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- 4981: Gulliver's Travels and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen: Similarities
- ... happened to Gulliver, who had many enemies in Lilliput. Flimnap, Treasur er of the Realm, long suspected, with absolutely no grounds, that Gulliver was his wife's lover, “This Lord, in Conjunction with Flimnap the High Treasurer, whose Enmity against you is notorious on Account of his Lady” (Swift 56 ). Gulliver's enemies plotted against him, and accused him of treason. Gulliver then fled from Lilliput. Munchausen, on the other hand ... and their reactions to the governments. When Munchausen went to the moon, he ran into the King and Queen. Both of them had detachable heads, which represents a political symbol. This represents political people in high ranks losing their heads. This could be due to stress or the fact that they are trying to get to a higher position, and in the process losing their heads. People always want more then ... of one's head. Throughout the book, as well, one can see the political involvement. Each place that Gulliver went to had a government of some sort. In Lilliput there were two political factions: the High Heels and the Low Heels. These corresponded to two religion factors: the Big Endians and Li ttle Endians. One's membership in one or the other of these depended upon whether he broke his ...
- 4982: Alternative Energy
- ... enough energy for activities such as washing and bathing. The solar panels generate "low grade" heat, that is, they generate low temperatures for the amount of heat needed in a day. In order to generate "high grade" heat, intense enough to convert water into high-pressure steam which can then be used to turn electric generators there must be another method. The concentrated beams of sunlight are collected in a device called a solar furnace, which acts on the same ... the light into a very small area. Very elaborate solar furnaces have machines that angle the mirrors and lenses to the sun all day. This system can provide sizeable amounts of electricity and create extremely high temperatures of over 6000 degrees Fahrenheit. Solar energy generators are very clean, little waste is emitted from the generators into the environment. The use of coal, oil and gasoline is a constant drain, economically ...
- 4983: Of Mice and Men: The Great Depression - The Uncommon Struggle of All Men
- ... People did everything they could to make money. People worked together to get the job done. My grandfather hauled ice, made ice cream and other things, all the while putting himself and his sisters through high school and even college. Times were so bad that they lost their chicken farm in Edmond because they couldn't pay $50.00 in land taxes, and the chicken farm was the sole source of income ...
- 4984: The Great Gatsby: Morals and American Idealism
- ... which he now has. An example of this is also one of the main parts of the story. Daisy, Nick's cousin and the wife of Tom Buchanon, once knew Gatsby when they were in high school together and they had a thing going. After a while they separated and Gatsby went into the Armed Forces. Now, at the time when this story takes place in the spring of the 1920's ...
- 4985: IOMEGA CORPORATION: DATA STORA
- ... 1.76 to 1.23 Such a performance put Iomega among the top companies in its industry of computer storage devices. The computer industry had a relatively good year in 1998, and because of the high demand for their products, the next few years look promising.24 However, while Iomegaˇ¦s sales in 1998 were approximately equal with those in 1997, they experienced a net loss of $(54) million and a ... in the first quarter and summer months. The fluctuation in Iomegaˇ¦s common stock is evidence of this seasonality. In 1997, the 52-week low of $7.06 occurred in the first quarter and the high of $16.41 occurred in the fourth quarter. The companyˇ¦s stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol IOM. It has not paid cash dividends to common stockholders in the ... in Europe, and $34 million in Asia Pacific. In addition, the quarter generated over $100 million in positive cash flow and reduced inventory by 16% over the third quarter. While 1998 did result in a high amount of operating expenses, the fourth quarter operating expense total of $106 million was down 17% from the $128 million in the fourth quarter of 1997. Iomega is working to implement its Six Sigma ...
