|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 12081 - 12090 of 12257 matching essays
- 12081: Catcher in the Rye: Holden Caulfield
- ... thoroughly digested, though." In taking the independent route, Holden does not look for sympathy or help from either of his parents. He feels that he can deal with his situation by waiting until the next school year in order to apply himself a little better. Another characteristic of a teenager, usually of the male gender, would be the widespread subject of sex. As everyone knows, during and after puberty, males have ...
- 12082: Shielded Consequences
- ... the poppet could be used against Elizabeth. With the absence of Elizabeth, Abigail presumes she would have John to herself. Finally, John is sentenced to die because of his outburst on the court. “Hang them high over the town! Who weeps for these, weeps for corruption!”(144). Abigail uses everything in her power to win John, while John does everything in his power to bring her down. Abigail never thinks rationally ...
- 12083: "The Loons"
- ... was older than Vanessa, but they were together in the same grade. Piquette failed several grades, because her attendance had always been sporadic and her interest in schoolwork was negligible. She missed a lot of school because she had tuberculosis of the bone, and had once spent months in hospital Piquette's voice was hoarse and she was limping when she was walking. She wore grimy cotton dresses that were always ...
- 12084: The Lottery: A Book Report
- ... feelings of anger reproduce the common feeling of anger at oneself and the patient when one comes upon an unforeseen diagnosis, evolution, or outcome. The dynamics of scapegoating are highly relevant to medical practice, medical school, and the medical profession, where patients, students, colleagues and the profession itself can become scapegoats for the broader collective. They are also important in interactions with the identified patient's family and in family therapy ...
- 12085: Fahrenheit 451: Criticizing The Modern World
- ... Programming is happening in our very world. Take schools for example. Consider Pavlov’s experiment with ringing bells to provoke an automatic response in dogs. He rang a bell; the dogs salivated expecting food. The school board rings a bell, and students rise to show respect for the American flag because ‘now is the designated time to be patriotic, and you will or face consequences”. The bell rings, students stand. The ...
- 12086: Machiavelli's The Prince: Views of A Leader
- ... the right thing. Machiavelli's first piece of advice would be to keep a good public image so that Clinton will remain well respected. Machiavelli states that a man "must maintain himself in such a high standard that no one will ever think of cheating him or misleading him" (Prince 64). If he must do things that the public will not like, an option that he has is to lie to ...
- 12087: To Kill A Mockingbird: Atticus
- ... and Jem are in the situation of walking past Mrs. Dubose’s house, Jem knows not to let his emotions take over him. He remembered what Atticus told him, “…You just hold your head up high and be a gentleman.” Jem knows not to say anything rude back to Mrs. Dubose and he minds his manners. It is good to hold back the negative feelings toward someone else, spearing their hurt ...
- 12088: View of Individual and Society by Hawthorne, Thoreau, and Mark Twain
- ... of his beliefs. Thoreau hated conformity with every thread of his being. In Journals, published after his death, Thoreau commented, “As to conforming outwardly, and living your own life inwardly, I have not a very high opinion of that course.” As for the rebellion side of the theme, Thoreau clarified his opinion in the “Economy” chapter of Walden: “The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my ...
- 12089: Conrad Jarrett
- ... Cal a faintly patronizing smile, showing him what he thinks of fathers who let their sons run things.” (page 98). Conrad also begins to show his emotions, even gets into a fight with Stillman at school. After Stillman makes a comment about Pratt, Conrad goes wild and punches him numerous times. Afterwards, he goes home and “punishes” himself by waiting for his father to come home and punish him. Also at ...
- 12090: Cold Mountain: The Civil War
- ... Inman has become hardened, cynical, burned out. He feels he has lost his soul and is thus unworthy of the worldly yet innocent Ada. Inman seeks solace in memories of home, where “morning on the high bald were crisp, with fog lying in the valleys so that the peaks rose from its disconnected like steep blue islands scattered across a pale sea (19).” Fundamentally changed by the harm that he’s ...
Search results 12081 - 12090 of 12257 matching essays
|
