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- 25571: Andrew Carnegie Preaches The G
- ... politics and philanthropy. Carnegie was part of a small but highly vocal group who opposed what they saw as a growing impulse toward imperialism in US foreign policy, especially in the case of the US's war against the Filipinos. Carnegie taunted the advocates of President William McKinley's war policy by asking, "Is it possible that the American Republic is to be placed in the position of the suppressor of the Philippine struggle for independence?" He then went so far as to offer to buy the island nation from the US for $20 million in order to grant its citizens complete independence. His offer was refused. Carnegie's proclaimed regard for the betterment of man may have struck those familiar with his dealings with his own employees as rather out of character. As the founder of Carnegie Steel Company, the Scottish native ...
- 25572: Poetry And Langston Hughes
- ... evocation of transcedent essences so ancient as to appear timeless, predating human existence, longer than human memory” (Jemie 103). This poem utilizes symbolism at great extent. For example, the rivers symbolize an extension of God’s body and contribute to His immortality. The rivers chosen for the poem are all famous rivers that are recognized as having mystery and a continuous flow (the Euphrates, the Congo, the Nile, and the Mississippi ... in order of their role in black history. The “soul” in the poem belongs to an individual that has bonded with the rivers’ essences, thus giving him/her the immortality of the rivers (or God’s immortality). The turning point that leads to the prosperous future is the great Mississippi turning from muddy water into gold. This represents President Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation. As time goes by, civilizations rise and fall while the rivers deepen. This in turn gives the “soul” more experience and as the rivers continuously flow, the “soul” will survive. Survival is the ...
- 25573: The Ghost Dance Cult
- The Ghost Dance Cult The Ghost Dance Cult was a religous movement among Native Americans during the late1800’s in the far west. It offered the Indians hope ofspiritual renewal and a return to their oldway of living. The religion promised that dead Indian ancestors and game animals would comeback to life. It was first adopted by Indians in what is now the state of Nevada in the late 1860’s. The religion was revived in 1889 by several different Californian tribes. By 1890 The Ghost Dance Cult was rapidly spreading among the Indians of the great plains. The plains Indians who adopted this religion had ... enemy bullets. The Ghost Dance prospered in the Indian communities for nearly ten years. Then, in 1897, the Ghost Dance at Alisal was accompanied by a procession led by Chief Tarino to Mission San Jose's centennial anniversary celebration. Legend had it that this same chief helped lay the cornerstone at the mission in 1797 when he was 25 years old. To some of the Ohlone, another Californian tribe, Chief ...
- 25574: Nuclear Weapons
- ... tested on November 1, 1952. After World War II, a new age of military strategy occurred. The United States built up massive nuclear weapons arsenals and developed highly sophisticated systems of delivery and defense. Today's intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) carry one or more multiple, independently targeted reentry vehicles (MIBVs), each with its own nuclear war head. Billions of dollars are wasted in taxes, each year, to pay for nuclear weapons ... World War II. For these reasons, I feel that the United States should reduce its nuclear arsenal. Bibliography 1) Cameron, Kevin. "Taking Apart the Bomb." Popular Science. April 1993: 64- 70. 2) "Nuclear Weapons." Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia. 1995 ed. 3) Schwartz, Stephen, Project Director. "The U.S. Nuclear Cost Study Project." Prodigy Web Browser. started in 1994
- 25575: The Chosen
- ... pain that can join a father and son, and the ways in which these bonds are, and must be, broken when the boy has to become a man. The novel starts out in the 1940's, in the Willaimsburg neighborhood of Brookline. Two boy who have grown up within a few blocks of eachother, but live in two entirley different worlds, meet for hte very first time in a bizarre fashion ... him to succees his father in an unbroken line of great Hasidic rabbis, while his own intelligence is leading him towards other areas of knowledge. Reuvin Malther is the other boy. The victim of Danny's rage. Reuvin is struck in the eye by the ball Danny hit with fury at him. He is a gentle son of a scholar, who has a dream of becoming a rabbi. from the moment ... room their hate turned slowly into friendship and wonder. The discuss why Danny was so angry and how Reuvin envied him for having the great honor of continuing tradition and becoming a rabbi. Slowly Danny's cruel up bringing is unraveled and Reuvin is able to see things trough his eyes. The book can be easily related to life. Envying what another has, then finding yourselve feeling sorry for every ...
