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- 1031: The Tyranny Of Choice
- Steven Waldman wrote this essay with regards to the overwhelming number of choices that consumers faced each time they go make a simple purchase. The main purpose for writing this essay is to entertain and inform a simple situation we encounter every day. Waldman highlighted the stressful behaviors that people go through when making a right decision, which he illustrate using his personal experience as an example. After he portrayed his unfortunate day searching for socks in Sox Appeal, he observed his own situations with too many choices like dealing with insurance benefit plans, medical treatments and entertainment ... that the way people voted for a candidate has changed over the years. With untrustworthy media, voters tend to look carefully on the candidate's character and not have a tendency to look at their personal issues. People did not vote straight Democrat or Republican, but they vote according to recommendation, interests and popularity. Candidates abide now on people's beliefs, than their own beliefs. Waldman explained that "Choice Erodes ...
- 1032: Dulce Et Decorum Est 2
- ... sores on innocent tongues.' Owen generates two powerful images aimed at discouraging the mere thought of war by its emotionally distressing descriptions. The way in which Owen moved the images from a general concept to personal illustration by addressing the reader directly, 'If you could hear' indicated that I must place myself in this situation, and evoke the setting and all the associated emotions in my mind as I were in ... is especially relevant for the British society of the time who generally viewed war as a patriotic and a heroic forum to display national unity and pride. Owen brings these general conceptions onto a shockingly personal level. There are many poetic techniques used by Owen which encourage and support the main challenge to the typical attitudes of the time. He uses similes such as, 'Bent double, like old beggars under sacks ... cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues.' These two images powerfully discourage the mere thought of war by terrifying the reader through emotionally frightening descriptions. Owen moves the images from a general concept to personal illustration by addressing the reader directly through saying, 'If you could hear'. Now, it is indicated to the reader that they must place themselves in this situation, and evoke the setting and all associated ...
- 1033: Aunt Julia And The Script Writ
- ... more than the demons that he possesses, or should I say seem to posses him and manifest themselves in his life as well as his stories. One of the many demons Marito possesses is his writing itself. he seems to constantly be in the middle of writing another short story to send to some newspaper or magazine. The thing is, none of these stories actually ever seem to be very good or successful. Throughout the novel, not one of them is ever actually publisher. Not even MaritoŐs friends really like his writing. In Chapter thirteen he reads the one about Aunt Eliana to Javier, Aunt Julia, and even to Pascual and Big Pablito. After they hear it, not one of them really has anything nice to ...
- 1034: The Demons Within
- ... more than the demons that he possesses, or should I say seem to posses him and manifest themselves in his life as well as his stories. One of the many demons Marito possesses is his writing itself. he seems to constantly be in the middle of writing another short story to send to some newspaper or magazine. The thing is, none of these stories actually ever seem to be very good or successful. Throughout the novel, not one of them is ever actually publisher. Not even MaritoŐs friends really like his writing. In Chapter thirteen he reads the one about Aunt Eliana to Javier, Aunt Julia, and even to Pascual and Big Pablito. After they hear it, not one of them really has anything nice to ...
- 1035: What Is Literature
- ... sufficiently define. Although each individual may have his own definition of literature, the definition should be within the "ballpark,"or the realm of reason, and be supported by reasonable evidence. By inspecting different pieces of writing, one will be able to gather adequate support for the definition of literature. Literature can be defined as different forms of writing with notable qualities, consisting of an impact on the audience, adroit use of the resource of language, and the style used by the author which appeal to the reader. Literature can be found in many ... Letter From Birmingham Jail." Not only was this one of the most significant documents in the Civil Rights movement, but was also one of the most well-written, most powerful and most persuasive pieces of writing. "The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter"( ...
- 1036: Lord Of The Flies
- ... Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Coral Island by Robert Ballantyne, and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. At about the age of twelve Golding decided to become a writer. Golding’s first writing attempt was a twelve-volume work on trade unions which he planned out and started. However, this undertaking turned out to be an enormous task and Golding never did complete it. After finishing secondary school ... first, it was not considered a success. The brilliancy of it was not discovered until the 1960’s, when it captured the imaginations of college students. Today, still a lot of people consider Golding’s writing to be not a very good piece of work because they believe it is one-sided and that it does not allow the reader to have their own opinion. Others believe he is the greatest writer of all time. Despite the criticism Golding received from writing Lord of the Flies, he continued to write. He quit teaching so he could write full time and he wrote three more novels. These novels were The Inheritors, Pincher Martin, and Free Fall. Golding ...
