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- 1001: Pocahontas
- ... still very young when the first settles land at Jamestown. When she starting visiting the colony there were only about 100 Englishmen, the Anglican chaplain, and the twelve labors. Pocahontas was mostly intrigue with Captain John Smith. Smith was a dashing young 26-year-old. Captain Newport arrested Smith on route to Jamestown for inciting mutiny among some of the crewmen on the ship Susan Constant. Smith was released after landing at Jamestown but Smith could not take the oath of allegiance to King James or sit with the council until June 10, when he was cleared of all charges. (Woodward, 55) John Smith, to Pocahontas, was the most approachable of all the English colonists. He took the initiative to learn the Powhatan language and try to communicate between the Indians and the colonists. Smith also knew that ... little less interested in talking t the white man. He felt that they would bring destruction to his great empire and his region. He really didn’t want anything to do with them. He had John Smith capture and was to have Smith executed by clubbing, but Pocahontas knew she could not let that happened. She covered John Smith’s body with hers saving him from the death of clubbing. ...
- 1002: Grapes Of Wrath
- ... trip. Al Joad was in charge of driving and maintaining the truck, all the responsibility was on him. He knew that if anything happened to the truck that he would have to take the blame. John on the other hand took on a different approach. Years before his wife had died from an appendicidice, and he took the blame for not getting her to a doctor in time. When the guilt ... if they are asked a question they pretend not to hear or not to know. They do hear of a government camp near Weedpatch, but they decide to stay the night. By this time Uncle John is starting to feel guilt and he confesses to holding back $5 to go out and have fun with. In change father takes the $5 and gives him $2 and lets him go and get ... the deputy comes to Casy confesses to the crime knowing he would be out of the weather and well fed. After the deputy takes him away Tom comes out of hiding and finds that Uncle John took off on a drinking binge and that Connie left Rose of Sharon. Connie is no where to be found but, John is found by a creek drunk. To convince John to come along ...
- 1003: Donatello
- ... century on it was eclipsed by the gigantic "David" of Michelangelo which served the same purpose. Other of Donatello's early works which were still partly Gothic are the impressive seated marble figure of St. John the Evangelist for the cathedral and a wooden crucifix in the church of Sta. Croce. The full power of Donatello first appeared in two marble statues, "St. Mark" and "St. George" which were completed in ... early 1430's. The best of these were " The Ascension, with Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter," the " Feast of Herod" (1433-1435), the large stucco roundels with scenes from the life of St. John the Evangelist (1434-1437), and the dome of the old sacristy of S. Lorenzo shows the same technique but with colour added. Donatello had also become a major sculptor in bronze. His earliest work of ... this was the more than life size statue of St. Louis (1423) which was replaced half a century later. Donatello in partnership with Michelozzo helped with fine bronze effigy on the tomb of the pope John XXIII in the baptistery, the "Assumption of the Virgin" on the Brancacci tomb and the dancing angels on the outdoor pulpit of the Prato Cathedral (1433-1438). His departure from the standards of Brunelleschi ...
- 1004: History of the Computer Industry in America
- ... intervention (Chposky, 103). The outbreak of World War II produced a desperate need for computing capability, especially for the military. New weapons systems were produced which needed trajectory tables and other essential data. In 1942, John P. Eckert, John W. Mauchley, and their associates at the University of Pennsylvania decided to build a high-speed electronic computer to do the job. This machine became known as ENIAC, for "Electrical Numerical Integrator And Calculator". It ... the particular programs for which it had been designed. ENIAC is generally accepted as the first successful high-speed electronic digital computer and was used in many applications from 1946 to 1955 (Dolotta, 50). Mathematician John von Neumann was very interested in the ENIAC. In 1945 he undertook a theoretical study of computation that demonstrated that a computer could have a very simple and yet be able to execute any ...
- 1005: Greatness Of LBJ
- ... the world” (Wicker, 161). This was a great task for any man to take on and he did so with care. He showed compassion and provided comfort for the people, promising to continue the dreams Kennedy had and to make them become a way of life. These dreams caused most people to look up to Kennedy, and it turned him into a legend in the history books even though he did not accomplish all he had tried. To achieve what Kennedy had set out to do would take a great man, and a great man Johnson showed himself to be. He also “carefully honored the Kennedy legacy…and remained deeply respectful of JFK’s cabinet ...
