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- 17901: All Quiet On the Western Front: Themes
- ... remains without a trace of nationalism, political ill will, or even personal feelings. It should be noted that the nature motif is carried consistently throughout the novel, and that it supports many of the author's lesser themes. For the purpose of portraying war as something terrible, though, the nature motif is expressed most dramatically in the following passages. These passages mark the three distinct stages of nature's condemnation of war: rebellion, perseverance, and erasure. The first passage occurs in Chapter Four when the troops are trucked out to the front to install stakes and wire. However, the narrator's squad is attacked unexpectedly by an English bombardment. With no visible enemy to fight, the soldiers are forced to take cover and live out the bombardment. In the process, the earth is shredded and ...
- 17902: Betsy Ross
- ... to family and friends, she was the eighth of seventeen children born to Rebecca and Samuel Griscom. They lived in Philadelphia. Being staunch Quakers, they were very conservative. Betsy was entirely educated at a friend's Quaker school. It was in this Quaker school that she learned how to upholster. With her parents permission Betsy became an apprentice in the upholstery shop of John Ross. Betsy soon fell in love with ... flag. The meeting was held in the back room of her home, and was kept very secret. During the course of the meeting George Washington presented Betsy with his idea for the flag. George Washington's idea included a six-pointed star (1. Encyclopedia Britanica). Betsy saw the need for a few changes in the idea including changing the six-pointed star to a five-pointed star. Washington disagreed because he ... her second husband. A short time before she met her soon-to-be second husband, Joseph Ashburn, the first mate of the Brigantine Patty and was wed to him on June 15, 1777 (3. Compton's Encyclopedia). Joseph and Betsy had two children. Their children were both girls, the oldest Zillah who died in her youth and the younger Elizabeth. Joseph's ship was captured at sea several years after ...
- 17903: The Pearl 2
- ... John Steinbech, evil transforms certain humble citizens into envious savages. Evil was exhibited by the doctor who refused to treat Coyotito because his parents had no money. When the doctor heard of Kino and Juana's fortune in finding "the pearl of the world" (722), he boasted that they were patients of his while thinking of a better life for himself in Paris. Coyotito was healed when the doctor finally came ... convulsions. An hour later he came and gave Coyotito the remedy and immediately wanted to know when he was getting paid. The evil in the pearl had reached the heart of the doctor. The pearl's evil did not restrict itself to infecting Kino's peers; it also affected Kino himself. He wanted to sell the pearl and use the money to better his family's standard of living. He had dreams and goals that all depended on the ...
- 17904: Culture, and Arts of Argentina
- Culture, and Arts of Argentina Argentina is a nation with a vivid Spanish heritage, soundly affected since the 19th century by European, prominently Italian, immigration. A blithesome interest is maintained in the nation's history, particularly as symbolized by the Gaucho or cowboy. Europeans also shaped literature in Argentina. In the fine arts, an example to be emulated has been France; only in folk art has there been crucial ... attributed to Spanish-born author Concolorcorvo. In it, Concolorcorvo describes to be a cultural backwater), to Lima, Peru, then a political and cultural center of the Spanish empire. The work uses humor to criticize Spain's colonial government. The second period of Latin American literature was a period of defining an independent national identity. It continues from the time of independence from Spain, which for most of Latin America occurred from ... Rico remained under Spanish rule until 1898, their cultures attained a national identity about the same time other Latin American countries established themselves as independent republics. The Period of Independence accounted for a lot Argentina's principal literary history. Argentina adopted aggressive programs to establish cultural institutions that thrust them to the literary forerunners, despite their earlier cultural insignificance. Argentina played a large role in setting 19th-century literary trends. ...
- 17905: Materialism and The Great Gatsby
- Materialism and The Great Gatsby The acquisition of material has often been equated with happiness in this country. This is true today, and it was true during the 1920's, the setting of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Fiztgerald shows how Jay Gatsby is a man that believes if he has money, he can attain love and happiness. Jay Gatsby believes that money can recreate the past, can buy him ... that encourages consumption and social conditions that lead us to think that we need material possessions to be happy. Money can have many effects on people and society but money cannot buy happiness. The 1920's were an age of a consumer boom that was needed to keep up with the new materials and goods that came from production lines after World War I. The same beliefs and standards still ...
