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- 1771: Compare and Contrast the Language of Romeo and Juliet in the Balcony Scene
- ... in the kind of language and imagery that the lovers use. In this scene we notice that the way Romeo expresses his love is different from the way Juliet expresses her love. Romeo speaks in high- flown language to express his love but compared to his, Juliet's language it is more sincere and filled with sweet seriousness. Romeo expresses his love for Juliet right at the beginning of the scene ... here." Her use of words and short sentences and phrases shows that though Juliet is very much in love she thinks practically about the possible dangers that might befall them. Romeo still speaks in the high flown language of love and answers each of her worried questions with an airy, unrealistic and overly sentimental response "And but thou love me, let them find me here. My life were better ended by ... dream, too pleasing sweet to be true. Romeo lives only for the moment unlike Juliet who shows herself to be an eminently practical person who begins making plans. Juliet uses realistic imagery while Romeo uses school boy imagery. For example Romeo says "Love goes toward love as schoolboys... with heavy looks." Juliet imagines Romeo as a hunting falcon and he thinks of her as a young nestling. She uses imagery ...
- 1772: The Computer Underground
- ... there are characteristics of underground activity that embrace a postmoder- nist rejection of conventional culture. - ii - THE BAUDY WORLD OF THE BYTE BANDIT: A POSTMODERNIST INTERPRETATION OF THE COMPUTER UNDERGROUND Hackers are "nothing more than high-tech street gangs" (Federal Prosecutor, Chicago). Transgression is not immoral. Quite to the contrary, it reconciles the law with what it forbids; it is the dia- lectical game of good and evil (Baudrillard, 1987: 81 ... electronic trespas- sers" (Parker: 1983), "crazy kids dedicated to making mischief" (Sandza, 1984: 17), "electronic vandals" (Bequai: 1987), a new "threat" (Van, 1989), saboteurs ("Computer Sabateur," 1988), se- cret societies of criminals (WMAQ, 1990), and "high-tech street gangs" ("Hacker, 18," 1989). These images have prompted calls for community and law enforcement vigilance (Conly and McEwen, 1990: 2) and for application of the Racketeer Influenced and Cor- rupt Organizations (RICO) Act ... indifferent mass culture which, through the saturation of electronic technology, has reached its zenith in Post-War American (Newman, 1985: 5). It is this style of playful rebellion, irreverent subversion, and juxtaposition of fantasy with high- tech reality that impels us to interpret the computer underground as a postmodernist culture. Data and Method Obtaining data from any underground culture requires tact. BBS operators protect the privacy of users and access ...
- 1773: Peer Pressure
- ... University pointed out how peer pressure can actually help a child develop a sense of morality. Peers provide a backdrop for the values that a child learns at home. Marilyn Segal, dean of Family and School Center at Florida’s Nova Southeastern University also pointed out that “Peer pressure is an influence that creates change or the desire for change and, often, that change is very positive.” (Hoyt) Positive peer pressure ... interesting example about positive peer pressure. Jenny Danowski, of Redmond, WA, tells how her little daughter Taylor used to cry at almost anything, but she quickly learned that it wasn’t cool to cry at school. When she dropped Taylor at school, she heard how her friends ask, “why do you cry so loud?’ and by the second week, Taylor’s crying had stopped and she got a lot braver. “She used to be afraid of ...
- 1774: Appearance Is Everything To The Youth of America
- ... day be voting for the leaders of our country. Worse yet, they may someday be the leaders of our country. The latest teen film to hit theaters is called Jawbreaker. It’s about three popular high school girls that accidentally kill a fellow popular girl. When the school “loser” finds out. the popular girls give her “the chance of a lifetime”. They give her a makeover in return for her silence regarding the murder. The next day in school she receives instant ...
- 1775: Huck Finn: Essay On Each Chapt
- ... first reaction is, "She's smarter than I am. Maybe she's right." He even goes along with everything Tom Sawyer suggests, no matter how silly the suggestion is. Tom reads books and goes to school. Tom is "sivilized," so he must be better than Huck. At this point, Huck talks a bit about his father, who disappeared more than a year ago. Pap was a drunkard who used to beat ... description of the Spaniards and "A-rabs," with their elephants and camels, does catch his interest. So he shows up the next day to take part in the spectacle. What Huck sees is a Sunday School picnic for little kids. What Tom sees are the Spaniards and Arabs he described. The gang has been enchanted by magicians, Tom explains, and they only think they're looking at a kid's picnic ... he puts Tom into the same class as the widow and Miss Watson. Tom might believe that the stuff he reads about is true, but to Huck, it has "all the marks of a Sunday school." CHAPTER 4 - In the first three chapters Twain established the personality of his main character. In this chapter he begins to develop the plot- a series of "adventures" involving Huck. Each of these adventures ...
