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- 5511: Frank Norris' "McTeague": The Three Major Themes
- ... old miser. You're worse than old Zerkow, always nagging about money, money, and you got five thousand dollars. You got more, an' you live in that stinking hole of a room, and you won't drink any decent beer." "She don't care if I get wet and get a cold and die. No, she don't, as long as she's warm and got her money." Greed in the novel is one of the strongest point. Social Darwinism's problem is having to keep on gaining in order to have ...
- 5512: Talk Shows and Their Effects on the Audience
- ... and, his lawyers said, enraged. Three days after the taping Schmitz received an anonymous, sexually suggestive note on his doorstep and assumed it came from Amedure. Schmitz purchased a 12-gauge shotgun, went to Amedure’s mobile home, and fired two shots at close range into Amedure’s chest. A few minutes later, Schmitz dialed 911 from a pay phone at a gas station near his sister’s house and said, “I just walked in the room and killed him.” Schmitz was charged with first-degree murder and committing a felony with a firearm. To convict him of first-degree murder, prosecutors ...
- 5513: Theological Consequences In Ki
- Theological Consequences in King Lear Shakespeare's King Lear is not primarily a theological text. It contains no direct references to Christ, and its characters are not overtly religious, except perhaps in a strictly pagan sense. King Lear is, however, a play that seeks out the "meaning" of life, a play that attempts to come to terms with life's pain; or, rather, plummets the reader into such a storm of chaos and meaninglessness that any preconceived meaningful assumptions must necessarily be challenged. At the time in which Shakespeare wrote, amidst the recent activity of ... from his Shakespearean Intertextualities entitled "English Reformations in King Leir and King Lear." Within the chapter, Lynch explores possibilities in theological interpretations of the play in light of its predecessor King Leir. It is Lynch's contention that Shakespeare's Lear is reactionary to certain Calvinistic implications communicated in Leir. Shakespeare's negation of Leir's theological values are not, however, a necessary affirmation of a different theological stance. It ...
- 5514: The Scarlet Ibis
- ... help him down unless he touches it. Doodle then said that he was not going to touch it, and his brother told him that he will leave him by himself unless he touches it. Doodle's next remark is, "Don't leave me Brother." That shows how Doodle loved his brother, and that he did not want to be separated from him. (By the way, Doodle does touch the casket). Another example is at the end of the story when Doodle and his brother were running to the house during a thunderstorm. Doodle's brother was far ahead and just let his brother behind like he did not care about him. Doodle's brother then hears Doodle scream, "Brother, Brother, don't leave me! Don't leave me!" ...
- 5515: Which Is Better, To Have Rules
- ... and assembled at the platform, the conch was the symbol of power. The person holding the conch always had the attention of everyone. There was a leader, Ralph, who was elected by the children. "Let's have a vote." "Yes!" "Vote for chief!" "Let's vote------" This represented democracy, a government elected for by the whole population and they lived in a classless and tolerant society. There were rules which were to be obeyed by all. Nobody was exempt from ... were agreed on by all. A fire was lit, to attract the attention of any passing ships or planes, huts were organised to be built. There were many plans for the boys but these weren't fulfilled due to the laziness and incompetence of the small children, the "littl'uns". Huts weren't built deadlines weren't kept. In theory, it was like anarchy. This is when the groups were ...
- 5516: Jane Eyre
- ... last word in every argument, and the casting vote in every decision.”1 Such powerful words were found in the famous romance novels of Charlotte Bronte. Through her novels Jane Eyre and The Professor Bronte’s life experiences were reflected by her main characters as they sought independence, conceived images as symbols of important events in their lives, and they exhibited commitment to their goals. Like Charlotte Bronte both William Crimsworth and Jane Eyre encountered hardships early in their lives therefore they sought independence. Crimsworth’s need to leave his brother Edward and Hunsden reflected the independence “[sought] by Charlotte in order to pursue her career as a governess.”2 Since Bronte’s mother died when Charlotte was very young her father allowed their aunt to educate and raise the children until they were old enough to seek a career. Their aunt was a stern woman and “ ...
- 5517: A Dolls House - Noras Rebellion Against Society
- Men's Assumptions There are similarities in the relationships between men and women in Susan Glaspell's Trifles and Henrik Ibsen's A Doll House. The assumptions that men have about women lead to conflicts in both plays. Conflicts in these two plays are a result of a male-dominated society. The men believe that women ...
- 5518: True Romance
- ... with in their lives. The title of the movie is misleading. You would think this was going to be a love tory. Actually it is, but unlike any love story I've ever seen. It's filled with violence, action, blood, guts and gore. Like most other Tarantino movies it revolves around the violence we rarely see or experience in our lives. He also incorporates rugs and racism, hate and love ... same amount of people dying, Tarantino seems to have this perverted and gruesome way of presenting it to his audiences. He always takes violence to the extreme. In the scene with the pimp he doesn't just shoot the pimp in the back or chest. He goes right for the gusto...his balls !!!! (OUCH) Another example of this is when Dennis Hopper was killed. We all knew what h pened to ... in the real world every day. I guess this is his way of giving us a "reality heck." Shit like this happens to people. We are so sheltered in our comfortable little worlds we don't even realize this kind of stuff goes on. Variety. Isn't it supposed to be the "spice of life?" Well, Tarantino gets so damn spicy it can make yo sweat bullets. What is it ...
- 5519: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Early Influences on Huckleberry Finn
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Early Influences on Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel about a young boy's coming of age in the Missouri of the mid-1800's. The main character, Huckleberry Finn, spends much time in the novel floating down the Mississippi River on a raft with a runaway slave named Jim. Before he does so, however, Huck spends some time ...
- 5520: Computer Security
- ... computer security institute survey for the FBI (McCollum 9). Table 2 SECURITY BREACHES Companies' responses when asked if their computer systems had been used without authorization. 1996 1997 YES 42% 49% NO 37% 33% DON¡¦T KNOW 21% 19% source: computer security institute survey for the FBI (McCollum 10). Chen 3 In fact, these data are lower than reality, since we can¡¦t be aware of all the activities of the Internet. So these facts prove that a computer system is very weak if it hasn¡¦t the complete computer security. To avoid becoming a victim, improving the security is necessary for every computer system. Next, we will practically understand the real situation of business and government. First, government agencies are ...
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