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- 1301: To Kill A Mockingbird - Plot S
- ... been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself" - p.10 c. awareness difference in social classes "nothing to buy and no money to buy with it" - p.10 d. narrow span of interest and almost no interest in the world outside Maycomb. "nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County" - p.10 2. Approximately when does the story negin? Show evidence to support your answer. The setting of the story take ...
- 1302: Kate Chopins The Awakening
- ... country and her sister's upcoming wedding. Leonce wakes Edna when he enters the bedroom that night. He relates his experiences of the evening, but she responds only with sleepy half-answers. Her lack of interest in his evening bothers him. He checks on his sons and informs Edna that Raul seems to have a fever. She replies that the child was fine earlier, and he criticizes her lack of motherly ... two days earlier. Edna doubts his love because he did not visit her right away. She asks why he broke his promise to write her, and he replies that he never thought his letters would interest her. She hints that he lies and proceeds to leave Mademoiselle Reisz's apartment. Robert walks Edna home. Under concerted pressure, he agrees to stay for dinner. Robert discovers a photograph of Alcee, but Edna ...
- 1303: Character Flaws In "Long Days Journey Into Night" and "Death of A Salesman"
- ... with “ Oh for Christ’s sake, papa, can’t you lay off me.” Here Jamie feels hurt because his father has lost his belief in his son. Jamie now feels jealous of Edmond because loosing interest in Jamie’s life will mean a gain in interest in Edmonds. This causes tension between the father and the son, but also between the two brothers. In “Death of a Salesman,” Willy favors Biff over Happy. He favors Biff because he thinks that Biff ...
- 1304: Experimental Protein
- ... of a protein (2). The procedures of protein separation is a trivial procedure for laboratory workers. Prior to protein separation, the intact cell and other cellular materials needs to be removed from the molecules of interest. By homogenization, cell can easily be turned into cellular debris except for brain cells, which contains abundant amount of myelin. For brain cells a mechanical homogenizer is used for cell debris (3,6). The hand held homogenizer is used for most cells except for the brain cells. After intact cells are crushed and turned into cell debris, the suspension is ready for centrifugation to obtain molecules of special interest. Cellular suspension is separated based on the mass against force of gravity. After centrifugation, protein extract is ready for gel electrophoresis. Protein separation is proficiently done using gel electrophoresis (4). In recent years, a better ...
- 1305: Julius Caesar – Victim of Tragic Flaw
- ... he feels that he should take care of the people before worrying about himself. It is this grave mistake and tragic error that costs Caesar his life. Had he listened, and shown a little self-interest, Caesar’s life might have been spared. Caesar is a hero to Rome because of his compassion for his country. It is so ironic that his tragic flaws, trust and compassion, are qualities that are ... people. His greatness and what makes him great are also what kill him. Julius Caesar is a victim of a tragic flaw, making him a tragic hero. Everything that he does is in the best interest of Rome, and Rome ends up killing him for it. His open displays of trust lead people to believe that he is ambitious, and therefore bad. His compassion for the people results in him not ...
- 1306: Leonard Bernstein
- ... August 25, 1918. He was the first born child of Samuel and Jennie Bernstein, who lived in Boston, but had gone to Lawrenceville to visit some relatives. Bernstein's parents had little knowledge of, or interest in classical music. The only records Leonard remembers hearing on his family phonograph when he was a child were the popular hit songs of the day, such as “ Barney Google” and “Oh by Jingo.” For ... his fathers persistent nagging to join his business, so he left home and found a place for himself in music in New York City. Bernstein attended the Curtis Institute for two years, where his main interest was in conducting. For the summers of 1940 and 1941 he studied at Tanglewood with Koussevitzky. It only took those two summers for Koussevitzky to become impressed enough to want to have Bernstein as his ...
- 1307: Far From The Madding Crowd
- ... contrast to Troy, a first he seemed not to care for Bathsheba at all. From the time when Boldwood had ignored her in the market-place, until he sent the Valentine card he had no interest whatsoever in Bathsheba. He was perceived as a cold, distant figure who had become cynical about women. But when the card was sent, he found himself falling wildly, and eventually madly, in love with her ... chance to prove to her how good her would be for her. Careful not to put himself in a position where he could miss a job opportunity, he decided to show no romantic or emotional interest in Bathsheba for the moment, and from this point onward. Gabriel is regarded by Bathsheba as her confidant, whom she asks advice for whenever she needs it, especially about Boldwood and Troy. At several places ...
- 1308: Frankenstein
- ... act of punishment but to perpetual torture. This is the price of tampering with nature. Prometheus’ ultimate downfall was caused, not by a poorly executed theft, but by the driving force of his own self-interest. By characterising Prometheanism, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a critique of male egoism. Shelley represents male egoism through the assertiveness of her glory seeking characters. The attitude of her narrator, Robert Walton, is typified by ... predicts which really stops him proceeding. If his egoism had allowed him to believe humanity would marvel at his achievements, he would have kept going. So, with his Promethean traits in tact, Victor’s self-interest determines his actions once more. Further retribution from the monster is a fait accompli . Victor’s egoism even denies him the opportunity of understanding the implications of the monster’s 4. promise to be with ...
- 1309: Flowers For Algernon
- ... Algernon is a story about a failed scientific experiment. However, the radio play also deals with other issues such as love and friendship, medical ethics, tampering with human intelligence and the consequences, and conflict of interest. On one level Flowers for Algernon is about a scientific experiment that goes wrong. Charlie Gordon is a thirty seven year old man, who has an IQ of sixty-eight. Charlie wants, more than anything ... judgement, there may have been ulterior motives behind these decisions. There is also the issue of whether or not any of the actions taken in the radio play were taken because of a conflict of interest. It is suggested in the radio play that Dr. Nemur's main reason for performing and publishing the results of the experiment, was to achieve fame and acclaim at the ‘World Psychological Association'. Dr. Nemur ...
- 1310: The American Classroom: Making it work for the Native American
- ... poor self image, and withdrawal. (Sanders 84)." Native American students are forced to deal with the same sort of predicaments that other ethnic minorities do. Native Americans continue to have one of the highest dropout rates of any ethnic group. According to a 1983 study Native American students tend to drop out of school for four different reasons: "(1) an uneven application of school rules; (2) factors pertaining to teacher student ... of the tribe, but tribe members as well. Some people feel that these economic developments will threaten their cultural identity. Despite some of these economic developments Manning suggests that Native Americans continue to have unemployment rates as high as 35% (62). Unfortunately Native American youth have to deal with the fact that for decades they have been classified as a culture plagued by unemployment, alcoholism, and poverish living conditions. With Native ...
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