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- 10241: The Positive Effects of DDT
- The Positive Effects of DDT In the United States, the media has a tendency to report only the negative details of everything. Such was the case in the late 1960s and early 1970s when the pesticide DDT was investigated and eventually prohibited. Most of the claims against DDT remain unproved to this day. There were three main allegations against DDT: that DDT caused the death of many birds ... years because of its ability to devour the leaves off of several acres of trees and plants over night. With DDT, the gypsy moth was virtually eliminated in the United States by the late 1950s (Whelan 71). The low cost and effectiveness of DDT led to its later use in pest control in agriculture and forestry. In 1968, one pound of DDT cost 17.5 cents (Whelan 70). So ...
- 10242: On Apartheid
- ... Asian III. Segregation A. Housing B. Education C. Employment D. Public Accomodations E. Transportation Notecards 1 "Apartheid, pronounced ah PAHRT hayt or pronounced ah PAHRT hyt, was, from 1948 until 1991, the South African government's policy of rigid racial segregation. The word apartheid means separateness in Afrikaans, one of South Africa's official languages. Built on earlier South African laws and customs, apartheid classified every South African by race as either (1) black, (2) white, (3) Colored (mixed race), or (4) Asian. Apartheid required segregation in housing ... were blacks. Between 1948 and 1991, large numbers of people protested apartheid by staging boycotts, demonstrations, and strikes. Violence often broke out, and thousands of people, most of them blacks, were killed." 3 "But apartheid's effects continued even after the laws were repealed. Today, many blacks and other nonwhites continue to face unofficial segregation and discrimination in South Africa." Apartheid is the policy of racial segregation formerly followed in ...
- 10243: The Chosen By Chaim Potok
- By: Deane In the novel, The Chosen, Chaim Potok successfully captures the strange customs of a Jewish community through wit and satire. Potok's novel focuses on two Jewish boys, who live in a world where high standards of achievement are expected of them by their families. The wish to become an insightful leader in the Jewish community was ... hard work and perseverance, the two boys (Rueven and Danny), find out who they really are, and what lives they will lead in the future. The novel concentrates on the desire to conceive a person's personal wants while conforming to tradition. The basis of all the conflicts in the entire novel stem from the differences in family life which are brought on by the discrepancies of religious beliefs. Rueven, who is an Orthodox Jew, goes to a parochial school where Hebrew is taught instead of Yiddish (which would be considered the first Jewish language). Rueven's school is also very integrated with many English speaking classes. But on the other hand, Danny, who attends a yeshiva (also a Jewish school), considers himself a true Jew because he (unlike Rueven) wears ...
- 10244: China's Cities and Places
- China's Cities and Places There are many different cities and places in China that you could visit that can be very interesting. Some of these places are Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hefei, Xiamen, and Lanzhou. These are ... only few of many places to visit in China. Also the Confucian Temple in Qufu and Mount Tai in the East are other places you should visit in China. Beijing is one of the world's truly imposing cities. Covering 16,808 square kilometers in area, the capital of the People's Republic of China approaches the 21st century with a 3,000 year history and about 11 million people. Shanghai is the "dragon head." A municipality with provincial status, it is China's largest city ...
- 10245: Al Capone
- By: Sidney Vicious E-mail: stonecold@turbotek.net Alphonse Capone was born in New York City by two parents Gabriel and Teresa Capone. Capone's parents immigrated to the United States in 1893 from Naples, Italy. Capone came from a large family and was the fourth oldest of nine children. (Kobler 10). As a child, Capone was very wise when ... United States were Italian. Capone was forced to either deal with a miserable low wage job with a hopeless future or make an improvement for himself by committing first minor, then serious crimes. Al Capone's philosophy was that laws only applied to people who had enough money to live by them. While in the Bim Booms gang, Capone was taught how to defend himself with a knife, and with a ... girl named Mae Coughlin. A short time later Albert Francis Capone was born to the couple. At the same time this was going on, in New York, Johnny Torrio moved his operations to Chicago. Torrio's prospects in New York looked low because Capone was charged for two murders. He was released when a witness lost her memory, and evidence suddenly vanished from the court. Al Capone knew that he ...
- 10246: The Pearl: Prequel
- The Pearl: Prequel It was a dark and stormy night ... no that's not it. It was a beautiful sunny day ... not it either. Could it be uhh... On that rainy day when the sea would not quit, the sky growled and men shuttered in their huts. That's it !! Well now that I seem to temporarily regained my memory Ill tell you the story of that horrible season of the oyster conference. What's that you don't know what the oyster conference is! You see it is a time when the oysters of the world gather together in their respective clans and decide who shall carry the ...
- 10247: A Perfect Day For Bananafish
- ... could be asked from this story, I believe that it is probably extremely important to consider why the main character, Seymour Glass, decided to commit suicide. What I believe to be the reason for Seymour s suicide has two basic components: the spiritual depravity of the world around him, and his struggle with his own spiritual shortcomings. The spiritual problem of the outside world is mostly a matter of material greed ... hand, his own spiritual problem is more a matter of intellectual greed and true spiritualism. In addressing the suicide, the difference should be distinguished between the "See More Glass" that we see through little Sybil s eyes, and the Seymour Glass that we see through the eyes of the adult world. Even though these two characters are in theory the same man, they are slightly different in some ways. You could ... of development. Whatever the case may be, the "reasons" for the suicide shift slightly in emphasis as the character changes. "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" attempts to symbolize that the bananas in See More Glass s story represent all of the things which are taken in along the journey to adulthood. If pursued with too much zeal, these bananas can prevent spiritual development and lead to a greater materialistic development. ...
- 10248: Worn Path 2
- Conflict in Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" In Eudora Welty s "A Worn Path" the conflict was not apparent at the very beginning. What was a poor, elderly sick woman doing gallivanting in the forest during the dead of winter? The reason became clear towards the ... to get the medicine? The conflict being illustrated is that of an individual versus society and the four problems that Phoenix faces as a result of this was her old age, her health, her grandson s health and her state of poverty. "Her eyes were blue with age. Her skin had a pattern all its own of numberless branching wrinkles " (paragraph 2). This quotation was one of many indications of ...
- 10249: King Lear: Consequences of One Man's Decisions
- King Lear: Consequences of One Man's Decisions Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear is a detailed description of the consequences of one man's decisions. This fictitious man is Lear, King of England, who's decisions greatly alter his life and the lives of those around him. As Lear bears the status of King he is, as one ...
- 10250: Alive Book Report
- ... of snow covered mountains until they finally found a Chilean peasant. During these crucial days it was only their minds of steel and endless cooperation that got them through. Parrado and Canessa were the ones who saved their friends in the Andes. The setting in ALIVE gave you a real sense of how terrible it was for the Andes survivors. First of all, the Andes setting was basically what kept ... it seems as if you were right there with the survivors doing, seeing, and unfortunately eating what they were. I also believe that God played a part in the survival of these men. I dont know how it would be possible for 16 men, barely clothed could survive arctic temperatures for ten weeks without the help of some supernatural force. This may sound crazy to some, but to others it ... of the men on the plane, especially Roberto Canessa felt the irony of being out in the middle of nowhere with nothing to eat but a small piece of chocolate and sip of liqueur. Robertos irony came from his life back home. He thought of all of the times he threw out a bowl of soup because it didnt taste right or it was too cold. Then he ...
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