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- 5201: Lester Pearson
- ... the time Pearson had a very important position because Canada had finally achieved a feeling of nationalism. Canada also had hardly any diplomatic relations with other countries because Great Britain still handled most of it's affairs. For that reason when Great Britain went to war with Germany, so did Canada. In 1948 he was named Secretary of State for external affairs. He promoted proposals for western alliance tied in with ... US it caused the fall of his government in 1963. In 1968 the Liberals won 129 seats, four short of a majority. The conservatives 95, the Socreds 24, and NDP 19 which made Pearson Canada's 14th Prime Minister. People knew he would do a good job and they also thought the Liberals would bring economic stability. Pearson's first move was to restore relations with US and Great Britain that Diefenbaker had destroyed. Pearson became good friends with John F. Kennedy while trying to resolve the nuclear weapons issue. One of Pearson' ...
- 5202: The Hobbit
- CHARACTER INTRODUCTION BILBO BAGGINS: The Hobbit who led the Dwarves to the Lonely Mountain to recla im their treasure from the dragon Smaug. He found the One Ring in Gollum's cave GANDALF: The Wizard that accompanies Bilbo and the dwarves on their quest. He is well versed in magic spells and often calls upon them to save his comrades. THORIN OAKENSHIELD: Son of the King ... were driven from the Lonel y Mountain by Smaug. With the aid of Gandalf and Bilbo he seeks regain his trea sure and the throne. When Smaug died he truly became King under the Mountain, t hough he was killed in combat in the battle of five Armies. SMAUG: The dragon of the Lonely Mountain who hordes the treasure he stole from the dwarves of Dale. GOLLUM: He is perfect example ... lives to possess the ring. BARD: The archer who killed Smaug. He shot the dragon in the one spot it had no protection. The towns people later considered him a hero. What the people didn't know it was Bilbo who discovered the weak spot in the dragon's iron scales. BEORN: An enemy of orcs, he becomes friends with Bilbo and Gandalf. He has th e ability to change ...
- 5203: Denying Premise 2- Philosophy
- ... whole lives to developing theories, and yet the closest any have come to success has been to not have their theories disproved. With the knowledge that no theory has been proven to fact, “I don’t know” may be the only true answer to one of civilization’s oldest questions. The idea that we can never know the answers to these and many other questions leads to the theory of Skepticism. This theory maintains that we must doubt every single one of our ... is contrary to one of the most basic of human instincts: the fear of the unknown. The desire to define the world and make order out of chaos and the refusal to accept “I don’t know” as the answer has motivated both scientists and philosophers. Rene Descartes (1596-1650 was one such man. Though brilliant, and the author of Mediations, feared being skeptical of the external world. Descartes wanted ...
- 5204: Color Purple 2
- "Celie's strengths as an African American Woman" Alice Walker s The Color Purple is a captivating and touching novel about life of a poor African American woman -- Celie, living in the deep rural south at the turn of the twentieth century. During her difficult life, Celie writes letters to God in which she tells him about her being. As the story evolves, many major circumstances in Celie s life are changing. In the beginning she is a daughter, then she is a wife, a sister and a mother. Throughout her life, Celie is surrounded by other characters both men and women who ...
- 5205: Frankenstein
- ... macabre, fantastic, and supernatural, usually set amid haunted castles, graveyards, ruins and wild picturesque landscapes (Drabble 405). Furthermore, according to the Oxford Companion, Gothic tales reached the height of their considerable fashion in the 1790 s and the early years of the 19th century (Drabble 406). It becomes obvious that Gothic is a literary term which describes a particular type of story and atmospheric surrounding. In so doing, it establishes a ... into its own emptiness (Bernstein 333). Gothic fiction is, quite simply, man taking a walk on the dark side. There is, undeniably, no novel which epitomizes the popular Gothic structure more than Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley s early 19th-century masterpiece, Frankenstein (actually entitled, Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus). According to Greek mythology, Prometheus is a hero who steals fire from the heavens to serve man, but he is ultimately punished by ... Frankenstein gives birth to his creation. According to one literary scholar, it was her nouveau female Gothic style which separated Frankenstein from similar horror tales of the time: Here, I think, is where Mary Shelley s book is most interesting, most powerful, and most feminine: in the motif of revulsion against newborn life, and the drama of guilt, dread, and flight surrounding birth and its consequences. Frankenstein seems to be ...
