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- 6991: Just A Pot Of Basil
- ... would forget that they had been extinct for millions of years, as the plaques in front of the enormous exhibits reminded those who were tall enough to read them. But I carried on in my world of dinosaurs while I was in the museum, free to dream as I cared to. The distance and time between the real dinosaurs and I disappeared when I was in the museum, in my little world. Therein lies the significant difference between seeing and imagining, and being told or influenced, that is, being mystified. Mystification, as the art critic John Berger in Ways of Seeing explains, is the process of explaining ... been able to let everything go, and be consumed by a striking or stunning image. The wonderful thing about museums is that every few feet there lies an artist waiting to draw you into their world. Artists and their works contained within a single building span over centuries and continents. All contain different points of view and expresses it to the best of their abilities. Today we see the art ...
- 6992: A Clockwork Orange
- ... revolved around the corrections aspect of reforming the criminal element. Within the confines of the seventies Londoner. The character, Alex is created as the ultimate juvenile delinquent leading a small gang. Living within his own world the use of old Londoner language and attire reflect the non-conformity with society. Let loose within a large metropolitan, Alex is engulfed in the affairs of several criminal practices, from rape to aggravated assault ... of institutions like this, though more in than out for most of you, or are you going to attend to the Divine Word and realize the punishment that await the unrepentant sinner in the next world, as well as in this?"(Burgess 90) and the main focus for reforming is in the hands of God and individual moral choice. Through religion Alex soon becomes a model prisoner, externally, yet internally still ... overshadows any curiosities of the treatment. Transferred from a state prison to a private facility insures his release from incarceration. "In a little over a fortnight you will be out again in the big free world, no longer a number"(Burgess 108). With the increase in population comes an increase crime, this has also brought on encouraging new rehabilitating techniques to corrections. Stated by one government official the importance of ...
- 6993: Marketing Analysis Of Oakley I
- ... helmets, sunglass accessories, gear bags and a limited range of athletic footwear, technical apparel and premium timepieces (Scott, 1998). With focus on consumers for the next generation, the company has established itself as a legitimate world brand with unique expertise in product design, performance and production. Product Design & Development State-of-the-art technology allows Oakley to shorten dramatically its product development cycle. Stereolithographic computer modeling is combined with CAD/CAM ... a reinvention of current styles and sciences. The company continues to expand the limits of todays technologies, most recently by introducing wristwatches that merge critical innovations in gearing, bearings and microcircuitry from around the world (Oakley.com, 1999). The company intends to introduce other product line extensions and new product lines in the future, in order to attract additional consumers to the brand. This type of diversity is part of ... cost savings compared to complete reliance on outside agencies (Zimmerman, 1997). Localized strategies of marketing and distribution are managed by direct operations in Europe, South Africa, Mexico, Japan, and Canada. In other parts of the world, the integrity of the brand is safeguarded by carefully selected distributors who present Oakley products to their markets with local expertise (Oakley.com). Oakleys primary method of enhancing brand recognition is sports marketing, ...
- 6994: The Flying Men
- ... to control yaw, turning right and left. This solved the problem and the brothers continued to test the glider, making flights of over 600 feet. It may have been that no one else in the world realized that the Wrights had built an aircraft that could be fully controlled and thus genuinely flown. They had learned all of this in no more than one hour of actual piloting. The Wright brothers ... pulled up on the front rubber and the Flyer lifted up into the air and flew 120 feet in 12 seconds. "As Orville later wrote, that flight was "the first in the history of the world in which a machine carrying a man had raised itself by its own power into the air in full flight, had sailed foward without reduction of speed, and had finally landed at a point as ... only improved literature in the most unique way. The airplane proved all those people who had a "If we were meant to fly, we would have been born with wings" mentallity along with that western world who ridiculed the few who tried to fly, wrong! Even though Orville and Wilbur Wright were not the only ones who participated in the great experiment to get human beings off into the sky, ...
