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- 4291: Brave New World 2
- ... the rationing and use of soma as a release for all people is a big red flashing light on the board of pending social disaster. That would be like giving out heroin and syringes to high school students after finals so they can relax. It just makes no sense, especially when people are dying in the novel from such a stimulant. The use of soma produces a distant people not in touch ...
- 4292: Critical Summary of Cultural Effects on Eating Attitudes in Israeli Subpopulations and Hospitalized Anorectics
- ... subpopulations as well as a group of hospitalized anorectics. The first test conducted in the survey was the shortened form of the Eating Attitude Test known as the EAT-26. This test was administered by school nurses and is proven to detect instances and levels of eating disorders. The determining factor in this test, as stated by Apter, "was the oral control factor - an indicator of impulsivity and presumable of sexuality ... dining rooms." Because of the low Western influence in the Muslim culture, the prediction that they would have a lower score on the survey was false. They scored low in the body image pathology and high on the dieting factor. Apter stays with his hypothesis by indicating that "the Muslim group has the highest average weight (53.8 kg), so that their concern with dieting may reveal a desire to lose ...
- 4293: The Glass Menagerie -x
- ... Laura to find some relief. Stuck in a warehouse job, he uses his past to urge on future success. Believing he will better himself, he takes classes in speaking, hoping to recapture his good old high school days. Laura's admiration fuels his need, and he fails to realize what he'd done to the fragile girl. The Glass menagerie is a play that makes one to think about their current situation ...
- 4294: Carpe Diem: The Golden Chance
- ... am trying to learn as much as possible about American life style, culture, language and people. My chance was supposed to expire in one year but now I have the opportunity to not only finish high school in United States, but also continue my college years here. My Carpe Diem tells me that I can not waste my time, because I have already lost too much precious time in my life. I ...
- 4295: Arthurian Romances
- ... off; he is polite and courteous. To his wife he has total respect and love to give, but he isn't hesitant when telling her to stay put. The story puts the knight in a high class because he is extremely helpful to the community. (1) Chretien De Troyes, Arthurian Romances, Trans. William W. Kibler (New York: Penguin Books, 1991) p. 89 The knight prays constantly to his God for protection. He fights others in battles with an extremely high risk of death, so he likes to profess a faith. Erec of Lac is honored by his community of Christians for his heroics and courage. His faith is necessary to keep his beautiful wife. They ... relationship to ensure happiness together. Knighthood is only developed for the man because women are only seen as maid servants. a knight so they put them to work as maids. The only women who have high ranks in the feudalist system are those who are married to the noble ranks. Otherwise, women will marry into poverty where they will remain for the rest of their time. In the Story of ...
- 4296: The Outsiders 4
- Critical Review "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton S.E. Hinton wrote this novel while she was in high school, at the young age of sixteen. It was completed in 1967. She has written other novels such as That Was Then This is Now, Rumble Fish, and Taming the Star Runner. The novel, The Outsiders ...
- 4297: A Comparison of Hamlet and McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
- ... Both Hamlet and McMurphy's exploits to eventually contribute to their respective downfalls. To examine this aspect we must observe the similarities in the antagonist of the two pieces. Ratchet and Claudius are each in high positions of power and are cunningly deceptive. They likewise resent the protagonist in an understated manner, and out of fear of revealing their own guilt, do they maintain this understatement in all public matters. As ... myself (As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put antic disposition on) That you, at such times seeing me never shall
......to note That you know aught of me- this do swear Despite the school of thought that believes Hamlet is truly insane, I felt this passage, establishing premeditation, adequately proves he was only posing as a lunatic. Further proof to this effect is also how Hamlet only acts absurd ...
- 4298: The Outsiders 3
- Critical Review "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton S.E. Hinton wrote this novel while she was in high school, at the young age of sixteen. It was completed in 1967. She has written other novels such as That Was Then This is Now, Rumble Fish, and Taming the Star Runner. The novel, The Outsiders ...
- 4299: Antiheroism In Hamlet
- ... and Guildenstern since they are servants of the Claudius, Hamlet's mortal enemy. The reader does not like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern either which causes the reader to side with Hamlet. Another incident of Hamlet's high intelligence is shown when he Hamlet tells Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, I am glad of it: a knavish sleeps in a foolish ear. (IV, ii, 24-25) This statement leaves Rosencrantz and Guildenstern more or less ... Hamlet, to the point that it does not matter whether or not it hurts Gertrude in any way. This scene depicts Hamlet as the victim, much like two bullies picking on a smaller child in school, since the king, with the aid of Laertes, is out to kill Hamlet, this time with a passion. Much like a political revolutionary, Hamlet has the system against him and is facing death because of ...
- 4300: All The Kings Men
- ... all over the state, so people knew who had given them everything. Willie began with a failed campaign as County Treasurer in Canoma Count. He had lost nevertheless he was renowned by people when the school building collapsed due to faulty bricks. Bricks, bricks that he had fought against them using because they were cheap and from a political contact of the County Treasurer Pillsbury. The state got a hold of ... time he asked them questions. He approached one man saying, Are your clothes worn because you don t have the money to buy new? then he asked a woman, Are you kids ignorant, because the school s just don t teach anything? Posing these questions made the audience think, but what made them see more was when he started his story. This wasn t some fairy tale; moreover it was a ... worked the farm during the day, and stayed up nights studying his books, with aspirations to become a lawyer. When he became a lawyer he didn t start thinking about the people, but after a school building collapse in his own county it became apparent the people needed him. They praised him, because he had spoken out against the faulty bricks used to build the building. Soon after, some people ...
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