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- 1411: The Hobbit: Summary
- The Hobbit: Summary I. Setting: The whole story takes place in the Land of Middle Earth, in a time not specified because it's a fantasy setting, but compared to human time it must have been the Middle Ages. Influence of the setting on the story: The setting plays a major role in the development of the story. If if wasn't for the setting, the story would have been way too short. It was the setting that set the mood and the tone for the actions that took place in the story. J.R.R. Tolken's descriptions of each place helps the reader understand the history of the area and what the main character, Bilbo Baggins, thought and felt throughout the story. These places were the most important in the ...
- 1412: Jack Kevorkian
- After talks with her husband, sons, minister, and local doctors; Janet Adkins decided she didn¹t want to undergo the sustained mental deterioration that Alzheimer¹s Disease caused (Uhlman 111). She began to realize she had the disease when she started forgetting songs and failed to recognize notes as she played the piano (Filene 188). ³She read in Newsweek about Dr. Jack Kevorkian and his ŒMercitron¹ machine, then saw him on the ŒDonahue¹ Television show² (Filene 188). With her husband¹s consent but objections by sons and doctors, she telephoned him to arrange to kill herself (Filene 188). She still had a life expectancy of at least ten years with the illness, but she wished ...
- 1413: A Discussion on the Myth and Failure of Reconstruction Following the Civil War, and How This Failure Impacted and Changed America
- ... a northern editor, 'but they do not necessarily convert.'"(Tindall 451) Now the difficult questions of Reconstruction began to appear. "How were new governments to be formed? How and at whose expense was the South's economy to be rebuilt? What was to be done with the freed slaves?"(Tindall 451) "Reconstruction was intended as a device by which the defeated states of the Southern Confederacy would be joined again to ... million black freedmen living within them absorbed politically and economically in a nation reunited by the force of arms, and safeguards provided against any possible renewal of rebellion."(Carter 11) Reconstruction officially began with Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction in 1863.(Tindall 452) Lincoln's "10 Percent Plan" ,as it was called, would allow a state to be admitted into the Union if 10 percent of its voting population took an oath of allegiance to the Constitution and the ...
- 1414: The Need To Legalize Pot
- ... state to legalize pot! Unfortunately, for all you proud owners of a two-foot-bong or a three-inch bowl, you must have a prescription from a medical doctor before you light up. Perhaps it's only a crack in the ice, but it is a start to a long-awaited, controversial issue that needs to be touched upon again. In the fall of 1996, Proposition 215 was passed in California ... pass 215, opponents plan to continue to fight the measure. It was also so in Arizona, where Proposition 200, the Drug Medicalization, Prevention, and Control Act, won 65% of the vote. It says that Arizona's doctors can prescribe marijuana, heroin, and LSD for patients when there is "medicinal value" (California 62). The passing of these two propositions has also helped the release of prisoners convicted of drug possession (---). With jail ... with glaucoma, and some say it also controls seizures, eases chronic pain, and relieves depression. Dr. Ernest Rosenbaum, a San Francisco cancer specialist, says he and many doctors quietly recommend marijuana to patients who didn't respond to other medications. A 1991 Harvard study found that about 40 % of cancer specialists surveyed had recommended marijuana to relieve chemotherapy nausea, and about 48% said they would prescribe the drug if it ...
- 1415: Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
- Swift's "A Modest Proposal" . . .first ask the parents of these mortals whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old in the manner ... his God-given job to do something about them. "'What I do is owing to perfect rage and resentment, and the mortifying sight of slavery, folly, and baseness around me, among which I am forced t o live'" (Keach et al 372). Thus, Jonathan Swift's career as a political satirist and social reformer truly began. Throughout his career, Swift wrote political pamphlet after political pamphlet, discussing the issues and methods of improving the lives of the Irish and the ...
- 1416: "Perfectly Imperfect: The Shakespeare Story"
- ... types of people, and so successfully that their work survives centuries. These authors posses qualities we can seldom identify in their lifetimes. Yet we do know this -- William Shakespeare was one of them. William Shakespeare's parents were John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. John Shakespeare was born in 1529. His father was a small tenant farmer in Snitterfield, near Stratford-upon-Avon. He became a successful glover and trader, and owned ... his name on the list. Capital Burgesses were the main English parliament representatives for towns or boroughs. Later on, he was bailiff of the town, and held many important positions throughout his life. William Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden, was born to nobility, a wealthy family. She was the youngest daughter of Robert Arden, also a country gentleman, of Wilmcote. He left in his will to Mary the estate of Asbies in Wilmcote and six pounds, thirteen shillings, and sixpence. Within a year of her father's death, in 1557, Mary married John Shakespeare. William Shakespeare was the third child, born after Joan and Margaret Shakespeare. Margaret died before William was born, and Joan died sometime before 1569. William was born ...
- 1417: Comparing Henry David Thoreau and Herman Melville's Writings
- Comparing Henry David Thoreau and Herman Melville's Writings Henry David Thoreau and Herman Melville focused their writings on how man was affected by nature. They translated their philosophies though both the portrayal of their protagonist and their own self exploration. In Moby Dick, Melville writes about Ahab's physical and metaphysical struggle over the great white whale, Moby Dick, symbolic of man's struggle against the overwhelming forces of nature. Ahab's quest is reported and experienced through the eyes of Ishmael. Melville's use of the third person's biographical standpoint exposes conflicting viewpoints that were ...
- 1418: Peacefully Ever After
- Peacefully Ever After Accomplish: to succeed in completing; fulfill, perform, or carry out (an undertaking, plan, promise, etc.) Throughout Janie's life she accomplished many things, but what I'd like to focus on is what I believe her chief accomplishment was: Peace. Janie achieved peace through a long and trial- filled life which consisted of three husbands who were of varying personalities. In this essay I will discuss Janie's life relating to each of these husbands, and how Janie grew to achieve peace in the long run. Janie's grandmother was one of the most important influences in her life, raising her from an infant and passing on her dreams to Janie. Janie's mother ran away from home soon after Janie was ...
- 1419: Cixous/Kristeva
- Cixous/Kristeva Focus on 1227 and 1232-1245 only. What does Cixous identify as the main problematic for women's writing? (1227) How does she characterize women, women's bodies and women's writing in response to the Freudian/Lacanian essentialization of women? Why is it important, according to Cixous, for women to write as woman? What are the implications of such writing for the potential of ...
- 1420: Don Giovanni
- Don't Get Too Close Ordinary People by Judith Guest is a well written novel that takes you through the life of a typical upper class American family. The main character in the book is Conrad Jarret ... Calvin and Beth Jarret. Conrad also had a deceased brother Buck who was killed in a tragic boating accident. This brings us to the reoccurring theme throughout the book. The lack of intimacy in Conrad's life is portrayed throughout the book. Bucks tragic death has caused Conrad to be weary of close relationships. He trys not to get too close to anyone through the beginning of the story, but as ... side is revived. At the beginning of the story we see a depressed and downhearted Conrad, racing through the things that he has to do in the days to come. Our first impression of Conrad's relationship with his parents is found on Pg 4 when he is thinking about what his parents are talking about downstairs. He says to himself "They certainly would not be talking about anything important." ...
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