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- 7261: Animals Are Good Metaphors In
- ... the tribulations of the animal society as a metaphor for the Russian revolution. Animals that are considered noble (such as horses) can also be used to proved lessons on how humans should behave. In Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift does the opposite, using a society of horses as a metaphor for idyllic morals, values, and as a lesson on how we, as people, should live our lives. A number of the ... characters from the book Animal Farm by George Orwell represent actual historical figures from the time of the Russian revolution or represent the behaviors of various types or classes of people during this event. Orwell's book shows that animals in literature successfully represent people and therefore function as good metaphors. Mr. Jones symbolizes (in addition to the evils of capitalism) Czar Nicholas II, the leader of Russia before Stalin (Napoleon). Jones represents the old government, the last of the Czars. Orwell writes that "On a Midsummer's eve, which was Saturday, Mr. Jones went into Willingdon and got so drunk at the Red Lion that he did not come back till midday on Sunday. The men had milked the cows in ...
- 7262: Dams And Resources
- ... is the river a product of the land it inhabits--the type of rock and soil, the shape of the land, and the amount of vegetation are some of the factors that determine the river's shape, size and flow. When these ties between the land and the river are broken by a large dam, the consequences are felt throughout the watershed, as well as by the web of life it ... immediate and far-reaching effects because of the huge changes it causes to river circulation system. Some 40,000 large dams, most of which were built in the past 50 years, now obstruct the world's rivers. More than 400,000 square kilometers--an area larger than Zimbabwe, and 13 times the size of Lesotho. Volta Reservoir behind Ghana's Akasombo Dam, flooded 4% of that nation's land area. In the United States, whose 5,500 large dams make it the second most dammed country in the world, we have stopped building large ...
- 7263: The Prince and the Pauper
- The Prince and the Pauper This tale documents how a twist of fate can alter one’s life. It begins with Edward Tudor (Prince, by birth) and Tom Canty (Pauper) switching clothes one day and, in turn, accidentally switching lives. The Prince must now endure the slums of the country in which ... be hailed as The King of England. He moves toward the throne whilst all of England holds it breath as the Archbishop of Canterbury lifts the crown, preparing to lay it upon the mock king's head. Twain writes, "At this impressive moment, a startling apparition intruded upon the scene---an apparition observed by none in the absorbed multitude, until it suddenly appeared, moving up the great central aisle. It was ... critique authored by Zack Hamilton: “There were no sub-theses in The Prince and The Pauper." In The Prince and The Pauper there were a few questions that were left unanswered. How did Tom Canty's family look at Tom when he came back into the lifestyle he had before his experience? The same thing with Prince (now king) Edward VI and his family. How did each of their families ...
- 7264: The Internet: How It Works And How It Affects The World
- ... Many people do not understand what the Internet is the power that it has over the world. The Internet is an extraordinary learning and entertainment tool that, when used properly, can significantly enhance a user's ability to gather information. Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) started the Internet. It was a project under taken by the Department Of Defense (DOD) in 1969. It started as an experiment to link together ... of networks. The IP is designed so that every computer on an IP network is compatible. That means any machine can communicate with any other machine. The Internet, also called the Net, is the world's largest computer network. The Internet is the "network of all networks." (Levine 7) The networks are connected to big companies like AT&T, as well as to home computers. About 1,000 networks join each month. Every computer that is attached to the Internet is called a host. Hosts can be super computers with thousands of users, ...
- 7265: Julius Caesar By Shakespeare
- Antony¡¯s Speech at the Forum Act III, Scene 2 In Act III, Scene 2, Antony begins his speech right after Brutus at the forum. In the beginning, he is booed by the people of Rome, but his manipulative words soon capture the minds of the Romans and bring them to attention. Antony¡¯s speech is wholly directed upon persuading the Roman plebeians that Caesar has been wronged when murdred. He wishes to turn the audience away from the conspirators and to become enraged to riot and mutiny. Antony¡¯s purpose was to bring chaos to Rome,so that he may bring power under his control. During the speech, Antony overthrows Brutus¡¯s expectation completely. Brutus has always considered Antony as a ¡°thoughtless jock,¡± ...
