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- 7641: Silkworms
- ... the family in the village ran a silkworm business. They were ran by their own family too because hiring people would cost more money. Family member was definitely the cheapest and safest human resource. Old T'ung Pao's family was quite successful when he was young. However, the phosphorous did not maintain after a generation. Yet, the structure and hardship of his family continued to mirror the rigidity of traditional Chinese society. They ... harvest by the amount of sprouts that a garlic put out, the way they isolated Lotus believing that she would bring bad luck to them just because her family had a bad harvest, and Huang's interest in Taoism, they were all somehow reflection of Mao's affection. Just around the same period of time, he has been encouraging the peasants for abandoning the worship of Gods and rejecting Buddhism. ...
- 7642: Creative Story: One Sick Christmas
- Creative Story: One Sick Christmas "Hurry up Joe! It's 10:15, your fifteen minutes late!" Claire screamed from outside the dressing room with a hint of a New York Accent. Claire was Santa's helper at the mall. "I'm coming!" Joe yelled back. "Stupid kids, I hate kids." Joe mumbled to himself while getting himself dressed. Joe was the Santa at the local mall. Since Joe had just ... the job badly. When the job was offered to him he had to take it. Joe was a scrawny man. Not your usual Santa Clause. He had no rosy cheeks or round belly, he didn't have the hearty laugh nor real white hair. His ribs poked out of his skin and his stomach looked like an empty cave. His eyes were pushed into his head way more than most ...
- 7643: The Theme Of Lonliness In Etha
- ... very beginning of the book, he is 52 years old, but is described as looking much older than that. Throughout the main part of the book, which is a flashback, Frome is in his 20's. After the sledding accident with Mattie, he is left with bad vision in his right eye, which causes him trouble sometimes. Ethan Frome stutters and speaks in abbreviated forms sometimes. Most of the people in ... he is and give him a "careless powerful look". Speech also renders some importance in this novel. A few examples of abbreviated words are: "Wurst kind", and "More'n enough", and lastly "Oh, I ain't afr'd". All of these slang words and also many more were used throughout the novel. This misuse of words shows that Frome and the other characters were not well educated. The work was more important than learning and also, Ethan Frome's parents needed taken care of while he was still a young man. He was forced to grow up too quickly, to become an adult much too quickly. Ethan Frome was highly motivated by Mattie ...
- 7644: Interview With A UFO
- ... night I was takin the trash out. I heard ol' Bessie, my cow carryin on like there was a snake in her pin. I ran over and I said "Bessie, you best hush up!" That's when I seen it. It was a round hunk of metal flyin through the sky. At first I thought it was the top of my grain bin. That's where I've been keepin my manure that I use on m'gardern. I thought to myself "Oh Boy! Someone's done thrown a match in there. That's when this little green light shot right down from it and burn up my okra patch. All of a sudden where that little green light was, ...
- 7645: A Midsummer Nights Dream - Hermia And Helenas Relationship
- Hermia and Helena's relationship has changed greatly after the intervention of Puck with the love potion. Once best friends, they have become each others enemies, and all for the love of Lysander and Demetrius. Hermia and Helena were ... their lives until the intervention of Lysander and Demetrius. The strong friendship between Helena and Hermia quickly disintegrated when they became involved with the two men. The love potion was meant to help, but Puck's mistake managed to completely reverse the relationship. When both Demetrius and Lysander were under the influence of the "love-in-idleness" flower, Helena believed that both were mocking her. "You both are rivals and love Hermia And now both rivals, to mock Helena." (Act 3, Scene 2, Lines 155 - 156, Helena) When Hermia seems to take the same attitude, even though she doesn't know what's going on, Helena accuses her of betraying all women by entering into it. "Our sex, as well as I, may chide you for it," (Act 3, Scene 2, Line 218, Helena) ...
- 7646: Human Nature Vs. Mother Nature
- ... are ready for a change. An instant, effortless weightloss program? Just step into my office and we will discuss lyposuction. And while we are at it, we should discuss removing that thing. It just doesn t become you. As one can see, it seems quite easy in today s world to redo nature s intent. Yes, the field of medical science has greatly advanced within the confines of the past two hundred years or so. Skills and procedures that have been learned during this time can be used ...
- 7647: A Two Career Family Vs. A One
- ... children. but what are the qualities of "quality time," and what differences does a a two career family have compared to a one career family? These along with some other questions remain unclear in today's society. Most parents are working at a full time job (forty hours a week) five days a week. Therefore, when the parents arrive home from a hard, stressful day at work, they want peace and quiet. This is actually where the most problems begin. My mom and I try so hard to get housework done and food on the table all in a day's work. Both my parents are full time working parents, and vacations come rarely; however, spare time with my family is not optional. Some days I'll go a whole day without seeing one of my parents. Some days I wish it wasn't so hard to have two working parents. When my mom wasn't a career mom, I felt it was a lot easier on me and her. There was no talk like "Mom, when are ...
- 7648: Grapes Of Wrath
- ... Olive Hamilton Steinbeck, a former teacher. Steinbeck said of his youth, ("We were poor people with a hell of a lot of land which made us think we were rich people, even when we couldn't buy food and were patched.") Steinbeck used the area where he grew up as the setting for many of his stories. He attended Stanford University for a few years. He had to work to pay ... its proper and full expression) Religious suffering is perhaps epitomized in Jesus Christ, and Joseph Fontenrose believes the tragic character of Casey is believed to be the symbolic representation of Jesus Christ himself. (Jim Casy's initials are JC, and he retired to the wilderness to find spiritual truth and came forth to teach a new doctrine of love and good works...Casy sacrificed himself for others when he surrendered himself ... be present everywhere, though unseen...) However the character of Jim Casy goes beyond Christ. While pondering sin and virtue, Casy comes to the enlightening conclusion that people cannot be judged "good" or "bad". ("Maybe it's just the way folks is...There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do. It's all part of the same thing. And some things folks ...
- 7649: Trust
- Trusting a person is not so easy. It's really hard to find a person whom you can really trust because now a days there are only a few people in this world that you can trust. To be able to know if you ... the person that you trust should know you from head to foot. He/She should know all about you, as in your life should be an open book to him/her or vice versa. That's why I believe that trust means two people sharing ideas, two people who have been through a lot of things, two people understanding each other and two people who love each other. Sharing ideas is ... think you trust time to talk about your similarities and differences. For instance, Peter and James are good friends. They get along well because they have some field of interest. They play basketball together, it s their favorite sports. Whenever they're not playing basketball they're talking about lot of things. By sharing ideas with each other they learned to know each others likes and dislikes. They have been ...
- 7650: Julius Caesar - Brutus Character Analysis
- William Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, is mainly based on the assassination of Julius Caesar. The character who was in charge of the assassination was, ironically, Marcus Brutus, a servant and close friend to Julius ... As the quote says, Brutus would not allow Caesar to rise to power and then turn his back onto the people of Rome. After the assassination of Julius Caesar, Brutus talks to Antony about Caesar's death. "Our hearts you see not; they are pitiful; and pity to the general wrong of Rome..."(act 3, scene 1, ll.185-186). Brutus says that Antony cannot see their(members of the conspiracy ... the only reason Brutus would conspire against Caesar. For Brutus says to himself, "I know no personal cause to spurn at him...How that might change his nature..."(act 2, scene1, ll. 1,13) Caesar's relationship with Brutus is also strong. Just allowing Brutus to speak to Caesar shows his respect for Brutus. Caesar feels that Brutus is noble to him and does the right thing regardless of personal ...
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