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- 26001: Michael Collins and Eamon De Velera
- ... forcing Great Britain to sue for peace. After de Valera left for America (June 1919) on an 18 month fund raising tour, Collins became the dominant figure in the revolution (although Cathal Brugha, the IRA's Commander-in-Chief, disliked him intensely). At various times, Collins held positions as (1) President of the Supreme Council of the IRB, (2) A leader, but not Commander-in-Chief of the IRA, (3) Sinn ... the 1919 Provisional Government of the RoI, and (6) Cabinet member in the first post-treaty government. He is best know for his brilliant work during the Anglo-Irish war in setting up the IRA's extremely effective intelligence and counter-intelligence unit that time and time again saved the IRA forces to fight another day. He and Griffith were the leaders of the team that negotiated the treaty that gave ... by anti-treaty guerillas. Had he lived, he certainly would have competed with de Valera for political dominance in the Irish state. Eamon De Valera De Valera, Eamon (1882-1975), Irish republican leader, was Ireland's first prime minister (1937-48; also in 1951-54 and 1957-59) and its president (1959-73). He was born on October 14, 1882, in New York City, and educated at Royal University, Dublin. ...
- 26002: Crucible 11
- ... witches. In the drama, the witch hunt put many people to the test of faith characterized by confession to being possessed to be a devil or denying it thus being hanged in front the town s people. This is the crucible brought up in the story, where a man, John Proctor, sets out to prove Abigail and her followers to be frauds. John Proctor is a good man with a hidden ... Proctor would not answer the question without consulting with her husband. As the Proctors find themselves in their final conversation, both reveal their true feelings and emotions. Both are filled with joy to see one s forgiveness. To keep his life and to continue to live with his wife, John Proctor attempts to sign the paper, and he does. But, he takes the confession back and does not want the judges ... with two other women. Mr. Hale pleads for Goody Proctor to help her husband to confess, but she states, I cannot take away his goodness God will not allow me to do it. John Proctor s faith in keeping his word, soul, and his name give the book, The Crucible its title. Arthur Miller chose the right title for the book because of its definition, which reflects to the plot ...
- 26003: The Scarlet Letter 2
- ... on the town scaffold with a letter of shame on her chest. He stood there, completely wrecked and knew that his life as he knew it so far was all lost. Ever since Roger Chillingworth s heart was broken and his life destroyed by Hester, he has deticated his life to revenge her and her adulterer, Dimmesdale. Being unable to return to his normal and good life practically destroyed and as ... the scarlet letter replied Roger Chillingworth.). But for Dimmesdale he had a whole different plan. He came back to town as a different person with a different name. Now he was Roger Chillingworth (We don t know his name before the first scaffold incident), a well-appreciated and educated physician. He came to help Dimmesdale, who was very sick. He became his close physician and they became very close friends. But ...
- 26004: Gun and Children: Ways to keep them Safe in the House
- ... so that the trigger can not be pull to release a round of ammo. There are people that say they are just trying to keep there family safe from harm. Is there anyone that doesn’t want to be able to keep there family safe from any harm that might be their way. I want the same thing, but I also want to keep the children from harming them selves or ... anyway thinkable. I feel the same about that ,but if I was a parent or had a gun in a home with small children I would want to keep them safe any way possible. Wouldn’t you want that too? You have to keep the children safe from themselves. Still people say “dismantling and restoring the weapon is hard and a waste of time.” There are ways of learning to do ... the wall and you know that anything that you know now is to late to save the deceased child. You would not be able to live with yourself or would you? God knows I couldn’t be able to go on as I did before that.
- 26005: Australian History - Populate
- On the forming of the Federation of Australia, on 1 January 1901, one of the first priorities of the new Federal Government was to increase Australia's population. One way was to encourage an increase in the birth rate, which had been falling. A second way was to encourage immigration, not only from Great Britain, but also from other European countries. The ... could choose a language that would make it impossible to pass the test. Although this policy was extremely biased and racist, racial purity was an exceptionally strong feeling in Australia up to the early 1960's. Immigration continued up to the Great War, with substantial English and Irish immigrants settling into Australia. Immigration stopped during the Great War, but resumed afterwards. Totally new schemes were implemented to attract immigrants. The war ... people were needed. In the 1920s the Empire Settlement Act was introduced, in order to encourage British people to emigrate to Australia and boost the dwindling population. Immigration has been the major contributor to Australia's population growth since the end of World War 2. At the same time as Australia wanted to increase its population, there were large numbers of people in Europe who wanted to start a new ...
