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- 4411: Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools
- Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools Imagine sending your children to a school such as the schools in East St. Louis, where they are overpopulated, under-staffed, under-supplied, and well below safety standards. Well, this may be a nightmare ... economic, urban areas. The majority that face this problem, according to Jonathan Kozol are the blacks and Hispanics. Who would have thought that the inequality of schools for children would still exist today? Jonathan Kozol's, Savage Inequalities, exposes on the extremes of wealth and poverty in American's public schools and the effect it has on poor children. The schools examined in these urban areas consist mainly of minorities, blacks and Hispanics. The schools, like the children who attend them, are very ...
- 4412: Analysis of the Final Scenes of Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious
- Analysis of the Final Scenes of Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious After viewing Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious for the first time, the film did not strike me as particularly complex. Nothing specific about the film lodged itself in my brain screaming for an answer—or, at least, an attempted answer. Yet, upon subsequent viewings, subtle things became more noticeable. (Perhaps Hitchcock's subtlety is what makes him so enormously popular!) Hitchcock uses motifs and objects, shot styles and shifting points of view, and light and dark to help explain the relationships between Alicia, Devlin, Sebastian and ...
- 4413: Contrasting Views
- Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois agreed and disagreed on many specific issues. However, the differences between these two men actually enhanced the status of Black Americans in the struggle for racial equality. DuBois always ... is called. We are rather ashamed that we have not developed more millionaires and more big business. (Paschal 154) DuBois believed that assimilation was the best means of treating discrimination against blacks in the 1920's. Education was a key to a diverse and cultural society. DuBois being a well-respected intellectual and leader, worked to reach goals of education and peaceful resolutions between the races and classes. (Glenn 230) DuBois felt that the black leadership, of Booker T. Washington, was too submissive. Washington wanted blacks to try and get along with society "trying to fit in". He was encouraging blacks to become educated in the "white man's world". He tried to ...
- 4414: The Life of Alexander Hamilton
- ... on the mercilessly stratified island. Having to fend for herself and her two children after James left, Rachel opened a store, and employed her youngest son as clerk and bookkeeper. It was in his mother's store that Hamilton got his first taste of finance; it was also in that high-visibility capacity that he probably became the target of malicious whispers, or perhaps even outward disdain from the townspeople he encountered. Rachel's husband, who had had her imprisoned in Christiansted some years before for adultery, had posted a public summons for her to appear before a divorce court, declaring her a whore who had given birth to illegitimate children. After Rachel's death from yellow fever, her husband then sued for all her assets, depriving her "whore children" of any benefit her meager belongings might bring. That Hamilton frowned upon as a youngster can be reasonably ...
- 4415: J.p. Morgan
- John Pierpont Morgan is considered one of the founding fathers of the modern United States economy. He was an industrial genius that is accredited with the founding of many companies including General Electric and AT&T. However, Pierpont is looked upon as a saint and demon the same. He received a honorary degree from Harvard university that read: "Public citizen, patron of literature and art, prince among merchants, who by his ... any other person at the turn of the century. Morgan was a banker, railroad czar, industrialist, financier, philanthropist, yachtsman, and ladies' man. He was king to a handful of millionaire barons who controlled the country's wealth in an era of little government regulation. The wealth of the Morgan family did not begin with Pierpont but with his grandfather Joseph Morgan. Joseph prospered as a hotelkeeper in Hartford, Connecticut. He helped to organize a canal company, steamboat lines and the new railroad that connected Hartford with Springfield. Finally he became one of the founders of the Aetna Fire Insurance Company. Joseph's first son was Junius Spencer Morgan, also destined for the life of a businessman. He spent a number of years as a dry-goods merchant before moving to Boston and into the foreign trade ...
- 4416: Breakfast Club Character Evaluations
- ... up on her and this is exactly what she wanted. So, naturally, she fell in love with him. Perhaps the one quality that unites everyone is that they all have trouble with their parents. Claire’s problem is that she is used as a weapon to the other “spouse” of her parents and the only way she can escape that destiny is to be with friends as much as possible, liking ... negative. Brian was pushed to over achieve by his parents and so when he finally got an “F” he thought that it was the end of the world, when in fact he most likely doesn’t care. He does not think for himself, he thinks, “What are my parents going to think?” Andrew thinks the same way. He stated openly that he does not care if he wins or loses, and ... rejected. She also thinks that since she is high up on the social hierarchy, she could say what she wants and people will listen and believe. Unfortunately, she was rejected when she said that Brian’s friend look up to her. Alison shows fear of rejection by not trying friendships at all, figuring that if she never tries, she will never be rejected. Last, Bender shows fear of rejection also ...
- 4417: Don't Just Look In Its Eyes - A Creative Story
- Don't Just Look In Its Eyes - A Creative Story ONE DAY BEHIND The snow blinded his vision. The crosshairs aimed at the subject, he fired, and missed. The deer, or whatever animal it was, ran off ... that?" Solomon rose from his crouched position to survey his prey. A standing animal? Was it a standing bear? Or was it a tree? No, it had walked off, seeing the look on the old's man face. "The day is not done." those words sealed his fate. Nothing would stop his hunting. "I must be about a day behind him." he thought aloud. He strode off into the sea of the snow. Is there a moment when the line between the hunter and the hunted snaps taut? That moment when I realize I've got him and he realizes he's dead? YES! First there's the dance, the slow teasing chase, the furtive glances, the glimpses of your prey, and his wild frantic glances back. And then the tug of war, of spirits, of ...
- 4418: The History of the American Basketball Association
- The History of the American Basketball Association " The ABA was basketball's Wild West, and Julius Erving, George Gervin, James Silas, and all the other ABA stars were the gunfighters." --Bob Costas What do the Utah Jazz, New York Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers, and Houston Rockets all have in common? They all got their professional start in the American Basketball Association. It was created in 1965 by Dennis Murphy but it didn't start as a basketball league. It started as a football league but it merged together with the NFL in a few weeks. Dennis Murphy then decided to either make a global hockey league or another ... key. It was twenty - two feet from the basket on the corners and twenty - three feet and nine inches from the basket at the top of the key. The distance has slightly change in today's professional game. George Mikan described it as " the home run in basketball." They later called this the three pointer. It was a great addition to the game and is a big part of today' ...
- 4419: The Catcher In The Rye 2
- ... perception of the world does not change significantly through the novel. However as the novel progresses, Holden gradually comes to the realization that he is powerless to change this. During the short period of Holden's life covered in this book, "Holden does succeed in making us perceive that the world is crazy".1 Shortly after Holden leaves Pencey Prep he checks in to the Edmont Hotel. This is where Holden's turmoil begins. Holden spends the following evening in this hotel which was "full of perverts and morons. (There were) screwballs all over the place."2 His situation only deteriorates from this point on as the ... completely immoral and unscrupulous. The three days we learn of from the novel place a distressed Holden in the vicinity of Manhattan. The city is decked with decorations and holiday splendor, yet, much to Holden's despair "seldom yields any occasions of peace, charity or even genuine merriment."3 Holden is surrounded by what he views as drunks, perverts, morons and screwballs. These convictions which Holden holds waver very momentarily ...
- 4420: White Shark: Summary
- White Shark: Summary What's in the water? That's the question the characters in this book wondered too. White Shark is a story about a monster in the water that makes Jaws look like a goldfish! The year is 1945. There was a German ... Nothing happened at first and then glowing eyes caught their attention. One guy was killed. The other guy managed to get away and swim for about 200 yards and then he was down. The men's bodies washed up on shored weeks later. That's when Chase and Tall Man knew there was something in the water and it was up to them to figure out what it was. More ...
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