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- 16311: Great Gatsby
- ... absolute happiness hoping he can relive that state of emotion sometime in the future. F. Scott Fitzgerald published the book in 1925 using the actual time in history, the Roaring Twenties to help create Gatsby's character. Gatsby's participation in the bootlegging business, the extravagant parties he throws, and the wealthy, careless lifestyle the Buchanans represent, are all vivid pictures of that time frame. Fitzgerald's portrayal of the time period creates lifelike characters in the novel. By creating these personable characters, Fitzgerald is allowing the reader to associate himself with Gatsby, and letting him use his imagination, so that ...
- 16312: The Symbolism of Religion and Comparison
- ... thinker which only older people usually do. In "Conversion of the Jews" Ozzie, who was the main character, had a problem with getting along with the priest Rabbi Binder at Hebrew School. Rabbi Binder didn't really like Ozzie because he was always asking a lot of questions and Rabbi Binder was always getting angry at him. In "First Confession" Jackie, the main character, also had a problem. Jackies problem was ... ordered Jackie to tell all of his sins, including how he was mean to the grandmother who lived with them. Ozzie seemed troubled to Rabbi Binder in "Conversion of the Jews". In reality Jackie wasn't bad at all, he was just a boy who wanted answers to his questions. And that was proved when Ozzie asked a question in class and Rabbi Binder went crazy and hit Ozzie because he ... classmates by running to the roof and making believe he was going to jump. With Ozzie being on the roof it gave Rabbi Binder a bigger belief that Ozzie was crazy and troubled. Ozzie wasn't really crazy, he was just trying to make a point that he really wasn't dumb. Ozzie just wanted to believe that there was really a Christ. So with the point that Ozzie was ...
- 16313: Kurt Cobain
- ... attention of the world, but also brought him the fame and fortune that led to his downfall. The pain and the hate of his life filled the lines, tough hidden under his sarcasm. He couldn't take the voices in his head that had plagued him all his life, that compiled with his dislike of the fame caused him to end his own life. The life that gave him no joy ... they changed my life. I was sitting in class and one of my friends tapped into the P.A. system. He hooked it up to his Walkman and started playing Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana's first single. I was sitting in class day dreaming and suddenly I was pulled out of it by this amazing sound. A few seconds later the principal shut off the song, but by that time ... I could identify with music, the words that poured from the speakers spoke my life. Until that moment I had no direction and felt alienated from the rest of the kids my age. But Cobain's music touched on what I was not able realize at my age, that being yourself is all right no matter what the "trendy" junior high school kids thought. Though I would not understand the ...
- 16314: Overview and Analysis of the Crusades
- ... to meet Conrad III army. The Holy Roman Emperor, Conrad III, set out from Germany and soon met up with Louis' men. With their armies, they left from their homeland to meet in Jerusalem. Conrad's army began their voyage, only to be ambushed. Afterwards, their supplies and cavalry were drastically depleted. The better half of the French army reached Jerusalem and met up with the small remains of the Germans ... assembled during the middle ages. Again, this crusade suffered misfortune. On his journey to Jerusalem, the Roman emperor died, and his army accompanied the body back home for burial. Even with the size of Richard's and Frederick's remaining armies, they were not able to recapture Jerusalem. When the armies left Jerusalem and its surrounding areas to return home, they accomplished none of their goals. Since none of the following crusades were ...
- 16315: 1984 10
- ... wiped out and your one-time existence is forever forgotten. The Invasion of Privacy is also used to control people. Devices called Telescreens are setup everywhere for the use of your entertainment and the party s. They are objects that not only allow you to watch them and hear them like a television but in return you yourself are watched and heard by the party. Other ways in which privacy is taken away is by the use of little sound devices called Bugs. In one scene Winston and Julia are talking and Julia says, I bet that picture s got bugs behind it (Orwell 122)1. When she says this she is implying that the party is listening to everything they say and do. The final way the party invades privacy is by The ... to work for the party once again. The last way society is controlled is by Desensitization. Desensitization is an effect brought on to people by the party which causes the loss of senses to one s self. One such instance occurs in the novel when Winston is explaining a war film he had just seen. He explains that in this one particular movie, one scene involves a ship full of ...
