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- 21791: White Fang Thematic Analysis
- ... the novel, White Fang goes through numerous learning experiences as he interacts with humans and other wolves from Alaska around the turn of the century. Jack London uses the events that transpire during White Fang s life to illustrate that only the cunning, intelligent, and strong will be able to survive. The ideas of Darwinism and survival are reinforced by almost every action that takes place in the novel. Man is ... wolves until he is rescued. This introductory scenario illustrates that survival will be known only to the intelligent and thus illuminates the theme that presents itself throughout the entire novel. Almost directly after White Fang s birth, he learns the law of survival. When he stumbles out of the den as a small and clumsy cub, his instincts instruct him to pounces upon every living thing in front of him. However ... that was ever in him and becomes a terrible killing machine. Whenever he sees he has the advantage over another living thing, he exploits it and drops the creature dead in its tracks. White Fang s reign of terror, however, only lasts until he encounters a stronger and more formidable foe. Weedon Scott, a mining expert during the gold rush, narrowly saves him from the jaws of a pitbull and ...
- 21792: Flowers For Algernon - Review
- ... increased his I.Q., Alice, a teacher at the special education faculty at Beekman College who taught Charlie how to read and write, the professors who performed the experiment on Charlie, Fay, one of Charlie's aquaintances which he meets as the book progresses, and last but not least Algernon. The novel is exciting and contains very original material. The moods which are created in the reader, being me, are ones ... main characters in the novel include Charlie, Alice, Algernon, and Fay, a character who did not make much of an appearance, but in my eyes believed, that she played a very important part in Charlie's involvement in trying to sort out his past and figure out his present and future plans. Charlie is a mentally retarded person who has impressing people and gaining friends as one of his top priorities ... gaining friends. As the book progresses, Charlie goes through dramatic changes mentally, and instead of making him gain friends he actually is looked on in the same way if not worse. For example, at Charlie's old work his "friends" made fun of him and enjoyed his company just because Charlie had amused them. Yet after the operation, Charlie discovers that he had not made his friends like him more, ...
- 21793: The Diary Of Anne Frank
- ... Jewish teenager who was forced to go into hiding during the Holocaust. She and her family, along with four others, spent 25 months during World War II in an annex of rooms above her father\\'s office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. During the two years in hiding which Anne refers to as \\"a time when the ideals are being shattered and destroyed, when the worst side of human nature predominates, when ... every one has come to doubt truth, justice and God.\\" Anne kept a diary that was given to her by her father, Otto Frank, on her birthday. Between June 1942 and August 1944, from Anne\\'s thirteenth birthday until shortly after her fifteenth birthday, Anne recorded her feelings, her emotions, and her thoughts, as well as the events that happened to her. \\"…Ideas, dreams, and cherished hopes rise within us only ... her years in hiding to help her cope with the people surrounding her. Nine months after her arrest, Anne wrote that \\"if only there were no other people in the world.” The writings give Anne\\'s thought wishful pretense that if no one else were in the world, that the pain and suffering would end. Anne gives readers a sense of truth and honesty about her situation that allows the ...
- 21794: Grapes Of Wrath
- The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeck that exposes the desperate conditions under which the migratory farm families of America during the 1930's live under. The novel tells of one families migration west to California through the great economic depression of the 1930's. The Joad family had to abandon their home and their livelihoods. They had to uproot and set adrift because tractors were rapidly industrializing their farms. The bank took possession of their land because the owners ... have been drained of life and are exploited: The last rain fell on the red and gray country of Oklahoma in early May. The weeds became a dark green to protect themselves from the sun's unyielding rays....The wind grew stronger, uprooting the weakened corn, and the air became so filled with dust that the stars were not visible at night. (Chp 1) As the chapter continues a turtle, ...
- 21795: David Belasco
- ... a number of San Fransisco theaters as everything from call boy and script copier to actor, stage manager, and playwright. He paid further theatrical dues in the time he spent as a "theatrical vagabond" (Belasco's term), acting in small theatrical companies trouping through the mining camps and frontier settlements of the Pacific Slope. He recited poetry, sang, danced, painted and built scenery, and played everything from Hamlet to Fagin in Oliver Twist and Topsy in Uncle Tom's Cabin. In 1879, with James A. Herne, his first important collaborator, he wrote the popular melodrama Hearts of Oak. In 1880, Theatrical manager Daniel Frohman brought Belasco to New York City, where he spent most ... had his first smash hit as a playwright , director, and independent manager. His Civil War melodrama, The Heart of Maryland, became a runaway success in New York, in London, and on tour across the U.S.. Belasco wrote the play as a showcase for the particular talents of an actress who would be the first in a long line of "Belasco stars"-- a notorious, flame -haired society divorcee named Mrs. ...
