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- 1541: Billy Budd - Individualism
- ... works against those who choose to be different. Works Cited Ellis, Brian. "Melville Comments." April 4, 1998. "English: Billy Budd". October 15, 1998. Melville, Herman. Billy Budd, Sailor. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962. Toole, John Kennedy. The Confederacy of Dunces. New York: Grove Weindenfield, 1980. Wood, K. "Reviews of The Confederacy of Dunces." March 30, 1999. (August 25, 1999).
- 1542: The History of Coca-Cola
- ... as an insignificant one man business and over the last one hundred and ten years it has grown into one of the largest companies in the world. The first operator of the company was Dr. John Pemberton and the current operator is Roberto Goizueta. Without societies help, Coca-Cola could not have become over a 50 billion dollar business. Coca-Cola was invented by Dr. John Pemberton, an Atlanta pharmacist. He concocted the formula in a three legged brass kettle in his backyard on May 8, 1886. He mixed a combination of lime, cinnamon, coca leaves, and the seeds of a ... as a nerve and brain tonic and a medical elixir. Coca-Cola was named by Frank Robinson, one of Pembertons close friends, he also penned the famous Coca-Cola logo in unique script. Dr. John Pemberton sold a portion of the Coca-Cola company to Asa Candler, after Pembertons death the remainder was sold to Candler. Pemberton was forced to sell because he was in a state of ...
- 1543: William Penn And The Quakers
- ... lieutenant governors (addressed as "governor") resided in Pennsylvania and represented the Penn family proprietors who remained themselves in England until 1773. After 1763, these governors were members of the Penn family. From 1773 until independence, John Penn was both a proprietor and the governor. William Penn's heirs, who eventually abandoned Quakerism, were often in conflict with the Assembly, which was usually dominated by the Quakers until 1756. One after another ... threatened all the middle colonies. In 1753, Washington failed to persuade the French to leave. In the ensuing war, Gen. Braddock's British and colonial army was slaughtered on the Monongahela in 1755, but Gen. John Forbes recaptured the site of Pittsburgh in 1758. After the war, the Indians rose up against the British colonies in Pontiac's War, but in August 1763, Colonel Henry Bouquet defeated them at Bushy Run ... marvel of the colonies. Many fine old buildings in the Philadelphia area still bear witness to the richness of Pennsylvania's civilization in the 18th century. Such men of intellect as Benjamin Franklin, David Rittenhouse, John Bartram, and Benjamin West achieved international renown. Newspapers and magazines flourished, as did law and medicine. Pennsylvania can claim America's first hospital, first library, and first insurance company. Religion Quakers held their first ...
- 1544: The Danger Of Air Bags And The
- ... improvements, the cost of the innovation goes directly to the consumer. The more advance parts and labor they put into these systems, the higher the production costs, which results in higher prices for consumers.(Lypon, John) Another problem with Advanced Air Bag Systems is that with the more parts and much more technological processes involved, the chances of a mal-function are much higher. Especially with new technology, the production of ... W. Evaluation of occupant protection devices and restraint systems National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Springfield, VA Fitzpatrick, Michael U. Vehicle integration and evaluation of advanced air bag restraint systems United States Department of Transportation Lypen, John The smartest air bag yet? Motor volume 192 issue 3 September 1999 p. 78- Boyle Ph.D., John and Sharp M.A., Kevin Schulman, Ronca & Bucuvalas, Inc. 1996 Motor Vehicle Occupant Safety Survey Volume 2: Air Bags Report National Highway Traffic Safety Administration U.S. Department of Transportation United States. Congress. Senate. ...
- 1545: Famous Explorers of Africa
- ... story is filled with adventure. In 1853 Burton was disguiseeed as a Moslem he made dangerous pilgrammages to Mecca. In 1854 he went to Harar in Ethiopia where capture meant death. Burton and his companion John Speke were the first Europeans to visit Somalialand. In 1856, again with John Speke, Burton returned to East Africa to look for the source of the Nile River. The trip was dangerous from Zanzibar. In 1858 they came upon Lake Tanganika but it wasn't the source of ... James Grant to find the source of the Nile. Six months later they saw a lake as large as a sea. Then they were convinced that Victoria Lake was the source of the Nile River. John Speke had recieved most of the glory for his works on the exploration the source of the Nile. In 1860 James Speke and James Grant had gone for further research of the Nile. On ...
