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- 1051: Charles Darwin And Richard Owen
- ... animals; or that the poison secreted by the gall-fly produces monstrous growths on the wild rose or oak-tree. Therefore I should infer from analogy that probably all the organic beings which have ever lived on this earth have descended from some one primordial form, into which life was first breathed. (Darwin 370) Darwin here uses various examples to show that he knows what is going on, however, the reason ... he has no explanation to spontaneous generation, Darwin uses God as his reason. He mentions in his last line : '…Therefore I should infer from analogy that probably all the organic beings which have ever lived on this earth have descended from some one primordial form, into which life was first breathed.' (Darwin 370). If one were to look at Darwin's reasoning, by using the same method in answering to ...
- 1052: The Beginnings Of A National Literary Tradition
- ... is here in the 19th Century that our nations true poetic history begins. In early Canadian poetry the most influential and universal poet is undoubtedly Archibald Lampman. While his career, like his life, were short-lived his poetry remains as a reminder to the origins of Canadian literary thought. Lampman was one of our first major literary figures to try and identify a "national" literature. He realized the importance of having ... s work. Scott must have seen the influence and potential of Lampman's work. Lampman's career cannot be described in terms of development from apprenticeship to maturity as his career was influential but short- lived. Although there is an absence of human elements to Lampman's poetry he makes us aware of our human relation and tie to nature. Lampman makes us feel as though it was nature that makes ...
- 1053: Malcolm X
- ... same agencies for destroying his family. He was bounced around from boardinghouses and schools, and dreamed of becoming a lawyer only to be discouraged by his teachers. After leaving school, in the eighth grade, he lived with a relative in Boston, Mass. He shined shoes, worked in a restaurant and on a railroad kitchen crew. In 1942 he moved to a section in New York called Harlem. Where he lived as a hustler, cheating people to make money for himself. He also sold drugs and became a drug addict himself. A rival drug dealer named “West Indian Archie” ran him out of New York ...
- 1054: The Death Of Ivan Ilych
- ... other literary works death is also questioned as to weather or not what they did was meant to be. In W.H. Auden's poem "The Unknown Citizen" it talks of a man who has lived his life as he set out to do. He was a "saint," friends with everyone yet the question comes up "Was he free? Was he happy?" (Arp, 672) This applies to Ivan Ilych, was he free in his job and was he really happy with what he did. Yes, he was a successful public prosecutor and lived by a certain schedule, "Ivan Ilych spent his mornings at the law court and came home for dinner, and at first he was generally in good humor, though he occasionally became irritable just on account ...
- 1055: Quartet Behind Teh Scarlet Let
- ... crime was adultery against her husband, known as Roger Chillingworth, who had went out into the world to seek his fortune in medicine. It is really shocking that she could do this, seeing that she lived in the Puritanical village of Salem. In fact, she seems to be a feminist in this aspect, daring to rise up and challenge the laws about women (Crowley 63). After this incident, she was taken ... treasure, the one she paid a great price for (Hawthorne 91). In Pearl's early years, she symbolized childhood with its undeveloped human and moral responsibility (Abel 170). Pearl differed from the other children that lived in the Puritan neighborhood. The village children lacked the childlike energy and freedom when they were compared to Pearl (Johnson 62). She was really more in tune with nature than she was with the human ...
- 1056: Frederic Douglass
- ... except that the man was white. As a child, he had heard rumors that the master, Aaron Anthony was his father. Frederick's mother was required to work long hours in the fields, so he lived with his grandmother, Betsey Baily. Betsy Baily lived in a cabin a short distance from Holmes Hill Farm. Her job was to look after Harriet's children until they were old enough to work. "Frederick's mother visited him when she could, but ...
- 1057: Lie
- ... man who decides that it would be exiting to travel into Africa hunting ivory and does so by taking the place of a dead steamboat captain. Kurts - Famous man among the ivory seekers who has lived and hunted on the continent for a while and has exploited the savages becoming much like a savage himself. Russian fool - Man who is known by his clothes with many colorful patches making him look ... Man who steers the steamboat but goes away from the wheel to fight the savages only to be killed by an arrow. Accountant - Accountant who takes care of the money matters for Kurtz and has lived on the continent for three years trying to keep his civilized nature. Settings Central Station - This is the station where Marlow meets the accountant and observes the way the whites do nothing but exploit the ...
- 1058: The Beginnings Of A National Literary Tradition
- ... is here in the 19th Century that our nations true poetic history begins. In early Canadian poetry the most influential and universal poet is undoubtedly Archibald Lampman. While his career, like his life, were short- lived his poetry remains as a reminder to the origins of Canadian literary thought. Lampman was one of our first major literary figures to try and identify a "national" literature. He realized the importance of having ... s work. Scott must have seen the influence and potential of Lampman's work. Lampman's career cannot be described in terms of development from apprenticeship to maturity as his career was influential but short- lived. Although there is an absence of human elements to Lampman's poetry he makes us aware of our human relation and tie to nature. Lampman makes us feel as though it was nature that makes ...
- 1059: Out Of This Furnace
- ... rising above the mill workers. However, his affair with Zuska brings Kracha and his business down. For a while, Kracha is able to experience independence, being off on his own. That financial freedom is short lived and Kracha soon becomes like the other workers, dreaming of having something of their own. However, this shows that Slovak immigrants could rise from the seemingly abysmal depths of anti-immigrant sentiment. It is Kracha ... or suppression by the mill. As a businessman, Kracha achieves some success and freedom by having his own butcher shop. He is able to gain independence from the steel mills, but finds this independence short-lived by his affair with Zuska. Mary and Mike may not have been successful by monetary standards, but they are able to achieve success by having a strong family that does not allow the anti-immigrant ...
- 1060: Flash!
- On august 6, 1945 an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Thousands of people died instantly from the initial blast. Others died later because of flash burns and radiation sickness. Those who lived had to move away from their homes and toward the parade grounds and parks. Any doctors that were uninjured had to work nonstop all day and night mending wounds. Some people mysteriously die and others ... shame they walked naked with burns from head to toe and thought nothing of it. The bomb fell silently and as in struck the ground a bright flash lit the whole city. The residents who lived through couldn’t seem to realize what kind of bomb it was. Some thought it was a cluster of many bombs. Rumors spread that a plane that had flown over had sprayed gasoline all across ...
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