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- 4311: The Awakening: Edna's Path Through Life
- ... her passions, dreams, and desires to the deepest part of her soul. For many years she lived hidden beneath a facade, but the Edna who craved independence and romance began to emerge that summer. "In short, Mrs. Pontellier was beginning to realize her position in the universe as a human being, and to recognize her relations as an individual to the world within and about her." (P. 17) Edna was no ...
- 4312: The Great Gatsby: Daisy's Love
- ... a beautiful little fool." (Fitzgerald 24) She raves repeatedly of boats and large windows and halls where many a extravagant party is held. This only stands remind of her reliance on material goods and her stories of her gowns and home furnishings confirm this sad fact. Daisy is one woman who is at home in Bloomingdales, and shuns anyone who would be out-of-place at a gathering of societies richest ...
- 4313: Cry, the Beloved Country: Stimulating a Change
- ... son, Absalom, Paton has several events befall onto Kumalo in order to represent the harsh society that many of the blacks live in. The first event occurs when Kumalo arrives in Johannesburg, afraid from the stories that he has heard, he puts his trust in another black man who appears to be of good intentions, but in reality cheats Kumalo of his money. This experience is unlike his time on the ...
- 4314: Candide
- ... The Age of Voltaire. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965. Frautschi, R.L. Barron's Simplified Approach to Voltaire: Candide. New York: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1968. Voltaire. Candide. In Candide, Zadig and Selected Stories. Trans. Donald Frame, New York: Penguin Group, 1998. Word Count: 1144
- 4315: Why the North Won the Civil War
- ... 200 million a year, which constituted almost two-thirds of the total export trade (Brinkley et al. 329). "King Cotton" was born, and it soon became a fundamental motive in Southern diplomacy. However, during this short burst of economic prowess, the South failed to realize that it would never be sustained by "King Cotton" alone. What it needed was the guiding hand of "Queen Industry." Eli Whitney soon came to realize ...
- 4316: Courage in Individuals in "On Being Seventeen", "The Most Dangerous Game" and "Giving Blood"
- ... times easier. Courage is overcoming a fear for a worthwhile purpose, such as jumping in front of a train to save someone. I will be defining the courage of three very unique individuals from previous stories read. They are Mr. David Raymond from the bock On Being Seventeen, Bright and Unable to Read, written by David himself. Mr. Rainsford from The Most Dangerous Game written by Richard Connel, and Mrs. O ...
- 4317: Compare and Contrast on Characters Rayona and Pearl
- Compare and Contrast on Characters Rayona and Pearl Rayona and Pearl were two characters that were very alike in the stories. They are also somewhat different. They lived lives that were very troublesome. Rayona had to go through the tough times of her mother's sickness and the death of her brother. She lived away from ...
- 4318: Sin in the Global Village: Privacy In Cyberspace
- ... the public. Wright suggests that people should be careful when publishing a Web page containing personal thoughts because anyone with Web-authoring software can easily trace the URL (electronic address) back to its origin. In short, peoples visions about a totally anonymous Internet are false because of the electronic trail that is left for others to find. Linda Tripp, who taped her conversations with the former White House intern Monica ...
- 4319: Classic Tales of Tom Sawyer
- ... The Adventures of Tom Sawyer are not explicitly stated, yet are strongly conveyed. Tom Sawyer and his rowdy, unpredictable behavior appeals to the readers, showing the priceless need of a fun childhood. Twain's entertaining stories also make a statement against strict and orderly living. Tom's whitewashing experience is only one of the instances where Mark Twain helps transport his audience into Tom's world of mischief and fun. The ...
- 4320: Fiber Optic Cable
- ... student at Munich. His goal was to be able to look inside inaccessible parts of the human body, and in a 1930 paper he reported transmitting the image of a light bulb filament through a short bundle. However the unclad fibers transmitted the images poorly, and the rise of the Nazis forced Lamm, a Jew, to move to the USA and give up his dream of becoming a professor of medicine ...
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