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- 11801: Men And Women Were Created Equ
- ... India, Golda Meir of Israel, and Margaret Thatcher of Great Britain. Hilary Clinton is currently running for a senate seat in New York and if she is successful, could one day follow in her husband’s footsteps and become the first female President of the United States. These women have all obtained equal roles and respect as leaders of their countries similar to Bill Clinton and Jean Chretien. Other examples of women who have favourably impacted on today’s society are the late Mother Theresa and Lady Diana. These ladies’ tireless efforts for the good of humanity impacted the whole world. Only in the 20th century, and most recently in the last 20 years ... medical work force. In 1982 Barbara McClintock won the Nobel Prize for her discovery of mobile genetic elements. Her discovery was that genes could jump around on chromosomes. This discovery was the basis of today’s advances in genetic engineering. The Nobel Prize Committee called McClintock’s work “one of the two great discoveries of our time in genetics.” The other was the earlier discovery of the double helix shape ...
- 11802: To Build A Fire: Significance of Words "Dying" and "Death"
- To Build A Fire: Significance of Words "Dying" and "Death" The significance of the words "dying and death" in Jack London's 1910 novel, "To Build a Fire" continuously expresses the man's dwindling warmth and bad luck in his journey along the Yukon trail to meet "the boys" at camp. London associates dying with the man's diminishing ability to stay warm in the frigid Alaskan climate. The main characters predicament slowly worsens one level at a time finally resulting in death. The narrator informs the reader "the man" lacks personal ...
- 11803: The Heart Of The Savage In The
- ... savage on the island from his first appearance in the play is more animal than human. Prospero first refers to Caliban by calling him a, "tortoise" (1.2.318).This sets the tone for Caliban's character in the play as he is labeled as a semi-beast in the play. But interestingly despite Caliban's deformed body and animal like appearance he possess remarkable eloquence that gives him power. Prospero, a renaissance prince even with his velvety language only equals Caliban in eloquence. In some ways this dichotomy between Caliban's appearance in the play and his remarkable gift for language creates magical and mysterious atmosphere in the play. It complicates the relationship between Caliban and Prospero for although Prospero claims to own his savage ...
- 11804: The Hobbit 3
- Hobbit Essay The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is set in a fantasy world that has differences, as well as similarities, to our own world. The author has created the novel s world, Middle Earth, not only by using imagination, but by also adding details from the modern world. Realistic elements in the book enable readers to relate to the setting they read about, but are still ... not possible on Earth. The following are some of the differences and similarities between Earth and the make believe land of Middle Earth in The Hobbit. The majority of differences between Middle Earth and today s world are found in the objects and the actions of characters that can not be carried out or created in our world. The most abundant example of this in The Hobbit is the presence of ... and the modern world, but there are also several similarities. In Middle Earth, there live humans, and hobbits, which are very much similar to miniature people. The language spoken and food consumed in the novel s world if not exactly the same are similar to modern society. Thorin Oakenshield is heir of the throne of the King under the Mountain and inherits all of the riches of the kingdom. This ...
- 11805: Macbeth
- Macbeth An individual that is evil is characterized as being a person who has a malicious disposition and thoughts. The power of evil is strongly evident throughout William Shakespeare's Macbeth. It is established through Macbeth's desires to kill Duncan, Macbeth's intentions to kill Banquo and Lady Macbeth's influences to persuade Macbeth to kill Duncan. An example that demonstrates how strong the power of evil can be Macbeth's desires to kill Duncan, the ...
- 11806: Siddhartha
- Setting - Siddhartha takes place in India during the time of Buddha. At that time both Buddhism and Muslim were the dominant religions of India. Theme - The theme of the story is that you can't follow a guide to happiness, or in Siddhartha's case, peace. Characters - Siddhartha- Siddhartha is a young handsome Brahmin when the story starts out. He becomes infatuated with the believe of total peace, and goes about trying to obtain it. At the end of the story he obtains inner peace. Govinda- Govinda is Siddhartha's best friend. He also is striving to obtain inner peace. He follows Siddhartha for a while, but eventually goes to follow Buddha. Towards the end Govinda meets up with Siddhartha and discovers that he ...
- 11807: Russia's Five Year Plans
- Russia's Five Year Plans In the beginning Communism seemed to the people of Russia as a utopian ideal. The promise of the elimination of classes, of guaranteed employment, “The creation of a comprehensive social security and welfare system for all citizens that would end the misery of workers once and for all.” Lenin’s own interpretation of the Marxian critique was that to achieve Communism there would first have to be a socialist dictatorship to first suppress any dissent or protest. Through coercive tactics this new government seized power and in 1917 Lenin came to power. Under his “rule” Russia underwent radical changes in it’s economic doctrines adopting a mixed which was termed the New Economic Policy, also referred to as NEP. This economy called for some private ownership of the means of production, but the majority of industry ...
- 11808: Shirley Jackson The Lottery An
- ... to maintain a rigid social order. The lottery enforces an unfair distinction in class status between men and women. Women are subordinate in the social power structure of the village, as shown when Mrs. Hutchinson's family is chosen in the first round. Objecting that her daughter and son-in-law "didn't take their chance," (562) Mr. Summers reminds her that "daughters draw with their husbands' families," (562) showing that power is exclusively held in the hands of males in families. Women, as inferior housewives, must submit ... lack of productivity will cause one to be selected in the next lottery and banished from the common group. The village reveals this fear in their questions after the first round: "Who is it? Who's got it? Is it the Dunbars? Is it the Watsons?" (562) The Dunbars and the Watsons are the least productive families in the village, with Mr. Dunbar's leg broken and Mr. Watson dead. ...
- 11809: Jazz
- ... architect. He brought a superb sense of drama to jazz solo conception. During a period when most improvisers were satisfied simply to embellish or paraphrase a tune, Armstrong himself was a master at both. Armstrong^s command of the trumpet was arguable greater than that of any preceding jazz trumpeter who recorded. In actuality, the revolution initiated by Armstrong took place in fits and starts, and with little fanfare at the time. After Armstrong^s departure from the King Oliver Creole Band, over a year would transpire before he would record as a leader. And even when those famous recordings were planned -the classic "Hot Fives"- the record company considered enlisting a better known leader to front the band. Most accounts stress that Armstrong^s talents may have been neglected by the general public, but were amply recognized by the musical community - " his playing was revered by countless jazz musicians," runs a typical commentary - but even this claim is ...
- 11810: The Life of Beethoven
- ... in Bonn, Germany, on December 16,1770. His mother was a singer in the service of the elector of Koln. His father was a weak-spirited and drank too much, but he recognized his son's talent. His father and his grandfather worked as court musicians. His father hoped to make Ludwig a gifted child like the famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His father taught him how to play piano and ... lessons from him. Mozart quoted "He will give the world something worth listing to". Beethoven also met Count Ferdinand Waldstein while in Vienna, who became his lifelong friend and helped him in his career. Beethoven's mother died in 1787. Five years later he left Bonn permanently and went back to Vienna to study with Joseph Haydn and later with Antonio Salieri. Beethoven's first public appearance in Vienna was on March 29, 1795 as a soloist in one of his piano concerti it was called Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat. Soon Beetho-ven was treated ...
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