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- 3021: Evil In The World
- Portraying Evil in the World The article I picked to show the evil in the world today was about a man named Abner Louima. This man was arrested in 1997 and is suing the state of New York for being beaten in a restroom in the station while being questioned. The ... that even the people who are supposed to uphold the law, the truly virtuous in which we lay our trust is beyond evil they are downright morbid. There isn t much good left in the world but it s a shame when we let those who would stab us in the back protect us.
- 3022: Heros Of The Sixties Counter C
- ... Allen Cohen was a young poet from New York, drawn to the Haight-Ashbury by the prevailing bohemian spirit. One night, he dreamed of a psychedelic “rainbow-colored” newspaper, which would be seen throughout the world. With the support and funding of interested locals, the first issue of “The Oracle” appeared on the streets of the Haight-Ashbury in September, 1966. With its stunning split-fountain printing and psychedelic artwork, The Oracle was one of the most beautiful newspapers ever printed. At its peak, over 100,000 copies a month were printed, and true to Allen’s dream, it was indeed seen around the world. Neil Cassidy-As the model for the non-stop Dean Moriarity in Jack Kerouac’s, “On the Road”, the free-spirited Neil Cassady was already a legend by the time he met a young novelist ... conversation was struck up, and before too long, 710 Ashbury would become home. The Merry Pranksters- led by novelist Ken Kesey, were an irreverent, free-spirited group whose self-styled mission was to “psychedelicize” the world at a time when LSD was still legal. With their day-glow costumes, colorful nicknames, and outrageous pranks, they were sure to draw an audience wherever they appeared. “Can YOU pass the Acid Test?”, ...
- 3023: Killer Angels
- ... worth caring about from both armies, and then plunges them into one of the most terrible things in America's history the "Battle of Gettysburg" The book is a great depiction on the American Civil War. The book is repulsing, the massive slaughter of "Americans by Americans" over human slavery. There was also a highly accurate portrayal of the action, and the command challenges at Gettysburg. "This is the story of ... feel like they were there in the camps, under the artillery, behind the stone wall, marched, bled, and prayed that Lee would not order the charge. Michael Shaara takes you there, as soldiers saw the war and army life. He showed the true sorrow and terror. "Yet you learn to love it. Isn't that amazing? Long marches and no rest., up very early in the morning, and asleep late in ... Armistead, "He was one of the men who would hold ground if it could be held; he would die for a word. He was a man to depend on, and there was this truth about war to taught you the men you could depend on."[pg.67] Other aspects of war are not so clear, such as the reason for the conflict, and the motivation of the men who volunteered ...
- 3024: The Bluest Eye: Quest for Personal Identity
- The Bluest Eye: Quest for Personal Identity Post World War I, many new opportunities were given to the growing and expanding group of African Americans living in the North. Almost 500,00 African Americans moved to the northern states between 1910 and 1920. This was ... physically and towards his daughter Pecola sexually. Pauline is a "mammy" to a white family and continues to favor them over her biological family. Pecola is a little black girl with low self esteem. The world has led her to believe that she is ugly and that the epitome of "beautiful" requires blue eyes. Therefore every night she prays that she will wake up with blue eyes. Brought up as ...
- 3025: Aaron Burr Jr.
- ... and Philip Freneau. He was a member of the Cliosophic Society and for his Commencement Oration chose the prophetic topic `On Castle Building.'' Burr studied theology for a while and then law. After the Revolutionary War, in which he served with distinction as a field officer, he took up the practice of law in New York City and entered politics, serving as a member of the New York state assembly, attorney ... became so bad though; he was obliged to resign his post. March 10, 1779, General Washington accepted Colonel Burr's resignation, but Burr continued to help in military matters to the very end of the war, carrying verbal orders and secret dispatches from Generals McDougal and St. Clair. For some months, however, while again studying law, he suffered from melancholia. After about six months of study, Burr stood his bar examination ... their candidate for the post of minister to France, Washington appointed Monroe. The President also denied Burr the use of official documents which he wished to consult, preparatory to writing a history of the Revolutionary War. Nevertheless, Burr's abilities were recognized in New York, and Governor Clinton offered him a seat on the Supreme bench of that State. This Burr declined. In the election for President in the fall ...
