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- 26901: The Secret Lion: Symbolism To Reinforce The Theme
- ... to the boys it symbolizes a place for them to rebel and yell words they are not allowed to speak. Also the grinding ball found in the story symbolizes “ perfection”, it symbolizes the boys’ childhood’s. When the boys bury the grinding ball, they bury their childhood along with it. The symbolism Ri’os used in his story illuminated the theme, which is change is unstoppable , and that change is always accompanied by loss. In the story “Miss Brill” the author Katherine Mansfield uses symbolism to reinforce and illuminate the theme. Miss Brill is a very lonely lady, she’s all alone. Miss Brill sits in the park and watches people as if she was watching a play. She has a fur that she wears around her neck, when the fur is not around Miss Brill’s neck it is kept in a box. One day she took the fur out of the box, placed it around her neck and went to the park. As she sat on the bench and ...
- 26902: Achondroplasia
- ... necessary. The large head seen in achondroplasia is often confused with hydrocephalus ("water on the brain"). Hydrocephalus may develop in achondroplasia, but it rarely requires surgical treatment. It is important to measure the young child's head circumference regularly to distinguish hydrocephalus from normal head growth. Young children with achondroplasia are at increased risk for specific neurologic and respiratory problems. These result from smaller openings in the skull, particularly at the ... achondroplasia and other growth problems in medical centers across the country. It is important for children with achondroplasia to know that a wide range of occupational choices exists for them and that their condition shouldn’t prevent them from leading a full and satisfying life.
- 26903: 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 ...
- 26904: The Artificial Family
- "The Artificial Love" In Anne Tyler’s "The Artificial Family," the personality and character of three individuals are revealed: Toby, Mary and Samantha. The story has no real resolution and seems to end where it began. The characters learn and unlearn by ... Samantha. She shared there was a problem but chose not to deal with that problem. She left Toby without even discussing their problems with him. Toby never seemed to initiate any interest in his wife’s needs. He never asked her why she felt as she did. He just said he did not see a problem. The story begins with Mary's first words to Toby in their introduction to each other; "Did you know I have a daughter?" (400) This sets the focus of both of the characters into place. The daughter, Samantha, seems to ...
- 26905: Capacitors
- ... affected little by time and temperature. This time of capacitor is used in laboratories because of their stability and the relatively high values of capacitance for a given volume. A type of capacitor that doesn't fall into one of those groups is an electrolytic capacitor, which has an oxide film formed on aluminum. This film is the dielectric and is very thin. This form of capacitors has a certain limitation ... are used in electric plasma research, nuclear fission studies, and hydraulic metal forming. In these applications energy is needed to be released in microseconds. There are many uses for capacitors and forms. If we didn't have capacitors a lot of our electric equipment wouldn't exist. I learned what capacitors are and what they are used for.
- 26906: Animal Farm: Utopia
- ... ideal society in which the social, political, and economic evils afflicting human kind have been wiped out. This is an idea displayed in communist governments. In the novel, Animal Farm, by George Orwell Old Major's ideas of a Utopia are changed because of Napoleon's bad leadership. Old Major explains his dreams and ideas to all the animals before he dies. At his speech all the animals go to hear what Old Major has to say. This happens on the ... confused because Muriel is the only one who can read, so know one can remember the original Commandments. Napoleon like any tyrant blames his problems on everyone else and in the end ruins the animal's ideas of a perfect world completely. This story teaches people there is no perfect world and somebody always wants more.
- 26907: Clinical Depression A Disease Like Any Other.
- ... Later, in the middle ages, this abnormal behavior was considered to be a result of demonic possession. It was treated with exorcism, flogging and torture to drive the evil spirits from the body. It wasn't until the late 19th and early 20th centuries that physicians had a more scientific view on depression. Sigmund Freud and Josef Breuer discovered that depression is a psychological and not a demonic force or organic abnormality. Depression is caused by many factors. The loss of a loved one during childhood or other traumatic experiments (ie. abuse) can increase person's chances of developing depression later on in life. The number one cause of depression is stress. The everyday stresses in life can build up and cause a person to break down completely. Scientists have found ...
- 26908: American Revolution 2
- The American Revolution was a conflict between the thirteen British colonies, and it's mother country, Great Britain. In late spring and early summer of seventeen seventy-six, after more than a year of fighting, the Second Continental Congress debated whether to declare independence or not. The reasons which ... civil rights when Britain sent "...swarms of officers to harass [their] people, and eat their substances." The Americans also disagreed with the British over the concept of representation. The Declaratory Act in 1766, contended Parliament's right to legislate for the colonies in all cases whatsoever. British officials claimed that Americans had "virtual representation," which persisted that the Parliament protected America's best interests even though colonists did not vote for any member of the Parliament. Many colonists ignored the Declaratory Act and refused to accept the idea that they were represented in Parliament. English immigrants ...
- 26909: The Crucible
- ... efforts to become more pure, the Puritans held three basic beliefs, Plainness, Grace, and Divine Mission. Though these beliefs were meant to help Puritans, they also caused the disintegration of Salem Village in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Living a plain lifestyle is not easy, unlike what the name states. Living a plain lifestyle (Plainness) is hard work and can sometimes cause tension between people. John Proctor led a simple farmer’s life. He obviously lived by the Puritan belief of Plainness. He disagreed with Reverend Parris in the way he ran the church. Others too agreed with John Proctor: and in efforts to live simply, they ... Abigail did not want to make a big issue of what happened in the woods. She states this by saying "...I’ll be whipped if I must be. But they’re speakin’ of witchcraft. Betty’s not witched"(8). At that time she did not want the issue to get blown out of proportion so that life could return to normal. Peer pressure and her lust for revenge caused her ...
- 26910: Alcoholism 3
- ... The effects of alcohol on the human body depend on the amount of alcohol in the blood (blood-alcohol concentration). This varies with the rate of consumption and with the rate at which the drinker's physical system absorbs and metabolizes alcohol. The higher the alcohol content of the beverage consumed, the more alcohol will enter the bloodstream. The amount and type of food in the stomach also affect the absorption ... rate as the alcohol is being oxidized out of the body. Most people, however, drink faster than this, and so the concentration of alcohol in the bloodstream keeps rising. Alcohol begins to impair the brain's ability to function when the blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) reaches 0.05%, that is, 0.05 grams of alcohol per 100 cubic centimeters of blood. Most state traffic laws in the United States presume that ... Delirium tremens ("the DTs") may occur when a person stops drinking after a period of heavy, continuous imbibing. Permanent damage to the brain and central nervous system may also result, including Korsakoff psychosis and Wernicke's disease. Recent evidence indicates that pregnant women who drink heavily may give birth to infants with the FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME, which is characterized by face and body abnormalities and, in some cases, impaired intellectual ...
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