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- 5441: Alice In Wonderland
- ... these worlds of fantasy and make them realistic. How do these two great authors make the unbelievable believable? Both Alice s Adventures in Wonderland and The Island of Dr. Moreau float in between a dream world and reality, which makes the real seem unbelievable and the unbelievable seem real. In H.G. Wells s The Island of Dr. Moreau, we see right from the beginning that imagination and reality are blended ... This is the same technique that Lewis Carroll uses in Alice s Adventures in Wonderland. The story begins with Alice getting tired, which implies that she is falling asleep and going to enter the fantastic world of dreams. Immediately, she sees a white rabbit in a waistcoat. This puts the reader directly into the world of fantasy and imagination. It is Carroll s use of explanations that makes this unbelievable world seem real. No matter how strange something appears it has a meaning and a reason. When the Mock ...
- 5442: Women As News Anchors
- ... to television news anchoring is a rocky one, where only a few women survive and many fail. Where progress was once thought to have been made, there aren't many females getting ahead in the world of television news. Today, there is a very slow, if any, gain in the numbers of women who succeed. There are many questions surrounding the subject of women in television news, and I will attempt ... her individual experience of being fired on the basis of her looks and her age. I realized from reading her story that she had a "nose for news", a passion for telling it to the world, and a unique spark that made her a good journalist, yet those qualities weren't enough in her case. She took that passion and spark, filed a sexual discrimination case and won. Hard News: Women ... males have the majority of the power. Positive steps have been taken by women, but they are still far from being equal in the field. Advances are not being made quickly. Some men in the world of television news say that women do have a tougher time. Larry King had this to say: I know that if I were "Loretta" King instead of "Larry" King I would be nowhere near ...
- 5443: The Great Gatsby 8
- ... He is part of the group who believes in the old values and the belief that ones own hard work will at the end deliver rewards. He comes east to experience the new and exciting world of New York, yet he does not seem to belong to this part of the world. He although comes form a wealthy family chooses to make his own fortune He All my aunts and uncles talked it over as if they were choosing a prep-school for me and finally said ... with very grave, hesitant faces. (P.7) One the other hands though, Jay Gatsby is the dream killer who is involved with men like Meyer Wolfsheim. Wolfsheim was the man responsible for fixing the 1919 World Series. Gatsby has committed crimes in order to win love of Daisy. It is strange that Nick a man who despises men like Gatsby at the same time admires him. It is what prayed ...
- 5444: Sex in the Net!
- ... and punishments for selling pornography to underage persons, are not high enough. So why don't we raise them? The answer to this question can be found on the screen of every computer in the world. The Internet, or as one person put it, "The closest thing to true anarchy that has ever existed." How is one to censor the Internet when it is literally impossible? What is the use of ... are finding it difficult to "step around," the law. It is obvious that people are putting an effort in to censor the pornography, however when it comes to censoring material which goes all over the world, a balance must be found between the censorship laws of all the countries that are hooked into the net. Here a problem arises, because Denmark has no censorship of pornography, so obviously they are going to be somewhat annoyed if it is banned from the Internet since their laws state that it is perfectly legal. So an argument occurs. How is the world to censor the Internet without causing discrepancies between the different countries? Indeed, some people say, "Why bother?" So far, you have seen that there would be a great difficulty involved in censoring the Internet. ...
- 5445: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
- ... your comments. Not all the characters in “A Streetcar Named Desire” are living an unreal existence, however some are, in particular Blanche, Stella and Stanley. Blanch to some extent is living in her own fantasy world plagued with delusions and outbursts. It is quite obvious that she is living an illusion. Stella is living an unreal existence in regards to the way in which she likes to pretend she is living ... Reality versus illusion is one of, if not the major theme of the play. It also has the most relevance to the way in which Blanche, Stanley and Stella are living in their own fantasy world. Perhaps the reason Blanche chose illusion rather than reality is because of her somewhat troubled past. When Blanche was 16 she married Alan who was 17. The impression we get of Alan is that of ... the events which had occurred led her to the edge of insanity which she was resting on during her time living with Stanley and Stella. It was easier for her to create her own fantasy world rather than to face up to reality. This however proved to have dire consequences resulting in Blanch becoming even further away from reality, pushed over the edge by Stanley’s constant harassment and finally ...
