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- 5851: Movie: Dead Poet's Society - The Dead Poet That Killed Himself
- ... of seventeen. Centuries of teaching experience prove Mr. Keating is wrong and that tradition and discipline are the correct methods of educating. Our fledgling nation of only 200 years is a mental midget in this world. Why is it that we are 17th in the world in education. Is it that we are stupid? No, it is that we have diverged from the old world teaching methods of Europe and Asia. Japan is third is the world in education. The reason is simple. Although they manufacture most of the world's calculators, not one is used in the classroom. ...
- 5852: Bungee Jumping
- ... over the past couple decades. Bungee jumping has evolved into a sport of art and thrill. As a tribal tradition, the ritual was soon incorporated with a bungee cord. Bungee jumping spread rapidly throughout the world, ever-growing in popularity. Detailed designs and engineering have helped to take bungee jumping to all new limits. An array of prices depicts a variety of heights, harnesses, and locations of sites. Bungee jumping offers ... scene. Two brothers, John and Peter Kockelman, began jumping from bridges over river gorges in the Sierras. Recognizing the sport's commercial potential, they opened Bungee Adventures in 1988. Bungee jumping spread rapidly throughout the world, ever-growing in popularity. Bungee jumping became national crazes in many areas. After the use of a bungee cord was thought of, the idea first spread through New Zealand. From here, Australia and France soon caught on and joined the sport. This new hobby, predominantly known and practiced only by skydivers, rock climbers, and other extremists caught the world's attention and spread like a wild fire. In America, bungee jumping was also proving popular. The first commercial bungee business began thirty minutes outside San Diego, CA. Commercial sites in Colorado and Utah ...
- 5853: Powder: Questions
- ... because of his external appearance. But many students began to feel empathy for him and they invited him to cafeteria tables and accepted into groups. 6. Now although, Jeremy seems to be living in a world of rejection, persecution, and insult, he has a friend. Like the Good Samaritan, a girl from school, expresses interest in Jeremy. She talks to Jeremy and sticks by him during harsh times. Their relationship, sinks into a deeper level of love and compassion. They become lovers. This girl listens to the troubles of Jeremy, and Jeremy does likewise. It seems that they stood together as partners fighting the world in which they lived in. 7. Jeremy was ultimately searching for a way to live free of anguish. He wished to find a place where he can be accepted by all. A place where his ... would beaten and made fun of. No, you will take him to a home with a family that loves him and cares for him, while he uses his mental power to learn and resolve many world problems. 9. Jeremy, parallels with Jesus. They both are persecuted, one for his beliefs, the other for his external appearance. They both have divine power, one comes from the heavens in the form of ...
- 5854: Emancipation Proclamation
- ... power to enforce emancipation in these states still in control by the Confederacy, but the four slave states still under federal control were exempt from the Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation was nothing more then a war measure. It was part of Lincoln's strategy and was politically necessary. Unfortunately, the Proclamation was only partially successful for Lincoln. Lincoln had hoped to regain military initiative, political momentum, and diplomatic superiority all with ... It also did assist in gaining the favor of British abolitionists whom stepped up their efforts against recognition of the Confederacy. The Emancipation Proclamation made clear, once again, what Lincoln had stuck by throughout the war. He repeatedly asserted that the Union's objective in the Civil War was nothing more than ending a rebellion against constitutional authority. The abolishment of slavery was to have no part in the role of the conflict. The truth is the Proclamation wasn't meant to ...
- 5855: Dams And Resources
- ... most immediate and far-reaching effects because of the huge changes it causes to river circulation system. Some 40,000 large dams, most of which were built in the past 50 years, now obstruct the world's rivers. More than 400,000 square kilometers--an area larger than Zimbabwe, and 13 times the size of Lesotho. Volta Reservoir behind Ghana's Akasombo Dam, flooded 4% of that nation's land area. In the United States, whose 5,500 large dams make it the second most dammed country in the world, we have stopped building large dams, and are now spending great amounts of money trying to fix the problems created by existing dams. Although the impacts of large dams have been well documented for some ... things. All parts of a river's ecology can be impacted by changes to its flow. The river's part, where fresh water meets the sea, is a particularly rich ecosystem. Some 80% of the world's fish catch comes from these habitats, which depend on the volume and timing of nutrients and fresh water. The alteration of the flows reaching these parts because of dams and diversions is a ...