- 25576: Mexican-American War
- ... today. This territory is now part of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah, as well as portions of the states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming. As the first conflict in which U.S. military forces fought almost exclusively outside of the country, the Mexican War marked the beginning of the rise of the United States as a global military power. The Mexicans, although viewed their loss of the ... General Stephen W. Kearny commanded his army to take over the city of Santa Fe. They did so without even having to fire a shot because the Mexicans already evacuated the town before the U.S. troops got there. After this first happened, many other fights for territories occurred. One of the final battles of the war began on September 8th when artillery began to bombard Molino del Rey and Casa Mata in Mexico City. After mortal attacks on these two cities, on September 13th the U.S. troops prevailed and raised their flag over the castle. The war was now officially over. On September 14, 1848 the two forces joined together to negotiate a treaty. The treaty was soon going to ...
- 25577: Little Girl Lost
- "A Little GIRL Lost" from Songs of Experience is one of Blake’s most important poems. Though judging the aesthetic value of a poem is nearly impossible, I would contend that "A Little Girl Lost" is "better" than "The Little Girl Lost" found in Songs of Innocence. Perhaps ... is still clearly under parental guardianship create contradicting feelings about innocence. All this could be slightly misleading. Perhaps Blake, like Shakespeare, believed in very young brides. While the boy and the girl in the "Nurse’s Song" and the little lost boys, both in "Innocence" and "Experience," are clearly children, the illustration shows Lyca (The Little Girl Lost) and her lover as fully mature. The "youth and maiden" in "A Little ... and beautiful story. The intensity is heightened by the careless joy suddenly cut short by dismal reality. It is this intensity and emotional demonstration of love and loss that sets this poem apart from Blake’s others.
- 25578: Harlem by Langston Hughs: Analysis
- ... words were kept simplistic and not to hard to understand. The poem was not written in what was thought to be “proper” dialect. The writer uses contractions several times. In line eleven Hughs used “there’s”, line fifteen and 21 he used “we’re”, and in line fourteen Hughs used “can’t”. The tone Hughs expressed in writing “Harlem” can be confusing to the reader. The tone seems to be of anger and then almost threatening or hostile. Hughs is expressing the frustration he and many other ...
- 25579: The Klan Unmasked
- ... minority groups in America. Especially in the South, during and after the Reconstruction period, the Klan played a major part in formulating and forcefully employing many of the Jim Crow laws, that delayed black man’s true freedom for a century. Stetson Kennedy is a native of Jacksonville, Florida where the Klan was very active. Kennedy saw first hand the working of the Klan when a maid in his house was ... to those of slavery. Also, Kennedy noted that the few things written about the KKK were editorials rather than exposes. He felt the need for not just words but for legal evidence against the Klan’s inside machinations. For that purpose someone would have to go under a Klan robe and turn the hooded order’s dirty linen for all the world to see. The author decided to volunteer for the job and thus began his adventures as a Klan-buster, in the headquarters of the Klan at the time ...
- 25580: Pride And Prejudice
- ... theme is in chapter thirty-four when Darcy is proposing to Elizabeth. This chapter is significant because it is one of the few times where the characters acknowledge that the sole purpose of a person's life is to get a large salary and a high social stature. Throughout the entire novel it seems evident that all the people care about is marrying into a higher social class. And for those ... so decidedly beneath my own?" (Austen, 142-145). Unfortunately for Darcy, Elizabeth only gets slightly insulted. Her refusal of Darcy was initially because of his treatment of Wickham and his actions toward Jane and Bingley's relationship. Elizabeth's prejudice shows in her actions towards Darcy too. She says, " From the very beginning, from the first moment, I may almost say, of my acquaintance with you, your manners impressing me with the fullest ...
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