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- 24261: Mothers And Daughters Relationships
- ... closed relationship, where the elders must be respected at all times. However, the daughters in the stories have a similarity. Culture plays an important aspect in revealing the relationships within a family. In Maara Haas’s short story, the culture of the daughter and mother is Ukrainian. This is shown throughout the story by cultural beliefs, customs, and comments made by the mother “Me Ukrainian off da boat” (Haas, 201). In ... in the Chinese family, the opposite is perceived in the Ukrainian family. Lin is very much dominated by her mother and must follow all of her rules and demands. Although, Lin does challenge her mother’s rules by deliberately dating a white boy knowing this will upset her mother. “Today Todd walks with me to the beginning of my block as usual and then crosses the street to go on. My ... that seems to control her mother. The daughter, Anastasia, tries to change her mother into a Canadian and move her to a higher status place to live, which the reader learns is against the mother’s wishes. An example of the daughter’s wishes to change her mother is when she tells her to change the way she dresses and where she lives “Why do you have to live in ...
- 24262: WHAT MADE THE AMERICANS EXPAND
- ... less than fifty years, from the 1803 purchase of Louisiana Territory to the California gold rush of 1849, the nation would expand and conquer the West" (Herb 3). The ocean had always controlled New England's interests and connected it with the real world. Puritanism was still very strong in the north so the moral unity of New England was exceptional. Having a very unmixed population of English origin, New England ... much with the other sections. All this and the fact that they needed to cross populated states in order to expand west set this section part from the others (Leuetenburg and Wishy 37). New England's population compared to other regions was poor, and the population growth was even poorer. The trans-Alleghany States by 1820 had a population of about 2.25 million, while New England had over 1.5 ... excluded, the increase of the whole section was less that of the frontier state of Indiana"(Turner 41) Fortunately, new manufactures help save New England from becoming an entirely stationary section (Turner 12). New England's shipping industry became very strong because it had control of neutral trade during the European wars. "Of the exports of the United States in 1820, the statistics gave to New England about twenty percent, ...
- 24263: Tornadoes
- ... extremely reduced pressure in the center of the funnel, which causes structures to explode when they are not sufficiently ventilated to adjust rapidly to the pressure difference. The pressure reduction is in keeping with Bernoulli's principle, which states that pressure is reduced as velocity increases. Tornadoes are most common and strongest in temperate latitudes, and in the U.S. they tend to form most frequently in the early spring; the Atornado season@ shifts toward later months with increasing latitude. The number of funnels observed each year can vary greatly in any given region. A ... such pressure systems, particularly the violent tropical hurricane and the typhoon, which center on areas of unusually low pressure. Bibliography 1. "Tornado," Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1994 Microsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1994 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation. 2. "Cyclone," Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1994 Microsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1994 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation. 3. Tornado, New Standard Encyclopedia, Standard Education Corporation, Chicago, Ill., 1992.
- 24264: Uniforms in Public Schools
- ... school officials. Often students violate the school dress code, which disturbs the learning atmosphere and negatively effects the reputation of the school. Uniforms for students offer solutions to school problems. First, uniforms will improve school’s spirit. Many students purchase clothing, such as jackets and shirts, with the traditional colors and symbols of the school at the school’s store. Therefore, a uniform that possesses these characteristics would be familiar and easy to get used to. Equally with football, basketball and soccer uniforms, the school uniforms will create pride in students for representing their ... data, therefore do not need further debates. The arguments opposing school uniform cannot match the benefits that it would have on the educational system of the United States. Uniforms are effective for improving the country’s academic reputation. They significantly decrease violence, eliminate crime and gang related activities, promote safety, create an emphasis on learning and improve the spirit of schools. It is necessary to require uniforms in all of ...
- 24265: A Scientific Understanding Of
- ... The Enlightenment, led by philosophers such as John Locke, emphasized abstract thought to acquire knowledge. The European and American thinkers’ research led to a greater understanding of scientific phenomena and the questioning of the government’s rule. Similar to the Enlightenment, the Great Awakening changed colonists’ mode of thought through the concentration of emotion rather than wisdom. Reverend Jonathan Edwards, a Great Awakening revivalist, emphasized seeking salvation by recognizing one’s own moral corruption and surrendering to God’s will. Although the Great Awakening challenged religious, social and political orthodoxy, the Enlightenment had a greater impact on colonial America and vastly influenced future decisions. The Great Awakening reached a large quantity of people ...