- 17906: Huck Finn The Twisting Tides O
- ... this blatant censorship has been the portrayal of one of the main characters in Huck Finn, Jim, a black slave who runs away from his owner, Miss Watson. At several points in the novel, Jim's character is described to the reader, and some people have looked upon the presented characterization as racist. However, before one begins to censor a novel it important to distinguish the ideas of the author from ... very realistic slave in the South during that time period. To say that Twain is racist because of his desire for historical accuracy is absurd. He simple strives to show a true representation of society s view of slaves. Despite the few incidences of which Jim's description might be misconstrued as racist, there are many points in the novel where through Huck, Twain voices his extreme opposition to the slave trade and racism. In chapter six, Huck's father fervently ...
- 17907: Greek Gods and Mythology
- ... lives in the way they thought the gods expected them to. Ancient mythology was not only a form of religion but it was also a form of science. Mythology in ancient Greece formed many people's ways of life. Greek Mythology is made up of stories about gods and goddesses and is seen as an account of Greek religion, but it is in no way like a Bible. "From Homer through ... wife, Hera. "He is represented as falling in love with one woman after another and descending to all manners of tricks to hide his infidelity from his wife"(Hamilton 26). Hera, was not only Zeus's wife, she was also his sister. Hera was very jealous of all the women that Zeus fell in love with. Here was one to hold a grudge. "The Trojan war would have ended in an ... insanity. Hera was associated with the weather. So, it was believed that she had a special power over lunacy. Athene, was the daughter of Zeus, but she had no mother. Athene just sprang from Zeus's head full grown and in full armor. Athene was Zeus' favorite daughter. She was the craftswoman among all the gods. Athene invented the plough, spinning, weaving, and working with metal. There was a mortal ...
- 17908: The Industrial Revolution
- ... domestic handicraft system of manufacturing gave way beginning in the late 18th century to factory-based mechanization (Williams 24). The cotton industry was the first to be fully mechanized. The crucial inventions were John Jay’s flying shuttle (invented in 1733 but not widely used until the 1760’s), James Hargreaves’s spinning jenny (1765), Richard Arkwright’s water frame (1769), Samuel Crompton’s mule (1779), and Edmund Cartwright’s machine loom (1765, but delayed in its general use) (Clarke 13). The first factories were driven ...
- 17909: Learning to Really Learn: Through Oral communication
- ... of the child start to be affected; the child may not even know how to express him/her self effectively in an out of home setting. (Children and oral communication) This is why the teacher's role in child development is very tricky and from careful research by Strickland and Loban we now know the action needed to be taken by the schoolteachers. Testing to see if listening comprehension is going ... her infancy. The sparrow corrects himself by trying to mimic the sounds of his adult individuals. (Lois Bloom 1970; Peter Marlow 1979) With the help of maturing sensory motors and muscles. If a child say's help in the first three months the subcortical sensory motor distinguishes between articulated sounds babies hear and the sounds babies can make. Developing of muscle control is needed to make that first babble of googoo ... Words are powerful resources in the human communication system since they help us to use and exercise the techniques we need in our education. (Doris Noelle, 1953) Sufficient evidence indicates possible directions towards improving children's listening and speaking abilities. If this knowledge is thoroughly disseminated and extended efforts were put forth to build home environments as well as building classroom programs around this knowledge. Then we would have a ...
- 17910: The Praise And Strife Of A Her
- The Praise and Strife of a Hero The definition of a hero is dependent on that society s beliefs, laws and taboos. There are heroes for all ages and for both men and women. Heroes have had changing roles since man wrote his story, and all have been the embodiment of each society, each civilization s ideals. Basketball superstar, Michael Jordan, largely affects the children of today that are enthralled with visions of hoop dreams. He inspires the young depraved ghetto child to rise up against his unfortunate circumstances. Possessing many ... they are suddenly thrust into the awe inspired limelight, and because their pedestals are broken and discarded as the public craves to see the dirt underneath the hero. Heroes are a product of a society s perception of someone to be praised. To be able to praise a hero, that hero must not only be a marvel but that hero must also be humble. Failings in heroes are only natural, ...
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