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- 12831: A Worn Path: Phoenix Jackson and Symbols
- A Worn Path: Phoenix Jackson and Symbols Eudora Welty brings the story, A Worn Path, to life through the use of the character Phoenix Jackson and symbols. This story details an elderly Negro womans journey to town, on a mission of love. Phoenix Jackson, an elderly Negro women is frail, old, and had many handicaps, she lived during trying times, because of her race, and faced many challenges while growing up. The story is based on an elderly Negro womens journey into town to get medicine for her sick grandson. Along the way she encounters physical challenges, obstacles and encounters danger. She climbed hills, crossed streams, crawled under barbed-wire fences, she faced dangers ...
- 12832: The Contempary Enlightend One
- ... many conclusions in trying to decipher the meaning of Catcher in the Rye and the mind behind the mysterious Salinger. Buddhism is one apparent aspect in this book and it is also apparent in Salinger s life. Does Salinger exhibit Buddhism on different levels in Catcher in the Rye? The main character in the book is Holden Caulfield. He attends a rich prep school called Prency prep. It is a school ... by the fakeness, and cruelty of the world. An example of this would be in the Catcher in the Rye, when he goes in to the museum he notices an obscenity written with a child s red crayon on the wall (121 bloom). Holden says in the novel That s the whole trouble, he realizes. You can t ever find a place that s nice and peaceful, because there isn t any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you ...
- 12833: The Country Of The Blind
- Hamlet s Ghost In the Shakespearean time period people believed in ghosts and reported them, so it makes sense that Shakespeare would write about a ghost appearing in the play. There is plenty of evidence in the play to prove that the ghost is real.In the first act the ghost appears to two soldiers Marcellus, and Barnardo, as well as to Hamlet s friend Horatio, who is a very credible and intelligent person. The same ghost appeared to Hamlet several times through out the play also. These facts eliminate the chance of this ghost being a figment of people s imagination because too many people saw the same thing. In act 1 scene 1 it is revealed that the ghost appeared twice wearing the same armor King Hamlet wore when he fought the ambitious ...
- 12834: Do Androids Dream Of Electric
- ... Monica, California. Philip had a rocky emotional life. He was involved in many bad marriages and was addicted to drugs. He would go through times of great creativity, then fall into times when he wouldn't write at all. With all of Philip K. Dick's ups and downs, he continues to be highly acclaimed in the realm of science fiction, as one of the greatest writers of his style. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, is a science fiction novel ... all came together, to San Francisco. The Nexus-6 android design is a state of the art design, with an extremely high intelligence level and the ability to adapt into human environments. After Rick Deckard's mentor, Dave Holden, was injured in the pursuit of these androids, Rick took over the assignment. Rick almost gets killed right off the bat by one of the androids, Polokov, who goes under cover ...
- 12835: The Environmental Movement
- ... link is an archived page containing information from previous years/months, which is useful in learning what projects they EnviroWatch has worked on in the past. Clicking on the first link, "ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE at it's worst", brings up two pictures of sewage run-off in Waimanalo, Hawaii. Underneath is a press release which details their petition for review by the Federal Courts of past suit (originally filed in 1992 by the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund). They are upset that the city is "not producing any significant improvements in water quality for the community." The next section of EnviroWatch's site is one detailing the activity of "shark finning", where the fins are cut off and the rest of the shark goes to waste. Again they are using pictures to invoke a particular response from ... on the issue of toxic dumping and a proposal to dredge up the years of sludge in a canal in Waikiki. This includes press releases, newspaper reports, as well as the State Department of Health's report of investigation into a toxic spill on 9/13/98. This is the full report and goes into great scientific detail about the potential dangers of the leak. One final area of this ...
- 12836: Artificial Restraints In Lord
- ... proves its point. It is still possible though, that the bad luck of the boys could have been experienced in real life. I think that without this bad luck, the point of the story wouldn't be as great, because without the restraint's Golding placed on the boys, life on the island would have been too easy for the boys. The major constraint that Golding puts on the boys is the personality clash between Jack and Ralph. From the beginning, when Ralph is elected leader, Jack hates Ralph, and towards the end of the book, the feeling becomes mutual. Without Jack and Ralph's problems, life would have been easy, and the 'darkness of man's heart' would not have been conveyed to the reader. Jack shows 'the darkness' and if he and Ralph had just been friends, ...
- 12837: The Of Marlowes Excessive Drin
- The Role of Marlowe s Excessive Drinking Throughout the book The Big Sleep the character Marlowe is a detective working in Criminal Justice. This job seems to bring about a lot of stress to Marlowe, and in order to cope ... and get his investigations done. He is a functional alcoholic who abuses alcohol constantly and has a great desire for it for various reasons. Some of the reasons that may be directly linked to Marlowe s abuse of alcohol boredom, psychological and or physical dependence and sometimes he drinks casually and socially. But job- related stress is the main reason Marlowe turns to alcohol because there are times he is able ... helps him relax and get his mind off the job. Dealing with people and criminals constantly through out the day on the job can be stressful. Besides the fact that he must deal with Carmen s craziness, as the author describes her to be. Marlowe at one moment states I went to bed full of whiskey and frustration. This shows us that he drinks to help deal with the frustration ...
- 12838: The Once And Future King 2
- ... be an animal if only for a day, just to see what it is like to be that animal. The obvious problem is that nobody knows how to turn himself into an animal. However, in T.H. White s Once and Future King, Wart has the opportunity to experience life as an animal because his tutor, Merlyn the magician, transforms him into many different animals. Of all the adventures, the most significant transformation to Wart s kingship occurs when he becomes a badger because the badger teaches Wart valuable lessons about human behavior. Wart s transformation into a badger provides him with insight to become a great king. The badger ...
- 12839: The Once And Future King 3
- ... be an animal if only for a day, just to see what it is like to be that animal. The obvious problem is that nobody knows how to turn himself into an animal. However, in T.H. White s Once and Future King, Wart has the opportunity to experience life as an animal because his tutor, Merlyn the magician, transforms him into many different animals. Of all the adventures, the most significant transformation to Wart s kingship occurs when he becomes a badger because the badger teaches Wart valuable lessons about human behavior. Wart s transformation into a badger provides him with insight to become a great king. The badger ...
- 12840: Do We Need Protection in Our Schools?
- Do We Need Protection in Our Schools? Period 9/10 On October 6th, 1999, we were assigned the topic of whether we need metal detectors and protection in our schools or not. It's the 90's and kids these days are just so unpredictable and have so many things on their crazy little minds. No matter if its metal detectors, drug tests, or actual police in the school. We shouldn't have to wait for something terrible to happen. We should be ready for it and put in protection in our schools. We need to get drug testing in our schools. Kids these days first ...
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