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- 5691: Chechoslovakia And Hungary
- ... causes for such a massive and all-captivating rebellion, which occurred both in Hungary (1956) and in Czechoslovakia (1968), originated most from deep-rooted antagonism towards Soviet domination in the Eastern Europe in the post-war era. A continuous political and cultural suppression by Soviet dictatorial policies, obviously linked with economic constraints, coalesced to provoke robust insurrections. Short-term reasons are of no less importance in the analysis of these events ...
- 5692: Lord Of The Flies Character An
- ... 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 ...
- 5693: Lord Of The Flies Character An
- ... Golding's Lord of the Flies that one good soul was found in Piggy. He wasn't violent and he was one of the only boys who tried to keep all of the other children civil by mimicking adults. Although Piggy had physical limitations that some say "prevented" Piggy from joining the other boys in savagery; he never possessed and evil spirit like Jack, Roger, and Ralph. "Shove a palm trunk ...
- 5694: Lord Of The Flies 2
- ... frees the parachute. Then he wanders to the bottom of the mountain to tell the boys of the news. The other boys decide to join the feast. As night approaches, the hunters do a ferocious war dance, and even Ralph and Piggy jump in. As Simon approaches, he is seen as a mere shadow by the dancers, and they are so barbarian that they viciously attack Simon, not hearing the cry ...
- 5695: Camelot Kennedy Lagacy
- ... not simple challenges. Kennedy had once felt that the American people had fallen asleep, and that they needed the challenges. A couple of challenges that the president had given the people during those times were; civil rights, being the first to make it to the moon, and the first tax cut. Through the ambition of the president, and the dedication of the people of the United States, those challenges were soon ...
- 5696: Buddhism 2
- ... westernized ideas and customs. Buddhist monks dedicate themselves to Buddhism, and are willing to do anything to find inner peace. Buddhism was a major role in a monk s life. It was a reaction against war in itself, but it was also a movement against the ritual sacrificing used in Hinduism 3. Poverty, celibacy, and non-violence were the 3 essential parts in the life of a monk. They believed in ...
- 5697: Bubonic Plague
- ... measures can be used to reduce the spread of the plague (sanitation, killing of rats, prevention in transport of rats). Individuals who contract the disease are isolated, fed fluids and put to bed. During World War II, scientists using sulfa drugs were able to produce cures of plague. Since it is a bacteria, the bubonic plague can be treated with antibiotics. Tetracyline, Streptomycin, and Chloramphenicol are three of the antibiotics used ...
- 5698: Machismo In One Hundred Years
- ... we see him slowly adopting another typical characteristic of machismo, "About that time he had begun to cultivate the black moustache with waxed tips and the somewhat stentorian voice that would characterize him in the war." (One Hundred Years of Solitude, p.59). With these physical characteristics provided, it is clear young Aureliano with his stentorian voice and waxed black moustache is already growing into some sort of militaristic, macho type ...
- 5699: Moby Dick 2
- ... authored many profound novels in his time other than just Moby-Dick. Some of his other notable publications include Fragments from a Writing Desk, Israel Potter, The Piazza Tales, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War, Clarel, John Marr and Other Sailors, and Billy Budd. Though most of these were published during Melville s lifetime, a few were not published publicly until after his death, and Billy Budd was not published ...
- 5700: Brief Shao Lin Monk History
- ... weapons. By 1931, almost all non-Asian occupants had been successfully driven out. This left two major combatants within China, the Nationalists and the Communists. Both sides displayed the typical attitude of many parties of war, if you aren t with us, you are against us. Neutrality meant nothing to either side. Consequently, Shao Lin and other monks were routinely murdered, and their temples destroyed, out of fear that they would ...
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