- 21796: Thailand
- ... gemstones, zinc, lead, tin, gypsum, iron ore, and manganese. - Manufacturing; textiles and garments, electronics, cement, refined sugar, refined petroleum, motor vehicles and cigarettes. The employment division is 50 % agriculture, 30 % services, and 20 % industry. Thailand’s major imports are petroleum and petroleum products, machinery, chemicals, iron and steel. Thailand’s major trading partners are the USA, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, Taiwan and Germany. Thailand’s currency is called the baht and it is worth around about 41.40 to every U.S. $1. The Thai government is a form of constitutional monarchy and the head of state is the ...
- 21797: Czar Nicholas II
- ... of the Alexander Palace. Ominously, this occurred on the Orthodox day of feast for St. Job the Sufferer. This omen would prevision the never-ending trials he would face in his lifetime. In 1894, Nicholas's father, Czar Alexander III, died from a liver disease called nephritis. At age 26, Nicholas felt that he was not ready to rule Russia. However, he believed that his autocracy was a God-given right ... in which the blood does not clot right. A simple scrape could prove deadly. When Aleksey was two, a monk called Rasputin offered his services. He was the only person who could stop the boy's bleeding, and to this day we do not know how he did it. Soon, Rasputin had total control over Alexandra. Since Nicholas was a meek and submissive ruler, his wife already controlled him. Thus, all ... desperately to be a part of. Czar Nicholas II was very isolated from the people he was supposed to be ruling. He often secluded himself in the Alexander Palace with his family. Because of Aleksey's hemophilia, he was seldom away from home. Nicholas was an insecure ruler. He was almost never sure how to handle state affairs, and hesitant to draw his own conclusions. Some said he lacked political ...
- 21798: An Analysis of "The Grapes of Wrath"
- An Analysis of "The Grapes of Wrath" The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeck that exposes the desperate conditions under which the migratory farm families of America during the 1930's live under. The novel tells of one families migration west to California through the great economic depression of the 1930's. The Joad family had to abandon their home and their livelihoods. They had to uproot and set adrift because tractors were rapidly industrializing their farms. The bank took possession of their land because the owners ... have been drained of life and are exploited: The last rain fell on the red and gray country of Oklahoma in early May. The weeds became a dark green to protect themselves from the sun's unyielding rays....The wind grew stronger, uprooting the weakened corn, and the air became so filled with dust that the stars were not visible at night. (Chp 1) As the chapter continues a turtle, ...
- 21799: Black Ellk Spears
- ... well with all the other characters...it was as if he was truely there and really experiencing the events firsthand. He had the lead role, but he never overpowered any of the other characters. Menchaca’s overall stage presence was worthy of praise. He left the audience with a feeling of admiration for him. The role of Hoksila, portrayed by Stuart Bone, was not very successful. I did not believe him ... of the entire arena, including the stairs and upper walkways. I believe this was extremely effective in taking the audience out of everyday life and into the production. The setting was essential to the play’s mood, and it made a positive impact on the production. The costumes were very true to life in my opinion. The costume designer, Aziza Bey, was very effective in her work. Being interested in Native Americans added to her success and the overall success of the production. Bobby Bridger’s costume in the role of General Custer helped to establish the character. The socioeconomic status of Custer was apparent due to his costume. It was lavishly decorated depicting him as a man of great ...
- 21800: The Innocent Adventure
- A Caterpillar's Innocence The Adventures of Huck Finn by Mark Twain and The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger are two distinct realistic novels portraying adventurous characters. The Adventures of Huck Finn is a novel ... goes through a change and emerges a more complete person or more experienced. In The Adventures of Huck Finn, a symbolic death is very apparent during the scene in which Huck sets up his father's cabin to look like Huck was brutally murder. Huck emerges as a runway child and now must be careful of what he does, so that he does not get caught. Huck also tells people false ... step of the Cosmogonic Cycle. The Road of Trials is the next step in the Cosmogonic Cycle, which are the obstacles, which the character faces throughout the story. In The Adventures of Huck Finn, Huck's Road of Trials occurs on the Mississippi River. He faces many obstacles, including moral decisions of right and wrong, dealing with con-artists, and helping a run away slave. He promulgates more experienced from ...
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