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- 6611: Rumpelstiltskin
- ... 1997). This is an element of human nature that is found in the interpretations of this story that I read. The miller, The king and Rumpelstiltskin all exploit the girl (Esmeralda) in different ways for personal gain. She too uses them, as well as others around her to gain what she wants. The miller, in both versions tells people that his daughter has a wonderful ability to make gold from straw ...
- 6612: J.p. Morgan
- ... in time of need, although profitable for himself, was a necessary act and was vital at the time for the continuance of a strong economy. Pierpont built America with more in mind than that of personal financial gain. His inspiring industrial genius shadowed whatever greedy impulses he acted on. A critic of Morgan said after his death, "Never again will conditions of government make it possible for any financier to bestride ...
- 6613: Jack London
- ... he wrote fifty books, plus many articles and short stories. Besides being one of the most widely read authors, he was also the highest-paid. However, Jack London did not spend all of his time writing. Besides being an author, he also was a gold prospector, a homeless, a pirate, a sailor, and a factory worker. London was determined to live an adventurous life: I would rather be ashes than dust ...
- 6614: Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been": Defense Mechanisms
- ... becomes helpless and finally falls prey to him. Finally, although it can't proven without much research and actual contact with the author, the possibility of the author actually using this work to project a personal experience must at least be mentioned. As contact with this author would be virtually impossible without perhaps hiring a private detective it is possible to conceive that maybe at sometime in her life, Joyce Carol ...
- 6615: The Salem Witch Trials
- ... an extremely harsh winter and food was not plentiful. There was dissention between the farmers of the community and the upper class. According to the book Tituba, Reluctant Witch of Salem, the social tensions and personal misfortunes blamed on occult powers, and that often preceded a witchcraft scare...Historians have noted that the sequence of events before a witchscare usually involved the existence of prior animosities among neighbors (Breslaw 103). This ...
- 6616: Analysis of Several Works of Literature
- ... helpful or not. The truth in right and wrong, the boundaries of the law, You seem to miss the point, arresting for a joint?! You seem to wonder why hundreds of people die, you're writing tickets man, my mom got jumped, they ran! Now I'll play a public servant, to serve and protect by the law and the state. I'd bust the punks that rape, steal and murder ...
- 6617: Kazin's "Summer: The Way to Highland Park"
- ... cherish a slow meaningful walk on a warm sunny day, but never could I place my thoughts and emotions on paper like Alfred Kazin does. I have learned of a higher and different level of writing, a level that I find very deep and fulfilling. Bibliography Kazin, Alfred. Summer: The Way to Highland Park. Inventing America: Readings in Culture and Identity. Ed. Gabriella Ibieta and Miles Orvell. New York: St. Martin ...
- 6618: Johann Sebastian Bach - The Brandenburg Concertos
- ... his son-in-law only days before his death. Bach was that rare composer whose genius cannot be summed up, even approximated, by any known means. He was the supreme master of counterpoint, fugue, vocal writing, melody, chamber composition, solo instrument repertoire the list is endless. Bach was the greatest master of the Baroque, and probably of all classical music, and one of my favorites to boot.
- 6619: Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment": Reality or Illusion
- ... of reality versus illusion. Of course the overriding theme of the story dealt with the ethical dilemma of changing old age into youth, still a major part of how the story was interpreted involved a personal decision on how you took the story; as literal or figurative. The perception that appealed to me the most was reading the text as literal, and concluding the experiment as reality rather then a figment ...
- 6620: John Brown
- ... Connecticut. When he was about five years old, his father moved the family to Hudson Ohio. There, John was filled with the heavy anti-slavery sentiment that was present in that area. This, combined with personal observations of the maltreatment of blacks and the influence of Calvinism, started John Brown on his crusade to abolish slavery. While still living in Hudson he married Dianthe Lusk and began to raise a large ...
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