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- 6141: A Background Of Argentina
- ... tribes; the Diaguita and the Gaurani who constituted the agricultural origins. During the 1500 s, Spain discovered Argentina, and quickly claimed it for its own. Spain reigned until the 1800 s when it was at war with Britain. In 1816 Argentina declared independence from Spain. After WWII there was a struggle for leadership of Argentina, eventually Juan Peron, a former dictator, was elected President. Peron represented himself as a leader for ... US, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, and France. Argentina is a relatively rich country; it has a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of roughly US$283 billion, with about $6800 GDP per head. Argentina is 18th in world GDP ranking. Argentina is a wealthy country. There are many different types of people living in Argentina; 85% of European descent, 15% mestizo, with Indian and other minorities. Their religion is not as varied, 93 ... huge drought going on which caused there to be a 20% decrease in agricultural products; a huge loss. Then again, Argentina is cutting its largest field, electricity, but 10%. It s amazing how quickly a world changes, and how slow we are to catch up with it. Argentina has become a powerful nation with a very interesting past.
- 6142: Diary Of Anne Frank
- ... Anne Frank by Anne Frank 2.The setting of this book is an attic of a building in Amsterdam during the time period of 1942 to 1944. 3.The historical period of this book is World War II. 4.Anne Frank was a young girl who is the author of this popular diary. She was thought of by others as conceited but didn't think so herself. She was in love with ... Margot was also jealous of Anne because of Anne's relationship with Peter. Mr.Frank was Anne's father who was kind, forgiving and a very good father. He cared for every Jew in the world for they were all opppressed victims. Mrs.Frank was a caring mother who was always fare. She loved her husband and favored Margot over Anne most of the time. Peter Van Daan was Anne' ...
- 6143: Greek Gods 2
- ... He controls all the animals in the ocean. When he gets angry with any mortals and their land, he floods them. The goddess of love is Aphrodite. She is the most beautiful person in the world. Her husband is the god of forge. The god of forge creates the weapons like the lightning bolts for Zeus. He lives in a mountain. Hercules is the son of Zeus. Hercules is half god ... wife was tricked into killing him. She got a gift that had Hines blood on it. Hines blood was a very poisonous blood. It can kill any mortal, even a half-mortal. Haties god of war, he starts wars and kills as many people as he can. He is a ruthless god. All the god s helped mortals in one or another way, but they can also cause a lot of trouble. For example, Aphrodite started a war between two empires over this woman who was supposed to be more beautiful than her. Helena was the beautiful woman who was fought over. All the gods live on Olympus. All the mortals pray ...
- 6144: Good Vs. Evil Miltons Paradise
- ... meeting was Moloch, who was the "strongest and fiercest spirit that fought in Heaven, now fiercer by despair" (Milton, II-l. 44-45). He came forth with a "suicidal battle philosophy" (Blessington 39), promoting open war in Heaven. He was very aggressive in nature, and did not care if God destroyed the fallen angels in the battle, as long as they fought in revenge (Bush 258). The second fallen angel that ... from God who ruled over them (John). The reader saw this same desire in his philosophy of what the angels should do in Hell, which was to stay there and exploit its wealth rather than war in Heaven against God (Milton 67-68). The final speaker at the meeting was Beelzebub, who relayed the earlier thoughts of Satan, which were to go after the new creation of God, man, rather than ... evil to the reader. Milton used two main characters to display good and virtue to the reader; the first one is God himself. God was the true symbol of all that is good in the world. God was the creator of man and kept this in control with three mighty powers. The first power was omnipotence, which is being all-powerful. God's second power was that of omnipresent, which ...
- 6145: A Farewell To Arms By Ernest H
- ... Catherine and lets the river take him to a new life that becomes increasing difficult to understand. The escape to Switzerland seemed too perfect for a book that set a tone of ugliness in the world that was only dotted with pure love like Henry's and Cat's and I knew the story couldn't end with bliss in the slopes of Montreux. In a world where the abstracts of glory, honor, and sacrifice meant little to Frederick, his physical association with Catherine was the only thing he had and it was taken away from him long before she died. The ... had for each other was more than could be explained in words and Frederick makes it known that words are not really effective at describing the flesh and blood details. Their love during an ugly war was not to be recreated or modeled even as much as through a baby conceived by their love. The baby could not be born alive because their love was beautiful yet doomed so that ...
