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- 16811: The Whipping=evaluation=1200 W
- Upon reading Robert Hayden s 1970 poem, The Whipping (1075), one may find themselves feeling very disturbed. The title is not subtle in hiding the fact that the plot of the poem is of a mother beating her son. The tone of the poem is very violent, and filled with a lot of anger. The boy s character immediately demands sympathy from the reader and just as instantaneously, the mother is hated by the reader. From his first stanza, to his sixth, Hayden utilizes an arsenal of words, symbols, and images to ... The last two lines of the stanza describe the mother very well. She is shouting to the neighborhood/ her goodness and his wrongs (3-4). Its as if she feels that by yelling her son s faults and her goodness, she is trying to justify her own wrongfulness of beating her son. She chose to shout, so that everyone would hear, almost as if she was confessing her sins. She ...
- 16812: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
- ... went up like a rocket... Enough remained of Mr. and Mrs. Ames to make sure there were two bodies." Cathy had set the house on fire and broke into the safe to steal the family's money. As the investigators scoped the place, they noticed that the bolts stuck out and there were no keys left in the locks. They knew it was not an accident. Cathy's body was never found, but the town assumed that she died. "If it had not been for Cathy's murder, the fire and robbery might have been a coincidence." Steinbeck, again, portrays the reader that Cathy is a monster on page 242, "When I said Cathy was a monster it seemed to me ...
- 16813: Reproductive Technologies
- ... two articles that I have chosen involve a controversial issue that many people believe to be an unnecessary debate. I have chosen the debate over the banning of Reproductive Technologies. The technologies in the U.S alone have tripled the amount of multiple births since 1980 and quadrupled since 1971. The women whose lives have been changed by the appearance of these multiple births have been taking a powerful fertility drug ... argues that the IVF and surrogate mother hood (the implantation of another couples fetus into another woman to carry the pregnancy full term) “are a form of violence against woman because they technologically ravage women’s bodies.” She continues to argue that the only way to protect the women from the “abuse and exploitation is to ban the technology”. She asks many questions; Does the natural right to procreate give you the right to chemically mistreat your body until you finally spit out a baby? Are surrogate mother’s merely babysitting for the parents? Is the possibility of a child worth all the wasted money a couple can put into the research? Her main points on the subject include the natural right of ...
- 16814: Bill Gate's Biography
- Bill Gate's Biography William (Bill) H. Gates is chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation, the leading provider, worldwide, of software for the personal computer. Microsoft had revenues of $14.4 billion for the fiscal year ... School. There, he began his career in personal computer software, programming computers at age 13. In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, now Microsoft's president. While at Harvard, Gates developed the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer -- the MITS Altair. In his junior year, Gates dropped out of Harvard to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he ... the technical development of new products. A significant portion of his time is devoted to meeting with customers and staying in contact with Microsoft employees around the world through e-mail. Under Gates' leadership, Microsoft's mission is to continually advance and improve software technology and to make it easier, more cost-effective and more enjoyable for people to use computers. The company is committed to a long-term view, ...
- 16815: Stalin As A Continuation Of Le
- ... Russia experienced communism in a horrible way: first through Lenin and his Cheka, then through Stalin and his concentration camps.How far would they go to achieve their goals? They would stop at nothing. Stalin's personality was so similar to Lenin's, tha although they may have had separate motivations, Stalin finished what Lenin started by gaining influence through power and using the first Five Year Plan. Lenin and Stalin were of the same personality. Both were ... anyone, no matter who they were, whereas fellow communists would not die by Lenin. The number of people Stalin murdered was in the millions: communists and non-communists. Stalin wanted worship, and anyone who didn't worship him was doomed. Their motivations may have been different, but the fact that Lenin and Stalin both used mass terror to gain power is indisputable. Lenin killed for the revolution. He used the ...
