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- 2991: New Millenium
- The millennium will not usher in an entirely new world overnight. Just as Europe remained mired in the Dark Ages for centuries after the first millennium came and went, so will our society require many years to experience deep change, a change that transcends the processor speed of the box on your desk. Contrary to predictions made in the year 1900, our cars do not fly in the year 2000, world hunger persists, and disease runs rampant. Humanity changed little in the last 100 years because humanity changes slowly. As we watch Discover Card sponsor Times Square 2000 and M&M's try to profit off ... morality and as a buzzword glorifying the fast pace of technology, the stress of life, and the downsizing of unskilled labor. The next millennium will be what we make of it. While I believe the world is becoming a better place, there is also much to be concerned about; neither our problems nor our cures have anything to do with changing millenniums. It is a well-known axiom that knowledge ...
- 2992: Camus The Outsider Vs. Bolts A
- ... other characters differ from Candide by their pessimism (most notable Martin, who seems to be the antitheses of Candide's optimism), Lord Pococurante is unhappy with life because he is supremely jaded with what the world has to offer. He is thus Candide's opposite as much as Martin, though the opposition is based upon the noble's jaded state versus Candide's naive one. By the book's conclusion Candide ... Martin represents pessimism and worldliness more than any other character in the novel. He refutes Candide's idea that this is the best of all possible worlds, speaking instead of the harsh realities of the world, one in which men war, rape, pillage, envy, lust, are miserable and just don't seem to get along with each other. In face of the happenings within the novel, Martin is somewhat justified in being a pessimist, and ...
- 2993: Benito Mussolini 2
- ... were married. Soon after the marrige, Musolini was imprisioned for the fifth time. After getting out of prision, Mussolini was appointed editor of the Socialist paper "Avanti!". Mussolini was best known for his involvement in World War 2. Before the war even started Mussolini knew that peace was essential to Italy's well-being. To him there was no way to win because if he went along with the Germans they might "pull a stunt" ...
- 2994: Jules Verne
- Jules Verne Going to moon, a balloon trip around the world, adventure under the sea, all this in the late 1800s? All this was possible in the writings of Jules Verne. Jules Verne was born in Nantes on February 8, 1828. He had a vivid imagination ... received the Legion Of Honor, a French order of Merit instituted by Napoleon in 1802. It recognizes people for achievement in civil or military life . He acquired the Honor only days before the Franco-Prussian War. In Amiens, he was elected to different positions in the town legislature. In 1872, he was voted into the AcadΎmie d'Amiens, a local learned society. He was also elected to the Town Council ... most popular books were: "Five Weeks in a Balloon" (1863), "A Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1864), "The Mysterious Island" (1870), "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" (1870), his most popular, "Around the World in Eighty Days" (1872), and "Michael Strogoff" (1876). "Around the World in Eighty Days" was about Phileas Fogg and his servant Passepartout traveling around, visiting London, Paris, Brindisi, Suez, Bombay, and other places. All ...
- 2995: Claude Monet and His Painting
- ... Before long, the limitations of L e Havre on a burgeoning young artist became all to apparent and, in 1859, Monet left for Paris. However, having displaced himself to the heart of Europe's art-world, Monet soon found himself disillusioned by the confines of long-since established princip les. He rejected the formal art training that was available in Paris. Bored and frustrated, Monet was to do more painting at ... for a year with a prestigious regiment: les Chaussures d'Afrique . This experience was to have a profound effect on Monet. The landscapes and colours of Alg eria presented an entirely different perspective of the world, one which was to inspire him for many years to come. Theoretically, Monet should have remained in Algeria for seven years, but his time there was curtailed by the contraction of typhoid. The artist's ... day I discover more and more beautiful things. It's enough to drive one mad: I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it. This enthusiasm and appreciation of the world outdoors was rewarding but Monet wanted to make a name for himself and this meant appeasing the tradionalists of the Acadιmie . Contrary to the advice of his friend and mentor, Boudin, Mone t adhered ...
- 2996: Irving's The World According to Garp: Analysis
- Irving's The World According to Garp: Analysis When referring to John Irving's book The World According to Garp, it has been said His style is simplistic, almost childlike..."(55), and Irving's prose is the prose of a poorly educated man-his vocabulary is uninspiring, his grammatical proprieties is severely ... Ironic circles weaving one big spider web just waiting to catch their next victim to be caught in their web, of entertainment and interest. This is what John Irving does so well, and makes The world According to Garp absolutely fantastic.
- 2997: Catcher In The Rye
- The theme that the world has an outward appearance that seems fair and perfect but really they're as Holden put it "phonies." This is shown countless amount of times in his journey through New York and even before he ... and all." He just wanted to save the little innocent kids from falling. The kids I think represent the innocents of the young just playing and when they fall off the cliff they discover the world. He wants to protect them and keep them pure will. All through the story Salinger used Holden as the catcher on the rye to protect or try to protect the innocents of kids. The biggest ... the idea that Phoebe or her friend had seen that on the wall. If they saw it they would wonder and eventually "some dirty kid would tell them" and they would know the cruel the world thus falling in the rye. As his duty as the catcher in the rye Holden tried to erase the first one that was on the walls, but later said "it's hopeless anyway. If ...
- 2998: Its A Right Handed World
- IT S A RIGHT HANDED WORLD In virtually every society throughout history, there has been discrimination against left-handed people. Left-handers have always been considered evil, sinister, weaker, or inferior people, and many of them have faced violent efforts to ... studies are not large enough to be conclusive, and there are still many conflicting theories and opinions, but their implications are alarming. Not all left-handers have a difficult time living in a right-handed world, and many of them are offended by implications that left-handers need any kind of help. Many people believe that being left-handed is a special privilege, and that the challenge of being a lefty ... left-handers have bitter memories about the way their parents and teachers treated them. Younger left-handers have had an easier time of things, but they still have many complaints and frustrations. How would this world, or this school, be different if left-handed people were a majority? First of all, a right-handed person might be writing an article like this complaining about the injustices towards the right-handed. ...
- 2999: The Lady Of Shalott
- ... essay this interpretaion seems at least, at the very minimum a shallow and sperficial translation of the function of the mirror serves. One of these functions is obviously to connect the Lady to the outside world since it is her only means to do so without risking her life. A second function that the mirror serves is to simply reflect the most beautiful parts of the island and create a contrast between the interior and exterior worlds. Lady of Shalott simply is far away from any sadness or ugliness of the world. A third function of the mirror and it could be argued, the most important function to fulfill the curse placed upon the Lady by making the world to tempting to be secluded from. To once again reiterate, the functions of the mirror contributed directly to every of other aspect of the poem. To begin, the first function the Lady of Shalott' ...
- 3000: Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire: A Reaction, Assessment of Literary Value, Biography of the
- ... soaks in a tub, singing: "Say, it's only a paper moon, sailing over a cardboard sea -But it wouldn't be make-believe If you believed in me! It's a Barnum and Bailey world, Just as phony as it can be -But it wouldn't be make-believe If you believed in me!" As she sings this song, telling the story of her tendency to believe a more pleasant ... misinterpret things to them. I don't tell truth, I tell what ought to be truth...Don't turn the light on!" This intense, frightening scene reveals to the audience the way Blanche views the world. Tennessee Williams's use of this kind of dual view of the world to develop Blanche's character is a perfect example of the way A Streetcar Named Desire makes the audience react to the characters in the play. It is this reaction between the audience and ...
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