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- 16731: A Chance to Shine
- A Chance to Shine For all of my life I have remembered myself always playing soccer. I remember always being at the sidelines for my brother's games, and eventually when I became old enough, I was signed up and ready to play. Throughout the early years of my soccer career I had always considered myself to be the best. I was ... were getting to the ball, passing, and shooting with relative ease, we were on top. Then we got our scoring chance. Our right wing took a shot from 18 yards out, which the goalie couldn't stop that had apparently crossed the goal line, but the goalie on the other team pulled it back out. Our whole team started cheering, we had scored, but the referee had another opinion. He said ... be taken out of the game. Our coach assuming that we were out of it decided to be generous and give me some playing time and put me in. When I came in I wasn't expecting much from myself, just not to make a fool of myself, but things worked out much better. About 2 minutes after I came into the game I had a ball served up to ...
- 16732: George Wallace
- The 1960's were characterized as an era full of turmoil. During this era, one of the most controversial topics was the fight over civil rights. One of the key political figures against civil rights movement and pro-segregation was George Wallace. Wallace represented the racist southern view. Many Americans were segregationist, but Wallace was adamant about the topic. Many established political figures were assassinated, during the 1960's. Martin Luther King, JFK, and RFK were all positive visionaries caused controversy throughout that decade. George Wallace was against the modern government, pro-middle class, and against civil rights. Wallace and many other visionaries were cut down to early in life. Wallace was not killed by the assassin's bullet but his political career was changed. The attempt on Wallace's life left him a broken man in a wheelchair. People remembered the George Wallace who smoked his cigar and denounced the State ...
- 16733: Frederick Douglass - The Man
- ... slave children. At the age of seven, like many other slaves, Frederick was put to work in the fields. As a young child he would wonder why he was a slave, and why everyone can't be equal. His thoughts frequently came back to him, leaving him with a great hatred for slavery. In 1836, Frederick had finally had enough of his imprisonment, and attempted an escape with many other slaves ... these publishing years, Frederick became good friends with John Brown. John had a vision of training groups of men to help slaves escape via the Underground Railroad. However, in 1859, Douglass learned it was Brown's intention to raid the Federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. He was sure this would bring disastrous results, and took no part in the raid. Following the raid, Douglass fled to Europe, fearing the government would ... the regiment of the Massachusetts 54th. This group of soldiers fought hard, and Douglass was respected as a leader of ex-slaves. Frederick soon fought for the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments for the U.S. Constitution, which gave rights to everyone. He became U.S marshal for the District of Columbia (1877-81), recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia (1881-86) and U.S. minister to the ...
- 16734: The Fall Of Rome
- ... the poor. In response to the torment of tax collectors, the poor fled to barbaric lands. The poor made up a large percentage of the Roman population. Barbarians disrupted trade on the Mediterranean Sea. Rome's gold and silver were being drained into buying luxuries from China, India, and Arabia. The government decreased the silver content in money. The value of the money also decreased. Diocletion attempted to curb the inflation ... needed to be maintained. Again, taxes were forced mainly on the poor or made more people impoverished. Soon the Pax Augusta came. It brought prosperity, but failed to release new productive forces. It also didn't contribute to industrialization. The whole political system was put on display when gladiator shows and public executions were held. They reaffirmed the moral order. The third and final reason reason for the decline of Rome was religion. Rome religion deteriorated because of conflicts between Christianity and Pagan gods. Constantine recognized Christianity as a religion. Because of him Christians wouldn't suffer persecutions for their beliefs. Rather ironically, later Christians would persecute Pagans. Nevertheless Pagans were afraid. They thought Roman gods would leave because of the Christians. For example, their environment could go into ruin. ...
- 16735: Romanticism
- ... told by Gautier himself, danced the role "With perfection, lightness, boldness, and a chaste refinement and refined seductiveness, which placed her in first rank . . .she was nature and artlessness personified." In literature Madame de Stael's novel "Corinne" is about a poetic genius who suffers and eventually dies of unrequited love, a very passionate and common theme in the Romantic Era. Madame de Stael's statement on poetic inspiration is chiefly known for its portrayal of women and for its romantic glorification of inspired genius. Here is a portion of that statement: "Sometimes my impassioned excitement carries me beyond myself ... as a revolutionary movement due to the extreme changes in politics, taste, feeling, behavior, thought and social and domestic relations. There are many examples of revolutionary and romantic ideas mixed. In Spaniard Francisco de Goya's painting "The Third of May" (1808) there are obvious romantic qualities. The eloquent way that the figures are posed in motion and with the intensely contrasting and dramatic colors. All of these elements were ...
