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- 20061: The Broken Heart
- ... Broken Heart" is full of imagery, used to portray his broken heart. Donne uses the imagery so we can get a visual picture of what love means to him. He uses the imagery because it’s necessary to see a picture of the pain he lives with. Donne uses several aspects of imagery, including death to show his grief and Donne also does uses despair to display his pain. The image ... very powerful and causes the widespread destruction to thousands. Donne also uses the image of despair and depression. In the second stanza, he says "Ah, what a trifle is a heart, if once into love’s hands it come!" In these lines Donne gives us the image of a hand of love and a big heart touching it. Once the heart touches the hand, it begins to shrink because love has devoured it. Also by saying this, Donne realizes that his heart became little and has no value to him. He loved his girl, but she didn’t return that love, so, his heart shrunk and now means nothing to him. Donne also gives us the image of love swallowing his heart whole. His heart is such a trifle that it doesn’ ...
- 20062: Black Like Me
- ... wrote books about what he had gone through. During those interviews, Griffin was very considerate. He requested Wallace, a reporter, to report carefully so that he would not hurt his African American friends. Please Don t mention those names on the air. I d be afraid their lives would be endangered, and they were my friends (Griffin 149). In addition, he was a man who never gave up. He insisted on ... go to the restroom or not. The driver forbade him and commanded him to go back to his seat. Then, Griffin tries to argue with him. No sir, but the others --- you mean I can t go to the (Griffin 63)--- He did not have a chance to argue, because the driver kept on interrupting him. From this incident Griffin realized that the blacks always did not have a chance to ... were many similar cases. Racism is getting more serious in this world. People should care about each other regardless of their nationality, then the universe will become more harmonious. Moreover, people should learn from Griffin s bravery. He was willing to tell everyone what he experienced and how white people do wrong. Everyone should always strive for the rights, which they deserve. Black Like Me was a very touching, adventurous, ...
- 20063: The Roman Legions
- The Roman Legions The Roman Legions were one of Rome's greatest armies ever. Many factors lead to the greatness of the Roman Legions. First, the Roman Legionaries were very well trained and disciplined. Next, they weren't as tough on the cities they conquered as many other forces were. Finally, the Legions setup well-designed fortresses or marching camps to help keep the enemy from easily attacking them. All of these state ... regain citizenship. The Legions setup well designed fortresses or marching camps to keep enemies from easily gaining an advantage on them when in combat. The whole army slept together in the marching camp. The camp's defenses consisted of a turf rampart, five or six feet high, behind a ditch. The defenses were stronger than the marching camp, they often contained gates, towers, etc. to gain an advantage on approaching ...
- 20064: Ebola: A Contagious Trend
- Ebola: A Contagious Trend “This is the way the World ends, not with a bang but with a whimper.” ~T.S. Elliot In the year 1976, Ebola climbed out of its hiding place, and caused the death of 340 people. Coming forth from an unknown origin, this “virus” held the nation of Zaire in fear and ... patients basically die of uncontrollable shock. “Those with severe illness often have fevers and are delirious, combative and difficult to control.” “…Stu Redman was frightened…He was frightened because Denniger was gone and he hadn’t seen him since the whole crazy three-ring circus moved from Atlanta to here. Stu thought that Denniger and Deitz were sick, probably dead already. Some one had slipped. Either that or the disease ...
- 20065: The Salem Witch Trials: First Person Point of View
- ... kind of behavior. At the time all of this seemed fine. Now that I am looking back upon the horrible time, I ask myself why? We were all very young at the time. I don’t think that we understood how much we were offending our society’s morals. The hole witch hunt was unmoral. There was one incident that I can remember so clearly. It was when Tituba was killed. she was just a harmless servant. We put all of our blame ... was completely innocent. All Tituba did was dance with the rest of us in the forest. We were all as guilty as she was, yet it was so easy to hold her responsible. I can’t believe that we would do something like that. I regret so much of what happened. I wish that I could go back to that day and have put and end to the horrible things ...
