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- 19121: Morocco
- ... try to make money on the sidewalks. There are some kids that sell cigarette to adults, so they can help support their family. They learn to speak French in school. Well the lucky ones don't really do anything. The just eat and enjoy themselves. They have servants to live with them to do all their work. They get married pretty young. It is like an honor to have your daughter ... aunt got married when she was 15. She has good life. Most of the people drive moepads or Mercedes. At home they like to design there ceiling to look nice. Architecture is one of morocco's great arts. Most of the people wear robes called djellaba. Spain gave the Western Sahara to them. Other foods they eat like soup is Harira. They cook a famous meal with meat and vegetables call ... only in wealthy homes. The usually drink tea. In Morocco the people never miss a soccer game. They go crazy after a win. They get in a van and play music and yell out player's name. . That's what kids play all the time. But basketball is getting popular in morocco. Broke the record for the fastest mile in the world. In 1956 Morocco became an independent nation led ...
- 19122: Short Happy Life Of Francis Macomber
- ... the story the Macombers have a turbulent relationship. Their relationship seems to be a power struggle, each one has a hold on the other that they believe, or want, to be stronger than the other's hold. The narrator suggests this on page18 of the story by writing: "Margot was too beautiful for Macomber to leave her and Macomber had too much money for Margot to ever leave him." This is ... previously realized. The real problems begin when Macomber, Wilson and Margot go hunting lions. Macomber shoots poorly and flushes the lion into a space where it can not be seen easily, as Wilson says: "Can't see him until you're on him." (Page 14). As the two men go to clear the lion out, he (the lion) charges and Macomber can not kill the lion without Wilson's help. This is when Mrs. Macomber begins to think of her husband as a coward. In an attempt to gain some of his wife's lost respect for him, Macomber decides that the next ...
- 19123: Creatine
- ... year alone Creatine sales topped 100,000,000 dollars.” (McDonald 78) Creatine Monohydrate has been proven to significantly enhance athletic performance in the areas of power, strength, and muscle mass. Most importantly though, it doesn’t seem to have any serious side effects. Also, since Creatine is found naturally in the body and in foods, “it has not been, or is it likely to be banned from use in athletic competition ... the Texas A&M football program, experimented by putting only a few of their players on Creatine in 1994, and as a result by 1995 they put their whole team on Creatine. The facts don’t lie Creatine has definite advantages. Since studies on Creatine loading have only been going on for less than a decade, it is still unknown what long-term effects will have. Plus, since the FDA does ... might not be able to help a person in their sport. For example, “Creatine does not benefit an athlete who participates in an aerobic sport such as swimming”. (Appletgate 52) From a long distance runner’s point of view, Creatine would be bad to take. “Creatine causes an athlete to retain water, causing them to gain weight”. (Applegate53) Creatine use can best summed up like this, “A person can take ...
- 19124: Confusion in the Japanese Economy: Four Problem Areas
- ... borrow money? At the international conferences I have attended over the past few months, whenever the Asian crisis is discussed, four countries--Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, and Japan--are mentioned as the main problem countries. China's new and powerful prime minister, Zhu Rongji, has come to be thought of as the leader of Asia. He has stressed that he has no plans to devalue the yuan. Meanwhile, many Americans and Malaysians ... Japan? First, not many policies have substance. In their place we largely see superficial debate. Second, the economic policymakers--the politicians and bureaucrats--tend only to pay attention to the problems financial section. In today's Japan, the most important problems are not just finance; they have to do with the economy as a whole. But for whatever reason only the financial institutions are being discussed. Certainly, the Japanese economy needs ... Japan was clearly one of the causes of the turmoil in Asia last year, but many Japanese do not recognize this. For me, the "original sin" lies with Japan. Of course, not everything is Japan's fault, but the weakness of the Japanese economy, Japanese banks and the yen were major causes of the troubles in Asia. Japan, however, forgets this and talks only of the adverse impact of the ...
- 19125: Symbolism and Themes of Catcher in the Rye
- ... that “the surface of meaning ____ plot, character, setting, symbol, irony, imagery, metaphor____ provide the controlling context within which we interpret meaning.” In an organized, insightful essay, examine how the different symbols in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye help control and convey the novel’s major themes. To make a truly meaningful and well written novel a theme must exist in the novel. Without the book has no meaning or anything to be learned from. Another great way to write ... of maturity and reality. This reality and realization that Holden must face is that he is unable to protect the innocence in the world from the cruel reality in which we live in. In Holden’s first mind of thought he thinks it should be his duty to protect the innocence. Holden tells Phoebe he would like to be “the catcher in the rye”. Holden throughout the novel always feels ...
