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- 981: Aleins Among Us
- ... run and never get too hot, and if he kept running he’d never get too cold. This forest was made mostly of pine trees, and the needles put a bounce in the young boy’s step and kept him cheerful. At the clearing he stopped, as he always did, and rested upon a large rock and observed the inky-black sky. This was his favorite spot, his secret spot. Stars ... pulled his arms behind his head and stretched out his legs. For some reason this night he was especially relaxed. Either school letting out last week or just one of those giddy days, he didn’t know. It is a wonderful day to be alive. After looking into the sky for a few minutes he saw a falling star. It shimmered for merely a moment and went out. Then another came ... little scream of excitement and sprang from the rock, twirling around and around singing to himself as he always did when he was really cheerful. It was another minute before he realized that they weren’t meteors anymore, but actually the colorful bottom of a spaceship. He stepped back slowly, alert but unafraid. Slowly the craft hovered toward the widest part of the clearing and fell to the earth. Jim ...
- 982: Loss Of Innocence
- ... justice and loyalty in this novel. The setting for Sons and Lovers is near a coal and iron field of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire in a small community where everyone keeps to themselves. In DH Lawrence's novel, Sons and Lovers and Larry Watson's Montana 1948, many of the characters are affected by temptation and devastation. The result of this disillusionment and giving into temptation is a loss of innocence for many of the characters in these two novels. Loss of innocence is a loss of trust in a person or the loss of one's view that "life is fair." For example, David Hayden from Montana 1948 grew up thinking life was fair till he lost his innocence. Uncle Frank lost his trust in the world and as a ...
- 983: Sex Is For Marriage Only
- This is a very interesting chapter. It talks about how some people have gotten so far out of God's will that they are perishing. They are perishing for their lack of knowledge of God. They don't know that's why they are perishing, but the reason is simple: They are in disobedience to God's commands and ignorant of God's plans. One of those areas of disobedience in out society an area ...
- 984: Handmaids Tale Vs. Fire Dwelle
- In the two books Margaret Atwood s The Handmaid s Tale, and Margaret Laurence s The Fire Dweller s, the protagonists are very different in character. However, both of these women lost their identity due to an outside influence. In each of the books we see the nature of ...
- 985: Civil War - The Battle Of Vicksburg
- ... was made to construct a line of defense around the city, which would guard the road and railroad access to Vicksburg. Strategists in Washington had no choice but to use ground forces. Therefore appointing Ulysses S. Grant in October of 1862. He was chosen to be the commander of the Department of the Tennessee and in charge of clearing the Mississippi of Confederate resistance. Grant’s long campaign to capture Vicksburg on the Mississippi was one of the most important series of connected battles during the Civil War. So long as the Confederacy controlled the great river, it could prevent the Union from bringing its full weight to bear against Lee in Virginia. Viclesburg’s situation on a bend of the river made it extremely hard to attack. Navel assaults were fruitless, as shown by the fate of the U.S.S. Cairo’s, which was sunk in just ...
- 986: Christian or Hypocrite
- Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: Christian or Hypocrite In the stories Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe and The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass, both show a strong influence in God. In Uncle Tom's Cabin, in every situation Tom constantly puts his faith in God. In The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Frederick's master Mr. Covey, claims to be a Christian, but he does not live ...
- 987: Bernice Bobs Her Hair (F. Scot
- ... independent. The story is about an eighteen-year old girl named Bernice who is visiting her snobbish cousin, Marjorie. At first, Bernice is considered boring and dull by Marjorie and her friends, because she can't make witty conversation and doesn't dress fashionably. Bernice finally agrees to let Marjorie teach her how to be popular. According to Marjorie's superficial formula for popularity, conversation must be carefully planned and rehearsed in order to shock and amuse the audience. For conversational purposes, Marjorie suggests that Bernice use the topic of bobbing her hair. In ...
- 988: Hamlet: Hamlet's Decisions and Actions
- Hamlet: Hamlet's Decisions and Actions Pain is a disease who ravaging effects are augmented by thought. It is the great irony of life that consciousness, the driving force of mankind that has delivered us from the age of stone to that of industry, delivers us also to the inescapable prison of the mind. Events that in the cycle of life are little more than trivial, can be given by the mind's eye power enough to consume us whole. The grief of the moment can become, with thought, a crashing wave that leaves behind only a semblance of sanity in its wake, for in thinking there is ... everyone is: Was Hamlet truly insane or was it all an act? The term insanity means a mental disorder, whether it is temporary or permanent that is used to describe a person when they don’t know the difference between right and wrong. They don’t consider the nature of their actions due to the mental defect. In William Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet” Shakespeare leads you to believe that the ...
- 989: Television Violence
- Television Violence Violence in television, is it turning our children into violent, destructive, and hateful toddlers. Yes or no? In today's society television plays such a big role in our everyday lives that it is hard to see if it effects our children's behavior. Television has the potential of being a very constructive learning tool, if used correctly. On the other hand if used in a destructive manner it could, hypothetically, turn our children and future leaders of ... hate mongers. I believe that television does effect the way people think and behave. In a survey given in 1978 at an unnamed college in Washington D.C., when asked if what was seen on T.V. effected the way they acted ,2% thought it did , 7% didn't know and ,91% didn't think it effected them at all(2). In 1993 a similar survey was given in London ...
- 990: What Men Really Want
- What Men Really Want Seagram’s Coolers. A well-known alcoholic product. Two pictures. One, a wedding cake with the traditional bridegroom figurine atop it. It is a white cake, beautiful yellow and pink roses in a decorative border around the ... would be the more appealing of the two. Where does the alcohol fit in with the wedding cake? We all know that occasionally we have some champagne at weddings, for the celebration, but afterwards, it’s all over, except maybe the newly weds. Where does it fit in? I can see it fitting in with the babe-cake. Most alcohol ads do have sexy men or women present in them. As ... he was to settle down, he might consider his vows, and regret them to get this woman. Women are seen as the type to settle down, plan a family and raise the kids. They don’t want to have a good time every now and then. The man is to go to work, bring home the bacon, and then go have a beer with his buddies. On the other hand, ...
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