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- 4631: Darkness, Be My Friend - Revie
- Darkness, Be My Friend is the fourth book in John Marsden's series consisting of Tomorrow, When the War Began, In the Dead of the Night and The Third Day, The Frost, in which seven young people are thrown into the middle of a violent war zone. Ellie, Fi, Kevin, Lee, Homer, Robyn and Corrie set out on a camping trip to a remote part of their district. They find their way into a remote basin surrounded by dangerous cliffs and difficult terrain, where they are completely safe and cut off from the rest of the world. When the teenagers return to their homes, they find that all the families in the district were abducted and locked into the show grounds by armed soldiers who are taking over Australia. After finding ...
- 4632: Historical Development of Atomic Structure
- ... their chemical properties. In 1871 he published an improved version of the periodic table, in which he left gaps for elements that were not yet known. His chart and theories gained acceptance by the scientific world when three elements he "predicted"—gallium, germanium, and scandium—were subsequently discovered In 1856 another important figure in atomic theory was born: Sir Joseph John Thomson. In 1906, after teaching at the University of Cambridge ... atoms, along with the proton.Chadwick was one of the first British scientists to stress the development of a possible atom bomb. His name was strongly associated with the British atomic bomb effort, especially during World War II. During the last two years of W.W.II (1943-1945) Chadwick moved to New Mexico, where he spent much of his time researching at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, a site chosen ...
- 4633: The Transcontinental Railroad and Westward Expansion
- ... crossed Southern Ontario between Niagara, New York, and the Detroit River. During the 1850's, North and South routes were developed both East and West of the Alleghenies. It was not until after the Civil War, however, that a permanent railroad bridge was constructed across the Ohio River. After the Civil War, the pace of railroad building increased. The Pacific railroads, the Union Pacific building from Omaha, Nebraska, and the Central Pacific building from Sacramento, California, had started to build a transcontinental railroad during the war to help promote national unity. They were joined at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869, completing the first rail connection across the continent. Before the transcontinental railroad, the Eastern railroads had lines running only ...
- 4634: Ayn Rand: Human Existence
- Ayn Rand: Human Existence Ayn Rand contributed many things to the philosophical world, based on her philosophy of Objectivism. Objectivism is the idea that rational self-interest should be the basis of action and that self-fulfillment is an individual’s moral responsibility, with productive achievement the noblest ... human existence. Rand’s views on human nature state that, in general, people please others before pleasing themselves. The general population of people, therefore, differs from her philosophy of human nature. “For Rand the external world exists independently of man and man’s consciousness; yet man, gifted with superior reason, is capable of understanding, interpreting, and using this reality.” Because most people in today’s world feel a moral obligation to help others, whether truthfully or not, they go against what Rand encourages people to do. However, there are some people in the world today, especially in the U.S., ...
- 4635: Science Fiction
- Science Fiction Science Fiction, succinctly defined, is a literary genre generally characterized in form as a world of exaggerated drama which argues a social commentary using current scientific knowledge as its evidence. From the emergence in the 18th century of modern Science Fiction to the 'birth of the book' in the 19th ... faults using sarcastic and ironic devices which logically and scientifically support each other, Voltaire’s work allow people to see the incoherence of their own though. He demonstrates this by commenting on the absurdity of war and God: Those sedentary and slothful barbarians, who, From their palaces, give orders for murdering A million of men and then solemnly thank God for Their success (RABKIN, 67). At the root of his social ... removing the sarcastic undertones of his satire. The use of alienation allows his points to be fully expressed without offending the reader. For instance, Voltaire strongly objects to the metaphysical and theological views of the world; our soul is neither spiritual nor immortal, rather, our essence is based in our thoughts. He suggests that we must consciously create a division between our faith and our powers of reason because it ...
- 4636: Triumph Over Difficulties
- ... to the United States and tried to take over the land from the Indians, the Indians never gave up, they fought strong and hard, untill they were forced to build homes elsewhere. During the Civil War times in the 1800's slaves were held as property to many rich white men. The slaves made the best of their situation until Abraham Lincoln fought to give them their freedom. The slaves were then free.If they had given up no one would have heard their cries for help. During World War II the Jewish families over in Gremany and other parts of Europe were being forced to leave their homes and businesses to go to concentration camps. Generations of families died at one time in ...
- 4637: Strong Before Their Time
- ... her way. Both of these ladies fought strongly for what they believed was right and just. Antigone only wanted to give Polynices a proper burial. To her, family was more important than anything in the world was. She had to do what was right in heart. Nothing, not even the threat of death could stop her from doing the right thing. “Die I must, I’ve known it all my life ... lunges at Creon with a sword. He misses and then takes the sword to himself and commits suicide. After hearing of the news, Creon’s wife also takes her life, leaving Creon alone in the world. If only he would have done right by the gods and his family, this whole catastrophe could have been avoided. “ Oh no, another, a second loss to break the heart. What next, what fate still ... plan worked, Jason is left alone and stricken with grief. Medea and Antigone were spokeswomen for their own sex. They both have speeches that give powerful descriptions of the plight of women in the Greek world. Women in ancient Greek times had no rights, politically or socially. Almost nobody dared to override a leader, let alone a woman, and those that did were compared to men. Antigone dared to break ...
- 4638: Becoming an Ecologist is an Exciting Venture
- ... patience. However, later on in a career as an ecologist, many traits will have to surface . Some of these traits include a sense of professionalism, enthusiasm for the work at hand, deep concern for the world, curiosity and dedication. However, skills that are common to most of the ecologists in the world today are creativity and problem solving which are just as important and probably even more important than the rest. A deep love for the environment around a person is one of the best and most ... nature that a person will most likely be working with or around or would be like is also one of the job details that they must become fluent in. Many organizations, from scouts to the World Wildlife Foundation, can use the services of a ready and able bodied and able minded people to help them out in their conduction of research and concluding hypothesis. Through these organizations a person can ...
- 4639: Thornton Wilder's Our Town
- ... Harper and Row, Publishers, 1955. Summary: This Essay has a lot about the life of Thornton Wilder, and about some of his works. Wilder had three Pulitzer Prize winning plays and they all came around World War II times. In Our Town there is one comment about a boy going off and getting killed in France. So it shows that he wasn't the fondest about war. Thornton Wilder lives in the New England Area. You can see how he knows so much about the Culture of the little town Grover's Corners. That, is how he creates the masterpiece of ...
- 4640: Flying Towards Fate
- ... s imaginative reach of his own destiny transcends his actual capabilities of himself. The goal he attains is never quite the same as the one he projects. By his acts he inscribes himself in a world which he cannot comprehend anymore than he can understand himself. Each person is a self-creation, but chance furnishes most of the material out of which he must make himself. The nature of man’s ... must make important decisions in his confrontation with his own fate and his discovery of himself. The idea of tragic conflict or agon, plays a major role in his life. Milkman is trapped in the world his parents and the people around him have fashioned for him. He is never truly satisfied with his life until his end. Throughout the entire novel, Milkman is burdened with the troubles of his forgotten ... better.’ But now you’re doing what the worst of them do” ( Morrison 157). Guitar intensifies the tragic character of Milkman because he is forcing his friend to look beyond his original perception of the world and the people who he believed he knew and understood. Milkman’s conflict with the environment that he had been born into was intensified by the character of Hagar; his ex lover. Milkman was ...
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