- 1037: Johnny Tremain
- ... It was also good when John Adams has him blow a whistle to send the Sons of Liberty to come out, with the Boston Massacre. Now I will talk about the authors factual and emotional writing. I feel as it is factually because of the Revolutionary War, as they went through it talking about the Redcoats some very important people during that time. Also one direct sample is when the Sons ... Indians and cut open all the tea bags and dump them all over the ship. Another factual is the Sons of Liberty themselves, there were the actual people in the organization like Adams. Some emotional writing was when Johnny has becoming a outcast as he walked the streets looking for job after job. “He barged into shop after shop along the Corn Hill and orange, Ann, and the ship streets, Dock square. King and Queen streets - Did the master water another boy?” -Keeping his hand hidden in his pocket. More emotional writing came when he had no money and when the towns people looked at him and thought he was a scavenger, or thief. “ First he tormented his hunger by going to one tavern after another ...
- 1038: Apple Computers
- ... interface card is announced and allows Apple II computers to be linked to over 1,400 scientific and technical instruments. International Business Machines came on the PC scene in August of 1981 with the IBM Personal Computer. Apple greets its new competitor with a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal with a headline that reads, "Welcome IBM. Seriously." Apple's first mass storage system was also introduced this year ... soon become the world's best selling software. In February of 1985 Jobs and Wozniak receive National Technology Medal from President Reagan at the White House. The ImageWriter II, HD-20 hard disk and Apple Personal Modem were also introduced this year. In January of 1987 Apple introduced a new desktop communications products including the AppleShare file server software and AppleTalk PC Card. They are priced at $799 and $399. Also ... 5,069. From April till July of 1989 Apple II Video Overlay Card is introduced. It provides video overlay capabilities for the Apple IIGS. Also introduced was Apple's 32-Bit QuickDraw that allows Macintosh personal computers to process and display photo-quality documents, images and visualizations with exceptional color clarity. Apple also unveils more than a dozen new networking and communication products this year to increase Macintosh compatibility in ...
- 1039: Narrative Structure On ABSALOM
- ... the actions and judgements of the characters. This effectively exposes the way any story is an act of mind. Absalom, Absalom! is mainly remembered for its lavish experiments with language and form, its anguish over personal, regional, national, and social fears. And its celebration of storytelling. Not to mention the way it layers story on top of story until it is as much about storytelling as any individual stories. Plus, the ... on to Sutpen's Hundred, including his search for a father. Henry Sutpen's travels take him from Oxford to New Orleans, to Loor, to Texas, then back to Mississippi. He is searching for his personal and cultural identity. And Quentin Compson takes a trip to Harvard, hoping desperately to understand himself and the South. Plus, other various characters' travels back and forth in between Sutpen's Hundred and Jefferson. Probably ... his Yoknapatawpha Map that is located at the very end of the novel. This map consists of several ironies, metaphors... Some examples of the irony that occur in this map are that most of the personal quests throughout the novel end in failure or futility. Such as Thomas Sutpen dies frustrated with the design, Bon dies unacknowledged by a father, Henry dies a condemned outcast, and Quentin is about to ...
- 1040: The 411 On Copyright For Net P
- ... photographer discovers a photo has been published without authorization, the photographer maybe able to secure an injunction, recover actual damages and lost profits.[3] Mr. Weisgrau and Mr. Remer point out the legal advantage to writing a copyright notice on the photograph consisting of (c)1995 Artist's Name.[4] That advantage is possible elimination of the innocent infringer defense.[5] Innocent infringers may only be liable for a fair licensing ... without copyright permission, thereby asserting the poster's view of an appropriate scope of fair use.'`[96] Furthermore, ``net users generally regard it as fair to download items from the bulletin board for one's personal use, and even to send a copy to a friend who might otherwise not see the item, it is considered bad manners (or worse) to redistribute more widely someone else's posting without its author ... 97] It goes without saying that policing user behavior as it relates to copyright is difficult at best.[98] ONE PUBLISHER'S VIEW OF DOWNLOADING WORKS Recently Time posted Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue photos for personal downloading at the Pathfinder Website that ended up on one of the Supermodel websites. Time's legal head Harry Johnston said ``The restriction is that you can download these pictures for personal use only, ...
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