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- 22421: Ethan Frome
- ... to his wife. Being married to the wrong person proved to be Ethan's first failure. Ethan's second failure was not being able to stand up against his wife. His wife claimed that a new doctor said that she was extremely sick, and needed more help around the house. She told him without any discussion that Mattie had to go. Ethan could not find the words to make her alter ...
- 22422: The Joy Luck Club
- ... that doesn't exactly take a scientist to see. From the beginning of the novel, you hear Suyuan Woo tell the story of "The Joy Luck Club," a group started by some Chinese women during World War II, where "we feasted, we laughed, we played games, lost and won, we told the best stories. And each week, we could hope to be lucky. That hope was our only joy." (p. 12 ...
- 22423: Neil Armstrong
- ... it must have been hard for him to take that first step onto the moon. He must have been scared wondering if he would sink in as some scientists thought might happen. He was very brave to step onto the moon.
- 22424: AIBO And Robotics
- ... an entertainment robot dog, is more than a pet project, said Toshi Doi, of Sony. Having a robot that has instincts and emotions, to most people, is still unimaginable. The AIBO is opening up a new product field, combining software, robotics, computers, sensors, and mechanics. AIBO is only the beginning in the whole scheme of things. Robots are supposedly going to be perfected in the next 40 years. Robots have shaped ...
- 22425: Fahrenheit 451: The Strength of Beatty
- ... the skill of holding people under his power. Beatty, himself, said, "Knowledge is more than equivalent to force." (Pg. 116) He additionally declared, "I don't think you realize how important we are to our world as it stands now." (Pg. 66) He takes his position to rule the people. By depriving people of books he striped the residents of knowledge and therefore withdrew their power. One of the ways that ...
- 22426: The Intentional Death Of Franc
- ... sleep (p 269). Plainly, the incident with the lion caused an incredible fear within Francis. This feeling was combined with multiple situations of inconceivable embarrassment, which resulted in the transformation of Francis Macomber into a new man. A final and essential contributing factor to Francis Macomber's ultimate transformation is the hatred that forms within him. Initially, the reader is given the impression that this hatred is solely intended for Mr ...
- 22427: The Cherokee Indians
- ... he arrived in their territory in 1540. The Europeans were very impressed with the highly advanced cultures. Relations with outsiders started off wonderfully with the Cherokees. They learned from the settlers around them and adopted new methods of farming and business. They became faithful allies of the americans and fought with them in numerous wars. In fact, a Cherokee chief named Junaluska personally saved the life of future president Andrew Jackson ...
- 22428: Platonic Paradox
- ... understand, but to concern ourselves with one small aspect of our lives, thus trivializing our existence will result in nothing. Even if tomorrow a wonderful universally agreed upon definition of virtue is revealed to the world, that it would not overhaul society as we know it. Plato though, has raised an interesting point. Can we call each other a title when we do not know the real meaning ourselves? That is ...
- 22429: Freud and Dreams
- ... us to proceed further with its analysis. (Freud, pg. 589 & 608 ) The unconscious is the true psychical reality, in its innermost nature it is as much unknown to us as the reality of the external world, and it is as incompletely presented, as is the communications of our sense organ. There is of course no question that dreams give us knowledge for the future. But it would be truer to say ...
- 22430: Foreshadowing And Foretelling
- ... trying to get people to come to Gatsby's funeral. During this flashback Nick finally meets Gatsby's father, Mr. Gatz, who came to his son's funeral. "Next morning I sent the butler to New York with a letter to Wolfshiem which asked for information and urged him to come out on the next train. [for Gatsby's funeral]...When the butler brought back Wolfshiem's answer I began to ...
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