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- 801: The Great Gatsby And The Ameri
- ... that is comparable to our generation x children in how lazy they were. The roaring twenties was an era off sophistication, technology and leisure. People had what they had ant what they didn t the lived with out. The American dream itself is idealized. It was first thought of during the American Revolution as a way to keep spirits up. The motto, life liberty and the pursuit of happiness is not ... dream but an aspect of a way to make a certain reality for oneself. Then as time went on, the time period to actually make this dream a reality was passed over, people no longer lived a hard life or struggled for freedom. So the dream itself got left behind. We idealized it and later in the roaring twenties, that idealization was recognized by F Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby was ...
- 802: Adolf Hitler
- ... closest friends. His friend, August who had come to live with him in Vienna was out of town and returned to find that Adolf had moved away. (Toland; pgs 6-7) For a year Adolf lived alone or with other poverty-stricken men. At times he even lived in homeless shelters. Adolf later wrote, "Even now I shudder when I think of those pitiful dens, the shelters and lodging houses, those sinister pictures of dirt and repugnant filth." He worked on his talents ...
- 803: Everything But Not Epic
- ... s writing technique is the use of diction. Narrative irony can be seen in the swift narrative transition to sorrow after joy when the poet first introduces Grendel. The poet states that the “warriors lived in joy” and were “blessed” and then suddenly describes Grendel as a “grim spirit” (28). The author’s utilization of diction asserts a sudden change and implies instability. Another epic feature of the ... his own life. In addition to the poet’s dignified style and Beowulf’s incredible strength and courage, the author implements supernatural foes in the poem. Grendel is described as a “fierce spirit” who lived in a “monsters’ race” (28). Elements of the supernatural are also evident when Beowulf, accompanied by Hrothgar and his men, searches for Grendel’s mother after her attack on Heorot. The setting in which ...
- 804: Racism: Issue In Institutional Racism
- ... on valuable land, it was only a matter of time before guns and shackles replaced treaties and handshakes. In the name of Christianity and capitalism, the English colonists quickly turned their backs on the short lived missionary zeal that characterized the early colonial period. Now, the “savage Indians” were viewed as unable to save themselves and extermination would be a worthy enterprise in the sight of the Lord. The idea ... it dualistic vision of society became institutionalized in colonial North America, emanating from the base and structure of society. The Civil War Amendments to the Constitution were no more than words on paper, with short lived legislative muscle. From the vision of Forty Acres and a Mule, the newly freed African-Americans moved on to sharecropping, lynchings, and segregation. The mid to late 19th century witnessed the beginning of Chinese migration ...
- 805: Abigail Adams
- ... slaves but were called servants to avoid the dehumanizing effect that the word slave can mean. Their house was a sight of luxury in the eyes of the common folk in the parish. Though they lived well, the Smiths had no fortune. Abigail s father often worked with his own hands, planting corn and potatoes, gathering hay, sowing barley, or making sure that his sheep received proper care. Abigail, with the ... war and on June 17 John Quincy and Abigail went to Bunker Hill and watched the roar of the cannons and saw the flames of burning Charleston atop of Penn s Hill near where they lived. Soon they learned of the British losses and how greater they were, herself Mrs. Delegate because she was the wife of a Revolutionary leader. Abigail continued to keep in tact with her husband throughout the ...
- 806: Rosalind Franklin
- lived during an exciting and turbulent era both socially and scientifically. Upon passing the admission examination for Cambridge University in 1938, at fifteen, Franklin was was informed by her affluent family that she would not recieve ... lead researcher at London¡¯s Birbeck College--upon agreeing not to work on DNA. She furthered her studies in coal and made significant advances in virology. Franklin died in 1958 of ovarian cancer. She lived 37 monumentally significant years. After researching Rosalind Franklin¡¯s scientific career, I truly believe that she was a pioneer rather than a follower. Her early coal work is still referred to today; she helped ...
- 807: Creative Writing: The Chase
- Alan and Dan lived in a small western town. They were good friends and had been for some time. The two high school seniors spent most weekends together. It was, however, a small town that they lived in, leaving them with nothing to do on a Friday night when there wasn't a party or sporting event. Saturday's were even worse and usually reserved for tracking down a girl or two ...
- 808: Creative Writing: Slave Story
- My story begins when I was 12. Years old. My father and I were born into slavery. A family in Georgia owned us. We lived on a big farm and the family pertained two adults, and two kids. There were at least 7 of us slaves. My father and I worked out in the fields picking cotton. Some of us worked outside while the rest of us worked inside doing household chores. I hated the fact that my father and I were slaves. We worked all day out in the sun. We lived in a little house in the back, but I thought of it as a shack. There was barely any heat and it smelled. But my father did his best to keep it clean with what ...
- 809: Life Outside Our Biosphere
- ... stations orbiting in the past have been very dependent on the Earth's supplies for construction and maintenance. The Soviets have launched a brigade of structures called Salyuts. In fact, one of their cosmonauts has lived in space for more than 235 days! They supplied the Salyuts by shuttle craft flying from the Earth and back, carrying supplies and returning with wastes. Americans also launched a space station, called Skylab. This ... relatively easy, however. Water is another element vital to the survival of future colonists, and some researchers suggest melting ice from Saturn's rings for this valuable resource. Establishing settlements outside the biosphere we have lived in for so long will be very difficult. It will take cooperation from all the nations in the world, at huge expense to the technologically advanced countries. We will always be dependent on the Earth ...
- 810: Fantasy's Integral Role In The Creation Of A Killer
- ... and after the decapitation. When he wasn't feeling up to the task he enjoyed watching his servants butcher the boys and masturbated over their entrails." Then comes "Andrei Chikato: The soviet Hannibal Lecter." He lived in Rostov Russia, about 500 miles from Moscow, where he lived a quiet married life as a teacher. What the town didn't know was that Andrei preyed on small children. He stalked many of his victims in train and bus stations and had a penchant ...
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