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- 6621: The Rez Sisters
- ... the younger generation and maybe give them a better chance at life. As the play continues the seven women, Pelajia, Philomena, Marie-Adele, Annie, Emily, Veronique and Zhaboonigan confirm that the biggest bingo in the world is coming to Toronto. All of them have no extra money to get there so they all band together and do anything they are skilled at to raise the funds. They all work very hard and raise the money to get all seven of them to Toronto to join in the biggest bingo in the world. They load up a van they borrowed and head off to the big city. Nanabush, a North American Indian mythology creature follows them on their travels. Nanabush is a trickster and he can go by many faces. The myth behind Nanabush is that he left this world when the white people came and he is the Christ of Native mythology. Many native people believe that, without Nanabush and the spiritual health of this figure, the core of Indian culture would be ...
- 6622: The Theme of Death in Poems
- ... of Death in Poems Death is a common theme in many poems. It is viewed so differently to everyone. In the poems, "Because I could not stop for Death," "First Death in Nova Scotia," and "War is kind" death is presented by each narrator as something different. To one it is a kind gentle stranger while to another it is a cold cruel being. A kind gentleman stranger personifies death in ... from one place, to a better one. Again in this poem death was not personified as evil, but as a gentle removal of the life and youth of an innocent young boy. In the poem "War is Kind" the narrator uses sarcasm to display death. He begins in the first stanza, telling a young woman whose lover has been killed in war, how noble his death was. He tell her not to weep because he died in glory. Yet in the second stanza hedescibes the horror of the war, and how uncivilized it really is. He ...
- 6623: Twelfth Night 2
- ... characters in regard to love and longing. In terms of love, the sentiments of Malvolio and Sir Toby violently oppose each other, and in that right help the viewer of the play to understand the world of Shakespeare's fabrication. In the words of Maurice Charney, "Shakespeare's world doubles or mirrors our own world." (Charney, 161) In this respect, the figures of Malvolio and Sir Toby may represent the different sides of love as seen through the eyes of various characters; the vast degree of difference in views ...
- 6624: Television Violence In The United States
- Television And Violence In The United States The United States has become the most violent nation in the industrial world. The latest, a bloodbath in Littleton, Colo., once again has us asking why, and how, and the questioning of our society. These revenge fantasies portrayed in Littleton are showing themselves in movies and on TV ... hours per week watching television; they may see more that 12,000 acts of violence per year (Dietz 1). People and especially children have to determine what is fake and real. In the make-believe world of television, violence is a commonplace and accepted part of life. In the real world, violence should not be an accepted part of life; in the real word, people-not actors-are involved and real people get killed. Violent acts, are defined as acts intended to injure or harm ...
- 6625: Wuthering Heights 4
- ... to topple, Mr. Lockwood screams and awakens. This scene shows the important role books take on in Wuthering Heights. They seem to have the power to transport Mr. Lockwood between the realms of the real world and the spiritual world. Mr. Lockwood fell asleep reading Catherine s old books which contained Catherine s diary. While dreaming, Mr. Lockwood was in the spiritual world because he was able to communicate and even touch Catherine who had been dead for more than fifteen years. By piling up the books on the windowsill, he was able to bring himself back ...
- 6626: Calculated Captivity
- ... is eventually convicted of murder. Burgess portrays the immature Alex, as a mixture of good and evil possibilities with evil taking the upper hand. As the reader is taken deeper into Alex’s morbidly exciting world, he/she begins to feel complete hatred towards Alex. Not only does Burgess permit Alex to commit such heinous crimes, he describes them in a very disturbing manner. Near the beginning of the novel there ... a programmed pawn of the state, however when one has choice, he is an individual. The final section of this novel deals with Alex as the victim. After being “sent with confidence out into the world again, as decent a lad as you would meet on a May morning, inclined to the kindly word and the helpful act” (97), Alex is quick to realize that his conditioning was not beneficial for ... the reader’s opinion of Alex. This detestable boy, in the end becomes an unfortunate victim, and although the reader is duped into feeling captivated by him, it is not unpleasant transition. Alex’s fantastical world is where the story begins, but the issues are unforgettable. In this world Burgess exaggerates potential societal problems to show the absurdity of them but, as the novel shows, this is no guarantee against “ ...
