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- 22721: A Separate Peace: Three Symbols
- ... and happiness for Gene and Finny as they jump from the tree into the river and hold initiations into the Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session. Finny, Gene, and their friends use the Devon's warm water to play in during the carefree summer session. The Devon brings out Finny's carefree character and personality when he jumps from the limbs of the tree. Not one Upper Middler in Devon has ever jumped from the tree; Finny becomes the first. After surfacing, Finny says that jumping ... bitch," Gene surfaces from the Naguamsett feeling grimy, dirty and in desperate need of a bath (71). Much like the clean, refreshing water of the Devon and the ugly saline water of the Naguamsett, Gene's carefree attitude of the summer session vastly differs from the angry, confused attitude of the winter session. Likewise, the two sessions, the summer and winter, give a different sense of feeling toward school and ...
- 22722: Things Fall Apart 2
- Chinua Achebe s Things Fall Apart shows an odd similarity between the cultures of Ancient Greece and the Lower Niger. Despite the fact that two societies can exist during different periods of time and have conflicting cultural values ... than himself, which was in very poor taste according to the warriors of Umuofia. By making the derogatory claims on him, Okonkwo shows his conceitedness and how he considers himself better than the others. Okonkwo s actions lead to his downfall. Creon of Antigone had sentenced Antigone to death, instigating the tragic results of his family. Creon had abandoned and rejected his religious tradition and decided to not bury his nephew, while Okonkwo ignores the rituals and beliefs tied to the holy weeks and continuously beat his wives. Just as Creon s critical decision to kill Antigone lead to the destruction of virtually the entire royal family and in essence himself, Okonkwo s decision was to take his own life, quite obviously destroying everything he had ...
- 22723: Greek Theater Within Their Vas
- ... the ancient artists "were not at work to provide visual aids for textbooks and lectures. We can, with care, use them in that way as aids to a modern imagination" (Green 1995, p.13). Green's statement brings to light the importance of cautious research into this area of history, especially keeping in mind the context in which the vases were made and used. Certainly, vases exist which are, as Green ... Toxotides. On it, Actaion is being attacked by dogs. The presence of Zeus and Lyssa is evidence relating the vase to the play. The other data used for this linkage are the tragic costuming, Aktaion's special horn mask, and the inscriptions over the actors, including one that identifies the main figure as Euaion, the son of Aeschylus. The reverse side shows two women and a youth conversing, but neither the ... little suggests a theatre scene at all. The reliance on the costume evidence is put into question because the lower half of all the figures was lost and restored by a contemporary scholar. Here, Trendall's argument is weakly supported. Another vase with vague theatrical elements is pinned to something more concrete by Trendall (Trendall 1971 p.63). The Attic red-figured pelike (450-440 B.C., Boston 63.2663) ...
- 22724: Comparisons of Classical and Keynesian thought.
- ... the two thoughts one must understand that Classical thought is one that has been around longer than Keynessian and it was in all probability the only real school of thought from 1776 to the 1930's. The Classical thought is one that had its origins in Britain and with British's economists. As early as Adam Smith and until the great depression, most all economists were Classical economics. As a whole they believed that the self-correcting mechanisms of a market economy would continually guide the ... employment and that if a slow down or recession was to occur that it would most certainly be short lived. A working economic example of this would be the Great Depression, experienced in the 1930's. The stock market crash, bank failures and a decade of unemployment averaging 20% to a high of 25% (1933) caused sever problems. This was a crisis not only for the US but the world ...
- 22725: What do Buddhism and Christianity Teach About the Significance, Purpose And Value of Human Life?
- ... is to waste numberless lives spent trying to gain this precious rebirth and also the chance of enlightenment. The law of Karma says: All actions will entail consequences in the next life, so a Buddhist's freedom could be said to be somewhat compromised. This law means that, to be reincarnated human, you must live a near-perfect life. Any wrong doing on our part is foolish, because the condition experienced ... own, you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. Pope Jean Paul II summed up this idea in a statement he issued in 1980. He says we must ‘render faithful' God's gift of life to us. Also (1) ‘no one must attack the life of an innocent person' (2) that ‘all humans must live their lives in accordance with God's plan' and (3) Intentional death or suicide is just as wrong as homicide', because it is a violation of God's will and can be interpreted as a rejection of God's supreme authority ...
