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- 6181: The Intention (motivation) Of
- ... play is motivated to find the truth, and his intentions are good. The motivation is always followed by the intentions, just as the truth is followed by goodness. There are three critical parts to Oedipus s motivation. There is the prophecy, the realization, and the revelation. They will be discussed consecutively. The beginning of the play opens up with the dilemma of the plague as explained before. Creon, Oedipus s brother in-law (which turns out to be his uncle), comes from the oracle with the advice to end the plague. He explains the previous leader, Laius, had been murdered, and they haven t found the murderer. More importantly, was the way Oedipus handled the situation. He had Creon explain this out loud so that the public can hear as well. He tells Creon, Speak for all! My ...
- 6182: Maya Angelou 5
- ... get a sense of what exactly Maya was born into, I will explain what exactly this meant. This was the start of the depression, a nation wide economic tragedy that lasted until the late 1930 s. The effects varied, but everyone suffered. By 1933, nearly one quarter of the workforce had been laid off. By 1934, two fifths of home owners lost their houses, and New York listed 100 deaths from ... and vegetables were rarely served. A common response, often heard, when children were asked if they had eaten today was No, this is my sisters day to eat. In 1937 the Ohio river burst it s banks and killed over 250 people and ruined many livelihoods. Between 1933 and 1934 huge dust storms swept through country after country picking up tons of patched soil, 514,000 farm workers lost there jobs because of this. Stamps, Arkansas slowly came into the depression, and slowly came out of it. They did not even know of the depression until the early 30 s Maya Angelou born April 4, 1928, was born in St. Louis, MO. She was born as Marguerite, but her older brother Bailey nick named her Maya, and it has stuck with her ever since. ...
- 6183: The Cookie Conspiracy
- ... of, heard of the positive things, heard of nothing but good and fuzzy stuff. But beneath the blanket of the fake, lies the real side of this hellish port. A conspiracy so huge on it's own people that it is truly unfathimable to us as humans. I am talking about the Cookieland Government and the genocide they are performing on it's own citizens. Citizens who thought they were seeking a new beginning are, in reality, meeting their painful doom. Cookies, so it seems..are a tasty way to snack. But in the text ahead you will ... where they thought they were going. If you have paid attention to the news lately, you will know that many bad things have been happening recently in Cookieland. Keebler Elves have been on strike, Oreo's aren't just fun to twist, and Little Debbie has been on the rise and is taking away a majority of business from these wonderful people. So, like immigrants back in the 1800's, ...
- 6184: Two Little Bunnies
- ... I happened to be standing there at the judges' table asking directions to the beer wagon when the call came in. I was assured by the other two judges (native Texans) that the chili wouldn't be all that spicy, and besides they told me I could have free beer during the tasting, so I accepted. Here are the score cards from the event: Chili #1: Mike's Maniac Mobster Chili JUDGE ONE: A little to heavy on the tomato. Amusing kick. JUDGE TWO: Nice, smooth tomato flavor. Very mild. FRANK: Holy smokes, what is this stuff? You could remove dried paint from your driveway with it. Took me two beers to put the flames out. Hope that's the worst one. These hicks are crazy. Chili #2: Arthur's Afterburner Chili JUDGE ONE: Smokey (barbeque?) with a hint of pork. Slight Jalapeno tang. JUDGE TWO: Exciting barbeque flavor, needs more peppers to ...
- 6185: The Green Mile Card Report 2 -
- ... sympathy for Coffey and later finds out that Coffey is indeed innocent, but can find no way to stop the execution. Coffey proclaimed that he wanted to go and thus allowed Paul to accept Coffey s fate as he must, and go on with his life. Central Characters: Paul Edgecombe, probably over 100, narrator, was the head of E block (death row) at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. Paul faces an internal struggle ... Toot was portrayed as a jester to lighten the mood of the story. His humor is what kept the other guards sane. Hal (Warden) Moores was the warden of Cold Mountain Penitentiary. Melinda Moores, Hal s wife, is portrayed as a sick elderly woman. She is used in the story to demonstrate the miraculous healing power that John Coffey held. Janice Edgecombe was Paul s wife. She died in a bus accident, setting up the character of Elaine Connelly, who Paul met at the retirement center in his later years. Eduard Delacroix was a tiny, timid Frenchman sentenced to ...
