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- 4781: Burmese Days
- ... accepts bribes and admits that he has done much wrong in his life. In the novel he is depicted as deceitful and mean. An example of this is his attempt to frame Dr. Veraswami for writing a derogatory letter in one of the local papers. U Po Kyin also masterminds a riot to make Dr. Veraswami look bad, while at the same time making himself look life a hero. This backfires ...
- 4782: Beowulf 5
- ... cousin, Annabella Milbanke. She turned him down so Byron relieved his emotions with a quick affair with Lady Oxford. In 1813, Augusta came to visit her brother as a way of escaping her financial and personal problems, and at this time she had had an affair with Byron. In 1814 Byron was back proposing again to Annabella, and this time she agreed. They were married on January 2, 1815. On December ...
- 4783: Hitler's Ambitions
- ... Hitler then waited and planed for the future. Once again the Reichstag was to undergo another election by the command of Papen. This time, because of the increased popularity of the communists and Hitlers personal problems the Nazis lost two million votes and 34 seats in the Reichstag. This however did not effect the Nazis that much because Papen resigned a little while after the election of the Reichstag. Hitler ...
- 4784: Levi
- ... building Levi hurled himself down the central stairwell. The last work he completed was the essay collection I SOMMERSI E I SALVATI (1986). In it Levi made one last attempt to clarify his life's writing and affirms his belief in the historical uniqueness of the Holocaust, while not separating it from the horrors in Cambodia or South Africa. The central question is according to Levi, how much of the camp ...
- 4785: Book Report Boundaries
- ... and Dr. John Townsend, Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1992 The authors present the book in three parts: What are Boundaries?, Boundary Conflicts, and Developing Healthy Boundaries. What are Boundaries? A boundary is a personal property line that we establish to define who we are, what we do, and for what we are responsible. Boundaries impact all areas of our lives: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Physical boundaries help us ...
- 4786: The Maturing of Achilles
- ... of all of the killing is. Achilles realizes that there are aftereffects from a death long after the actual death. Achilles realizes that life is something to be cherished and not thrown away just for personal gain. So Achilles does not really change one hundred percent but he now realizes what happens when he kills a person. This might make Achilles a more reserved and thoughtful person.
- 4787: The Narrator and Sam Cavanaugh: Dolls to Control?
- ... his look is changed. They dyed my hair to the same shade as that of my newly-acquired sister, bleached my skin, and did things to my cheekbones and chin. He was also given, our personal histories (Heinlein 6). The slugs control Sam in a way also. Not just when one attaches itself to him but the entire society of slugs controls him. Since he wants to get rid of them ...
- 4788: Confucius in the Chinese History
- ... in the royal court. Government was routinely corrupt or distrusted by the people. Confucius began a successful political career when he was a young man, but fell out in a short period of time. His personal goal was to restore peace followed the old political system but he retired from public life to concentrate on teaching and studying in his later life. As his students praised his talent for brilliant teaching ...
- 4789: Ulysses S. Grant
- ... of which he invested in the banking firm of Grant & Ward. His son, Ulysses Jr., was a partner in this company. In 1884 the company collapsed, leaving Grant penniless. To make a living, Grant began writing magazine articles about his war experiences. Soon he wrote his memoirs, which were a great success earning his family about $500,000. Grant knew he was dying of cancer when he wrote his memoirs. In ...
- 4790: Candide By Voltaire
- ... author should have dealt more with important matters such as religion instead of focusing on story line. Most of the story is about the journeys of Candide, and Voltaire did not include significant morals upon writing the novel. In Grimm's review, it is also thought that Candide was not meant to be a high quality piece of work, but rather as something enjoyable. It is written in bad taste, yet ...
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