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- 16041: Native Americans
- American Indian Wars There is perhaps a tendency to view the record of the military in terms of conflict, that may be why the U.S. Army’s operational experience in the quarter century following the Civil War became known as the Indian wars. Previous struggles with the Indian, dating back to colonial times, had been limited. There was a period where the ... fewer than a thousand remained. The army and the Bureau of Indian Affairs went along with and even encouraged the slaughter of the animals. By destroying the buffalo herds, the whites were destroying the Indian’s main source of food and supplies. The only thing the Indians could do was fight to preserve their way of life. There was constant fighting among the Indian and whites as the Indians fought ...
- 16042: Alice Walker’s Everyday Use: Family Characters
- Alice Walker’s Everyday Use: Family Characters The family characters in Alice Walker’s " Everyday Use " illustrates the mistake by some people of placing the significance of heritage solely in material objects. Mama and Maggie, are presented as how heritage is passed on from one generation to another through ... to school in Augusta " (73). She attempts to connect with her heritage by taking pictures of the house with the family in the picture. She also takes some of the handmade items of her mother’s such as the churn top which she will use " as a centerpiece for the alcove table " (76). She associates these things with heritage now, but thought nothing of them while growing up. Dee’s ...
- 16043: Exploration Of The Theme Of Or
- The question of the existence of a world order or an all-powerful force in the universe exacting justice upon violators of the world s order is a common theme among the works of classical literature we have studied in class. This essay will explore the answer to this question from within the context of three works of classical literature. In the Old Testament the order that is imposed upon the world is scripted, regulated and enforced by the one true God, the God of Israel. According to Homer in The Iliad, the world s order is defined by men, and retributions for violations are meted out by the gods acting directly and through the manipulation of men. In Sophocles Oedipus the King the order of the world is ambiguously defined and justice is returned to those guilty of transgressing these rules by the gods. The story of Joseph in Genesis 37-46 we learn of Joseph s rise from a position with little promise of his ever gaining prominence to the pinnacle of power in ancient Egypt. This ascension as a whole gives us a glimpse of God s order in ...
- 16044: The History of Greek Theater
- ... were depicted and glorified. It was believed that man should live for honor and fame, his action was courageous and glorious and his life would climax in a great and noble death. Originally, the hero's recognition was created by selfish behaviors and little thought of service to others. As the Greeks grew toward city-states and colonization, it became the destiny and ambition of the hero to gain honor by ... The second major characteristic of the early Greek world was the supernatural. The two worlds were not separate, as the gods lived in the same world as the men, and they interfered in the men's lives as they chose to. It was the gods who sent suffering and evil to men. In the plays of Sophocles, the gods brought about the hero's downfall because of a tragic flaw in the character of the hero. In Greek tragedy, suffering brought knowledge of worldly matters and of the individual. Aristotle attempted to explain how an audience could observe ...
- 16045: USSR: The Doomed Empire
- USSR: The Doomed Empire Introduction: The 1940's and the next four decades after, were a time of bitter struggle between the US and the Soviet Union. National identity as well as ideological differences brought both countries to the brink of nuclear war ... is only the individuals within the society that truly understand what products are in demand. Under Communist regime a few select rulers decide what are the needs of the society, what resources are their country's scarcities, and how to obtain these scarcities. Finding this information is a big job and requires endless amounts of domestic attention. With this in mind the quote “Nature's laws are immutable... Communism is only an ideal dream”3 becomes much clearer. One leader simply does not have enough time nor money to invest in the acquisition of thorough and accurate knowledge pertaining ...
