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- 9331: Steamboats In Louisiana
- ... and down the river. Steamboats were later used as show boats for entertainment. The purchase of Louisiana in 1803 made New Orleans a part of the U.S. and opened the door to gamblers. The high life so popular in New Orleans spread north which ushered in the era of the riverboat gambler. By 1820, 69 steamboats were operating the western rivers. And by 1860, that number had increased to 735 ...
- 9332: So Long A Letter
- ... bearing role, is still present. The first role of women is to stay at home and take care of the children. The inequality starts at a very early age. The rate of girls going to school is by far lower than that of boys. Parents' choices of investment in their children completely depend on their view of the latter's worth as adults. The relationship between Ramatoulaye (Rama), a Senegalese women ...
- 9333: Smerdyakov
- ... birth in Fyodor's garden and ripens in his dreams while asleep in the kitchen. His passion is cooking. He closely examines and studies the different characteristics of food. He is then sent to training school in order to become a cook. Smerdyakov has a terrific knack for manipulating foods. The final dishes nearly always turn out perfectly. His culinary artistry imbues his personality. Smerdyakov conjures up a recipe for delicious ...
- 9334: Sister Carrie
- ... and people, who she is surrounded by. Although Carrie does not leave a very "sweet taste" in the readers mouth, I like her. I am not saying that her reactions would represent a woman with high moral qualities, but as for the society, it was not her choice. I think, it was the only way to live and survive. I like Dreisers images of seasons, weather, theater, newspaper. I like ...
- 9335: Sir Gawain And The Green Knight: The Role Of Women
- ... is his own invention since he does not attribute this to Morgan. This enables him to then turn her plan, which was hatched for destructive purposes, to a noble and elevating test which serves the high moral purpose of teaching Gawain a lesson--hold true to the ideals of the Christian doctrine as a support for the chivalric code. Gawain, in his confession and absolution, goes through a similar shifting of ...
- 9336: Sir Gawain And The Green Knight
- ... a special untainted Christian love. That Gawain is Marys knight is made clear in the scene where he is robed for battle. "That all his force was founded on the five joys that the high Queen of heaven had in her child. And therefore, as I find, he fittingly had on the inner part of his shield her image portrayed, that when his look on it lighted, he never lost ...
- 9337: Sir Gawain And The Green Knight
- ... an expansive body of literature that typically was intended to entertain a courtly and hence selective audience. If there is any common denominator running throughout the stories, it is the idea of chivalry, a formal, high-stylized system of standards of knightly conduct. This poem is a literary median between Anglo-Saxon and Christian literature. Chivalric ideals of strength and valor became gradually integrated with essentially non-Christian dictates of courtly ...
- 9338: Siddhartha
- ... voice. He loved the way he walked, his complete grace of movement; he loved everything that Siddhartha did and said, and above all he loved his intellect, his fine ardent thoughts, his strong will, his high vocation. Govinda knew that [Siddhartha] would not become an ordinary Brahmin, a lazy sacrificial official, an avaricious dealer in magic sayings, a conceited worthless orator, a wicked sly priest, or just a good stupid sheep ...
- 9339: Siddhartha
- ... alone had not been responsible? (Page 88) *Ascetic -Adjective; self-denying or austere -He had heard that this alleged Buddha had formerly been an ascetic and had lived in the woods, had then turned to high living and the pleasures of the world, and he held no brief for this Gotoma. (Page 21) *Tepid -Adjective; lacking enthusiasm -He loved this feeling and continually sought to renew it, to increase it, to ...
- 9340: Shiloh
- ... gone all the time and preferred it. "In some ways, a woman prefers a man who wanders" (Charters 973 par. 11). She never complained about his traveling. Leroy is a character who prefers to get high, lay around on the couch and think about building a log cabin for his wife. He believes he can rebuild his marriage with Norma Jean and try to regain the relationship they had before the ...
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