- 19126: Nineteen Eighty Four - Fiction
- ... a huge role in creating the fascinating world in ‘Nineteen Eighty Four’. The Inner Party was in charge of Airstrip1 and wanted to be superior over everyone. They wanted the party to be the people’s first loyalty over anything else. They didn’t allow marriage or even sex for this was an act of loyalty between two people and not to the party. An example of this is when Winston and Julia were caught having a sexual relationship ... in the year 2050. Newspeak is another important aspect in the creation of Oceania because it prevents Thought Crime. The purpose of Newspeak is to cancel out words such as ‘rebel’ so that people won’t know the word and therefore if they feel like rebelling against the party they won’t know how to express their feelings. The compiler of the Newspeak dictionary Syme says “Don’t you see ...
- 19127: A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning: Love Between Two People
- ... the speaker and his lady to the less elevated love of ordinary people. The second stanza introduces another category of startling comparative images, referring to the motions or changes of the earth and spheres. Donne’s contemporaries believed that the heavens were perfect(reflecting the perfection of God). Everything “sublunary”-- below the moon, on this earth -- was imperfect, subject to decay and death. Furthermore, the planets moving in orbit around the ... through their five senses. Their relationship depends on the physical act of love, which cannot occur in the absense of each other. The speaker explains that the refined love between he and his love doesn’t need the presence of the physical body because it is “Inter-assured of the mind” (line 19). The speaker and his lady are connected at the soul and are therefore not really separated. In the ... expanded and stretched without a “breach” (line 23). Here, the speaker means that although he will be far away, the love between he and his lady will not break because it is so pure. Donne’s most famous and unusual comparison starts in the seventh stanza and concludes his poem when he compares the love between he and his wife to “stiff twin compasses” (line 26). The twin compasses are ...
- 19128: The Symbol of Black in "The Crucible"
- ... presence of of dreariness and blackness is that Ezekiel has come on the business of the court to arrest the "witches." This color of black also relates to Abigail although in this scene she doesn't talk, she is a part of it. Abby is a knows how to blackmail people (no pun intended.) For example if Mr. Proctor went against Abigail then she might charge him on lechery. Abby is ... with a needle by a poppet. Mary must also feel black because she meant no harm by putting a needle inside of the poppet and yet she gets in trouble also. The black signifies Elizabeth's anger hate for Abby. It is clearly shown when she says that Abby should be ripped out of the world and that Abby is murder. Black also signifies confusion. First of all when all the colors are mixed together they form black. When everything is mixed it causes chaos and confusion. Mr. Proctor is confused towards the end of Act Two. He doesn't know whether or not to tell about Abby and the needle, because she might charge him on lechery yet he wants to tell about who stuck the needle in. Almost everybody is confused and ...
- 19129: Summary of Oedipus
- ... of kin in unimagined shame.” Oedipus, unwilling to turn the mirror on himself, resorts to insulting Tiresias: “Was it Creon that planned this or you yourself...the riddle about man is about himself.” A man's fate is his character; at this moment Oedipus has no character. Oedipus presumes there is a conspiracy plotted against him. His arrogance and rashness is very apparent in his believing that everyone is wrong except ... bold, Oedipus calls Creon to his dwelling: “You are my enemy...do you believe I am stupid?” asks Oedipus Rex. Oedipus, believing that Creon and Tiresias are consulting to double-cross him, asks about Creon's reasoning. Creon appeals to his best friend: “I have all the power and none of the responsibilities. Everyone loves me, so why should I give up those things? I don't contrive plots It is a bad a thing to cast off a true best friend as it is to kill a man.” Oedipus in all his rashness retorts: “Then let him go, though I ...
- 19130: Great Gatsby
- ... the Gold hat, if that will move her if you can bounce high, bounce for her too Till she cry, 'Lover, gold-hatted , high-bouncing lover, I must have you' This poem is about someone's struggle to obtain a woman just out of reach. He does everything for her. "Then wear the Gold hat, if that will move her," Shows even the smallest things are done with her in mind ... his letters to his daughter Scotty, he did finally realize this but not until too late. He realized that she demanded to much from him. She expected everything to be done for her, because that's what she was used to. Gatsby couldn't keep that up, she was sucking everything out of him, including his other dreams and goals. That is what ultimately ended their marriage. Gatsby's goals are also based on this poem. After he ...
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