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- 1311: A Separate Peace - Detailed Analysis
- ... as Gene wished he was, on one occasion Finny wore a bright pink shirt "symbolizing the first U.S. bombing in Europe. Gene called him a "faerie" but really envied him. Later Finny wore the school tie as a belt and when questioned he claimed that it represented "Devon in the war." Gene was hopeingly awaiting a scolding for Finny, but again, he got in no trouble. Another day the two ... Society, going to the beach and all this "you're my best friend stuff." Other than that, there is little anger between Finny and Gene. One day, Finny wanted Gene to come jump off a high limb into the river with him, as they have been doing for several weeks now, and he claimed that Leper, the school nerd, would be jumping today as well. Gene burst out angrily at the idea because he was studying, and thought Finny was trying to wreak his studies, so he said no. Finny took no ...
- 1312: A Separate Peace - Analysis
- ... as Gene wished he was, on one occasion Finny wore a bright pink shirt "symbolizing the first U.S. bombing in Europe. Gene called him a "faerie" but really envied him. Later Finny wore the school tie as a belt and when questioned he claimed that it represented "Devon in the war." Gene was hopeingly awaiting a scolding for Finny, but again, he got in no trouble. Another day the two ... Society, going to the beach and all this "you're my best friend stuff." Other than that, there is little anger between Finny and Gene. One day, Finny wanted Gene to come jump off a high limb into the river with him, as they have been doing for several weeks now, and he claimed that Leper, the school nerd, would be jumping today as well. Gene burst out angrily at the idea because he was studying, and thought Finny was trying to wreak his studies, so he said no. Finny took no ...
- 1313: Biography of Carolyn Chute
- ... through her novels and through her organizations. She also connects to people who have not felt her pain, because in her novels every word expresses one of her life’s hardships. Carolyn Chute was a high school dropout at age 16, and almost immediately married and gave birth to her first child. Unfortunately this first marriage ended in a divorce, and the quality of her life and the life of her family ... rapidly spiraled downward. Chute managed to survive with her daughter by continuously working in a long series of dead-end jobs. During this time, the “extravagance” of her work included plucking chickens and driving a school bus. She miraculously managed to support a household of two with $2,000 a year. Times got better for Carolyn, though. She married Michael Chute in 1978, and soon completed high school. She even ...
- 1314: Hawaii by James Michener
- ... apply to the mission, along with his friend and classmate, John Whipple. Similarly, in 1809, in truth, history records that a certain Henry Obookiah stirred the emotions of religious New Englanders. He was sent to school, for he was a promising candidate to return to Hawaii and preach Christianity. Unfortunately, in 1818, he died of typus or pneumonia. His death caused much grief, and among those who felt the impact were ... and in the novel, were selected by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. After the missionaries arrived in both cases, they targeted their efforts on introducing Christianity to the King, Queen , and the High Priests. After a while, both Kaahumanu, the real Queen, and Malama, the Queen in the novel, became interested in learning to read. Next, the missionaries built churches built churches; but membership was difficult to attain ... new markets. It was very important to Char Nyuk Tsin that one of her five boys be educated at an American college or university. Since each one was well rounded (spoke four languages, were above high school level in some subjects, etc.), her decision was a difficult one. She consulted Uliassutai Karakoram Blake, the only character who "is founded upon a historical person who accomplished much in Hawaii." Blake was ...
- 1315: Dandelion Wine The Effects
- ... one of the main and supporting themes that intertwines throughout the book. Friendship can come in all shapes and sizes, but when you lose a friend there are many affects. People can t imagine surviving high school and adolescence without their friends. John the best friend of Doug moves away, the aspects of losing his best friend were devastating bringing a turning point in to Doug s life with many affects. It ... they both looked at it (Bradbury 103). With this type of situation kids are forced to make decisions to cope with the environment around them. Whether they re gossiping on the telephone or huddled in school hallways, teen-agers are constantly reaching out to their friends. They can t imagine surviving high school and adolescence without them. The very word of friendship is complicated in the world today. When someone ...
- 1316: Just Trying to Help
- ... for, not just the members of my family, but for any person, or group of people, that is discriminated against, led to a problem I encountered a few years ago during my sophomore year in high school. My high school is predominantly white, with a few Asians, and very few black students. One of the few black students, Kaasa, happened to be in my phy-ed class during the first semester of my ...
- 1317: Brian Mulroney And The Free Tr
- To many Canadians, Brian Mulroney seems an open book: a politician of the old school who owes his triumphs more to the opposition's weakness than to his own intrinsic strength. But behind the "jutting jaw, the smile that seems a little too self-satisfied, and the artful rhetoric is ... 1988 Free Trade Agreement with the United States. Martin Brian Mulroney was born in Baie-Comeau, Quebec in 1939, the son of an electrician. At fourteen, the young Mulroney went to St. Thomas, a Catholic high school in Chatham, New Brunswick. In 1955, he attended St. Frands Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, studying arts and commerce before majoring in political science. After graduating with honours in 1959, Mulroney started studying ...
- 1318: Video Games: The High Tech Threat to Our Younger Generation
- Video Games: The High Tech Threat to Our Younger Generation Anyone who has ever walked through a shopping mall on a weekend knows how popular videogame arcades have become with our young people. It is becoming a force in ... of a "feel -- good--chemical called endorphin into their blood stream. Endorphin is known for its natural suppressant for pain and develops a sense of euphoria. Playing games like Nintendo can create a sort of high, like that of jogging (204). In an interview with the Information System and Computer Science department chairperson and his staff with a working knowledge of interactive multimedia and computer generated games, they acknowledge that the ...
- 1319: Go Ask Alice
- ... university professor. Alex(andria), her sister. Tim, her brother. Gran, her grandmother, and Gramps, her grandfather. Roger, a schoolmate with whome she is in love for some time. Jill Peters, a schoolmate at her first school. Gerta, Beth, Fawn, friends she meet at her new school. Jan, Marcie, drug-users at her new school. Richie, Ted, pushers. Bill, Joe, Lane, Jacky, drug-users. Chris, a girl with whome Alice goes to San Francisco. Mario Mellani, Alice's employer in San Francisco. Sheila, Chris's employer in San Francisco. ...
- 1320: 20s And 30s
- ... in their footsteps and become a member of the KKK. It also inspired a strong anti-foreigner movement. The KKK lost most of its strife by the late 1920s. There was a great separation between high culture and pop culture in the 1920s. Ernest Hemmingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, leaders of the ex-patriot movement, dominated individualistic writing. Poetry became more experimental led by writers such as T. S. Eliot and ... music was also dominated by modernism. This featured a 12-note scale and a lack of melody and harmony.ˇ¨ [Simon, 3/24/00] Abstract art was dominated by surrealism and expressionism. As a whole, the high culture of the 1920s is characterized by the expression of the artists. In the 1920s, pop culture thrived. Movies were extremely popular. Several studios in Hollywood dominated them. In 1927, the first ˇ§talkieˇ¨ came out ... Godˇ¦s punishment for the ˇ§sinningˇ¨ of the 1920s. Women were placed to stay at home and were forced out of jobs so men could take them have those opportunities. Unemployment reached an all-time high. Society became more conservative because there was less leisure time available. There were also fewer pretensions in the 1930s. For example, prohibition was repealed with the 21st Amendment in 1933, much to the joy ...
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