s emotional reactivity a moody openness [or] a distinctly unself-conscious expression of feeling (776). Liddell concurs with Southward that, though she is a charming ... has decided how to announce their engagement, so they both allow Highbury, and even Emma, herself, to believe that Frank s affections like with Ms. Woodhouse. So, Jane also has a great deal of self-control. She allows Emma and her fiancι to make total fools of themselves while she is receiving attention from Mr. Knightley. Jane s vitality and appreciation of the simple joys of life make her attractive ...
- 1687: The Iliad
- ... we are in a very controlled environment. For example, in the book, Achilles and Hector were some of the most powerful humans. Nowadays we have an entire law enforcement agency that will keep things under control. It is still possible, but after it s committed you have nowhere to go, and in The Iliad, if Achilles wanted to kill Hector, there was almost no one to stop him. After that part ... death, saying that he should have been there for him. He is so mad at himself, saying that he should kill himself for what he has done. He feels guilty for something he could not control. I think that in modern times people also feel guilty for things that they could not control. If something similar to what happened in the Iliad happened today, I believe that people would have almost the same response. I think that it would just be from since the person was so ...
- 1688: Turn Of The Screw By Henry Jam
- ... Mrs. Grose may or may not see the ghosts the same as the governess. After realizing the governess is quite scared of these ghosts, she might be beginning to play a scheme to get full control over Flora. Mrs. Grose wants Flora to herself because she has no children of her own. Every time the governess sees the figures Mrs. Grose is around. Is this a coincidence? Is Mrs. Grose in ... fatal wound to his head. Mrs. Grose did not want to mention this to the governess because perhaps she was the one committed the murder. This proves that Mrs. Grose couldn t stand Quint s control over Flora and had to do away with him. Just as she might plan to do with the new governess so she no longer controls Flora. So in fact the ghosts of Quint and Jessell ... and throws herself on her knees and, drawing the child to her breast, clasped in a long embrace the little tender yielding body. This looks like Mrs. Grose feels that she has Flora in her control. At that moment the governess says she sees Miss Jenssell on the other side of the lake. All three of them look but only Mrs. Grose and the governess see her. You don t ...
- 1689: The Permanent Campaign
- ... a great way to talk to large numbers of people. With all of the media exposure that a candidate receives these days every candidate by 1980 had a full time media strategist on had to control spin. Ronald Reagan is a great example of a candidate who used the media to his advantage. Reagan always seemed to feel at home in front of the camera and he controlled the involvement he ... the Clinton White House has done. During his first year in office the Democrats spent $1.9 million on polls compared to Bush s first year total of about $400,000. When the Republicans won control of both houses of Congress their success was based largely on the Contract With America, an agenda based on numerous polls conducted by GOP pollster Frank Luntz. The contract used terminology that was shown to ... get back on her feet after a layoff or a divorce, all we hear from our media is how some people have six welfare children. We are at a point now that our media can control the destiny of a political candidate, if some reporter gets an unfounded report on a political candidate and runs a story that may not even be true people are still going to listen to ...
- 1690: Stopping By The Woods On A Sno
- ... immense beauty and power of nature is used to enhance the sense of procrastination that is felt towards death; leading to the complete abolishment of time. The indescribable beauty of nature has the ability to control the responsive state of an individual, whereby a loss in the sense of reality heightens the complete awe and wonder of the sheer beauty. The driving force behind all that is unaccomplished in this world ... can often be diminished by a single encompassing power. Even the simplest things are able to persuade and convince people to act out against the norm. The enchanting wonder of nature has the ability to control the thoughts and feelings of a person; causing them to lose touch with all that is real to that person. The daily, conscious decisions to continue life are almost diminished by the "lovely, dark, and ... in turn, the loss of time represents the complete loss of reality. The epiphonic experience that the man encounters, enables him to grasp on to time and make it a priority in his life. The control that nature possesses is able to highlight the positive side of death to this man, forcing him to stop his journey. However, the immense power of procrastination is able to override such an idea, ...
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