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- 2511: Benjamin Franklin
- ... winter nights and bifocal lenses for reading. Franklin tracked storm paths to help understand the wicked weather endured by the colonies. His study of electricity made him most famous for he was known around the world as the inventor of the lightning rod. Not only was Ben Franklin helpful in developing ideas for better living, he was also a strong force in developing the new nation of America. Benjamin Franklin's ... benefit, mutual defense, and the propagation of English freedoms." (Schoenbrun 1976, page 5). As stated earlier, Franklin did not contemplate separation from Britain for he regarded Britain as “having the freest, best government in the world.” (Ketcham 1993,page3). Franklin proposed self-government for the American colonies. Historically, Ben Franklin was in favor of self-government. In fact, nearly forty years of service as a public official began when Franklin was ... he also had great skill as a diplomat. In this role, Franklin and his two grandsons sailed from France in 1776. "He achieved an amazing personal triumph and gained critical French aid for the Revolutionary War." (Ketcham, page 4). Literary and scientific writers in Paris praised Franklin as a modern thinker. As the war raged on and France made a positive impact favoring the colonist, it became more and more ...
- 2512: The Repressive Governments of Zamiatin's We and Orwell's 1984
- ... most startling effect of the United State's control of all actions is their regulation governing the sexual act. "The United State, having mathematically conquered hunger, directed its attack against the second ruler of the world, against love." (Richards 547) The immortal Well Doer decreed over one thousand years prior to the current time of the novel that, "A Number may obtain a permit to use any other Number as a ... by the mandated use of an altered form of the English language called Newspeak. As Orwell explains in his Appendix: "The purpose of Newspeak is not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of Ingsoc (English Socialism), but to make all other modes of thought impossible."(246) By limiting the choice of words available to a bare minimum, the language ... despotism. The most noticeable way that Newspeak alters the public's perception of reality is through the use of an intentional distortion of truth known in Oceania as Doublethink. Doublethink, immortalized in phrases such as "War is Peace", "Freedom is Slavery", and "Ignorance is Strength", serves as a foundation upon which the government of Oceania can selectively change history and reality by convincing the population that history is what Oceania ...
- 2513: Celine Dion
- ... appearance on the most watched talk show in Quebec. Celine released another album, Tellement j ai d amour (I have so much love), in 1982. That same year she won a gold metal at the World Popular Song Festival, and the Musicians Prize in Tokyo. In 1983 she sang in the Cannes Music Festival in France. In France she released the album Du soleil au coeur (Some sunshine in the heart ... American Music Award. She was invited to sing in Beauty and the beast by Disney, and recorded with others Voices that care, which was a special song recorded for U.S. troops in the Gulf War. In 1992 Celine launched Celine Dion live at the Tonight Show, her second album in English, with the slogan Remember the name because you ll never forget the voice . It later went gold, making both ... also released another live album called Celine a l Olympia (Celine at the Olympia). In 1995 Celine released a French album D eux, which sold 57,000 copies a day in France! It set many world records for album sales. It forced Sony, her producer, to make two new albums, Celine Dion Gold and Celine Dion Gold Album two. Sony said she was the first singer to be both the ...
- 2514: Lord Of The Flies - Book Report
- ... Flies. "In Lord of the Flies he [Golding] showed how people go to hell when the usual social controls are lifted, on desert islands real or imaginary (Sheed 121)." Despite being heavily involved in the war efforts during the second world war, Golding managed to not become a war novelist, this does however, somewhat explain why most of the conflicts in his books are basic struggles between people. "He [Golding] entered the Royal Navy at the ...
- 2515: Lord Of The Flies
- ... Flies. "In Lord of the Flies he [Golding] showed how people go to hell when the usual social controls are lifted, on desert islands real or imaginary (Sheed 121)." Despite being heavily involved in the war efforts during the second world war, Golding managed to not become a war novelist, this does however, somewhat explain why most of the conflicts in his books are basic struggles between people. "He [Golding] entered the Royal Navy at the ...