- 16736: Into The Wild By Jon Krakauer
- ... was addressed to one of his friends that he met along his trip. Wayne Westerberg was the one who was delivered the postcard that included the line if this adventure proves fatal and you dont ever hear from me again I want you to know youre a great man. I now walk into the wild. Chris almost knew that he would not make it out of the wild alive ... the chance to sacrifice myself for my love. I felt in myself a superabundance of energy which found no outlet in our quiet life.-Leo Tolstoy-highlighted in one of the books found with McCandlesss remains. Krakauer wastes no time getting into the story and tells the reader from the beginning that McCandless eventually reaches the end of his journey of life in Alaska but he still leaves out enough ... that a person who cares so much about others, who would go as far as give out food to the homeless in Washington on his Friday nights or let a vagabond sleep in his parents camper would isolate himself from people? Chris is depicted as an outgoing child who can succeed at anything he puts his mind to and who does not need to work hard to learn things ...
- 16737: Analysis Of The Machine That W
- ... only capable of doing what it was programmed to do. He stated that ever since the beginning of the war, he had been hiding a secret. It was the fact that some of its (Multivac s) data might have been unreliable. This conflict, as you will note later, helped win the war. The great computer was capable of creating a direct battle plan which Earth forces could use to attack their ... losing his job and wanting to keep it made him jingle with the programming until it seemed right. This foreshadowing helps the reader to see that someone is going to have to act upon Henderson s faults if the war is to be won. Swift, the military commander, received these battle plans that Henderson had printed up out on the front (the front being the battle front). He, realizing that some of these plans were outrageous, had to act upon a different form of machine. Swift s motivation for not always acting upon what was laid before him helped change the course of the war. He told Henderson that when faced with the difficult decisions, he didn t use Multivac s ...
- 16738: Character Sketch Of Nora
- A Doll s House Character Sketch of Nora A Doll s House Nora is a very full of life, down to earth character. It s hard to say exactly what she is. Is she an absent-minded, silly child, as she appears to be in the beginning? Is she a gullible woman needing protection from a harsh world, as ...
- 16739: Teacher Certification
- ... whole issue of teacher certification is one of great importance and when discussed must be done in a delicate and thoughtful manner. The reason for this increasing importance is because the education of our nation's teachers is important to the creation of an ideal education system, which is one of the goals of our national government and State governments. Over the years the whole educational reform movement has become an ... throughout the nation. Two education researchers, Howey and Zimpher conducted a study on this variety of models in 1989. They came up with three different attempts of teacher training. The first, known as the teacher's college model, involves certification students entering a separate school within a university that is a "teacher's college". The second approach is called the liberal arts model by the researchers, and is a method that requires and individual to become specialized in a certain liberal arts subject in order to create " ...
- 16740: Hester Prynne
- Hester Prynne Nathaniel Hawthorne s The Scarlet Letter, a dark tale of sin and redemption,centers around the small Puritan community of Boston during the 17th century. In the midst of this small community is Hester Prynne. She is a ... Boston town. As she stood on the scaffold, Hester held her newborn Pearl. pearl was the outcome of her unfaithfulness. Pearl had been adequately named, for she was of extreme value to her mother. Hester s subjection to the crowd of Puritan onlookers is excruciating to bear. One might think that it would have been better if Hester had left the town. Then she would not have had to endure such ... been said to be the scarlet letter come to life by Hawthorne many times throughout the novel. The scarlet letter, Pearl, is not in agreement with the Puritan codes, just as her mothers adultery wasn t either. Hester dressed young Pearl in the color Scarlet. Her dress matched the scarlet letter that Hester wore. Hester knew that Pearl was the scarlet letter, the outcome of her adultery and she would ...
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