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- 18771: "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Necklace": Money and Its Control on People
- "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Necklace": Money and Its Control on People Did you ever want something but couldn't afford it? The short stories, "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Necklace", deal with two women's struggles to make someone else happy and how fulfilling your own wants can hurt you. The difference between these stories is how when push came to shove, the way the characters chose to spend their money. These two interesting and ironic stories revolve around one main character. They both try to make their lives or someone else's life better by using money. In "The Gift of the Magi", the main character, Della desperately wants to buy a perfect gift for her husband. Unfortunately, she is poor and cannot afford to buy ...
- 18772: Causes Of The Civil War
- ... result of political blunders and that the issue of slavery did not cause the conflict, they ignore the two main causes. The expansion of slavery, and its entrance into the political scene. The North didn't care about slavery as long as it stayed in the South. South Carolina seceded, because Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, was voted into office. The Republican party threatened the South's expansion and so Southerners felt that they had no other choice. The United States was divided into three groups by the time the Civil War began: those who believed in the complete abolition of slavery ... Free Soil, Free Men and Free Labor. The Republicans were anti- South but they were in not abolitionists. They believed that slavery was a flawed system that made the south ineffective and because the North's free labor system was superior it must be guarded from southerners. When the Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860, the South felt threatened, and because expansion was vital to the survival of ...
- 18773: The Women of the American Revolution
- The Women of the American Revolution The women of the American Revolution organized themselves in a courageous move in support of America’s fight for independence. They solicited contributions to satisfy the wishes of George Washington, the Commander and Chief of the American troops. Although they were successful in collecting thoundsands of dollars for the troops. They were not given full credit for the choice of how their contributions would be used. Their effort was very courageous but there ideas and efforts was suppressed by Washington’s ability to use his superior position to persuade them to suppress their courageous efforts. The women’s unprecedented sacrifices and struggles to help the American soldiers to fight for freedom from the British rule won my admiration. They had planned to offer fundamental contributions to aid the troops and to boast ...
- 18774: A Separate Peace
- Through out the book A Separate Peace, Gene, his growth and harmony seem to change. His opinions, and outlook on life also seem to change as his relationship with Phineas does likewise. Gene’s self-perception changes from insecurity to imitation to independence as his relationship with Phineas changes. As the book begins, Gene is unsettled by Phineas and somewhat mystified by him. Like a legend from a western tale. As the book moves on and Finny starts to change Gene’s life, Gene appears to become very insecure and afraid of what will happen next. On page 11 it says “ ’We’d better hurry or we’ll be late for dinner,’ I said, breaking into what Finny called my ‘West Point stride’.” Which signifies the insecurity phase of Gene’s life. He was a stickler to the rules, didn’t want to be late. He was always concerned with what was right, and proper. But Phineas changes all that in him, and rather quickly ...
- 18775: The Tv Era
- ... their time, created the world as people know it. Car, airplane, rocket, are only few of the inventions that prepared mankind for the 180 turn. Some of the inventions found their usage in every day s life, such as: radio, toaster, washing machine and finally, TV. The TV industry started its development with the invention of the first TV set, somewhere in the early 1950 s, and has never stopped growing since. Discussion whether or not television is a positive part of modern life, might seem arguable from several different viewpoints. Positively or not, the television has affected the life of ... not knowing what was going on around them. For instance, a trading person who worked in the United States could hardly find out how British economy did. In the early presidential elections, the newspapers didn t inform enough those who worked on the farms. Therefore, they did not have credibility to vote. Nowadays, the TV campaigns allow us to know about every candidate s move and his beliefs and opinions ...
- 18776: Romeo And Juliet Why They Died
- ... a lot of problems to come. Act III is the feud climax. Mercutio dies by the wound inflicted by Tybalt after they meet and fight over Romeo. Romeo tried to stop them but he couldn t and the sword of Tybalt went under his arm and sliced Mercutios breast. Tybalt ran away after the death of Mercutio. Romeo is sadden and realizes his love for Juliet has blinded him. Furious over his friend s death he slays Tybalt when he returns. The Prince arrives after Benvolio told Romeo to run. Benvolio tells the Prince what happened and the Prince orders Romeo s banishment: Romeo killed him but Tybalt killed Mercutio. Who to pa the price of Mercutio s death. All are grieve stricken for now they relize how deadly there conflict has become. Act V is ...
- 18777: Biography of Robert Cormier
- ... all his life. The second of eight children, Robert enjoyed a happy childhood in the nest of his close-knit family and community. His family provided him a haven from the outer world. Cormier didn't fare well in the streets of his neighborhood, where ballplaying ability counted for more than his love of books. He attended St. Celia's Parochial Grammar School, where some of the nuns gave him a terrible time. When he was in eighth grade, he watched in horror from his classroom window as his own house caught fire and burned ... his poems and told him that he was a writer. He believed her, and continued to think of himself as one. Later, a teacher at Fitchburg State College was so impressed with one of Cormier's stories that she submitted it to a magazine; it became his first published work. After college, Cormier went on to write commercials for a local radio station, and soon switched to newspaper work. He ...
- 18778: Hitler, Mussolini, And Stalin
- ... civil service. Therefore, he was very strict. Alois Hitler never had a pleasant relationship with any of his children. Hitler was said to have a really good singing voice and took part in his school s choir. He also was a very smart boy, doing well in school. Hitler was very religious, idolizing his priests. At age nine, he was caught smoking a cigarette by one of his priests but was ... paper, all by memory. After his grade school was over, Hitler wanted to go to a classical school to become an artist. His father, however, objected, and the two had many, many arguments about Adolf s future. Hitler s dream was to graduate from an art school in Vienna and become a professional artist. Sadly, this was not the case. He failed to get accepted by this school and his ideas went south ...
- 18779: Abilities of People With Disabilities
- ... ordered that she be hired as an attendant at a mental retardation facility. The EEOC said, "It is not necessary that a condition be involuntary or immutable to be covered." In September of 1993, California's Supreme Court ruled that a health-food store owner could not reject a job applicant if her fatness were the result of a faulty metabolism or a psychological systemic prob lem, but could if it were the person's fault. Pregnancy is usually considered a natural occurrence that all people accept, but from 1965 to 1978 AT&T forced pregnant women to take unpaid maternity leaves, awarded those employees less seniority than others on disability, and gave them no guarantee that they could return to their jobs or equivalent positions. Georgetown University ...
- 18780: The Titanic
- ... for a first class ticket all the way down to $2.00 for a third class ticket . Most people were third class. This was really an amazing ship, too bad it went down on it's maiden voyage. On the boat there were 28 stateroooms and suites for the first class passnegers (Titanic, p.2). Special staterooms located on decks B and C of the shop were designed with different motiefs ... hit an iceberg at the speed of 22.5 knots (Titanic, p.4). The icepberg made a huge hole in the ships double bottoms. No one beleived the ship would go down and it wasn't until half an hour later that the first call for help went out. At least five other ships got the distress signal, among the was the ship, Carpathia. This ship was competing with the Titanic ... to save the people aboard the shinking ship. Only 700 people, mostly women and children boarded the life boats, most women would not leave their husbands behind (Lord, p.7). Some men dressed in women's clothing to get off the ship, I guess in a life and death situation some people are shameless. One of the more famous things about the Titanic was the Orchestra, which kept on playing ...
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