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- 6291: Analysis of The Most Dangerous Game
- ... a higher level, the hunt for human life, Rainsfords life! This story takes place in the Caribbean, on a secluded island. The author chose an ideal place for his setting. The story consists of a war between the two main characters, and what better place then an island which has such excellent geographical features to support this struggle. Some examples are the dense trees, trails, and some quicksand. This setting also makes the two characters display all the skills and tricks they have learned over the years, and then wage war against each other. The setting plays a sufficient role in the story's overall development. Without this setting the story would not reveal the game of cat and mouse which is going on. The setting ... loves hunting so much that he does not stop to think whether or not the animals have any feelings or emotions. Bluntly he does not care if the animals feel anything. Rainsford philosophy is that world is made up of two classes -the hunters and the huntees. Rainsford has never felt what it is like to be hunted, because he has always been the predator. That is sure to change ...
- 6292: Morrison's Beloved: A Review
- ... needed to beat the "system." Her faith in God and self makes her the prominent legacy. As she rose above slavery so have other individual rose above persecution and hardship across the years. For instance, World Wars, Holocaust, and the depression to name a few. Morrison throughout Beloved offers realism of the times and consequences that occurred with the slaves. Morrison paints a picture post -Civil War life that leaves many black people lost in America. Blacks after the civil War emerged all across the South with no place to go. The South was in ruins in every sense and the Black freed slaves were confused. They had been separated from their families, lost any ...
- 6293: Paradise Lost: Connections Still Used Today
- ... Used Today "Put that down... NOW!" As many of us have grown older, familiar phrases return to us that were instilled during our childhood. These ideas taught us how to grow and learn within the world. Just As our Parents taught us these words, God taught Satan and everyone under him ideas for their further growth and enrichment. "Paradise Lost" contains connections which are still used today. "Paradise Lost's" initial ... as Satan did. As Satan witnessed firsthand, many people dare not risk angering God to his fullest extent. Another idea of "Paradise Lost" states that Satan is the root of all the evil in the world. John Milton shows this idea in several places within the story. For example, "The infernal Serpent; whose guile, stirred up with envy and revenge, deceived The mother of mankind..." enlightens us on what started this war by Satan - greed. "While he sought evil to others" displays the evil rooted within Satan. Even today, we follow these ideas about Satan being the root of all evil. This evil force in most ...
- 6294: Eliezer Wiesel's Night
- ... s Night The Book Night was the autobiography of Eliezer Wiesel. This was a horrible and sobering tale of his life story. The story takes place in Sighet, Translyvania. It's the year 1941 and World War II is occurring. Eliezer was 12 at this time and wasn't really aware of what was occurring in the world concerning the Jewish people. He had a friend who went by the name Moshe the Beadle. Moshe was very good friend of Elezers'. One day it was ordered that all foreign Jews in Sighet ...
- 6295: Tolkiens's Lord of The Rings
- ... eager to read on. Tolkien thought of it better to catch the attention and then promote the comprehension of the tale. "The Lord of the Rings" is indeed a fantastic book with times of happiness, war, mystery, conflict, and passion. In order to create the full cathartic effect of presenting and expressing the magnitude of the potential of each feeling, emphasis must be exercised. If emphasis was not used, the essence ... destruction." This figurative language promotes increase of importance of things that must be emphasized. The story presents a very easy to believe story that can be witnessed in the setting. The setting is a fantastic world of beauty threatened by an evil overlord and a wizard. The world contains man odd creatures to create the fill effect of fantasy. Something in which Tolkien added to this tale to create not only more emotion but also supporting edition to the tale's reality. ...
- 6296: The Biography of John Marshall Harlan II
- ... York in 1925. He also served as a Special Assistant Attorney General from 1928 to 1930. Prior to working as Special Assistant Attorney General, Harlan married Ethel Andrews, with whom he had one child. During World War II, Harlan served as a colonel in the United States Army Air Force. Harlan was in charge of the Operations Analysis Section of the Eighth Bomber Command. He was also the recipient of the American Legion of Merit and the Belgian and French Croix de Guerre. After the war, Harlan returned to his practice. From 1951 to 1953, Harlan served as a chief counsel to the New York State Crime Commission. During his time as chief counsel, Harlan helped to investigate illegal gambling, ...
- 6297: A Queen Adored: England's Elizabeth II
- ... part of [her] immense appeal was due to her vivacity and comic fervor in doing what was expected of her". Though Elizabeth's childhood was quite sheltered, she found access to the rest of the world through the many nursery toys her parents endowed her with. Miniature delivery vans of bread and garden supplies represented the everyday jobs of the people. A Christmas present of a dustpan and brush also symbolized work in the real world, and possibly served as a tool in the development of a remarkable tidiness that followed her through adulthood. Her many ponies also served as a learning experience through the necessity of their care in grooming ... Exchange, and in1945 she was finally called to serve as Second Subaltern Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor of the Auxiliary Transport Service where she was to learn to be a mechanic of sorts. In 1945 the war was brought to a close, and with the return of Prince Philip, the two were engaged by the following year. They were married on November 20,1947. Three months later she was to become ...
- 6298: Thomas Jefferson
- ... out. In the congress Jefferson wrote his most famous document, the Declaration of Independence. As an expression of the philosophy of the rights of the people in an age when absolute monarchs ruled throughout the world, it had an immense impact in both America and Europe. On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was formally adopted, and within a few days the declaration was read throughout the colonies. In September ... of Virginia. The state's constitution strictly limited the governor's power, and Jefferson had previously agreed with this approach, but he found that the restrictions prevented his taking necessary quick action in time of war. In 1781 the British attacked Richmond, the capital of Virginia. Jefferson, his council, and the legislature fled the city. Jefferson quit the governorship, recommending the election of someone with military experience. He spent the next ... objects and with his own remarkable inventions. In 1815 he sold his 6500-volume book collection to the federal government as the nucleus of the restored Library of Congress, which had been destroyed during the War of 1812 (1812-1815). He also helped found the University of Virginia. Architecturally designed by Jefferson and based on his plans and recommendations, the university opened its doors in 1825. Jefferson and John Adams, ...
- 6299: Conquests Napoleon Made Domestically As Well As Militarily
- ... avid disciple of Rousseau, Napoleon joined the French Military, and slowly began to work his way to esteemed positions. Later, as General Bonaparte, Napoleon defeated much of Europe in an effort to take over the world. He was eventually defeated and imprisoned by Britain on the island of St. Helena, where he died in 1821. Napoleon is well known for both his military and domestic accomplishments, but which of the two ... confidence of the people. Shortly after, he was defeated by Wellington at the battle of Waterloo. Despite the defeat, the duke of Wellington still had great respect for Napoleon saying "By God, that man does war honor". This impression of Napoleon as the man of war overshadowed his domestic achievements, but within the next few years France lost all of the land it had gained during the Napoleonic years. However, Napoleon did leave France dramatic changes in the legal system, ...
- 6300: Charles Augustus Lindbergh
- ... Roosevelt Field at 7:52 AM on May 20, 1927. After a flight of 33 hours 32 minutes, he landed at Le Bourget Airport near Paris. His achievement won the enthusiasm and acclaim of the world, and he was greeted as a hero in Europe and the U.S. He was later commissioned a colonel in the U.S. Air Service Reserve and was a technical adviser to commercial airlines. He ... a series of antiwar speeches. He was criticized as being pro-German and was forced to resign his commission in the air corps reserve and his membership in the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. During World War II, however, Lindbergh was a civilian consultant to aircraft manufacturers and was sent on missions to the Pacific area and to Europe for the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 26, 1974, ...
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