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- 25741: Anger
- ... him warm. A building rage accumulates in him, and drives him to seek freedom, a freedom he deserves. This scene repeats itself throughout time, all over the world. Anger sends adrenaline surging through a mother's body in a time of crisis, giving her enough strength to lift a car off her struggling child. Without anger lives would be lost, tyranny would go unopposed, and inhumanities would be quietly accepted. Anger ... with anger, are recorded in the annals history as symbols of true evil. Those are the most extreme examples of the potential destructive power of anger. Yet the more common and isolated instances of anger's wrath are just as devastating to the individuals who suffer through them. An enraged husband may misunderstand a situation and, blinded by anger, try to strike back at his wife, whom he believes has been ... partner until death. His actions destroy the love between them which had been nurtured for years. Anger destroys love: the greatest tragedy of our time. Anger, the most powerful and feared emotion of the soul's repertoire, destroys and creates in the same breath. A swaying balance is a representation of anger; every shift toward an apocalypse is countered with a swing in the direction of new life. Moving from ...
- 25742: “A Worn Path”: Phoenix
- ... about the condition she is in. In these passages, shows how one can be so determined and never think about the consequences at the moment. And the soul purpose is to keep going and don’t give up. Phoenix time is limited, “But she sat down to rest.”(117) As she rested, Phoenix started thinking about how hungry she is and imaging a food being brought to her. “But when she went to take it there was just her own hand in the air.”(117) Imagining Phoenix condition, she can only wish and stay strong enough to keep walking. She didn’t stop there. Phoenix knew she needed to find a safe place, so she would not face harm. Even though she was hungry. Phoenix has made it “Through the maze now.”(117) It will be easier for Phoenix to continue walking “for there was no path.”(117) She felt a bit of relief to know that she didn’t have to deal with some of the animals that would have been there back in the summer. However, Phoenix did experience some fatalities as she continued to walk. She crossed a scarecrow and from ...
- 25743: How To Clean The Bathroom
- ... the squeegee to take off the majority of the cleaner off and a glass rag to wipe any marks left. Make sure to look at the glass from all directions to be sure you didn’t leave any marks. Polish the shower head and knobs so they shine. Now scrub floor well and wipe dry as you get out of the shower. Spay and wipe the outside of the glass and ... be very sticky from hair spray, toothpaste, soup. etc.. so first feel counter with hand to get an idea how dirty it is. You always want to work from top to bottom so you don’t brush dust on something you’ve already cleaned. The only exception is the draws and cabinets be cause when you wipe them out dust goes up in the air and falls landing on the any ... This may make you feel stupid but it will save your back a lot of pain. Congratulation your bathroom is now sparkling clean. Now, that you have done a total cleaning the next time won’t be so hard. Continuing to clean on a regular basis gives you the option to eliminate steps. Cleaning the drawers and sweeping for webs do not need to be done on weekly but rather ...
- 25744: Prohibition: The Ignoble Experiment
- Prohibition: The Ignoble Experiment The 18th Amendment , considered to be one of the biggest follies of the nation, was brought about with the intent to sincerely help the U.S., but more harm came from it than good. Prohibition, also known as the 18th Amendment , was ratified on January 29th, 1920 and was repealed on December 5th, 1933 with the ratification of the 21st Amendment ... this a step in the wrong direction, it was an action that increased the problems that America was already facing. People believed that prohibition would fail and that it was a violation of a person's privacy while other people thought that prohibition would do nothing but improve America. People who were against prohibition were called wets and people for it were called drys. Wets mainly consisted of democrats who refused ... other drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, opium, patent medicines, and other dangerous substances they would have been unlikely to use otherwise. ³ Speakeasies" or illegal saloons, and ³bootleggers" (dealers of alcohol) surfaced all over the U.S. This created crime and corruption everywhere. This darkside of alcohol gave it a glamourous and forbidden feel to it which tempted non- drinkers to drink so they could ³experience the forbiddance of alcohol". This ...
- 25745: “A Christmas Memory”: Truman Capote
- ... For instance, at one point Capote writes: “Enter: two relatives. Very angry.” It is as if the story is a play and he is the director telling the reader how to interpret the scenes. Capote’s description of things is also different from the typical person’s description. For example, to the laymen, the sun is a big, bright, shiny ball of fire. To Capote, the sun rises “…round as orange and orange as hot weather moons, balanc[ing] on the horizon ... has not ventured outside her hometown reveals a secret of life few ever realize. The kites that they give each other each year represent a life of simple pleasures, when things were easier in Capote’s world. This is why, in the end, Capote walks across the campus of his school remembering days gone by, longing for the past, and searching for, again, the simpler things in life and the ...
