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- 251: Alcatraz
- ... thousand rifles were moved to Alcatraz from the State armory, to prevent them from being used by southern sympathizers. The crew of a Confederate privateer were among the first inmates to be held within "The Rock." Alcatraz's notoriety as a penitentiary overshadows its earlier, and longer use by the Army. Surprisingly, this small island once was the most powerful fort west of the Mississippi River. There was some limited modernization ... government would actually shut this place down. It was the best thing for the country. It lowered crime rates, because it scared the citizens of the U.S. into believing they would go to "The Rock" if they were even remotely bad. They shut it down, Oh God, they shut it down" (2) The prison ran effectively, yet due to cost effectiveness, administrative changes in Washington, a change in BOP's ... health due to syphilis, he was transferred to FCI Terminal Island in January of 1939, and then on to USP Lewisburg, released from there in November of that same year. "Yes I served on the rock. I was a prison guard for some of the meanest criminals I've ever seen. I still have nightmares today of being there. We were commanded to be cruel. We were taught that the ...
- 252: Jane Eyre - Analysis Of Nature
- ... makes one ponder whether nature is really so simple and perfect. The concept of nature in "Jane Eyre" is reminiscent of Hegel's view of the world: the instantiation of God. "The Lord is My Rock" is a popular Christian saying. A rock implies a sense of strength, of support. Yet a rock is also cold, inflexible, and unfeeling. The second definition listed above for "nature" mentions a thing's "essential qualities," and this very definition implies a sense of inflexibility. Jane's granite crag protects her ...
- 253: Woodstock 2
- The largest rock concert ever was comeing to town. Threedays not hours of music. Threedays not hours of music. Campingout under the stas. This was going to be a serious party.Woodstock was the greatest rock concert ever to take place in the United States. Four very different very young people sponsered Woodstock. The youngest was only twenty-six. Micheal Lang, Artie Kornfield, John Roberts, and Joel Roseman. The original idea ... local dairy farmer. Upsate New York was ready. The city, the country, and the state officials knew what to expectand felt confident the could handle traffic, crowd control, sanitation, medical emergencies and unexpected problems. Woodstock Rock Festival took place near Woodstock, New York, on August 15, 16,and17, 1969. Woodstock became a sybol of the 1960's counterculture and a milestone in rock history. Among those attending were members of ...
- 254: Lord Of The Flies
- ... Sam, Eric, Ralph and Piggy. Latter, when they go and try to talk to Jack's tribe, Sam and Eric are kidnapped by Jack's tribe, and Piggy is killed by Roger. Ralph leaves Castle Rock, which is Jack's fortress, and hides in the forest nearby. Jack attempts to hunt down Ralph, and eventually sets the whole island on fire. A naval cruiser sees the smoke from the raging island ... novels. His novels are, in some respects, close to actuality. There is a realism in his rendering of physical detail, for example, his description of Pincher Martin's view of the ocean breaking over a rock: "He heaved over in the sea and saw how each swell dipped for a moment,flung up a white hand of foam then disappeared as if the rock had swallowed it." And the accuracy with which he depicts the visual scene carries over into his presentation of the mechanics of human behavior, particularly the psychology of fear. There is a further realism ...
- 255: Memoirs of a Mountain High
- ... memorable. Upon completion we headed to climbing camp in Wyoming at a place called Vedauwoo (va-da-vu).Two weeks of vigorous climbing these granite towers left many scars both physically and emotionally for this rock was indeed as sharp as knives. Somehow no matter hard climbed; even if successful, this rock always seemed to have the last say. By this time a month had passed and I was very grateful to have that one shower on the way to the Gore Range in Colorado. This section ... can get....of course I didn't think much of it because I was far from any other living creature. Not much lives that high. While my clothes were drying I sat naked on a rock.... the view was incredible.... absolutely stunning......and I wrote.....A crack in the glass and I'm thinking....Alone in the field and I'm sinking, Soaking in breeze on a rock and I' ...
- 256: Segregation and The Civil Rights Movement
- ... the creation of private, all-white schools. Virtually no schools in the South were desegregated in the first years after the Brown decision. In Virginia one county did indeed close its public schools. In Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957, Governor Orval Faubus defied a federal court order to admit nine black students to Central High School, and President Dwight Eisenhower sent federal troops to enforce desegregation. The event was covered by the national media, and the fate of the Little Rock Nine, the students attempting to integrate the school, dramatized the seriousness of the school desegregation issue to many Americans. Although not all school desegregation was as dramatic as in Little Rock, the desegregation process did proceed-gradually. Frequently schools were desegregated only in theory, because racially segregated neighborhoods led to segregated schools. To overcome this problem, some school districts in the 1970s tried busing students ...
- 257: Themes in William Golding's Novels
- ... fellow officer. They are in the Atlantic ocean on a mission during World War II. Then a torpedo fired by the enemy hits the ship. Martin falls off the ship and is stranded on a rock in the middle if the Atlantic. He is there for seven days and thinks about his life and family. After those seven days a storm came and washed him off the rock. At the end of the novel the reader seems to realize that Martin is in purgatory. He died instantly when he fell of the ship. Golding named the title Pincher Martin, because Martin stole thing ... isolates them. The Neanderthals cant find anything in common with the mainland because they dont have anything in common physically and mentally with the new people. Christopher Martin s soul is left onthe rock in the ocean. This is so because it sepreates him from the physical and spiritual world so that his soul cna torment itself. William Goldings main theme is that man is evil and ...
- 258: Western Expansion
- ... Minnesota were well populated. Thus a whole new section had been colonized with lasting effects on the American institutions, ideals and ways of living. The far west was the land of high mountains, deserts, strange rock formations, brilliant colors and immense distance. Fur trade with Europe had now become a lucrative business and the fur traders became the pathfinders for the settlers. Migration was now possible by the discovery of paths ... with them the essential institutions of their civilization. Thus we must look upon the Westward Expansion as one of the factors in the shaping of the American civilization but not the only one. AKSHARA PRADHAN Roll No. 385 Tute. Grp.- Tuesday, 1st Pd. Bibliography the history of the united states of america -H.B.Parkes
- 259: Beloved: The Symbolism of Trees
- ... Suggs holy also finds the most comfort in helping others, giving advice, passing messages, healing the sick, hiding fugitives, loving and loving some more. She became a holy presence in town and preached from a rock in the Clearing surrounded by trees, doing what she finds comfort in, helping and preaching to others: "In the Clearing, Sethe found Baby's old preaching rock and remembered the smell of leaves simmering in the sun, thunderous feet and the shouts that ripped pods off the limbs of chestnuts. With Baby Suggs' heart in charge, the people let go" (94). Even ... in material possessions and controlled substances, unfortunately a problem plaguing society. Readers can only remember a time not too long ago when the little secret hiding place in the woods or one's special thinking rock meant a great deal more than material items, a simple healthy escape from life and it's problems.
- 260: Imagination And How It Relates
- ... better life, their basic needs to survive were there, but they imagined better. The Japanese people created, and still create, beautiful gardens that have since become a part of their society. Each stepping stone, tree, rock and sand formations has symbolic value, which is so important to the designer of the garden. The inventor Johan Gutenburg imagines the printing press, an idea for pre cutting blocks of wood, which fit into ... view, the dog thinks and imagines; it imagines to help it function in it's way of life and it's dog society. A dog locked in a bathroom may play with the toilet paper roll, unwinding it all the way. A dog or cat might watch the TV when bored. A dog will stare at something for a few minutes and then do something completely unexpected. I doubt any of ...
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