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- 1731: Bartleby Essay
- ... to communicate his individual thoughts and feelings versus the desire of society's institutions, for conformity in Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" and Updike's "A & P." In Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" and John Updike's "A & P," the conflict of the individual thoughts and feelings versus the desire of society's institutions for conformity occurs with the characters who were different. Initially, a scrivener is someone who copies ... wall, but communication barriers. The walls between him and society provide security for Bartleby. His refusal to be like everybody else establishes his difference. He is later fired for his differences and eventually dies. In John Updike's "A & P," Updike establishes another communication barrier against society's desire for confirmation. The three girls in the story offend the "sheep" by wearing only bathing suits in the store. The store manager ... scared that the "old and gray sheep's" conformity will be corrupted. This establishes the point that people who are different are punished for their differences. In conclusion, Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" and John Updike's "A & P" establish that society feels that it is necessary for all people to conform. The walls built in the stories threaten society's conformation; therefore, they are punished.
- 1732: The Philosophical Foundations
- THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF HEROISM Every rational person, growing up, had his favorite childhood heroes. Maybe it was a John Wayne character in a Western action movie, leading the cavalry over the hill in a last charge against vicious bandits or marauding Indians. Maybe it was a swashbuckling swordsman who, ever loyal to his King ... monstrous, the anti-heroic. What, the first question must be, is the distinguishing essence of heroism? What characteristics must one possess to qualify as a hero? What is it that unites Achilles, Cyrano, Isaac Newton, John Galt and Ayn Rand? What is it that differentiates them from: both the folks next door, and from Iago, Ellsworth Toohey, Adolf Hitler, Hilary Clinton? In short, what is the rational meaning of the concept ... a further quality, in addition to moral stature, is required to ensure survival: expertise, competence, power. Eddie Willers in Atlas Shrugged is as dedicated to man's life on earth as is Dagny Taggart or John Galt--but he is unable to run the railroad, invent a motor, defeat the looters or even, in the end, repair a locomotive. "Those who can--do," goes the first part of a famous ...
- 1733: The Boston Massacre
- ... encouraged the colonists to remain when the British threatened them to leave. He received the first shot that was fired, that is unknown who it came from. Those who were injured included Christopher Monk and John Clark, both about seventeen years old. Edward Payne, a merchant who was innocently standing at his door and John Green, Robert Patterson, and David Parker, all dangerously wounded.6 The English Officers who were involved in the Boston Massacre were Captain Thomas Preston and eight of his men, Corporal William Wemms, Private Hugh White, Private John Carroll, Private William Warren, Private William McCauley, Private James Hartegan, Private Matthew Killroy, and Private Hugh Montgomery.2 They were all charged with murder, although only two were acquitted. Privates Matthew Kilroy and William ...
- 1734: Opposition To Aviation Expansi
- ... on the health of those in the local airport communities. Several health studies are referenced and statistical information is offered throughout. Noise abatement is addressed and future growth figures are offered. Opposition To Aviation Expansion John Q. Public wants to fly. He wants to fly in more numbers now than ever before. Forecasters explain that these numbers show no sign of decreasing in the near future. The only drawback to the ... 98, airlines were given exemptions to slot limitations, adding 21 additional daily operations at the airport despite a federally enacted 'High Density Rule' that places limits on the number of flights into and out of Kennedy, LaGuardia, and other major airports (Bertrand, 1998). SAFE is currently looking to expand their scope to deal nationally and internationally with the aircraft noise issue. Some groups are set up for a specific cause, like ...
- 1735: A Literary Analysis Of East Of
- ... a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. Love can bring two people together but it can also have a person be rejected by another because of love. In the novel East of Eden by John Steinbeck, the main character, Adam Trask, confronts a feeling of love throughout the whole book but he either rejects the love of people who care about him or has his love rejected by the people ... and he would not let her, she shot him. Even though Adam survived he was demoralized for most of his life because he still loved her. Through Adams experiences of love in the novel, John Steinbeck shows that Adam Trask has an inability to handle love. When he first appears in the novel, Adam Trask is a young man who is not loved by his brother or mother but only ... into the people that do not love him but refuses to the end, to accept the love of his son Caleb. Throughout the whole novel Adam Trask struggles with theme of love, and the author John Steinbeck shows Adams inability to handle love. At first, his father loves Adam but Adam does not love him back. Then as Adam gives his love out to Cathy and Aron, they reject ...
