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- 26211: Letter to Elie Regarding the Holocaust
- ... and your father were very fortunate to have stuck together. You two were close and would do anything for each other. When your father was beaten, you were scared out of your mind. You didn't know what to do. I think that if you would have defended your father it would have done everybody some good. You should have helped your father out because it was the right thing to do. Your father did so much for you; it was the least you could have done for him. Your father raised you and supported you; without him you wouldn't be what you are today. I would have helped my father out if I were in this situation. Honestly, your dad is the only thing you have left. You had to protect him and show ... and would have started an uprising. At first, some Jews were actually thinking of a revolt. To be brief, helping your father would have been the right thing to do. Face it, there really isn't much to lose; atleast you'd gone off with some pride and dignity. Sincerely, Nick Bulsara
- 26212: An Analysis of Brave New World
- ... one purpose. That purpose is to arrive at a utopian society, where everyone is happy, disease is nonexistent, and strife, anger, or sadness are unheard of. Only happiness exists. But when confronted with Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, we come to realize that this is not, in fact, what the human soul really craves. In fact, Utopian societies are much worse than those of today. In a utopian society, the ... jumble of society. This ends when the curiosity of others ends, and as a supreme result of his arrogant behaviour, he is exiled. The instigator of this curiosity as well as the author of Bernard's fame (and folly), is an outsider know as the Savage. The Savage is brought in from outside of the utopian society by Bernard as an experiment. He faces "civilized society" with a bright outlook, but ... turn owes everything to him or her. This applies to all. No one capitalises on the efforts of others and no one performs excessive manual labour for minimum wage. Everyone is the same. In Huxley's perfect world, sex is a mundane undertaking. It happens to each individual almost every night. And no one knows what marriage is. They simply have each other and move on. All for one and ...
- 26213: Exploring Mars
- ... the astronauts would be geological investigation of the planet. There might be one or more geologists in a mission to Mars. Teams of geologists at mission control will plan exploration traverses by using the orbiter's to take pictures of the surface. These pictures will produce a route map that would help the astronauts while they are exploring the planet. The astronauts will not be just responsible to collect samples and ... the most startling features of Mars. There are many volcanoes on Mars but the most sensational is found near the equatorial region of Tharsis. On the planet, volcanoes have been around much of the planet's history. The general shape hints that eruptions of fluid lava has very small amounts of ash in it. The chemical composition of the terrestrial volcanoes on the planet shows that lava and the rate at which the volcanoes erupted affected the volcanoes's final structure. The craters of Mars have a huge ranges from little as a several meters across to huge broad basins which are up to hundreds of kilometres in diameter. The southern hemisphere contains ...
- 26214: Unemployement - The Unavoidable Consequence Of New Technolog
- ... to technology at a frightening rate. However, technology is only creating limited jobs for a small, elite core of scientists, computer programmers, consultants and entrepreneurs – this elite group being the ‘knowledge sector’. In confronting Rifkin’s prediction of a “society absent of mass formal employment”, this is possible for while technology is rapidly changing and restructuring workplaces on a global scale, there are stresses which are causing instability in the workforce ... that are more cost-effective and efficient (McKern 1997, p.60). Overall, it can be said that the impact of technology on employment cannot be understood in isolation: it is a reflection of an era’s social and economic factors that are occurring. As illustrated, technology neither causes employment nor unemployment but rather, has implications on the availability and location on specific types of jobs and the impact it has on ... p. 47. Broadway, NSW: John Fairfax & Sons. Stewart, C. (1996). “Would the last hand out of the factory please turn off the lights?” The Australian. 27 June 1996. p.13. Canberra, ACT: Nationwide News. Wyndham, S. (1997). “Hazard warning in transit to republic.” The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 August 1997. p. 1. Broadway, NSW: John Fairfax & Sons.