- 16816: A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
- Characters and Symbolisms in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" Ernest Hemingway's Short story "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" is about two cafe waiters analyzing an old man's behavior. Moreover, one of the waiters identifies himself with the old man. The theme depicts the elderly's mentality that youth means confidence and a life without loneliness. The story uses elements such as characters and symbolism. There are three main characters in the story and all of them are static. One ...
- 16817: Anne Bradstreet’s Expression of Anger
- Anne Bradstreet’s Expression of Anger During the Puritain era, poets wrote their literature in a very religious sense. Almost all of the Puritain writers based their literature on God. Anne Bradstreet, however, bases her poetry not on God, but on her thoughts and feelings on the events of her life. Anne Bradstreet’s poem An law for publishingher personal poetry without her permission. In this poem Bradstreet uses a combination of a metaphore, a paradox, and other literary devices to express her anger. Bradstreet expresses her anger mostly through the extended metaphore which flows throughout the poem. This extended metaphore compares Bradstreet’s poetry to an ill-formed child. “Thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain,/ Who after birth didst by my side remain,/ Till snatched from thence by friends, less wise than true,/ Who thee ...
- 16818: The Influence of Ecstasy on the Youth
- ... today a whole generation, who will ultimately effect the future of the country. Many young people feel unlike alcohol Ecstasy allows them to stay in control. In an article by Sheila Henderson she particularly emphasis’s the attraction of Ecstasy and the E-culture for young women. She suggests that women felt that being in an environment where every one was on Ecstasy, rather than say alcohol, freed from unwanted sexual ... new people independently.” (Henderson) In survey, which Henderson carried out, she found many young women rated Ecstasy, music and dancing above forms of enjoyment in their lives such as sex and keeping fit. In Henderson’s article a girl gives an account of her positive experience of taking Ecstasy; “ When you listen to the music you usually know the music is coming out of the speaker. But when you’re on E it’s like you’re dancing on the notes… it all around you, and you feel so up there it’s like, its like so hard to describe, its like haven. And it’s so good, ...
- 16819: Dickens And His Stucture Of Ha
- ... through his giving name to the three books contained in Hard Times. The titles of the three appropriately named books are an allusion to the Bible, and are also “given a further twist in Gradgrind’s recommendation to ‘Plant nothing else and root out everything else’ (except facts)” (Lodge 91). In the first book, titled “Sowing, ” we are introduced to those that Dickens creates a firm character basis with. The opening ... emphasizes on Thomas Gradgrind Sr., and his students fittingly referred to as “vessels before him ready to have imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they are filled to the brim” (Dickens 12). Gradgrind’s methods of education are employed to show Dickens’ view on the evil of the educational system. Among the “vessels” are Bitzter and Sissy Jupe. They exemplify two entirely different ideas, serving Dickens for allegorical purposes. Bitzer, the model student of Gradgrind’s school of “facts, facts, facts” becomes the very symbol of evil in the educational system that Dickens is trying to portray, as he learns to take care for number one, himself. Reflection of this ...
- 16820: The Eternal Struggle
- ... fight one another? I believe that the unfortunate answer to this question is yes; violent conflict is essential for humans as they are now. I base this conclusion on the instincts ingrained in every person's DNA, the integral role of violent struggle in the process of progress, and the inefficiency of other methods of resolution. The most basic aspect of life, in any form, is the struggle to survive and ... are mammals, and all mammals possess, to a lesser or greater extent, similar genetic qualities. The predispositions inherited through our genes naturally inclines humans to use violence in to achieve higher status. unfortunately, in today's modern society status is often calculated in money and influence. As long as self-interest is a top priority to humans, a morality that is becoming increasingly apparent as time progresses, violent conflicts will continue ... beneficial not only to the technology of a country, but its economy and moral as well. North America was suffering greatly from the effects of The Great Depression before WWII, but after 1945 the continent's economy was flourishing greatly. Wartime creates a large amount of demand for many goods, and the supply of these goods must therefore be increased to fulfil these requirements. This creates many jobs which are ...
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