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- 4421: Creative Writing: Instant
- ... in my unit. "Instant" was short for "Instant Death." And I'll always remember the first time I saw Instant in action. I was a new Lieutenant assigned to Vietnam. Back then, the Army didn't try to develop any "team spirit" within the corps; men were rotated frequently before any friendships developed. Consequently, my men were a group of strangers united only by the need to survive. They were eighteen ... little relief from the relentless heat of 'Nam; the blades cut the thick, humid air and pushed a breeze downward over the passenger compartment. Soon, we circled the landing zone. The LZ looked cold. There's only one way to find out if it is really cold, I thought as I double checked my M16. If no one zapped us when we entered, it was cold. If they did, it wasn't. "Lock and load," I yelled. The helicopter circled low and slowed down until it almost hovered four feet from the ground. The door gunner mashed the spade grips on his .30 caliber M60 machine ...
- 4422: Survival (on The Book Night)
- ... other, tearing at each other. Wild beasts of prey, with animal hatred in their eyes; an extraordinary vitality had seized then, sharpening their teeth and nails (Weisel, 95). Clearly, food as a method survival wasn t a particularly effective way to stay alive. It tended to kill only those who used it as an attempt to stay alive. Fighting for food did not help save very many lives during the holocaust ... in loss of faith, broken hearts, and death. During his time in the concentration camps, Elie saw many people give up on their families, Rabbi Eliahou and his son were one exmple. While running to s different camp, the Rabbi s son deliberately ran ahead of his father, in an attempt to lose him in the crowd. Elie knew that the Rabbi s son had seen his father limping toward the back of the column, ...
- 4423: The Moon Is Down
- ... has to give up his office. Dr. Winter is his best friend. He helps Orden through the crisis. Orden is ordered to make his people behave but they have such high beliefs that they won't. This show's the strength of a small town and the people in it. The Nazis have a hard time also. Like Orden the colonel has to make hard decisions. The whole story revolves around this town and ... and the outcome is based on how certain people act, like Orden and the colonel. This story can be taken on a worldly level. Which means in can apply to anyone. It shows how mankind's spirit does not fade even when it is conquered and defeated. And how we are able to defeat what has conquered us. The people in this town don't even look at the soldiers ...
- 4424: Cathedral
- Raymond Carver's Cathedral The Husbands Enlightenment Raymond Carvers "Cathedral" is narrated from the point of view of a hostile and ignorant husband, whose wife has invited a blind friend to spend the night. The narrator is, through his forthcoming descriptions of his ...
- 4425: The Character Of Macbeth
- ... desire to acquire power was let loose by the witches, with their prophecies of Macbeth becoming the Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and King of Scotland. At first Macbeth replied that such foreshadowing couldn t be taken seriously, because of the evil forces that lay behind them. However, when Macbeth was declared Thane of Cawdor, almost immediately after the witches prophecies, he had private thoughts and ambitions that he could become King of Scotland. In an instant the witches had let loose Macbeth s over ambitious nature for imperial power. (An aside in I.iii.127-130 is a perfect example) Now that Macbeth s uncontrollable desire to become king had surfaced, he became solely focused on obtaining this goal. This included the murder of King Duncan. Lady Macbeth, wanting to be queen of Scotland, provided her husband with ...
- 4426: Robert Francis ("Bobby") Kennedy
- ... He was a true patriot, with a strong sense of nationalism. While Attending Harvard University, he saw that his country needed his help, so he put his undergraduate studies on hold to serve his country's Navy in World War II. When he returned home, he finished his Bachelor's degree at Harvard, and received an LL.B. from the university of Virginia Law. In 1951 he served as Attorney to the U.S. Department of Jjustice, but in 1952 he resigned to manage his brother John's senatorial campaign. In 1953, he served as assistant counsel under Senator Joseph McCarthy's permanent investigators subcommittee. He resigned in ...
- 4427: Scarlet Letter 2 --
- The Minister's Anguish Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is a compelling story which explores the inner emotions of the human mind, spirit, and the heart. Set around the 1640s in a Boston Puritan society, it focuses on the moral issue ... her wear the scarlet letter "A". Even though, Arthur Dimmesdale escapes punishment from the Puritan society, he endures an excruciating amount of pain that he brings forth onto himself. Due to the weakness in Dimmesdale's character and the guilt that comes from within, he is forced to carry the tremendous weight of concealing his sin on his soul and heart. Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale lives in a world of hypocrisy ...
- 4428: Abraham Lincoln
- ... his parents to nearby Knob Creek and at eight to Spencer County, Indiana. The following year his mother died. In 1819 his father married Sarah Bush Johnston, a kindly widow, who soon gained the boy's affection. Lincoln grew up a tall, gangling youth, who could hold his own in physical contests and also showed great intellectual promise, although he had little formal education. In 1831, after moving with his family ... he was appointed postmaster but had to supplement his income with surveying and various other jobs. At the same time he began to study law. That he gradually paid off his and his deceased partner's debts firmly established his reputation for honesty. The story of his romance with Ann Rutledge, a local young woman whom he knew briefly before her untimely death, is unsubstantiated. Illinois Politician and Lawyer Defeated in ... the party and was one of the authors of the removal of the capital to Springfield, where he settled in 1837. After his admission to the bar (1836), he entered into successive partnerships with John T. Stuart, Stephen T. Logan, and William Herndon, and soon won recognition as an effective and resourceful attorney. In 1842 Lincoln married Mary Todd, the daughter of a prominent Kentucky banker, and despite her somewhat ...
- 4429: Scarlet Letter Essay +
- ... her bosom, which stood for adultery, for her entire life. Truth was revealed to Hester by the fact that she became pregnant with a child as a result of her sin. Pearl noticed her mother s scarlet A as a baby and was attracted to it instantly for some reason. Pearl notices the letter as an infant as her eyes had been caught by the glimmering of the gold embroidery about the letter, and, putting up her hand, she grasped at it (98) and Hester feels the torture inflicted by the intelligent touch of Pearl s baby hand. (98). This seems to suggest that truth was once again revealed to Hester whenever Pearl noticed the scarlet letter and it shows how Pearl seemed to know the significance of the letter as ... the beginning of the novel Dimmesdale seems to be doing a good job of keeping his secret to the whole town who respects him immensely. Although in the first chapter Reverend Dimmesdale argues on Hester s behalf the town seems to think nothing of this other than that he is trying to not judge her. As the new doctor in town Roger Chillingworth befriends Reverend Dimmesdale. Chillingworth notices a scarlet ...
- 4430: Macbeth - Supernatural Theme
- The presence of supernatural forces in William Shakespeare s, Macbeth, provides for much of the play s dramatic tension and the mounting suspense. Several supernatural apparitions throughout the play profoundly affect Macbeth and the evil forces eventually claim Macbeth and destroy his morals. Macbeth s ambition was driven by the prophecies of the three witches and unlike Banquo, he was willing to do anything to assure that they actually transpire. Macbeth is horrified at the notion of killing Duncan, ...
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