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- 10521: Shel Silverstein
- ... poet who passed away from a heart attack on May 10, 1999. He will be remembered for generations to come through the joy he will continue to bring to children and adults through his life's work. Shelly Silverstein, most commonly known as Shel Silverstein, was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1932. He is best known in children's literature for his poetry; however, he was also a cartoonist, composer, lyricist and folksinger. His poem, "The Unicorn Song", was recorded by the Irish Rovers. Other hit songs included "A Boy Named Sue" and "Hello ... his energies to writing. He developed his very own writing style at a young age and was unfamiliar with the poetry of the great poets of his time. "I was so lucky that I didn't have anyone to copy, be impressed by. I had developed my own style, I was creating before I knew there was a Thurber, a Benchley, a Price and a Steinberg. I never saw their ...
- 10522: Shawshank Redemption And Film
- ... the viewer in a way such that we are positioned to regard it as oppressive, enforcing conformity and routine and removing all elements of individuality within a person, "you come here for life and that's exactly what they take from you". The opening shots of the prison as Dufresne arrives to begin his double life sentences, are ones of an expanse of gray lifeless concrete blocks and bars. The surroundings ... plays Italian opera over the tannoy system. The impact this has on the other prisoners, transfixing them, shows how Andy is different; not one of "them". How his hope is still alive and how what's "in here", cannot be taken from him.The scenes where the guards are present see them as the dominators of the scene, framed to appear larger than reality and striking figures, almost military like in ... Andy as a "good guy" is aided by the use of film language. The music that surrounds the supposed events before Mrs Dufresne and her lover were murdered; ironic in their words, 'if I didn't care'; if Andy didn't care he wouldn't be in the situation he finds himself in. Andy is developed as our good guy, our embodiment of hope. His clean cut image contrasting effectively ...
- 10523: Faith Vs. Temptation
- ... the influences of the loved ones you not only surround yourself with, but the one you have trusted to lead down the straight and narrow. All of these questions come to light in Nathaniel Hawthorne s Young Goodman Brown. Hawthorne s tale is of a young, newly wedded man, and his internal struggle between faith and temptation. Set in Salem, at the times of the witch trials, Young Goodman Brown begins to question his own faith as the devil himself sheds new light on Brown s strong beliefs. With heaven above, and Faith below, I will yet stand firm against the Devil! Or will he? Young Goodman Brown prepares to leave on his lonely, life-changing journey, by first saying ...
- 10524: Napoleon I
- Napoleon I Napoleon's life was a very interesting one. Starting a poor boy, hated by most, rising to rule a huge empire, and then finally being destroyed by his own arrogance and ending his life humbled, remembering what ... and his family fled to Marseille in 1793. Later in 1793, the beginning of the French revolution, Napoleon led an artillery brigade to push out a British fleet that the Royalists had allowed in. Napoleon's mission was a success, and he was promoted to general, and was assigned to the army in Northern Italy. During the early part of the revolution, Napoleon had supported Maximilien Robespierre's revolutionary group, and when Robespiere was overthrown in 1794, Napoleon spent two months in jail for being associated with him. When he was released from jail, Napoleon refused to fight a rebellion in Vandee, ...
- 10525: 1984: Abolute Power In 1984 and Government Power In Today's Society
- 1984: Abolute Power In 1984 and Government Power In Today's Society In the novel 1984 by George Orwell the government perpetuates the lives of the people by controlling every aspect of the peoples lives. Big Brother controls the Inner Party and the Inner Party controls the Outer Party. Therefore, the government has complete control over society. Complete control is having absolute power. Absolute power enables The Party to control the past, the present, and even the future. Without power the government would have nothing. With power they have everything. Absolute power in 1984 can be compared with government power in todays society Absolute power lets the government control society in many different ways. The Inner Party used instruments called telescreens to get their message across to the people. These telescreens were also used to keep ...
- 10526: Shakespear In Love
- ... people try out for the part in his play when all of the people finish he thinks all is lost but, a young boy comes on the stage and recites a line that catches Shakespeare s ear. The boy runs off and William follows. He follows the young boy to a castle and goes in and see s a girl. He falls in love with her at first sight. but the man who is to marry the young woman stops William and threatens to kill him. The man asks for William s mane and he gives him the name of another playwriter. the man kicks Shakespeare out of the castle where he goes to the window of viola where he talks to her. Then the next ...
- 10527: How To Detail Your Car
- ... the door, mirrors and sunroofs. Now we must move on to the next part of a car to detail, the interior. The interior is the most rewarding part of the car to clean. A cars interior is what the driver sees, if the interior is dirty then the car doesnt have that same new car feeling to it any more. The first thing you must do when cleaning a cars interior is to remove the floor mats, be careful to not spill any dirt on to the rug when doing this or it would defeat the purpose of floor mats. Beat the floor mats ...
- 10528: Lewis Latimer
- ... a free man, he possibly feared for his safety and that of his family. With his father gone and his mother struggling to keep the family together, Lewis falsified his age and joined the U.S. Navy in 1864 when he was sixteen years old. When the Civil War ended he was honorably discharged and returned to Boston to seek employment. In 1868 he secured a job as an office boy ... helping inventors protect their patents. By closely observing draftsmen at work and reading books on the subject, Latimer taught himself mechanical drawing. He learned to skillfully use the vital tools of the trade, such as T squares, triangles, compasses, and rulers, and mastered the art of drawing to scale. Since all of the drawings were done by hand and in ink, it was very important that a draftsman not make mistakes. Latimer's drawings in this medium are as beautiful as works of art. After several months of studying on his own, he requested and was given an opportunity by the firm to show what he could ...
- 10529: Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment": Reality or Illusion
- Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment": Reality or Illusion In Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, one of the central ideas of the story revolves around the idea of reality versus illusion. Of course the overriding theme of the story dealt with the ethical ...
- 10530: Selfishness Among Characters
- ... of the good life, and the greed and selfishness set in. She wanted more of it. So, she goes off and treats herself to things of a higher class, deep down knowing that she didn t belong where she was, for example, in the theater or going to a nice restaurant for lunch. At the end it seems that she has no recollection of her life before this day had begun ... somewhat a good kind of selfishness, unlike Mrs. Sommers. She was a strong woman who never really had a man in her life, probably because she had her own ways of doing things and didn t want a man telling her how to live her life. I believe that this is the reason she turned down the proposal, of marriage, earlier on in her life. When faced with the unexpected task of caring for Odile s children, she unwillingly expected it. After spending the two weeks with the children she grew attached to them, and was greatly saddened by their departure. In realizing this she has herself a good cry, ...
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