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- 7211: Mark Twain's The Adventures of HuckleBerry Finn
- Mark Twain's The Adventures of HuckleBerry Finn Throughout the Mark Twain's novel, "The Adventures of HuckleBerry Finn", a plain and striking point of view is expressed by the author. His point of view is that of a cynic; he looks upon civilized man as a merciless, cowardly, hypocritical, savage, without want of change, or ability to effect such change. Thus, one of Mark Twain's main purposes in producing this work seems clear: he wishes to bring to attention some of man's often concealed shortcomings. While the examples of Mark Twain's cynic commentaries on human nature can ...
- 7212: Death Of A Salesman - Analysis
- ... a certain style of music and instruments portraying them to show the reader what type of emotional person they are. The beginning of the play starts with a soft, sweet, flute medley that announces Willy’s gradual trek home from Yonkers. This slow tune of confusion ends abruptly as Willy comes home and tells of his troubles in Yonkers. This sentimental sound is heard once more during Ben’s first visit to Willy’s house. His story of father and his flute-making business sets a warm tone only to be wrecked by Ben’s action of throwing Biff, a young, curious boy, to the ground, helplessly. The ...
- 7213: The Electoral College
- ... now faces impeachment hearings. Could America have selected a more efficient, moralistic president or have we as a nation facilitated the demise of the presidency. To answer such a question, one must look through America's rich history and dig deep to the intentions of our founding fathers. “It would be unnatural to refer the choice of our proper magistrate to the people, as it would be to refer a trial ... and the strong centralized government no longer boasted exclusive control over the presidency. The electoral college was intended to satiate the demands of federalists as well as antifederalists but as history has evinced, it didn't. With the Electoral College in effect, the fate of the presidency still lied in the hands of elite America. Each state appointed a number of electors equal to the number seats that state carried in the house and senate. In other words, when a citizen cast a vote, he/she is not directly voting the president in, rather that party's board of electors. Considering there are 538 members of the Electoral College, a vote of one more than half, 270, are needed to vote in a president. This very concept has sparked a debate ...
- 7214: The Theme of Carelessness in The Great Gatsby
- ... were constantly neglectful of the way they behaved and when they realized they were wrong, they would retreat back to their money. It was always other people that had to pay for Tom and Daisy's careless mistakes. Daisy also admitted that she was careless in a dialogue with Nick. "I am careful." "No, you're not" "Well, other people are," she said lightly. "What's that got to do with it?" "They'll keep out of my way," she insisted. "It takes two to make an accident." "Suppose you meet somebody just as careless as yourself." "I hope I never will," she answered. "I hate careless people."(63) She quickly responded to Nick that she doesn't need to be careful. Daisy implied that it is the other person's responsibility to be mindful of her. She also said that she hates careless people right after she admitted that she was ...
- 7215: Hamlet - Ophelia Character Analysis
- ... the more powerful opinions and desires of others. The thoughts of her father and her brother influenced her the most. The love letters from Hamlet also swayed her opinions and confused her mind. Ophelia wasn’t able to realize herself because of all the pressures exerted on her to be something she’s not. That weakness of mind and will, which permitted her obedience to her father and thus destroyed her hope for Hamlet’s love, finally resulted in her insanity and death. When her father had challenged the honor of Hamlet’s intentions, Ophelia could only reply "I do not know, my lord, what I should think" (III, ...
- 7216: Emerson 3
- The relatively obscure release of Ralph Waldo Emerson s first book, Nature, in 1836, gave few clues to the celebrity and influence which would later be enjoyed by its author. The piece was originally published anonymously but did mark the beginning of Emerson s future role of mentor, lecturer, and teacher. His scope was wide, attracting a number of admirers across Massachusetts, reaching audiences from both his literary works, as well as his numerous appearances on the university lecture circuit. One such admirer was a young Massachusetts neighbour, Henry David Thoreau. A schoolteacher by trade, Thoreau ended up as a boarder at Emerson s home, beginning a lasting, if not frustrating, friendship. This complex relationship introduced Thoreau to the literary world, as well as to the art of lecturing, as performed by Emerson. One such lecture, delivered by ...
- 7217: The Boss
- ... shown to be intelligent through his success and also by the way he contemplates a situation before making a decision or an assumption. For example, when the boss is confronted with the fly, he doesn't merely think of the fly as insignificant. On the contrary, the boss examines the fly's actions, questions them, and experiments to find out more. It is also shown that the boss likes to prepare for the future through how the boss had been building up his business for the sole ... If the boss had other children, they were not as important to him because the boss makes no references to them. The son is evidently his pride and joy. Now, six years after his son's death in the war, the boss is still trying to confront the problem of dealing with the loss of his son. The boss doesn't want to face this problem, or even want to ...
- 7218: Schwa
- Schwa Schwa's past is slightly blurred, but it is generally held that the religion has its roots in ancient Egypt. A small breakaway group are believed to have gathered regularly to exchange news and, on occasion, personal ... important advancements have only come in the past decade. Previously, followers had only gathered in what could be described as `sects' in many different countries, with the highest concentration being in North America. It wasn't until 1986 that Jeff Krantz, a 19 year old art student at the University of Michigan, started came to be known as `The Union', a wave of change that would sweep across the world over ... the sticker kind of came to me when I was on acid," Blackwell recalls, smiling. "Actually, I saw these two symbols at the same time, almost; an alien head and a starfish. The starfish didn't really do anything for me, so I drew the other one and the other guys loved it." A copy of the design is on the cover page. "Yeah, the design was great," says Krantz, " ...
- 7219: Theodore Roosevelt's Impact On The Presidency
- Theodore Roosevelt's Impact On The Presidency During the election of 1900, populist Democrat William Jennings Bryan and Republican William McKinley faced each other again. The two had previously competed against each other in 1896. McKinley named as his running mate Theodore Roosevelt, a man thoroughly involved in expanionism. A lot of events had taken place since the last election. American foregn policy had been so succesful in McKinely’s first term that the anti-imperialist Bryan had to drop the issue from his campaign speeches. Instead, he tried to emphasize the failures of Republican economic policies. But by the beginning of the 1900’s, prosperity had returned to the nation. Bryan’s complaints were very ineffective and McKinley overpowered him even more than he had done in 1896. Unfortunately, a year later he met his death cause by ...
- 7220: Bill Gates
- ... Gates, cofounder of the Microsoft corporation, holds 30.7 percent of its stock making him one of the richest people in the United States. He was the marketing and sales strategist behind many of Microsoft's software deals. Their software became the industry standard in the early 1980s and has just increased in distribution as the company has grown, so much that the Federal government is suggesting that Microsoft has violated ... instructions and found myself nearly the only guy in a class full of girls"(Gates 12). In 1972 Intel released their first microprocessor chip: the 8008. Gates attempted to write a version of BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) for the new Intel chip, but the chip did not contain enough transistors to handle it. Gates and Allen found a way to use the 8008 and "started Traf-O ... 2010. The professor allowed you to bet your whole grade on the final if you choose"(Gates 40). They did that, did not do anything for the class all semester, and studied and got A's. During one of these slack off periods, Gates and Allen found a very small computer: the Altair 8800 "('Altair' was a destination in a Star Trek episode)"(Gates 16). It had a few switches ...
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