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- 20281: Argentine Marxist Revolutionary And Guerrilla Leader Che Guevara
- ... his health did not improve. Primary education at home, mostly by his mother, Celia de la Serna. He early became a voracious reader of Marx, Engels and Freud which all were available in his father's library, it is probable that he had read some of their works before he went to secondary school (1941), the Colegio Nacional Dean Funes, Cordoba, where he excelled only in literature and sports. At home ... and he was penniless and n rags. He lived with Hilda Gadea, a Marxist of Indian stock who forwarded his political education, looked after him, and introduced him to Nico Lopez, one of Fidel Castro's lieutenants. In Guatemala he saw the CIA at work as the principal agents of counterrevolution and was confirmed in his view that Revolution could be made only be armed insurrection. When Arbenz fell, Guevara went ... Africa, Asia and South America. On the other hand, after a halfhearted attempt to come to some kind of terms with the USA, he was also attacking the North Americas, at the UN as Cuba's representative there, for their greedy and merciless imperialist activity in Latin America. Che's intransigence towards both capitalist and communist establishment forced Castro to drop him (1965), not officially, but in practice. For some ...
- 20282: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Relief, Recovery, Reform
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Relief, Recovery, Reform. Although the flood waters of poverty, unemployment, and famine known as the Great Depression began to recede under Hoover’s administration, it was Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his administration who saw to the retreat of the destitute ways of life that had enveloped the nation. When FDR took office, he intended to change the government in order to include help for the plight of the “forgotten man”. He had a plan for the change known as the “New Deal”. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs aimed at three R’s - relief, recovery, and reform. Also, through his New Deal programs, one can see all he did during the Depression to relieve suffering and jump start the economy. In the New Deal program, Roosevelt had ...
- 20283: Martin Luther and his Teachings
- ... of sola fides, which means by faith alone, caused great controversy among the people of the time. He believed that in order to reach a true state of religiosity one had to believe in God's grace and blessings, that it was faith alone and not our own works that should be basis of the Christian faith. He also believed in sola scripture, which means by scripture alone. He believed that ... of corruption and bribery and also critical of certain practices such as indulgences. The papacy was open to considerable amounts of criticism. Peasants also questioned why they had to pay tithes and why they couldn't elect their own priests. There was also social tension at the time. The Peasant's War, the issue of the Swiss mercenary soldier, and the withdrawal of Baptist communities are some examples. Political issues were another reason. Henry VIII of England wanted a divorce from the Roman church because ...
- 20284: Le Cid (French)
- ... le fils du célèbre Don Diègue, un honorable soldat qui a gagné plusieurs guerre au nom de son pays de l'Espagne. Il était un homme très respecté. Durant le déroulement de l'histoire, il s'est fait assigné comme gouverneur du prince. Don Gomès le père de Chimène, n'aimait pas la promotion que Don Diègue a reçu et pensait que c'était lui qui la méritait. Donc il a insulté Don Diègue et l'a provoqué en duel. Savant que son père ne pouvait pas se défendre, Rodrigue s'est donné la tâche de venger son père. Mais Rodrigue, ne savait que faire car Chimène son amante était la fille de Don Gomès. Il faisait face à de problèmes obstacles immense pour établir leur ... commandé de faire, son devoir. Il ne regretta pas son acte, mais il se sentait mal face à la perte que Chimène à vécu. Il était grandement confus par rapport à son acte violent. Rodrigue s'est ensuite offert la vie à Chimène, car il a pris la vie de son père. Il est un homme très honorable, en offrant sa vie il démontre comment ses sentiments était légitimes. Ceci ...
- 20285: Margaret Atwood
- ... this lifestyle was exciting, she did not have most modern conveniences and technology. To entertain herself, Atwood readbooks. They became her only means for entertainment and escape. "I read them all, even when they weren't supposed to be forchildren" (qtd. in " During this childhood of reading, Atwood also began to write. By the age of six, Atwood was writing "poems, morality plays,comic books, and an unfinished novel about an ant" (qtd. in " Two years after this life-altering decision, Atwood entered Victoria College at the University of Toronto. She received her bachelor's degree from Victoria College in 1961, and then went on to receive her Master's degree from Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Atwood also received education from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, during1962-63 and 1965-67. The most positive comment Atwood received about her writing aspirations was from ...
