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- 1391: Military Technology
- ... capable of doing simple calculations and other basic tasks. The engineers had no idea what the future would bring within the world of computers. Their invention was the first step in a major professional and personal transformation in the industrialized world. Computers invaded in the following decades the lives of most people in various worksaving machines and in the middle of the Eighties also in the form of Personal Computers (PCs). But the computer revolution also made its impact on other areas, which the bright scientists probably never anticipated. War has in all times been one of the main reasons that new inventions have ... mobility. Computers have made an impact in all areas of people\\'s lives increasing their access to knowledge and reducing the manual labor needed both in industry and in everyday tasks like washing dishes and writing letters. Computers have created lots of new jobs, but also taken the place of the majority of the former working class in their industry jobs. Though the engineers of the first computer never anticipated ...
- 1392: Cyrano de Bergerac and Mother Teresa: Heros?
- ... and Christian decide to team up to win Roxane’s love! Oh, I forgot to mention, Christian was not the smartest cookie in the jar. He did not possess the talents that Cyrano did with writing and words. And since Cyrano probably would never win the blue ribbon in a beauty pageant, this seemed to be a great idea. Throughout the entire play, Christian gets to take credit for Cyrano’s writing and much to my dismay, it doesn’t seem to bother Cyrano, as long as Roxane is happy. Well, to speed things up a bit, Roxane and Christian get married and soon preceding the wedding ... but after much analysis I’ve concluded that he does fit my definition of a hero. Cyrano would do anything for the one that he loved and to be able to look beyond his own personal feelings and emotions, to me, is something that is amazing. How can you ignore yourself? How can you make yourself not listen to anything you feel? Especially just to honor another person. That in ...
- 1393: Gods In The Iliad
- ... fate said it would happen. To counter Achilles' massive retaliation against the Trojans, he allowed the gods to go back to the battle field. In his own interests, Zeus preferred to deal with issues more personal to the individual heros of the Iliad. He attempted to increase the honor of certain individuals. He knew that Hektor was going to be killed by Achilles, and, feeling sorry for Hektor he attempted to ... Hektor "fill out" the armor so he would not seem like less of a man then Achilles. He also gave his word to Thetis that Achilles would gain much glory showing his involvement on a personal level. Writing the story without the divine interventions of the gods would not have been possible for Homer. They affected every aspect the poem. Yet, from the immortal perspective of the Greek god, the Trojan war ...
- 1394: Wordsworth And Coleridge
- ... reader from their works. In Preface to Lyrical Ballads and Rime of The Ancient Mariner, Wordsworth and Coleridge chose to focus on the "common man" instead of the self. They do not only concentrate on personal response and rejection of the outside world. Therefore, Wordsworth and Coleridge can not be accused on the charge of solipsism. William Wordsworth was very concerned with others in the subject of his poems as well ... have pleased a greater number than I ventured to hope I should please" (141) if he was only concentrating on the self. Wordsworth was concerned for all responses from all mankind and not only his personal response. He emphasized and focused on the common man in the Preface to Lyrical Ballads by writing in a common language that the ordinary man can easily understand and appreciate. There are no phrases or figures of speech in his poems that would not be found in conversation between the ordinary, ...
- 1395: The House Of The Seven Gables-
- The House Of The Seven Gables- Personal Reflections of Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathanial Hawthorne. Considered to be one of the greatest American writers of the 19th century. But did you know that he hated portraits, and it is now thought that he was ... condemned them to their deaths. Nathanial was embaressed by this and changed the spelling of his last name from Hathorne to Hawthorne. Alot of his family history, life experiences and where he lived influenced his writing greatly. Hawthorne had a cousin, Susannah Ingersoll. When he was young, in Salem, he would frequently visit her in her mansion, she lived there alone. The house had a secret staircase and once had seven ... hand wouldn't say he was a hypocrite, rather he was mysterious, not letting anyone know his true intentions but just letting them interpret things their own way. He incorporated this into much of his writing, also. In The House Of The Seven Gables Hawthorne gives us alot of details and symbols but he never really tells us what they mean, leaving them to our own interpretations.
