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- 4801: The Cuckoo's Egg: Cliff's Persistence
- ... line. The lab had only five Tymnet lines so Cliff could easily monitor every one with five computers, teletypes, and five printers. That was the difficult part, where to get all that equipment. At graduate school they taught Cliff to improvise. It was a Friday, and not many people come to work on Saturday. Since it was easier to make up an excuse than to beg for anything, he "borrowed" everything ...
- 4802: A Tale Of Two Cities - L0ve An
- ... which she cheated herself into the show of a belief that they would soon be reunited - the little preparations for his speedy return, the setting aside of his chair and books - these and the solemn prayer at night for one dear prisoner especially, among the many unhappy souls in prison ..... "( Pg 263 ) Likewise, the fondness Charles has for Lucie has not gone unnoticed. "He had loved Lucie Manette from the hour ...
- 4803: A Dolls House 2
- ... until the beginning of the play, has not seen her for nine or ten years. Since then, her husband has died and she was left with nothing, having to open a shop and run a school in order to get by. Now, she has returned to the Helmer s in search of more work. Mrs. Linde represents the social conformity that women can accomplish in that era. An example occurs when ...
- 4804: Can Computers Think? The Case For and Against Artificial Intelligence
- ... Time, 57) Brooks's hope is that by programming and reprogramming itself, Cog will make the leap to thinking. This expectation is based on what Julian Dibbell, writing in Time, describes as the bottom-up school. Inspired more by biological structures than by logical ones, the bottom-uppers don't bother trying to write down the rules of thought. Instead, they try to conjure thought up by building lots of small ...
- 4805: A Bronx Tale (film)
- ... about Mickey Mantle someone he has idolized his whole life. Another scene that shows Sonny's influence on Cologero is when Cologero takes Sonny's advice to go out with a black woman from his school, even though his father doesn't agree with inter-racial relationships. This specific event perhaps shows that Sonny had more of an impact on Cologero than Lorenzo did. Early in Cologero's childhood, around the ...
- 4806: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... gave to life, and to the war also an ideal and almost romantic character. We were trained in the army for ten weeks and in this time more profoundly influenced than by ten years at school ( All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Pg. 25) However, in Robert s case, he felt neglected by his family, and sought refuge in the war as a way of escaping his ...
- 4807: Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
- ... their thoughts. Nature can often provide comfort by providing a nurturing surrounding where a child is forced to look within and choices can be made untainted by society. Mark Twain once said "Don't let school get in the way of your education." Twain states that this education which is provided by society, can actually hinder human growth and maturity. Although a formal education shouldn't be completely shunned, perhaps true ...
- 4808: All Quite On The Western Front
- All Quiet on the Western Front One of the best war novels that is read by thousands of high school students each year is Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front. This story depicts the life as a solider in the German Army fighting against the Central Powers. The solider, Paul Bδumer ...
- 4809: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
- ... lived! It lived! And nothing could destroy it . This symbolizes Francie s troubles as she grew up, her dad dying, no food, her mom working so hard even with a new fetus, Francie skipping high school to make money, etc. But like the tree, Francie gets back up, tallies the losses and keeps going. She eventually makes it to college and that s where the story ends. At the very end ...
- 4810: A Separate Peace
- ... desire to change himself. He sees the god-like Finny as an idol, and wants to become just like him. He follows Finny to jump from the tree, to swim in the sea, to break school's rules. However he cannot incorporate Finny's character into h own because it is against his nature. Eventually he comes to recognize his own value and his war ends. The last paragraph suggests that ...
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