- 1776: The Chosen 3
- In the novel, The Chosen, Chaim Potok successfully captures the strange customs of a Jewish community through wit and satire. Potok's novel focuses on two Jewish boys, who live in a world where high standards of achievement are expected of them by their families. The wish to become an insightful leader in the Jewish community was an always predominant custom of the two families. But with hard work and ... of all the conflicts in the entire novel stem from the differences in family life which are brought on by the discrepancies of religious beliefs. Rueven, who is an Orthodox Jew, goes to a parochial school where Hebrew is taught instead of Yiddish (which would be considered the first Jewish language). Rueven's school is also very integrated with many English speaking classes. But on the other hand, Danny, who attends a yeshiva (also a Jewish school), considers himself a true Jew because he (unlike Rueven) wears the ...
- 1777: The Chosen 2
- ... both brilliant, Jewish, closely tied to their fathers, and near-neighbors who live only five blocks apart. Still, they attend separate yeshivas and inhabit very different worlds. A baseball league is begun. When Danny Saunders school plays Reuven Malter s, the Hasids are determined to show the apikorsim a thing or two and the competition is fierce. Danny s murderous hitting is remarkable, but when Reuven comes to pitch he does ... his father, with his own attempts to educate himself in his quest for identity. Reuven, too, is seen to spend many hours of his day in study. The novel begins with Danny and Reuven as high school boys and concludes with their graduation from college. Danny has decided to get out of the life that imprisons him; he will take off the clothing and shun the trappings of the Hasid, go ...
- 1778: Cheever
- ... ordeal was my fault. So I did what was the closest thing to an answer I could think of, I started smoking weed. A lot of it, everyday I did it. I would go to school stoned, come home from school stoned, and go to sleep stoned. I WAS ALWAYS HIGH. All of this weed seemed to worsen my condition though, I thought this was going to help me. I was even more confused. I quit doing weed and almost committed suicide, let me tell ...
- 1779: Computer Viruses: Past, Present And Future
- ... drive. The Virus Threat: Common - And Growing How real is the threat from computer viruses? Every large corporation and organization has experienced a virus infection - most experience them monthly. According to data from IBM's High Integrity Computing Laboratory, corporations with 1,000 PCs or more now experience a virus attack every two to three months - and that frequency will likely double in a year. The market research firm Dataquest concludes ... Friday the 13th viruses became major media events, presaging the concern that would later surround the Michelangelo virus. Perhaps surprisingly, tiny Bulgaria became known as the world's Virus Factory in 1990 because of the high number of viruses created there. The NCSA found that Bulgaria, home of the notorious Dark Avenger, originated 76 viruses that year, making it the world's single largest virus contributor. Analysts attribute Bulgaria's prolific ... programmers; with nothing to do, these people tried their hands at virus production, with unfortunately successful results. This growing activity convinced the computer industry that viruses were serious threats requiring defensive action. IBM created its High Integrity Computing Laboratory to lead Big Blue's anti-virus research effort. Symantec began offering Symantec Anti-Virus, one of the first commercially available virus defenses. These responses came none too soon. By 1991, ...
- 1780: Diabetes
- ... cells. Glucose accumulates in the blood, a condition called hyperglycemia ("hyper" = too much, "glycemia" = glucose in the blood). Hyperglycemia causes intense thirst, the need to urinate frequently, blurred vision, fatigue, and other symptoms. Over time, high blood glucose can cause very serious medical problems. Adding up the total toll of diabetes complications, the disease is one of the nation's leading causes of death. All diabetes complications can be largely prevented ... United States with the highest risk are blacks, Mexican Americans, and Pima Indians. In contrast, people who live in areas that have not become Westernized tend not to get type 2 diabetes, no matter how high their genetic risk. Obesity is a strong risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Obesity is most risky for young people and for people who have been obese for a long time. Gestational diabetes is more ... risk, and the HLA-DR9 gene may put Japanese at risk.) Other tests can also make your child's risk clearer. A special test that tells how the body responds to glucose can tell which school-aged children are most at risk. Another more expensive test can be done for children who have siblings with type 1 diabetes. This test measures antibodies to insulin, to islet cells in the pancreas, ...
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