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- 5401: Red Badge Of Currage
- Red Badge of Courage Physical and emotional pain is what the tattered solider illustrates in the book. The tattered solider pain comes from all of the horrible things associated with war. Him going crazy brings emotional pain and the physical pain is brought on by the endurances of war. "There was a tattered man, fouled with dust, blood and powder stain from hair to shoes, who trudged quietly at the youths side". The tattered solider also characterizes the toughness people can endear. Even through the harshness of war people will find something inside of them, overcome it and not let it bother them. The tattered solider goes out and lives through the tough endurance's of war but he finds something inside ...
- 5402: Edgar Allan Poe
- Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe is often cited as one of the most influential writers in the world. He is said to have invented the detective story, and inspired the future of science fiction stories. His stories and style have motivated various authors such as, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and H.G. Wells. Poe's works have fascinated literate people all around the world for over 150 years. Poe was born on the blessed day of January the nineteenth, 1809, in Boston Massachusetts. Both his parents, unfortunately were very poor. They were actors and died while he was still ... of wealthy widows. He sometimes was engaged to several at once. One of the widows, Mrs. Shelton was ready to marry him. Gradually his writing became more tortured and horrific. "I dwelt alone in a world of moan," is how he described his tortured existence. Poe left to marry Mrs. Shelton and his last words heard before he left were "I wish to God that someone would blow my damned ...
- 5403: Nelson Mandela
- ... created a special concord among all the people that was called "non-white". The campaign got attention also internationally. The participants dicipøine, their self sacrificing work and relationship to eachother was noticed all over the world. After a while Nelson Mandela was considered South-Africa's national foregrounds-figure in international media. ANC was banned in 1960 because the party opposed strongly to white supremacy. Mandela was forced to work underground ... were going to stop, so its most likely that a member in ANC was paid to inform against the leader. Nelson decided to defend himself and his people in court. Media from all over the world was present, and Mandela saw the chance he had to explain why ANC's struggle against the apartheid system was fair. The risk of life imprisonment was there, so this could be his last chance ... Some days later Mandela and other black leaders werw sentenced to life imprisonment, charged with conspiracy against the state. Over one hundred countries in UN asked for their acquittal. There were demonstrations all over the world, and Mandela was a hero and a freedom champion. Different projects were put up throughout the world to free Nelson, but everything seemed impossible. During the twentyseventh years he spent in prison, his wife , ...
- 5404: Touch Wood: Rene
- ... a Jewish girl during the German invasion of France. In 1940, Renée and her family were living in Alsace, France, where nothing ever changed. No one expected anything unusual to happen. Then one day, a war with Germany is announced on the radio. The Germans wanted to annex Alsace and forced the Jews to leave. France was split into two zones- the Free Zone and the German occupied zone. Renée's ... they have to hide from the police. Renée's parents decide to take action. They have friends who know Mother Superior. They send Renée and her sisters to a Catholic residence in Normandy until the war is over. Their father emphasizes for them not to tell anyone that they are Jewish. When they arrive in Normandy, they find a cozy bedroom, appetizing meals, and friendly people. Renée has to deal with ... Catholicism to perfect their disguise. Their parents have given permission for Renée and her sisters to be baptized and to take their first communion. They decide to pray to the Catholic god to make the war end soon, to help the French and their Allies win the war, and to protect the Jews. Renée becomes worried when she hears about the bombing of Paris, but she was relieved to hear ...
- 5405: Indulging In Escapism
- ... zoo, wasting time instead of going to typing class. She is frightened to interact with people and instead goes to the zoo were she does not fear being accepted or not. Laura also makes a world within her home as a place of acceptance, she develops a Glass Menagerie as a place were she can feel free from rejection be accepted. She has a favorite glass piece in her menagerie, the ... sticks to the fear that she is different because of her crippled leg, she magnifies her problem by not allowing her real beauty from within to come out. This is how Laura hides from a world she fears. Tom faces the sad fact of working every day at the factory and having to return home every day to a family who cannot understand his problems and insecurities. He goes to the ... look forward to. Even when he eludes Amanda and goes to the fire escape he is not free because it still leads him back into the apartment that gives him trepidation. Amanda lives in a world largely based on her imagined past. She may have added some memories from her past. This is meant to hide from the reality that her husband left and from her children who are both ...
