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- 581: Lord Of The Flies
- ... influenced by Piggy than by Jack, who in a way could be viewed as a source of evil. Even though the significance of the fire as a rescue signal was slowly dismissed, Ralph continued to stress the importance of the fire at the mountaintop. He also tried to reestablish the organization that had helped to keep the island clean and free of potential fire hazards. This difference made most of the ...
- 582: Hank Williams
- ... country music industry. His spirit and influence can still be heard through the voices of his son and this generation of country singers. But what led to his alcohol and drug addictions? Was it the stress of fame and fortune, or was it the strive to get away from himself because he was unhappy with his life. Even though Hank died at an early age, he accomplished more in that short ...
- 583: Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
- ... life too. This had evolved through the aeons, leaving its fossil remains in the rocks and anatomical evidence deep inside animals. He was desperately ill after coming to his evolutionary theories. This disability was probably stress related due to the hostile social reaction to his ideas. Darwin took the leap that seemed so horrendous to his clerical friends - those pillars of the parish who saw God's power upholding Anglican society ...
- 584: Karl Marx
- ... of the Prussian nobility, her elder brother being Prussia's Minister of the Interior during an extremely reactionary periodure communist society. Marx's health became undermined by his strenuous work , he had way to much stress! He continued to work on the completion of capital. However, ill-health prevented him from completing the last two volumes of Capital which was put together from Marx's notes. "The lives of hundreds of ...
- 585: James Earl Ray
- ... guilty, yet then fought to prove he was innocent. Why he did this has not been addressed by many sources. One possibility could be due to the assumption that Ray may have been under great stress during he time of accusation and it may have hindered his judgement. He may also have been guilty all along and he decided to make a foolish backward plea after he had pleaded guilty out ...
- 586: The Writing of Edgar Allan Poe
- ... is revenge. The Critical Survey of Short Fiction states that some of Poe’s stories deal with bewitching female characters (Magill 2103-2109). He titles the stories with the women’s names in order to stress the power of a lady’s influence. In “Ligeia” the narrator is obsessed with the woman; he is even scared by her powers that are beyond human. After she dies, he remarries, but is unhappy ...
- 587: Mark Twain
- ... Arc” (1896), and “Tom Sawyer, Detective” (1896). In 1895, to help recoup his losses, he embarked on a world lecture tour, later described in “Following the Equator” (1897). Although his financial situation rapidly improved, additional stress and sorrow came with the deaths of Twain's daughter Susy in 1896 and of his wife in 1904. His writings of the late 1890s and 1900s became more pessimistic than ever; "The Man That ...
- 588: Martin Luther King's Life
- ... re-distribution of the nation. To over come entrenched black poverty, he emphasized on achieving significance for humanity. Martin Luther King symbol of hope and is great figure in history. He was near exhaustion from stress, and his speeches increasingly alluded to his possible death. He was undeterred, however, for as he put it on April 3, 1968, he had “been to the mountain top and seen the Promised Land.” The ...
- 589: Anne Moody
- ... in immediate danger. By the end of one semester, she had become exceptionally involved with the movement. She also participated in the voter registration process performed by SNCC. Moody’s adult life was one of stress, responsibility, and action. She participated in sit-ins, walked in marches, and stood among others in rallies. She, along with other college and high school students, were thrown in jail and cramped on trucks that ...
- 590: Ernest Hemingway
- ... s great skills at writing do not solve the conflict Grace Under Pressure Grace under pressure is a very important trait of a code hero. The code hero can act as usual or better while stress or pressure is going on. This is usually shown when a character is faced with death. This is displayed in The Old Man in the Sea. Code of Honor This is the last of the ...
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