- 1396: Bill Gates
- ... machine would have for a hand full of young students. Bill Gates and a few other Lakeside students immediately became inseparable from the computer. They would stay in the computer room all day and night, writing programs, reading computer literature and anything else they could to learn about computing. Soon Gates and the others started running into problems with the faculty. Their homework was being turned in late, they were skipping ... MS-DOS was the launch of Microsoft Word 1 in 1983, Windows 3.0 in 1990, Windows 95 in 1995 and Windows 98 in 1998. Microsoft is the world's leading provider of software for personal computers. Microsoft had revenues of $14.4 billion for the fiscal year ending June 1998, and employs more than 27,000 people in 60 countries. Mr. Gates foresight and vision regarding personal computing have been central to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. He is actively involved in key management and strategic decisions at Microsoft, and plays an important role in the technical development ...
- 1397: Zora Neale Hurston
- ... had shared in their youth. Zora Hurston's second marriage to Albert Price III was also short lived. They were married in 1939 and divorced in 1943 (DA, 2). By the mid-1940s Hurston's writing career had began to falter. While living in New York, Hurston was arrested and charged with committing an immoral act with a ten-year-old boy. The charges were later dropped when Hurston proved that ... with her clever incorporation of prominent themes in society. While avoiding social prejudice, Zora seamlessly integrates her own racial-discovery into her novel. The reader does not feel that she is projecting social prejudices or personal attacks; but rather imparts a tender, gentle revelation to Janie that she is Black. Janie is raised with white children in the home of the family her Grandmother works for. She grows up playing, laughing ... the Wisconsin-River Falls University discusses the role of Afro-American women in Their Eyes Were Watching God. He explores the role of African-American women in early 1900's society by examining Hurston's writing. Historically, the job of women in society is to care for the husband, the home, and the children. As a homemaker, it has been up to the woman to support the husband and care ...
- 1398: Shakespeare In Love: A Great Movie
- ... not only to the superb choice of supporting actor, but also to the wonderfully inventive costumes as well. Gary Johnson, begins by asking questions about the impetus for the influx of romance into Shakespeare’s writing. “Did a real-life muse influence Shakespeare’s art?” Since we know precious little about Shakespeare’s personal life, the truthful answer to his question my never be known. He speaks of the screenwriters’, Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman, ability to write a story set in Elizabethan period England, but many of the ... the old icons. Johnson explains how the character of Shakespeare requires someone of natural intelligence, a romantic lead, possess an interior quality and have the ability to convince the audience that he was capable of writing magnificent plays. “ The actor, Joseph Fiennes, meets this criteria despite the fact that he doesn’t particularly know how to play broad comedy,” says Johnson. “Directed by John Madden, Shakespeare In Love is a ...
- 1399: William Faulkner
- ... some classes at the University of Mississippi and spent a short time working at the university post office. The majority of his education was due to his promiscuous time he spent reading. Faulkner had started writing poetry as a young schoolboy. In 1924, he used his own financial resources and published a collection of poetry called "The Marble Faunn". He met Sherwood Anderson who became a close friend and Anderson fueled ... Fury" and two more the year it was finished, 1929. The same year he married Estelle Oldham, who was a sweetheart ten years earlier in his life. Faulkner was unable to support himself financially by writing these novels so he became a screenwriter for MGM, Twentieth Century Fox, and Warner Brothers. During this time he formed a strong working relationship with director Howard Hawks, whom he worked on many films. Faulkner became a heavy drinker which caused some problems in his personal life. He had finished all of his novels except one at this point in 1944. During the war he was discovered in the French Literary world and in the postwar period his reputation rebounded ...
- 1400: Ralph Ellison’s Life
- ... Ellison had a complex attitude about his full name (Martin). He felt obligated to live up to the name that was given to him at first. In time, through his work the theme was his personal identity. In 1917, when Ellison was just three, his father died. This loss forced his mother to go through hard times without a provider. In Ellison’s early years, he and his family lived among ... their portrayal of alienated protagonists looking to understand themselves better. In 1964, Ellison published Shadow and Act, a collection of his probing and beautifully written essays on such subjects as literature, music, and issues of personal identity. In the late 1960s militant black nationalists attacked him, but he continued to be one of the most respected writers in the United States. “Throughout his career, Ellison lectured widely throughout the United States ... Man, that novel alone would guarantee him a permanent place among the great American writers. Ralph Ellison’s place in history is very important in many ways. He helped individuals to understand the power of writing and how important it is to have self-identity. He will be remembered as one of the best American novelist because of the situations that he went through in life. The history of Ralph ...
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