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- 23011: From Groups To Teams (sports P
- Teams of people can be witnessed everywhere throughout today's society. They are commonplace in schools, and businesses are attempting to implement their use in the work environment. The overwhelming question that many of these people strive to answer pertains to the way in which ... Although they need not all be best friends they need to get along well and know the background of the other members of the team. This allows the group to be sensitive to each other's needs and wants. It also helps members to understand why some act the way they do and in what fashion they desire to be treated. An individual is much more motivated when they are playing ... through practices or other things in which the members would rather not be partaking. In order to reach their common goal they must overcome this individual and the hardships that are imposed upon the team's members. This first challenge makes the members support one and other. They rise up together to overcome this individual and it molds them into one body. They become tied to the next person and ...
- 23012: Biography of Charles Dickens
- ... shows the source of that power and is the best place to begin to define it. The second child of John and Elizabeth Dickens, Charles was born on February 7, 1812, near Portsmouth on England's south coast. At that time John Dickens was stationed in Portsmouth as a clerk in the Navy Pay Office. The family was of lower-middle-class origins, John having come from servants and Elizabeth from ... is in part an attempt to recreate their idyllic nature: it rejoices in innocence and the youthful spirit, and its happiest scenes take place in that precise geographical area. In the light of the family's move back to London, where financial difficulties overtook the Dickens's, the time in Chatham must have seemed glorious indeed. The family moved into the shabby suburb of Camden Town, and Dickens was taken out of school and set to menial jobs about the household. ...
- 23013: Oedipus Rex
- ... kill his father and marry his mother. Everything that happens from then on is about a variety of characters trying to overcome fate. But as you read the play, you can see that this doesn't work,that Lauis and Jocasta are both dead,as the gods decided to turn their son against them. Through the play,Oedipus tries to avoid the prohecy. He does everything in his power to not ... to save his fate. He then gives the young child to his head shepherd to cast out into the wild,where he will die. The childs ankles are then pinned together,but the sheherd hasn't the heart to get rid of the child,so he gives the child to another shepherd from a land called Corinth. Once the shepherd receives the child,he unpins his ankles and names him Oedipus ... until manhood.When he reaches manhood,Oedipus travels around the country side and the incredible happens. Whilst on his travel he did what he was fated for.He killed his father,King Lauis.He doesn't know whom he killed,or if it had anything to do with the prophecy,as he doesn't know it exists.Thats why he left Corinth,to escape the prohecy. Oedipus continues to live ...
- 23014: Gods And Goddesses
- ... gods and the daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. She is the sister and wife of the god Zeus. Though Hera advised Zeus and bore him children, jealousy corupted her. She hated her husband's adventures and schemed against his many wives and children. Hera was the goddess of marriage and the protector of married women. Her children were the gods Ares, Hephaestus, Hebe, and Eileithyia. Known for her vindictive ... lived in a golden underwater palace with his queen, Amphitrite, a beautiful sea goddess. Poseidon plays a prominent part in numerous ancient myths and legends. When he and Apollo were cheated by the Trojans, Poseidon's revenge was endless. He sent a terrible sea monster to ravage the land, and during the Trojan War he helped the Greeks. Aphrodite had no parents and rose out of the sea on a cushion ... of his cradle and went looking for adventure. He was a tortioise, killed it, and invented the lyre from its shell. As he taught himself how to play the lyre, he saw his brother Apollo's cows and stole them. When Hermes confessedhis trick, Apollo was furious. He knew Apollo loved music, and offered him the lyre for the cows. Apollo gave him the cows and more, and left happily ...
