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- 5161: The Mayor of Caterbridge: Important Characters
- ... furmity woman came into contact was quite a long time later when Henchard was leading a renewed life and was doing well. This time the furmity woman made her presence felt was in court one day when she was charged with misconduct for urinating in the street. Henchard happened to be filling in for someone else as judge that day. When Henchard charge her, the furmity woman told the court room about Henchard selling his wife and also said that he wasnt fit to judge her when he was no better. Because of this ...
- 5162: Albert Einstein
- ... aorta". And he refused the surgery that could have saved his life. The doctors told him that he could go anytime from a minute to a few days. And Einstein still refused the surgery. The day passed quietly, and on Starurday morning, Einstein seemed to be better, but then Einstein began to have intense pain His nurse called the doctor who arrived quickly, and persuaded Einstein that he would be better in a hospital, an ambulance was called, and Einstein went the the hospital. On Sunday he told his daugther "Don't let the house become a museum." He died the next day.
- 5163: Jilting Of Granny Weatherall
- ... s tool for making these themes visible to the reader. The theme of self-pity is obvious and throughly explored early on. As a young lady, Granny Weatherall left at the alter on her wedding day . As a result, the pathetic woman feels sorry for herself for the rest of her life. She becomes a bitter old woman who is suspicious of everyone around her. This point is shown early in ... impression that the two of them were speaking ill of her behind her back. Thoughts like these resulted from the trauma she suffered when the man she loved failed to show up on their wedding day. Granny Weatheralls self-pity gives the reader a negative initial impression of a woman the author eventually expects us to miss. The ailing octogenarian is so incredibly annoying at the beginning of the story ...
- 5164: Jazz
- ... search for understanding our character's minds. Violet had three miscarriages, implying that the couple was indeed trying to have a child. Granted that birth control was not the same is it is in our day, if Violet and Joe had no intentions whatsoever of having children, one would think that after one pregnancy (it doesn't matter how it turned out) the pair would be more careful with further sexual ... helps to explain her actions surrounding Dorcas. It makes some sense now as to why Violet would place a picture of a girl she should hate on her mantle, and look at it ever single day. She hopes that Dorcas can become or take the place of the child that she was never able to have with Joe.
- 5165: Austria
- ... their gifts that night. They leave the room and the Christ Child leaves gifts. As to where in the United States Santa comes Christmas Eve and we open our gifts Christmas morning. They use Christmas day as a social day. Many well known people have come out of Austria. These people are famous for many things such as music, writing, and having a major impact on Austria. Born January 27, 1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was ...
- 5166: Al Capone
- ... entirely alive now in the structure of the mafia. Although he is dead now, his legend lives on in the leaders of today's modern mafia. Being a big shot business man in this present day and age takes a lot of strenuous hours to reach for the top. Capone, although new this, made his livelihood off his illegal bootlegging. Capone saw that this was an effortless way of making a ... who see the mafia today must look at the Mafia not as a specific organization, but as an organization that has been adopted by Capone's prohibition. Expressing Capone's valued influence on the present day mafia would only seem fitting. Capone's influence during prohibition on the mafia today is close to everything that the mafia is. The way in which the mafia conduct their actions in a crime and ...
- 5167: The Hollow Men
- ... spiritual strength, however he was not one of the hollow men, but is one of the lost/Violent souls. (15) The second allusion is A penny for the Old Guy, which alludes to Guy Fawkes Day. On this day, children would build straw-filled effigies of the guy, and beg for pennies for fireworks. In the first stanza, the imagery used to create the setting is the repetition of the word dry. (5, 8 ...
- 5168: Fossil Fuels And Alternative Energy Sources
- ... by using fossil fuels to generate energy. These problems are so great that they will force humans to find an alternative source of energy in order to avoid the inevitable disasters that lie ahead. Every day millions of people drive their automobiles to work where they spend the day in a well lit workspace. Yet, they never give a second thought to the source of the energy that their daily lives depends on. Over eighty-five percent of the energy that powers the planet ...
- 5169: Alberta
- ... Book Encyclopedia, 1989) Oil and natural gases were found in the Turner Valley in the year 1914 which led to the development of Petroleum-this natural gas field is still being used to this very day in Alberta. (The World Book Encyclopedia, 1989) A very small part of Alberta was discovered in the Precambrian Era. In the Mesozoic Era another small area of Alberta was found. Now the rest of what we call Alberta had been discovered in the early stages of the Cenozoic Era, which we are still living in to this very day as we speak. (Matthews and Morrow Jr., 1995) Economic Diversity Agriculture remains an important part of Alberta's economy. Grain, especially wheat, is the dominant crop. In the south, large irrigation development, such as those ...
- 5170: Women Characters In Lone Range
- ... he brought onto her. And even though my mother didn t want to be married to him anymore and his wreck didn t change her mind about that, she still came to see him every day. She sang Indian tunes under her breath he tapped his fingers in rhythm. (p. 33) Victor s mother faces depression and alcohol addiction herself, yet even in the midst of these faults, like many other ... to try keeping her family together or at least show them her love. Like the mother in another one of Alexie s stories who sings to her child; I m singing an its-a-good-day song. She smiles and I have to smile with her. (p. 144) This small act of making a child smile can be seen as part of the fight because it serves as an example to ...
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