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- 19821: The Jungle
- ... for Jurgis. Jack Duane is an experienced and educated criminal who is also “politically connected”. A man named Ostrinski is a half blind tailor who teachers Jurgis about socialism. There are also members of Ona’s family who play minor roles in the story. The story opens with a feast at Jurgis and Ona’s wedding in America. They have a wedding feast after the ceremony. This is where Ona hopes her and Jurgis get some money. To their surprise, the young do not observe the tradition of giving money ... will work harder”. The story then flashbacks to how the two first met. Jurgis met Ona at a horse fair, and they fell in love. They were too poor to have a wedding because Ona’s father had died. In hopes of finding freedom and fortune, they left for America, bringing several members of Ona’s family with them. As soon as Jurgis and his family arrive in America they ...
- 19822: South Korea
- ... have a large surplus of them, and the north is not; they have moved on and found other economical niches. The population of South Korea (1995 estimate) is about 45,182,000 people. The country's estimated population density of 1188 per sq mi is one of the highest in the world. The majority of the population lives in the southern and western coastal areas. The annual rate of increase has ... establishment of North Korea, some 4 million immigrants have crossed the border to South Korea. This increase has been partly offset by emigration from South Korea, especially to Japan and the United States. The country's chief industrial center is Seoul (population, 1990, 10,612,577). Other major cities include Pusan (3,798,113), the principal seaport; Taegu (2,229,040), center of the silk industry; Inch'ôn (1,817,919), the major port on the Yellow Sea; and Kwangju (1,139,003), an ancient commercial and administrative center. South Korea's economy, traditionally based on agriculture, has, since the early 1960s, undergone an extraordinarily rapid industrialization; the gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by more than 9 percent yearly between the 1960s and the early 1990s. ...
- 19823: Sigmund Freud
- ... He gradually formed ideas about the origin and treatment of mental illness; Freud used the term psychoanalysis for both his theories and his method of treatment. When he first presented his ideas in the 1890’s, other physicians reacted with hostility. Freud was constantly modifying his own ideas, and in 1923, he published a revised version of many of his earlier theories. That same year, he learned he had cancer of the mouth. In 1938, the Nazi’s gained control of Austria. Freud, who was Jewish, went to England with his wife and children to escape persecution. He died there of cancer in 1939. Freud’s most important writings include the Interpretation of Dreams (1900), Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (1905), Totem and Taboo (1913), Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis (1917), The Ego and the Id (1923), and Civilization ...
- 19824: "Thank God it was ratified!"
- "Thank God it was ratified!" With the Constitution the elite society protected rights for every American that would secure and ensure our nation's existence for hundreds of years. Under the Articles of Confederation, the United States' government was in a state of chaos. To end the existing chaos and build a stronger democratic society for the future, the ... to pay their debts with the paper money that they were supplied with by the Continental Congress. This bankruptcy led to the loss of land and a great rebellion led by Daniel Shays. The Shay's rebellion was ended easily enough but it was the lack of national government that frightened people. Had Daniel Shays gathered a larger number of people and had more fire power the small amount of farmers ... this new government would create an aristocracy. Mason also proposed that, "there is no declaration of Rights" and the "Legislature [cannot prohibit] the further Importation of Slaves," which he felt was destructive of the country's moral fiber. On the Bill of Rights issue, the government did not need regulations that stated what it cannot do because a government cannot act unless it is stated within the law. If there ...
- 19825: The Inherent Need For Governme
- ... this information controlled and hidden. It is vital to national security that some information be kept from the public , or even that in certain cases the public be purposefully deceived with certain information. A nation's defense forces rely heavily on intelligence and secrecy in performing a number of operations in everything from weapons research to the actual waging and fighting of a war. The information utilized by a nation's defense organizations is necessarily kept private and classified in order to maintain a clear advantage over potential enemies. This information may be in the form of weapons research and development, espionage and reconnaissance information, or ... made aware of the Manhattan Project because the project was a major step in developing the modern US defense system and maintaining the national security of the US likewise. The reason for the atom bomb's development was the inherent need for a defense mechanism that was more advanced than that of the enemy. At that time it was believed that Hitler was also in the midst of building an ...
- 19826: Lord Of The Flies
- ... suddenly becomes the monster and is brutally slaughtered by the other members of the group. The climax of the novel is when the hunters are confronted by the fire-watchers. The hunters had stole Piggy’s (one of the fire-watchers) glasses so that they may have a means of making a cooking fire. One of the more vicious hunters roles a boulder off of a cliff, crushing Piggy, and causing ... primitive and basic struggles that man has. One must not think that Golding did not go unchanged from the war, because analysis of his pre-war poetry shows a much softer, more forgiving Golding. Golding’s basic philosophy can be summed up in a few words - society is evil. All of his books deal with this idea in some way or another. It is very easy to see how this idea ... few are overborne by the innate evil of the many (Burgess 121).” According to one of many critics “what Golding senses is that institutions and order imposed from with out are temporary, but that man’s irrationality and urge for destruction are enduring (Karl 119).” According to Golding the aim of his works is “to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature (Baker 5).” Golding’ ...
- 19827: The Inherent Ignorance In Yout
- For over two thousand years, Socratic dialogues have had a deep effect on the progression of society. A key example of an effective Socratic dialogue is that of Plato s Euthyphro. Socrates demonstrates, among other things, the extent to which in our youth we are the most ignorant. In addition, he utilizes his conversation with Euthyphro to accomplish certain things that directly benefit only him ... during the dialogue. At one point he goes so far as to say, Rare, friend! I think that I cannot do better than be your disciple. (p. 12) In doing this, Socrates builds up Euthyphro s confidence, giving him the assuredness to match wits with Socrates. Socrates next step is to discredit anything Euthyphro says. Socrates does this by challenging Euthyphro s beliefs and opinions, thereby challenging his very morals. is your knowledge of religion and things pious and impious so very exact, that, supposing the circumstances to be as you state them, you are not ...
- 19828: Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics
- ... of dimensions to ensure the sufficient strength of the various parts. General Principles Before we can venture to explain statics, one must have a firm grasp on classical mechanics. This is the study of Newton's laws and their extensions. Newton's three laws were originally stated as follows: 1. Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed ... in which that force is impressed. 3. To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction; or the mutual actions of two bodies on each other are equal and direct to contrary parts. Newton's law of gravitational attraction pertains to celestrial bodies or any object onto which gravity is a force and states: “Two particles will be attracted toward each other along their connecting line with a force ...
- 19829: Julius Ceaser
- ... so that they are no longer opinions but facts. Brutus said that he killed Caesar for the good of Rome, but he never told us the harm that Caesar caused. I compare it with Antony's speech, and wonder how could I have seen the death of Caesar as a proper action. Antony says that he will read the will, if we make a ring around Caesar's corpse. He shows us Caesar's bloodstained toga, with a tear. He shows us the rip, and says, "See what a rent the envious Casca made: Through this the well-beloved Brutus stabb'd." When Antony showed us visual evidence ...
- 19830: Mark Twain
- Mark Twain A onetime printer and Mississippi River boat pilot, Mark Twain became one of America's greatest authors. His 'Tom Sawyer', 'Huckleberry Finn', and 'Life on the Mississippi' rank high on any list of great American books. (Compton's Concise Encyclopedia) Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on Nov. 30, 1835, in the small town of Florida, Mo. (Compton's) He was the fourth of five children. His father was a hard worker but a poor provider. The family moved to Hannibal, Mo., on the Mississippi, when young Clemens was 4 years old. It ...
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