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- 3331: The Race to the Moon
- The Race to the Moon At the start, there were no set rules for the Space Race. What would count as winning? What was the goal? For Americans, President Kennedy's declaration narrowed the Space Race down to one precise goal: landing a man on the Moon before the Soviets. The Space Race became a race to the Moon. For years, the Soviets officially denied being in a race to the Moon. Now there is countless evidence proving that they indeed competed to reach the Moon first. This fierce competition between the USSR and the USA in the late 50's, led directly to America's determination to be "masters of space." The Space Race became a symbol of the political contest between the two rival world powers. The way the two competitors organized to achieve their goals in space ...
- 3332: The Good Earth: Chapters 1-13 Summaries
- The Good Earth: Chapters 1-13 Summaries The Good Earth is a Chinese book of a farmer's hard life working on the land. It tells of the farmer's good times and bad times, and all through this there is always the good earth that produces his crops that he may eat or sell to make money. Chapter 1: Wang Lung is on his ... give them out so that everyone will know he has a son. Chapter 4: O-lan recovers easily from the birth and sets back out in the fields working with Wang. It tells of Wang's lazy uncle and his problems. It is becomeing Fall and it is harvest time. Wang Lung sells his harvest and makes a big profit. He puts the extra money in a hole in the ...
- 3333: Racism in Wright's Black Boy
- Racism in Wright's Black Boy The theme of Richard Wright's autobiography Black Boy is racism. Wright grew up in the deep South; the Jim Crow South of the early twentieth century. From an early age Richard Wright was aware of two races, the black and the white. Yet he never understood the relations between the two races. The fact that he didn't understand but was always trying to, got him into trouble many times. When in Memphis, Wright reluctantly assumed the role society dictated for him, the role of a black boy. He became a black ...
- 3334: Communication Skills And How T
- ... the reason for disclosure in order to clarify their beliefs, opinions, attitudes, and feeling by talking about them with another person. Self-validation is the reason for disclosure when someone wants to seek the listener's agreement or conformation of a belief they hold about themselves. Reciprocity is the reason for disclosure in order to encourage another person to disclose also. Another concept that must be taken into consideration when talking ... Clare, and the basket case was Alicen. The reaction toward each other at 7am was not very receptive because at that time they all viewed each other to be very different people who just didn't associate with the others. Some examples are how Bender viewed Clare to be a spoiled, rich, brat. He viewed Brian to be a nerd and Andrew as a jock who gets away with everything because ... told John to just be quiet but he would not allow the principle to have the last word so that by the end of their conversation he had two more months of Saturday detentions. John's perception of the world was a cold, violent, bitter world. He thinks he knows the lifestyles in which everyone else lives. He believes Brian's life is great because he is a genius with ...
- 3335: Rogers and Hammerstein's South Pacific
- Rogers and Hammerstein's South Pacific In Rogers and Hammerstein's South Pacific, the main theme is racial prejudices. The two main characters, Emile de Becque and Nellie Forbush are faced with these problems as they attempt a relationship. Two other minor characters, Lt. Joe Cable ... former Polynesian wife. It is these prejudices that set the state for what might be the most significant scene in the production. In act 2, scene 3, Nellie reveals her prejudices to Emile. I can't help it. It isn't as if I could give you a good reason. There is no reason. This is emotional. It's something that is born in me. She looks to Cable for ...
- 3336: Michael Jordan
- ... com) A person to this magnitude has obviously a success, being able to have a family of his own and, knowing that there are thousands of people looking up to him, and being many people’s idol. To be able to stand the pressure of being a national symbol of greatness, you have to have a driving force. This driving force has been known to be the edge a lot of people have needed to make it over. Michael Jordan’s family helped him to fight and become one of the most influential, successful, and professional sports figures ever. Body Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, NY, to a proud Deloris and James Jordan. (Nba.com; BioLife.com) Now this very first point may seem like no big deal but it’s something in itself. Jordan almost wasn’t born. In 1963, when Deloris was carrying Mike her mother died unexpectedly causing her to fall into a deep depression and stress period. Fearing a miscarriage the ...
- 3337: The Music of Louis Armstrong
- ... the influential contributions of Louis Armstrong. His life as a musician provided a foundation for years of jazz musicians to build an empire. Also, his music and persona have played into this influence into today’s jazz music. Louis was an incredible American who lived the American dream through his music, which resulted in an everlasting impact on many Americans as well as on the world of Jazz. The American tale ... struggles. He was born poor and illegitimate in New Orleans on the fourth of August 1901. In addition to his hardships, Armstrong was forced to grow up lacking a fatherly figure. Due to this, Armstrong’s main support through out his childhood is accredited to his mother (Ward 16). As a child, Armstrong was introduced to and guided through music by his only fatherly figure and mentor, Joe “King” Oliver. Oliver was not only Armstrong’s favorite musician during his childhood, but also acted as a father to him (“Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong” Np). Oliver supported Armstrong during critical times in his childhood, and helped to guide him on his path ...
- 3338: Heros Essay
- ... putting life and limb on the line to do others help and fight the evils of the world? Did Hercules of ancient Greek mythology and Superman and Spiderman of modern times come into your mind's eye? Did a police officer, a fire fighter, or some hero of war enter your brain? If they did and they make up your answer, then, from a certain perspective, you are correct. However, if ... very, very wrong. It is certainly acceptable to look upon such people as heroes, but not expanding the horizons of the word also suggests a lack of scope or vision. Such people fit a dictionary's description of "hero", but in defining this word, one finds the dictionary falls short of the obligation of properly defining it. Everyone can be, and probably is, a hero. Even the person who is reading ... I play any musical instruments or have had the inclination to do the studying required to comprehend music theory if my mother had not herself played the piano or if she and my father hadn't had music playing for me when I was a baby? Would I be such a fan of sports or play basketball if my father hadn't been a state champion in track and field ...
- 3339: A Touch Of Jazz
- ... talking about. What Negro music? What part of Africa? What kind of jazz? Africa is groups than any comparable land mass. Not all Africans are Negroes, and not all Negroes are Africans. African music isn't necessarily Negroes music, and all Negro music isn't necessarily African. Surely, it must be obvious to even the most cursory listener that all four factors which we consider essential to musical construction: melody, harmony, rhythm and timbre, are to be found as consistently ... seems likely now that the common source of European and West African music was a non-hemitonic pentatone system. Although the diatonic scale have been developed and preserved in Africa, modern West Africans who aren't familiar with Europeans music will tend to become uncertain when asked to sing in a tempered scale. This becomes obvious when a third and seventh step of a diatonic scale is approached because the ...
- 3340: The Black Cat
- A Glimpse Into the World of "The Black Cat" Those who have read any of Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories know that most of them are full of suspense and mystery and that they efflict a feeling of horror and shock upon the reader. Poe studies the mind, and is conscious of the ... the body but then when the police come, he in a mocking manner taps the wall in which she is buried and reveals to the police what he has done(Poe). In Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Black Cat," his use of point of view, symbolism, foreshadowing, and theme all combine with what he calls "a series of mere household events" to show how the narrator is driven into madness (Poe ... the first person point of view by a unreliable narrator, "a term designating one who either consciously or unconsciously distorts the truth", we are caused to get a one sided story in which we don’t know whether what we are reading is fact of fiction (Prinsky 231). Poe’s use of the first person point of view strengthens the intent of moral shock and horror writes Martha Womack( 5). ...
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