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- 7621: Children Stories
- ... is intrigued by the chocolate that flows like a river and ends up falling "into the river" (p.76) due to his need to eat the chocolate. Furthermore in entering the gum room, Violet, the world's champion gum chewer, must test Mr. Wonka's knew gum ball but upon chewing this piece of gum Violet finds herself changing into "a gigantic blueberry"(p.103). Violet inflates like a giant balloon ... hundred" (p.63) women are in fact attending a witch conference. How often in our everyday lives does the media report about some sort of secret witch conference that is taking place somewhere around the world. So how far fetched is the whole idea of a witch conference? Moreover, when Bruno, a young boy, eats a chocolate bar that was given to him by a witch, within a matter of time ... Mr. Willy Wonka, the owner of the chocolate factory, is a very suspicious character. Mr. Wonka is the "candy-making genius whom nobody has seen for the last ten years" (p.22). He surprises the world when announcing that he'll let five lucky winners visit his great chocolate factory. Or take the Oompa-Loompas a bunch of small men "no larger than medium sized dolls" (p.70) that are ...
- 7622: Lord Of The Flies Character An
- ... a pig s head (the Lord of the Flies) to the beast, the evil enemy of the boys on the island. William Golding most likely created the character Jack to represent communism and fascism during World War II. Jack is much like Adolph Hitler or Josef Stalin in that he was able to strike enough fear into some of the boys that would make them shed the blood of others, and that ...
- 7623: Lord Of The Flies Disintegrati
- ... be brought to a great downfall and the blame would lie upon nothing but ourselves. Golding knows that without democracy, dictatorship, civilization and strong good-hearted people society would suffer and eventually degenerate into a world of inhuman savagery. When the boys first arrive on the island, they are still influenced by our mostly civilized world and therefore signs of democracy and the desire to be rescued are shown. The conch and the meetings symbolize democracy, which helps the boys stay temporarily focused on acting civilized. Their perceptions of life and ... cannibals after a successful hunt, and a savage inhuman manhunt. Golding is incinuating that we as as a society are completely oblivious to the fact that we could break down into an uncivilised inhuman savage world at any given time. We must learn to appreciate the strong people that keep us in tact, like Ralph.
- 7624: A Psychological Evaluation Of
- ... time he killed a man’"(65). He explained to me that Gatsby is an Oxford man. Nick didn’t really believe him. He also received a Metal of Valor, Gatsby did, for his service in World War One. All this seemed to calm nick down. He focused on the better things rather than the bad. He then informed me about Gatsby’s desperate fight for Daisy. It has gone so far that ...
- 7625: Life On The Farm
- What if the animals ran the world? George Orwell tried to answer this question on a smaller scale in his 1945 novel, Animal Farm. Animal Farm is a satire on Stalinism and the Russian revolution. Orwell wrote this novel at a time ... farm had fallen on harder times and the opportunity was seen to revolt. The worldwide depression began in the United States when the stock market crashed in October of 1929. The depression spread throughout the world because American exports were so dependent on Europe. The United States was also a major contributor to the world market economy. Germany along with the rest of Europe was especially hit hard. The parallels between crop failure of the farm and the depression in the 1930s are clear. Only the leaders and the ...
- 7626: Rock 2
- ... in synchronization, or merely how the bassist wails away with his bass rhythm. But in all it’s how the music is presented and played that inspires me along with millions of fans around the world. For bands like Creed, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Candlebox, Queensr˙che, Live, and Silverchair, to name a few, the lyrics they write, the solos they play, the riffs they come up with and the feeling they ... you and give you comfort in life. And there are so many songs out there that give out positive messages there is no way Rock gives a bad influence to the young in today’s world. Many parents are saying that their child is behaving bad because of Rock, or that they committed suicide because a Rock star said to in one of their songs. That is probably the biggest load ... evil, if they would sit down and actually take a listen to a Creed song, or hear what Queensr˙che has to say about life and parenting, then maybe they would agree with me and this world could turn to the future instead of segregating each other on musical merits.
- 7627: Macbeth 2
- ... fallen prey to ambition and greed and give examples to show how they fit the Macbeth mold. Macbeth was a very greedy and unhappy man who was very susceptible to pressure. Everyone in todays modern world fits the Macbeth mold in one sense or another. There is not a living being that has never fallen prey to peer pressure, greed or jealousy. Macbeth had always desired and dreamed of being King ... in the way of Scar becoming King. Scar had constantly dreamed of being King and did anything to achieve his goal, including murdering his own flesh and blood. The most popular person in todays modern world that does fit the Macbeth mold is probably O.J. Simpson. O.J. has been proven guilty of the crime of murder. He has supposedly killed his wife, Nicole Brown. Why did he do it ... also lost trust and respect from the public and his fans. Faith and trust is very important in life. O.J. fell prey to ambition, greed and jealousy, just like Macbeth. Everyone in todays modern world fits the Macbeth mold in someway or another. There is not a single person that can honestly say that they have never been jealous, greedy or filled with hopes and ambitions. It is not ...
- 7628: Red River
- ... some land. Title to the land was settled by Dunson's quick draw, the first demonstration of settling disputes with gunplay. Matt contributes his cow to the herd, which consists of one bull. The civil war has come and gone and we are told that at some point Matt goes off to fight like all men should. It is now14 years later, Matt is back from fighting in the Civil War and returns to the ranch where Dunson and Rupp have built a huge homestead. They now own several thousand head of cattle. After the Civil War ends, Texas is poor and cattle are the only thing that can provide money. They have a subtle southern attitude when they discuss the evil carpetbaggers. Tom Dunson then, and by himself, decides to ...
- 7629: Nuclear Energy: Uranium Fission
- ... source is our oceans. Sea water contains 3.3x10^(-9) (3.3 parts per billion) of uranium, so the 1.4x10^18 tons of sea water contains 4.6x10^9 tons of uranium. All the world's electricity usage, 650GWe could therefore be supplied by the uranium in sea water for 7 million years(Energy 25). This is a only a theoretical number because it is not possible to get all ... sources. By mid 1996, there were 32 countries of varying size, political persuasion, and degree of industrial development, which included nuclear power in their energy mix and were operating nuclear reactors. About 17% of the world's electricity is being produced by some 440 reactors, with 30 more under construction. Belgium, China, France, Hungary, India, Japan, Switzerland, UK, USA, and Russia are just some of the countries with major nuclear energy ... Blinkin 17). We need to continue to expand our use of nuclear energy to its full potential. Through continuing research and innovation, America's technological leadership in the nuclear industry is unmatched anywhere in the world today(Clarke 35). Maintaining that leadership position not only benefits our society today, but also will create opportunities for our children. By providing our society with a reliable, economical, and clean supply of electricity, ...
- 7630: Magnatism & the Things We Think We Know About It!
- Magnatism & the Things We Think We Know About It! Magnatism is a wonderous natural phenomanon. Since days before scientific discoveries were even written down the world has been playing with the theories of magnatism. In these three labs we delt with some of the same ideas which have pondered over for long before any of us were around. In these conclusions ... of a compas (or any magnet) is attracted to. This is actually the south end of the earths magnetic field, explaining this confusion. All of this was learned on our very difficult trip through the world of the magnet and now that we have conducted these experiments, done the research, and made these conclutions we now know that much more about the voo-doo world of the magnet!
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