- 16316: 1984 - Success
- Success is the main object of desire for many people in the world of today. In George Orwell s 1984, the author provides a speculative view to the future and brilliantly describes what would happen if ultimate success was attainable. George Orwell describes success in three extremes: those who succeed ultimately, those who fail ... make Big Brother (and through him, themselves) look good by fighting against this evil force . The Inner Party was not happy with only physical obedience, they wanted complete obedience, including the human mind. They didn t want people to think for themselves, because then they might plot to overthrow the Inner Party. They controlled the general populations minds by involving them in many verbal demonstrations, such as hate week, which downplayed the Brotherhood and made Big Brother look good. They also had telescreens in every building that allowed them to spy on the people and make sure that they didn t do anything that might be harmful to their control. When they found someone who was a traitor, and wanted to disobey or overthrow Big Brother, they didn t just punish them, they converted them: ...
- 16317: Does Video Game Violence Affect Children?
- ... let them play together again and observed their behavior for any signs of violence. Two days after they went home I called their parents and asked if their has been any change in their child's behavior. Throughout most of the experiment the children have had no "bad" behavioral problems until the end of my experiment. In the last phase of my experiment two of the boys had exibited violent behavior ... pretending to fight. Also in the last phase of my experiment two of the girls seemed very disgusted after viewing "fatalities" from Mortal Kombat Trilogy. Also when I called their houses one of the children's parents notified me of unusually violent behavior the day before. The results prove my hypothesis to be correct. Most of the children had no changes but some of them did. I think that if people ... and a game there would be no problems with behavior after playing violent video games. Also I agree with the rating system used to regulate gaming, because some children are not ready to watch someone's head get ripped off (even if the characters aren't real) at a young age. A mistake I had made were not getting written permission for the use of their children in my experiment ...
- 16318: Gold Strike, Relating To Cry,
- “Gold mining union plans one-day Free State strike” An article dated March 17, 2000 NUM, or South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers, is organizing a one-day strike at Free State gold mines. They are protesting the poverty and job losses from the mines. NUM is the country’s biggest mining union with 50,000 members, and on March 22 the strike would affect five gold companies; AngloGold Ltd., Gold Fields Ltd., Harmony Gold Co., Avgold and African Rainbow Minerals. NUM spokesman Ikaneng Matlala didn’t say, however, how many members of the union would participate on the strike, but did say “All the gold mines in the Free State gold fields are going to embark on a strike.” The ...
- 16319: Life Outside Our Biosphere
- Life Outside Our Biosphere The fragile balance of the Earth's ecosystem is constantly being disrupted. Overpopulation is placing heavy strain on the world's resources. We are burning all our fossil fuels to create the energy we need, and clearing our rainforests to make enough farmland to feed everyone. The ozone layer is slowly eroding, exposing us to harmful ... crowded, with no room left to expand. Solution: Transfer part of the population off the Earth, to colonies established either on other planets or on orbiting space stations. This will lessen strain on the world's land resources by providing more agricultural area, and will help solve problems associated with overcrowding. In our solar system, a few planetic possibilities exist for colonization. Mars, one of our closest neighbors, was previously ...
- 16320: Reflections on Ipi Ntombi
- ... native drums kept the beat alive. The people danced with great emotion, and they took great pride in their dancing, their tribe, and their tribe leader. At the end of Act I, the tribe leader’s son returns dressed in a hat, T-shirt, jeans and boots. He tells his father, the tribe leader, that he has intentions of getting married in the city’s Christian church. The main conflict of the play is established when his father believes that he should wed in the tribe’s village. The beginning of the second act takes place in a city. ...
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