- 5406: Beloved 3
- Beloved, like many of the other books we have read, has to deal with the theme of isolation. There was the separation of Sethe and Denver from the rest of the world. There was also, the loneliness of each main character throughout the book. There were also other areas of the book where the idea of detachment from something was obvious. People s opinions about the house ... was not what Sethe wanted. When a woman is raped, I feel that she loses part of herself possibly a piece of dignity. Sethe became detached from herself for she felt that nothing in the world could do right if something like this could happen. Not only did she have to deal with that fact, which created some inner isolation, she also had to make the decision whether or not to ... informing me what to do. Sethe however goes through many instances where this probably happened. Another example of how Sethe could have felt apart from herself as well as segregated from the rest of the world, could be of how other people thought of her and her family and what they did to show it. People are cruel, some just show it more than others. I felt bad for Denver ...
- 5407: The Significance Of The Title
- ... in life, as stated by himself. Holden wished to serve humanity by safeguarding the innocence and purity of children, by protecting them from the evils of life and more directly the dangers of the 'adult' world. There were many instances in this novel when this meaning was supported. After having evaluated these instances the reader was readily able to notice how the title of this book described and/or influenced the ... what the meaning of the title is. This response, by way of symbolism, accorded to Holden his duties as the 'catcher in the rye.' His responsibility to shelter the innocent from falling into the 'adult' world. In which, even the price of a set of luggage is enough to separate school roommates, where ambitions are hollow, and the purpose of school is to gather up sufficient knowledge so that someday one can buy a long, sleek, shiny Cadillac. Briefly, he has to protect the innocent from the shortcomings of the 'adult' world. The first time that the author hinted about the pith of the title was in Chapter 16, when Holden was walking up Broadway, just before his rendezvous with Sally Hayes, (one of his friends ...
- 5408: The House Of Seven Gables - Sy
- ... and he cannot resist the actual physical attempt to plunge down into the ‘surging stream of human sympathy’" (Rountree 101). Dillingham believes that "Hawthorne clearly describes Clifford’s great need to become reunited with the world and hints that this reunion can be accomplished only by death" (Rountree 101). However, Clifford inevitably fails to win his freedom, and he returns to the solace of his prison house. Clifford and Hepzibah attempt ... to go to church. They descended the staircase together, … pulled open the front door, and stept across the threshold, and felt, both of them, as if they were standing in the presence of the whole world… Their hearts quaked within them, at the idea of taking one step further. (Hawthorne 169) Hepzibah and Clifford are completely cut off from the outside world. They are like prisoners who after being jailed for decades return to find a world they do not know.(Rountree 101). Clifford is deeply saddened when he says, " ‘We are ghosts! We have no ...
- 5409: El Nino
- ... islands. Weak events will raise the water temperature 2 to 4 degrees Celsius and will have minor impact on fishing. However strong events such as the 1982-83 event will disrupt climate conditions around the world as well as local conditions. It has been linked to floods and droughts all over the world. Hurricanes and tropical storms are also altered in their numbers by El Nino. Therefore it would be very helpful for people if El Nino could be predicted and prepared for in some form. During a ... fish populations are depleted solely due to exposure to El Nino. A decrease in their growth and reproductive success has been observed by many surveys in coastal waters. The link between climatic effects around the world and El Nino is now well established. It has taken many years of studying to understand how the pieces of the puzzle, from ocean currents to winds and heavy rains fit together. During the ...
- 5410: Dave Mathews Band
- ... in this way. Money and MTV have taken away what music is supposed to do, create emotions. A very sad and obvious example is the current charts topper The Back Street Boys. What is the world coming to when a group of kids are making millions because a bunch of 12-year-old girls have crushes? This is the cue for the prophet Mathews, he takes his talents and does something ... have a power all their own much like a poem. The next example is from the album Before these Crowded Streets, the tract is Pig. This song tells the listener that we live in a world that is full of beauty and magic and that we should stop and smell the roses: “Oh, isn't it strange How we move our lives for another day? Like skipping a beat What if ... right now, And deep and sweet within Pouring through our veins Intoxicate moving wine to tears And drinking it deep Then an evening spent dancing It's you and me... This love will open our world From the dark side we can see a glow of something bright Oh, there's much more than we see here Don't burn the day away Is this not enough? This blessed sip ...
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