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- 391: Go Tell It On A Mountain - Sum
- ... of Elizabeth rather than her father taking care of her. Her aunt was just like her mother, neither would love or show affection to Elizabeth. The story then jumps to the time where she met Richard, the man she would fall in love with. The scene was set at the super market, where Elizabeth would be working as cashier. Richard was just shopping and soon they talked. After falling in love, they moved up north together and both got jobs. During this time, Elizabeth would stay with her aunt, although she was at the age where she could make her own decisions. Richard was put in prison after being framed for robbery and was soon released. But at this point, he was too depressed with life and stressed all the racism he felt. This resulted in suicide. ...
- 392: Vietnam War - Summary Of Vietnam
- ... Guard and other patrolmen often became violent in order to gain control of situations, and several people were killed. Growing Protest of the war caused Johnson not to run for re-election in 1968, and Nixon was elected to office. Nixon’s policy was called "Vietnamization" and called for slowly pulling troops out of Vietnam. Even while bringing these soldiers home, Nixon began to spread the war to Cambodia and Laos by bombing where several communist camps were thought to be. Protests continued until 1973, when a cease-fire was finally signed.
- 393: A Review of Lawrence E. Walsh’s Iran/Contra
- ... a Republican. He worked in the 1930’s as an assistant to Thomas E. Dewey, then the Manhattan district attorney. Later on he worked in Albany under Republican governors, and served in the Eisenhower and Nixon administrations. Lawrence Walsh is a former Federal District Court judge, has practiced law on Wall Street and is the former president of the American Bar Association. Since Iran/Contra he has since gone on and ... of violating a law or charter. He selected CIA director William Casey, National Security Advisers, Robert C. McFarlane and John Poindexter along with staff member Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, and in the private sector operatives Richard Secord and Allbert Hakim. Each of these men less Casey obtained criminal convictions. Lawrence Walsh uses the trials themselves, law, and confiscated information from the offices of the above individuals to come to this conclusion ...
- 394: Native Sun: Themes of Racism, Violence, And Social Injustice
- Native Sun: Themes of Racism, Violence, And Social Injustice In his most famous novel, "Native Sun", Richard Wright successfully develops three major themes: Racism, violence as a personal necessity, and social injustice. He has captured the powerful emotions and suffering, the frustrations and yearnings, the restlessness and hysteria, of all the Bigger ... black car, he thought about how the whites own everything. When Bigger meets Miss Dalton, she talks to other people about him while he is standing next to her, like he was the third person. Richard Wright also shows how Bigger is caught up by forces he could neither understand, or control. Bigger found a sense of freedom and identity in acts of violence. Bigger mainly disliked his family because he ... building, where Bigger figured how hard it would be to keep going with Bessie along. Bigger felt he had to kill her to keep her quiet and keep her off his back, so he did. Richard Wright also showed us the social injustice blacks had. When Bigger got caught by the police and was jailed, he received constant harassment. He was faced with a choice of either confess, or else ...
- 395: Native Son
- Native Son: Characters Richard Wright’s novel, Native Son, consisted of various main and supporting character to deliver an effective array of personalities and expression. Each character’s actions defines their individual personalities and belief systems. The main character ... conflicts based upon fear brought about by racial segregation. During the progress of the man hunt, blacks and whites go at each others throats. These various conflicts all stem from fear and racial hatred. Although Richard Wright portrays the segregation of the blacks, he does not omit the segregation of various social groups such as the communists. In contrast, Jan and Max’s efforts to save Bigger stem from a struggle ... abuse in their early lifetime. Perhaps they act out of the same misguided need for freedom that Bigger found when committing murder. Bigger, his family, and Bessie all feel the affects of separatism and oppression. Richard Wright believes in the immorality of oppression. He uses his book as a tool to vent his frustration, at the world that segregates negros. His characters, themes and conflicts probably originate from his own ...