- 4986: Summary of Tess of the D'Urbervilles
- ... man. While employed at the D'Urberville mansion, Tess was confronted with her first major social dilemma whose name is Alec D'Urberville. The young Alec is portrayed as a spoiled, almost evil person; a high class snob. From the first time he laid eyes on Tess, he begins to seduce her. Hardy's use of Alec D'Urberville and his relationship to Tess, sets the standard for the cruelty of ... Hardy tells the reader that the moral sin which Tess has experienced is taboo in her society and she becomes the object of ridicule and rejection. Although she is a "fallen woman", she maintains her high moral standards as well as her beauty and innocence. In analyzing the above mentioned scenario, can the reader hold Tess completely blameless. Was she not a conscious participant in her own seduction? The answer is ... the local townspeople and subsequently executed for her act of murder. Hardy, through moral and social manipulation places Tess in situations that we all have experienced. Can we as human beings confess to maintaining the high standards of dignity, purity and innocence that Tess D'Urberville held? Would we have not sought revenge on Alec, Angel or even our parents for the wrong they had done to us? Tess is ...
- 4987: Infant Immortality
- ... low birthweight, respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), maternal complications of pregnancy, complications during birth, infections, accidents, hypoxia/birth asphyxia, and pneumonia/influenza (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, 1996). Since 1960, advances in prenatal care for high-risk pregnancies and postnatal care have provided more effective preventative strategies and better treatment of neonatal conditions. This has decreased infant deaths related to conditions such as postnatal asphyxia, birth injuries, and bacterial infections. In ... vastest technological capabilities. Therefore, improving existing social programs and implementing new programs to combat infant mortality must continue. In the federal “Healthy Start” program there are four strategies for reducing infant mortality. They are: reducing high-risk pregnancies; reducing the incidence of low birthweight and preterm births; improving birthweight-specific survival; and reducing specific causes of postneonatal mortality (Strobino, 1995). Reducing high-risk pregnancies and the incidence of low birthweight and preterm births can only be accomplished through education and prenatal care. Proper infant care following the birth of a child, whether or not the child ...
- 4988: Jane Eyre: Ladies First
- ... demonstrates a strong need to be herself, to take responsibility for her action. She is put to the test by her daily teasing and abuse from her cousins. When she is brought to a boarding school she soon distinguishes herself through her classes. Eventually ends up in Thornfield where she meets Edward Rochester. While growing up in Gateshead Hall, Jane is treated less than a servant. Her cousins John, Eliza, and ... hothouse vines of their fruit, and broke the buds of the choicest plants in the conservatory:”(pg.9) Jane becoming unable to withstand her treatment at Gateshead Hall she is sent to Lowood, a boarding school for the poor. Before she leaves Gateshead she tells her aunt how she feels. “ I am not deceitful: if I were, I should say I loved you, but I declare I do not love you ... because of Mr. Elton loved Emma instead of Harriet. Jane Eyre soon arrives in Lowood, where she becomes friends with Helen Burns, a sickly child whose saint-like encouragement helps Jane with the hardships of school life. Here is where Jane's renewal in faith starts to develop. Helen who dies in Jane's arms tells Jane that they will meet again in heaven. Jane soon begins to thrive on ...
- 4989: The Lord of the Flies: SUmmary
- ... Lord of the Flies: SUmmary The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, an adventure and suspense story, is written in 1857. The story sets on an deserted Pacific coral island. A group of school boys are marooned on this island after a plane crash on a trip to Australia. The story begins with a large number of school boys on an uninhabited tropical island and two of the elder boys who have leadership qualities compete to achieve a semblance of order so as to survive. Ralph, who has found a conch and blows ... suspense and horror, captures my imagination and my interest throughout. The author=s message of what mankind must guard against if the human race is to survive is depicted through the boys= rapid transformation from school boys to savages. In the novel, Ralph represents democratic societies while he tries to hold a civil society together where every man is allowed personal freedom of thought and actions and Jack represents dictators ...
- 4990: To Kill A Mockingbird - Man Versus Society
- ... time in the south. Blacks, Calpurnia And Tom Robinson. White Trash, Ewells. Poor Whites, The Cunninghams. And The Average Southern,Atticus and its neighbors. Education separate every. The average are the only to go to High School, College. At this time there where three myths known that separated the blacks. 1. Blacks where like little children and had to be taken care of them. - Inferior 2. Blacks, Had sexually intimate to rape ...
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