- 20286: Learning Experiences(To Kill A
- ... the cases of Boo Radley, Mrs. Dubose, and the Cunninghams. So early in the novel, Scout in the novel, Scout is faced with some confusing experiences at school, where she confronts a teacher who dosen’t understand why she can read and where she meets Walter Cunningham. Later, Atticus explains to her that to judge a person you must try to see things from that person’s point of view. You must learn to walk aroun in his skin. Then you cab uderstand better why a person acts or belives what he does. Only at the end of the novel does Scout ... had preciously controlled her. She fought against great odds even though she knew that she would lose. The above lesser experiences prepare Scout for the greater test o Courage: the is Atticus’ fight for Tom’s life even though he knows that he will lose the case and even though he knows that he is fighting against tremendous odds. This realization forces Scout to quit fighting with her fists and ...
- 20287: Herman Melville
- ... five or six he began attending the New-York Male High School. Upon competition of the New-York Male High School he attended the Columbia Grammar School in New York. At this time his father’s business is starting to fail so the family moves up state to Albany in October of 1930. Melville attended the Albany Academy from 1830 to 1831. After his father died Melville was forced to drop out. In 1832 he started work as a clerk at the New York State Bank in Albany. After that he moved to Pittsfield Massachusetts to work on his Uncle Thomas’s farm. Upon quitting his job in 1835 he attended the Albany Classic School and worked as a bookkeeper and clerk at his brother’s fur company. After a series of other jobs and moving around he gets “Fragments from a Writing Desk” published. But went to New York to become a sailor. Melville got a job on the ...
- 20288: The Biography of Husband E. Kimmel
- ... maneuvers, was injured when a fighter strafed his ship, hitting the bridged. Kimmel, then a Lt. Cmdr., sustained light injuries to his left arm. Once he transferred to a shore command in the domestic U.S., he longed to return to the sea and eventually found himself stationed in Hawaii. When the depression hit in the early 30's, he had finally rose to the position of Captain and then later to Commodore. He maintained his position as an aide to the Fleet command until his superiors retired or were sent into the Atlantic ... the attack, Husband Kimmel commented that someone was going to pay for this disaster and he sat stone faced and stunned. He knew that he was responsible for the disaster that had struck the U.S. Navy. He learned during his trials and investigations that his own government had willfully withheld information about the attack from him. His attorney managed to save him from any brig time while the other ...
- 20289: Lord Of The Flies
- In many novels chapter one introduces the characters and the setting. In William Golding's Lord of the Flies he not only introduces characters, settings, but also gives off clues to up coming events, by using the activities that the characters participaid in while in civilization. In the begging civilization ... Ralph, Jack, Piggy, Simon, Roger, Sam, and Eric each represent an aspect of civilized humanity, those who represent human nature survive, those who are self-actualized, the leaders die. Even their names hold meaning, Ralph's name means counsel, Jack's means (one who supplants) reflecting his use of force, Piggy's name reflects is superior intellect, Simon's means listener and Rogers means spear. This gives a clue to who could be the leader ...
- 20290: Lord Of The Flies Critical Lit
- ... has a good sense of responsibility. Jack, along with Ralph and Piggy, is a candidate for chief. The other boys see them as having the most leadership qualities of all the boys. Although Jack isn't chosen as chief, he still demonstrates responsible and civil behavior. Jack is placed in charge of the hunters, and shows rational behavior by not killing a piglet. He is not yet ready to cut into ... life. Karl comments, "The stranded boys in Lord of the Flies, for example, almost entirely shake off civilized behavior. . . . What Golding senses is that institutions and order imposed from without are temporary, but that man's irrationality and urge for destruction are enduring. . . ." (Frederick R. Karl, "The Metaphysical Novels of William Golding," in his, A Reader's Guide to the contemporary English Novel 254-60). At the start of the novel, Ralph, the chief of the group, seems to be rational and civilized. The other boys elect him chief, because of ...
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