- 24266: Airika
- ... mostly raised tobacco. In coastal South Carolina and Georgia, they harvested indigo for dye and grew rice, using agricultural expertise brought with them from Africa. By the 1800s rice, sugar, and cotton became the South's leading cash crops. The patenting of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793 made it possible for workers to gin separate the seeds from the fiber some 600 to 700 pounds daily, or ten times more cotton than permitted by hand. The Industrial Revolution, centered in Great Britain, quadrupled the demand for cotton, which soon became America's leading export. Planters' acute need for more cotton workers helped expand southern slavery. By the Civil War, the South exported more than a million tons of cotton annually to Great Britain and the North. An area still called the “Black Belt”, which stretched across Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, grew some 80 percent of the nation's crop. In parts of the “Black Belt”, enslaved African Americans made up more than three-fourths of the total population. Even though slavery existed throughout the original thirteen colonies, nearly all the northern states, ...
- 24267: Dragons
- ... Celestial Dragon, who protects the place of Gods. 2.Shen-Lung, The Spiritual Dragon, who controls wind and rain. 3.Ti-lung, The Earth Dragon , which controls rivers, and water on the earth. 4.Fut’s-Lung, The Underworld Dragon, which guards precious metals and gems. Names of some Chinese Dragons: Ryu ~ {Japanese} A dragon able to live in the air, in water, and on land. It was considered one of ... as well as modern fantasy, have broken down the colors and types better than I could. Some European Legends: 1. The Legend of St. George. 2. The Legend of the Nibelung Hoard. 3. The Dragon's (Devil's) Fall 4. The Legend of the Golden Fleece Names of some European Dragons: Apocalyptic beast. ~ {Biblical - Most likely Middle East} A creature mentioned in the Book of Revelation in the Bible. It has two ...
- 24268: Central Theme of the Upanishads
- ... in one way or the other to the development of this central theme and none of them will look secondary or suprefluous. In the larger context of the Vedanta, as a whole, the Vedas, Brahmana-s, Aranyakas, Upanishads and the great Epics which include the other Prasthaana texts -- Bhagavad Gita and the Brahma Suutra are woven into a glorious tapestry of the indescribable but realizable, fathomless but understandable glory of the ... essence, created by Monism to explain away the wealth of texts describing the glory of the Lord is done away with, with a simple explanation of nirguNa being One who completely transcends the three guNa-s -- sattva, rajas and tamas constituting prak.rti, which is responsible for the world as we know it. Introduction The Upanishads have been perennial sources of spiritual knowledge. The word upanishhad means secret and sacred knowledge ... Other than these, a few more like Shvetaashwatara and KaushiTaki are also considered important. Though it is known that even before Sri Shankara, commentaries were written on the Upanishads, these have been lost. Sri Shankara's commentaries on the principal Upanishads are the earliest available. Sri Ramanuja has not written any commentaries on them, but a later disciple Sri Rangaramanuja has written them. Sri Madhvacharya has written commentaries (bhaashya-s) ...
- 24269: Sounder: Like Father Like Dog
- Sounder: Like Father Like Dog William H. Armstrong’s novel, Sounder, depicts the life of a poor black family and their dog around the turn of the twentieth century. The family of five consists of the mother, father, two sons, one daughter, and last ... from the oak-tree leaves. The heroic actions of both the father and Sounder perfectly demonstrate the strength they possess to carry on in a life of hardship, day after day. Armstrong utilizes the boy’s thoughts to exemplify not only the mental strength of the father and Sounder, but their physical strength as well. The boy describes Sounder as having “great square jaws and head, a muscular neck and broad ... dog Sounder. He made reference to the strength of his father as well, yet in more subtle ways. One morning in the cabin “the boy felt warm and proud inside when he saw his father’s great hand take hold of the handle of the hot lid without using a pot rag the way his mother always did”(15). Another distinct example would be how the boy believed his father ...
- 24270: Black Soldiers In The Union Ar
- ... soldiers in the Union Army was completed by a series of actions the Black Man performed that won him the respect of becoming a soldier. The two differ in that it was to President Lincoln's benefit to enlist Blacks as soldiers when he did. Whereas the later was the Black Man's will to fight for his freedom and prove himself as an equal human being. However, because the Black population was barred from entering the army under a 1792 law(4) the Black Man becoming a ... the generally held fear White people had about putting Blacks on the fighting line of the armies in the Civil War. Whites felt that the Civil War was a war started upon the White Man's issues and what possible reason would the Black Man have for wanting to fight in this war. On the contrary The Black Man saw The Civil War as an opportunity to win freedom and ...
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