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- 1701: The Crucible and Death of a Salesman: Search For Happiness
- ... peoples relationships with one another. In the novel, which takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 during the famous witch trials. Abigail Williams, a young devious girl lusts after another women's husband. The man, John Proctor, a man who truly loves his wife, made a mistake and had an affair with Abigail, when she worked for the Proctors in their home. After the affair, John, ashamed and guilty, wants nothing to do with Abigail. Hoever, Abigailfeels she loves Proctor and will not feel happy until she is with him. In order to do this, she accuses his wife Elizabeth of witchcraft. Although she causes an uproar in the town along with her friends with their stories and accusations of witchcraft, her plan backfires on her. Instead of doing away with Elizabeth, John, whom Mary Warren accused of being the devil, was hanged. Therefore, Abigail does not attain her happiness due to her vicious, vengeful ways. Similarly, in the play Death of a Saleman, a search for ...
- 1702: Global Warming
Fact or Fiction?
- ... States Environmental Protection Agency for use of their graphs and data. In addition, the United States National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, North Carolina was very generous. A major piece of data was supplied by John Christy and Roy W. Spencer. They are the two gentlemen who are responsible for the maintaining of satellite temperature records since its beginning. Thanks also to my many mentors who also assisted this project, including ... heat of the day and "storing" it in pavement, buildings, cars, etc. thus releasing the heat energy during nighttime hours. The NCDC United States Figure 4a: Ground-based temperature data vs. Satellite-measured data.. Sources: John Christy, & Roy W. Spencer. Figure 4b: Satellite-measured temperature data vs. balloon-measured temperature data. Sources: John Christy & Roy W. Spencer. Minimum temperature data shows a slight decrease, but overall an increase of evening temperatures near large cities (see figure 5). The "heat-island effect" can cause a bias of 0. ...
- 1703: Dwight D Eisenhower
- ... 82). He also started to build a mass network ofinterstate across the country from coast to coast (Hargrove 82). On January20, 1961 Dwight Eisenhower left the office of President and was succeededby newly-elected President John F. Kennedy (Hargrove 87). In closing I believe that Dwight David Eisenhower is one of ourgreatest American heroes. Even after his presidency Eisenhower still wasone of the most popular people and admired people through the mid to ...
- 1704: The Grapes of Wrath: Symbolic Characters
- ... summers, and trying to provide for their own families, which included finding somewhere to travel to where life would be safe. Such is the story of the Joads. The Joads were the main family in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, a book which was written in order to show what a family was going through, at this time period, and how they were trying to better their lives at ... simply logged an account of events and published it. Critics have argued, however, that Steinbeck was too artificial in his ways of trying to gain some respect for the migrants. Regardless of the critical opinions, John Steinbeck utilized symbolism as a forum to convey the hardships and attitudes of the citizens of America during the 1930's in his book The Grapes of Wrath. The first aspect of the novel that ... in this story to show the trials and tribulations of the migrants in the 1930's, he should have kept the story more realistic and down- to-earth in its approach to the topic. Overall, John Steinbeck did appeal to the Midwesterners through his book The Grapes of Wrath. He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1962 while The Grapes of Wrath won the Pulitzer Prize in 1939. He ...
- 1705: Eleanor Roosevelt
- ... similar to what you would hear when being addressed at a press conference or important meetings. She was a well respected human being, achieving great duties and responsibility in life. She was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to be on the first Peace Corps advisory board. She was such an active lady while her husband was in office that she was no longer willing to stay quietly in the background of her ...
- 1706: Negro Essay
- Black Negro Essay In John Howard Griffin's novel Black Like Me, Griffin travels through many Southern American states, including Mississippi. While in Mississippi Griffin experiences racial tension to a degree that he did not expect. It is in Mississippi ... just as horrific to readers in the 90's as it was in the 50's, but while the 90's audience is convinced that they have escaped the problem of racism, this Bibliography Griffin, John Howard. Black Like Me. Sepia Publishing Company. New York. 1960. *All subsequent entries are from this source* Endnotes 1. John Howard Griffin. Black Like Me. Sepia Publishing Company. New York. 1960. *All subsequent entries are from this source*
- 1707: Cloning
- ... the right to play God by creating life, and what are the moral obligations of the creator?" (Albany Times Union, CLONING BOTH LAMB AND TYGER, by William Safire 02/27/97). Religious authorities, including Pope John Paul II have completely denounced human experiments. The Pope said "the temple merchants of our age who make the marketplace their religion, until they trample the dignity of the human person with abuses of every kind. We are thinking . . . about the lack of respect for life, which has become at times the object of dangerous experiments." (Pope John Paul II as quoted by Associated Press Monday, 03/03/1997). Moral theologian Gino Concetti, who is close to Pope John Paul II, said "the creation of human life outside marriage goes against God's plan . . . a person has the right to be born in a human way and not in the laboratory." (Associated Press ...
- 1708: Casablanca Movie Review
- ... Plot work so well with the setting as well. It appeals to many differnt audiences. If one has a morbid and odd mind, such as mine, it can be compared to modern movies such as John Carpenter's 'Vampires'. This movie has lasted for fifty-six years and will probally live on for more. The classic movie, Casablanca, was nominated for six Academy Awards and won for best Picture in 1943 ... it is defently too difficult for children under ten, but would probably appeal more to people over twenty. It's something you can take parents your to. The reason I chose to compare Casablanca with John Capenter's Vampires is because they are so different that most people would never find a similarity between the two, unless you have as an morbid mind or creative mind as my own. Both have ... to be as good as it was. Things such as the actors, lighting, costume, camera, and even the sound. It appeals to many differnt audiences. It even be compared to modern day movies such as John Carpenter's Vampires. This movie has lasted for fifty-six years and will probally live on for more.
- 1709: A Seperate Peace
- Peace only comes at the price of great struggle and sacrifice for most people. In essence, it only comes when you have defeated the enemy, or the enemy has defeated you. John Knowles was able to capture the subtle goal and essence of his novel by titling it A Separate Peace. A Separate Peace is a story about Gene Forrester, the protagonist of the story, and his ... every man longs for. Phineas just walked serenely on, or rather flowed on, rolling forward in his white sneakers with such unthinking unity of movement that walk didn t describe it. When the novel begins, John Knowles leaves a subtle detail of Phineas character through his vivid descriptions of his movements. Phineas always represented an uninterrupted flow of strength and energy, like a river with nothing capable of changing its current ... manifestation of it. Don t be a sap...there isn t any war. After his return to Devon, Finny thinks up a conspiracy theory that denounces that there was a war going on. With this, John Knowles blatantly reveals his metaphor of a separate peace, because it is only Phineas who announces this theory. Phineas again represents peace. While war hysteria is constantly enveloping his peers, he denies any idea ...
- 1710: Cryogenics and the Future
- ... preservation of civilization." References Khalatnikov, I. M., An Introduction to the Theory of Superfluidity (New York: W.A. Benjamin Inc., 1965). McClintock, Michael, Cryogenics (New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp., 1964) Tilley, David R. and Tilley, John, Superfluidity and Superconductivity (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1974) Vance, Robert W., Cryogenic Technology (London: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1963)
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