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- 341: Creationism
- ... his discussion on the theory of evolution. John, a student opposes the idea the humans came from apes and evolved. John believes that men came from God and that man was created in 6 days. Jane hears this and argues against John, “How could anything possibly be created in 6 days? This sort of project would take millions of years!” By using up all 45 minutes of class time discussing creationism ...
- 342: Consumerism
- ... of the new era are television, radio, image advertising, direct marketing, and of course, Internet advertising and sales. The key individuals of the new era are David Kessler, the former head of the FDA and Jane Henney, the current head of the FDA. Al Gore has also been a key figure, especially with respect to the development of the Internet and with respect to the environmental movement. 2. The current marketplace ...
- 343: Marijuana
- ... is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant. You may hear marijuana called by street names such as pot, herb, weed, grass, boom, Mary Jane, gangster, or chronic. There are more than 200 slang terms for marijuana. Sinsemilla (sin-seh-me-yah; it's a Spanish word), hashish ("hash" for short), and hash oil are stronger forms of marijuana. All ...
- 344: Barn Burning
- ... stick to your own blood or you ain’t going to have any blood to stick to you." This quote from William Faulkner’s "Barn Burning" does reveal a central issue in the story, as Jane Hiles suggests in her interpretation. The story is about blood ties, but more specifically, how these ties affect Sarty (the central character of the story). The story examines the internal conflict and dilemma that Sarty ...
- 345: Capital Punishment Is Ineffect
- ... Penalty.” http://www.hartford-hwd.com Dieter, Richard. “The Practical Burdens of Capital Punishment.” The Encyclopedia of Ethics. New York: Macmillan, 1967. Glover, Jonathan. “Deterrence and Murder.” New York: Garland, 1992. Mappes, Thomas A., and Jane S. Zambaty. Social Ethics: Morality and Social Policy. U.S.: McGraw, 1997. Nathanson, Stephen. An Eye for an Eye: The Morality of Punishing by Death. Totowa: Littlefield, 1987. National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty ...
- 346: History Of The Detective Novel
- ... murderers and their victims. In the middle of the chase, Poirot dies, leaving Hastings to try and piece together the remaining clues and unmask the true killer. Another of Christie's beloved sleuths is Miss Jane Marple. Introduced in The Murder at the Vicarage (1930), Miss Marple is a white-haired old lady who spends most of her time gardening and watching the birds (and people) of the small town of ...
- 347: Hills Like White Elephants, Ye
- ... his wife follows. At the end the wife finally tears down the wallpaper, showing her insanity. She stands up to her husband and says I ve got out at last, in spite of you and Jane. Insanity was her only way of getting freedom because that way she could be herself, which was different from the majority. John tells her what to do and what not to do treating her as ...
- 348: Catcher In The Rye 5
- ... couldn't even call up an old girlfriend whom he knew a long time ago. "But when I got inside this phone booth, I wasn't much in the mood any more to give old Jane a buzz." (Pg. 150) Holden also had a problem getting his motivation together in order to complete schoolwork and succeed in his prep school. The Catcher in the Rye is a story of a boy ...
- 349: A Critique Of Charlotte Gilman
- ... free the woman behind the paper, and in so doing, free herself as well. As John stumbles into the room, she declares to him, "I've got out at last in spite of you and Jane. And I've pulled off most of the paper, so you can't put me back!" Finally she has freed herself from his control, and has become independent. Women in Charlotte Gilman's time knew ...
- 350: The Self Portraits Of Gertrude Stein And Pablo Picaso
- ... Mellow, James R. Charmed Circle: Gertrude Stein and Co. New York and Washington: Praeger Publishers, 1974. Myers, Marjorie R. “Gertrude Stein: The Cubist Years.” Diss. Tulane U, 1979. Olivier, Fernande. Picasso and His Friends. Trans. Jane Miller. New York: Appleton-Century, 1965. Rodenbeck, Judith. “Insistent Presence in Picasso’s Portrait of Gertrude Stein”. Columbia U. Fall 1993. 20 Sep. 1998 Stein, Gertrude. Picasso. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1984
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