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- 22031: The Lord of the Flies: SUmmary
- ... at meetings. The two leaders soon discover that they do not like each other because of their difference priorities and the conflict begins between them. It causes the group to split into two, with Jack=s followers being in the majority. Ralph is concerned with building shelters, arranging work and on being rescued but Jack only wants to roam the jungle and hunt. The failure to establish rules soon creates confusion and inappropriate behavior encouraged by Jack. Ralph=s only supporter is Piggy, a fat asthmatic boys who nobody likes because he is always lecturing and criticizing everyone=s behavior. Jack bullies him constantly and the other boys make fun of him. Jack and his followers spend most of their time hunting for wild pigs so Ralph=s efforts to organize the group ...
- 22032: Bungee Jumping
- ... wooden towers, attach the vines around their ankles and jump. A successful leap is considered a demonstration of courage. In 1979, a bungee cord was incorporated with this tribal ritual. Members of the Oxford University's Dangerous Sports Club read about and designed a safe form of the practice. Atop the Golden Gate Bridge, dressed in tuxedos and top hats, the first form of bungee jumping came to existence. In 1987, bungee jumping moved to the American commercial scene. Two brothers, John and Peter Kockelman, began jumping from bridges over river gorges in the Sierras. Recognizing the sport's commercial potential, they opened Bungee Adventures in 1988. Bungee jumping spread rapidly throughout the world, ever-growing in popularity. Bungee jumping became national crazes in many areas. After the use of a bungee cord was ... first spread through New Zealand. From here, Australia and France soon caught on and joined the sport. This new hobby, predominantly known and practiced only by skydivers, rock climbers, and other extremists caught the world's attention and spread like a wild fire. In America, bungee jumping was also proving popular. The first commercial bungee business began thirty minutes outside San Diego, CA. Commercial sites in Colorado and Utah soon ...
- 22033: Mohandes Gandhi
- Gandhi Reflection: The Life of Gandhi My view on Gandhi's life is that of respect. It is truly amazing to see such a person devote his whole life to one certain cause, while capturing the attention of the whole world. After seeing what started Gandhi's life long journey, one must wonder why such an incident would make him change his whole life. As the movie shows, it is seen that at the beginning of the movie, Gandhi was a completely ... accomplishment for Gandhi but ironically many more difficulties would lie ahead. Gandhi went through several times where he fasted for long amounts of time, to end the fighting and hatred that had began between Hindu's and Muslims once India was freed. During these times, he was near death, but both Hindu's and Muslims agreed to stop the fighting because their actions would either stop Gandhi from fasting or ...
- 22034: Halloween
- ... costumes roaming door-to-door for treats, or why we carve pumpkins into jack-o- lanterns? The word "Halloween" actually comes from the Celtic language of Ireland. It comes from a contraction of "All Hallow's Eve", the evening before All Saint's Day, November 1, which is celebrated in the Catholic religion in honor of saints. All Saint's Day also coincided with the Celtic New Year, which began November 1st and the celebration of the harvest. On All Hallow's Eve, the Celts observed Samhain (pronounced Sah-ween). It was the largest ...
- 22035: Social deterioration in "The Crucible"
- Social deterioration in "The Crucible" The deterioration of Salem's social structure precipitated the murders of many innocent people. Arthur Miller's depiction of the Salem witch trials, The Crucible, deals with a community that starts out looking like it is tightly knit and church loving. It turns out that once Tituba starts pointing her finger at ... devil. A community living in a puritan society like Salem could easily go into a chaotic state and have a difficult time dealing with what they consider to be the largest form of evil. Salem's hysteria made the community lose faith in the spiritual beliefs that they were trying to strictly enforce. The church lost many of its parishioners because the interest of the town was now on Abigail ...
- 22036: Caribbean
- ... Caribbean has a long history of colonization and slavery for many generations. As new colonization was established, new cultures and languages were introduced. People tends to only focus on the bright side of the Columbus¡¯s great discover of the new land and colonization of the European countries and can easily forget about the destruction and the damages of the lives of native countries. who were the first Caribbean long before the Columbus¡¯s discovery, were almost wiped out by the cruel invasion of the European countries along with their cultures and their languages. The Europeans seized Caribbean but when they need the slaves for the sugar industries, they ... number of workers, many Asian immigrants were brought to Caribbean. This resulted in great shift of culture and languages in Caribbean. The form of languages in Caribbean has been changing since the day of Columbus¡¯s great discovery to the very present day. As the result of this shift in language, the new types of the languages were introduced in Caribbean. In late twentieth century, u.s. influenced Caribbean like ...
- 22037: Semiotics And Intertextuality
- ... Redemption of Physical Reality Siegfried Kracauer; with an introduction by Miriam Bratu Hansen Princeton University Press, 364 PP., $19.95, Paper, 0691037043 Princeton has made an interesting and very worthwhile decision to reprint Siegfried Kracauer's impressive work on film aesthetics (the term magnum opus would not be inappropriate). (Theory of Film was originally published in 1960, this new paperback edition is the only one currently in print in English.) At a time when film so readily employs digital means to create images, Kracauer's emphasis on film's connection to photography as a representation of reality might seem out-of-date. However, As Miriam Bratu Hansen points out in her excellent introduction, suggestions that Kracauer's theories of film belong to the " ...
- 22038: Anorexia Nervosa - Includes Bi
- ... by the Counseling Center at the University of Lawson 2 Virginia, the development of this disease generally begins at the age of 11 or 18. Significantly, these ages coincide with new phases of a girl’s life, the commencement and ending of adolescence. Recent estimates suggest that out of every 200 American girls between this age span, one will develop anorexia to some degree. The disease develops over a period of time during which the sufferer changes her eating patterns from normal or near normal to a very restricted diet (S.C.A.R.E.D. Website). This process can take anywhere from months to years. Clinically, an anorexic is diagnosed by having a body weight 20% below the expected body weight of a healthy person ... of life and will deprive themselves of situations offering pleasure, including eating. The fears of anorexics become so difficult to manage that the sufferer will gradually isolate him/herself from other people and social activities (S.C.A.R.E.D. Website). This happens so the sufferer can continue the exhausting anorexic behaviors. Although 30% of anorexics eventually die from the disorder, approximately one third overcome the disease with psychiatric ...
- 22039: Compare And Contrast
- ... two In the story "The General History Of Virginia" by John Smith, was a story on how he made people come to the new world. John Smith style of writing was more poetic than Bradford's, John Smith used lots af adjectives. And William Bradford he was a plain writer he did not use any special words he would use normal words and to his point. Even though these men lived ... other. John Smith and William Bradford were both really prejudice and hated the Indians, But towards the end William Bradford became nice to them and John Smith was still making fun of them. John Smith's and William Bradford's writting was quite different then each others. John Smith always exaggerated in his writting not to always to make everything boring. He is very poetic and also uses lots of adjectives. And William Bradford ...
- 22040: 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 ...
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