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- 261: Social Darwinsim History
- ... the Gilded Age: from the Death of Abraham Lincoln to the Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. New York: New York U P, 1984. Cooke, Alistar. "Money on the Land." Directed by: David Heycock, Chicago, 1984. Current, Richard N. et al. American History: a Survey. New York: Knopf, 1983. Darwin, Charles. The Origin of Species. New York: Random House, 1993. Hofstadter, Richard. Social Darwinism in American Thought. New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1969. Krucoff, Larry S. and Sol Tax. "Social Darwinism." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 1968 ed. Wyllie, Irvin g. "Social Darwinism and the Businessman ... the Gilded Age: from the Death of Abraham Lincoln to the Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. New York: New York U P, 1984. Cooke, Alistar. "Money on the Land." Directed by: David Heycock, Chicago, 1984. Current, Richard N. et al. American History: a Survey. New York: Knopf, 1983. Darwin, Charles. The Origin of Species. New York: Random House, 1993. Hofstadter, Richard. Social Darwinism in American Thought. New York: George Braziller, Inc., ...
- 262: Benjamin Franklin
- ... his brother printed and sold. Ben educated himself by reading the classic authors of his time. He also studied books on arithmetic, navigation, and grammar. He loved a set of papers by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele called the "Spectator" and would read the essays it contained and rewrite them in his own style. He found his writing style by comparing the original essay and his and finding the mistakes. Franklin ... to use political cartoons. Franklin married at age 24 in 1730 to Deborah Read and his son William was born the next year. When he was 26, he published the first edition of his Poor Richard's Almanac. Franklin continued his printing business, but he also became involved in civic affairs and started his scientific observations. At age 30, Franklin started the first fire department in Philadelphia. The next year, he ... storms travel in an opposite direction to their winds. After further observations and performing studies of storms, he predicted that a storm's course could be plotted. He then printed weather forecasts in his Poor Richard's Almanac. Franklin also encouraged the eating of citrus fruits, including oranges, limes, and grapefruits in Poor Richard's Almanac. He coined the phrase "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" and touted ...
- 263: James Baldwin
- ... a high school diploma under his belt James Baldwin moved to New Jersey and began working as a railroad hand. After two years in New Jersey, Baldwin moved to Greenwich Village. There, he first met Richard Wright (an African-American author whose strong protests against racial prejudice made him one of his generation's most important spokespersons) and began his first novel, In My Father's House. It was not until ... man to the civil rights battlefield and forced the white man to look at and analyze himself through a critical looking glass. Blues for Mr. Charlie deals with the murder of a young black man, Richard, by a white shop owner, Lyle Britten. Richard is a bitter, busted musician returning home. His open expression of hatred towards whites, we learn, leads to his death. Later, the pastor, Meridian, Richard's father and civil rights leader, expresses his faith ...
- 264: Poetry
- ... us together in a very cruel world. Many poets write about poverty, envy, and the outcome of war which are just a few of the many battles people fight everyday. Poems such as “Women Work”, “Richard Corey”, and “The Sad Children’s Story” define the different meanings of life. “Women Work,” a poem by Maya Angelou, is the story of the monotony of a poor women’s day to day existence ... re all that I can call my own.” This last section sums up her beliefs that she finds comfort and eternal peace in nature. To her, death is nature. Edwin Arlington Robinson wrote the poem “Richard Cory” which is a fine example of envy. What you see is not always what you get. The poem states, “In fine, we thought he was everything to make us wish that we were in his place.” This line tells the reader that Richard Cory was a well know, well respected man of the community, but the people were naive to think that with riches and power comes happiness. They wanted to be like him so bad that ...
- 265: Confronting Death In Poetry
- ... to come to terms with the many life changes that may follow the boys death yet there is utter helplessness that life must go on as they turn away to their affairs. Edwin Robinson's "Richard Corey" takes another look at death, through the eyes of the common folk. As he spins the tale of Richard Corey, a rich man, he shows that to some the "good life" consists of wealth, and status. And he was rich, yes, richer than a king And admirably schooled in every grace In fine, we ... While it is said that death is the great leveller, difference in rank and class are often carried through to the grave. It is interesting though that while the search for the distinguished, such as Richard Corey, may lead us to the grave yard, that search will often uncover the lives of countless others, such as the people of the pavement, whose memories may until then have been neglected. Yet ...