- 26215: Bach; Brandenberg Concertos
- ... musical family in Eisenach, Germany. Born into a musical family his father, Johann Ambrosius Bach, was a talented violinist, and taught his son the basic skills of string-playing. Another relation, the organist at Eisenach s most important church, intructed the young boy on the organ. In 1695, Johann Sebastian was orphaned; he went to live with his older brother, Johann Christoph, in Ohrdruf. Johann Christoph was a professional organist, and continued his younger brother s education on that instrument, as well as on the harpsichord. After several years in this arrangement, Johann Sebastian won a scholarship to study in Luneberg, Northern Germany, and so left his brothers tutelage. A master ... take a job as a court conductor in Anhalt-Cothen (1717-1723). There is where he started concentrating on instrumental music. The Cothen period produced, among other masterpieces, the Brandenburg Concerti. While at Cothen, Bach s wife, Maria Barbara, died. Bach remarried soon after to Anna Magdalena and forged ahead with his work. He also forged ahead in the child rearing department, producing 13 children with his new wife, six ...
- 26216: Inaccuracies of the Consumer Price Index(CPI)
- ... the prices of a fixed market basket of some 300 consumer goods and services purchased by a "typical" urban consumer. The 1982-1984 period serves as the base period so analysts can compare other year's changes with this base period. The composition of the market basket is fixed in the base period and is assumed not to change from one period to another. The reason for the assumption is because ... but if product prices have also increased by 10%, your real income has remained constant. This would transfer money from taxpayers hands to the Federal Government. However, indexing will tend to reduce the Federal Government's share by raising the levels of the tax brackets. Therefore, more money will stay in the people's hands due to indexing. The only party that seems to be hurting as a result of the overcompensation of the CPI is the Federal Government. Because consumers are the ones that are being affected, ...
- 26217: 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 ...
- 26218: Zeus
- ... in blankets. Zeus is more powerful than any other god or even all the other gods combined. But, unlike many gods in other religions he was neither omnipotent nor omniscient. In other words, he wasn't all-powerful or all seeing. He could be, and in fact was, opposed, deceived and tricked by gods and men alike. His power, although great, was not boundless; Zeus had no control over The Fates ... of all" to the fact that Zeus was most likely a compilation of many "supreme gods" from different areas. When his worship spread to an area which already worshipped another god, some of that god’s qualities as well as his wife or lover were transferred to Zeus. Aside from the endless affairs Zeus was different from other gods in that he did not participate in the arguments and the resulting ...
- 26219: Bridge Of San Luis Rey
- ... for the Abbess, accompaning her on her trips, on which she was educated in the management of women, wards, and how to beg for money. Yet the strangest part of her education was the Abbess's decision to send her to live with the Marquesa. The Marquesa was a crazy woman who made Pepita's life even worse then it already was. As her companion Pepita was ignored constantly and lived a life of solitude. Pepita is that life in the novel, she is the only good love that exist ... by becoming a sort of parasite on the Perichole. When he could not longer live off of her because she could not take it anymore, he tried to do it to her son. The Perichole's son Jaime like Pepita had the true love, but would not be chosen by me, because he was a frail boy who was always sick and had not seen the hardships of life that ...
- 26220: Reasons, Causes And Details Of Plantation Slavery
- Reasons, Causes And Details Of Plantation Slavery Slavery began in the colonies of America in the 1600's. There were a lot of factors that caused slavery. The majority of slaves in this time period worked on plantations. What is stated in the following paragraphs are the reasons for how slavery was started ... such as tailoring and masonry. Some were permitted to study music and teach. Duties of the housekeeper were managing the house, caring for the children, and driving the buggy. They basically catered to the master's requests. A slaveowner might enlist the help of his servant to spy on overseers and tattle on other slaves. Most house slaves lived in the same house as the master. The majority of house servants ... a terrible part of our history in America. The way the slaves suffered for decades is unthinkable. They lived in unthinkable conditions and they were stripped of their freedom and rights. Slavery took many people's lives and hurt a great deal of people.
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