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- 4231: Aeneid
- ... visit to the underground, where he met Sibyl, the "holy prophetess (pg. 149)." After the God Delian (pg.149) breathed "visionary might" into Sibyl, she and Aeneas were able to visit the Earth's hidden world. In this world, he learned what happens to the souls of the dead. Most likely, it served as a future lesson for Aeneas (especially after being guilty of neglecting his duty for his true love of Italy while ... and the Odyssey by allowing Anchises to give Aeneas some history of his people as an incentive to carry out his mission as a leader. By mentioning the downfall of his people during the Trojan War and foreshadowing his destiny by "Sparing the conquered" Trojans and "battle down the proud" Greeks, can be looked upon as a reinforcement of his duties not only to his dead father and family, but ...
- 4232: Private Cable TV
- ... IN FRANCE 3.1 HISTORY TO BE FILLED WITH THE BEGINNING (PUBLIC TV 1930S - 1984) The first broadcasting tests happenned in the late 30Ôs like in Germany. It is only in 1945, after the second world war, that The Ordinance formalized the state monopoly of broadcasting which was assigned to Radiodiffusion de France. The Radiodiffusion de France has then included television in 1959 and became RTF (Radiodiffusion-Television de France). Established as ... and 1/3 for opposition. 3.4 FINANCING 4. TV-BROADCASTING IN GERMANY 4.1 HISTORY The first TV-experiments in Germany were made in the 1930s to broadcast e.g. the Olympic Games. After World War II the harbinger of the first German TV-station ARD began broadcasting under allied control in 1949 in northern Germany and Northrhine-Westfalia under the responsibility of the NWDR-Laenderanstalt. The ARD is ...
- 4233: Failure of Gun Control Laws
- ... played in it. The second amendment to the Constitution of the United States makes firearm ownership legal in this country. There were good reasons for this freedom, reasons which persist today. Firearms in the new world were used initially for hunting, and occasionally for self-defense. However, when the colonists felt that the burden of British oppression was too much for them to bear, they picked up their personal firearms and went to war. Standing against the British armies, these rebels found themselves opposed by the greatest military force in the world at that time. The 18th century witnessed the height of the British Empire, but the rough band of colonial freedom fighters discovered the power of the Minuteman, the average American gun owner. These Minutemen, ...
- 4234: Heart Of Darkness
- ... to give something a name of significance, in the beginning of his voyage, when he has not quite reached the Congo, but he is extremely close. Once, I remember, we came upon a man of war anchored off the coast. There wasn't even a shed there, and she was shelling the bush. It appears the French had one of their wars going on there-abouts. Her ensign dropped like a ... upon the context in which they do it." Marlow is watching this occurrence. He sees the Europeans firing "tiny projectiles" and their cannons producing a "pop". The Europeans, however, see themselves fighting an all out war against the savage enemies in the name of imperialism! The Europeans feel that this is an honorable battle, and therefore, all get emotionally excited and fight with all they have. Marlow, however, sees it differently ... From that point on, Marlow is looking to corroborate if in actuality, the mentality instilled upon him in Europe is similar to this, or if those are atypical Europeans who are living in a dream world. As the novel continues, Marlow recognizes that this flaw of not being able to see something for what it is, and in turn, not being able to give it an accurate "label", is indeed " ...
- 4235: Jon Philip Sousa
- ... to face but it also inspired him to write the great Stars and Stripes Forever. Through 1900-1905 Sousa and his band had three awesome tours in Europe. Finally, in 1910 he had his first world tour. In 1917 World War I broke out and Sousa took a break from music to join the US Naval Reserve at age 62. He was assigned the rank of lieutenant and was only paid a salary of one ...
- 4236: One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
- ... who is fighting against the system. In this case the system is the government. He fights against the government in the future where the firemen burn books that are forbidden by the totalitarian brave new world regime. Guy Montag is a fireman who breaks free from the system to try to change it. Guy is also outgoing and a rebellious. He tries to change the system by educating himself with the ... I look back at the times of which these novels were written I can see why the authors also wanted to fight to change the system. When Fahrenheit 451 was originally written, it was during World War II when Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini became notorious for their unjust and ruthless actions and their totalitarian rule. When Kesey wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest it was after the Korean ...
- 4237: Stephen Crane
- ... instilled with religious beliefs. However, fear of retribution soon turned to dejection and criticism of his idealistic parents’ God, "the wrathful Jehovah of the Old Testament" as he was confronted with the harsh realities of war as a journalistic correspondent. Making extensive use of religious metaphors and allusions in The Blue Hotel (1898), Crane thus explores the interlaced themes of the sin and virtue. "The Blue Hotel" by Stephen Crane is ... as object for sympathy from the reader, but rather as a display of non-popular foreign ideas and actions. The Swede's inability to adjust and blend into "society" as a whole brings him a world of troubles, which reach their exciting end in a place that, ironically, was established for the “society” of the town. The transformations used in “The Blue Hotel” reveals some interesting facts about how the dramatic effect is created and how the actual telling of the story is tied to Crane's philosophic and moral standpoint. He also activates components speaking of violence and war throughout the text. Here I will discuss two equally important themes: colors speak and color as a moral statement. Bright colors represent speaking out or screaming while less vivid ones represent silence or perhaps ...
- 4238: Ymca
- ... a retired sea captain who was a lay missionary. Ys spread fast and soon were serving boys and older men as well as young men. Although 5,145 women worked in YMCA military canteens in World War I, it wasn't until after World War II that women and girls were admitted to full membership and participation in the U.S. YMCAs. More recently, the YMCA of the USA has collaborated with The Search Institute, a Minneapolis-based ...
- 4239: The Great Depression
- The Great Depression The Great Depression took place from 1930-1939 and was being felt around the world. During this time the prices of stock fell 40%. 9,000 banks went out of business and 9 million savings accounts were wiped out. 86,00 businesses failed, and wages were decreased by an average ... promises were attempts to win the election and would never really happen. Mackenzie King was elected Prime Minister and brought Canada out of The Depression by creating jobs to prepare Canada in case of a war. By 1939 The Great Depression was finally over but World War II was just beginning.
- 4240: The Catcher in the Rye: Now and Then
- ... of husbands who work have also entered the work force. Today around 50 percent of mothers work, in the forties and fifties, few mothers worked, and the ones who did, did so to help the war effort (Holzman). Today, there is no war effort, but women are working for countless reasons. There is a greater need for money in families. To satisfy this need women have taken paying jobs. People have realized that two incomes in a family ... not inferior to men, but rather, they are just as equal. Society is realizing that women are equal to men and that anything a man can do, a woman can do. In Holden Caulfield’s world, women were not considered to be equal to men, it was felt that a woman’s place was in the home. As a result of society at that time, this attitude is expressed in ...
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