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- 3521: Basketball Diaries: Movie Summary
- ... movie called Basketball Diaries This movie about a young man named Jim Carroll. In the movie Jim develops a serious drug addiction. This results in him losing everything. Jim begins using drugs while in high school. He begins with occasional drug use. This in turn leads him to total drug addiction. He gradually increases his use until his life revolves around drugs. First, He gets expelled from school and then he gets thrown out of his because of his habits. Jim starts using drugs because it makes him feels good. It made him forget about him forget about his problems. Peer-Pressure also ...
- 3522: Hamlet: Moral Order
- ... have Hamlet spied on by his friends, and eventually even to be exiled in England, where he is to be killed. Hamlet, on the other hand, spares Claudius' life, rather than to kill him at prayer. Hamlet's indecisiveness is born of his internal struggle to remain morally correct. As the play continues, Hamlet's murder, a mistake, of Polonius - a minor character - serves to balance the moral wrongs committed against ... helping clear Hamlet's name in his dying moments. Hamlet's indecisiveness and procrastination throughout the play were caused because of his morals; even though Claudius murdered his father, Hamlet could not kill him at prayer. This shows the opposite sides of the moral issue, and helps ensure that at the end, there is no imbalance, and the sequence leads up to a balanced end in which no single side has ...
- 3523: Malcolm X 2
- ... take care of eight children and endure threats from the KKK, suffered a nervous breakdown. As a result, Malcolm and his siblings were taken by the welfare department. Malcolm was later enrolled in a reform school and did very well grade wise. He was the best student in his class and wanted to become a lawyer. When the school heads heard about this, they sent a person to talk to Malcolm. This person told and convinced Malcolm that he was black and that he could never become a lawyer because of it. As a ...
- 3524: Martin Luther King Jr.
- ... and a younger brother coming later. As a boy, Martin was extremely smart, and could read before the age of six. He had already set academic standards for himself by stating that he would finish school priorr to his year older sister. In my opinion this could have had a major effect on King's life by encouraging him to learn faster and better. Martin was first exposed to racism at ... sources specified his exact age at the time) when he was not allowed to play with some white friends of his. Martin also became accustomed to his liberal ideas while he was still in grade school. This became known to his mother after Martin said "You know, when I grow up to be a man, I'm going to hit this thing, and hit it hard, Mother; there's no such ...
- 3525: The Life and Accomplishments of John F Kennedy
- ... fights with his older brother. The boys enjoyed playing touch football. John Kennedy attended elementary schools in Brookline and Riverdale. In 1930, when he was 13 years old, his father sent him to the Canterbury School in New Milford, Conn. The next year, he transferred to Choate Academy in Wallingford, Conn. Kennedy was graduated from Choate in 1935 at the age of 18. His classmates voted him "most likely to succeed ... ready for war. The book that resulted from this was titled Why England Slept. This book became a best-seller. Kennedy graduated cum laude in 1940. He then enrolled in the Stanford University graduate business school, but dropped out six months later. Kennedy enlisted as a seaman in the U.S. Navy after taking a trip through South America. For a few months, Kennedy was stationed in Washington, D.C. He ...
- 3526: Jane Eyre - Critical Evaluation
- ... her Aunt Reed, who hates her. Jane resents her harsh treatment by her aunt and cousins so much that she has a severe temper outburst, which results in her aunt sending her to Lowood boarding school. At the end of the eight years, she has become a teacher at Lowood. At the age of eighteen she seeks independence and becomes governess at Thornfield Hall. Over time, Jane falls in love with ... Janes aunt sees Jane as inferior as she had humble beginnings: she is "less than a servant". Jane is glad to be leaving her cruel aunt and of having the chance of going to school. Eight years later, when Jane travels from Lowood to Thornfield, she is much more contented. She has come to be respected by the teachers and pupils at Lowood, largely due to the influence of her ...
- 3527: Malcolm X 4
- ... him crushed his dreams, and made him feel worthless. His teacher if not the most is one of the most influential people because of that statement, that's the statement that pushed him away from school. That eventually pushed Malcolm towards street life, which eventually shaped his aspect of life the most. Shorty, I think had one of the strongest influences on Malcolm's life. Shorty basically showed Malcolm how to ... we can learn a lot from his life, from not always letting some comments affect your life so much to always keep your guard up. I think that this should be read in every high school class because I think people need to know the truth about him. In my own life I have heard many bad things about Malcolm X, that I believed, but until now I know the truth ...
- 3528: Jane Eyre
- ... poverty, lack of universal education and sexual inequality. Janes plight and her "dependant" status is particularly emphasised at the beginning of the novel. Miss Temple is the kind and fair-minded superintendent of Lowood School, who plays an important role in the emotional development of Jane Eyre. Miss Temple is described by Helen as being "good and very clever" and "above the rest, because she knows far more than they ... of Mr Brocklehurst, where instead of preaching restrictive and depressing doctrine, which he then proceeds to contradict, she encourages the children by "precept and example". After the incident involving Mr Brocklehurst announcing to the whole school that Jane is a liar, the reader becomes aware of Miss Temples sense of natural justice, where before accepting what Mr Brocklehust has said, she inquires from Jane her version. It is of no ...
- 3529: Constantinopolis
- ... Brick architecture also flourished in many regions, notably Lombardy, northern Germany, Holland, and Denmark. See Gothic Art and Architecture. The Architecture of Islam The Islamic concept of a mosque as a place for ablutions and prayer differs from the idea of a Christian church, and the desert climates in which Islam first became established required protection from sun, wind, and sand. The initial prototype was a simple walled-in rectangle containing ... elements were the arch and the dome; roofs were flat unless forced upward by vaults, and there were no high windows. The mosque had at least one tower, or minaret, from which the call to prayer was issued five times daily. The same basic plan is followed to this day. Western and Middle Eastern Islamic Architecture The Great Mosque at Al Qayrawan in Tunisia was built in AD 670, but its ...
- 3530: The Pedestrian
- ... that he is a peaceful child and believes in not fighting back. He has no friends to protect him against Aubrey. Aubrey takes all this into account when beating him up. "I tried starting to school late, lingering at school after dismissal. I tried going new ways around strange blocks. No use. Aubrey got me" (158). Young children like Gregory Clark who are considered different by other children might turn out to be a good ...
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