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- 5781: 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 ...
- 5782: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... enlisted in West Point on July 1, l830 (Asselineau 410). While at West Point, Mr. Allan, who had remarried, continued in not providing Poe with enough money. Poe decided to have himself kicked out of school. Cutting classes and disregarding orders were his solutions. He was court-martialed for neglect of duties in January, 1831, and left West Point the following month (Asselineau 411). "Poe was great in three different fields ...
- 5783: Eisenhower 2
- ... white units during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944. Eisenhower felt that the army should only move slowly to eliminate segregation after the war. Struggle "Maybe I should be digging out my uniforms," President Eisenhower suggested to his wife in May of 1958, "to see if they still fit." Eisenhower made his remark at a time when American forces readied for intervention in Venezuela, where a mob had ...
- 5784: 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 ...
- 5785: I Heard An Owl Call My Name
- ... man's world. Then he had to help preserve the old culture of totems and salmons from being replaced by a new culture of alcoholism and residential schools. A few Indian youths went to a school in Vancouver, to which the elders disapproved because they knew the young people would never return to the village. In the end, he did succeed in earning respect and trust, maybe even love from the ...
- 5786: I Am The Cheese
- ... SEAL, being a pro wrestler, and his political career. It is a very interesting book because you learn about the real Jesse Ventura and understand his views a lot better. After he graduated from high school Jesse Ventura and a friend of his went to the Navy Recruiting office and signed up because they both wanted to become SEALs. When they went to basic training each part of the Navy presented ...
- 5787: Edward Gein
- ... moved to Plainfield, Wisconsin to a one-hundred-ninety-five-acre farm, isolated from any evil influences that could disrupt her family. Eddie's father died in 1940. ( In the Beginning ) Eddie was average in school, but he loved to read. His schoolmates shunned Eddie because he was effeminate and shy. He had no friends. In 1944 Eddies brother Henry mysteriously died. ( In the Beginning) On December 29, 1945, Augusta died ...
- 5788: Huckleberry Finn - Superstitions
- ... a family with "a handsome lot of quality" (118). He thinks no more about Jim or the raft, but knows he has found a new home, one where he doesnt have to go to school, is surrounded by interior and exterior beauty, and most importantly, where he feels safe. Huck "liked that family, dead ones and all, and warn't going to let anything come between us"(118). Huck is ...
- 5789: Huckleberry Finn
- ... a family with "a handsome lot of quality"(118). He thinks no more about Jim or the raft, but knows he has found a new home, one where he doesn't have to go to school, is surrounded by interior and exterior beauty, and most importantly, where he feels safe. Huck "liked that family, dead ones and all, and warn't going to let anything come between us"(118). Huck is ...
- 5790: Huckleberry Finn
- ... robbery or killing, their activities being all pretend. Once, Tom pretended a caravan of Arabs and Spaniards were going to encamp nearby with hundreds of camels and elephants. It turned out to be a Sunday school picnic. Tom explained it really was a caravan of Arabs and Spaniards - only they were enchanted, like in Don Quixote. Huckleberry judged Tom's stories of genies to be lies, after rubbing old lamps and ...
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