- 6627: Fire And Ice - Compared To 4 Other Poems
- ... is AABBA CCDDC and that pattern continues for every stanza (Silberner 110). The alliteration and the rhyme scheme of this poem make it flow very smoothly. "Fire and Ice" is a poem about how the world will end. Frost is debating with himself as to whether or not the world will be destroyed by fire or ice. Frost seems as if he is deeply entrenched in thought about whether the earth will become a flaming ball or a gigantic ice cube. I see this poem ... Frost. It tells me that Frost analyzed every idea that popped into his head. No wonder he graduated as co-valedictorian of his class. The imagery of this poem is in the destruction of the world. It takes a little imagination but I can picture the earth as a new sun. I can also picture the earth totally covered by a massive sheet of ice. The theme of "Fire and ...
- 6628: Life in The 1900s
- ... canadians because of its easy maintence compared to a horse. The bike allowed an option of transportation. The bicycle also gave a sense of freedom to virtually anybody willing to learn. Henry Ford revolutionized the world we live in by inventing the "horseless carriage", if it had not been for him, instead of taking the GO bus in the morning we'd be riding a horse named Wanda. Not only did ... Orville and Wilbur Wright made a successful flight in the first airplane at the beach of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Although the flight only lasted 12 seconds it would change the way we see the world. The telephone allowed the houseneeds to be satisfied without leaving they're homes. Women received an oppurtunity to work as a a switch board operator. I don't know if I can stress the importance ... advertising agencies would also face the same consequences. T.V. provides millions of people with employment in commercials, T.V. shows, and movies. Baseball was the most popular sport in the United States where the World Series began in 1903. Tom Longboat was born in Brantford, Ontario and was known for outrunning a horse over a 19 km coarse. He set a record of 2 hours, 24 min and 24 ...
- 6629: Endangered Species Of South Am
- ... and the inability to adapt to survive competition and predation. Since the 1600's, however, the rate of extinction has accelerated rapidly because of human population growth and resource consumption (17). Today, most of the world's habitats are changing faster than most species can adapt to such changes through evolution, or natural selection. The current global extinction rate is estimated at about 20,000 species per year, exponentially greater than ... organisms in freshwater lakes and destroy large tracts of forested land (Microsoft 3). In any effort to produce global biodiversity and encourage the study, restoration, and sound management of endangered species the IUCN and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) maintain a global list of endangered species and vulnerable animals called the Red List. A framework for international conservation efforts, the Red List database accesses the status of, and threats to ... international organizations, government agencies, industry, and individuals if there is hope for preserving the earth's valuable biodiversity for future generations. Works Cited "Endangered Species." Microsoft Encarta, 1993-1997. "Endangered Species; South America, 1." Grolier World Encyclopedia, 1993. "Fast Facts about Endangered Species." EAC. http://www.worldkids.net/eac/fastfact.htm (8 April 1999). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals Database Search Results." World Conservation Monitoring Centre. http://wcmc.org. ...
- 6630: The Kondratieff Wave
- The Kondratieff Wave The Kondratieff Wave has its basics in what’s called long wave cycles. These long wave cycles involve economics (world economics), important moments in history and of course human affairs. Long waves have to do more with “accumulated” massive structure problems in world economies. Problems that governments try to correct sometimes only stalling the inevitable. I try to associate these long waves with actual living system behavior. All live behaves in cycles, some longer than others but all with a similar pattern, starting point, rise or development, plenitude and decline. The K-wave follows such a pattern, this means that the world itself then is also a true living system where every continent, country or culture is interconnected and liable for the turn of events in general. It is very important to understand the long wave ...
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