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- 6081: Lord Of The Flies
- ... mundane tasks of modern society. It is a struggle between Ralph and Jack, the boys and the Beast, good and evil. The story takes a look at what would happen if a group of British school boys were to become stranded on an island. At first the boys have good intentions, keep a fire going so that a passing ship can see the smoke and rescue them, however because of the ...
- 6082: Confucius Life Philosiphy
- ... one must have a clear understanding of the books he wrote. The Five Classics were from the period preceding the Warring States Period. They were brought together and edited by the members of Confucius original school. Once Confucianism was made China s official philosophy, a person had to study these five books in order to gain a prized governmental position. Saying that there are only five classics is a bit of ...
- 6083: Little Women
- ... their father is away fighting in the war. As they grow and mature, they learn many hard lessons about life. For instance, there was the time when Amy, the youngest, suffered her first punishment in school. She carries that anger, humility, and embarrassment with her for the rest of her life. There were also more serious lessons to be learned, like when one of the sisters, Beth, dies. By the end ...
- 6084: Lies My Teacher Told Me - Book Report
- ... 273-276) They may be part to blame in the influence on some subjects however the textbooks on the average are not chosen by these people but by committees who are part of the countless school systems throughout this great nation. These committees who do chose which textbooks are used in their schools dont actually have the time to read the textbooks but rather they scan through them. This in ...
- 6085: Langston Hughes
- ... the moment. Often children do not consider the consequences of their actions; they act on instinct and desire. Hughes might have been 27 when he wrote this poem, but the feisty, upbeat tempo of a school boy is present in his style. ³Harlem Night Club² is unique in that it describes the integration of blacks and whites in an optimistic tone. The vigor and spirit of his youth is reflected in ...
- 6086: Cark Gauss
- ... time that Carl was teaching himself to read aloud, he also taught himself the meanings of number symbols and learned to do arithmetical calculations. When Carl Gauss reached the age of seven, he began elementary school. His potential for brilliance was recognized immediately. Gauss's teacher Herr Buttner, had assigned the class a difficult problem of addition in which the students were to find the sum of the integers from one ...
- 6087: Jack Kerouac
- ... of Heaven, or Nirvana. Another Buddhist concept is introduced here by Kerouac, that of the bodhisatva. Kerouac spent much of his time with Buddhism studying a particular type, this was Mahayana Buddhism. Within this particular school a great deal of emphasis is placed upon the bodhisatva. The bodhistava is an enlightened individual who chooses to remain in this world, being reborn repeatedly as a human in order to help others achieve ...
- 6088: Carl Gauss
- ... time that Carl was teaching himself to read aloud, he also taught himself the meanings of number symbols and learned to do arithmetical calculations. When Carl Gauss reached the age of seven, he began elementary school. His potential for brilliance was recognized immediately. Gauss's teacher Herr Buttner, had assigned the class a difficult problem of addition in which the students were to find the sum of the integers from one ...
- 6089: Charles Dickens 3
- ... Charles was stuck working for Warrens Blacking Factory. After his father was let out of prison he rescued his son from his horrible labor fate. From 1824 to 1827 he became a student at a school in London. Little did his family know that his stay at the Blacking Factory would haunt him for the rest of his life. The only 2 people he told about this horrible event in his ...
- 6090: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
- ... after getting her job she becomes pregnant. Through her months of pregnancy she tells no one and no one helps her. She teaches herself how to deal with being an expectant mother and stay in school, and on top of all of this, continue work on the railway. She is completely self- sufficient. " I had had help in the childs conception, but no one could deny that I had had ...
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