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- 16561: 1984 2
- ... with War is Peace and Freedom is Slavery , is used by the Party as a way of brainwashing the people of Oceania. One of the main terms used as a way of describing the Party s position on thought crimes is Ingsoc . Ingsoc believes that anyone who is guilty is guilty because thinking on your own is the complete reverse of the reality of the society. Basically this is a way of condemning and brainwashing the people into thinking that they are wrong about everything and the Party is always right so don t go against what the Party says. There are many strategies in which the Party hopes to ensure success with its totalitarian rule. One was to start young, with the children. Children are the key to ensuring success by having them brainwashed early, when they are most vulnerable, and by doing so, ensure success that they will grow up and be totally under the Party s control. Another strategy that the party used was fear. Fear is a tool by which everyone can be controlled. Anyone who ever doubted the Party s power was quickly arrested or killed. A most ...
- 16562: Dance 2
- ... 62 Denishawn was a dance school created in 1915 by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn. Denis and Shawn were greatly inspired by different cultures, especially the Asian cultures. Although the dances Denishawn performed weren’t authentic, they were still able to bring other countries dance views to American audiences. The purpose of Denishawn was to educate the “total” dancer. Meaning to bring together the body , mind and spirit. Learning About ... depth discuss one of these artistic personas (one of four). Include the art themes, and society of the time, as well as the particular contribution to dance history. Modern dance began in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. It came directly as a revolt,what was understood as the “restrictions” of ballet. Isadora Duncan, (1877-1927), is given the credit of being the first dancer to present “modern dancing”. Other dancers, such ...
- 16563: A Separate Peace: Contrasting Gene and Phineas and the Struggle for Power
- ... Upper Middler had dared to do the unthinkable, vaulting off a tree to land in a shallow river. Phineas is the first to do this. This single statement tells us much about him. He doesn't mind taking risks, enjoys intimidating others, and over exaggerates. It tells that he is very strong and powerful to be able to do what others can not do. The denotation of power is "the capability ... memories of the summer session when he was sixteen years old. As stated before, Phineas was considered the best athlete in school, but Gene tried to compensate by being the best student in school. Gene's continuous competition with Phineas weakened his personality, hence causing Gene's rebellion on Phineas. Gene begins to think that his purpose is "to become part of Phineas" (p.77). Phineas states that Gene has to play sports now for him. Then, Gene realizes that this ...
- 16564: Prostitution Should Be Legalized
- ... abuse from clients and police and attacks by men who target prostitutes. These and other acts of violence against sex workers go unreported because law enforcement either dismisses the prostitutes’ claims because of the women’s line of work or arrests them by using the claims as forms of confessions. For the same reasons, most sex workers choose to avoid outreach programs for sexually transmitted disease prevention. Furthermore, many local prostitution prevention laws are proven ineffective, yet taxpayers must continue to support law enforcement’s efforts to curtail prostitution. Proponents of keeping prostitution illegal contend that prostitution is immoral, degrading, and contributes to the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. Nevertheless, legalizing and regulating prostitution will provide greater benefits for society. Supporters of banning prostitution insist first and foremost that selling a person’s body is immoral. Yet in one way or another, all people who work "sell" one or more parts of their body in order to complete their jobs. Athletes, bus drivers, and construction workers all " ...
- 16565: Benjamin H. Latrobe
- ... Germany. There he received an impressive education. Which was composed of a broad curriculum. He was taught in all the liberal arts and also classical and modern languages. Latrobe started his career training under England's most renowned engineer of the day John Smeaton. Under Smeatons teachings Latrobe gained a strong grasp of technical and theoretical English civil engineering and meticulous draughtsmanship (Carter 1981, 1-2). Latrobe's interests in engineering soon led him to develop an interest in architecture. Latrobe decided to pursue his interest in architecture. He decided to work with S.R. Cockrell and become his apprentice. While Latrobe worked along with Cockrell he gained further experience and rapid advancement in architecture. Latrobe did many side jobs designing public works where he also gained experience ...
