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- 9291: Mark Harris' Criticism of Doctorow's Book
- Mark Harris' Criticism of Doctorow's Book In his criticism, Mark Harris describes a regret; a sorrow, almost, for this once-great author who has written a book he feels is almost pitiful in it's lack of clarity and style. He says the book “is a failed work of a serious man.” In his view, Doctorow, once an excellent author, has evidently tried to expand his style by almost imitating ... his past.” Harris Another reason he says it is uninteresting is because the two main characters, Joe and Warren (which are hard to determine between), are vague and hard to understand. Harris claims that Doctorow's complete abandonment of punctuation and the formal sentance in this book are reminiscent of Thomas Pynchon, but it seems as if he is trying desperately, (and badly) to search for his own style, a ...
- 9292: Causes of the The French Revolution
- ... look forward to the revolution, and supported it. In 1793 at the siege of Toulon, loyalist leaders and British troops clashed in fearsome battle. Napoleon fought heroically and the British were driven out. As Napoleon's reward he was given a promotion to general and h is own infantry unit. Unfortunitly Napoleon ran into some bad luck, the leader of the French Revolution Maximilien Robespierre became power hungry and lost control. His own men mutinized against him and executed him. Bonapart was also captured and briefly imprisoned because he was a member of Robspierre's faction. Napoleon was freed just two months later.In 1795 a revolt began in Paris over a new constitution that was presented by the National Convention, the National Convention was name the of the new ... was made up of the nobles. These people had rights and good jobs in the government, the army, the courts, and the church. With these rights came strict royal control over them. The nobles didn't like the bureaucracy for fear of loosing their freedoms to the middle-class. The Third Estate was everyone else in France. This was the largest estate- estimated at 98% of the total population. The ...
- 9293: Mononucleosis 3
- ... result in mononucleosis. Someone with mononucleosis, however, does not need to be isolated. Household members or college roommates have only a slight risk of being infected unless they come into direct contact with the patient's saliva. A person is infectious several days before symptoms appear and for some time after acute infection. No one knows how long this period of infectiousness lasts, although the virus can be found routinely in ... are commonly seen in blood samples. The body produces antibodies, or specific proteins, that protect against EBV. Blood tests that measure lymphocytes and antibodies aid in the diagnosis of mononucleosis. In EBV infection, the body's immune system also produces more of substances called heterophil antibodies (Paul-Bunnell antibodies). These antibodies indicate that an EBV infection is present in the body, but they are not directed against the virus itself and ... correlate with the severity of symptoms. The slide agglutination mono "spot test," which is widely used to screen for heterophil antibodies, is inexpensive, requires less than three minutes, and can be performed in a physician's office. Spot tests are generally accurate, but they can give false positive or false negative results. Sometimes, appearance of heterophil antibodies is delayed, and a repeat test may be necessary to establish a diagnosis. ...
- 9294: The Prince and the Pauper
- ... is to show that experiencing hard lessons can change the way someone views and relates to things. I enjoyed the novel because I thought it was really interesting and had great details of the character’s emotions so you would always know what they were thinking. In the novel, Prince Edward VI switches identities with a pauper Tom Canty, who is exactly identical to him, so he can experience the life ... begging in the streets, he has to find a way to get back to the palace and reclaim his rightful throne. Along the way he suffers many predicaments including starvation, abuse, and jail. Mark Twain’s style in writing The Prince and the Pauper was very unique. Since the novel takes place in the sixteenth century the dialogue and narration is written in the language style of that time. “Oh, prithee ... He looked on royal processions with jealousy that left him dreaming day and night about himself clothed in rich royal garments. When his dreams finally came true, he realized what he had always wanted wasn’t as great as it had always appeared to be. His feelings changed; so did his goals and dreams, which happens to many people everyday. While Edward was roaming the streets and the countryside he ...
