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- 7951: Faces Of The Diamond - Essay O
- ... those of the prophets and preachers, the author F. Scott Fitzgerald, also known as the poet of the Jazz Age, criticizes the American society in a different approach. By stressing and emphasizing on the society’s worst features, the faults of its members will be greatly magnified and clearly defined. This literary genre of satire is employed by Fitzgerald in his novelette, “the Diamond as Big as the Ritz” to ridicule ... Age, the American dream stood for hard work, honesty, virtue, and morality, as any individual of the society is able to achieve success and rise to a higher level of material living regardless of one’s origin. As time proceeded, Americans began to strive for their goal through underhanded tactics thus corrupting the main principles of the utopian dream. Hence, the American dream has now become a satirical term that is ... richest man on Earth, as one who rises to ultimate power without having to work for it. Born a direct descendent of George Washington, Braddock only takes care to protect his prized possession, the world’s biggest diamond rivaling in size with the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. His task is easily accomplished by simply killing and imprisoning those who accidentally stumble upon his property and learn of his secret possession. In ...
- 7952: Sundiata
- By: Anonymous When I was finished reading both Sundiata and God’s Bits of Wood I had a better understanding of the strong relationship between the African people and their leaders. Even though Sundiata and Ihamim Bakayoko became leaders by different means, they displayed a lot of ... him because of his status. However his subjects did not follow him for that reason, they listened to Sundiata because he was a good leader. As a wise African leader, Sundiata ruled in consultation. Sundiata’s number one consultant was his griot, Balla Fasseke. As D.T. Niane said griots know the history of kings and their kingdoms, which is why they are the best advisors of kings because whoever knows the history of a country can read its future. This ...
- 7953: General George Custer
- ... very bad decisions. Custer on the night of June 24 was at least thirty miles from the enemy, yet he turned sharply off the route Terry had prescribed (Van de Water, 367). By disobeying Terry’s orders and going off the path in which he was ordered he put his men in great danger. George Custer was supposed to continue south and then attack on the day that Terry had given him orders to. It has been urged that Custer disobeyed his orders, broke up Terry’s plan of campaign, and by insubordination brought about a terrible disaster and let slip the opportunity for administering a crushing defeat to the Indians (Brady, 219). George Custer definitely disobeyed Terry’s orders and put his men in danger. If Custer would’ve just continued on his path then there would’ve been a better chance of a success at the Little Big Horn battle. Not ...
- 7954: Marriage: Try It Before You Chance It
- ... Chance It. Persuasion & Argumentation Over many decades it has sought out to be morally correct to not live with your significant other until marriage. Though many people believe this to be a good decision, it’s not a very logical one. In my opinion there are a few aspects that must be looked at before even considering the move to marriage. Even if your just moving in together there are many ... working out than you just saved yourself of a possible broken marriage. In the long run this ends up working out because you at least know you tried, but yet saved yourself some sorrow. It’s like a dry run on seeing the differences and equalities, or faults and defaults of living together. One readily understandable danger of getting married and not having the experience of living with your partner is ... and your bride are united as one in marriage, this means that her fetish problem has now become your problem. This exact situation is known to break 4 out of 10 marriages in the U.S. today. (Los Angeles Times) The last thing any happily married couple wants is to end up in a divorce court over an issue such as this one. By living together first, is one possible ...
- 7955: Great Expectations: Pip's Life in the Upper Class Society
- Great Expectations: Pip's Life in the Upper Class Society In Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations," an orphaned boy, by the name of Philip Pirrip, known as Pip, lives his life and find out the many attributes life has to ... when he was four. After his sisters death, Pip visits his village and his brother-in- law Joe to attend his sisters funeral. He feels remorse for his sister but also feels that it isn't his home anymore and feels uncomfortable. This is peculiar to Pip, considering a lifestyle that he lived with for years was now mysterious and not his way. He felt a loyalty to Joe and the ... him, and they were, and that he must return often to check up on them. Promising to keep close ties, he goes back to London and returns to his "real" life. Back in London, Pip's life goes on and becomes more complex and difficult with debts and love (A life totally different and more complex than the simple, happy life he left behind). His need of money and use ...
- 7956: America and the Computer Industry
- ... Such a device that changes the way we work, live, and play is a special one, indeed. A machine that has done all this and more now exists in nearly every business in the U.S. and one out of every two households (Hall, 156). This incredible invention is the computer. The electronic computer has been around for over a half-century, but its ancestors have been around for 2000 years ... began to rekindle the interest (Osborne, 45). Many of these new advances involved complex calculations and formulas that were very time consuming for human calculation. The first major use for a computer in the U.S. was during the 1890 census. Two men, Herman Hollerith and James Powers, developed a new punched-card system that could automatically read information on cards without human intervention (Gulliver, 82). Since the population of the U.S. was increasing so fast, the computer was an essential tool in tabulating the totals. These advantages were noted by commercial industries and soon led to the development of improved punch-card business-machine systems ...
- 7957: Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations
- Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations This first reading of Adam Smith's, Wealth of Nations, examines the labor force, ( in this case, of Europe and England ) how it functions to improve abundance and how that abundance is distributed throughout society. The amount of annual abundance in a ... Third, the invention of machines. Smith maintains that division of labor was not the product of human wisdom or benevolence, but rose out of human nature to exchange what one has for something one doesn't have, which will bring a greater good into their lives. The next point regarding abundance was that the division of labor is always limited by the extent of market or, supply and demand. The ...
- 7958: Night
- By: victor rosales Wiesel's Night is about what the Holocaust did, not just to the Jews, but by extension, to humanity. People all over the world were devastated by this atrocious act, and there are still people today who haven't overcome the effects. One example of the heinous acts of the Germans that stands out occurs at the end of the war, when Elie and the rest of the camp of Buna is being forced ... of people is often forced to run, and if one collapses, is injured, or simply can no longer bear the pain, they are shot or trampled without pity. An image that secures itself in Elie's memory is that of Rabbi Eliahou's son's leaving the Rabbi for dead. The father and son are running together when the father begins to grow tired. As the Rabbi falls farther and ...
- 7959: Macbeth and His Lady
- Macbeth and His Lady The politically ambitious character of Shakespeare’s Macbeth maintains a distinctive relationship with his wife characterized by subservience. In the Holinshed’s Chronicles’ recounting of the Macbeth history, the wife of Macbeth is scarcely mentioned. The idea of an independent, aspiring Lady Macbeth is purely Shakespeare. In numerous situations involving critical decisions, Macbeth submits to the will of his wife. It has been stated many times that behind every man is an even greater woman who drives her man to succeed. This is one of those cases where a wife’s ambition fuels her husband’s, and leads to the husband’s eventual downfall. In Act 1, Scene 5, Lady Macbeth receives a letter from Macbeth detailing his encounter with the witches and their prophecies. ...
- 7960: The Glass Menagerie: Ignoring Problems Of The World
- The Glass Menagerie: Ignoring Problems Of The World Is being able to shut off one’s mind like a light switch a blessing or does it signify a detachment from reality? The characters in Tennessee Williams’s play The Glass Menagerie are all able to ignore the problems of their world, just as if they were turning off a light. Laura wingfield is the daughter in the play and is very detached from the reality of her life, her mother Amanda is even more detached. She assumes her children are normal, but underneath she knows that they aren’t and this leaves her to live in a world of make-believe. She understands that they are different and does not know how to treat them. She bounces back and forth from yelling at ...
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