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- 391: Jane Eyre: Changing Seasons and Weather
- ... it contrasts Jane’s previous summer stillness adequately. Jane is soon rescued by the Rivers of Moor house, in the town of Morton. After recovering from exhaustion in the care of Mary, Diana, and St. John the summer seems to brighten. She forges new friendships with the Rivers girls and the servants. Together they explore the wild pastures and purple moors, which coinsedently are at the peak of their beauty, colorful with fresh bracken and summer flowers. A month passes and Jane is living in her cottage and begins working as a school- teacher through the generosity of St. John Rivers. By the time Jane becomes familiar with her students and their families Jane remarks that “It is the fifth of November and a holiday.” St. John soon arrives bringing Scott’s Marimon and incessantly discusses Rosamund Oliver, he leaves in “the whirling storm” of the beginning of winter. The arrival and departure of St. John maneuvering through the piles of ...
- 392: John Stuart Mill Verses Immanu
- John Stuart Mill verses Immanuel Kants ethical theories; Which makes a better societal order? John Stuart Mill believed in an ethical theory known as utilitarianism. There are many formulation of this theory. One such is, "Everyone should act in such a way to bring the largest possible balance of good ...
- 393: The John Scopes Trial
- The John Scopes Trial In July of 1925, the Scopes trial began and made history for teachers. Also known as the Monkey Trial, it came about because of John Scopes', a 24-year-old biology teacher, violation of the Butler Act. The Butler Act was a state law in Tennessee forbidding the teaching of theories that denied the story of creation as stated in ...
- 394: Cannery Row By John Steinbeck-
- Cannery Row By John Steinbeck In Cannery Row, John Steinbeck describes the unholy community of 1920s Monterey, California. Cannery Row is a street that depends on canning sardines. It is where all the outcasts of society reside. Steinbeck himself, in the first sentence of ...
- 395: Son of Dallas Cop Says Dad Was 1 of 3 Who Shot Kennedy
- ... a mystery that has haunted Americans for more than a quarter century, the son of a former Dallas police officer plans to tell the world that his father was one of the assassins of President John F. Kennedy. Ricky White, a 29-year-old, unemployed oil equipment salesman in Midland, says he "had no conception of ever, ever giving this story out" but decided to do so after FBI agents began ... the right and front of the limousine, his son says. Two other marksmen were in the Texas School Book Depository and Records buildings behind the vehicle. Three shots struck Kennedy; a fourth wounded Texas Gov. John Connally. Ricky White says the two shots that his father fired both struck Kennedy: the first in the throat; the second, and last of the shots fired, in the head. Oswald, Ricky White says, knew ... passed both a polygraph test and a voice stress analysis and passed both tests "with flying colours." However, the authenticity of the messages Ricky White says he found is undetermined. Office of Naval Intelligence spokesman John Wanat says the agency cannot determine whether the messages came from authentic ONI cables without the coded cables. "What they have there is really nothing that we can narrow down as far as who ...
- 396: The Swimmer By John Cheever
- John Cheever’s story “The Swimmer” depicts a protaganist, and the society that has nurtured him, as lacking in seriousness and responsibility. Neddy, the bewildered protagonist, represents a society satirized for centering its values on social ... the society and Neddy think that they can avoid the problems of life by consuming alcohol, obtaining wealth, and partying. Ultimately, the personal tragedy of mankind results from his own ignorance and misperception of reality. John Cheever’s “The Swimmer” Robert Brown 10/1/97 Bell 5
- 397: Jane Eyre, The Feminist Tract"
- ... underscore the sense of inferiority that Jane must deal with from childhood throughout the majority of her life. This exclusion is seen on the opening page of the novel as her cousins, "the said Eliza, John, and Georgiana were now clustered round their mama in the drawing-room... Me she had dispensed from joining the group," (Bronte 9). Not only did she face adversity in the relationship she had with her aunt, Jane also had to endure the unpunished cruelty of her cousin John. Jane was "accustomed to John Reed's abuse," and punished for defending herself once when John flung a book at her, hitting her so hard she fell and cut her head. Jane pitifully comments, "The cut bled, the pain ...
- 398: Futures Truth
- ... to conform. In addition, the refusal of various methods of escape from reality is shown to be a path to discovery. In Brave New World, the main characters of Bernard Marx and the "Savage" boy John both come to realize the faults with their own cultures. In Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag begins to discover that things could be better in his society but, due to some uncontrollable events, his discovery proceeds ... more about himself as well. He is able to see more clearly the things that had always set him on edge: the promiscuity, the domination of the government and the lifelessness in which he lived. John, often referred to as "the Savage" because he was able to leave the reservation with Marx to go to London to live with him, also has a hard time adjusting to the drastic changes. The son of two members of the modern society but born and raised on the reservation, John learned from his mother the values and the customs of the "civilized" world while living in a culture that had much different values and practices. Though his mother talked of the promiscuity that she ...
- 399: John Steinbeck's`"In Dubios Battle": Summary
- John Steinbeck's`"In Dubios Battle": Summary John Steinbeck's "In Dubious Battle" is a relentlessly fast-paced novel of social unrest and the story of a young man's struggle for identity, In Dubious Battle is set in the California apple country ...
- 400: Symbolism in "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
- Symbolism in "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck Novels were created to show a very simplistic view in great depth. The Pearl, by John Steinbeck, takes a novel to its most unadulterated form. Steinbeck does this by conveying life symbolically. Through symbols, Steinbeck offers the reader a more clear look at life and its content. Kino plays a role ...
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