- 3026: The Life and Times of Edgar ALlan Poe
- ... to the death of Jane Stanard, and now the loss of Elmira. Edgar moved out of John Allan's home and where he went is uncertain. Edgar was looking for "some place in this wide world, where I will be treated not as you have treated me." Edgar felt that Allan had misled him, restricted him and rejected him. The letters Edgar sent to John Allan showed, without concealment, that he ... Monroe, Virginia, in the entrance of Chesapeake Bay, at Old Point Comfort. Little is known about Edgar "Perry's" life during these two years but it is known that the army was not geared for war during this period. The period 1815-1846 has been called "Thirty Year's Peace". Edgar was appreciated by his superiors and by early 1828 he had become "Assistant to the A.C.S." (Assistant Commissary ... blamed Allan for it. He also stated that he had become a better man. Edgar's sense of poetry could be noticed in this letter in the folowing quote: "I have thrown myself on the world, like a Norman conqueror on the shores of Britain &, by my avowed assurance of victory, have destroyed the fleet which could alone cover my retreat -- I must either conquer or die --- succeed or be ...
- 3027: The 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 ...
- 3028: Hiroshima 2
- Hiroshima The United States during the 1930’s was interest in making a weapon that was so powerful that it would be feared by the world. Then in 1939 a German-American physicist by the name of Albert Einstein sent a letter to then President Franklin D. Roosevelt about the his new discovery and to warn about it’s potential. The ... top secret plan called the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb. By July 16, 1945 the U.S. government had tested the bomb. The U.S. deeply determine to bring an end to the war with Japan decided to do what was to be one of the most deadly bombing in human history. Then on August 6, 1945 under the approval of President Harry S,Truman the United States dropped ... would save the lives of thousands of American lives. Maybe he did but at a great cost to the Japanese. After the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki the Japanese government surrendered and withdrew from the war. Ever since the bombing on every August 6 people meet to participate in interfaith services in the Peace Memorial Park. In 1949 the Japanese government declared Hiroshima an international shrine of peace. After the ...
- 3029: European Studies
- ... 30 billion ECU (and often more) was spent in the buying up of surplus commodities at minimum official prices and was also used to pay subsidies to traders to sell surpluses on the lower-priced world markets. (5) During the 1960Æs the price system was devised. The first problem with price policies is that of fluctuating and differing exchange rates. ôGreen Moneyö was the first solution to be developed to counter ... This maintains a minimum market price level. Variable import levies were used to bring imports up to the threshold price and export refunds were used to remove the difference between the common market price and world price. (10) Variable levies are one of the most effective protective trade policies used. They protect domestic price guarantees from being defeated by trade flows. They can sometimes generate revenues and funds for the central ... levy shrinks imports and losses to the consumer and efficiency are usually caused. Producer returns can fluctuate more wildly. They can also strain international relations as the variable levy transfers domestic demand instability onto the world market. An administrative mechanism must also be implemented to bridge the gap between the higher price guarantee and the lower international price, and this can be expensive to operate as it depends on fluctuating ...
- 3030: The Red Badge of Courage and A Farewell to Arms: The Main Characters
- ... of a true hero. Two such works include Stephen Cranes' The Red Badge of Courage and Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms. Both The Red Badge of Courage and A Farewell to Arms have war as the background of the story. War is the perfect setting in which one can be tested to see if he or she is a hero. This idea is the major framework of The Red Badge of Courage, in which Henry Fleming aspires to be a man, a "hero" in the eyes of the masses by enlisting in the army. Henry's goal of returning a man from war has already marred his image of being a potential hero because his thoughts are about himself and not about the welfare of others. Also, the fact that he wants to impress people and appear ...
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