- 1546: Call Of The Wild
- ... the unnecessary baggage was discarded, and the trip was barely completed because of harsh weather, inadequate supplies, and poor management skills of the dog handlers. All except a man that went by the name of John Thornton, perhaps the only sane one in the group. After on e of the men repeatedly beat on a dog, Thornton became enraged. He threatened to kill the man, and shortly after, he unhooked the beaten Buck from the sled, the rest of the family left John Thornton. A few minutes later, the rest of the family that left thornton behind fell through some cracked ice and drowned. That left Buck and Thornton to fend for themselves. the time of this book is in the great gold rush era in the Yukon and Alaska. The rest of the book concludes what happens to Buck and John Thornton and some of the extrordinary times they have together. I think you will enjoy this book because it is full of adventure. Not once did i want to put the book down. Call ...
- 1547: Coca-Cola - The History
- ... as an insignificant one man business and over the last one hundred and ten years it has grown into one of the largest companies in the world. The first operator of the company was Dr. John Pemberton and the current operator is Roberto Goizueta. Without societies help, Coca-Cola could not have become over a 50 billion dollar business. Coca-Cola was invented by Dr. John Pemberton, an Atlanta pharmacist. He concocted the formula in a three legged brass kettle in his backyard on May 8, 1886. He mixed a combination of lime, cinnamon, coca leaves, and the seeds of a ... as a nerve and brain tonic and a medical elixir. Coca-Cola was named by Frank Robinson, one of Pemberton's close friends, he also penned the famous Coca-Cola logo in unique script. Dr. John Pemberton sold a portion of the Coca-Cola company to Asa Candler, after Pemberton's death the remainder was sold to Candler. Pemberton was forced to sell because he was in a state of ...
- 1548: Catcher In The Rye - Character
- ... Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Both works feature naive, adolescent runaways as narrators, both commenting on the problems of their times, and both novels have been recurrently banned or restricted (Davis 318). John Aldrige remarked that both novels are "study in the spiritual picaresque, the joinery that for the young is all one way, from holy innocence to such knowledge as the world offers, from the reality which ... emotional frame of reference -- the reader knows them better than the other characters Holden encounters, who are generally, except for Phoebe, nonessential (71).When asked for a final comment on the character of Holden Caulfield, John Aldrige stated that the innocence of the main character was a combination of urban intelligence, juvenile contempt, and New Yorker sentimentalism. The only challenge it has left, therefore, is that of the genuine, the truly ... those are with unfortunate results (Kegel 55).The final step in the critical analyzing of The Catcher in the Rye is to look at what has occurred at or near the end of the novel. John Aldrige wrote that in the end, Holden remains what he was in the beginning- cyni cal, defiant, and blind. As for the reader, there is identification but no insight, a sense of"pathos but ...
- 1549: Beowulf and Jesus: Sacrifice and Inspiration
- ... king [and] would sail across the sea to Hrothgar" (Raffel 23) to save the Danes from their enemy. Likewise, Christ left His home, and traveled town to town to preach his beliefs. "Come follow me" (John 1:4), he would tell them. Beowulf left his comfortable life to face the unknown. This act was an example of how Beowulf placed his calling behind the needs of others. Beowulf heard that "Grendel ... causes. Just as Jesus did for mankind, He preaches that "the man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life"(John 12:25-26). Beowulf did not deserve to die "he never did deserve an end like this, dying miserable and alone"(Raffel 43). Beowulf knew it was his time and felt sacrificing his life for the people was a worthy cause. Jesus also realized that sacrificing Himself was the right decision, "it was this very reason I came to this hour"(John 12:27). Beowulf mirrored Christ in the way that he made incredible sacrifices for merle strangers. Beowulf and Christ both sacrificed for humanity, so it is not unusual that people are inspired by their ...
- 1550: Brave New World - Compared To Fahrenheit 451
- ... he was still in the bottle- thought he was a Gamma and put alcohol in his blood-surrogate. That's why he's so stunted" (Huxley 46). It isn't until Bernard gains guardianship over John that he is anything but an outcast. For the first time in his life he can get any woman he wants and he even believes he has power. However, after things fall apart and the ... longer under his control, Bernard goes back to being an outcast and is even eventually sent off to an island by himself. The second person viewed as an outcast in Brave New World would be John the savage. He never fits in while he lives on the reservation because of who his mother is and what she'd done to the reservation. He is constantly secluded from activities and looked down ... Though he too has his period of acceptance when he comes to the Brave New World, he ultimately returns to his solitary ways. In the end, despite Mond's wishes to continue with the research, John ran away and moved into an abandoned light tower to live as a recluse. Similarly, in Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag is pretty much a loner himself. Though he is a firefighter, he secretly steals ...
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