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- 4581: Beloved: Sethe's Motivation For Killing Her Baby
- ... that her show of mercy is also murder. Throughout Beloved, Sethe's character consistently displays the stubburn nature of her actions. Not long after Sethe's reunion with Paul D. she describes her reaction to School Teacher's arrival: "Oh, no. I wasn't going back there[Sweet Home]. I went to jail instead"(Morrison 42). Sethe's words suggest that she has made a stand by her refusal to allow ... saying is that's a selfish pleasure I never had before. I couldn't let all that go back to where it was, and I couldn't let her or any of em live under School Teacher. That was out"(163). Sethe's love for her children is apparent, yet she still shifts the burden of responsibility away from herself. She acknowledges that it was a "selfish pleasure" to make something ... was clean.”(251) Sethe's words suggest that the only part of herself that she cares for is her children. Indeed, the only reason that she killed her daughter is because Sethe refused to let School Teacher or any other white person "dirty" her children as Sethe herself had been dirtied. Sethe's nobility, however irrationally predicated, is apparent. She loves her children to much to let them be tarnished ...
- 4582: Amazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol
- ... and do not have access to the kinds of materials or equipment that would enhance the learning experience and/or create the opportunity to explore subjects such as science. As for the physical attributes, these school buildings are in horrible condition with “barrels…filling up with rain in several rooms… Green fungus molds... growing in the corners of the room in which the guidance counselor met kids who were depressed.” (p ... or even think about. However for the children of the South Bronx, AIDS is a major issue. With one-quarter of the pregnant women in this neighborhood testing positive for AIDS, pediatric AIDS takes a high toll. The numbers of children who have had one or both parents die of AIDS in the South Bronx and surrounding areas is the highest among the nation. “…if the city continues with its present ...
- 4583: The Maturity Of Scout And Jem In To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee
- ... Scout question the idea of justice. "Who in this town did one thing to help Tom Robinson, just who?" (215) Scout and Jem had believe that their father was not like any other fathers in school. They see him as an old man who can’t do anything. However, when a mad dog appears on the street, Atticus, their farther, kills that dog with one shot. They are surprised to learn ... I can hit something,...’"(97) Another incident which shows Scout’s maturing is when she overhears her teacher saying that it is a good thing Tom Robinson was convicted because the black were getting too "high and mighty." This disturbs scout very much because the teacher is always telling them about democracy and the persecution of Jews yet it is OK to persecute the blacks. Scout wonder how her teacher could ...
- 4584: "Hoops" vs. "He Got Game"
- ... there are differences in their opportunities that are available, there are some similarities these characters share as well. Both of the main characters, in each story, are poor black kids that just graduated out of high school. "Jesus is the main character from "He Got Game", and Lonnie is the main character from "Hoops". One thing they both had in common is that they both had a rough time during their childhood ...
- 4585: Darwinism
- ... advantage, natural selection is out of the picture. If evolution is not a viable theory, then why is it generally accepted by modern science and why is it often taught as a proven fact in high school and college? To answer this question, let us take a trip back in time to the late 1800's. Darwin observed birds on the Galapagos islands over 100 years ago, and the variation that he ...
- 4586: Willy’s Loss of Life and Dignity
- ... mistress while visiting him on one of his trips to ask him to come back home and negotiate with his math teacher to give him the four points he needed to pass math and graduate high school. This scene gives the reader a chance to fully understand the tension between Willy and Biff, and why things can never be the same. Throughout the play, the present has been full of misfortune for ...
- 4587: Dirt Bikes
- ... the Paris-Dakar Which is an astonishing 6,371 miles (10,250 kilometers). “All dirt bikes share some basic features-knobby tires, light weight frames, long-travel suspension, and two- or four stroke engines placed high and out of the way.” (Kawasaki owners manual, Intro) “Knobbies”, or knobby tires give the dirt bike good traction through mud, loose gavel, and sand. Without knobby tires, you would not have much control on ... This includes the fork legs in the front and one or two shock absorbers in the rear. Long-travel suspension softens the ride over the big jumps. “All dirt bikes have engines that are placed high in the chassis so they can clear obstacles suck as large bumps, stumps, and rocks. The exhaust pipe also rides high so it will not catch on boulders or fallen trees.”(Jesse Young,16) How a dirt bike works is when a spark plug ignites a mixture of air and gasoline in the engine cylinder. ...
- 4588: The Return of the Native: A Relationship Destined for Destruction
- ... get the torment they deserve’”(Hardy 251). Shirley Stave believes that Clym: “…represents modern consciousness, Hardy’s grim projection of where the human species is headed”(56). With Clym’s new goal of becoming a school official , he disregards his new wife and her needs, and concentrates solely on his studies. He reads constantly until, finally, his eye sight gives out. This leads Walcutt to believe that Clym is “bent on ... jealousy is such that she would have been antagonistic towards any woman who interested her son” (110).Out of jealousy she finds hatred for Eustacia. Mrs. Yeobright opposes Clym’s new goal of becoming a school teacher. This opposition is external motivation for Clym. Walcutt seems to believe “Clym wants his mother to disapprove of what he is doing”(494). Walcutt goes on to state: It might almost be argued that the glowering contest over Eustacia has allowed Clym to modify the original plan of opening a simple school for the natives. That is, his destructive attachment to his mother is satisfied by the new issue , so that now he can please Eustacia by planning a much more impressive operation which will ultimately ...
- 4589: Disney
- ... me sufficiently to deal with the marketing aspects of my internship. However, I would like to have had more language skills than I possessed going down to Disney. I took three years of Spanish in High School and two years of French in college. This was useful in communicating with guests, but a better grasp of these languages would have open the doors to communication a bit wider. I would have been ...
- 4590: Black Boy Essay
- ... violence was prominent between blacks and whites. Racial prejudice is the cause of several things not just physical violence racial prejudice can cause serious psychological stress. Richard’s friend Ned, who he’d known from school, had a brother, Bob, who worked at a hotel in town; the hotel was known for it’s trouble with black employees, prostitutes, bootlegging and many other things. Bob had been murdered by a group ... no way was going to be beaten, whether that meant running, hiding, or fighting. Richard was what you call a "book smart" kind of guy, he knew how to read and write proficiently, he enjoyed school, and was a fast learner. Richard’s going to school for so long may have been why he wasn’t very "street smart," but because he was a fast learner he was able to cope and learn the ways of living. In the end ...
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