- 6146: Mrs Dalloway By Virginia Woolf
- ... that, goodness of humanity under the cold, hard shell that society, portrays. Septimus believes in nature, love and goodness; but these are not the qualities of reality, they are the antithesis. For Septimus knows of war, death and destruction; he knows that society will not change and that he cannot live in a world that can be so constricting. Septimus takes a leap of faith and ends all his suffering in this unforgiving world; individuality, Septimus and Clarissa recede into the depths of normality. Clarissa accepts this recession, from having a dream to being merely Mrs. Dalloway. However, Septimus does not, this constriction and uniformity propels Septimus out ...
- 6147: The Diary Of Anne Frank - Book
- ... students, all have had their own perspective and view on this everlasting and most memorable book. This truly shows how the Diary of Anne Frank is one of the most widely read books in the world. Anne Frank’s diary was probably the first work that people actually got too see what the Holocaust was all about. Certainly it must be the best book for the subject. The diary brings together ... went through. The only problem with the book is that the fact that Anne Frank rewrote her diary about two months before she was captured because she wanted her journal to be published after the war and she wanted to peruse a career in journalism. Therefore it is hard to tell what existed in her original copy and how much did she add afterwards. This tells us that we will never ... Frank, was criticized worldwide by many different individuals. One would expect this book to be widely criticized for the fact that it dealt with the most gruesome and horrible era in the history of the world, the Holocaust, and for the fact that it helps us journey through this painful experience through the eyes of a young adolescent Jewish girl. Many love this book for it’s great purpose, but ...
- 6148: The Great Gatsby
- ... before. Somebody told me they thought he killed a man once. Also, there is one more lady said that Gatsby was a German spy: It is more that he was a German spy during the war. Nike heard it, but when Nike had a chance to have a lunch with Gatsby, he told Nike, he was an Oxford man and show him that fought in World War One. Then Nike knew Gatsby was not a German Spy nor a murderer. Furthermore, at the end of the novel, when Daisy drove Gatsby's car and killed Mrs.Wilson in a car accident, ...
- 6149: The Journey Of Odysseus And Te
- ... way the story is set up, stemming from the purpose of each character’s journey, their personal challenges, and the difficulties that surround them. The story commences when Odysseus, a valiant hero of the Trojan war, journeys back home. Together with his courageous comrades, and a several vessels, he set sail for his homeland Ithaca. Fated to wander for a full ten years, Odysseus’s ships were immediately blown to Thrace ... may also presume that Homer had not intended for the Telemachos to be as great a hero as his father. This may be due to the fact that, for example, he never had a Trojan War to fight, his setting is in a time of peace unlike his father’s, and more notably- although matured, Telemachus never really learned true leadership or chivalry as did his father. Homer has presented the world with poetry so unique and classic, so outstanding and awesome, that generations to come will challenge themselves interpreting them until the end of time.
- 6150: Odyssey, Learning About Himsel
- ... the Odyssey, written by Homer, Odysseus learned a lot about himself and what he had to do to become a better overall human. The adventures he goes on, I think, opens his eyes to a world in which he thought he was invincible. With the Odyssey, Odysseus learned a big lesson in humility. The greatest example of this is in the last five books or so within the story. He has ... in the fact that he came back at all was pride swallowing. He lost all of his men. That’s horrible. He was supposed to be one of the high-ranking officers of the Trojan War and he comes back after 20 years without his 600 plus men. I’m not even sure if that is pride. That sounds like a mixture of guts and pride to me. Anyways, he also ... don’t know what will. He knew that he really messed up when he tried to embrace his mother and went right through her. If he were more responsible and just went home after the war, he would have been able to hug his mother again. He also ran into one of his crew members that had died from being to drunk and falling off the roof on Circe’s ...
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