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- 281: Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls": War's Affect on Man and Importance of Time
- ... major characters. Hemingway shows that war brings about a personal change, that reveals much about man's individuality and that time is limited. Hemingway reveals much about the individuality of men through the relationship of Robert Jordan and Maria. When Jordan is dying at the end of the novel he says to Maria "Thou wilt go now, rabbit. But I go for thee. As long as there is one of us ... people are never truly alone but instead are always surrounded by the memories and thoughts of those we love. When two people truly fall in love they become as one. Where one goes, both go. Robert finally says to her " The me in thee. Now you go for us both. Truly. We both go in thee now. This I have promised thee. Stand up. Thou art me now. Thou art all ... the war. But instead of the changes being negative as they are with many of the other characters (except Jordan), they bring upon a positive change on him. When discussing the horrors of war with Robert Jordan Anselmo mentions "The men who come to enjoy the killing, they are the ones who are changed. I always hatted killing a man, and I still have trouble doing it."(p358). Anselmo gains ...
- 282: Skunk Hour
- Frustration s Armored Aroma Skunk Hour by Robert Lowell and The Armadillo by Elizabeth Bishop are two closely related poems. Both share the theme of an animal carrying with it natural defenses, and the image of an isolated spectator. However, there is one ... cannot comprehend the events destroying the life about it, whereas the speaker in Skunk Hour understands, possibly too well, the events affecting its life. By using the skunk as a descriptive element for his character, Robert Lowell increases the distance between the character and the brief glimpse of society portrayed in the poem. Skunks, generally, are avoided by everyone because of their reputation for spraying unwelcome visitors with a noxious vapor. Here, the reason for Robert Lowell s choice in animals becomes obvious. Utilizing such an isolated animal to parallel the thoughts of the speaker, Lowell considerably strengthens the distance between the speaker of the poem and the love-cars ( ...
- 283: Skunk Hour
- Frustration’s Armored Aroma Skunk Hour by Robert Lowell and The Armadillo by Elizabeth Bishop are two closely related poems. Both share the theme of an animal carrying with it natural defenses, and the image of an isolated spectator. However, there is one ... cannot comprehend the events destroying the life about it, whereas the speaker in Skunk Hour understands, possibly too well, the events affecting its life. By using the skunk as a descriptive element for his character, Robert Lowell increases the distance between the character and the brief glimpse of society portrayed in the poem. Skunks, generally, are avoided by everyone because of their reputation for spraying unwelcome visitors with a noxious vapor. Here, the reason for Robert Lowell’s choice in animals becomes obvious. Utilizing such an isolated animal to parallel the thoughts of the speaker, Lowell considerably strengthens the distance between the speaker of the poem and the "love-cars" ( ...
- 284: Led Zeppelin
- ... was one the more popular hard rock groups that performed in the seventies, and even had some hits in the 1960’s. The members of the group are Jimmy Page, born on April 9, 1944, Robert Plant, born on August 24, 1948, John Paul Jones, born on January 3, 1946, and John Bonham born on May 31, 1948. Jimmy Page played guitar, Robert Plant was the vocalist, John Paul Jones played bass guitar and the keyboard, and John Bonham beat the drums. The group had the complete set up for a band right off the start. They produced ... which held 20,000 people for five days in London. It was awesome an show that had an amazing light show, smoke, dry ice, and laser beams. The concerts were focused on Jimmy Page and Robert Plant because they were the main guys in the group. On stage they were opposites and compliments: Plant a golden-ringleted Adonis marvelously parodying the sexual superstar while singing in a voice of limitless ...
- 285: Militant Monks
- ... freed the Knights to operate throughout Christendom and the Levant unencumbered by local ecclesiastical and secular rulers. This unprecedented autonomy was due, in no small part, to the personal petitions of the new Grand Master, Robert the Burgundian. While Hugh had been an excellent warrior, Robert was an ideal administrator who understood politics. [Howarth 80] The Order was authorized to have chaplain brothers, who were authorized to hear the confessions of their fellow brothers, and thereby absolve them of their sins ... a member of another order or a priest; renouncing holy orders in order to be received as a brother; and entering the order by simony." [Upton-Ward 5] It was also during the mastership of Robert that the Rules were translated from Latin into French. Church documents were normally in Latin only, but since most of the Knights were soldiers rather than educated clerics, they were unable to read Latin. ...
