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- 471: BoB Dylan
- ... taste of the big city and the life that awaited him. The sight and sounds of the big city opened many new vistas for the young Dylan and he took advantage of his situation by studying the roots of contemporary rock. He began to listen to the works of folk pioneers like Hank Williams, Robert Johnson, and Woody Guthrie. At the same time Dylan was beginning to perform solo at local ...
- 472: Fahrenheit 451: Books - A Part of Our Past
- ... up one. In the time of Shakespeare there were no televisions, not even close to that technology yet. Who would we study and learn about, if no one had written things. Man kind would be studying the man who had invented the television because he would have been able to record himself, and then everything after that, which is only about fifty years. But without the recordings of Einstein and all ...
- 473: Essay on Romanticism in Frankenstein
- ... all that she could give, had its source in her, she shall atone,; be hers the punishment! (pg. 137) When he first went into the world, all he desired was human interaction. After watching and studying a family of cottagers, the monster felt that he was part of their family without ever meeting them. Even after the cottagers rejection he still had hope that they would accept him. But I did ...
- 474: A Separate Peace: Contrasting Gene and Phineas and the Struggle for Power
- ... himself more powerful? Most likely, not. Phineas is the perfectly natural and spontaneous person who is not capable of doing something mean or ugly. He responds to life with natural emotions and all things, except studying, come easily to him. He is not capable of such emotions as jealousy or envy. He lives in a world of happiness and joy and he communicates these qualities to the people whom he meets ...
- 475: Book Report on "The Lost World"
- ... left on the island and also to some detailed maps. They had two dangerous nights there following this but on the fourth night they found a way out of this death trap. After hours of studying the maps, and thinking they found it. A small building about the size of a two car garage was sitting by the river leading to the ocean. They determined that it was a boat house ...
- 476: Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man": A Review
- ... begins to overcompensate for his sins, but to no avail. His sinful ways overcome his spiritual values, and Stephen decides to abandon his religion. He vows to change his life for the better, and begins studying at a university. Here, his artistic nature surfaces, and Stephen embraces it. He explains his new theories to all who will listen, and decides to move away from Ireland and his repressed beliefs, and to ...
- 477: An Analysis of Why Jimmy Doyle Will Never Succeed in Life Due to His Father
- ... but the best for his son. He did not want his son to work as hard as he did growing up. When Jimmy went away to college, he spent more time socializing than he did studying. "Jimmy did not study very earnestly and took to bad courses for awhile. He had money and he was popular; ..."(p.25). Jimmy liked better to be in the company of peers rather than study ...
- 478: Kozol's Amazing Grace: Trials and Tribulations of Everyday Life
- ... only way of life many of them have ever known. In this book, the children speak openly and honestly about feeling abandoned', hidden' or forgotten' by our nation, one that is blind to their problems. Studying the people themselves would only get us so far in understanding what their community is really like and why they feel this way. Jonathan Kozol really got to know the people individually. We can take ...
- 479: Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
- ... nature is regarded by the different religious and political philosophies demonstrated in the novel. Never Cry Wolf is based upon the true story of the author's experiences during two years spent as a biologist studying a family of wolves in northern Canada during the mid nineteen fifties. When Mowat is sent on his expedition his goal is to bring back proof of the wolves decimating effect on the northern herds ...
- 480: Biological Determinism
- ... a test. Scores increase dramatically as a person is trained or familiarised with a test. It means that an IQ level does not depend on the intellectual abilities of parents but on the manner of studying and preparation that can be considered as environmental changes. For the author, there is a casual relationship between genetic and environmental differences. He gives us an example of a fruitflies with more bristles under the ...
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