- 266: The Lost World Thesis
- ... introduction and prologue is about Malcom and his scientific views and theories. In a section of the book called Hypothesis , Malcom discusses a theory of lost worlds - areas in which extinct beings may live, with Richard Levine, a man who s ideas were totally different from Malcoms. Levine and Malcom discuss a possible journey to an island that is suspected to be one of the so-called lost worlds . At first ... and Sarah Harding (one of his associates) get trapped in a trailer that is about to tumble off the ledge of a cliff. Luckily for them, they are saved by another of their colleagues, named Richard Thorn, saves them by using Dodgson s jeep (which they had thought was broken down, AND after they thought all three of the egg thieves were dead) and ties a rope to the trailer and ... and the book ends. There were too many dynamic characters in this novel to pick more than two to talk about, so I will describe the two who I found most interesting Ian Malcom and Richard Levine. Dressed entirely in black, leaning on a cane, Malcome gave the impression of severity. (Crichton 3). This, of course, is the physical description of Ian Malcom. Malcom comes off as a very logical ...
- 267: Stephen King
- ... King attended the University of Maine. The titles for the novels were, "Rage," "The Long Walk," "Roadwork," and "The Running Man." You might recognize these four books. They were the works written by the late Richard Bachman. Richard Bachman was actually just a pseudonym for Stephen King. King was settled in to multiple deals with publishers and had had three other novels in addition to the four mentioned above (Winter 12). The way ... experiment. To see just how much of his best-selling books were because of his name. The "Bachman Books" as they were later called, sold alright on the bookshelves. When the information came out that Richard Bachman was actually Stephen King the books couldn’t stay on the shelves for very long at all (Winter 12-13). One of Kings most famous books, however, was "Carrie." There is a pretty ...
- 268: A Man For All Seasons Guilty P
- ... death has spawned the play A Man for All Seasons, in which the author, Robert Bolt, depicts his view of the tragic progression to More's death. In this play, King Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell, Richard Rich, and Sir Thomas More himself are responsible for the death of More. Although other characters have supporting roles that help in this, none play as important of a part as the four characters above ... throat his last breath of life. But a King without a council is powerless; there are others who are accountable for Sir Thomas More s death. Though it may be argued that Thomas Cromwell and Richard Rich are simply pawns for the king to play, every man is responsible to follow his conscious. Cromwell and Rich are responsible for the final prosecution of More. Rich, along side Cromwell, is guilty of ... King s desires would cause. Many people caused the death of Sir Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons; those that are most guilty that it came to pass are King Henry, Thomas Cromwell, Richard Rich, and Sir Thomas More himself. Who of these is most guilty is a matter of opinion, but that these people are guilty of ending Sir Thomas More s life is fact. From King ...
- 269: George Orwell
- ... socialist traits, which gave him the glimpse of the future, his political stand on things, and his artistic flavor all wrapped up into one great story.” 1984” will forever stand out in peoples minds as Richard H. Rovere put it “Nineteen eighty-four was a dazzling illumination, and I suppose that for most people it will always be the first thing to spring to mind whenever Orwell’s name is mentioned ... Frewin, 1974. Gardner, Averil. George Orwell. New York: Simon and Schuster MacMillan, 1995. Orwell, George. The Road to Wigan Pier. England: Penguin Books, 1983. Orwell, George. “Why I write”. The Orwell Reader. Concise ed. Ed. Richard H Rovere. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1956. 390-96. Reilly, Patrick. 1984: Past, Present, and Future. Boston: G.K. Hall Company, 1989. Rovere, Richard H. Introduction. The Orwell Reader. By Rovere. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1956. 9-21. Williams, Raymond. George Orwell. New York: Viking Press, 1971.
- 270: The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan
- ... he did force many people off welfare. Most historians now agree that his record as Governor was average neither very good nor very bad. Reagan first sought the Republican nomination in 1968 but lost to Richard M. Nixon. In 1976, Reagan narrowly lost the nomination to President Gerald R. Ford Reagan immediately began his campaign for the 1980 nomination. In the primary contest, he called on his skills as a speaker to win ...
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