- 26006: Compare and Contrast: "Dead Poets Society" and "Day of the Last Rock Fight"
- ... Last Rock Fight” they go to school eight class periods and come home. The similarities are both schools are all boys. Both of the schools have a conflict and could see girls when they didn't have school. The deaths in the two stories also differ. In “Dead Poets Society” there is 1 suicide and in “Day of the Last Rock Fight” there is 1 suicide and 1 murder. The suicide ... to the fact that the cops found that Peter murdered the bully. And in “Dead Poets Society” it was because of pressure from the family. The father wanted him to be something that he didn't want for himself. The similarity is that all of these deaths could have been prevented by listening to each other and talking to each other. And finally there were similarities and differences in the activities ... Dead Poets Society” the students snuck out to read poetry and in “Day of the Last Rock Fight” they went off to have rock fights. The poetry in “Dead Poets Society” was harmless, it couldn't hurt anyone, but in the rock fights someone could have lost an eye or even a life. They were the same because they both had to sneek off in the stories to do the ...
- 26007: How Does Coleridge in 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and 'Kubla Khan' Show the Interrelatedness Between Mankind, Nature and the Poetic Experience?
- ... is unique in its use of extraordinary imagery and transition of mood yet he what he creates usually conforms to numerous literary techniques. The recurring theme in many of his poems is that of man's harmony with nature, and this idea, combined with his bizarre and even eccentric poetic expression provides a basis for both 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and 'Kubla Khan'. Mankind, firstly, is explored in both ... mariner now must search for moral, spiritual and internal rationality, and this goal is expressed in the poem as a type of blessing or relief which he must earn. In 'Kubla Khan', Coleridge expresses man's social instinct to conform and belong to a group. This also relates to the creation of rituals and rules by the human-being and the obeying of the cycle of life to death, again and ... creativity and imagination of mankind, where neither can be controlled. The humanisation of nature and the naturalisation of humankind are clearly but creatively defined in KK and RAM, and probably only so due to Coleridge's poetic expression. The experience his poetry leads his reader through is one which can either lightly waft them through a flow of endless rhythm or haul and scrape them through a definite grating pattern. ...
- 26008: Man-of-War
- ... tropical and subtropical regions of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The man-of-war will usually travel in groups, that may contain up to one thousand members. The main portion of the man-of-war's body is an oblong gas-filled bladder. The bladder is usually nine to thirty centimeters long, and is a translucent pink, blue, or purple. On top of the bladder is a crest. This is to ... war reproduces, however, is not yet understood. The fish Nomeus gronvii lives among the tentacles of the man-of-war. This fish, which is eight centimeters long, is mostly immune to the man-of-war's toxin. It will eat the tentacles, which will grow back, as its main source of food. Although it is mostly immune to the man-of-war's toxin, the man-of-war will sometimes end up eating it. The enemies of the man-of-war are the Nomeus gronvii, and the loggerhead turtle. If you were to get stung by a ...
- 26009: Review of The Odyssey
- ... it. One of the most talked of conflicts in the Odyssey is the suitors ravaging the possessions and house of Odysseus. They were able to do this because he was presumed dead and they didn't worry about him coming to protect his house and family. The impact of the passage in question is so important because it is when Odysseus returns to his home and kills the suitors. This is ... to claim his place. The dominant impression created by this passage is summed up in the quote above, vengeance, elation at the deaths of the suitors and the felling that Odysseus is back and he's not going to stand for what the suitors have done. This point of Odysseus not standing for what they had done is further driven home by the fact that Odysseus immediately turns away a bribery ...
- 26010: Nine Tomorrows: Will Computers Control Humans in the Future?
- ... Multivac, controlled humans by telling the authorities about who was going to commit a crime causing someone to be imprisoned until the danger has passed. It was the computer that made the decision of someone's freedom or imprisonment and that controlled others to arrest a person it suspected of committing a crime controlling his/her destiny. The decision of imprisoning someone for a crime a person did not commit was ... questions that would normally embarrass people if they would have to ask someone else about it. Multivac could access its vast database of trillions of pieces of knowledge and find the best solution for one's problem (All The Troubles of The World 153). All the people believed that Multivac knows the best and allowed a computer to control their lives by following the solutions Multivac had given them (All the Troubles of The World 153). Humans followed a computer's solution to a problem they could not solve themselves allowing a computer to take control over their lives not allowing them to think for themselves. In the Nine Tomorrows, Isaac Asimov often criticizes our ...
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