- 5206: Hemp...A Help For Today
- ... sunlight blocked by the ozone layer. Soy beans do not take UV-B light very well. If the ozone layer were to deplete drastically, we may have to grow hemp or starve -- and it won't be the first time that this has happened. Hemp has been used to "bail out" many populations in time of famine. Unfortunately, because of various political factors, starving people in today's underdeveloped countries are not taking advantage of this crop. In some places, this is because government officials would call it "Marijuana" and pull up the crop. In other countries, it is because the farmers are ... cocaine and heroin for the local Drug Lord. This is truly a sad state of affairs. Hopefully someday the Peace Corps will be able to teach modern hemp seed farming techniques and end the world's protein shortage. The stalk of the hemp plant has two parts, called the bast and the hurd. The fiber (bast) of the hemp plant can be woven into almost any kind of cloth. It ...
- 5207: Jackie Robinson
- ... a father who left for Florida with another mans wife, leaving his real wife (Mallie Robinson) to raise five kids: Mack, Jack, Edgar, Willa Mae, and Franck, on her own. After his father left Jack’s family became poor and had to live in a cabin. Soon after that, in 1920, Mallie sold a few of her family’s things and the family boarded a train to California. They bought a house on Pepper Street in Pasadena. As child, Jackie enjoyed sports as much as the next kid did. Just before he started school ... stand made him stand out. More than once he came home with a pocket full of change or an extra lunch, because the kids bribed him into playing on their team. But his childhood wasn’t all-good, because all of his friendships ended after each game. Lucky for him he had four siblings to spend time with, who were all great athletes, including Willa Mae who was amazing at ...
- 5208: Comparison Between Novel and Film Version of "Lord of the Flies"
- Comparison Between Novel and Film Version of "Lord of the Flies" Many novels are so successful that producers can't wait to adapt the story into a film. The majority of times, however, the original novel is much stronger than the movie because it is able to capture the emotions of each character, all the symbols and meaningful events. Due to the novel's flexibility, readers are able to extend the use of their imagination. Similarly, this was the case with William Golding's masterpiece, "The Lord of the Flies." Overall, the novel is far superior to the film because it has thorough descriptions of a character's feelings and depictions of symbolic meaning concerning the objects and ...
- 5209: The Importance Of Being Earnes
- ... simple, and therefore, he uses seven main characters in the play, which he simply pairs and contrasts. Wilde pairs characters through their values, ideals and relation. However, opposing traits form the contrasting groups. Initially, Wilde s approach is not easily identified until Act 2 when all the characters have been introduced to the audience. It is here, where the audience begins to pair and contrast the characters. The first pair in ... play, we find that Jack wants to marry Gwendolen Fairfax whom he adores greatly. Moreover, in Act 2 the audience sees Algernon proposing to Cecily Cardew: I love you, Cecily. You will marry me, won t you? However, it has always been Cecily s and Gwendolen s ideal to marry someone of the name Ernest. As a result, both men think of being christened first when proposing: I must get christened at once. In Act 2 they look ...
- 5210: The Works of Poet Carl Sandburg and His Effect on American Poetry
- ... on American Poetry The beloved poet, Carl Sandburg, changed the course of American poetry. He was a poet, novelist, journalist, and songwriter, yet the influence of his works have not always been acknowledged. Carl Sandburg's evocations of American urban and rural life, compassion for people, and his love of nature, through his works have made an enormous contribution to the American literary scene. Carl Sandburg was born on January 6, 1878 to illiterate parents of Swedish decent in Galesburg, Illinois. Much of Sandburg's literary works are a result of his life time observations. He, more generously than many of his fellow authors, left a detailed account of his wanderings, his numerous jobs, his early struggles, and his successes ... poetry that emphasized key phrases and images.(clc 35, 338) Sandburg was the first of a long line of poets and authors to use the words and phrases that he created in his poetry. Sandburg's style of writing is what changed the course of American poetry. Before Sandburg, most poetry and other literary works were considerably similar, along with dull and boring. He carried poetry to "new horizons." He, ...
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