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- 1531: Bartleby Essay
- ... to communicate his individual thoughts and feelings versus the desire of society's institutions, for conformity in Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" and Updike's "A & P." In Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" and John Updike's "A & P," the conflict of the individual thoughts and feelings versus the desire of society's institutions for conformity occurs with the characters who were different. Initially, a scrivener is someone who copies ... wall, but communication barriers. The walls between him and society provide security for Bartleby. His refusal to be like everybody else establishes his difference. He is later fired for his differences and eventually dies. In John Updike's "A & P," Updike establishes another communication barrier against society's desire for confirmation. The three girls in the story offend the "sheep" by wearing only bathing suits in the store. The store manager ... scared that the "old and gray sheep's" conformity will be corrupted. This establishes the point that people who are different are punished for their differences. In conclusion, Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" and John Updike's "A & P" establish that society feels that it is necessary for all people to conform. The walls built in the stories threaten society's conformation; therefore, they are punished.
- 1532: Biography of Robert E. Lee
- ... New York harbor, where he took charge of building fortifications. When war broke out between the United States and Mexico in 1846, the army sent Lee to Texas to serve as assistant engineer under General John E. Wool. All his superior officers, especially General Winfield Scott, were impressed with Lee. Early in the war, Lee supervised the construction of bridges for Wool's march toward the Mexican border. He then did ... of time, mostly because of his wife who was becoming weaker and weaker every minute. Lee came home to see her as often as possible. He happened to be in Washington at the time of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859, and was sent there to arrest Brown and restore order. He did this very quickly and returned to his regiment in Texas. When Texas seceded from the ... and became Lee's most trusted subordinate. Jackson was so devoted to Lee that he said he would follow him into a battle blindfolded. With Jackson's help, Lee won a major victory over General John Pope in the second Battle of Bull Run, in August, 1862. He was then free to invade Maryland. Unfortunately, McClellan intercepted a battle order which a Confederate staff officer had carelessly lost. Knowing Lee' ...
- 1533: Drugs Debate
- ... this case, the government must interfere. The argument that drug use is a victimless crime and therefore should not be illegal is one of the stronger ones for legalizing all drugs, including mind constricting drugs. John Stuart Mill said that users who commit crimes should be punished for "real" crimes such as stealing or murdering, and not for using drugs. But what about the fact that, as Burroughs said, an addict ... for pill-testing at parties. More and more of these types of organizations are springing up everywhere and hopefully, every country will eventually have groups like this. Another ground for making all drugs legal is John Stuart Mill's opinion regarding liberty. He said that everyone knows what the best plan for his/her life is so the government shouldn't interfere in decisions which only involve the decision maker. It ... 1999, R14. 4. Lafollette, H. "Drugs." Reprinted in H. LaFollette. Ethics in Practice: An Anthology. (Oxford: Blackwell, 1997). 5. MacDonald, Paul. "The Morality of Drug Use." The Philosophers' Magazine (Summer 1999), 21-24. 6. Mill, John Stuart. "Freedom of Action." Reprinted in H. LaFollette. Ethics in Practice: An Anthology. (Oxford: Blackwell, 1997). 7. Power, Carla. "Europe Just Says Maybe." Newsweek Nov. 1, 1999, 25-30. 8. Southwell, Matt. "Human Rights ...
- 1534: Freedom in the United States
- ... the government when he printed up a copy of the colony's charter. He was charged with seditious libel and spent more than a year in prison. A more famous incident was the trial of John Peter Zenger which established the principle of a free press. In his newspaper he published satirical ballads regarding William Cosby, the unpopular governor, and his council. His media was described "as having in them many ... immediately pardoned. The next attack on the First Amendment occurred in 1835. President Andrew Jackson proposed a law that would prohibit the use of mail for "incendiary publications intended to instigate the slaves to insurrection." John C. Calhoun of South Carolina led a special committee that opposed the proposal on grounds that it conflicted with the First Amendment. The proposal was defeated because it was a form of censorship. The next ... librarians to resign and the closing of libraries. On the morning of December 16, 1965, thirteen year old Mary Beth Tinker went to school in Des Moines, Iowa. She and her fifteen year old brother, John, had decided to wear black armbands as a protest to the Vietnam War. In advance to their arrival, the principal had decided that any student wearing an arm- band would be told to remove ...