- 1006: Chaucer
- ... of determinism and freedom in ways reminiscent of the use of Boethius for the same purpose in Troilus and Criseyde. The Miller's Prologue and Tale: a fabliau (coarse comic tale), about the cuckolding of John the Carpenter by an Oxford student, Nicholas, boarding with him and his wife Alison; Absolon, a young man from the local church, also tries to woo her, but is tricked into kissing her behind instead of her lips. Nicholas has deceived John into believing that Noah's Flood is about to come again, so John is asleep in a tub hanging high in the roof, ready to float to safety. Meanwhile Alison and Nicholas are in bed together. The climax of the tale is one of the finest comic ...
- 1007: Brave New World And The Giver: Similar Yet Different
- ... love or true family. The Giver has no specific caste system, but the members of their community do not have control of their own future; that is left to the elders. Lastly are Jonas and John. They are basically the main characters and both endure severe inner troubles, but are they similar enough to make the novels similar? In Brave New World, there is definitely a caste system of community members ... olds. The elders make almost every choice that needs to be made in the community. In Brave New World, Mustafa Mond makes the ultimate choices. When reading Brave New World, one will quickly realize that John become the main character. One is able to relate more to John than any other character in the book. He is stricken with inner struggles that may be unimaginable to modern society. He does not know whether or not to conform to his new surroundings or ...
- 1008: Grapes Of Wrath-the Journey Th
- ... man can commit against another is that of inhibiting the process of adaptation or of causing another to revert to a former state in self-defense (French 324). The 'never say die' efforts of Uncle John to stop the rising flood water is one example of Steinbeck's unremitting struggle theme (Steinbeck 567). The constant effort of the entire Joad family to find work, although poor, oppressed, and hungry, shows that ... status of a classic, for humanity will always be on a journey. This makes The Grapes of Wrath not only a classic work of literature, but a timeless one as well. Works Cited French, Warren. "John Steinbeck" Contemporary Literary Criticism. Vol. 1, Gale Research Co.: Book Tower: Detroit 1973. Lechteihn, Yuri. "The Awakening of Tom Joad." 2 pp. Online. Internet. 30 April, 1999. Available http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Steinbeck/grapes.html. Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin Books USA Inc, 1993. Timmerman, John. John Steinbeck s Fiction. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986. Wilson, Edmund. "The Noonday Press." Contemporary Literary Criticism. Vol. 13, Gale ...
- 1009: The Life of Alexander Hamilton
- ... working pattern for Hamilton--dedicated to making informed decisions, he researched extensively and often conducted lengthy fact- finding missions before he came to any major decisions. Among the revolutionary pamphletists he read with ardor was John Adams, who was to become one of his most bitter political opponents. Hamilton's adopted state of New York was traditionally the most independent of the colonies, and there was a strong opposition to the ... from a friend who reported that a most dangerous rumor was being spread about him among congressmen: that he was fomenting an army uprising to overthrow congress and install Washington as dictator. The correspondent, Colonel John Brooks, added that the speaker "further observed, that Mr. Hamilton could be no ways interested in the defence of this country; and therefore, was most likely to pursue such a line of conduct as his ... well how his plan would be received by the bulk of Americans, Hamilton opines: "There are epochs in human affairs, when novelty even is useful." The military campaign of 1780 brought victories at sea for John Paul Jones, but saw defeats on land as Clinton captured Charleston, and Cornwallis got the better of Horatio Gates at Camden in a devastating defeat for the American army. Although the arrival of Rochambeau' ...
- 1010: Articles Of Confederation
- ... was the first constitution of the United States of America. The Articles of Confederation were first drafted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1777. This first draft was prepared by a man named John Dickinson in 1776. The Articles were then ratified in 1781. The cause for the changes to be made was due to state jealousies and widespread distrust of the central authority. This jealousy then led to ... apart from those of organization, made it impossible for Congress to execute its constitutional duties. These were analyzed in numbers 15-22 of The FEDERALIST, the political essays in which Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay argued the case for the U.S. CONSTITUTION of 1787. The first weakness was that Congress could legislate only for states, not for individuals; because of this it could not enforce legislation. Second, Congress ... Fifty-five delegates representing 12 states attended at least part of the sessions. Thirty-four of them were lawyers; most of the others were planters or merchants. Although George Washington, who presided, was 55, and John Dickinson was 54, Benjamin Franklin 81, and Roger Shermen 66, most of the delegates were young men in their 20s and 30s. Noticeable absent were the revolutionary leaders of the effort for independence in ...
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