- 23015: Great Gatsby
- The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel about several people's lives in high society, told from the point of view of a rather normal man. The theme of the withering of the American dream shows itself in the book through many of its characters. Most ... Although he is rich and can buy anything he wants, Gatsby remains restless and indecisive about his own needs. For months, he has parties almost every week, which are attended by much of New York's high society. However, he never seems to enjoy these parties, because he rarely attends them himself, and when he sees that Daisy does not like them, he calls them off. This shows that although he ... nose. Also, after Myrtle is killed, Tom tells George that Gatsby was the one that killed his wife, knowing that George will kill Gatsby. This is an act of contempt and not of morality. Tom's downfalls show that although one can look to be living the American dream, it is not always true. Perhaps the most honest and hard-working character in the novel is George Wilson, Myrtle's ...
- 23016: Clipper Ships
- Clipper Ships Clipper ships were extremely fast sailing ships developed primarily by the United States between the 1830's and 1860's. Clippers' did not have a final definition written in stone, but did share certain characteristics such as a sharp hull (designed for speed, not for cargo capacity) and a heavy and lofty square rig. The origin of the clipper is debatable. Some believe that it was descended from the French frigate of the late 1700's. Other's believe that it originated from the early Baltimore clipper's. It is highly probable that it was designed by many ship builders who combined their experience. The first American clippers like the ...
- 23017: Oedipus-concepts Of Sight
- The concept of sight is one of the major motifs throughout Sophocles play Oedipus the King. The play revolves primarily around series of events caused by many people s insight or lack there of. Oedipus does not see that he is caught up in a web of cruel destiny that he can not escape. The gods demonstrate foresight and insight into the play. In ... his life, he can not see how he is destined to marry his mother and kill his father. Furthermore, because of his lack of insight he truly believes that he can move without the Oracle s prophecy following him. No matter what Oedipus does, he has no control over what the gods have predetermined. The gods also punish the people of Thebes with hard times since it is these people who ... he threatened harsh punishment on whoever killed Laios. Once again, Oedipus has been blinded by his own quick temper and poor judgements as he now realizes that the punishment only applies to him. When Jocasta s eyes are finally open to the truth, she returns to the house and shortly thereafter kills herself. She does this because she can not believe that she had been so blind as to think ...
- 23018: How to Surf the Internet
- ... is fast, reliable, and one that has a great deal of memory is greatly beneficial. A person also needs a modem (a device that transmits data from a network on the Internet to the user's computer). A modem's quality and speed are measured as something called a baud rate (how fast the modem transmits data in bits and kilobits - similar to grams and kilograms). A kilobit is a term simply used to describe ... long distance charges. You must also choose an ISP that is reliable, fast, and has a good technical support team who are there when you're in trouble or have a problem. Typically, most ISP's charge around $25 to $30 per month and they allocate approximately 90 hours per month for you to use the service. You must be aware that even though there are some ISP's who ...
- 23019: Dr. Spock
- ... 39 different languages. Not only is Spock known for being a great pediatrician and author, but he is known as a political activist as well. Spock was a high-profile political activist in the 1960s. Spock came under fire from critics like Vice president Spiro Agnew in the 1960s who branded him The father of permissiveness responsible for a generation of hippies. Spock joined those youths in protests against nuclear technology and the Vietnam war and in 1967 led a march on the Pentagon. He was arrested numerous times for civil disobedience, and even ran for U.S. president as a candidate for the peoples party in 1972. Dr. Spocks last contribution to this society came out in 1994 in the form of his last book. A Better World For ...
- 23020: Great Expectations Charcters G
- ... a person that the reader can no longer sympathize with. He begins to be caught up in the superficial aspects of life, such as material wealth and social status. The reader begins to scorn Pip's treatment to the man that was once his only friend in life, Joe. Pip does undergo a change of heart towards the end, and he becomes more likable. For the majority of the novel, Miss ... extreme remorse and pain for her actions. It is at that moment in the novel when the reader begins to feel some sort of sympathy for her. Even though she was an villainous character, it's easy to sympathize with someone who is dying with so many unresolved issues. She expressed her good intentions towards Estella's upbringing, which shows that, while she may have lacked the inner strength to carry through with these intentions, her heart was in the right place. The change so apparent in Mrs. Joe Gargery was ...
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