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- 23201: A Book Report On Jack Shaeffer
- ... plot of Shane is a simple one. The refined stranger who has happened upon the Starrett homestead, we discover, is a virtuous gunfighter who is attempting to begin a new life. When Joe Starrett, Bob's father, invites him to stay on as a hired hand, he agrees, having learned from Joe that the previous hand had been run off by Fletcher, the powerful and unscrupulous rancher vying for land with ... in the escalating conflict. Several subplots lend added depth to the story. The most important involves the growing attraction Marian Starrett and Shane feel for each other, notwithstanding her deep love for Joe and Shane's loyalty toward him. In the end, however, it is Bob's unwavering love and admiration for Shane (and Shane's tender feeling for him) that is the heart of the story, as is evident in such lines as these, found at critical points throughout: For ...
- 23202: Ideals Satirized In Candide
- Ideals Satirized by Voltaire in "Candide" Voltaire's Candide is a satire of life before and during the enlightenment period, a black comedy, this story often makes light of religious purgings, executions, the church in general, royalty, government, nobility, ideals of love, war ... of true happiness and paradise. The institution of family is mocked when Candide and Cunigonde are caught making-out by her father the king and is banished from his home. Later in the story, Cunigonde's brother fights Candide because he is unworthy to marry his "sister, who has seventy-two quarterlings!" (361). Candide's responce is "she has many obligations to me, she wants to marry me"(361). The reason for the brothers' anger is that Candide can not trace his lineage. For some reason this was important ...
- 23203: Compare And Contrast Karl Marx
- ... that changed the society. Weber, on the other hand, tried to look at the macro-sociological phenomenon in his explanation. Weber felt that there is just more than one explanation about causes of change. Marx’s perspective was not based on the conflict of ideas, but rather on the conflict of classes. This conflict is the results of a new mode of production. According to Marx, history would consist of epochs ... is a new class distinction between the laborer and those who owned the means of production. Max Weber was opposed to Marx and believed that his theory was an oversimplification of history. He thought Marx’s view of history was too focused on economics and was not considering the role of ideas and values as causes. Weber felt that scientific, historical, and philosophical causation was so connected with economic development that ... simple way of life in which you were to do good for others. The way into heaven was to do the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Work was done not for one’s own personal gain, but for the sake of god. Weber found that in areas where Calvinism was the highest is where capitalism rose first, and no other religion resulted in the rise of capitalism. ...
- 23204: Hockey
- ... object with sticks between two goalposts. Probably the first ice hockey players were North American Indians who used field tools that were curved at the lower end. The French word for the similarly shaped shepherd's crook, hoquet, was attached by French explorers who watched the Indians' ball-and-stick games. Although the original game called for nine men on each side, the number of team players involved could vary from ... and equipment were improvised gradually whenever problems cropped up and as rougher play made certain types of injuries more common. The creation in 1893 of a status symbol, the Stanley Cup--then awarded to Canada's best amateur hockey team--gave some credibility to the sport. Ice hockey is a low-scoring game in which the team that hits the most pucks into its opponent's goal wins. The goals are located at each end of the hockey rink, an enclosed rectangular ice surface with rounded corners. The standard size of the rink is 180’by 60’, though there may ...
- 23205: Ironclads Of The Civil War
- ... year old the navies were being complemented with ironclad. And the Union knew that they had to have an ironclad to ever beat the South Merrimac Captain John Ericisson From Sweden came to the U.S. to build the first warship driven by screw propeller rather than puddle. He was an engineer and a genius that had built many other things. For example the steam powered engine. He decided to name his mighty warship the Monitor. Ericsson’s ship was different form any other vessel ever built. He started to build in October of 1861 and the monitor was launched on Jan. 30,1862. Captain Buchanan was going to attack the Monitor on ... when he shot he missed. As the two ships got closer the Merrimac shot at the piorthouse and blew off the metal plate that covered it and the flame and powder blew into Lieutenant Worden’s eyes. His face was bloody and had to go to his cabin with surgeon’s assistance. While all this was going on, the Monitor started to wonder away from the battle. The Conferdates thought ...
