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- 9861: The Borderlands: 1880 - 1940
- ... in the region called the "borderlands" occurred during the period between 1880 and 1940. The region became urbanized and ended its years of isolation from the rest of the world. In the past the region's economy was based on ranching and farming. As the region became more urbanized the economy changed. The economy did not change equally between the United States and Mexico, the United States' side of the border boomed while Mexico's side did not. The cities that did prosper in region were based on the actions of the United States. Actions that affected the cities in Mexico were Prohibition and the Great depression. Events in the ... targeted social ills such as adultery, crime, and lastly, drinking. These groups had large number of followers, and had considerable height in government. The social reformers political power extended from small town mayors to U.S. Congressmen and Senators. The reformers were able to get many local governments to become "dry" county, that is to outlaw alcohol. The reformers ultimate goal was to outlaw alcohol entirely in the United States. ...
- 9862: Sylvia Plath Compare To Esther
- ... Sylvia. Her life at the beginning seemed to be full of potential and goals, but as her thoughts and emotions are reveal to us; it becomes clear to us that despite all her achievement, Esther’s true state of mind is not in the right place. As the story goes on she has to make a decision, like Sylvia, whether she wants a career or a family (LW, pg. 38). “Esther ... to try to avoid marrying the one she is expected- Buddy Willard”(SP, pg3). Like Sylvia, she did a summer internship in New York City, and suffered a mental collapse, and was institutionalized. While Esther’s future in the novel’s conclusion is still unknown. You can see Esther’s confusion; frustration, paranoia and fear are coming from Sylvia’s life. Sylvia Plath’s poem, “Mirror”, shows much of how she views her life. Plath ...
- 9863: To The Lighthouse 2
- ... welfare for his family. Even though Mr. Ramsay frequently scolds and denounces Mrs. Ramsay, he still seeks happiness and comfort for his wife. For example, after Mrs. Ramsay lies to James about the next day's weather, "He [Mr. Ramsay] stamped his foot on the stone step. 'Damn you,' he said." (31) Mr. Ramsay devastates his wife's emotions. Because of a little lie, the temperamental Mr. Ramsay hurts, if not kills, Mrs. Ramsay's emotions. Still, right after the incident, Mr. Ramsay self-reflects and "[he was] ashamed of that petulance [that he brought to his wife]." (32) Mr. Ramsay understands and regrets the sorrow he brought on ...
- 9864: W.B.Yeats And Leda And The Swan
- ... B. Yeats' poem "Leda and the Swan," the banner headline may have run as follows: "WOMAN IMPREGNATED BY SWAN, FOUR CHILDREN HATCH FROM EGGS". Kind of brings new meaning to the phrase "love nest," doesn't it? All joking aside, the myth of Leda and the swan features Zeus (most powerful among the Greek gods) coming down to earth in the form of a swan to woo Leda, wife of Tyndareus. She winds up giving birth to four children, two mortal (Castor and Clytemnestra) and two immortal (Polydeuces and Helen). Yeats' poem focuses not on the monumental events that Leda's offspring went on to experience (and cause), but rather on the moment of the meeting of woman and winged one. As for the classical mythological history of Leda and Zeus, Carlos Parada's Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology tells us that Zeus, in swan form, joined with Leda, on the same night that her husband had. Zeus's children, Polydeuces and Helen, were born from an egg ...
- 9865: Fiction Analysis Question # 1: Love and Acceptance
- Essay #1: Fiction Analysis Question # 1: Love and Acceptance Tillie Olsen's I Stand Here Ironing, and Alice Walker's Everyday Use, both address the issue of a mother's guilt over how her children turn out. Both mothers blamed themselves for their daughter's problems. While I Stand Here Ironing is obviously about the mousy daughter, in Everyday Use this is camouflaged by ...
- 9866: Alice Walker's Everyday Use
- Alice Walker's Everyday Use Why does the beaten man rise after a fight? What is there to keep a poor man going? What made Everyday Use by Alice Walker so compelling? The answer to all these questions ... it. Dee wants the quilts that rightfully belong to her but instead of fighting she only says, “She can have them Mama”. Her mother describes her voice of one that has never won anything. Maggie’s insecurities run far beyond the realm of her sister. I too would shrink back from the character of the barber. However in Maggie's case I believe it has only somewhat to do with distaste and a great deal to do with fear. She looks at the ground instead of speaking to people face to face. Her fear ...
- 9867: William Stafford’s Inspiration
- William Stafford’s Inspiration William Stafford wrote, “It has one justification: it occurs to me. No one else can guide me. I must follow my own weak, wandering, diffident impulses”. Through Stafford’s essay I discovered that creative writing is all about my own meandering thoughts and ideas and that what occurs to me is what matters most. In high school I became programmed to think like the ... get a pretty good grade by doing this. And most the time my theory did not fail me. Somewhere along the lines I lost the original creativity that goes into writing. When I read Stafford’s essay on the writing process it was like he was speaking directly to me. Stafford uses a metaphor for fishing to explain the beginning of the writing process. You must be very patient when ...
- 9868: Criticism of Practical Application of Utopia in "Brave New World"
- Criticism of Practical Application of Utopia in "Brave New World" Criticism of Practical Application of Utopia in Brave New World Aldous Huxley's Brave New World illustrates the loss of morality when established standards are replaced by amoral criteria. In his novel, Huxley criticizes the practical applications of Utopia in actual society. Huxley's depiction of love, science, and religion support the ineffectiveness of implementing Utopia in everyday life. In Brave New World, Huxley shows contempt for the human emotion of love. The people that make up his imaginary ... believes that along with passion comes emotional instability. The Utopian state cannot afford any kind of instability and therefore cannot afford love. The destruction of the family is one example of the effect of Utopia's absence of love. In a world of bottled-births, not only is there no need for a family, but the idea is actually considered obscene. The terms "mother" and "father" are extremely offensive and ...
- 9869: Hamlet
- Hamlet One of the themes I found in the play Hamlet, was the way Hamlet seemed to hold back on getting revenge for his father’s murder once he know who did it. After his father’s death and the hasty remarriage of his mother to his uncle, Hamlet started to spiral into a suicidal frame of mind. It is in this state that he meets the mysterious figure of his father’s ghost where he is told that it was his uncle, Claudius responsible for his death. Hamlet pledges to revenge his murder by Claudius who, the ghost also informs Hamlet, had already committed adultery with ...
- 9870: Microsoft Vs. U.S. Government
- Microsoft Vs. U.S. Government The Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) has been under investigation since 1990 for alleged antitrust violations. The Department of Justice (DOJ) feels that Microsoft holds a monopoly in the field of operating systems (OSs), and that ... enhance the popular Windows Operating System (OS) by integrating the web browser Internet Explorer 4.0 (IE4) into it. The integrating of Internet Explorer with the Windows OS is the logical step in enhancing everyone’s ease of computer use, and it is not an anti-competitive practice on the part of Microsoft. This type of integration is vital to the advancement of technology. It makes products better. We may not ... their own Internet Explorer to their Windows OS to eliminate the independent browser makers like Netscape is what it ultimately comes down to. However, Netscape Navigator, have always been able to run on Windows OS’s. If that proves to be wrong, what else can be considered against the law? Section 7 of the Clayton Act says, "No person shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of [ ...
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