- 1736: The Koala
- ... Americana, 1996 ed., 16:526, 18:371. (Danbury: Grolier, Inc.) H. Harris, William, e.d. & S. Levey, Judith, e.d. The New Columbia Encyclop'dia, 1975 ed., p. 1491 (New York: Columbia University Press) Bergh, John. Austrailian Koala Hospital Assosiation, Inc.: Koala Facts Sheet, http://onthenet.com.au/~jbergh/koala2.htm (Sydney: onthenet.com) Bergh, John. Austrailian Koala Hospital Assosiation, Inc.: Koala Facts Sheet, http://onthenet.com.au/~jbergh/koala4.htm (Sydney: onthenet.com) Bergh, John. Austrailian Koala Hospital Assosiation, Inc.: Koala Facts Sheet, http://onthenet.com.au/~jbergh/koala1.htm (Sydney: onthenet.com) World Book Encyclop'dia, 1996 ed., 11:361 (Chicago: World Book, Inc.) Payne, Oliver. "Koala Out ...
- 1737: Civil War
- ... terms of men and supplies. This in mind, Grant directed Sherman to turn around now and start heading back toward Virginia. He immediately started making preparations to provide assistance to Sherman on the journey. General John M. Schofield and his men were to detach from the Army of the Cumberland, which had just embarrassingly defeated the Confederates at Nashville, and proceed toward North Carolina. His final destination was to be Goldsboro ... be stalled not by the Confederate army but by runaway slaves. The slaves were attaching themselves to the Union columns and by the time the force entered North Carolina, they numbered in the thousands (Barrett, John G., Sherman's March through the Carolinas. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1956). But Sherman's force pushed on and finally met up with Schofield in Goldsboro on March 23rd. THE END ... is now a much stronger nation. Bibliography "The Civil War", Groliers Encyclopedia, 1995 Catton, Bruce., A Stillness at Appomattox. New York: Doubleday, 1963 Foote, Shelby., The Civil War, Vol. 3. New York: Random, 1974 Garraty, John Arthur, The American Nation: A History of the United states to 1877, Vol. 1, Eighth Edition. New York: HarperCollins College Publishers, 1995 Miers, Earl Schenck, The Last Campaign. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1972 ...
- 1738: Image Audit Of Olav Thon Real
- ... as many respondents as possible. We were lucky to get an interview with the two most qualified spokespersons regarding this image-audit. We interviewed Hallgrim Thon, which is the managing director of OTE, and also John Tore Norenberg, which is the leader of the City Development Committee. Summary of the interview with John Tore Norenberg Leader of the City Development Committee ? Oslo Community is a user of Olav Thon Eiendom`s (OTE) services and they are also a supplier of real estate for the firm. ? Oslo Community uses ... keep a low profile, and try to keep a low profile, and work without exposing themselves too much. They try to obtain credibiltity through being moderate. The conclusion we can draw from the interview with John Tore Norenberg, is that the company is very successful in its strategy. OTE does not rely on a lot of advertising and other types of marketing, neither towards OK nor the other stakeholders. Instead ...
- 1739: Carson McCullers' The Member of the Wedding: Summary
- ... grown up identity. In an effort to find this identity teens seek to join a group. Frankie, too, is deperate for Jarvis and Janice's adult acceptance. Frankie is forced to spend the summer with John Henry, her six year old cousin, and Berenice Brown, her black cook. It is through her interactions with these two characters that the reader perceives Frankie's ascent from childhood. Before Jarvis and Janice arrive, Frankie is content to play with John Henry. When she becomes F. Jasmine and an imagined "we" of the couple, she feels too mature to have John Henry sleep over, preferring, instead, to occupy her time explaining her wedding plans to strangers in bars, a behavior she would not have considered doing before gaining this new confidence. When F. Jasmine tells ...
- 1740: Canadian Confederation
- ... Canada. While this was not a significant issue to Maritimers, it provided the governments of Upper and Lower Canada with a desire to interest the Maritime colonies in a British North American Union. In 1864when John A. MacDonald and George-Etienne Cartier announced that their deadly political enemies George Brown and his Reformers were joining them in a coalition government the wider consideration of the union of all of British North ... Accordingly, Newfoundlers were in indifferent to the idea of the union.7 Maritimers postponed their discussion of Maritime Union until the delegates from Upper and Lower Canada presented their views on a much larger Union. John A. MacDonald, George Cartier, Alexander Galt and George Brown presented their case for a federation; which would consist of two levels of government: one central government would govern the entire country while each province would ... the rights of the smaller provinces and act as a check on the power of the House of Commons. There was much discussion over the division of powers between the provinces and the central government. John A. MacDonald was determined to relinquish as little power to the provinces possible and as a result insisted that the central government maintain the right to disallow any legislation passed by a provincial government. ...
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