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- 6731: As I Lie Dying
- ... I Lie Dying The book As I Lie Dying (AILD) is about a family trying to bury their mother, Addie Bundren. As the novel opens, Addie is lying in her bed dying in her family's farmhouse in southeastern Yoknapatawpha County, while outside her oldest son, Cash, is sawing and hammering together her coffin. Her second son, Darl, convinces his brother Jewel (Addie's third son) to go with him to pick up a load of lumber. Darl's apparent goal is to make sure that Jewel, Addie's favorite son, will not be at her side when she dies. While Addie's daughter, Dewey Dell, stays with her, her youngest son, Vardaman, ...
- 6732: England's Territorial Expansion
- England's Territorial Expansion 17th century England could have never known that its territorial expansion would be the downfall of its global dominance. Each land charter that was granted in the New World was, in a sense ... and the Quartering Act of 1765 turned the annoyance into hatred. The settlers no longer felt that England was on their side and many underground groups had been talking about a rebellion, but it wasn’t until the battle of Lexington and Concord that the revolution truly began. Tracing back to the roots of the colonies, it is obvious that independence was inevitable. Many of the first settlers came to the New World to escape persecution, and how could they be expected to remain loyal to a country that wouldn’t except them? The colonists came to America to be free and start anew, and they weren’t going to let anyone ruin it for them. The seed of revolution had been planted from the ...
- 6733: The Division Of Society In Pyg
- ... It is especially noticeable in the first two acts. An indication of this would be when Higgins is distinguished as a gentleman and not a detective because of the boots he is wearing. Bystander: "E's a gentleman, look at his boots." The bystander obviously knew what sort of clothing a gentleman would wear. This implies that it was well known what kind of boots were worn by whom, which means ... the classes was so apparent that everyone was aware of the boundaries of their class. Another model for this distinction would be when Alfred Doolittle arrives at Wimpole St, in the second act, and doesn't even recognise his own daughter, Eliza, just because she has been washed and elegantly dressed. Alfred: Beg Pardon, miss. Eliza: Garn! Don't you know your own daughter? Alfred: Bly me! Its Eliza. This demonstrates that the working class were not used to washing and dressing up, which was customary for the upper class. The dissimilarity in ...
- 6734: Isaac Newton
- Isaac Newton Isaac Newton was born prematurely, on Christmas day 1642, in a small English town called Woolsthorpe. His father was a farmer, but died shortly after Isaac was born. Isaac's mother remarried 3 years later, but his stepfather died when Isaac was 14. Newton was sent to school at the age of 12, at the King's School, near Grantham. At first, Newton was a poor student. He was at the bottom of his class. He cared more about painting, making kites, and inventing toys. Amazingly, one day, a big bad bully gave him a hard kick. The little dreamy boy flew into a mad rage, and beat the other boy thoroughly. Yet that didn't satisfy him enough. He wanted to beat the other kid in school work, too. Soon he was at the top of his class. When Newton's stepfather died, Isaac had to be drug out ...
- 6735: Hitler's Ambitions
- Hitler's Ambitions Millions of people killed, thousands of cities destroyed hundreds of battles, and many countries crushed. All of these consequences were because of one man, Adolf Hitler!! Hitler is a man full of ambitions and ... He lived with many problems and diseases. At the beginning of his life he was just a regular boy, at the end of his life he was the most famous person in the world. Hitler’s rise to power is the result of his own ambition and will with the help of lady luck. Hitler’s ambitions to gain power may have been caused by an abnormal life. Hitler was born on April 20,1889 in a Braunan Am Inn. When Hitler was young he lived in carefree days under ...