- 23206: 11th Century Scotland and Witchcraft
- ... few common phrases, symbols, and signs that we use today are also used in 11th century Scotland. Often such things are often seen in horror movies or pieces of literature, such as Macbeth. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, you are introduced to three witches, in the first scene of act 1, they are described to be ugly beings with no definite determination of gender. While researching it was stated that these three ... were doctors and used their spells for doing good deeds. They were also known to aid in romances. To know that a black witch was present, there was always the sudden death of a victim’s animal. The black witches most commonly performed the religious traditions of Voodoo. The practice of Voodoo enabled witches to put spirits and evil demons into one’s head. The movie "The Exorcist" was a fictional horror movie based on a young girl being possessed by the devil, coincides with the 11th century practice of Voodoo. As in the movie, when Voodoo ...
- 23207: Depression
- Depression What is Depression? The dictionary's definition of depression is: a lowering or decrease of functional activity; a mental state depressed mood characterized by discouragement, sadness, and despair. Often decisions range form normal feelings of the blues thought to major depression ... disorder characterized by feelings of inadequacy, error, sadness, helpless, and gloom. Depression is an illness with a wide range of physical and mental symptoms, which sometimes makes it hard to recognize and understand. A person's character may play a part in depression. Although anyone can become depressed under particular surroundings, some people may be more exposed than others may. This may be because of things that have happened in childhood ... that people can have. One form is called Bipolar disorder. It is diagnosed only by episodes of depression. Episodes can be short or long but are usually brought about by an incident in a person's life. An example of this is if someone closest to them dies or is very ill. The other kind is called manic depressive illness; alternating depressed and manic episodes recognizes it. It is believe ...
- 23208: Alexander the Great
- ... barracks with the soldiers so that Alexander would adopt a personal relationship with his soldiers. Alexander regularly trained for battle, and when he was old enough, he went on military campaigns with his father. Alexander's mother was a bit kooky, but she greatly influenced him for the better. She believed that she had been impregnated by the god Zeus in the form of a snake. She also made Alexander believe ... the affiliation that Alexander thought he had with Achilles, Alexander carried a copy of the Iliad with him wherever he went. It is also supposed that Olympia played a part in the assassination of Alexander's father Philip. Within Alexander's childhood lay the beginning's of a true warrior's career. His favorite literature, the Iliad, was an epic battle that gave Alexander insight into the eyes of past heroes. His teacher, Aristotle, made ...
- 23209: Identity Crisis Of Enkidu And
- In this paper, I seek to explore the identities and relationships between Gilgamesh and Enkidu in the epic poem of Gilgamesh, up through Enkidu’s death. I will explore the gender identity of each independently and then in relation to each other, and how their gender identity influences that relationship. I will also explore other aspects of their identity and ... the myth says Gilgamesh is from the same stuff as the gods. He is known for taking whatever he desires “His lust leaves no virgin to her lover, neither the warriors daughter or the wife’s noble.” (19, Norton; “Gilgamesh”). He has the arrogance and audacity to simply take anything that he considers in his kingdom. Clearly, at least early on in the story, the actions of Gilgamesh mirror that of ... into. Whereas at one time we could not look at this kind of relationship in terms of the possibility of there being more than an emotional Platonic love present, with the opening up of today’s society it can now become an important analytical lens (Doty 76). Although we can not say that Gilgamesh and Enkidu definitely shared a homosexual relationship, we also can not discount the possibility that such ...
- 23210: Moses
- ... name is revered by millions......Moses. By faith Moses' parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king's edict." Hebrews 11:23 Revered as a prophet but even more importantly as a teacher and a lawgiver, Moses was the leader of the Israelite people 3,300 years ago during their journey from slavery ... workers. Angry with Moses, Pharaoh decreed that the Israelite slaves should work even harder. The consequent increasing oppression of the Israelites caused them to reject Moses as their deliverer. The Bible then tells of God 's visiting upon the Egyptians a series of divine punishments in the form of ten plagues. The final plague took the life of Pharaoh's own son. Pharaoh then relented and let the Israelites leave Egypt under the leadership of Moses. However, Pharaoh soon regretted his decision and set out in pursuit with his army to bring the Israelite ...
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