- 16046: The Great Gatsby: Death of the American Dream
- ... 1896, the namesake and second cousin three times removed of the author of the National Anthem. His father, Edward, was from Maryland and exhibited an undying allegiance to the Old South and its values. Fitzgerald's mother, Mary (Mollie) McQuillan, was the daughter of an Irish immigrant who made his fortune as a wholesale grocer in St. Paul. Edward Fitzgerald failed as a manufacturer of wicker furniture in St. Paul, and he became a salesman for Procter & Gamble in upstate New York. After he was dismissed in 1908, when his son was twelve, the family returned to St. Paul and lived comfortably on Mollie Fitzgerald's inheritance. Fitzgerald attended the St. Paul Academy; his first writing to appear in print was a detective story in the school newspaper when he was thirteen. From St. Paul Academy Fitzgerald went on to a ... in Rome, where he revised The Great Gatsby; they were en route to Paris when the novel was published in April. The Great Gatsby marked what was noted critically as a striking advance in Fitzgerald's technique, utilizing a complex structure and a controlled narrative point of view. Fitzgerald's achievement received critical praise, but sales of The Great Gatsby were disappointing. Ironically, F. Scott Fitzgerald died believing himself a ...
- 16047: Spotted Horses Vs. Mule In The
- ... similar plot features, they are entirely different stories. The stories are both examples of interpretive literature, however Spotted Horses is a more interpretive short story than Mule in the Yard because Spotted Horses fits Perrine s profile of interpretive literature, and Mule in the Yard seems to replicate Perrine s profile of escape literature. According to Laurence Perrine in his seventh edition of Literature: Structure, Sound and Sense he states the definition of interpretive literature is Literature written to deepen and broaden and sharpen our ... only understanding of ourselves, but our neighbors, friends, family or anyone else we might encounter. Escape literature is the complete opposite of interpretive literature. Escape literature is written purely for entertainment. Escape literature takes it s reader out of the real world and into a fantasy world where everything works and happens just like we want it to. This is a world where the ending always has closure. Escapist authors ...
- 16048: Othello - The Ambivalence Of H
- ... they are displayed as the exact opposites in the play, but they are exactly the same in that they both possess this ambivalence of good and evil. There is no character in all of Shakespeare's plays so full of serpentine power and poison as Iago. He is envious of Michael Cassio and suspects that Othello has wronged his honor; but his malignancy is all out of proportion to even his ... characters. The reader sees the true evil of Iago and how he fools the other characters into believing he is an honorable man. His false displays begin with him and Roderego informing Brabantio of Desedemona's marriage to Othello, a Moor. The reader knows from the conversation between Iago and Roderego in Act I scene 1 that the two men are upset that Iago is not Lieutenant and Roderego cannot have ... which the ambivalence is shown is after the Turkish fleet was destroyed by the storm in Act II, Iago acts acts like a friend to Cassio during the celebration and drinks with him. Knowing Cassio's low tolerance for wine, Iago easily gets him drunk while he is supposed to be on watch. He convinces Montano that this is Cassio's normal nightly routine while Roderego begins a fight with ...
- 16049: Psychoanalysis
- Psychoanalysis Psychoanalysis is a system of psychology originated by the Viennese physician Sigmund FREUD in the 1890's and then further developed by himself, his students, and other followers. It consists of three kinds of related activities: (1) a method for research into the human mind, especially inner experiences such as thoughts, feelings ... success. Josef Breuer, a Viennese physician, achieved better results by letting Anna O., a young woman patient, try to empty her mind by just telling him all of her thoughts and feelings. Freud refined Breuer's method by conceptualizing theories about it and, using these theories, telling his patients through interpretations what was going on inside the unconscious part of their minds, thus making the unconscious become conscious. Many hysterias were ... a quick cure but holds out the hope that through better understanding of oneself and of others one can achieve an amelioration of symptoms as well as a smoother and more effective socialization of one's behavior. Psychological maladaptations usually originate from painful misunderstandings or outright failures in the child's relationship to his or her parents. Sometimes parents lack the appropriate and attuned empathic understanding that children need. Sometimes ...
- 16050: Gimple The Fool
- Although Gimpel did not die a fool he lived his life primarily as a fool. Singer’s use of "Gimpel the Fool" demonstrated two lower levels of the human scale. The first is the coward’s ability to justify to himself the reasoning behind his behavior. The second is the crowd’s ability to pick out the weakling and exploit him for their own amusement. Gimpel proved he was a fool by all that he did. He allowed himself to be cornered, prodded, and teased yet ...
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