- 396: William Shakespeare
- ... of myth and symmetry has proven irresistible, so April 23 it has become. Parents and Family Shakespeare's parents were John and Mary Shakespeare, who lived in Henley Street, in Stratford. John, the son of Richard Shakespeare, was a whittawer (a maker, worker, and seller of leather goods such as purses, belts and gloves) and a dealer in agricultural commodities. He was a solid, middle class citizen at the time of ... books and schooling ( Website 2). Marriage On November 28, 1582 the Bishop of Worcester issued the marriage bond for “William Shakespeare” and “Ann Hathwey of Stratford.” This was almost beyond doubt Anne Hathaway, daughter of Richard Hathaway of Shottery - a gathering of farm houses near Stratford. Richard Hathaway's will does not specify a daughter Anne, but names her Agnes, a name used interchangeably for Anne in the sixteenth century. He was a substantial, Warwickshire farmer with a spacious house and ...
- 397: John F. Kennedy and Cuba
- ... troops. As the election of 1960 approached, the CIA had already made plans to overthrow Castro with the Cuban exiles. However, to the surprise of just about everyone, a young John F. Kennedy defeated favorite Richard Nixon by the slimmest of margins. Nonetheless, the invasion had to go on. The plan was to bomb Cuba's airfields to prevent the Cuban military from killing the invading exiles. However, two things went wrong ...
- 398: The Works of Clive Staples Lewis
- ... adult and children authors. Nominated for two Oscars, the movie Shadowlands tore through the hearts of the public with its catchy line "He thought that magic only existed in books, and then he met her" (“Richard Attenborough,” Shadowlands.). The movie takes place in the 1930's while Lewis, played by Anthony Hopkins, is teaching at an Oxford college and living as a bachelor. Then one day he receives a letter from ... old grumpy man, who wishes nothing to do with commitment. However, Joy Gresham changes his whole outlook on life. Not only is Lewis' love life shown in this movie also is his Christian work. Director Richard Attenborough depicts Lewis' Christianity by showing Lewis holding meetings in which he talks about God and his mysterious ways. One contradiction in the movie is when Lewis is shown trembling in his faith in God because Joy is dying; his faith is automatically renewed at the end of the movie (“Richard Attenborough,” Shadowlands.). This film does not match with Lewis's true love life or other aspects of his life. Lewis was not always a bachelor and did not avoid any other forms of commitment. ...
- 399: The Bill Clinton Story
- ... brought to trial in the Senate on charges voted by the House. The Senate failed by one vote to convict Johnson. In 1974 the House Judiciary Committee voted the three charges of impeachment against President Richard M. Nixon, but he resigned from office before the House could vote upon the charges. (Grolier, 1) Certain questions concerning the impeachment process have persisted: Whether it is judicial or political in nature; however to define high ...
- 400: The Fall of South Vietnam Controversy
- ... the Gulf of Tonkin resolution arise (Warner 141). Even though this resolution, considered by most legal authorities a functional equivalent of a declaration of war, was repealed by Congress in January 1971 (Lens 21). The Nixon administration did not rely on it for its policy of withdrawal (Fulghum and Maitland 111). Congress did not end military appropriations for Vietnam until the last U.S. serviceman had left Vietnam and the prisoners of war had returned in 1973 (Hoobler 92). Citing these appropriations, the courts consistently rejected charges of an unconstitutionally conducted war. Yet in retrospect, it is apparent the Presidents Johnson and Nixon would have spared much opposition and grief if Johnson had asked Congress for a declaration of war. As a result of many different considerations, then, the nation fought a limited war, with the full employment ... Image was bound to triumph over reality (Prados 294). Despite the small percentage of individuals actively involved in organized opposition to the war, the antiwar movement had a significant impact on both the Johnson and Nixon administrations. Not only does a small percentage of a country of 200 million constitute a sizable number of people, but the active and articulate few, often strategically placed, can have an importance well beyond ...
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