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- 2061: A Child Called It
- ... her frustration and madness out on Dave. Not that alcohol is an excuse, but it was the key to the ignition of that familys child abuse problem. Alcohol in this case brought out the violence and was his mothers way of release, her savior. All in all I felt the book was very compelling. I did not feel it had the same impact as Death From Child Abuse . . . And ...
- 2062: Shakespeare And His Theater
- ... prostitution. A playwright had to please all members of the audience. This explains the wide range of topics in Elizabethan plays. Many plays included passages of subtle poetry, of deep philosophy, and scenes of terrible violence. Shakespeare was an actor as well as a playwright, so he new well what his audience wanted to see. The company's offered as many as thirty plays a season, customarily changing the programs daily ...
- 2063: Huck Finn - Mark Twains Views
- ... a discussion of this sarcastic view. In the beginning of the novel, it would seem that both Huck Finn and Jim are trapped in some way and wishing to escape. For Huck, it is the violence and tyranny of his drunken father. Kept in a veritable prison, Huck wishes desperately to escape. Jim feels the need to escape after hearing that his owner, Miss Watson, wishes to sell him down the ...
- 2064: History Of The Detective Novel
- ... discontented daughter, an artist painting the daughter's portrait, a convicted poacher, and even the vicar himself. Miss Marple is the best example of a sleuth in the country house clue puzzle, one who abhors violence and observes everything. She is imitated in most of the more modern novels in this sub genre. The other school of detective writing is the hard boiled genre. This genre is presented best by the ...
- 2065: Heart Of Darkness 8
- ... been caring for Kurtz greets them. He had left the wood and the message for the crew. The young Russian is a radical admirer of Kertz, although he admits that Kertz gained his wealth through violence and intimidation. He told Marlow how the wilderness had a great impact on Kurtz. He began to go mad, he participated in "unspeakable rites", and wrote a report about improving the savages through benevolence. Marlow ...
- 2066: Heart Of Darkness
- ... they colonized the land, used the natural resources, and left ruins behind them. Marlow says, They grabbed what they could get for the sake of what was to be got. It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind - as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness. The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from ...
- 2067: Brave New World 8
- ... an answer (Quennell 254). Huxley fills his work with questions like this to challenge your mind and show you were reality could head. In a society of today where there is so much devastation, sex, violence, and drugs Huxley s utopia is not possible. To change people to what you want could never happen because in reality people will see that a choice to be in a perfect society you must ...
- 2068: A Good Man Is Hard To Find 2
- ... them, even when they are being massacred by the misfit. (141) Di Renzo later talks about the Misfit as a complicated and non-cartoon like character. "O'Connor's comic technique disparages the victims of violence and ironically makes their killer, the Misfit, the most attractive character in the story. He may be a cold-blooded, homicidal maniac, but he is at least complicated and dignified. Self-conscious and articulate, the ...
- 2069: The Legalization Of Marijuana
- ... could investigate pots other uses without fear of controversy. The black market sales of pot wopuld dissapear quickly as well. Thousands of street corner dealers would be put out of business and the threat of violence and crime would be greatly reduced. The legaization of pot would benfit the federal budget in two ways, the federal revenues would increase, because cigarettes would be taxed at the point of sales. In return ...
- 2070: The Revival Of Jazz In South Africa
- ... recognized part of O'CONNOR-7 music education curriculem, although township schools are only slowly getting the resources they need to efficiently teach jazz. Performance spaces remain concentrated in the city centers. However, due the violence of the late 1980s and early 1990s many city-dwelling patrons still find fear of crime a disincentive to club-going. While jazz-lovers in the townships lack the safe transportation and the money needed ...
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