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- 2321: Exotica - Character Analysis
- ... where we are introduced to Francis (Bruce Greenwood), the tax auditor. At first, we assume he is a typical man seeking entertainment of a sexual nature from the young and innocent, (as depicted by her "school girl" ensemble) Christina (Mia Kirshner). However, as the story develops we find that Francis has a more honorable reason for attending this club. The narrative slowly reveals a man torn by the murder of his ... nor the desire to touch Christina. What he needs from her is not physical but merely mental alleviation. Christina represents the proverbial daughter as she acts as a reminder of Francis' lost child through her "school girl" apparel as well as her 'link' in the past to his family. As Francis watches her dance he imagines her as his own daughter thus making his memory of her a reality. This is ...
- 2322: Silent Dancing: Memories of Childhood
- ... to my life today…actually, you would be amazed at what one does learn at such a young age. The ongoing games of tag we played during the hours of recess spent at Woodland Elementary School had a defining effect on our growing recognition of the complexities of the sexes. It was an innocent enough scene...though if the Vatican knew of the thoughts it would procure among our budding minds ... same, girls versus boys. It just seemed a natural division at a time when sexism was yet undefined and sex was only talked about by the older kids on the bus rides to and from school. We made up the rules as we went, adopting endless varieties of the traditional game to keep things interesting. The role of agressor changed throughout from female to male and back again. It was a ...
- 2323: Journey Towards Wealth
- ... in the future also. These are some things that I have learned from working at my first job. I was hired as a seasonal help, or until some of the older college help returned from school. So even thought I could be the best worker in the world I would have to prove myself to everyone. First impressions can be very important, but with the case of my boss, Ed, you ... know the person. He turned out to be the best boss that I have ever had, and he taught me more in one summer about life that I have learned in four year of high school. Most of the things that I learned form his me did not have to tell me. I could just pick them up as we worked together. Like you are never late getting to work in ...
- 2324: Shakespeare 3 --
- ... Little is known about his mother s life. It is known that she came from a wealthy family. Her family also paid her husband a handsome dowry. William Shakespeare went to a very good grammar school in Stratford-upon- Avon. Two of his instructors were Oxford graduates, Simon Hunt and Thomas Jenkins. William s studies were in Greek and Latin. He developed the ability of keen observation of both nature and ... said that during this stretch of time, he ran away from the law or was the apprentice of a butcher, although a man named John Aubry was told by Christopher Beston that Shakespeare was a school teacher up until 1592 somewhere in London. Beginning in 1592, in London, he became known as an established playwright. In 1593 he found a patron, Henry Wriothsley, to sponsor him. William Shakespeare was also an ...
- 2325: The Jungle: Character Analysis
- ... The Jungle, page 38). Jurgis’s brawny build quickly gets him a job on the cattle killing beds. The other members of the family soon find jobs, except for the children. They are put into school. At first, Jurgis is happy with his job and America, but he soon learns that America is plagued by corruption, dishonesty, and bribery. He is forced to work at high speeds for long hours with low pay, and so is the rest of the family. He is cheated out of his money several times. The children must leave school and go to work to help the family survive. This means they will never receive the education they need to rise above this. Ona is not permitted to take a holiday, even for her own ...
- 2326: Tom Clancy: His Life, His Style, His Books
- ... with a warm cup of milk. Thomas L. Clancy Jr., son of a mailman and department store credit employee, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1947. He attended a local catholic parochial elementary and secondary school. Most of his friends were interested in sports, and following their favorite teams throughout the season, but Tom had more important things on his mind like guns, tanks, and planes. He went to Loyola College ... dinning at the White House, attending meetings at the CIA, and hosts fund-raisers for his friend Oliver North.9 The writing style of Tom Clancy should be studied and taught at all levels of school. If one would be able to duplicate it, they would be become the next literary giant. Mr. Clancy's style is one of explicit detail, paired with a gripping story line so real that the ...
- 2327: The Works and Life of Charles Dickens
- ... Dickens became one of the most famous and best loved authors of his time. Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 in Portsmouth, yet spent most of his childhood in London and Kent. He started school at the age of nine, but his education was soon halted when his father was incarcerated for debt in 1824. Feeling utterly humiliated, Dickens was forced to support himself working in a shoe-polish factory. Later, Charles described his youth in the novel David Copperfield with little change from what had occurred in his own life. Between the years of 1824 and 1826, Dickens again attended school, though he was for the most part self-educated. In the year of 1827, Dickens took a job as a legal clerk. Soon, learning short-hand, Dickens began to interview the courts of parliament where ...
- 2328: Nicknames
- ... nickname for a little thing they did, good or bad, and it may somehow get turned into a nickname that stays with the person for a long time. For example: When I was in middle school I didn’t develop my body as fast as my friends, and the boys would say I looked like a pole. So, from that school year on they called me “Poley”. I hated that nickname, because when I was younger I had a lower self-esteem, and by them calling me “Poley” it got even lower. It wasn’t my ...
- 2329: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- ... was left with him and his four other siblings. At the age of 18 he graduated from Harvard University and was a teacher for three years in Boston. Then in 1825 he entered Harvard Divinity School and preached for three years. At the age of 29 he resigned for ministry, partly because of the death of his wife after only 17 months of marriage. In 1835 he married Lydia Jackson and ... higher reality that exists beyond the powers of human comprehension. Plato explained that the idea of absolute goodness transcends human description. Neoplantonism was a collective designation for the philosophical and religious doctrines of a heterogeneous school of speculative thinkers who sought to develop and synthesize the metaphysical ideas of Plato" (Encarta). Ralph Waldo Emerson found motivation to write in anything he did, whether it was visiting England, the Transcendental Movement or ...
- 2330: Jack London(biography)
- ... maternal figure while the boy grew up. Late in 1876, Flora married John London, a partially disabled Civil War veteran. The family moved around the Bay area before settling in Oakland, where Jack completed grade school. Though the family was working class, it was not so impoverished as London's later accounts claimed. As an adolescent, London worked at various hard labor jobs, pirated for oysters on San Francisco Bay, served on a fish patrol to capture poachers, sailed the Pacific on a sealing ship, joined Kelly's Army of unemployed working men, hoboed around the country, and returned to attend high school at age 19. In the process, he became acquainted with socialism and was known as the Boy Socialist of Oakland for his street corner oratory, and would run unsuccessfully several times on the socialist ticket ...
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