- 22726: Macbeth - Blood As An Image In Macbeth
- ... There are many examples of blood representing these three ideas in the book. Blood is mentioned throughout the play and mainly in reference to murder or treason. The first reference to blood is in MacBeth's soliloquy in Act 2, Scene 1, Lines 33-61, when Macbeth sees the bloody dagger floating in the air before him. Also in this soliloquy on line 46 he sees "on thy blade and dudgeon ... king, making it look like they committed treason. Also in this scene is the first reference of blood pertaining to guilt. MacBeth says this in Act 2, Scene 3, Line 60, "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?" This is an example of blood representing guilt, because MacBeth wishes he could just wash his guilt away. Again, blood is referred to again when in Act 2, Scene 3, Lines 123-134 Malcolm and Donaldbain are discussing what to do and Malcolm says in Line 128, "There's daggers in men's smiles, the nearer in blood, the nearer bloody." Meaning that their closest relatives are likely to kill them. Again, blood is being used to describe treason, murder and death. Act ...
- 22727: Fixed Exchange Rates
- ... need foreign exchange reserves? The last 20 years have seen an increased international interdependence due to the reduction in the controls on capital flows between countries have been much reduced. Also, since the early 1970's, many countries have permitted much more flexibility in their exchange rates. These developments have raised several issues: how does the exchange rate regime affect the efficacy of domestic monetary and fiscal policies undertaken by small ... convertible if the government acting through the central bank, agrees to buy or sell as much of the currency people wish to trade at the fixed exchange rate. Most central banks act as the government's banker, the Banks' bank, lender of last resort and issuer of notes as well as supervising the banking system and operating monetary policy. Monetary policy refers to the attempts to manipulate the interest rate and ... unlimited accounts due to the perfect capital mobility. Perfect capital mobility means that the government cannot fix independent targets for both the money supply and the exchange rate. This also implies that any one country's interest rates cannot get too far out of line without bringing about capitals flows that tend to restore yields to the world level. Under fixed exchange rates, the government has to accept the domestic ...
- 22728: Political Criticism On The Eng
- From the war-torn wastelands of Europe to the exotic Cairo, The English Patient, is a reader's delight. This novel set in the twilight stages of the Second World War was created by Michael Ondaatje. Amongst Caravaggio, Hanna, Almasy and other minor characters, Kip is the only coloured character in the cast ... fact that the field of bomb disposal was in its infancy, and that the average life expectancy of bomb experts was pegged at ten weeks, he still proffered himself for the cause. While the doctor's duties are to heal the sick and forestall the loss of lives; Kip indeed became the doctor in the view of the fact that he was indeed rejuvenating the afflicted land and saving innocent civilians ... characters are affected in a potent manner. In many a situation, Kip emerges the victor, be it at diffusing bombs, captivating women, or in emotional battles, while white characters are left feeling remorseful (in Almasy's case) or longing for him (in Hana's case). This is clearly the manifestation of Ondaatje's strength of convictions in his origins, and in a very astute yet powerful manner.
- 22729: The Beat Generation
- ... great novel, On The Road, contained great reference to jazz. It contained the idea of spontaneous prose which Kerouac thought of while listening to jazz. Spontaneous prose was “the style of being true to one’s beliefs and idealism’s”, and this reflected the beat’s movement and spontaniety. Jazz was definitely an essential for the beats in the Beat Generation. Jazz was a form of music created by African Americans. It was a mix of American and African music. ...
- 22730: Overpopulation
- ... in these groups are "nearing threatened status." "The leading cause of vertebrate declines is human destruction of old growth forests, wetlands, chaparral, and other rich habitats," Worldwatch reports. "Worldwide, over two-thirds of the earth's habitable land surface has been significantly disturbed by human activities. Nearly half of the world's 233 primate species are threatened, largely because of their dependence on large expanses of tropical forest, a habitat under siege around the globe. In hotspots of forest loss, such as Madagascar, the Atlantic rainforest of ... kilometer - barely 15 percent of original habitat remained. In the future there will be more and more people in a small place and the original habitat will endanger. Moreover, human activities negatively affect the Earth’s atmosphere through releases of pollution that causes smog, acid rain, and depletion of the ozone layer. This is directly related to human numbers and lifestyles, because it is largely a result of emissions from ...
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