- 6995: Myths Of Meaning
- ... was seen wandering the streets carrying a lantern looking for an honest man. This myth has become symbolic for many writers. The lantern is light or symbolic of truth in an otherwise dark, or dishonest world. Hamlet in Shakespeare's play seeks honesty from his parents, his friends, and women. It is significant to note that while Diogenes never found his one honest man, Hamlet does have Horation who represents one ... rotten and dark Denmark of Shakespeare's play. Others have suggested that perhaps what the myth suggests is that we all must find an inner light in order to walk through the darkness of the world. In this interpretation, the search for the light of truth is an inward one rather than an outward one as the more traditional interpretation of the myth suggests. In this sense of the myth, Hamlet's outward dishonesty would not be a betrayal of his inner truth, and he would become a figure of light seeking to maintain that light in a dark and dangerous world. The myth of Sisyphus like the myth of Diogenes has been a symbol to many writers including Albert Camus who wrote an essay entitled "The Myth of Sisyphus." According to the myth, he was ...
- 6996: Glass Menagerie 2
- ... The fire escape is a way out for Tom, but the others view it as a way in to their established reality. Another one of Toms` escapes is the movies. The movies show Tom a world where there is no nagging mothers or crippled sisters. The greatest symbol of his escape is when he pays for the merchant marines rather then the light bill. Laura escapes by using her glass collection. The glass collection is Laura`s private world, set aside from reality where she is safe. When Amanda is heard coming up the fire escape Laura quickly hides the glass menagerie, as to keep her world a secret and to have something of her own. Like the glass menagerie Laura is also very fragile and easily hurt. Amanda`s one true escape is remembering the old days, with all of ...
- 6997: The Computer Revolution
- ... were to make a history book of the years from 1981 to 1996, I would put computers on the cover. Computers, you may ask?, Yes computers, because if there were suddenly no computers on the world, there would be total chaos. People could not; communicate, commute, make business transactions, purchase things, or do most things in their daily routine, because power plants use computers to control the production of electricity. Computers ... linking one computer to another, now millions of computers could be linked with massive main frames from on-line services such as; American On-Line or Prodigy. People finally had full affordable access to the World-Wide-Web and could communicate with people across the street or across the world. The internet is used by millions of people across the world each day for a vast variety of reasons from getting help with homework, to reading a magazine, to getting business information such as ...
- 6998: The Truth About The Big Two He
- ... in the fast water again (472). Hemingway is trying to show that the trout are better then Nick, since they are not bothered by emotions or their surroundings. Nick is, he is bothered by the war, which created internal emotions that he is trying to resolve. Hemingway used the trout in the river to represent the inner peace that Nick is trying to gain. When Nick got to the country he ... becoming exceedingly content. Nick was thinking that, the country was alive again, (474). Hemingway left the country untouched by the fire because he wanted to show to the readers that Nick was trying to the war behind him and get on with his life trying to enjoy it to its fullest, Nick tries to put everything behind him, which is shown by his happiness and excitement (Annelie Lewis). When Nick gets ... tragic adventure. Nick did not want it. In the story Big Two Hearted River , Hemingway uses many different types of symbolism to describe how Nick Adams is moving on with his life and putting the war behind. Nick has a lot of emotional problems that he has to contend with: his friend Hopkins being killed and the stress that Nick went through while he was fighting in the war. Hemingway ...
- 6999: Does Microsoft Have Too Much Power?
- ... Have Too Much Power? Initially, there is nothing. Then, there is Bill Gates the founder of Microsoft. Once a young, eager teenager running a small business of other teenagers, now the richest man in the world controlling an operating system practically every IBM compatible computer in the world uses. Computers are not the only thing that Microsoft desires. Now, they wish to influence the Internet. With all the opportunities that it offers, many companies race to develop software to get people and businesses ... with an innovative new operating system known as OS/2, but will they have a chance? Microsoft may be unstoppable with its foundation, influence and power but is that enough to practically own the computerized world as we know it? Usually, when we mention Microsoft in any form, we must have the registered trademark symbol right the word. The name is a well-known word in virtually everyone's life. ...
- 7000: Anne Wilkes In Stephen Kings M
- ... knows that upon completion of Misery's return, she and Sheldon must die. Therefore, bring-ing about Misery's return is her main objective. In order to eliminate any distractions, Annie fashions a self-enclosed world within the confines of her home. Magistrale writes, "Annie is a kind of psychic vampire; she sucks out Paul's inspiration and creativity in order to fashion a self-enclosed world" (127). As the goddess of this imaginary world, Annie must limit Paul's physical, as well as mental, recuperation so that her authority is not chal-lenged, "Annie destroys his independent life, and plunges him back into an-cient darkness (Badley 176). ...
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