- 6186: The Cookie Conspiracy
- ... of, heard of the positive things, heard of nothing but good and fuzzy stuff. But beneath the blanket of the fake, lies the real side of this hellish port. A conspiracy so huge on it's own people that it is truly unfathimable to us as humans. I am talking about the Cookieland Government and the genocide they are performing on it's own citizens. Citizens who thought they were seeking a new beginning are, in reality, meeting their painful doom. Cookies, so it seems..are a tasty way to snack. But in the text ahead you will ... where they thought they were going. If you have paid attention to the news lately, you will know that many bad things have been happening recently in Cookieland. Keebler Elves have been on strike, Oreo's aren't just fun to twist, and Little Debbie has been on the rise and is taking away a majority of business from these wonderful people. So, like immigrants back in the 1800's, ...
- 6187: Shoeless Joe Jackson
- ... I think. I made thirteen hits, but after all the trouble came out they took one away from me. Maurice Rath went over in the hole and knocked down a hot grounder, but he couldn’t make a throw on it. They scored it a hit then, but changed it later (Bisher 1). Joe tells it as he sees it. He had the best performance by any world series player ever ... controversial, but record breaking thirteenth hit. "And Shoeless Joe Jackson, indisputably one of the greatest ballplayers whoever lived set a World Series record by making twelve hits" (Gies and Shoemaker 59). "Perhaps it just isn’t easy for a good ballplayer to play badly" (Gies and Shoemaker 59). Before the first ball was ever thrown in the 1919 World Series, rumors were spreading that the game was fixed. "Cicotte and Jackson, the first to crack, confessed the day after Maharg’s story broke" (Seymour 302). "Jackson told of moving slowly after balls hit to him, making throws that fell short, and deliberately striking out with runners in scoring position" (Seymour 303). Joe, however, did not ...
- 6188: Marcus Garvey
- ... which are the same institutions by which other peoples of the world have risen to power. Marcus Gravey was the eleventh child of Marcus and Sarah Gravey. He was born in 1887 in St. Ann’s Bay, a rural town on the north coast of Jamaica in the British West Indies. Garvey learnd at a young age about the differences between the races. Being one of the few Blacks on the island, Garvey often played with the children of his white neighbors. The little girl who lived next to the Garvey’s home informed Marcus that she was being sent away to school in Scotland and that she was instructed by her parents "never to write or try to get in touch with me, for I was a ‘nigger.’" Although he was a good student, financial problems forced him to leave school at fourteen and become an apprentice. After helping organize a strike, Gravey was fired from his job. Garvey’s mind was clearly on politics and the need for organization rather than on his vocation. In 1910 Garvey helped to found a political organization named the Nation Club. He created the Watchman, the first ...
- 6189: Symbolism In The Call Of The W
- In Jack London s book, The Call of the Wild, he symbolizes many things in the book. Buck, gold sacks, Mercedes, and others are looked on as symbolic. In this essay, you will find out what these items symbolize ... becomes the leader of a wolf pack. Here London makes Buck a symbol of one that reaches full potential. Instead of lying around and doing nothing, he learns to work in a way he doesn t know too well about. He learns to fight and/or steal his food, if he didn t , he would have starved to death. That is why Buck is portrayed as one who achieves full potential. Mercedes portrays the absolute opposite to Buck. She represents all that is weak in a civilized ...
- 6190: Thornton Wilder's Our Town
- Thornton Wilder's Our Town The character with the most lines is the stage manager; he is always talking about others though. He is always trying to give you another detail about the town The two other very ... language definitely has an accent, I think they do speak a little slow, and relaxed. This does reflect the language of any small town. (The playwright wrote "hull" instead of "whole") Central theme: We don't understand life until it is over with. I'm not good at symbolism. It wasn't boring. To me that is a sign of an above average book. The end was a interesting how the portrayed the dead. Wilder, Isabel. The foreword in The Alcestiad by Thornton Wilder. New York ...
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