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- 4961: The Color Purple
- ... capitalist entrepreneur has only positive signification. Her progression from exploited black woman, as woman, as sexual victim, is aided by her entrance into the economy as property owner, manager of a mall business, storekeeper - in short capitalist entrepreneur. (Alice Walker) Indeed The Color Purple is a fairytale; a world in which sexual exploitation can easily be overcome; and a world of unlimited access to material well being (Hooks 223). By emphasizing ...
- 4962: Albert Einstein
- ... but with religion. He avidly studied the Bible seeking truth, but this religious fervor soon died down when he discovered the intrigue of science and math. To him, these seemed much more realistic than ancient stories. With this new knowledge he disliked class even more, and was eventually expelled from Luitpold Gymnasium being considered a disruptive influence. Feeling that he could no longer deal with the German mentality, Einstein moved to ...
- 4963: Escapism and Virtual Reality
- ... are notoriously difficult to cast with any accuracy, since the technology which is driving the developments changes so rapidly. Interestingly, much of what has been developed so far has its conceptual roots in science fiction stories of the late 1950's. Pocket televisions, lightning fast calculating machines and weapons of pin-point accuracy were all first considered in fanciful fiction. Whilst such a source of fruitful ideas has yet to be ...
- 4964: The Crucible John Proctors Cha
- ... to the court, but denies the accusations. John Proctor has proved to be an independent man, who is loyal to his family, but has an adulterous past. In a time of witch hunts, and foolish stories, many things go hay wire as with the story of John Proctor which is a sad story. The quality of being independent was achieved by Proctor working by himself, and doing errands by himself and ...
- 4965: Dinner With Bill Gates
- ... to the restroom. With Bill's absence the tension quickly dissipated. Giton, Ascyltus, and I conversed with several of the other guests about our host and the incident earlier to this evening. Our relief was short lived, however, Bill shortly returned to dinner, now sporting a pair of khakis and a light green blazer. He quickly cracked a joke about the size of his bladder and sat down. At this point ...
- 4966: The Hobbit By J.r.r. Tolken
- Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit, one of a race of short, timid creatures who live in cozy tunnels and who prefer to keep their lives ordered and predictable. One day, he unexpectedly finds himself playing host to Gandalf the wizard and thirteen dwarves. The dwarves, with ...
- 4967: The Influence That Hsi Yu Chi
- ... great depth and philosophical meaning. The fact that very little profundity is found in the book is what I think drives scholars to make their observations. The book is very straight forward and littered with short poetry verses throughout. We are soon introduced to the main character, the monkey who is born from the embryo of a rock. The book describes the rock as having nine perforations and eight holes to ...
- 4968: The Joy Luck Club By Amy Tan
- ... popular assumptions that the Chinese people are discreet and modest, and reject any stereotypical views. As of how powerful the Joy Luck Club was, Denise Chong from "In Quill and Quire" states, "These moving powerful stories share the irony, pain, and sorrow, of the imperfect ways in which mothers and daughters love each other." The Joy Luck Club also has an authentic dialogue which distinguishes from most Chinese-American literature. The ...
- 4969: Richard Lederer: His Works
- Richard Lederer: His Works Richard Lederer was once asked where he would get all these funny stories he answered: "Ever since I became a writer, I had found that questions the most difficult to answer and had only recently come up with an analogy that I thought would satisfy both my audience ...
- 4970: The Last Of The Mohicans
- ... early scene, Cooper s dramatic irony is able to make the readers forget reason and be taken into Cooper s romantic world through emotions. Cooper keeps the readers in awe by intriguing them with his stories of heroism and fighting. Critic Fred Lewis Pattee calls the novel a book of rescues in the nick of time. (212) This nick of time rescue can be seen when Hawkeye, Chingachgook, and Uncas save ...
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