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- 23581: Atomic Bomb 2
- ... information was available to general public concerning what kind of destruction the atomic bombs had actually caused in Japan. But starting with HerseyÕ³ book and continuing with other non-fiction works, such as David Bradley's No Place To Hide, which concerned the Bikini Island nuclear tests, Americans really began to get a picture of the awesome power and destructiveness of nuclear weapons. They saw that these really Gioielli 4were doomsday ... that could change everything in an instant, and turn things into nothing in a moment. It was this realization that had a startling effect on American culture and literature. Some Americans began to say Òt any time we could all be shadows in the blast wave, so whatÕ³ the point?Ó® This viewpoint manifested itself in literature in something called the Ò¡pocalyptic temperÓ» an attitude or a tone dealing ... days of McCarthy. And this new anxiety was evidenced in works that took on a much more satirical tone. And one of the works that shows this satiric apocalyptic temper and cynicism is Kurt Vonnegut's Cats Cradle. Vonnegut, considered by many to be one of Americas foremost living authors, was himself a veteran of World War Two. He, as a prisoner of war, was one of the few survivors ...
- 23582: Creation Vs. Evolution
- ... that the rock strata finds are better explained by a universal flood than by evolution, which would show yet more proof in the Bible (LaPointe 1-2). Michael Behe, author of the recent bestseller Darwin's Black Box, states, "I was amazed that people believe in evolution when there was this clear argument against it" (Behe 3). At first Darwinism was taught at schools, but there were so many flaws that ... a different form of evolution was taught. The new form was then taught along with a type of scientific creation (Encarta 2). This shows that schools feel that Darwin was wrong, and Darwin is evolution's top scholar. In order to disprove a way of thinking we must first know what we are trying to disprove. The definition of evolution is the complex process by which living organisms originated on earth ... if you trace all the species back to their origin, you would get one object. Now the real part of this argument is right here. How did that one object come into being? It couldn't have happened by mere chance. It did not always exist so there had to be nothing before it. If there was nothing before it, how was it created? Now some would like to say ...
- 23583: Vietnam
- ... next to my father. She soon told me that she had found I that I was drafted and was going to leave for Vietnam in one week. How could this happen to me, this wasn't part of my plan. What had I done wrong to deserve this? I had been against the war right from the start, and I couldn't imagine fighting in it. Sad, angry, and scared emotions all worked together and overwhelmed my body. I soon found myself crying. Before I knew what was going on I was in Vietnam. I already miss ... with Abbey and my parents and all of my friends. I missed them all so much. I wanted to go home. I needed to go home. I later woke up and found myself crying. That's when it hit me, like a wild fire burning through my chest. The pain was so intense that I could hardly breathe. I had been shot. I was going to die. I was never ...
- 23584: My Car Accident
- My Car Accident On April 22,1998 I was at a complete stop in my car on the 60 Freeway. Approaching the 215 Freeway on my way to Santa Ana, that’s when it happened. Adjusting my rear view mirror I caught a flash of white coming from behind. I heard the tires squeal and then the jolt from behind. I was rear ended by another car ... mirror when I saw the flash of white, I realized it was a car and tried to brace myself if could not find a way around or to stop. He struck me and I don’t recollect hitting the driver in front of me.” All the other drivers had the same story and we exchange licenses and insurance cards. Feeling a little uneasy about driving I got back into my car ... to make sure I was still in one piece. My mother took me to the emergency room to make sure I was not injured any farther that just the outside bruises. I had x-ray’s take and all showed a clean bill of health. Until the next day, I felt all the jolts and bruises to full extreme. Unable to move I felt my lower back giving me more ...
- 23585: The Ute Indians
- ... time eleven different bands of Ute Indians. The type of housing in each band depended on the material available. They lived in teepees, lodges, and domed shaped structures. The lodge shaped structure was the Ute's traditional mean of shelter. These home were temporary because the Utes moved every season to hunt. The dome shelters were built out of willow branches over a pole frame. They were eight feet high and ... diet of the eastern part consisted mainly of meat. But the Ute only practiced agriculture for a brief period of time. A major plant resource was nuts that were found in the pinon pine tree's cone. The nuts were gathered by knocking them off the tree with long sticks. During the pinon harvesting season deer were also hunted for their venison. Besides those foods the Ute also ate wild potatoes ... They wore necklaces made of materials like animal claws, bone beads, stones and sometimes seeds. On special occasions they would paint their faces with white, black, red, blue or green face paints. The Ute weren't just all work and no play. They took a lot of time to play games. They played such games as dice, where if someone rolled certain symbols they would win. They also played games ...
