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- 291: Catcher in the Rye: Corruption of Holden
- ... is a phoney. This characterization is often harsh and unjust to many of the people he attributes this characteristic to. But there are people that Holden does like other than Pheobe and Allie. James Castle, Jane Gallager, the two nuns he spoke to in the coffee shop, and the little child on the curb of the road are a few. James Castle is someone that Holden could possible identify with. He dies because of a refusal to take something back; something that was true. In respect to Jane Gallager Holden could possible be in love with her but does not ask her in fear of her saying "no" but if she says "yes" he would not be able to come through a attribute ...
- 292: Pride and Prejudice: Marriage for Money
- ... man could woo a rich young girl. In these marriages, money was the only consideration. Love was left out, with a feeling that it would develop as the years went by. In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen comments that marriage in her time is a financial contract, where love is strictly a matter of chance. Lady Catherine states the fact that happiness in marriage is strictly a matter of chance. This ... hope for inclusion. Elizabeth is astonished when Charlotte accepts Mr. Colleen's marriage proposal, as she does not understand fully Charlottes predicament. She can not hope for a wealthy and handsome husband like Elizabeth and Jane can, as she does not have their particular assets. She can hope at best for security and a degree of comfort. In conclusion, the essential statement made about marriage in Pride and Prejudice is that ...
- 293: Biography of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- ... attended Cornell University from 1940 to 1942. Next, he attended the University of Chicago from 1945 to 1947. He was awarded a masters degree in 1971 in anthropology. Also in 1945, he was wed to Jane Marie Cox. Kurt and Jane had three children, Mark, Nannette and Edith(Dictionary of Literary Biography). In 1947, Kurt moved to Schenectady, New York to work for General Electric Research Laboratory as a public relations writer. It was here that ...
- 294: Frank Lincoln Wright
- ... within the Lloyd-Jones family included education, religion, and nature. Wright's family spent many evenings listening to William Lincoln Wright read the works of Emerson, Thoreau, and Blake outloud. Also his aunts Nell and Jane opened a school of their own pressing the philosophies of German educator, Froebel. Wright was brought up in a comfortable, but certainly not warm household. His father, William Carey Wright who worked as a preacher ... a job as a draftsman in a Chicago architectural firm. During this short time with the firm of J. Lyman Silsbee, Wright started on his first project, the Hillside Home for his aunts, Nell and Jane. Impatiently moving forward, Wright got a job at one of the best known firms in Chicago at the time, Adler and Sullivan. Sullivan was to become Wright's greatest mentor. LOUIS SULLIVAN: LIEBER MEISTER Wright ...
- 295: The Life of Kurt Vonnegut
- ... Vonnegut's friends who slips in and out of reality, having flashbacks of the experience at Dresden. Kurt Vonnegut was born in November of 1922 in Indianapolis. This is where he eventually met and married Jane Cox. Vonnegut's life has been a struggle, starting with his mother's constant bouts with depression. In 1943, when Vonnegut enlisted, his mother's depression grew deeper. Because of that Private Vonnegut asked permission ... Vonnegut's friends who slips in and out of reality, having flashbacks of the experience at Dresden. Kurt Vonnegut was born in November of 1922 in Indianapolis. This is where he eventually met and married Jane Cox. Vonnegut's life has been a struggle, starting with his mother's constant bouts with depression. In 1943, when Vonnegut enlisted, his mother's depression grew deeper. Because of that Private Vonnegut asked permission ...
- 296: Leaders of the Progressive Movement
- Leaders of the Progressive Movement Women such as Jeanette Rankin, Jane Addams, and Emma Goldman were often leaders of the Progressive movement because they had nothing to lose and everything to gain. The 14th and 15th Amendments had denied them basic rights, such as voting, that ... time before women's suffrage, Jeanette Rankin was elected to the House of Representatives. During her time there, she worked tirelessly for all kinds of legislation to help women, while never compromising her pacifist stance. Jane Addams also worked for social reforms, using her position in society to form Hull House, a settlement house for the social and economic betterment of the poor. She wrote many books about worthy causes such ...
- 297: Women and the Fight for Reform
- ... western states where they could vote, were denied much of a role in the governing process. Nonetheless, educated the middle-class women saw themselves as a morally uplifting force and went on to be reformers. Jane Addams opened the social settlement of Hull House in 1889. It offered an array of services to help the poor deal with slum housing, disease, crowding, jobless, infant mortality, and environmental hazards. For women who held jobs, Hull House ran a day-car center and a boardinghouse. Addams was only one of many early reformers to take up social work. Jane Porter Barrett, an African American, founded the Locust Street Social Settlement in Hampton, Virginia, in 1890. Her settlement offered black women vital instruction in child care and in skills of a being a homemaker. Lillian ...
- 298: History and Uses of Marijuana
- History and Uses of Marijuana Whether you call it Hemp, Mary Jane, Pot, Weed; it doesn't matter. It is still Cannabis Sativa, or cannabis for short. And it is still illegal. The use of marijuana as an intoxicant in the United States became a problem of ... strains of this herb produce different sensual effects, ranging from a sedative to a stimulant. The term "marijuana" is a word with indistinct origins. Some believe it is derived from the Mexican words for "Mary Jane"; others hold that the name comes from the Portuguese word marigu-ano, which means "intoxicant". The use of marijuana in the 1960's might lead one to surmise that marihuana use spread explosively. The chronicle ...
- 299: Weed
- Weed Wether you call it Hemp, Mary Jane, Pot, Weed; it doesn't matter. It is still Cannabis Sativa, or cannabis for short. And it is still illegal. The use of marijuana as an intoxicant in the United States became a problem of ... strains of this herb produce different sensual effects, ranging from a sedative to a stimulant. The term "marijuana" is a word with indistinct origins. Some believe it is derived from the Mexican words for "Mary Jane"; others hold that the name comes from the Portuguese word marigu-ano, which means "intoxicant". The use of marijuana in the 1960's might lead one to surmise that marihuana use spread explosively. The chronicle ...
- 300: IVF: A Medical Breakthrough or A Medical Burden?
- ... Singer 528) Works Cited Dreher, Nancy. "Test-Tube Babies: High-Tech Miracles." Current Health 2 December 1994: 1-4. Sherwin, Susan. "Feminist Ethics and In Vitro Fertilization." Biomedical Ethics. 3rd ed. Ed. Thomas A. Mappes & Jane S. Zembaty. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1991. 532-535. Singer, Peter. "Creating Embryos." Biomedical Ethics. 3rd ed. Ed. Thomas A. Mappes & Jane S. Zembaty. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1991. 524-531.
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