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- 4761: Boys Life: Techniques Used to Develop Loss of Innocence
- ... The characters live through many experiences that end up changing their lives. Cory, the main character, has many things happen to him in his life that are very confusing to him and that he doesn't understand. He doesn't realize why they happen or why they have to happen to him, his family, and his friends. In the novel, the author uses setting many times to develop the theme. During the scene that takes ... the way the people were acting. He states that "the people came in like Christian civilization and went out like barbarians" (pg. 70). Cory witnesses that most of the people just ran out and didn't care about who was getting attacked by the bees or who might be hurt. Cory loses a lot of respect for his grandfather when he realized that he left everyone for his own safety. ...
- 4762: The Life of My Grandfather
- The Life of My Grandfather "Things sure aren't what they use to be," said my grandfather. He should know considering he was born March 3, 1930. Son of Robert and Clara Long, Robert Long was born in Richmond, Kentucky and lived most of ... the fifth child of six, and the third son of the children. Mildred and Beulah are his two sisters' names, and his three brothers' names are Carl, Alonzo, and Carl. "As a kid, there wasn't television, or Internet, or video games so you had to make your own fun. There was nothing to play with", said my grandfather. He would often go fishing with his brothers, or play jump rope. He said, "The jump rope isn't the same rope that you kids have today. It was a plow line." A plow line is what is attached to the bits in a horse's mouth that run back to the person ...
- 4763: Los Angeles-city Of Quartz
- ... growth and change there comes crime. Several incidents took place in Los Angeles against people of color involving the police. Anglos became a minority in the city and county of Los Angeles during the 1980's. (Pg. 7) The city of Los Angeles was created for the white, urbanized, higher middle and upper classes. I think Davis' primary thesis or point in the book is just that. Los Angeles was being ... that can even get to where they live. In a way I see this as segregation. Why not be with people of color. I gather that it is not just blacks and Hispanics' they don't want living in their territory, but Asians and probably anyone that is not an Anglo. This form of racism is very sad. We have enough racism everywhere else, without saying who can live where and fighting to keep certain ethnic groups out of your neighborhood, when they are such a large part of the city's survival. Downtown in a word simply became too big for local interests to continue to dominate, and recentering came effectively to mean internationalization. I take this to mean that other cultures were running the ...
- 4764: The Great Gatsby: Tragedy From Lies
- ... to know him they would find out the truth. Jay gave everyone the impression that he was this kind of rich-snobbish guy. Who knows why. It is not always good to lie. In Jay's case when it came down to them finding out the truth they didn't know whether he was telling the truth or lying. So it was hard for them to believe what he was saying. Daisy was another who would lie because she thought it would keep happiness. The way she lied was different from Jay. She lied to keep the person she thought was the love of her life, Tom happy. Daisy's relationship with TOm was quite unusual. Tom was having an affair with Myrtle and Daisy really wanted to be with Tom, but not really because she only did it because she thought she had ...
- 4765: Death Of A Salesman -character
- ... one we see in the present action is a tired man in his sixties. The other Willy is the one we see in flashbacks. He is young and confident. In Act Two, Scene Fourteen, Willy s son Biff tells him that he loves him. Willy can tell that Biff is not just saying this out of pity because Biff is sobbing. In a flashback, Willy speaks to his dead brother Ben ... The reason that Ben tells Willy to come to the jungle, is that when in the jungle, Willy can get the diamonds. The diamonds represent the insurance money that the family will get from Willy s accident. Therefore, Ben is saying that the only way Willy can get twenty thousand dollars in insurance money is to kill himself, or symbolically Ben is saying that the only way to get the diamonds ... up his thoughts, his wife, Linda, is calling him to come up to bed. After this happens, the sound of a speeding car is heard driving off into the night. In the same scene, Willy s wife Linda has come to make a peace with their two sons, Biff and Happy. Linda also suspects that Willy may kill himself. She made a big mistake by leaving the disturbed Willy alone. ...
- 4766: Hills Like White Elephants
- ... Hills Like White Elephants" displays the differences in the way a man and a woman view pregnancy and abortion. The woman looks at pregnancy as a beautiful aspect of life. In the story the woman’s pregnancy is implied through their conversation. She refers to the near by hills as elephants, "They look like white elephants" (170). She is comparing the hills to her own situation-- pregnancy. "They’re lovely hills. They really don’t look like white elephants. I just meant the coloring of their skin through the trees" (171). Just as the hills have their distinct beauty to her, she views pregnancy in the same fashion making the ... views pregnancy as the opposite. When the girl is talking about the white elephants and agrees that the man has never seen one, his response is, "I might have, just because you say I haven’t doesn’t prove anything" (170). This shows the defensive nature of the man, and when the woman implies the he is unable to differentiate between what is beautiful and what is not. Another issue ...
- 4767: Marriages
- ... are opened and the couple retreats to their relationship. My divorced male friend D. says if you simply must get married, live together first. Dive in. To hell with the survey that says it doesn't work. Communicate. If you can't do that, call the engagement off. Here are some topics for exploration before deciding on marriage: · How much time do we spend together? · Do I need permission to hang out with the friends you hate ... your family come for dinner? · Do they help clean up? · To whom do we lend money? (Your chronically out-of-work sister? Does she qualify as a charitable tax deduction?) · How much of your mother's approval do we need when making decisions? · Who explains to your father why we no longer want to spend summers at the cabin fishing? The list is limitless — and being caught unawares has caused ...
- 4768: Biography of Moshe Dayan
- Biography of Moshe Dayan Israeli general and statesman. For 25 years, he figured prominently in all of Israel's wars and more than anyone else personified his country's determination to survive. He was born on a kibbutz (cooperative farm) near Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee) on May 20, 1915. At the age of 14 he joined the Haganah (Jewish militia), which defended Jewish ... served with the Allied forces that liberated Lebanon and Syria from the Vichy French. During this campaign he lost his left eye and adopted the black eye patch that became his distinguishing feature. During Israel's war of independence (1948-49) Dayan was a commander on the Jerusalem front. He became chief of Israel's general staff in 1953 and as such supervised the Sinai campaign of 1956. Leaving the ...
- 4769: A Lesson Well Taught
- ... Lesson Well Taught Life leads many to learn and experience new things that may not affect life but that may impact it a lot. Such things teach us to value life and its experiences. I t helps us to realize life does have its hardships. This is called Life’s Lessons. In Bambara’s The Lesson, Mrs. Moore teaches the children life’s lessons to live by. Life isn’t easy, if you want something you have to work hard for it, nothing is given it only comes ...
- 4770: Personal Writing: The Day of Surprise
- Personal Writing: The Day of Surprise “That's so cool!” I exclaimed. In my hand was a Valentines Day card which folded to make a spaceship. I was in a Hallmark card shop with my father, looking at cards for the upcoming holiday. “If I got you that card now, then it wouldn't be a surprise later,” my father logically stated. “But it's neat! See, it folds into a spaceship.” “I'll get it for you but... just act surprised for your mother when you open the card.” “Okay dad,” I answered as we walked up to ...
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