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- 12601: To Kill A Mockingbird: Scout's Development
- To Kill A Mockingbird: Scout's Development "Select a novel studied by you where at least one of the principal characters is a young person. Discuss what you consider to be the most important influence in the novel in helping that young person to develop." Jean-Louise Finch (Scout) is the main character in Harper Lee's "To kill a mockingbird". She is a young girl who matures in the course of the novel. The most important influence in her development is clearly her father, Atticus. Unlike almost all other adults in Scout's environment, he is not in any way prejudiced against the black population of Maycomb, a small American town in the 1930's in which all the novel's happenings take place. He tries to ...
- 12602: Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein Of all the scientists to emerge from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries there is one whose name is known by almost all living people. While most of these do not understand this man's work, everyone knows that its impact on the world of science is astonishing. Yes, many have heard of Albert Einstein's General Theory of relativity, but few know about the intriguing life that led this scientist to discover what some have called, "The greatest single achievement of human thought." Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1874. Before his first birthday, his family had moved to Munich where young Albert's father, Hermann Einstein, and uncle set up a small electro-chemical business. He was fortunate to have an excellent family with which he held a strong relationship. Albert's mother, Pauline Einstein, had an ...
- 12603: There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos: Jim Hightower
- There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos: Jim Hightower In the book There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and dead Armadillos, Jim Hightower is a man with a mission. That mission is to educate the general population of the United States. Hightower realizes ... the book, he is cracking a joke. At first one may think this is overkill, but Hightower seems to do quite well with the strategy. His humorous stories of Martha leaving home (156), Richard Lederer's students (11), or Nintendo's CEO (87) help the reader once again to stay interested. This is very important for Hightower's mission. The reader must read the whole book and remember what they ...
- 12604: Adam Smith: Conceptions of Value
- ... and its relation to both the economic and moral societies. Through this concentration he brings in value to create a harmony in society. He created an economic society based on free market, which influenced America's economy and is effective today. Adam Smith used the concept of value to create the basis of a free market by unifying economics and morals. The foundation of Smith's perspective on morals began when he entered the University of Glasgow in 1737, and became a student of moral philosophy. He later was appointed professor of moral philosophy. Similar to Hume, Locke, and Newton, Smith ... happiness is morality. As the golden rule states, "Do unto others as you would do unto them." This may end up hurting members of the society if others do not follow the "golden rule". Smith's belief of self-interest should not be confused with selfishness. Self -interest serves the purpose of helping out yourself to achieve a goal, yet in the process not harming the progress of others. If ...
- 12605: Cuba's Tourism
- Cuba's Tourism Cuba was a popular attraction for Americans about forty years ago. Under the restrictions imposed by the American economic embargo Cuba became off limits to Americans. Cuba is the largest of the Caribbean islands ... during the 16th century. The Americans who are permitted to visit Cuba are the ones visiting close family once a year for humanitarian reasons. Many Americans have found ways to visit Cuba despite restrictions. Cuba's main tourist are the Spanish who visit Cuba today. Spanish investors are the people who helped revitalize Cuba. Today the number of American religious and academic groups wanting to visit Cuba as increased a lot since Pope John Paul II's visit last year. Cuban and American officials have not been able to estimate the number of American visitors to Cuba, because it is difficult to tell do to unauthorized travel. Americans travel to the ...
- 12606: Macbeth Essay On Good Behavior
- In Macbeth, a dramatic tragedy by William Shakespeare, The heroic characters are rewarded and the evil, punished. Lady Macbeth, from her appearance in the play, is an evil woman and causes her husband's change of role. She goes insane with guilt and kills herself. Lady Macbeth receives her punishment in full. Malcolm, King Duncan's son, is a heroic and honourable person throughout the play. He is crowned King of Scotland in the last act and finally gets what he deserves. Macbeth is on both sides of this debate. He ... punishment in the five-act play. Lady Macbeth first enters the book right after Macbeth receives his first predictions from the three Witches. She does not think twice about her actions and starts planning Duncan's murder without consulting her husband first. Lady Macbeth, however, does not feel that her husband has the heart to kill the King for the crown: Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be What ...
- 12607: Albert Einstein and His Theories
- ... particle, called a photon, is proportional to the frequency of the radiation. The formula for this is E = hu, where E is the energy of the radiation, h is a universal constant known as Planck's constant, and u is the frequency of the radiation. This proposal-that the energy contained within a light beam is transferred in individual units, or quanta-contradicted a hundred-year-old tradition of considering light energy a manifestation of continuous processes. Virtually no one accepted Einstein's proposal. In fact, when the American physicist Robert Andrews Millikan experimentally confirmed the theory almost a decade later, he was surprised and somewhat disquieted by the outcome. Einstein, whose prime concern was to understand the ... of electromagnetic radiation, subsequently urged the development of a theory that would be a fusion of the wave and particle models for light. Again, very few physicists understood or were sympathetic to these ideas. Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity Einstein's third major paper in 1905, "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies," contained what became known as the special theory of relativity. Since the time of the English mathematician ...
- 12608: The Importance Of Accounting In Our Modern Society
- ... eyes set on top positions in industry, management, government, and general business. Accounting is a basic need of every businessmen, from the operator of a filling station to the government of the United States. Its so important to our society. None of the business organization can operate without is. They are there-somewhere-in every business. In small business, people use pen, ink and skill keep teh records. In large ... figures in ledgers, then you saw him doing bookkeeping. If you have worked at a service station or supermarket and have seen books with large sheets lined in green and red lying on the managers table or desk, you saw books of accounting. Accounting is one of the fastest growing fields in the United States It expands each time a new store, a factory, a filling station, or a school goes up, whether in a large city or a small town. In todays society, the demand for good accountants for exceeds the supply. As our country has expanded, business and industry have become more and more complex, so control here is very important. And control depends on ...
- 12609: Evita Peron
- ... earthquake struck Argentina. Colonel Juan Peron, the secretary of labor in the military government, launched a collection for the victims. He arranged for the Buenos Aires acting community to donate its time for an evening's entertainment, with the proceeds going to disaster relief. Evita was present on the big night, and she wanted to meet the colonel. Peron had risen quickly in the government and had accomplished a major coup with the unions, essentially taking control of them. But Evita probably knew nothing of this. Not political in the conventional sense, she was attracted instead by the colonel's dashing figure and his aura of power. They talked for hours and left together. Within days Evita had moved into Peron's apartment. In February, Peron engineered the ouster of the president and took over the war ministry for himself. Evita continued her radio portrayals of famous women, but her ambitions lay in the movies. She ...
- 12610: Billy Sunday
- ... The religious leader was so extraordinarily popular, opinionated, and vocal that indifference was the last thing that he would get from people. His most loyal admirers were confident that this rural-breed preacher was God s mouthpiece, calling Americans to repentance. Sunday s critics said that at best he was a well-meaning buffoon whose sermons vulgarized and trivialized the Christian message and at worst he was a disgrace to the name of Christ (Dorsett 2). There are ... agenda. He even sometimes compared the gospel of Jesus Christ with special interest and American foreign policy. Nevertheless, Billy Sunday was a sincere man whose life was fundamentally changed by his response to an evangelist s call to repent of his sins, to believe that Jesus Christ died in his place for those sins, and to follow Christ in thanksgiving by worshiping and obeying him. Following this spiritual rebirth, the ...
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