- 5856: The Scarlet Letter: Symbolism in the Forest
- ... mans book on that night. She explains that the only reason she does not sign is because Pearl is still in her life. At this time the forest itself is a open door to another world, a wicked world that would take her away from her present situation, but that is not the only door that the forest holds. The forest is an open door to love and freedom for both Hester and Dimmesdale. It is a place where the letter on their bodies can no longer have an effect on them if they choose. A world ruled by nature and governed by natural law as opposed to the artificial strict community with its man made puritan laws. Its as if the forest represents a key to the shackles the Hester ...
- 5857: Prophet Muhammad
- ... with money and power including an Offer to make him King if he were to abandon his message. Muhammad (s) would say no without thinking about it. For this is only something small that are world things given by man. For Muhammad (s) knew that the true gift would be given to him by Allah (swt) at the end. When this did not work, they tried to convince his uncle Abu ... he invoked special blessings on the martyrs of Uhud, and then addressed the Muslims: There is a slave among the slaves of Allah (The One God) to whom God has offered the choice between this world and that which is with Him, and the slave has chosen that which is with God. Upon hearing this Abu Bakr r.a. wept as he understood that the Prophet was talking about himself and ... Muhammad (s) best friend, companion, and father-in-law, Abu Bakr r.a. The death of the Prophet Muhammad (s) was just the beginning of Islam. Now, Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world today and is the second biggest religion in the world. Muhammad (s) was a man and a messenger of Allah (The One God). He is the last of the prophets sent by Allah to ...
- 5858: Shakespeare's Hamlet
- ... when it is spoken through the mouth of a strong willed character. In Shakespeares Hamlet, the character of Hamlet speaks his mind through a soliloquy in which he expresses the way he views the world and the situation with his mother and his uncle. In the soliloquy made by Hamlet lines 133-136- O, that this too, too sullied flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew, on that the everlasting had not fixed His Canon gainst Hamlet is expressing his desire to take his own life. He feels that his body or rather flesh has no purpose or use in the world. Hamlet then angers at the fact that he cannot commit suicide because it is against the law. Hamlet goes on to express how much he hates the world and finds it useless. Lines 136-141- O God, God, How stale, flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world! Fie on t, ah fie! Tis an unweeded garden That ...
- 5859: How Should The Indian Mutiny B
- HOW SHOULD THE INDIAN MUTINY BE CHARACTERISED? SHOULD IT BE SEEN AS A POST PACIFICATION REVOLT, A NATIONALIST UPRISING, OR AS A WAR OF INDEPENDENCE? Any discussion on the reasons behind the Indian mutiny needs to be preceded by what the mutiny actually was. While mutinies and revolts were not uncommon in India at this time, they were ... be possible to describe the events of the mutiny in much more detail, but here we need to look at the deeper reasons behind it. The mutiny has been described as the countrys first war of independence, because it was the first major demonstration of national feeling and action against the British presence. Early twentieth century commentators, especially Indian have taken this view. For example, Marx portrays the mutiny as ... as Indian nationalists describe the mutiny as part of the national evolution and of course can be seen to be inclined to emphasise the patriotic resistance of their ancestors.. However, to view it as a war of Independence seems only possible with hindsight, or in looking at it in terms of what it achieved in years to come, as it could be that its memory helped and guided India to ...
- 5860: Death of A Salesman: Willy Loman - A Man With A Dream
- ... identity. From the very beginning of his life, Willy Loman experienced problems with his popularity and personality. His last name is a pun on a "low man." He is at the bottom of the business world as an unsuccessful salesman. In addition, his theories on life and society prove to be very degrading, not to mention influential to his mind set every day. Willy believes that being well-liked and having ... man who cannot sell well, the loss of a salary is very detrimental to his well-being. "Although Willy is aware, maybe dimly and imperfectly, that he is not cut out for success in the world of trade and commerce, he nevertheless nurses the dream of getting the better of everybody else. And this leads him into an alienation from himself, obscuring his real identity." (P. P. Sharma, critical analysis) Willy ... that occurred in Willy Loman's life, it was not surprising when he killed himself. In search of happiness, Willy believed that he could give his family what they wanted if he only left the world. But, his dreams were wrong, as his family did not even care enough to go to his funeral. He died for things that he had lived for- his sons and illusions of prosperity. Ironically, ...
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