- 20066: Jesse Owens
- ... set another worlds record for the one-hundred meter dash at the time of 10.2 seconds. He then was so good he went on to the 1936 Olympics as a member of the U S Olympic team, the games were held in Berlin, Germany where blacks were not accepted as well as whites and because of that Reichfuekrer Adolf Hitler did not acknowledge the achievements that he did perform, despite ... star, set back in 1932 over the 200-meter route. He was the first Negro to hold such position on any Olympic team at this time. Jesse Owens was proud of his race and wasn't afraid to show it to anyone. He ran for his race in all the Olympic games he attended. He gave hope to all the blacks when he did what he did and they had more ... those stories about Hitler and his snub, I came back to my native country, and I could not ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. Now what's the difference?" -Jesse Owens
- 20067: Examples Of Charles Dickens Chthonic Journeys
- ... in jail due to money problems, which then left the family with no money to pay their rent. Their father/husband borrowed money from people and never repaid them. Back in the Stinson-2 1800 s if you owed people money and couldn t pay them back you would go to jail. With no house to live in everybody but Charles Dickens goes to live in jail with their father because they have no place to live. On the ... live on. With getting so little money he could barely buy the things that were necessary to live on. Once he bought things that he needed he had little to no extra money. He couldn t buy any fun things to play with or extra food for a bedtime snack, which meant that at times he had have to go without food or other necessary items. This put a lot ...
- 20068: Personal Writing: My Dreams
- ... sort, this may show that I like to help people with problems. Water, war (death), and girls (one particularly) are a few of the things I often see over again in different dreams. I don't know why I have dreams that include water, maybe my body is telling me I am thirsty or that I need to drink more water. My war dreams are the ones that I would be ... I was recently thinking about joining a military service so I could be related to those thoughts. Often, the war dreams occur when I'm angry or have conflict in my life, so maybe it's my way of getting rid of that anger. My war dreams are some of the clearest and fun dreams I have, but I did not have any during this project. Girls, or girl I should ... one! I see my girl-friend every day, and she is always on my mind. My dreams with her get kind of wacky and personal, so I will stop with that subject! I think it's self explanatory. Through out my writing journal and my day journal, I had no similar thoughts or dreams. My dreams are so full of adventure and excitement, I always seek out new pleasures. I ...
- 20069: Eastern Philosophy
- ... than spiritualism and rationalism rather than mysticism. Confucius: HIS EARLY LIFE: WHERE HIS THOUGHT EVOLVED. Chinese philosopher and one of the most influential figures in Chinese history. When you talk about eastern philosophy you can't help but talk about Confucius. He is the central focus of eastern thought and his teachings branched out to his diciples (like the famous Mencius). According to tradition, Confucius was born in the state of ... in Lu, died three years after Confucius was born, leaving the family in poverty; but Confucius nevertheless received a fine education. "To learn and from time to time to apply what one has learned -- isn't that a pleasure?" Analects 1:1 He was married at the age of 19 and had one son and two daughters. During the four years immediately after his marriage, poverty compelled him to perform menial labors for the chief of the district in which he lived. HIS CARREER(S): WHERE HE PUT HIS THOUGHTS INTO ACTION. His mother died in 527 BC, and after a period of mourning he began his career as a teacher, usually traveling about and instructing the small body ...
- 20070: Wicca Versus Witchcraft
- ... concepts of male and female exist throughout life -- indeed, are necessary to create it -- most Witches perceive Deity as male and female: the Goddess and the God. Like the concept of the Trinity, these aren't "many" Gods; they are aspects of the one Creator. The Goddess is seen as Mother Earth and Mother Nature, and is represented by the Moon. She is seen in the fertility of the plant, animal ... the animals that prehistoric humans hunted had horns, He is usually depicted as the "Horned One". His power is at a peak in the "dark half" of the year, from October to May. Witches don't do evil. They believe in the Wiccan Rede, which is "If It Harms None, Do What You Will". Witches also believe in the "Three-Fold Law", which states that whatever you do -- be it good ... and do not perform any sort of human or animal sacrifices. Satan is a relatively new concept that originated with Christianity. When the Christian Church decided to obliterate religions that were a threat to it s power (including Witchcraft), they decided that their "Satan" had horns and that Witches were actually worshipping the Devil. This became the death warrant for millions of innocent people. The Pentagram (a five-pointed star ...
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