- 25746: Leinigen Response
- The human brain needs only to become fully aware of its powers to conquer even the elements. The human brain is powerful and controls all of a person's body. It easily compared to the central processing unit in a computer; all information is received, transferred, and sent back out. Without it nothing would work. Leiningen, a plantation farmer, was persistent and followed this ... alive by the ants. Leiningen realizing this casualty might plunge his men into confusion and destroy their confidence he quickly yelled loader than the screams of the dying man. An observer would have estimated Leiningen's odds of overcoming the ants a thousand to one, but still Leiningen stood his ground. As the ants started to enter the plantation the dam broke preventing the water to rush in and wipe out the ants. All Leiningen's men had fled to beyond the petrol ditch to seek shelter. That was not enough, the petrol ditch was filled but the ants still crossed. Leiningen scourged his brain until it rolled. Was there ...
- 25747: John Muir
- John Muir John Muir was born April 21,1838 in Dunbar, Scotland. His father owned a store. They lived upstairs over the store. John had two sisters and one brother named David. John's grandfather lived near by. As a boy John liked to take walks with his grandfather through the country. John liked to climb and explore also. He and his brother would climb the walls of the one thousand year old Dunbar Castle and play at the seashore near their home. In school John read about the birds and forests of America. He wanted to see the American wilderness. John's father wanted to go to America and so he moved his family to Wisconsin. John loved it there. He spent much of his time exploring the land and animals around his home. John wanted an ... 1880. John became a grape and pear farmer. They had two daughters and named Wanda and Helen. As soon as they were old enough John taught them John taught them about plants and animals. John's farm did well and he was able to continue travelling around the country. As he traveled he saw how man was hurting the animals, land, mountains and forests. Men were cutting down to many ...
- 25748: Richard Wright
- Richard Wright One incident that had a great impact on Richard Wright's life was something that occurred when he was young and beginning to learn the true ways of the white people. This is actually just one part of a series of events that opened his eyes ... slapping, kicking, and pushing them in front of Richard. Also in the same store, the owner and son took a black woman to the back of their store and beat her senseless because she didn't pay bill that she owed them. This was all new to Richard as far as first hand experience, because prior to this he had only heard stories of white brutality. As if seeing this ruthless ...
- 25749: Lysistrata
- ... with water, which is portrayed well with buckets and actions that look as if the men are being driven away by the water. When Kinesias comes to see Myrrhine, and they head off to Pan’s cave, the stage lighting is dimmed to give the effect of the darkness of being in a cave. The most strikingly visual use of stage props is the appearance of larger than life erect phalluses ... all the male main characters during the second half of the play. These seemingly grotesque male members serve to symbolize the frustration of the men. However, they are also a symbol of how the men’s political power has been superceded by the primitive urge for sex, and how the women now hold power over the men. The statue, which is on the platform, is dressed in armor and symbolizes the ... the rest of the women are portrayed as being frothy little things, more interested in clothing, shopping and sex, interests which Lysistrata feels that she can employ to bring about the change in the men’s attitudes. The costumes on the main characters evoked the image of the time, and helped to define the characters. Both the members of the female chorus and the male chorus are dressed in white, ...
- 25750: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... back over an hour later with bread and meat for dinner. Albert Kropp Albert was one of the students that enlisted at the same time as Paul. He was also a close friend of Paul's. So close that after both had been wounded and were on a train home, when Albert became sick and was scheduled to be taken off at the next stop, Paul went off with him. After ... muttered physics propositions to pass the time. He ended up dying when he was shot at point blank range in the stomach. Before his death he handed over his pocketbook and leather boots (the one's he had been given by Kemmerich before he died) to Paul. Leer Leer was another of the schoolmates to join in the war efforts. Being more mature for his age he wore a full beard ... became trapped in a shell hole. Bertinck sacrifices himself to kill a man with a flame-thrower, and later a shell explodes and a fragment smashes into his face and another fragments slices open Leer's hip. This fragment cut open an artery and in a few minutes Leer falls over dead. Franz Kemmerich Franz Kemmerich was the second of the schoolmates that joined the war to fall. He was ...
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