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- 2051: Franjo Tudjman
- ... 14, 1922. His father was a prominent member of the Croatian Peasant Party. He had two brothers, one of which was murdered in 1943 for being a member of the antifascist movement. While attending elementary school in his home town, his mother passed away. He attended high school from 1934-1941 in Zagreb, which is now the capital. While attending high school, he supported himself by tutoring others. He also participated in the national democratic movement, which he was taken into custody for in 1940. In 1946, Franjo's father was liquidated because of his criticism ...
- 2052: Beloved: Sethe and Her Daughter
- ... sparing her daughter from a horrific life, yet Sethe refuses to acknowledge that her show of mercy is also murder. Not long after Sethe's reunion with Paul D. she describes her reaction to the School Teacher's arrival: "Oh, no. I wasn't going back there[Sweet Home]. I went to jail instead"(Morrison 42). Sethe's words suggest that she has made a moral stand by her refusal to ... saying is that's a selfish pleasure I never had before. I couldn't let all that go back to where it was, and I couldn't let her or any of em live under School Teacher. That was out"(163). Sethe's love for her children is apparent, yet she still shifts the burden of responsibility away from herself. She acknowledges that it was a "selfish pleasure" to make something ... was clean” (Morrison251). Sethe's words suggest that the only part of herself that she cares for is her children. Yet, the only reason that she killed her daughter is because Sethe refused to let School Teacher or any other white person "dirty" her children as Sethe herself had been dirtied. She loves her children to much to let them be tarnished by slavery. Unfortunately, Sethe's nobility is tainted ...
- 2053: A Separate Peace
- ... really shows what a strong character Finny has. Gene on the other hand is a definite conformist, he is constantly striving to be seen as great by others. This is why when Finny brakes the school one hundred yards free style record without any training Gene cannot understand why Finny whishes to keep it quiet. Finny loves Gene, and Gene doesn’t seem to understand why a great person like Finny ... my knees bent and I jounced the limb. Finny, his balance gone, swung around to look at me for an instant with extreme interest, and then tumbled sideways.” Gene cripples the best athlete in the school and his best friend and this eventually leads to Finny’s death. Gene’s admission to being responsible for Finny’s fall hurts Finny so much that he refuses to listen to him, so Gene ... then, or after the funeral, because Gene had become an extension of Finny and “you can’t cry at your own funeral.” Gene does enter the war, Gene says that he killed his enemy at school, I believe this enemy not to be Finny but Gene’s “ignorant heart.” he realizes that Brinker was wrong about how wars are created, Gene now knows that wars are created by “something ignorant ...
- 2054: John Grishams The Partner
- ... books. They are always set in the south, usually in large cities. In all of his books Grisham s main characters are lawyers. These lawyers are usually young, and either just getting out of law school or trying to make it big. This story takes place in Biloxi, Mississippi and the main character was once an overweight lawyer in his thirties, but things changes rather quickly. The area in which the ... of Patrick Lanigan. Hamilton Jaynes threatened Mr. Stephano until he agreed to turn Partick over to the FBI. Once back on American soil Patrick contacted Sandy McDermott, an old lawyer buddy of his from law school. Sandy became Patrick's Lawyer and did what Patrick told him, all the leg work Patrick himself was unable to do. Trudy Lanigan was Patrick's wife, she cheated on him and used him for ... firm. He was at one time overweight because he worked so hard to become a lawyer that he didn't get time to go for his usual jogs like he did when he was in school. After he ran he shed the weight, rarely eating and gained a fantastic tan along with plastic surgery that gave him a new chin and new nose. Patrick must know how careful timing and ...
- 2055: Tim Leary
- Timothy Leary, also known as ‘Uncle Tim’, ‘The messiah of LSD’, and ‘The most dangerous man in America’, was born on October 22, 1920, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He went to a public high school where he discovered girls and the ability to attract attention from those in authority. After high school he attended Jesuit College Holy Cross, but Tim wasn’t satisfied with Holy Cross, so he took a test to get into West Point. He got very high marks and was accepted. Timothy was very ... couldn't get into the research program obtained the drugs through other means and started their own experiments. Many of the parents were becoming alarmed finding out that their children, who they had enrolled in school to become the power elite, where seeing God and going to India. This put pressure on the College and in 1963 Tim and Alpert were "relieved" from their positions at Harvard. Leary and Alpert ...
