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- 4111: A Seperate Piece
- ... summer at the Private school in New England and the land beneath the forbidden tree. Like the Book Billy Budd by Herman Melville, A Separate Peace identifies some of the characters as innocent to the world. Gene expresses what peace is like by saying "sixteen, careless and wild" and "Phineas was the essence of this careless peace." Gene Forrester returns to visit the school and a tree in the book and ... longer can stand on his own. The complete contrast of Finny and Gene is a boy named Leper. Leper was not interested in much and is the first of the boys mentioned to go to war. Leper introduces the boys into the adult world before entering the army. His freedom is ended by the strict rules and behaviors of the army and he then changes severely. Throughout the novel arises the symbol of the tree which has it ...
- 4112: Cleopatra
- Cleopatra Many countries have had important rulers who were well-known throughout the world. One country whose leaders particularly stand out is Egypt. The leaders of ancient Egypt were extremely essential in history. Cleopatra was a key example of these significant rulers of Egypt. The Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII ... Three years after Cleopatra gained rule over Egypt she was driven into exile by the supporters of her brother Ptolemy XIII (Cleopatra 489). Caesar arrived in Egypt in search of his rival Pompey. A civil war occurred between the two Roman men. Cleopatra soon realized the need to cooperate with Rome to gain beneficial aid in regaining her throne (Nardo 24). After a long power conflict, Caesar defeated his opponent Pompey ... in return for her loyalty (Krapp 616). Antony was focusing all of his attention on Cleopatra and neglecting his affairs in Rome. Octavian took this opportunity to become the sole ruler of Rome by declaring war on Antony in 32 B.C. Cleopatra spread a false report that she had committed suicide which drove Antony to his death (Sinnigen 663). Cleopatra attempted to make peace with Octavian but failed. In ...
- 4113: Study on Juvenile Psychopaths
- Study on Juvenile Psychopaths What is the "super predator"? He or she are young hypercriminals who are committing acts of violence of unprecedented coldness and brutality. This newest phenomena in the world of crime is perhaps the most dangerous challenge facing society and law enforcement ever. While psychopaths are not new, this breed of super criminal exceeds the scope of psychopathic behavior. They are younger, more brutal ... can be isolated in determining whether young people will be criminal in their behavior is moral poverty," Greenberg says. (3) According to the recently published "Body Count: Moral Poverty . . . and How to Win America' s War Against Crime and Drugs," a new generation of "super-predators, " untouched by any moral inclinations, will hit America's streets in the next decade. John DiIulio, the Brookings Institute fellow who co-wrote the book ... a psychopath could be a highly functioning and highly successful individual in society. In contrast, the "super predator" lacks the intelligence or the "masking capabilities" of the psychopath to achieve success outside of the criminal world. (9) The "super predator" is not psychotic. Psychotics are largely out of touch with reality. They suffer from delusions, hallucinations, or other disordered states. They are often found not guilty of crimes they commit ...
- 4114: Grapes Of Wrath 3
- ... the Joad's. They couldn't be very happy at what they had. They where a very proud family and wanted to get away and show everyone that they could do some good in this world for themselves. 2. Who are the members of the Joad family unit that set out for California? Briefly state what happens to each of them. Ma, Pa, Ruth, Winfield, Uncle John, and Rose of Sharron ... good place to be. They had way too much against them in Hooverville. 6. Choose one main character from this story and explain fully what you believe this person's view points would be towards war, religion, and discrimination. Jim Casey was a very interesting man. He had spent the majority of his life preaching to people. Teaching them rules and laws of life, and of God. He was a good ... and only taught others what he firmly believed in. After many years of teaching he began to have doubts about God, Jesus, and about the afterlife altogether. I think that Jim Casey would strongly oppose war. I think he believes that no one should fight over a chink of land. I think that he would believe firmly in peace. I think that Jim Casey deep inside still believed in Jesus ...
