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- 27621: Upton Sinclair Paper
- ... a view from the inside, public uproar was his among lesser expectation. The details regarding the unsanitary and disgusting conditions in meat packing factories appear to be background details of a much larger picture. Sinclair's main fight in his "Conditions at the Slaughterhouse" was to bring about the ideology of Socialism and how government needed to step in and take control. The grotesque ways in which the meat was being ... little or no chance of promotion or pay increase. So leaving the plants meant no money and homelessness rather than low money and a residence. In "Conditions at the Slaughterhouse," Sinclair shows how despite people's best efforts, most found themselves leashed to the grinding poverty of the city slums. The evils of capitalism were brought to the surface and hopefully Socialism would take its place. Workers in the slaughterhouses had ...
- 27622: Blindness In Oedipus
- ... blackness and the physical pain he had inflicted on himself as reminders and as punishment. Oedipus' physical blindness was just as painful as his blindness to the truth. Both were intertwined in each other. Jocasta's blindness was different then Oedipus'. She knew about the prophecy, but she thought Oedipus was dead. She had no idea that she had married her son. As pieces of information came to point to the ... to accept what had really happened. She realized what had happened, and she knew that she had played a role in them. Her way of dealing with the whole deal was to kill herself. Jocasta's blindness ultimately led to her downfall. Teiresias' blindness was of the physical nature. Teiresias played the role of the typical prophet in the Greek tragedy. He was physically blind, but he had vision into the ...
- 27623: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
- ... the God of Abraham. Although they have the worship the dame God, they have a few differences between them. One of which is the choice of the main prophets. Christianity believes that Jesus was God's son and was the savior for all. Islam believes that Muhammad lead the ideal life and everyone must base their lives on him. In class we handed in the postcard or letter that was assigned ... reviewed one type of the above three religions. After reading the information that was handed to us we had to fill out a spoke diagram about it. On it we wrote about a certain religion's God, Holy book, practices and rituals, sects worship services, and key beliefs. Then we put up all the spokes from the groups and reviewed them.
- 27624: Hobbit: Summary
- Hobbit: Summary This is a story about a Hobbit whose name is Bilbo Baggins. One morning thirteen Dwarfs and Gandalf The Wandering Wizard appeared at Bilbo's door. The Dwarfs wanted Bilbo to help them conquer a dragon named Smaug, who had taken over their land. When Bilbo woke up the next morning, they started out on a journey towards Lonely Mountain ... Smaug awoke when Bilbo tried to steal a gold cup. Smaug knew that the Hobbit was there because he heard him. Smaug told Bilbo that nothing could pierce his scales. But when Bilbo searched Smaug's body he found a scale was missing in one spot. So Bilbo grabbed the cup and ran out of the mountain. Smaug followed Bilbo and started burning the city. Meanwhile, Bilbo had told a bird ...
- 27625: Van Gogh
- ... to express his feelings through his paintings. Van Gogh once said, "there is nothing in the world as interesting as people... one can never study them enough."(Raboff and Peter) Van Gogh often painted people's expressions, their body language and in fact their actions. He did this for self-fulfillment and to grab the attention of the public. Van Gogh was a natural. He did not go to any art ... Which he used to cross every morning to go to church. The picture was a drawbridge that went up and down so that the boats could go under it. Van Gogh would watch the wagon's pass over the bridge and paint the horses, wagons and the driver. He also painted some "women washing their clothes in the cool blue waters. Then with one long ribbon of orange paint Van Gogh ...
- 27626: Personal Writing: Myself and Tennis
- ... same for me. I'm not sure what motivates me to drag myself to that second tennis practice of my life or what motivates me to get up for those early morning practices. Maybe it's the feeling you get when you win or maybe it's the friends who make you feel special but what ever it is has definitely helped shape who I am today.
- 27627: Coparison Between Footbal And
- ... both sports, their fan attraction is incredible, and the durability of the athletes is awesome. Although these sports seem to shadow each other, not many athletes from either side could play on the other games team. American football is divided up into organized groups of athletes that specialize in their particular sect. While rugbys players are strewn on the field fending for themselves and their teammates, with out being principally assigned to certain positions. The two games differ in style and ownership, however are mirror images in their courage ...
- 27628: Wendell Phillips
- ... born on November 29, 1811. He was a well-known American reformer. His career of attempting to reform American society spanned 47 years. He put most of his energy into opposing slavery and supporting women's right's, labor reform, and temperance. In 1865 he attacked the Constitution. He attacked it because it supported slavery. He had married Ann Terry Greene. Greene had been taught by William Lloyd Garrison. Garrison and Phillips became ...
- 27629: The Influence of Paradise Lost and Frankenstein
- The Influence of Paradise Lost and Frankenstein The influence of Milton's Paradise Lost can be seen directly from the epigraph of the 1818 edition of Frankenstein. "Did I request thee, Maker from my clay to mould me man? Did I solicit thee, from darkness to promote ... of a living being from clay · the growth of malice and the desire for revenge · the isolation of the hostile being and the consequent increase of his hostility It is easy to establish Mary Shelley's knowledge of Paradise Lost. The work was admired in the Godwin household. Mary and Percy read it in 1815 and again in November 1816. Her journal states that Shelley read it aloud while she was ...
- 27630: Greece
- ... been available to most others in this class. This report will cover how this small country, with poor geography, little in the way of resources, and inadequate communications, became the most powerful empire of it's time. The mountains of Greece were very important to the ancients. All large cities were located next to or very close to mountains. This was due to the ease of defending a high place (acropolis ... until finally conquered and unified by Phillip of Macedonia. This area was expanded by Alexander. His unification and leadership of this part of the world made it the largest and most powerful empire of it's time in history.
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