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- 441: Brave New World
- ... lives. They have their own culture, with worshipping of a mix between Jesus and some old Indian gods. And in this story we meet 4 persons. Bernhard Marx, Lenina Crowne, Helmholtz Watson and the savage John. Bernhard and Helmholtz are "thinkers". They haven't conformed properly. They actually do some thinking of their own. Bernhard is also peculiar in the respect that he is not of the average height as his ... other hand we have Lenina, a girl just doing her job, taking her soma, and having her sex. She and Bernhard goes to the reservation in New Mexico for their holidays, and meet the savage John. He is the son of the director of the London hatchery. His mother was also there on her holidays, but she got lost, and stayed there. So the young John learned to read, and he has read a lot of Shakespeares plays. They bring John and his mother back to England. After meeting a lot of problems in his new society, and when both ...
- 442: Dead Boy, By John Ransom
- John Crowe Ransom's "Dead Boy" is a poem about the different opinions in society regarding a child's death. This child while living, built himself many reputations among the town's people. None of the ...
- 443: Jane Eyre
- ... learns how to understand and control repression. Jane's journey begins at Gateshead Hall. Mrs. Reed, Jane's aunt and guardian, serves as the biased arbitrator of the rivalries that constantly occur between Jane and John Reed. John emerges as the dominant male figure at Gateshead. He insists that Jane concedes to him and serve him at all times, threatening her with mental and physical abuse. Mrs. Reed condones John's conduct and sees him as the victim. Jane's rebellion against Mrs. Reed represents a realization that she does not deserve the unjust treatment. Jane refuses to be treated as a subordinate and ...
- 444: Brave New World
- ... they must learn to do it themselves. Unlike the Fordians, the Savages are taught functional skills, such as stitching up simple tears and weaving. In the story Mitsima, an old man from the reservation, teaches John the Savage how to make a clay pot, using nothing but a lump of clay and his own two hands. This is a very practical and useful tool. The Savages are taught to cook for ... taught self-control in how they are prohibited free sex. They must learn restraint through their lust and desires. It is shown how capable the Savages are when controlling themselves in chapter 13. Lenina, whom John loves and desires more than anything in the world, is proclaiming herself to John, and yet he restrains himself because they are not married. The Savages are also taught to be responsible. For instance, in families the parents must care for, love, and nurture their children as best ...
- 445: Beginners Guide To Hack
- ... etc/passwd or cat /etc/passwd The first one is the standard command, but there are other commands as well, like the second one. Once you get the password file, it should look like this: john:234abc56:9999:13:John Johnson:/home/dir/john:/bin/john Broken down, this is what the above password file states: Username: john Encrypted Password: 234abc56 User Number: 9999 Group Number: 13 Other Information: John Johnson Home Directory: /home/dir/john Shell: /bin/ ...
- 446: The Life of Charles Dickens
- ... Charles Dickens was a nineteenth-century novelist who was and still is very popular. He was born in Landport, a region of Portsmouth, on February 7, 1812 (Kyle 1). Charles Dickens was the son of John Dickens and Elizabeth Barrow. John Dickens was a minor government official who worked in the Navy Pay Office. Through his work there, he met Elizabeth and eventually married her. By 1821, when Charles was four months old, John Dickens could no longer afford the rent on his house. John Dickens loved to entertain his friends with drinks and conversation. Throughout his life, he was very short of money and in debt. He ...
- 447: History Of Womans Education
- ... in philosophical discussions. When Emma was in her late teens she first attended, then eventually taught at several "girls academies" which were finishing schools. In 1809 at the age of twenty two, she married Dr. John Willard. It was at this time she stopped her teaching and focused on being a wife and mother to John's children and her own baby. Soon Emma Hart Willard got her fire back. This occured when she began reading the books John's eldest son brought home from college. Her feelings towards female education were rejuvinated. In 1812, the bank that John was the director of was robbed, leaving Emma and John in a bit of ...
- 448: The Infamous Watergate Scandal
- ... These five men and two co-plotters were indicated in September 1972 on charges of burglary, conspiracy and wire-tapping. Four months later they were convicted and sentenced to prison terms by District Court Judge John J. Sercia was convinced that relevant details had not been unveiled during the trial and offered leniency in exchanged for further information. As it became increasingly evident that the Watergate burglars were tied closely to ... McCord a chance to speak publicly. In his first meeting with representatives of this committee he named two more people that he claimed were involved in the burglary and cover-up. Theses two men were John Dean and Jeb Margruder. Margruder was the second-in-charge of the CRP and Dean was a White House aid. After hearing these substantial accusations the Senate Watergate Committee promptly subpoenaed John Dean and Jeb Margruder. (Westerfled 37-38) After the next session with James McCord he took the whiteness stand and explained how Liddy had promised him an executive pardon if he would plead guilty. ...
- 449: The Crucible: Personal Turmoil
- ... play, there are many characters that manifest the towns’ battle into an internal struggle. Specifically, there are three characters that have the deepest of self-conflicts. Mary Warren, who’s whole personality turns upside down, John Proctor, who contemplates between the importance of his family and his own name, and Reverend Hale, who battles with himself on whether to carry out his job requirements or do what he knows is right. Mary Warren, John Proctor’s servant, is a girl who is faced with much inner moral turmoil. At the outset of the play she is perceived to be a very shy girl who will never speak her mind ... influences her, Mary begins to break this self-induced mold. Mary Warren, along with many other girls, gets caught up in all the attention and power of initiating and adamantly continuing these "Witch Trials". Finally, John Proctor, the rationalist farmer, shows Mary that when people like Rebecca Nurse and Elizabeth Proctor, who are the saintliest of people, are accused of being witches, something must be wrong. Thus, Mary Warren is ...
- 450: Brave New World
- A Personal Utopia: An Analysis of a Key Passage in Brave New World The key passage of Aldous Huxley’s Brace New World takes place after John has been arrested and is a conversation with Mond. When John and Mond speak of ideal societies, a major part of Brave New World, the aspect of human nature which makes us search continuously for our personal Utopia, becomes apparent. In Mond’s study, the sacrifices ... the sacrifices each character makes is shown in the study, helping the reader understand that it is human nature to sacrifice something to live a more fulfilling life. One sees that all, except Helmholtz and John, are willing to give up an important part of them so they can feel fulfilled. Mond is willing to sacrifice the one thing dearest to him— science. He says he gave it up in ...
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