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- 2301: ... the Give them zippers instead of buttons (pg 63) Clarisee also says in School, children are given fun activities, are blasted with useless facts and information, and given no time to ask questions. In the world of Fahrenheit 451 the books are banned. Figures of We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other ... because of strict naval discipline. Symbolism is used in this play. Billy Budd is symbolised for innocence; Claggart represents evil; and Captain Vere symbolises honorable The seas deceitful, boy: calm above, and underneath, a world of gliding monsters preying on their fellows. Murderers, all of them. Only the sharpest teeth survive.( pg 19) Claggart uses metaphors like the one above to scare or warn Billy away from himself but unfortunately ...
- 2302: The Internet Its Effects And Its Future
- ... access to electronic mail for sending and receiving data, and file transfer for copying files from one computer to another. Telnet services allow you to establish connections with systems on the other side of the world as if they were just next door. This flood of information is a beautiful thing and it can only open the minds of society. With the explosion of the World Wide Web, anyone could publish his or her ideas to the world. Before, in order to be heard one would have to go through publishers who were willing to invest in his ideas to get something put into print. With the advent of the Internet, anyone ...
- 2303: A Book Report on Aldous Huxley's "A Brave New World"
- A Book Report on Aldous Huxley's "A Brave New World" Huxley's point of view in Brave New World is third person, omniscient (all-knowing). The narrator is not one of the characters and therefore has the ability to tell us what is going on within any of the characters' minds. This ability is ... in Chapter Three, when we hear a babble of unidentified voices--Lenina's, Fanny Crowne's, Mustapha Mond's--that at first sound chaotic but soon give us a vivid understanding of this brave new world. The first three chapters present most of the important ideas or themes of the novel. The Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning explains that this Utopia breeds people to order, artificially fertilizing a mother's ...
- 2304: Korean War 3
- Post WWII the cold war began and many problems came about. U.S. officials, concerned over Soviet pressures against Iran and Turkey, interpreted a 1946 speech by Stalin as declaring ideological war against the West. In 1947 the president proposed the Truman Doctrine, which had two objectives: to send U.S. aid to anticommunist forces in Greece and Turkey, and to create a public consensus so Americ8ans would be willing to fight the cold war. He achieved both goals. That same year, journalist Walter Lippmann popularized the term cold war in a book of the same name. In Congress there was a series of highly publicized inquiries into pro- ...
- 2305: Utopias
- Utopias What would the world be like if mans common struggles never existed? It could be a world full of happiness and peace with out a need to ever worry. Each person would have the freedom to express themselves with out being afraid. Each human would be provided with a suitable mate instead ... be accepted. Life would be simple and enjoyable. These ideas are all brought up in many novels of our time. By incorporating different authors ideas and our own, one could create their own perfect world-their utopia. In every situation there is almost always two different approaches. Everyone sees the situation differently. However, to come up with the right solution, one needs to hear the opinions of others. But ...
- 2306: ... let my readers know that ESP, as represented in books of mine such as A Gift of Magic and The Third Eye, is a reality." Her nonfiction book, Psychic Connections: A Journey into the Mysterious World of Psi, written in partnership with William Roll, Ph.D., who is the project director for the Psychical Research Foundation. In this book which i have not read but would like to introduces teenagers to the fascinating world of parapsychology. Based research and written case histories, Psychic Connections addresses such subjects as astral projection, near-death experiences, apparitions and hauntings, poltergeists, clairvoyance, telepathy and practical applications of ESP, such as the use of ...
- 2307: Civil War 4
- ... what to do. Should he send them food and risk of another attack, or pull the troops out and let the south have the fort. He knew risking another attack would most likely start a war. Davis demanded that the confederate troops take the fort. He was not going to let the north get anything from him. Anderson refused to evacuate the fort unless he was told to by the government ... is why Davis had the first shots fired at Fort Sumter. April 12, 1961 was the day Fort Sumter was shot at by Fort Johnson. This was also the unofficial first battle of the civil war. It was a war of wills for Lincoln and Davis. Lincoln had to show the nation that he was ready to do the job he was elected to. Davis on the other hand wanted to gain a lot ...
- 2308: Referring to the Spanish Civil War
- Referring to the Spanish Civil War With reference to any civil war in the 20th century examine the social, economic and political background to the divisions in the society involved. To what extent were the problems which caused the war resolved in the post-war period? The state of Spain during the early years of the 20th century can be said to have been a state of great "unease". Spain was one of the ...
- 2309: New Jersey During the Revolution
- New Jersey During the Revolution New Jersey is called the crossroads of the American Revolution, because the armies involved crossed the state several times during the war, and it held a key geographical position at the center of the new nation. It was heavily involved in the fighting, due to the troop movements through the state, and its key geographic position between New York City and Philadelphia. New Jersey had more engagements than any other state during the war, closely followed by South Carolina. Some Major actions in the state include the abandonment of Fort Lee, on November. 20th, 1776 and the retreat of the American army across NJ to the other side of ... the battle of Monmouth, on June 28th, 1778, the Battle of Connecticut Farms, on June 6th, 1780, and the Battle of Springfield, on June 23rd, 1780, which was one of the larger battles of the war, for numbers of troops involved. In addition, there were hu ndreds of smaller battles, engagements, skirmishes, raids, etc. involving regular troops, militia units and loyalist units, and many actions off the coast of sea ...
- 2310: Scars Of War
- ... gaping, rubble-filled holes that were once buildings. I was not ready for the scenes of destruction that I was about to witness. I have hiked the hollow fields of Gettysburgh, read stories of the war in Vietnam, listened to stories from friends and colleagues that had served in Panama and Somalia, and watched the 100 Hour War on CNN. Who really witnesses the effect and the price a city pays years after the bombs stop falling? As you walk around the once beautiful city, five years after the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords ended the war, the physical, damage cannot be ignored. On April 5, 1992 Sarajevo, the capital of the Republic of Bosnia- Herzegovina, was attacked. The city lies in the valley of the Miljacka River and is surrounded ...
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