- 2056: H.R. Gieger
- ... very young, and this sparked H.R. Gigers interest in the strange and macabre. His mother encouraged his artistic ability, though she often failed to understand his strange fascinations. In 1953 he attends the cantonal school in Chur (a technical school), and in 1957 attends the Institute Haute Rampe, Lausanne. In 1958 he goes to Alpina College, Davos, and then in 1959 he becomes an apprentice to architect Venatius Maisen, Chur, and the developer Hans Stetter Chur. Later that year he joined the Military College in Winterthur - as a mortar firer with light mobilized troops. And finally in 1962 he attends the School of Applied Arts, Zurich, in the department of Interior and Industrial Design. As Giger went through college, he produced many drawings, with ink and other mediums like glue and chalk, and ink paintings with ...
- 2057: The Chosen By Chaim Potok
- ... of all the conflicts in the entire novel stem from the differences in family life which are brought on by the discrepancies of religious beliefs. Rueven, who is an Orthodox Jew, goes to a parochial school where Hebrew is taught instead of Yiddish (which would be considered the first Jewish language). Rueven's school is also very integrated with many English speaking classes. But on the other hand, Danny, who attends a yeshiva (also a Jewish school), considers himself a true Jew because he (unlike Rueven) wears the traditional side curls and is educated in Yiddish. At first the two boys cannot stand each other, many times Danny refers to Rueven ...
- 2058: Should Steroids Be Banned From Society?
- ... Neil Carolan warns us, "Even a brief period of abuse on a child whose body and brain chemistry are still developing is extremely harmful and possibly permanent." The deaths related to steroids of several high school athletes each year is more than adequate cause to ban steroids. Consequently, if professional athletes are taking steroids, then a young high school athlete may go under the misconception that steroids are harmless. Indeed it would serve well for high school PE instructors to teach their students about the effects of steroids and the ethics involved. Often parents discover their child's steroid abuse and become shocked, but with the constant push a child receives ...
- 2059: Persuasive Essays Are Bad Assignments
- Persuasive Essays Are Bad Assignments There is no logical reason to write a persuasive essay for an English class. Persuasive essays definitely do not need to be a requirement for high school students. The definition of “persuade” in Webster's New College Dictionary is: To induce one to believe or do something; to argue into an opinion or procedure; to plead with, urge. I have always thought ... and teachers. Essays have to be written in a certain way, but this can be a problem for people who are nonconformists. (On the other hand, not being able to wear a dog collar to school can be a problem for some nonconformists, but I will not delve into that because I don't want to anger myself.) It is hard to be creative in a five paragraph paper about controlling ... not to mention checking rough drafts too. I doubt most teachers care about their students' curfews or controlling the pet population anyway. Teachers or parents may make the point that writing persuasive essays in high school is good practice for college English classes. But a persuasive essay is supposed to appeal mostly to the readers' emotions, and from what I've heard about college, most professors want you to make ...
- 2060: Are Smaller Classes Beneficial
- ... result of raising your hand for an extended period of time. Wouldn't it be nice if America's children could avoid numb arms and receive the attention they deserve from the classroom teacher? Sometimes school districts can't find the space or the money to reduce class sizes. "The state and federal governments have given over 100 million dollars to schools. The money aids the schools in shrinking the class size to the magic number, 18. School administrators can use the state and federal aid to hire more teachers, buy more supplies and add more classrooms" (Wasserman 6). Some people think that smaller classes are the most important. Others feel that a ... learning in the third grade and lower and the class rosters were no smaller than 15 children. Above this grade and this number of students, there was no substantial change" (Cooper 2). So, should every school push for funding to reduce class size? Of course they shouldn't. Schools need to be granted the money and authority to decide for themselves. There are small rural high schools out there with ...
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