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- 2821: The Medea: Women's Rights
- The Medea: Women's Rights Personal vengeance is not a flattering characteristic. When people wish to change a situation they are in it is wise to use rational methods. In Euripides' Medea, Medea and all the women of fifth century Athens ... for the hard pains of labor that are more painful then fighting a war. At first glance this can seem to be the beginning of a plea for liberation. Then Medea ruins it by getting personal and shows her selfish side. She states that it is twice as hard for her as a foreigner without a country. Then she gives her reason for getting the women to sympathize with her. "If ...
- 2822: Huckleberry Finn 6
- ... Just because we might take offense to that word doesn t mean that we should just turn our heads and pretend that the word does not exist. Mark Twain did a very good job when writing this book, in terms of the dialect he used. During the period of time when this book was written, the n-word was part of their culture, where as the words African American and black ... late eighteen hundreds, the book would have lost some of the intellectual value which it possesses, not to mention the historical value of the era. Besides, if Mark Twain used alternate words, he would be writing from a romantic point of view, instead of a realist point of view. Throughout the whole book, Mark Twain never makes a derogatory comment or statement towards anyone, especially blacks. The only time he does ...
- 2823: Bill Gates
- ... it 'Microsoft'"(Gates 17). Gates left Harvard on leave in 1975. Microsoft's big economic break came in 1980 when "IBM- the computer industry leader- asked Gates to develop an operating system for its new personal computer"(Clayton 452). IBM usually did not use external help in software design or hardware manufacture, but they wanted to release the first personal computer in less than a year. "IBM had elected to build its PC mainly from off-the-shelf components available to anyone. This made a platform that was fundamentally open, which made it easy to ...
- 2824: The Accomplishments of Alexander the Great
- ... invasion of Persia. He decision to do this was purely a political one. For a century Persia had interfered increasingly in Greek affairs and had constantly oppressed the Greek cities in Asia Minor. Alexander had personal reasons too. Avid for glory and for identification with Greece, Alexander knew no better way to win both than by attacking Greece_s ancient foe. In some ways the invasion, the longest military campaign ever ... meet with the victor. Upon his reconvienience, Alexander asked Porus how he wished to be treated. Porus responded; _Treat me, Alexander, like a king._ Alexander was delighted by his response. Despite the victory, Alexander suffered personal loss. Bucephalas, Alexander_s famous steed died of wounds suffered in battle. He was thirty years old , but the two had been through crisis and triumph for most of their lives. A city, Bucephala, was ...
- 2825: Franz Kafka
- ... man who was greatly affected by his fathers negligence of him, and a social deviance about him which held him back from interaction. Such a man was so afraid about what society thought of his writing, that he never widely published his works, and even asked a friend to burn all manuscripts. Not only was Kafka Jewish, he resented this fact. Once Kafka even stated that Sometimes I d like to ... was enormously enticed by death, and the fact that he greatly disliked his own cultural status, and even his family. Even though, this man was one accompanied by great wisdom, which was shown in the writing of Metamorphosis. Kafka was a political genius who showed all his political beliefs through his one great work, Metamorphosis. All of the experiences in Kafka s life are portrayed through Gregor, a person who wished ...
- 2826: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- ... alcoholism and financial difficulties, troubled by lost love, and frustrated by is lack of inspiration. Fitzgerald was the son of well-to-do Midwestern parents. He was a talented child with an early interest in writing plays and poetry. As a young man, he emulated the rich, youthful and beautiful, a social group with whom he maintained a lifelong love-hate relationship(_______). His first stories appeared in Princeton University s literary magazine, which was edited by his friend and fellow student Edmund Wilson whom Fitzgerald considered his intellectual conscience(_______). Leaving Princeton for the army during World War 1, Fitzgerald spent his weekends in camp writing the earliest draft of his first novel. Demobilized in 1919, Fitzgerald worked briefly in New York for an adversing agency. His first story, 'Babes in the Wood,' was published in The Smart Set. The turning ...
- 2827: Catch-22 Book Review
- ... the only one sane enough to claim insanity and ask to be sent home. His proposal is refused, though, because of Catch-22. Catch-22 says that anyone flying missions with no concern for their personal safety is nuts and can be sent home at any time. However, as soon as one asks for discharge, their concern for their own personal safety is considered to be the process of a sane and rational mind. Yossarian stays in the Air Force. He gets shot down and survives. He falls in love with a nurse in the hospital ...
- 2828: The Great Gatsby: American Dream
- ... Carraway, a cousin of Daisy, who agrees to set up a meeting, "He wants to know...if you'll invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over (83)." Gatsby's personal dream symbolizes the larger American Dream where all have the opportunity to get what they want. Later, as we see in the Plaza Hotel, Jay still believes that Daisy loves him. He is convinced of ... 152) Jay cannot accept that the past is gone and done with. Jay is sure that he can capture his dream with wealth and influence. He believes that he acted for a good beyond his personal interest and that should guarantee success. Nick attempts to show Jay the folly of his dream, but Jay innocently replies to Nick's assertion that the past cannot be relived by saying, "Yes you can ...
- 2829: Call Of The Wild: A Study of Jack London's Belief in Darwinism
- ... lead dog. "Buck stood and looked on, the successful champion, the dominant primordial beast who had made his kill and found it good" (London 42). London often witnessed these dog fights and this influenced his writing. "...he found the first successful theme for his writing in a last frontier splurge..." (Walker 12). Although Buck had troubles with his new peers, he also had a great conflict with his new home. Buck also must adapt to survive in his new home ...
- 2830: Fuch's "The American Way of Families": Is the Dream Really as Sweet as Apple Pie?
- ... going to school to learn to be a doctor just like them. When Fuch mentioned in his piece, "In America a new kind of family system emerged, based on the search of individual members for personal independence.", I realized that he was talking about my family and every other family in America. It soon dawned upon me at this point that in America each member of a household has his or ... the word "family" would mean nothing to the average American. To me it means a home that I can always turn to and a place were people care about my troubles. Of course independence and personal agenda are vital to each and every one of us but in order to say that "we love" or "are loved" that independence must be compromised. Two key components of a family were missing from ...
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