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- 6871: Alexander The Greats Struggles
- Alexander The Great s Struggles Alexander the Great was most likely the greatest leader ever. His tactics and reasoning are still studied all over the world even after 2,000 years ago. Being a teenager from a divorced family and forced to rule at such a young age intensely impacted Alexander s Life. According to records, he was said to be ... everything than his father. He was tutored by Aristotle to be the best student in philosophy, leadership, science and mathematics. Alexander excelled in every area except patience. He was taught that he could rule the world if he wished and spent most of his life doing so. When Alexander conquered a city, he burned it to the ground. He then rebuilt the city and renamed it to Alexandria. When he arrived ... but have also provided explanations for his actions. Anyone brought up thinking that they were a god would have some differences in the way they comprehend and handle situations. Alexander believed he could unite the world, but failed just short of his goal. Alexander will continue to be a main figure in the study of the history of the world.
- 6872: Papyrus
- "Papyrus Papyrus was the most important writing material in the ancient world. Our word ""paper"" derives from the word ""papyrus,"" an Egyptian word that originally meant ""that which belongs to the house"" (the bureaucracy of ancient Egypt). Papyrus is a triangular reed that used to grow along ... writing material made out of the pith within the stem of the papyrus plant. At the same time they developed a script that ultimately provided the model for the two most common alphabets in the world, the Roman and the Arabic. . The task of the papyrologist is not only to decipher, transcribe and edit what is preserved, but also to reconstruct what is lost between fragments and reconstruct the whole. Most fragments of literature derive from rolls of papyrus, which could extend up to 35 feet in length. Papyrus was the most important writing material of the ancient world and perhaps ancient Egypt's most important legacy; alongside it were used other (often cheaper) materials, like wood and clay (broken pottery sherds with writing are called ostraca). On these materials were recorded everything ...
- 6873: The Push For Legalizing Marijuana
- ... associated with it, but use appeared in colleges and among middle-class youths in the suburbs (Himmelstein 103). Marijuana became a so-called culture, and rebellion towards the government. However, President Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs in 1973 and over the next 20 years, each succeeding president continued to escalate the drug war. This policy has obviously done nothing to stop the recreational use of drugs in this country; on the contrary it is causing great harm. When most people imagine the legalization of marijuana, they fear a ... the National Organization for the Reformation of Marijuana Laws (NORML), says that legalization will wipe out the already 60-billion dollar black market by placing marijuana in the open market (NORML information pack 3). This war on drugs is wasting the money, as well as the lives of American people. In the last two years, approximately 750,000 arrests were made in our mad, imaginary effort to stamp out marijuana. ...
- 6874: Of Mice And Men 5
- ... idea of loneliness in the novel. John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, and lived the early part of his life in California. It was here that Steinbeck developed a knowledge and love of the natural world and the different cultures that figure so prominently in his works. Steinbeck's family was middle-class. John Ernst was his father and he was a miller and County official. His mother, Olive Hamilton taught ... didn't have any family members around to give them support. As farmers that gave them the chance to make a friendship: "Guys Like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world, they got no family" (Steinbeck 15). After they start talking then it's clear that they both don't want to be alone their whole life. Steinbeck points out that most of the people that ... alone wanted to have some friends. He offered to give up everything he had so that he wouldn't end up alone. "Of Mice and Men is the story of a man in a fallen world. They were set to the challenge to break the wandering and loneliness and return to the perfect world which was their dream" (Bloom 145). George and Lennie were committed to accomplishing the impossible in ...
- 6875: Lysistrata
- Lysistrata A play about making war and not making love
The Talbot Theatre production of Lysistrata both entertained and delighted this member of the audience, who was there partly because of an English assignment requirement, but mainly because of the opportunity ... political power has been superceded by the primitive urge for sex, and how the women now hold power over the men. The statue, which is on the platform, is dressed in armor and symbolizes the war. The shield is taken by the women to be used for the purpose of swearing their oath, but they quickly realize that they cannot swear for peace on a shield used for war. This warrior statue disappears at the end of the play, reappearing as a female, the statue of PEACE, considerably shapelier and more enticing to the men. The characters presented the most impressive visual component. ...
