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- 5391: A Wife For My Son
- ... opportunities that she can get out life, and how she gains the strength to break through the social and religion barriers that stand in her way of her wishes and dreams. The author, Ali Galme's main goal in this book is to show the many problems that women in a Muslim society face. He wanted to bring out their feelings and the emotional roller coaster that these women deal with on a daily base. Galme also wanted to be fair and show the men's perspective and point of view in the story. The other point the author might have been trying to bring out is the differences in how each generation thinks. There was a constant battle between the ... time of age. He also showed the clashes between the younger generation and the older one through Fatiha and her constant battle with her mother in-law. Ghaleme was also able to show the men's perspective by revealing how Hocine, the husband felt about his life. The author touched on many subjects in the story; the most distinct one was how the Muslim culture is patrilineal, where the men ...
- 5392: Bradbury's "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains" and Poe's "Masque of the Red Death": Elements and Techniques to Create and Convey the Theme
- Bradbury's "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains" and Poe's "Masque of the Red Death": Elements and Techniques to Create and Convey the Theme In a short story an author uses elements and techniques in a story to create and convey his theme. In the ... of the Red Death", by Edgar Allen Poe, he uses setting of the seven rooms to convey his theme. In the short story "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains" Bradbury uses the man v.s. nature conflict to convey his theme. Ray Bradbury uses conflict of man v.s. nature to convey his theme "in the end man's technology will out live man." The house is still standing ...
- 5393: The Stalking of Celebrities
- The Stalking of Celebrities Stalking remains Hollywood's recurrent celebrity nightmare.1 Never before have we been able to know as much about a star as we do about a close pal. Thanks to publications and TV shows that cater to the public appetite for celebrity news, there's little privacy for stars. We learn the minor details of their lives--from an early schooling, to first kiss, last divorce, drug problems, hopes and fears.2 Celebrities on their own property are not safe ... her safety, even without intent to carry out the threat.4 Being famous increasingly means living in fear.5 There is an estimated 200,00 stalkers in the United States. Seventeen percent of the stalker's victims are celebrities.6 “Stalking of celebrities is not done by your average autograph hound.7 The stalking behavior due to delusional disorders affects 3 out of every 10,000 people and only 1%- ...
- 5394: Kingston's “No Name Woman”: Community's Role
- Kingston's “No Name Woman”: Community's Role The community plays a significant role in Maxine Hong Kingston’s essay “No Name Woman.” She describes how one can be totally rejected by the community if it’s rules and regulations are violated. Violation is considered a sin. Cultural values mark the community, which ...
- 5395: Macbeth - How The Magnitude And Horror Of His Actions Are Un
- In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the repercussions of Macbeth murdering his King are very numerous. Through themes which include, imagery, soliloquies, atmosphere, and supernatural beings, Shakespeare enforces the magnitude of Macbeth’s crime. Most of these factors are linked together. One of the main ways in which the horror of the murder is underlined is through the Great Chain of Being. At the time this play was ... written, it was believed that there was a hierarchy in the universe, with God being at the top, then angels, then the King, then man, and finally animals. This meant that the King was God’s representative on earth, and so if a rebel were to attack the King, he would be seen to be attacking and rebelling against God. This is seen in Act One, Scene Two, when the ...
- 5396: Use of Marijuana As Medicine
- Use of Marijuana As Medicine If your every waking moment was consumed by pain and nausea, wouldn't you ask for medication? What if the only medication legally available would leave you unconscious or do nothing at all? If you were the one suffering, would you resort to the only treatment that allowed ... of THC, the active chemical in marijuana. However, this synthetic drug, called Marinol, is useless for most everyday treatment because it has the unpleasant side effect of being a powerful sedative. A member of Milwaukee's AIDS community, said that a friend of his was taking Marinol to increase his appetite: “He spends the whole day laughing and watching movies...He can't even drive a car because he's so out of it.” (3/25/97) In addition to that, Marinol only comes in pill form, which makes it useless for patients taking it for nausea. ...
- 5397: Who Has Seen the Wind: One's Understanding God Matures
- Who Has Seen the Wind: One's Understanding God Matures In the novel, Who Has Seen the Wind, the theme "one's understanding of God matures" is evident in Brian's life as the novel develops. Brian's understanding of God matures as the novel progresses. In the beginning, Brian's concept of God is immature. Brian thinks God, who he calls R.W., is ...
- 5398: The Theme of Nature In Tess of the D'Urbervilles
- The Theme of Nature In Tess of the D'Urbervilles Nature is an important theme employed in many novels, especially throughout Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Hardy, however, skillfully uses nature specifically to express Tess's emotions. He is able to substantiate those emotions with natural images that are well known and comprehendible. He also presents different aspects of nature such as weather, landscape, and animals, using their connotations to exemplify Tess's feelings of happiness and sorrow. When Tess is desolate she inhabits the barren fields of Flintcomb-Ashe; however, when she is content, she is depicted with the flowers, blue sky, and lucius springtime at the dairy. It is significant that he uses nature, because in doing so Hardy is not only able to signify feeling, but show Tess's change of emotion by using it in parallel with the changes nature undergoes. In this way, the various images of nature are used to interpret Tess's divergent and varying feelings. The first images ...
- 5399: Black And White - A Look At The Existance Of Racial Differen
- ... any opinion he desires in America. Anyone, from the homeless person, to the workingman, to the President of the United States himself is entitled to have an opinion, and to discuss it without impediment. It\\'s considered a god-given right to speak what\\'s on your mind. One thing that is never spoken of freely, however, is the subject of racial differences, what genetically separates us in terms of physical and mental abilities and instinct. It is almost a ... not all the same, and somehow, race makes us different. Oh, no - talk about something like that and somebody might call you a \\"racist\\". And nobody likes to be called a \\"racist\\". But really, let\\'s look at what makes us, as human beings, different from one another in terms of races of people.The differences between Negroes and Nordic Aryans particularly, because they are the most obvious and therefore ...
- 5400: Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?": Arnold Fiend
- Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?": Arnold Fiend In Joyce Carol Oates' “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” critics argue whether the character of Arnold Friend, clearly the story's antagonist, represents Satan in the story. Indeed, Arnold Friend is an allegorical devil figure for the main reason that he tempts Connie, the protagonist, into riding off with him in his car. Oates characterizes Arnold ... her to believe he was not a teenager, but in fact, much older. Oates does make Arnold out to be a psychopathic stalker, but never objectively states the diabolical nature to his character. In “Connie's Tambourine Man”, a critical essay on the story, the authors write about Arnold Friend: “There are indeed diabolical shades to Arnold just as Blake and Shelley could see Milton's Satan a positive, attractive symbol of the poet, the religious embodiment of creative energy, so we should also be sensitive to Arnold's multifaceted and creative nature”(Tierce and Crafton 608). Mike Tierce and ...
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