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- 16541: A Tale Of Two Cities
- ... because the wine shop owner, Ernest Defarge, and his wife, Madame Defarge, are key leaders and officials of the revolution. Action in the book is scattered out in many places; such as the Bastille, Tellson's Bank, the home of the Manettes, and largely, the streets of Paris. These places help to introduce many characters into the plot. One of the main characters, Madame Therese Defarge, is a major antagonist who ... cannot escape the memory of being held and sometimes relapses to cobbling shoes. Dr. Manette is somewhat redundant as a character in the novel, but plays a very significant part in the plot. Dr. Manette's daughter, Lucie Manette, a positive protagonist, is loved by many and marries Charles Darnay . She is a quiet, emotional person and a subtle protagonist in the novel. One who never forgot his love for Lucie ... the premises of the two promises between Dr. Manette and Darnay. Right after the marriage, while the newlyweds are on their honeymoon, Dr. Manette has a relapse and cobbles shoes for nine days straight. France's citizens arm themselves for a revolution and, led by the Defarges, start the revolution by raiding the Bastille. Shortly before the start of the revolution, the Marquis runs over a child in the streets ...
- 16542: Lord Of The Flies
- ... taken then they primal instinct of the boys begins to take over. Even though the fact of no punishments may be known in the back of ones mind there is still the thought of what’s right. “Roger stooped, picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at Henry and back again.” (Page 67) This is an example of how Roger knows it is wrong to hit someone with a rock ... I thought I might kill.”” (Page 55) This is showing how he lets his primal side take over his thoughts when he is hunting. He forgets about everything he had ever been told about what’s right because of his primal instinct to kill. He had an urge to hunt, his instincts were teaching him how. Even thought he really did now know how to hunt mans primal instincts helped him learn quickly. How people take sides and form groups shows how majority rules. The majority that rules needs a leader. This leader has to hold the rules but when the children’s primal instincts take over the control is lost but the majority still rules. “Let him be the chief with the trumpet thing.” (Page 24) This quote shows how all of the children are agreeing ...
- 16543: Colonial Women
- ... by women. Women performed these tasks without having any legal acknowledgment. Although women had to endure many hardships, their legal and personal lives were becoming less restricted, although the change was occurring at a snail’s pace. Life for the colonial woman was a mix of imprisonment and freedom in their marriages, homes, and in the American Colonial legal system. Women who chose to come to the American Colonies had a ... among society that a female was best represented by her father, brothers, and husbands. A woman could only own property if there was no men in her private life. If she was married, a woman’s husband held claim over her property due to the Feme Covert laws. Single women had more legal rights, but were looked down upon by society. Widowhood offered the opportunities of the single woman to a once married woman. The widow was able to take over her husband’s business, trade and property. Many widows ran farms and plantations, became shopkeepers, merchants, blacksmiths and tavern owners. Some women ran schools within her home. Other women were paid money to quarter prisoners in their ...
- 16544: On The Subjection Of Women
- Struggle For Equality Throughout history Women have been subjected to cruel and unfair treatment in an inequal society designed to oppress the physically inferior woman. Men's superior strength has too often debacled a woman's ability to strive for success and reach one's full potential. A man's strength is an insufficient reason to suppress the powerful voice, and intellect of women. Throughout their struggle for equality, being oppressed, women have shown that they have the drive ...
- 16545: No One Writes to the Colonel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- ... Since the musician is a first to have died of natural causes, we can assume that martial law has resulted in the untimely death of many people. Another example is the death of the Colonel's son, Agustin, Whom after his death has become the embodiment of the underground. It is rightly so, being that he was the writer of the "clandestine" papers. "'Agustin wrote.' The Colonel observed the deserted street ... happenings, nevertheless it allows the people some sanctity in them. This fact is evident in the instance where a soldier that stops the Colonel, does not search him. Although the oppression is difficult, the Colonel's dignity and pride helps him to not give up on the pension claim he made to Congress 15 years ago. He shows impressive perseverance through his patient wait for the letter recognizing his request. The Colonel's dignity is important to him; he would much rather write a letter requesting the change of lawyer by hand than ask someone to type the letter as a favor to him. This dignity and ...
- 16546: Emily Dickinson
- Emily Dickinson America’s best-known female poet and one of the foremost authors in American literature died at the age of 56 in her hometown on April 6, 1886 due to an illness. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, Emily ... company she kept; Dickinson was far more sociable than most descriptions would have us believe. She frequently entertained guests at her home and the home of her brother and sister-in-law during her 20’s and 30’s. A friend commented by saying that Emily had so Many people at one of her parties that she never got a chance to speak with her. In addition, Dickinson kept up a voluminous correspondence ...
- 16547: What Do Employers Do,train Or
- ... employers are to do with their current staff. Retrain them or just simply hire new staff already equipped with the necessary skills? 1999 Telstra Business Woman of the Year, Sheryle Moon, has recently criticised Australia's level of IT skills. She stated that "companies need to train unskilled workers themselves rather than wait for university graduates to filter into the workplace" (Warning on IT skills crisis, Herald-Sun August 10th, 1999 ... demand far outweighed supply and that IT was "no longer something that affects just a few people, it affects every single one of us". Furthermore, she likened the current crisis to that of the 1950's Snowy Mountain Scheme, where new immigrants solved the labour shortage. However this would not work this time, as the rest of the world also faces a similar problem to Australia. So how can companies make ... to consume their resources to get their staff trained, and this would result in a temporary shortage of staff within the company as they undergo their training. To avoid the training program consuming the company's resources, the company could outsource the training to a company which specifically deals with training people in information technology. This too would come at a high price to the company, but would probably be ...
- 16548: The Chicago Fire of 1871
- ... four block area before it was brought under control Sunday morning. They lost a hose and other fire-fighting equipment, including one of seventeen steam fire engines and a hose cart. Nearly half of Chicago's 185 firemen fought this fire and many were on duty all day, so they were already exhausted when the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 struck. Some people think that the fire was started by Mrs. O'leary's cow kicking over a lantern. Others have different theories, but one thing is for sure,on the Sunday evening of October 8, 1871 a blaze started in Mrs. O' leary's barn. Daniel sullivan sat on the wooden sidewalk when he saw a flame in Mrs. O'leary's barn. He managed to save a half grown calf. By now everyone in the neighborhood woke ...
- 16549: Charles Et Secondat, Baron De
- ... born in 1689 to a French noble family. "His family tree could be traced 350 years, which in his view made its name neither good nor bad." (The Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, p. 68) Montesquieu's views started to be shaped at a very early age. A beggar was chosen to be his godfather to remind him of his obligations to the poor. Montesquieu's education started at the age of 11 when he was sent to Juilly, a school maintained by the Congregation of the Oratory. From 1705 to 1709 he studied law in Bordeaux. "From 1705 to 1709 ... other writers, Montesquieu did a great job making fun of the European values. At that time he already believed in the immorality of European practices such as religious prosecution. The book gave roots for Montesquieu's later arguments and ideas. When in 1728 Montesquieu, with the help of his Parisian connections he got elected to the French Academy, he was happy to sell his office of president a mortier. In ...
- 16550: Buddhism
- ... Path. It all started in about 565 B.C. when Siddhartha Gautama was born. He was a young Indian prince born to the ruler of a small kingdom that is now known as Nepal. Gautama's father was said to have been told by a prophet that if Gautama saw the sick, aged, dead, or poor he would become a religious leader. If he didn’t see these four things he would become an emperor. Because of this prophecy Gautama's father decided to isolate his son from the outside world, where he might "see how the other half lived", for the good of his empire and his citizens. Trying to shelter Gautama from all ...
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