- 4115: United States of American: Personal Freedom
- United States of American: Personal Freedom No other democratic society in the world permits personal freedoms to the degree of the United States of America. Within the last sixty years, American courts, especially the Supreme Court, have developed a set of legal doctrines that thoroughly protect all forms ... for the first time. He depicts how people of all backgrounds worked together for one cause: freedom. I selected Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 as a fictitious example of the evils of censorship in a world that is becoming illiterate. In this book, the government convinces the public that book reading is evil because it spreads harmful opinions and agitates people against the government. The vast majority of people accept this ... was the strongest objection to the ratification of the Constitution. Less than a decade after the Bill of Rights had been adopted it met its first serious challenge. In 1798, there was a threat of war with France and thousands of French refugees were living in the United States. Many radicals supported the French cause and were considered "incompatible with social order." This hysteria led Congress to enact several alien ...
- 4116: The Chosen: Chaim Potok's Look Into Human Nature
- ... accepts the reasons for his father's silence, and is in many ways grateful for its success. History is rich with individual, and broad examples of Potok's look into human nature. During the Second World War, America suffered approximately four hundred thousand casualties, yet reached a state of national unity that has not been achieved before or after. The war also ended the Great Depression that caused so many people, son many problems. The atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki reaped considerable death and destruction, yet prevented far more. ...
- 4117: What Is the Price Knowledge
- ... Board of Regents disapproved the researchers. They suspended the licenses of Dr.'s Mandel and Southam, but since delayed the suspension and placed the physicians on probation for one year. Another example took place during World War II. The new field of radiation science was at the center of one of the most ambitious and concealed research efforts the world has known Human radiation experiments. They were undertaken in secret to help understand radiation risks to workers engaged in the development of the atomic bomb. Following the war, the new Atomic Energy Commission used ...
- 4118: The Mystery That Was Gatsby, T
- ... majestic, protagonist of the novel. While it isn't clear how he made all his money it is obvious that it was through illegal dealings in organized crime. There was a reference to the 1919 World Series, (That's the one where the players on the Chicago White Sox helped out organized crime by not trying their hardest when it counted. Go Reds!) When asked about his line of work, Gatsby ... five years of his life in pursuit of a woman as superficial as Daisy? Unfortunately he just didn't have enough money to keep her while he was overseas. When Gatsby got back from the war, she was married to someone else but that didn't dissuade him in the least. Gatsby's whole efforts in this book are focused on trying to bring him and Daisy back to the point ... Her manner of being swept away by the volume of shirts owned by Gatsby is clear evidence of her primary character flaw. Tom Buchannan is the antagonist in this novel. While Gatsby was fighting in World War I Tom was using his wealth to sweep Daisy off her feet. Tom is a yuppie and clearly in the way of Gatsby's love for Daisy. He is having an affair, which ...
- 4119: Biography Of Tiger Woods
- Biography of Tiger Woods "Let your clubs speak for you." Tiger Woods was too young to notice the racism around him. He didn t understand that in this world, people were judged by the color of their skin. He couldn t speak out about it; he couldn t voice his opinions, or come up with possible solutions because he was too young. Tiger faced ... be the best golfer. The only way Tiger dealt with racism was to let his clubs do all the talking for him. The book starts off with Earl Woods, Tiger s father, during the Vietnam War. A sniper almost took out Earl but his friend saved him. Later on that day, he gets in a predicament with a bamboo viper, and once again, his friend saves him. The friend s name ... and he was good in combat; he was a tiger in combat. Nguyen Phong had the nickname of "Tiger". Earl vowed that if he ever had another son, he would call him "Tiger". After the war, back in the United States, Earl met a Thai woman named Kultida and he married her and had a son. They named the baby Eldrick, but Earl called him Tiger . Tiger Woods took interest ...
- 4120: The History of the Ku Klux Klan
- ... by a new organization incorporated in Georgia in 1915, called Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Membership was open to native-born, white, Protestant men, the Klan was thought to be patriotic. After World War I the Klan expanded rapidly In addition to preaching white supremacy, it attacked non-Protestants, aliens, liberals, trade unionists, and striking workers. Like its predecessor, the new Klan burned fiery crosses and employed violence to ... dollars for a membership. A 1924 estimate of its membership was as high as 3 million. In 1944 the Klan formally split up when it was unable to pay taxes owed the federal government. After World War II, widespread public sentiment developed for the suppression of the organization. It broke down into numerous, independent units. The Klan opposed the civil rights movement that gained force in the late 1950s, The ...
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