- 9295: Brave New World
- ... naturally assume the responsibilities and the rules of their castes. Very few question, as their caste is assigned from birth. If they do, they are exiled to an island (usually Iceland) where their questioning can't contaminate others. Thus, the society is stable and unquestioning. Identical genetic material, rigidly enforced social caste using oxygen deprivation and sleep tapes for brainwashing. Everyone easily fulfils society's obligations and there are few surprises. If things should get stressful for any reason, there's always the wonder drug "soma". If anything goes wrong, there's always the "soma holiday" from life. Most of the Epsilon workers are paid in "soma" tablets to keep them happy. It wouldn't ...
- 9296: Juvenile Delinquency
- There is no doubt that various experts can give us many theories as to the causes of juvenile delinquency, including one's economic background, substance abuse, delinquent peer groups, repeated exposure to violence, increased availability of firearms and media violence, however, I feel that the number one cause of juvenile delinquency is the breakdown of families, including lack of parental control over children. It is ironic in America, today, one must have a driver's license to operate a vehicle, a permit to own a gun and even a license to own a dog, but one does not have to have training or a license in order to become a ... Below are some of those causes: Changes in the Social Environment - there have been many changes in our social environment over the last twenty five years. These changes have made a risky environment for today's youth. Children and teenagers spend more time with peer groups than ever before. Drugs and deadly weapons are used increasingly as ways to solve problems. Illicit and explicit sexuality and violence are the main ...
- 9297: Creative Writing: Apocalypse at the Nuclear Plant
- ... was any plutonium to be expected, he was damn sure he would be the one to inspect it. He walked past George the security guard, asked him how he was doing even though he didn't really give a rat's ass how he was, he was just a friendly person. As he strolled down the corridor to the area in which he worked, he noticed something strange. There was not as many people buzzing around ... in large meetings but decided to give Pete the thrill of hearing now. One of the experimental pieces of plutonium had become so unstable that it had actually began changing form. It had undergone it's daily blast of gamma radiation when something went wrong. Like the incredible hulk, it was growing larger at, what would seem not that bad to the person uneducated in nuclear physics, but to the ...
- 9298: Great Expectations: Pip
- Great Expectations: Pip Charles Dickens's Great expectations is a story about a boy, Philip Pirrip, who comes to a point in his life where his life changes drastically from the way it was when he was growing up. Whenever this ... people know about his past life where he was just a ³common² boy. Throughout the novel, Dickens points out how people sometimes lead two lives that they want to keep separate. The change in Pip's life is characterized in several ways. First of all, there is a physical change, when he moves to London. That just accentuates the difference between the two ³lives.² Before, he lived in a small town ... the tailor, takes exception to Pip after he hears that he has come into a fortune. He measures Pip very quickly, and gets angry at his son for not showing the same respect of Pip¹s wealth. Then, when he next sees Pumblechook, he repeatedly asks Pip if he may shake his hand, as if it is some great honor. Before the news, he hardly treated Pip any differently than ...
- 9299: A Deed Without A Name: The Significance Of Witches In Macbeth
- ... any action. If it is his destiny to be King, then fate will determine that regardless of his actions. However, Macbeth does not stick to this plan. Instead he is persuaded by his wife, who’s judgment is clouded by the witches prophecies and dreams of being Queen of Scotland, to murder Duncan. It can be said that both Macbeth’s actions and those of Lady Macbeth, are a result of the prophesy of the weird sisters and that when the sisters told Macbeth that he would one day be king, they were meddling with his mind. All the rest of Macbeth’s evil deeds can be traced back to the prophesies of the witches. The closer Macbeth comes to living out the predictions of the weird sisters, the more greedy and heartless he becomes. It comes ...
- 9300: To Kill A Killer
- ... seem to show its effectiveness since states that have the death penalty present no long-term differences in the murder in comparison of the murder rate of their adjacent states. So, if capital punishment isn't lowering the murder rate, why waste the extra money? Since dollar signs seem to rule America's minds, most tax payers feel that too much of their taxes are going towards maintaining prisons and feeding inmates. A recent study found that it costs more to put a prisoner to death, with any method than it does to imprison them for life. Also, in the U.S., the chief objection to capital punishment is that it was always used unfairly. First, women are rarely sentenced to death and executed, even though 20% of all homicides in recent years have been committed ...
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