- 6736: Dante Alighieri: A Poetic Descent into Metaphorical Hell
- ... father when he was eighteen. According to him, the most profound event in his youth was when in 1274 he met Beatrice, whom scholars believe to be Beatrice Portinari, a noble woman. It really matter's not who she was, for he saw her infrequently and never spoke to her. Nevertheless she became the focus of his love, and after her death she became his muse. She is a focal point in his works, including La vita nuova(The New Life) and La divina commedia(The Divine Comedy). Dante's education remains an unknown, however his writing skill and knowledge make it evident that he was well schooled. It is thought that he attended Florentine schools but also continued learning on his own. He seemed to be influenced greatly by Brunetto Latini, who has a large part in The Divine Comedy. His early writings attracted the attention of Guido Cavalcanti, a popular Italian poet of the day, as Dante's skill became more defined the two became friends. It is also thought that Dante studied at the university in Bologna around the year 1285. He became involved in some political altercations, he joined the ...
- 6737: Fallen Angels: Richie Perry
- ... Angels: Richie Perry War can turn even the strongest of men humble. The novel Fallen Angels is about a small group of men who come of age in the Vietnam War. Richie Perry, the novel’s protagonist, enlists in the army mainly to escape his problems—a bad relationship with his mother, a lack of opportunity in Harlem, and an uncertainty about his future. He finds himself in the middle of ... of literary devices in order to help the reader become familiar with the plot. One of the many types of devices Myers utilizes is that of characterization. In this novel characterization is depicted through Perry’s action and speech, thoughts, and even by his physical appearance. Walter Dean Myers uses many examples of characterization for the purpose of developing the character in relation to the other elements of the story. Myers uses indirect characterization in order to paint a mental picture of Richie Perry. Action and speech can reveal a lot about a person’s character. We see this in the novel when Perry is going on his first patrol, for the first ten minutes he had to wipe his right hand on his fatigues at least a dozen ...
- 6738: The Censorship Of Art
- ... trying to stop the expressive creativity in everything from Marilyn Manson to Mark Twain. One of the biggest shake-ups happened in museums all over the world recently that would have made Michelangelo and DiVinchi’s hair stand on end. In the Constitution of the United States, the First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, the right to assemble and to petition the government; the Ninth Amendment says, “The enumeration ... seems one cannot use any of the other rights to quell the rights of an individual or group. Then why is the government trying to censor literature, movies, music and art? All of the world’s modern society has become desensitized and easily trainable. Therefore society has come to accept the ideals, morals, and values driven into the psyche by the dominant forces in the nation: the Government and the Church ... to say about censoring anything. Was it not only three decades ago that as one nation the population was united by the ideals of peace love, and harmony? As an art student in the 60’s era, Robert Mansfield states in his article, Artistic Freedom: government challenge “the first amendment was seldom an issue of concern…In fact it seemed that boundaries of expression were governed only by individual creative ...
- 6739: Stereotyping In Mona And The P
- Throughout the book, Mona in the promised land, the main characters are faced with stereotypes which they cannot control. Stereotypes in society shape the way people are perceived. Everyone deals with their stereotype s in a different way. The two characters who deal with the most stereotypes are Mona, and Barbara. According to their stereotypes, Barbara is a better all around person than Mona, due to her social class ... her as a Jew. According to her parents, a Jewish nose is unattractive. They also tell Barbara that she has a Jewish nose. Instead of fighting to overcome the stereotype that people had of Barbara s nose, Barbara had her nose "fixed." Barbara s nose job showed that she is willing to assimilate to the norm. This is a huge sign of weakness that shows that Mona is stronger than Barbara. Mona too has to deal with religious ...
- 6740: Jerry Seinfield
- Jerry Seinfield Sometimes a persons achievements can have an impact on an entire segment of an industry. In the book Jerry Seinfeld by Josh Levine this theory stands true. Jerry Seinfeld's brilliant comedy has had a tremendous impact on this segment of the entertainment industry. His clean comedy and detailed tactics have set a precedent for comedians to come. Jerry Seinfeld was voted the America's Best Male Comedian Club Performer in 1988 by a pole of night club regulars, even thought by then he had already moved up to the large concert halls and amphitheaters for most of his performances. Jerry used a form of comedy that no one had ever seen before. He was titled the clean comedian because he didn't to use profanity to make people laugh. Jerry said in one of his interviews, “My jokes are about clean subjects, and they're very thought out. Most comedians who use a lot of profanity- ...
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