- 1535: The Steam Engine
- ... In all, the steam engine was a key that unlocked the doors to the infinite amount of paths that have been walked through to reach to todays society. The steam engine, says BIBLIOGRAPHY Gordon, John S. What has Watt Wrought? Forbes Magazine. 7-7-1997: pp144. Online. Electric Library. 11-24-99. Johnson, Brian. Steam Traction Engines, Wagons and Rollers. London: Blandford Press, 1971. Lord, John. The Penetration of Industry by Steam-Power. 12-2-1996. Online. Available: http://www.history.rochester.edu/steam/lord/8.htm. 11-24-99. Siegel, Beatrice. Inventions that Changed our Lives: The Steam Engine. New ...
- 1536: Superconductors
- ... Locating superconducting material above 77 degree Kelvin is a good thing because it means that the material will be easily produced and used. A theoretical understanding of superconductivity was advanced in 1957 by American physicists John Bardeen, Leon Cooper, and John Schrieffer. Their Theories of Superconductivity became know as the BCS theory (which came from each mans last name) and won them a Nobel prize in 1972. The BCS theory explained superconductivity at temperatures close to ...
- 1537: Euthanasia And Suicide
- ... deadly dose must be self-administered, which means that the doctor can practice active euthanasia. Also those in support of the act, such as Jack Kevorkian, Derek Humphry, co-founder of the Hemlock Society and John Pridonoff, executive director of the Oregon based Hemlock Society all say that more than just terminally ill patients should be covered by euthanasia laws, such as those with disabilities, or who are incapacitated. Disability rights ... in two-parent\\'s working, and rising divorce rates. It also says that other studies have shown that television news stories about suicide have led to a temporary rise in suicide rates. In one article John Ashton says \\"Although some have sought to deny the link with media reportage, that there is such a link, especially for young people, seems to me to be beyond reasonable doubt. I believe that the ...
- 1538: Mononucleosis 2
- ... Dreher, Nancy. What You Need To Know about Mono. Current Health 23: 3 (1997): 28-29. 5. Kaye, Kenneth M., and Elliot Kieff. Epstein-Barr Virus Infection and Infectious Mononucleosis. Infectious Diseases, 2nd ed. Ed. John G. Barlett, MD, Neil R. Blacklow, MD, and Sherwood L. Gorback, MD. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1998. 1646-1650. 6. Schooley, Robert T. Epstein-Barr Virus (Infectious Mononucleosis). Ed. John E. Bennett, MD, Raphael Dolin, MD, and Gerald L. Mandell, MD. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 4th ed. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1995. 1364-1373. 7. Silverstein, Alvin, Virginia Silverstein, and Robert Silverstein. Mononucleosis ...
- 1539: How Low Self-esteem Effects Anorexia
- ... Self-Esteem Comes in All Sizes: How to be Happy and Healthy at your Natural Weight. New York: Bantam, 1995 Levenkron, Steven. Treating and Overcoming Anorexia Nervosa. New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, 1982. Mathews, John R. Eating Disorders. New York: Facts on File Inc., 1991. McWilliams, Peter and Roger, John. Life 101: Everything we Wish we had Learned about in School--but didn t. California: Prelude Press, 1990. Myers, Gail E. and Myers, Michele The T. Dynamics of Human Communication: A Laboratory Approach. New York ...
- 1540: Experimental Protein
- ... that band to the origin. 1. Campbell, Neil A., Jane B. Reece, Lawrence G. Mitchell. 1999. Biology. Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. Pg. 70-76. 2. Karp, Gerald. 1996. Cell and Molecular Biology: Concepts and Experiments. JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. Pg. 50-68, 746-756. 3. Edited: Rickwood, D. 1984. Centrifugation: A Practical Approach. IRL Press. Pg. 161-171, 192-195. 4. Edited: Catsimpoolas, Nicholas. 1976. Methods of Protein Separation. Plenum Press. Pg. 27-90. 5. Schoneich, Christian, S. Karina Kwok, George S. Wilson, Shelly R. Ravel, John F. Stobaugh, Todd D. Williams, David G. Vandervalde. 1993. "Separation and Analysis of Peptide and Proteins." Analytical Chemistry. 65: 78R. 6. Farrell, Shawn C., Lynn E. Farrell. 1995. "A Fast and Inexpensive Western Blot Experiment ...
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