- 7266: Labor And Unions In America
- ... wealth created by mass production. For a while, the factory system at Lowell worked very well. The population of the town grew from 200 in 1820 to 30,000 in 1845. But conditions in Lowell's factories had already started to change. Faced with growing competition, factory owners began to decrease wages in order to lower the cost-and the price-of finished products. They increased the number of machines that ... interests. The first union to hold regular meetings and collect dues was organized by Philadelphia shoemakers in 1792. Soon after, carpenters and leather workers in Boston and printers in New York also organized unions. Labor's tactics in those early times were simple. Members of a union would agree on the wages they thought were fair. They pledged to stop working for employers who would not pay that amount. They also ... act. Unions were "conspiracies" against employers and the community. In later cases, courts ruled that almost any action taken by unions to increase wages might be criminal. These decisions destroyed the effectiveness of the nation's early labor unions. Not until 1842 was the way opened again for workers to organize. That year several union shoemakers in Boston were brought to trial. They were charged with refusing to work with ...
- 7267: Robert Frost 3
- ... than, What road should we take . What he is really asking is what road should he take in life. The two roads symbolize the two different paths in life he could take. As in everyone s life, Frost had to make decisions like the one listed above. I would say all in all, he did a pretty damn good job of it. But in order to understand his poetry, you need to know about the man. Robert Lee Frost, born in San Francisco, Mar. 26, 1874, was one of America's leading 20th-century poets and a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. An essentially pastoral poet often associated with rural New England, Frost wrote poems whose philosophical dimensions transcend any region. Although his verse ... pioneer in the interplay of rhythm and meter and in the poetic use of the vocabulary and inflections of everyday speech. His poetry is thus both traditional and experimental, regional and universal. After his father's death in 1885, when young Frost was 11, the family left California and settled in Massachusetts. Frost attended high school in that state, entered Dartmouth College, but remained less than one semester. Returning to ...
- 7268: The Crucible: John Proctor
- ... Abigail is trying to make John tell her that loves her, and that he will come again for her. John tells Abby that their affair is over with and Abby begins to plead for John’s love and he says “Abby I may think softly of you from time to time. But I’ll cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of mind ... voice of reason during the play. In act two, in the scene where Reverend Hale asked John to recite the Ten Commandments, and John recited all except for adultery. This scene shows that John isn’t just pretending he didn’t commit a sin, but that in his mind the sin of adultery doesn’t exist by itself, it had to be triggered by Elizabeth telling John that he forgot, adultery as one of the ...
- 7269: Night, By Elie Wiesel
- NIGHT Night, By Elie Wiesel is a devastatingly true story about one man’s witness to the genocide of his own people. Living through the horrifying experiences in the German concentration camps of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, Elie sees his family, friends and fellow Jews starved, degraded, and murdered. In ... many Jews lose their faith in God because of the atrocities that take place in the concentration camps. Elie Wiesel lived his early childhood in the town of Transylvania, in Hungary, during the early 1940’s. At a young age Elie took a strong interest in Jewish religion as he spent most of his time studying the Talmud. Eventually he comes across Moshe the Beadle, who would take him under his wing and instruct him more in depth of the ways of the Talmud and cabbala. Through Moshe’s instruction, he is taught to question God for answers. Later Moshe is sent away to a camp and upon his return to Sighet presents the reader with a foreshadowing of what will soon come ...
- 7270: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt
- ... a subject of general public interest. The image of Egyptian history moves continually closer to reality as new facts are discovered and new kinds of research--anthropological and other--supplement more traditional archaeological techniques. Egypt's well preserved pyramids and cemeteries on the dry desert, and sturdy stone-built temples, have been studied by archaeologists since the early 19th century, but river-plain town mounds and all sites in densely settled ... and ostraca (pottery fragments) are rarer but more realistic. They now are better studied and are supplemented by new types of archaeological analysis (see Egyptology). Environment strongly affected history. In a largely rainless climate, Egypt's agricultural productivity depended on a long but very narrow floodplain; on average 19.2 km (11.9 mi) wide, it reached a maximum of 248 km (154.1 mi) in the Delta and was formed by the Nile's annual inundation. Periodic, long-term decreases in its volume might create social stress and political and military conflict; increases in volume increased food supplies and favored stability and centralized government. The deserts to the ...
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