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- 17151: Confronting Death In Poetry
- ... thought is especially implausible because of their youth. It is much easier to turn our attention to less frightening possibilities. The boy states this to his sister after crying out in a rueful laugh, "Don't let him cut my hand off / The doctor. When he comes. Don't let him sister!" (Frost 25, 26) Step two and three of the grieving processes when confronting impending death are anger and depression. Anger is present because humans are the only species with an awareness of ... have to come to terms with the many life changes that may follow the boys death yet there is utter helplessness that life must go on as they turn away to their affairs. Edwin Robinson's "Richard Corey" takes another look at death, through the eyes of the common folk. As he spins the tale of Richard Corey, a rich man, he shows that to some the "good life" consists ...
- 17152: Notes From The Underground: Underground Man
- ... with many good, rational ideas. You begin to see that he is more intelligent than he wants you to believe. One scene in particular that is a good example of his development is when hes speaking about how life could never be completely perfect. His perspective of life and people is greatly exposed through this piece of writing. He goes into great depth explaining how life would be if everyone ... is no other being like him. Up until this point the Underground Man sounded very intelligent, but those couple sentences were pointless. Once you begin to think that he is developing he goes right back t o where he began. If it were not for these random thoughts then the Underground Man would be like every other writer. This is what sets him aside from everyone else. He goes on to ... that it is annoying. I agree with him on this point. No matter what situation you are in and choices you make there is always either one or more people right behind you. It doesnt matter if your decision is good or bad, people are constantly trying to fit in. The final point the Underground Man makes is about what man really wants and what is his nature to ...
- 17153: Scottsboro Trials And To Kill
- ... were persecuted and why they were persecuted in the first place. The thought of "All blacks were liars, and all blacks are wrongdoers," was a major part of all of these trails. A white person's word was automatically the truth when it was held up to the credibility of someone whom was black. Both trials were perfect examples of how the people of Alabama were above the law and could ... place. There were many witnesses that held bias towards the black men. One acquaintance of the women was a white lady who refused to support the lies that were coming out of the white women's mouths. One physician stated that two of the men were so badly crippled that they were incapable of committing such a crime. This was almost exactly like the trial of Tom Robinson who had a crippled arm and seemed incapable of doing the crime that he was convicted of. One of the men that were accused was blind and the other couldnt walk without assistance. Regardless 3 days later the 8 of the 9 men were sentenced to death even though the witnesses all felt that the white women were lying. This trial was appealed and ...
- 17154: To Kill A Mocking Bird 2 -
- ... does not know Arthur. Because he does not know Arthur personally and he has never seen him, stories are made up about his appearance and various other things children have heard about him. Boo wasn t crazy, he was just high strung at times, it was alright to shut him up, Mr. Radley conceded (ch.1, pg.15) This quotation shows that his dad is saying he is not a crazy ... bird by not coming out of his house, so he is misunderstood. The second person who reflects the mocking bird is Tom Robinson. Who prejudice is because he is black. In our courts, when it s a white man s word against a black man s, the white man always wins. They re ugly, but those are the facts of life. (ch., pg.223) This is said by Atticus, to Jem. Even if there ...
- 17155: Macbeth: Macbeth Is More Guilty By His Actions Than Lady Macbeth Is By Hers
- ... more than just talk about it though. She also urged Macbeth into doing it and that is what makes her part of this crime, but she is not as guilty as Macbeth. He really didn't have to listen to what his wife said. Macbeth had a mind of his own and he could make his own decision. The other murders that Macbeth was involved in were not committed by him ... the King. After killing the King he ordered some of his men to murder Banquo and Fleance, Fleance got away though. Later on through the story when Macduff went to join Malcolm, Macbeth had Macduff's family killed. Macbeth was a man that murdered far more people then his wife did. So he was a more guilty person then she was. Through the story Macbeth got obsessed with killing others and ... self conscience that she went crazy and killed herself. Throughout the course of the story it is tough to decide who is a more guilty person, but if you look at it through the eye's of today's law you will see that Macbeth is more guilty of murder. This is because he had killed a lot people before he killed the King, and when he did kill the ...
