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- 3101: Lord of the Flies : Summary of Conclusion
- ... defined as a psychotic person who was refrained from his true genetic personality and yearning for violence because of the standards to which he was born. He was a rich and went to a private school where he could not be himself. The school was very strict and therefore not allowing any of the boys to do things that they had always wanted. So then, when faced with the idea of an island with no adults where they can ...
- 3102: A Separate Peace, Detailed Ana
- ... as Gene wished he was, on one occasion Finny wore a bright pink shirt "symbolizing the first U.S. bombing in Europe. Gene called him a "faerie" but really envied him. Later Finny wore the school tie as a belt and when questioned he claimed that it represented "Devon in the war." Gene was hopeingly awaiting a scolding for Finny, but again, he got in no trouble. Another day the two ... Finny and Gene. One day, Finny wanted Gene to come jump off a high limb into the river with him, as they have been doing for several weeks now, and he claimed that Leper, the school nerd, would be jumping today as well. Gene burst out angrily at the idea because he was studying, and thought Finny was trying to wreak his studies, so he said no. Finny took no offense ...
- 3103: Orwell And Marx
- ... left by Mr. Jones, Moses is his especial pet, feeding lies and stories to the animals to give them something to live for. After old Major's speech was heard by the animals and his school of thought, to be known as Animalism, began to spread across the farm, only Moses was too stubborn to listen or pay any attention. Interestingly, after the animals successfully revolt, Moses disappears, only to return ... York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. 1970. Smyer, Richard I. Animal Farm: Pastoralism and Politics. Boston: Twayne Publishers. 1988. Symons, Julian. Introduction. Animal Farm. By George Orwell. New York: Everyman's Press. 1993. Trotsky, Leon. Stalin School of Falsification. Russia. 1931. Varlamov, K. Socialist Management: The Leninist Concept. Moscow: Progress Publishers. 1977. Voorhees, Richard J. The Paradox of George Orwell. Iowa: Purdue University Research Foundation. 1961. Williams, Raymond. George Orwell. New York ...
- 3104: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Symbolism
- ... Huck. Since Pap has neither quality, he does not want Huck to accelerate him in anyway. His father’s frantic activities show him as a person to always avoid and Huck now intentionally goes to school “to spite Pap”(Pg.27). “School is everything Pap is not, and everything he will never be.”(Mrs. Hunsaker) Huck had reached a point where he “was getting sort of used to the Widow’s ways, too, and they warn’t ...
- 3105: A Separate Peace
- ... Europe.” Gene simply replied to the shirt by calling Finny “nuts,” but deep down inside Gene was jealous of Finny’s boldness. Another incident of Finny’s openness, or boldness is when he wore the school tie as a belt. Gene was anxiously waiting for Finny to get yelled at, but because of his openness he was able to talk his way out of getting into trouble. Finny claimed that he ... anyone his real height. This tore Gene up inside. This is also and early indication that Gene feels that Finny feels “better than” him. Another case of Finny’s modesty is when he breaks the school swim record. Gene wanted to get an official time keeper so Finny could get a plaque with his name on it, but Finny simply replied, “no, in my heard I know I can beat it ...
- 3106: Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879-April 18, 1955)
- ... from age six to age thirteen, he also had religious education at home where he was taught Judaism. Two years later he entered the Luitpold Gymnasium and after this his religious education was given at school. He studied mathematics, calculus in particular, beginning around 1891. Many people did not know that Einstein would be as successful as he came out to be. In 1895 Einstein failed an exam that would have allowed him to study for a diploma as an electrical engineer at ETH. After failing the exam, he got excepted in to a lower class school. In 1905 Einstein showed how mass and energy were equivalent. In 1921 he received the Nobel Prize for his 1905 work on the photoelectric effect. In 1928 he passed out because of being overworked which ...
- 3107: Fraternities
- ... with different kinds of people in different situations. Since there are people of different scholastic levels in a fraternity, the member of the fraternity have access to a great deal of knowledge on many different school subjects. It is normal for fraternities to organize study groups regularly during the school year and especially before exams. In addition, members might also use the opinion and advice of other members about the faculty in their favor, and most fraternities keep test files and other such study aids ...
- 3108: Caveat Emptor of the Love Canal
- ... bought by Hooker Chemicals. In the forties, Hooker Chemicals began dumping thousands upon thousands of toxic chemicals into the canal and the surrounding land. Hooker then sold the canal and the surrounding land to a school company for one dollar. The company proceeded to build a school on top of the waste site, and soon a neighborhood also arose. After heavy rainfall in the seventies, much of the waste came up from the ground. Many health problems especially in children were soon ...
- 3109: Michael Jordan
- ... Jordan’s parents are James and Deloris Jordan. James began work as a forklift operator for General Electric, rose to dispatcher and retired as a supervisor. Deloris took a job after her children were in school at a drive-through window for United Carolina Bank. She worked her way up to head teller and retired as chief of Customer Service. Jordan has two brothers and two sisters; James Ronald, Larry, Deloris ... right back to him just to make the night not so long." (Naughton, 1992, Pg. 22-23) Adolph Shiver was Michael’s summer time playmate at Empire Park in Wilmington, his classmate at Laney High School and began again Chapel Hill. Jordan has a big circle of friends but these were a few of the closet. Beneath this verbal sparring, friends say, is the thoughtful Jordan who has dedicated his time ...
- 3110: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... by patriotically marching off to join the army. However, their visions of the glories of war are soon swept away with horror as true friends die in the battlefield. The soldiers go in fresh from school, knowing nothing except the environment of hopeful youth. At nineteen and twenty, they come to a premature and distorted maturity with the war...their only home. Throughout the length of the novel, Paul learns of the hardship war brings. He learns the destructiveness of war. During the course of his experience with war, Baumer disaffiliates himself from those societal icons--parents, elders, school, and religion--that had been the foundation of his pre-enlistment days, in order to mature. His new society, then, becomes the company, his fellow trench soldiers. They are a group who understands the truth ...
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