- 23586: Animal Farm By George Orwell
- ... would always listen to Napoleon. Other animals were the worker class type citizens. The types of citizens range from hard working to selfish and lazy. Molly, for instance, only cared about her ribbons, and wasn t much of a thinker. All she wanted to do was eat sugar, and look pretty. Benjamin was a critic who always said I ve seen that before and It ll never work. The cat was just plain lazy, and was always disappearing whenever work had to be done. The ducks were weak and did not get much done. Then there were other donkey s which worked much harder and never thought of their own needs. The pigeons acted as message carriers spreading propaganda between farms, spreading Napoleon s words from farm to farm, or in the actual Russian Revolution, country to country. Although all these animals are very different, they all shared one common trait. They were all weak. They all let ...
- 23587: The Irony in "The Lottery"
- ... led to believe everything is fine because we do not really know what anyone is thinking. This point of view enables the ending to be ironic. The situations in "The Lottery" are ironic. The author's use of words keeps the reader thinking that there is nothing wrong and that everyone is fine. The story starts by describing the day as "clear and sunny"(309). The people of the town are ... is chosen for the lottery, it is ironic that it does not upset her that she was chosen. She is upset because of the way she is chosen. She shows this by saying "It isn't fair, it isn't right" (316). The situation is extremely ironic to the story. The title of the story "The Lottery" is ironic. By reading the title of the story the reader may think that someone is going ...
- 23588: The Yellow Wallpaper 3
- ... the most important symbol is the titled yellow wallpaper. To the main character, Jane, the wallpaper is at first a nuisance, then an obsession, and finally salvation. The material of the paper itself represents Jane s everyday life. The illogical pattern that decorates it, reflects the absence of logic in her mind. The very color of the paper depicts the illness that yellows her sight and imprisons her within an unpredictable ... progresses, she begins to hallucinate and finally concludes that there is a woman trapped within that pointless pattern. Jane knows that she is the only one who can see the woman and, therefore, the woman s only chance of freedom. Slowly detaching from reality, Jane becomes the woman within the paper not only because of her obsession with it, but because of its parallel to her own life. In her final ... the wallpaper and her sanity about her feet, she forcefully exclaims, I ve got out at last...in spite of you and Jane. And I ve pulled off most of the paper, so you can t put me back. She completely disconnects from Jane and disconnected, simply becomes a free woman. She destroys her sanity along with the wallpaper, and like the wallpaper her sanity cannot be restored. Her detachment ...
- 23589: Atomic Theory
- ... less. In the early 1960s, though, the international union of chemistry and physics agreed that there would be a new standard, carbon isotope (carbon-12). British physicist Ernest Rutherford found and proved that an atom's mass is concentrated in its its nucleus, which is the center of the atom. He also gave the idea that parts of an atom, called its electrons, orbit the nucleus. He said that the electrons ... large amounts of energy. Atomic theory has moved along quite a bit since discovered. I can only wonder what we will find out within the next 25 years! A long time ago, my grandpa didn't have electricity when he was growing up. I can't imagine how he survived without electicity. Many years from now, my grandchildren will probably wondering, "How did grandpa ever survive without Cold Fusion?"
- 23590: Odysseus' Journey
- ... who makes it back to camp and tells Odysseus of Circe. On his way to the palace, Hermes confronts Odysseus and tells him “Here, this is a good medicine, take it, and go into Circe’s house; it will give you power against the day of trouble. And I will tell you all the malevolent guiles of Circe.” (287-290) Confrontation with Polyphemus After their cycloptic enemy ate many of the ... of Thrinakia On his way from the Isle of Calypso, Odysseus and crew encounter the Sirens, hideous creatures with beautiful voices who will eat you if get to close. Odysseus puts wax in his crewmember’s ears so they can not hear the alluring songs, and then he ties himself to the mast of the ship so he will know when they have passed the Sirens. “ …And they sang in sweet ... Land of the Dead. When he finds the blind prophet, he learns not only what he must do to get home and he also learns that his whole crew will die (but wisely he doesn’t tell him). The Cattle of Helios After escaping the clothes of Scylla, Odysseus and his crew land on an unknown island, where the cattle of Helios live. The blind prophet specifically tells him and ...
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