- 16566: What Is A Monopoly
- ... innovate and create standards for the success of their business. First of all, Microsoft is a technology corporation headed by Bill Gates that produces computer operating systems and software. It was formed in the 1970's and their objective was to create an operating system so one could run programs on a computer. They began with MS-Dos and eventually developed the Windows line of operating systems. The argument many pose ... because of their ability to create industry-wide standards. Along with other technology companies like Intel, and other PC manufacturers in the computer technology, there has been an advancement that has been unparalleled since Rockefeller's oil empire of the early 20th century. Computers have not only changed the way we work, but our business practices and the way we communicate. Even Michael Dell, founder of the direct selling of PCs to consumer, praises Microsoft and its success. He says, "Microsoft's biggest impact has been the advocation of a broad standard for personal computing that has been massively accepted and dominates the PC industry around the world. As part of that, they have facilitated applications, ...
- 16567: Red Badge Of Courage
- ... in a thousand battles, and complains about the walking, even though the reader knows that he would rather be walking forever then go to battle at this point in time. It shows one of Henry’s defense mechanisms, how he uses his arrogance to hide his innocence. Regiment 304 moves on to battle the next day. Henry becomes very scared, but is too proud to talk to any of the others ... become big time war heroes. This is ironic, because in the end of the book their wishes come true. When the battle starts, all the soldiers get very anxious and nervous. Tom and Henry don’t turn out to be as brave as they think that they could be. While hiding, Tom finds Henry, and gives him a manila envelope of letters for his family. Tom believes that this will be ... with the rest of his regiment, he hides behind some brush in order to spare himself from dying. He listens in on the battle, and to much of his surprise, he hears cheering from what’s left of his regiment. He then takes off into the woods in anger. While running through the woods his conscience begins to speak to him. His conscience calls him a coward, and a deserter. ...
- 16568: Isaac Newton
- ... His father died before he was born and left his family without much money. Isaacs mother soon remarried and had three more children. His mother expected him to manage the farm, but he really didn't care for that much and instead was sent back to grammar school to prepare for college. When he finished grammar school and attended Trinity College, University of Cambridge, at age 18. He started college in ... theory of light, which states that light is made up of tiny particles, also known as corpuscles. Another great discovery that he came up with was gravity. The general law of gravity arose from Newton's question: what keeps the moon in it's regular path around the earth? He concluded that only the attraction of the earth and the moon could account for it. In mathematics, Newton used the concepts of time and infinity to calculate the ...
- 16569: La Belle Dame Sans Merci
- ... A And no birds sing. @ In this sentence he describes his sadness because the singing of birds is associated with happiness and the birds are not singing. So haggard and so woe-begone? The squirrel=s granary is full, And the harvest=s done. In this quote the knight is troubled because everything is going as it is supposed to, the granary is full and the harvest is done. This is why the knight is also sad and ... and afflicted. "And on thy cheeks a fading rose fast withereth too." The colour of his skin is fading away, and he is dying. I met a lady in the meads Full beautiful - a faery=s child. Her hair was long, her foot was light, And her eyes were wild. In this stanza, the knight meets a woman in the meadows. He falls in love with her immediately. He describes ...
- 16570: Editha
- ... Editha, right away started encouraging George to sign up for the war, she believed it was his patriotic duty as an American. George did not believe in war and was raised to be passive. George s father had lost his arm in the Civil war and his mother did not want him to suffer the same thing. His father and mother together decided to discourage George from going to any war ... the war and even encouraged his friends to do the same. His friends even nicknamed him Captain because of his leadership in encouraging them to sign up. George showed up late that night at Editha s house to tell her that he signed up for the war. Editha was very excited but tried not to show it. She did not want him to think that she was the one who pushed ... and looked at the list hoping that there might be another Gearson, but everything matched up. Just like she promised, Editha got up out of sick and distraught bed and went to check on George s mother. Editha s father offered to go with her and they traveled from New York to Iowa to George s funeral. George s mother blamed Editha for everything. The letter that Editha had given ...
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