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- 971: The Crucible
- ... are needed to survive. The main three are food, shelter, and love. Along with these main things there are side items. One of which is entertainment. Entertainment comes in a variety of forms. Some include: sports, music, video games, shopping, and movies. From observation one can conclude that movies are a popular form of entertainment. What most people fail to see when they view a movie are the camera angles, visual ...
- 972: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- ... life experiences also influenced his novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles. As a child enrolled in boarding school, Doyle excelled in many things. Particularly, Doyle was very athletic and he did very well at mayn sports. The character of Sherlock Holmes demonstrates the same athletic ability as Doyle did in his boyhood years. Watson says about Holmes, "Never have I seen a man run as Holmes ran that night." (Doyle 158 ...
- 973: Of Mice And Men
- ... enrolled at Stanford University, taking courses in English and Marine Science (Bloom 11). He was always an excellent student, eager to learn both in and out of school, interested in books, music, science, religion, and sports (Fontenrose 3). During this time, he worked as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand, and factory worker, and left Stanford permanently in the fall of 1925 without a degree (Fontenrose 3). In New York ...
- 974: Looking For Alibrandi
- ... can begin to help others. Most teenagers have to know what they want. In reference to "Looking for Alibrandi" Josephine had trouble taking her responsibilities seriously. Either being a school captain for example, on school sports day Josephine was supposed to look after a group of students but instead went to the city with her friends. Her goal in life was to become a lawyer and after getting a scholarship she ...
- 975: Johnny Got His Gun
- ... the normality might be. My view of a typical American now days fits the description of an early 20th century teen. It is someone who hangs out with his friends, goes to the movies, plays sports, dressed in the height of fashion and goes to parties. He/she eats hamburgers, hot dogs, drinks cola (and plays video games, and goes to the mall with his/her friends.) These are all things ...
- 976: Harrison Bergeron
- ... the family by earning a living. Women are just now making into the work place and some women now are even running major companies and corporations. Women are even competing on the professional level in sports now, a feat that no one would have ever thought would happen. To add to the point that times have changed, men are raising kids, cleaning house, and cooking in todays world. In every ...
- 977: Great Gatsby
- ... in it . . ." (Fitzgerald). To gain a certain level of integrity, Gatsby modifies his speech, his manners, his whole body language in order to seem respectable. "The 'gestures' of course include the clipped speech, the 'old sports', the formal intensity of manner, the gracefulness of the ballroom floor, the bending slightly forward to create the impression of an intensity of interest, the meticulous attention to detail--these and many more 'gestures' compliment ...
- 978: Faust And Frankenstein
- ... irresponsible. When Faust sets his sights on an object, whether knowledge or women, he demands nothing less of himself than that which will get it. In many situations dedication to an act is reputable; education, sports, career. It seems then, that to become the όbermensch and pursue excellence, one must stay dedicated to one's goal and dismiss the world around him. In the process of creating his monster, Victor Frankenstein ...
- 979: Epic Of Gilgamesh
- ... death. This is why there has been an enormous growth in the health care industry. People want to live longer youthful lives. People want wrinkle-free skin in their 50's. People want to play sports in their 60's and 70's. At the same time, people are striving to live over a century. Gilgamesh approaches this cause with a less scientific approach by seeking out the god Utnapishtim and ...
- 980: Cathedral
- ... wife departs from the scene and the husband and the blind man are left alone. At first, the situation is awkward, as both the blind man and the husband do nothing but listen to the sports roundup. However, after being around the blind man a little longer, and after smoking some "dope," the husband seems to warm up to the blind man. The husband offers to get the blind man some ...
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