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- 13501: The Rise Of Communism In Russi
- The Rise of Communism In Russia "Unless we accept the claim that Lenin's coup d'etat gave birth to an entirely new state, and indeed to a new era in the history of mankind, we must recognize in today's Soviet Union the old empire of the Russians -- the only empire that survived into the mid 1980's" (Luttwak, 1). In their Communist Manifesto of 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels applied the term communism to a final stage of socialism in which all class differences would disappear and humankind would live ...
- 13502: Calvin Coolidge
- On August 2, 1923, Calvin Coolidge was vacationing at his father's home at Plymouth,Vermont when one night he was awakened by the tragic news of Warren Harding's death. Harding ,who had been on a public speaking tour of the West, when his health began to deteriorate, tried poorly to alleviate the scandal that have been plaguing his presidency. Praying by candlelight, Coolidge descended the stairs to the plain living room of his father's house, lighted only by two kerosene lamps. Upon an old wooden business desk, a copy of the US Constitution was found and Coolidge took the oath of office, as his father administered him as ...
- 13503: Mark Twain
- ... of writing, Mark Twain established himself as a literary genius. It is also indisputable that the primary reason for his success as an author was his quick wit and sense of humor. During this nation’s time of political and social division, Twain wrote about many of the simpler things in life while always showing his humorist side. His brilliant comedic mind was especially unusual for any popular writer around during this rough time period in the nation’s history. Mark Twain’s humorist views and writings truly solidify him as the forefather of American humor. Unlike many writers of his time, Samuel Clemens, better known as his pen name, Mark Twain never secluded himself or slaved ...
- 13504: Miracle Worker
- ... Setting – This book is primarily set in the Keller homestead of Tuscumbia, Alabama during the 1880s. The story also takes place in the Perkins Institution of Boston briefly. Characters – Helen Keller, Captain Arthur Keller (Helen’s father), Kate Keller (Helen’s mother), Aunt Ev (Helen’s aunt and Kate’s sister), Annie Sullivan, Mr. Anagnos, a Doctor, Viney (a Negro servant), James Keller (Helen’s brother), Martha and Percy (two Negro children). Plot Summary – This book chronicles the life of ...
- 13505: A Domestic Dilemma By Carson M
- Carson McCuller’s story “A Domestic Dilemma” depicts a family torn by both compassion and suffering. Martin, a loving and understanding husband must deal with his family’s problems. Martin’s wife, Emily, distraught by her new environment, initiates her family’s difficulties with her drinking habits. The story examines a family’s severe problems, and yet also illustrates the depth of love and loyalty ...
- 13506: Ryans Red Badge Of Courage
- ... color imagery and symbols. While Crane uses color to describe, he also allows it to stand for whole concepts. Gray, for example, describes the both the literal image of a dead soldier and Henry Fleming\\'s vision of the sleeping soldiers as corpses and comes to stand for the idea of death. In the same way, red describes both the soldiers\\' physical wounds and Fleming\\'s mental visions of battle. In the process, it gains a symbolic meaning, which Crane will put to an icon like the \\"red badge of courage\\". Crane uses color in his descriptions of the physical and ... red and startling into the gentle fabric of the softened greens and browns. It looked to be a wrong place for a battlefield\\". Green is an image of the natural world and of the regiment\\'s fresh youth, while red, in the previous quote, is clearly an image of battle. At the start, however, Crane uses red to describe distant campfires: \\" . . . one could see across the red, eyelike gleam of ...
- 13507: The Pardoners Tale
- The Pardoner s Greed The pardoner, in Geoffrey Chaucer s The Pardoner s Tale, is a devious character. He is a man with a great knowledge of the Catholic Church and a great love of God. However, despite the fact that he is someone whom is looked ...
- 13508: The Good Earth: Success in Wang Lung's Life
- The Good Earth: Success in Wang Lung's Life Wang Lung, the main character in the book The Good Earth, had a very successful life. As exclaimed by him near the end, the land was the rise of the family of Wang, and ... enough jewels to buy more land, which caused the rise of the Wang family. Another major thing to go wrong occurred after he had gotten rich. This was the return of his uncle. Wang Lung's uncle and his uncle's son caused him much grief by constantly pestering him for money, yet there was nothing that he could do because is would be considered disrespectful for one to be anything but considerate to an ...
- 13509: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt is one of our country's best known and most beloved presidents. He is commonly remembered for taking a tired, beaten, nation and instilling hope in it. This positive view of Roosevelt is held by Burns, who paints the picture of a man whose goal was to alleviate our nation's economic pains. But, is this view too myopic? Is Roosevelt deserving of such a godly reputation? These questions are posed by Conkin as he points out the discrimination that underlies many New Deal programs, and even suggests that many of Roosevelt's actions were for purely political motives. During the weeks preceding Roosevelt's inauguration the country was engaged in an economic crisis that was quickly spiraling downward. Banks failed, people panicked, and the nation looked ...
- 13510: Exile 2
- ... Exile. The Biblical reading mentions King Nebuchadnezzar and his capture of King Zedekiah, the efforts of General Nebuzaradan and his detailed destruction and pillaging of Jerusalem and the Temple, the capturing and execution of Judah s chief officers and priests, Judah s revolt against Gedaliah and fleeing to Egypt, and the benevolence King Evil-merodach of Babylon demonstrated towards Jehoiachin. The articles, however, mentioned nothing of to do with any of these circumstances. They concentrated, instead, on ... productive, including people offering prayers at the site of the destroyed Temple. He also uses other pieces of Scripture to analyze the Exile. By using Ezra, Williamson speaks more of the Persian benevolence and God s promises not to abandon His people than 2 Kings 25 does. Graham also believes that the book of Nehemiah was used as a prayed for restoration from the view of those in Jerusalem, and ...
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