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- 5601: Touch Wood
- ... 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. Renée¹s ... they have to hide from the police. Renée¹s 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 ...
- 5602: Limitations on Robotic Technology
- ... will robots turn on their masters? In the movie Terminator a robot from the future comes back to forewarn the people that if they do not change the direction that technology is going then the world would be over taken by robots. This android, the Terminator, told the people stories of how robots would become smarter than their masters and overtake them. In an opportunity to rid the world of humans the robots try to exterminate humans from the face of the Earth. The humans have little to no chance of survival because they built the robots to be perfect and very intelligent. Where ... are the keys for words that society yearns for. The technological age is in full force and robots are in the main stream of this tidal wave. In the movie, Terminator, robots take over the world in their future. Are movies like these foretelling the future of mankind? Some Swiss scientists say that the end may be close (Kelly 1). An autonomous robot that learns from its environment sparked all ...
- 5603: Different Changes In Different Characters Of Lord Of The Flies
- ... Piggy was an intelligent boy with a good understanding of their situation on the island. He was able to think clearly and plan ahead with caution so that even in the freedom of their unregulated world, his wisdom and his isolation from the savage boys kept him from giving into the evil that had so easily consumed Jack and his followers. The resulting cruelty Jack inflicted upon him taught Piggy how much more pain there was in the world. Lord of the flies used changes experienced by boys on an uninhabited island to show the evil nature of man. By using different characters the author was able to portray various types of people found in our society. Their true selves were revealed in the freedom from the laws and punishment of a world with adults. Under the power and regulations of their former society, Jack's inner evil was suppressed. But when the rules no longer existed, he was free to do what malice he desired. Ralph ...
- 5604: Tess Of The Durbervilles
- ... a result of his love for Tadzio. The novella begins with Aschenbach considering the results of his latest writing. The reader is introduced to a man who cannot find fulfillment in his work, despite the world's approval of him. Aschenbach is loved by the world through the "national honor"(Mann, 199) his supporters give him. His desire concerning his career being "intent from the start upon fame" (Mann, 200), Aschenbach recognizes himself as the subject of his own reputation. Despite ... character who deliberates his being alone during the summer. It is evident from the beginning that Aschenbach has no family contact- his wife being deceased and his daughter married. Aschenbach is indeed "loved" by the world for his work, and yet, he is at first unable to express love or emotional desire. He is therefore unable to experience divinity within himself or the surrounding world because although he is loved, ...
- 5605: Red Badge of Courage
- 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 ...
- 5606: Body Modifications
- ... piercing you can take out but tattoos will always be there. Thank God that I got my tattoo on my back where people can’t see it because I have learned that in the business world tattoos are nothing to be desired and that you could possibly risk a job because of it. Body piercing is believed to be a self-imposed rite of passage. By this I mean that people ... getting tattoos. Could this be because they feel like they have been oppressed for this long? Getting a tattoo or a piercing might be their way of saying that they are gaining power in this world both socially and politically. “Sarah, a lesbian, sought tattooing as a means to ‘communicate’ ownership- control over my body and therefore myself. They [tattoos] express my freedom to make decisions about my body. Getting tattooed ... out a certain message of empowerment. Someone who has a tattoo of their mother, father, grandfather, etc. sends out a certain sympathetic message saying that they loved this person dearly and they died. In the world today, people are at a constant struggle with each other over employment. One person is more qualified than the next and employers want to hire the best person for the job. What impression would ...
- 5607: The Great Gatsby: America Degenerates into a Place of Moral Destitution
- ... like Gatsby's dream, it will always remain beyond his grasp. Gatsby is trapped in a state of timelessness where his future is an illusory reflection of this past. His unbridled imagination has created a world in which reality is undefined to itself and thus through this wilderness of illusions, Gatsby attempts to realize the possibilities of life. Such was the "colossal vitality" of Gatsby's illusion that he believed that ... could recreate the past. "Why of course you can," was his automatic response. Yet once the "party was over," reality begins to dominate and tragically, Gatsby falls to his demise. Gatsby finds himself in a world "material without real" and as he "looked up at an unfamiliar sky through frightening leaves... he found what a grotesque thing a rose is and how raw the sunlight was upon the scarcely created grass." Confronted by reality, Gatsby realizes how disgusting it really is compared to his world of illusions. Yet while the "whole caravansary had fallen in like a card house," Fitzgerald questions the essence of reality and asks us if it is really worth sanctifying. He demonstrates that given the ...
- 5608: The Awakening
- ... course of a few months. The people with whom she interacts and the culture in which she is submersed play a significant role in her "awakening." Edna is able to break away from the restraining world of Adele in which she will never find her place. Stirred by the magic and intrigue of Mademoiselle Reitz's world, she finds the strength to reach for that, which is real for her, and she allows her true being to shine. In the beginning of her search for herself, Adele was what Edna wished she ... of Mademoiselle Reitz was similar to the one of which Edna dream for herself. She was a free spirit who did not agree with oppression of women at that time. Mademoiselle Reitz lives in a world in which a woman is her own woman and lives for herself, stands up to the world and insists on having life on her terms. In return for this free lifestyle she was looked ...
- 5609: The Bogus Logic Of The Beak Of
- ... observations were valid. This moth business illlustrates not only poor logic but flawed scientific method. It appears as though the establishment will grasp at any straw uncritically when it has the appearance of supporting its world view. For reviews of this see Nature, 5 Nov. 1998, and Back to Genesis, Apr. 1999. See also Star Course, "Notes from Nature." The Second Part of Darwin's Title And, you know, that is ... for. When Charles dropped out, his father recognized Charles' interest in science, so he arranged for him to take the job a ship's surgeon on the Beagle, where he could see some of the world and learn a suitable trade. One of Lyell's original intentions was "to sink the diluvialists," people who believed in the Genesis Flood and that that explained most geological sediments and fossils. (Gillispie, 1960, 299 ... This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being...This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of His dominion he is wont to be called Lord God pantokrator, Universal Ruler.(Newton, 1687, 369, 370)6 This God no longer "seemed compelling" to ...
- 5610: The Internet, Pornography, and Children
- ... four universities. The Internet later evolved out of ARPANET. Funding from the National Science Foundation in the 1980s eventually led to the Internet being opened to commercial traffic. Services provided over the Internet include the World Wide Web, electronic mail (the most popular service), Newsgroups, and Chat. For one computer to communicate with another computer on the Internet, both computers must be connected to the Internet. Connection to the Internet can ... Protection Act can not be currently enforced because a preliminary injunction was issued against it on February 1, 1999.9 Two of the most popular places for pornography to appear on the Internet are the World Wide Web and Usenet. The World Wide Web (WWW) is a worldwide system of computers and files. Over the World Wide Web, users have access to large quantities of data. This data comes from sources including magazine archives, public and ...
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