- 17156: To Kill A Mocking Bir
- There were many differences between the To Kill a Mockingbird the movie and the book with the same title and story line. One difference was that the movie didn t show Miss Maudie s house getting burned down, and in the book, Miss Maudies house did burn down. Another was the emotional difference between the movie and the book. The third difference was that in the book, the pageant was described, but the movie did not show the pageant. In the book Miss Maudie s house burned down, while in the movie, it didn t. If the movie had shown Miss Maudie s house getting burned down, it would probably have been more interesting. The second difference was in ...
- 17157: John Paul Jones
- ... out in the West Indies trade as a merchant skipper. He then joined the Continental Navy, and quikly worked imself up to the rank of captian. He loved sailing the open sea, and there wasn't much he enjoyed more than it. There were really only a couple of events that made John Paul Jones' name well known among the people of Europe. The first time his name came before the ... had a taitor on his ship who alarmed all of the townspeople of what was going on. Jones and his men only set fire to one ship before they had to escape. This really didn't hut the British much fiancially, but it caused quite a plunge in morale. It had been over a hundred years since somone had raided an English seaport, and where was the Royal Navy, who was ... The other event was the Battle off Flambrough Head. A Baltic convoy escorted by two British ships was sailing past Flamborough Head, and since Jones had always wanted to break up a Baltic convly, that's exactly what he planned to do. Jones had three warships under his command compared to the two British escorts. He soon realized after chasing the convoy, that he would have to sink the escorts ...
- 17158: Equality
- ... petty differences should not mater. Every one has a rite to me here, on Earth. Everyone has a rite to be heard. I hope that some day, when a person looks at another they won't judge them until they actually meet them. Race, religion, sex, and age doesn't make someone any less of a person. Age should not mater. Both young and old have a rite to be heard. As long as a person is educated about something, they have a rite to ... could argue that another religion is wrong. So if you tell someone that they are believing the wrong thing, they could same to you. No religion is wrong. Reverse discrimination is also wrong. It isn't a person's fault that people of their race and sex usually get a brake. Reverse discrimination is still discrimination, and all discrimination is wrong. All discrimination is the same. No one should discriminate ...
- 17159: Morals
- In Jack Schaefer's novel Shane, Jack Schaefer states his oppinion on peoples ability to change. Shane says to Bob, "A man is what he is, Bob, and there's no breaking the mold." Jack Scaefer supports this quote by making Shane return to his old method of dealing with problems. When Shane first arrived he was dessed in all black. Shane later tells the ... to, even right up to the end." Charles Dickens shows the moral by haveing Scrooge change his personality. In the begining of A Christmas Carol Scrooge is a cold and almost heartless man, Scrooge doesn't like Christmas or anything to do with it. Scrooge keeps to himself a lot, he does not like having people around him, not even his own family. Scrooge had a partner named Marley, Marley ...
- 17160: Charles Wang
- ... Computer Associates International Inc. to create a more diverse environment. Not only do these processes make everybody strive harder towards excellence, but it also creates an environment in which everyone wants to work. Employees don't get bored with "stale" jobs that they have been doing for several years, or even decades. The employees that work for Wang get to experience the different aspects of a company, until they reach the quality of an executive worker. At that point, the are promoted and re- trained by Wang to insure excellence. Wang's method of running his company could help him to succeed in a variety of situations. For example, when Wang wants to retire, he would not have to worry about the way his company was run ... Since he taught his own executives exactly how to run the company, they will most likely continue this, even after Wang is working at the company. Also, if Wang became low on funds, he wouldn't have to fire any of his employees. Because of the fact that Wang trained his own executives, he could simply move around the company's managers to fill in the positions that the company ...
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