- 5446: Canada Lacks A Real National Identity
- ... be Canadians but we think of Canada as a place of refuge rather than a home. This ties in with our lack of patriotism. Many Canadians that I know, come Olympic time or another big world competition, rather that cheering for Canada, will cheer for their home country. A reason for this is because of our multicultural society. Because in Canada, Œ anything goes¹, there is no push to be Canadian. So ... sharing recipes or inviting friends over to help celebrate Ukrainian Christmas. All of this has an affect on the Canadian identity. Canadians from different parts of the country and people from different parts of the world have different ideas on what the Canadian identity is. This gives the idea that there really is no national identity. People from other countries tend to see Canada as one of the best places in the world to live. They say that Canadians are nice, mannerly, polite, and law abiding among many other things. The United Nations went as far as to say that Canada was the best country to live ...
- 5447: Ecology Asssignment
- ... and recycling are a great way to do this. We must be aware that we are not the only ones on this planet and we must set aside some for the other animals of this world. 12. Brief definitions of the following. Population: is the number of individuals in an area at a particular time Community: is a group of individuals in an area Habitat: is a dwelling of any living thing Niche: is a place where a person is best fitted 13. Write brief essay on a major environmental problem facing our world today. A major environmental problem facing our world today is the Global Warming. This is the increase of the earth's temperature caused by the use of fossil fuels and other industrial processes leading to the build-up of greenhouse gases in ...
- 5448: Religion,physics And A Social
- ... paradigm, material realism, true wholistic thought is impossible. The scientific rules of strong objectivity, the notion that objects are independent from the mind and determinism prevent it. Strong objectivity was established when Descartes divided the world in to the objective and subjective spheres. This was done mostly as a compromise with the then all-powerful church, which would rule in matters of the subjective mind while science enjoyed freedom in the world of reality . Determinism is easiest under stood through analogy. Think of the universe as a bunch of billiard balls in a three dimensional pool table called space. If one were to know all the forces ... social statics and social dynamics. By subscribing to this worldview of classical physics we give our offspring and ourselves a life full of separation and conflict. Mechanism creates an abyss between humanity and the physical world. There has been no place made for consciousness except as a secondary unintended phenomenon a galactic mistake. It creates a world of conflict and corruption in which everyone looks out for only their own ...
- 5449: Traffic Control: The Need For Change
- ... the other side of the spectrum, however, many new and exciting forms of technologically advanced rail transit are currently in development. A MAGLEV train, or MAGnetic LEVitation train, has recently been introduced into the transportation world (Koepp 60). Driven by powerful electromagnets, this train levitates several inches above the track (60). This reduction in friction allows the train to reach speeds up to 300 miles per hour (60). A 230 mile ... Ivan. “Kynar and gentler streets.” Science News 4 February 1989: 79. Bedard, Patrick. “Send ‘em a signal.” Car and Driver August 1990: 22-23. Carpender, Betsy. “The suffocating politics of pollution.” U.S. News and World Report 20 June 1994: 69. Clark, Charles S. “Traffic congestion: can America win the battle against gridlock?” The CQ Researcher 6 May 1994: 387-404. INFOTRAC. Doan, Michael. “Traffic Jams: New Ways to Unsnarl an Old Mess.” U.S. News and World Report 16 December 1985: 64-65. “Jam tomorrow.” The Economist 17 October 1992: S15-S17. INFOTRAC. Knight, Robin and Julie Corwin. “Easing gridlock, European style.” U.S. News and World Report 12 September 1994: ...
- 5450: The Importance of Literacy
- ... literacy. Therefore, literary skill level is an important factor in predicting an individual's economic success. It will affect an individual's income, their employment stability and whether they even receive employment opportunities. Presently, our world revolves around literacy. Simply being literate allows one to continuously upgrade one's literary skills to a higher level. It allows one to stay informed of happenings in and around the world through mediums such as newspapers and magazines. Knowing current news about what is going on in this ever changing world of ours is the key to staying ahead. Another thought to ponder is this, we rely on those with high literacy levels to record and document findings and happenings for future generations to reflect ...
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