- 2516: Anarchy
- ... current in "many of the social change and alternative lifestyle movements of the 1960's," reports David Farber in Chicago '68. "This includes parts of the feminist movement, the gay liberation movement and the anti-war and free speech movements. Even today, anarchism is flourishing." As well as thriving throughout time, anarchy does promote the most freedom for all aspects of life. To better understand other choices of political philosophy, it ... anarchism does not promote random violence like nihilism. There are also many different types of anarchists, allowing for many choices as to what type of peaceful protests an anarchist would like to choose (abortion rallies, war protests, political strikes, et cetera). Finally, anarchy is among the most "generation-conscious" of political philosophies. Preparing for the 21st Century, anarchists are looking forward to the safety of descendants and ancestors alike. Anarchist ideals such as rebellion and revolution are often espoused by youth within the punk, rave, radical, and typical black dress of high school student cultures throughout the world. These young people attempt to escape the injustice and alienation of life in the prevailing consumer society (drugs are good, hemp necklaces, preppies, upper class, cell phones, etc.) by forming communities of resistance. Some ...
- 2517: Othello - A Tragedy Without Meaning?
- ... by blow, with no time to recover to rational thought in between. Iago’s main motive then becomes a classic case of tall-poppy syndrome as he seeks not only to dethrone the ‘god of war’ and the ‘goddess of love’, but to also make them suffer. The setting in the play also plays a significant role in the explanation for the reasons for the tragedy. The play opens in Venice ... ll. 12-15) The fact that Othello fails to note the power of the brewing ‘storm’ condemns him to his fate. It must be noted that Othello is a soldier, a general, by profession. In war, rules and conventions apply, but once these bonds of control are taken away, he does not know how to react or behave, considering he has lived his life as if he were fighting a battle ... sufficient to demonstrate that, although he may not be deserving of his eventual fate, there is some justification for what has happened. At the start of the play, Othello is portrayed as the ‘god of war’, his wife the ‘goddess of love’. However, during the play it is proved that Othello has too many flaws, and has the basic hamartia of the classic tragic hero. He is not a god, ...
- 2518: Chanel, Gabrielle
- ... women of the 1920's. Her rebellious styles liberated women from the past and became the symbol of modernity. In 1921, Chanel introduced her first fragrance, Chanel No. 5. She continued to lead the fashion world until her death in 1971. Coco Chanel wasn't just ahead of her time. She was ahead of herself. If one looks at the work of contemporary fashion designers as different from one another as ... bottle, which was launched in 1923. It was the first perfume to bear a designer's name. One could say perfume helped keep Chanel's name pretty throughout the period when her reputation got ugly: World War II. This is when her anti-Semitism, homophobia (even though she herself dabbled in bisexuality) and other base inclinations emerged. She responded to the war by shutting down her fashion business and hooking up ...
- 2519: Charles Darwin
- Charles Darwin More than a century after his death, and four generations after the publication of his chief work, "The Origin of Species", Charles Darwin may still be considered the most controversial scientist in the world. His name is synonymous with the debate that continues to swirl around the theory of evolution, a theory that deeply shook the Western view of humanity and its place in the world. We tend to speak simply of the theory of evolution, leaving off the explanatory phrase, "through natural selection." At most, perhaps, the general public has heard of "survival of the fittest" a poor phrase as ... and of itself, has nothing to do with evolution, in fact it seems to be anti-evolutionary, since every member is fixed in its own place. This chain was created in a time when the world was considered to be more static rather than a diverse collection of dynamic ideas. But the Newtonian revolution of the seventeenth century replaced the old static world with a new world view in which ...
- 2520: Henry Ford
- ... One immediate result of the new wage announcement was the appearance of hundreds of workers clamoring for work. Many were dispersed when a fire hose was turned on them. Ford was not in favor of war. Though when asked by President Wilson to help in building war ships for the first World War he was quick to do it. He built motors, cylinders, caisons, steel helmets, and Eagle boats. In 1919 he was also called an anarchist by the Chicago Tribune who wrote a column in ...
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