- 6876: Nuclear Energy
- ... reasons that most scientific studies are begun; to understand more about the universe and the laws by which the universe works. The more knowledge we have about the universe, the more we can control the world in which we live. Nuclear energy is contained in the center, or nucleus of an atom. This energy is also known as atomic energy because its obtained from atoms, unfortunately this is not a good ... There is no specific place where nuclear nergy may be found, neither is there a special geographical place a nuclear power plant must be located. There are many hundreds of nuclear power plants throughout the world, not to mention, many military and research reactors. In the United states alone there are over a hundred plants; about 15% of the nations electricity is produced at these plants. Frace is the leading user of nuclear energy throughout the world, 65% of their electricity is prduced in Nuclear power plants. Other leaders include; Belgium-60%, Sweden-50%, Switzerland-40%, Finland-38%, West Germany-30%, Japan- 22%, Spain and Britain-20%, and Soviet-Union-14%. ...
- 6877: Animal Farm: Utopia
- ... the drawing- room, even though Napoleon was against all of this in the beginning he became a big part of these activities. From this scene some animals are starting to notice their "Equal and Perfect" world is becoming not so equal any more. As the years pass by there are more incidents that prove, Napoleon wants to have more power. Also the "Utopia" idea is going away. Napoleon uses Snowball to ... animals are more equal than others. After all of this confusing the animals are very confused. They just go along with the scenario but some do not approve. The animals start to see there "perfect" world disappear. Orwell shows Old Major ideas of a Utopia vanish by having Napoleon emerge as a tyrant leader and shows that he is power hungry from the start. Throughout the story Napoleon starts to change ... only one who can read, so know one can remember the original Commandments. Napoleon like any tyrant blames his problems on everyone else and in the end ruins the animal's ideas of a perfect world completely. This story teaches people there is no perfect world and somebody always wants more.
- 6878: Sexual Abstinence
- By: Anonymous E-mail: starr@imtoosexy.com Today's world is full of worries and problems which did not affect teens a generation ago. New problems keep appearing in today's world, such as STDs, increased pregnancy rates, and other factors facing teens who choose to have sex. Emotionally and physically teens and getting less developed before having sex and are not prepared for the serious problems ... just go away if we ignore it, but teen health and the health of our society depend on choices which today's teens make regarding sex. With so many diseases and problems facing today's world, abstinence is the only way to protect ourselves. Abstinence is a safe choice in preventing the possibility of pregnancy. One-tenth of young women between the ages of 15 and 19 get pregnant every ...
- 6879: Wright's "Black Boy": An Oppressionist Impression
- ... the future. He allows his readers to feel as he did under the light of strong persecution with the use of an intimidating, heartfelt tone. The cosmic images of dread were gone and the external world became a reality, quivering daily before me. Instead of brooding and trying foolishly to pray, I could run and toam, mingle with the boys and girls, feel at home with people, share a little of ... anger and fear, Wright converses with the reader as though he were a youth leader telling a story to a group of boyscouts outside by a campfire. His spellbounding words chant the reader into his world and produce a map through which the reader follows his life in the shadows of others. I mingled with the boys, hoping to pass unnoticed , but knowing that sooner or later I would be spotted ... voice that softens the reader to his pains. ... I was reserved with the boys and girls at school, seeking their company but never letting them guess how much I was being kept out of the world in which they lived, valuing their casual feiendships but hiding it, acutely self consious but covering it with a quick smile and a readt phrase. When there was action; however, Wright made sure the ...
- 6880: Oedipus The King
- ... to attain wisdom and happiness. The goals for which Oedipus sought were noble goals that a majority of the audience members may have been seeking. Plato, in his Republic delineated a duelist theory of our world. Plato wrote that our world is actually a cave where people are bound and forced to look at shadows on the wall for their entire life(67). In Plato's opinion, reality cannot exist in this world because only shadows cast by a fire are seen(69). According to Plato, the only way to see anything in its quintessence, the only way to see bona fide truth and wisdom is to ...
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