- 286: The Truth About Airbags
- ... hundred and twenty, sixty-six were under the age of twelve (Carbonara 132). Because airbags have been more harmful than helpful to children and small adults, automakers are striving to make airbags safer and smarter. Robert Sanders was driving to Washington, D.C. ,with his two sons and his daughter, Alison, on October 15, 1995, when his life took a turn for the worse (Dowd 136). Robert was driving to his ex-wife’s house to drop off his children (Dowd 136). As he left his house, his sons, in the rear of the vehicle, wanted to hear the Redskins game that was on the radio (Dowd 136). Alison volunteered to tune the radio in better (Dowd 136). She removed her shoulder strap on her seat belt and leaned forward (Dowd 136). Robert told his daughter to sit back and replace her shoulder strap (Dowd 136). When he looked toward the traffic light, it had turned red (Dowd 136). He did not have time to stop and ...
- 287: The Atomic Bomb
- ... Groves to find different scholars to also make a nuclear bomb. In doing this, Major General Groves selected some of the best scholars in the field of physics and mathematics. They are as follows: J. Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Feyman, Enrico Fermi, Joseph C. Carter, And Neils Bohr. J. Robert Oppenheimer was born on April 22, 1904. He thrived on studying and was not a very social type of person. He went to Harvard and completed a four-year chemistry degree in only three years. Robert also studied subatomic physics at Cambridge. At Cambridge, he suffered a mental breakdown. At Gotigen, a German University he got his Ph.D. He then established a goal to bring “new physics” back to ...
- 288: The Awakening
- ... that far. This helps mature Edna because it helps her realize that she can control her life. Another example of how Edna¡¦s immaturity allows her to mature is when she begins to think about Robert again. While her husband is away on business, Edna neglects her duties on Tuesday¡¦s and does not stay home to see her guests. Instead, Edna goes out into the city, and at the time was considered foolish and immature to be doing. Edna would go out and visit Mademoiselle Reisz at her house. She would go to her house and read letters that Robert had written to Mademoiselle Reisz. ¡§Show me the letter and play for me the Impromptu. You see I have persistence. Does that quality count for anything¡K¡¨(106). This shows that Edna is now beginning to emotionally mature. She is now learning and just starting to find out about her true feelings towards Robert Lebrun. ¡§¡¥I love you,¡¦ she whispered, ¡¥only you, no one but you. It was you who awoke me last summer out of a life ¡Vlong, stupid dream¡Know you are here we shall love ...
- 289: JFK
- ... to be taken care of by only his mother, Marguerite. Marguerite had a hard time dealing with the death of Lee's Father, which left her all alone to raise Lee and his two brothers, Robert Oswald and John Pic, a son from her first marriage (Beck 71). Marguerite checked Robert and John into an orphanage so that she could find work for her family. Marguerite wanted to put Lee into an orphanage, but he was too young. After Lee turned three years old, he was placed in the same orphanage that Robert and John were put in earlier. After two years of working in a factory, Lee's mother took Lee and his brothers out of the orphanage (Posner 6). About a year and a half ...
- 290: The Lord of the Flies: The Evil of Mankind
- ... not realize this and continue to drift farther away, by simply enjoying their "game." Another sign of the boys’ shift from civility is seen in their language. Proper English boys would not use swear words. Robert freely says, "Right up her ass!" when referring to a way to kill a pig. The boys also find nothing wrong with freely promoting violence as well. The choir, or hunters, chant, "Kill the pig ... society, this would not be accepted, and death and violence would not be considered a joke either. At a feast Jack and his followers decide to throw, the boys begin to dance around the fire. Robert, when speaking to Jack about not being able to have a pretend hunt says, "You want a real pig, because you’ve got to kill him.’ ‘Use a littlun,’ said Jack, and everybody laughed." At ... to occur. The conch is destroyed, and along with it, any sign of civility and rule. Sameneric have betrayed Ralph, and Ralph is being hunted to death. He knows this because Sameneric tell him that Robert has sharpened a stick at both ends. Robert did the same when the sacrifice of a pig’s head was offered to the beast. Ralph knows he will see the same fate as the ...
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