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- 4481: Summary of Terkel's My American Century
- ... some kind of demonstration. I didn't think she would really be all that important to the rest of the story, but in my eyes she's the most important. To make a long story short, Mr. Ellis began going to meetings for the city council or something of that sort. It was there that he decided he could start to come out in the open about his views on the ...
- 4482: Careers In Computer Engineering
- ... David; Bennefield, Robin M.; Danyliw, Norie Quintos; Hetter, Katia. "Twenty Hot Job Tracks," U.S. News and World Report (1997): October 7, Vol. 123, p. 96. Fernandes, Lorna. "Posse Out for Info Workers: Supply Falls Short of Demand," The Business Journal (1997): August 18, Vol. 15, No. 16, pp. 1-2. Glass, Robert L. "Computer Science Ph.D. Production - More Institutions, Fewer Degrees, More Students," The Journal of Systems and Software ...
- 4483: Billy Budd - Criminal Without
- ... indicate he does not have a drop of blood in his body. The mysteries that the reader encounters about Claggart are paralleled with evil. Lucifer is still a vague figure that people know about through stories. It is possible to meet Lucifer and not even realize it. The name the sailors on the Bellipotent have given Claggart is Jemmy Legs. At first the name sounds similar to a nickname, but the ...
- 4484: The Fountainhead: Howard Roark and Objectivism
- ... cannot be achieved through the standards of others. Rather, happiness can only be attained by subsisting on one's own canon, never for a moment yielding the integrity of his/her ego. This idea, in short, is the basis of Objectivism. In my opinion, I think Ayn Rand's philosophy is completely ridiculous. According to The Fountainhead our entire society is based upon the unchanging principles made up and maintained solely ...
- 4485: Summary of "The Death of Woman Wang" and "The Classic Slum"
- ... and topography. The second is personal memoir's of a scholar named Huang Lia-hung. It told of his life as an official in the mid 1600's. The third was the work of a short story writer named P'u Sung- ling, who told of the hostility and misery of the country. Reading this book was new to me because I had never heard exactly how the woman was treated ...
- 4486: Reasons, Causes And Details Of Plantation Slavery
- ... would have midnight surprise attacks with support from many. They would set fire to all the buildings. While the whites were extinguishing the flames, angry slaves would assault them from behind. Because of attacks and stories of these, slave owners were to always be alert in case a large number of slaves decided to uprise. On a very smaller scale, slaves expressed their hate by refusing their duties, performing slow and ...
- 4487: Billy Budd - Individualism
- ... not amount to anything, and Billy Budd will be remembered as the "Handsome Sailor" who made peoples lives a little easier. The authors try and include different ways of doing things in each of the stories. By making each of the characters an individual they can show how society works against those who choose to be different. Works Cited Ellis, Brian. "Melville Comments." April 4, 1998. "English: Billy Budd". October 15 ...
- 4488: Gawain and Roland
- ... and still made it home in time for dinner. Of all these tales, ballads and poems, a few have risen to the fore front of the genre as an example for the rest of the stories to follow. I will be comparing the positive and negative personality traits of two heroes from the famous poems "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "The Song of Roland." On the lighter side, both ...
- 4489: The Catcher in the Rye: Holden's View of the World
- ... is no peace. This perception of the world does not change significantly through the novel. However as the novel progresses, Holden gradually comes to the realization that he is powerless to change this. During the short period of Holden's life covered in this book, "Holden does succeed in making us believe that the world is crazy". Shortly after Holden leaves Pencey Prep he checks in to the Edmont Hotel. This ...
- 4490: Prejudice and The Pain and Suffering It Has Caused
- ... Radley. Boo stayed inside his house for a number of years without ever coming out to interact with others. He didn't want attention that would come from the rumors that were said about him. Stories were made up about him and he felt it was best for him to stay inside. The people who chose to be different took a risk of being made outcasts of the majority of the ...
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