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- 12541: The Civil War
- ... people, and it possessed far more ships, miles of railroad, and manufacturing enterprises. Southerners, however, had the advantage of fighting on home ground with better military leadership. But Union superiority in manpower was not so great as the gross figures suggest. Half a million people scattered from Dakota to California, could make no substantial contribution to Union strength. And every year Union regiments were sent to the West to fight Indians ...
- 12542: Fly Away Peter
- ... I visualise a man who seemed so confident and always had his own firm opinions. He seemed to be continually dazzled and displayed appreciation for the birds or for anything that was found in this great and vast landscape. Jim was taken away before he could reach his shore and show the world what he could do. Just as the surfer had been tossed off the wave suddenly, it was as ...
- 12543: Madame Bovary: The Tragic Love
- ... the author. Since that time however, Madame Bovary, has been recognized by literature critics as being the model for the present literary period, being the realistic novel period. It is now considered a novel of great worth and one which contains an important and moving plot. In addition, it provides a standard against which to compare the works of writers to follow. It is nearly impossible to truly understand modern European ...
- 12544: Looking Fo Alibrandi
- ... can be easily resolved with friends and family around. John didn’t have those people, his life was set out for him by his family, even his friends didn’t see the sings of his depression. The only way he really felt free was to die where no one could control him. In conclusion teenagers develop their own personality while growing up. The novel was an excellent portrayal of the life ...
- 12545: Lord Of The Flies By William G
- ... of the fragile barriers that lie between man and reversion into barbarism and chaos (Allen 120). IV. A. Golding did not become a war novelist. He does not write about soldiers and sailors or the great battles of the war, yet war forms the back-ground in three of his novels (Baker xiii). B. He [Golding] finished his career as a lieutenant in command of a rocket ship; he had seen ...
- 12546: Playing with the Younger: Emotional Development of Children in Playgrounds
- ... need more help in play, they are usually associated with adults who take care of them. Thereby older children who now play by themselves naturally encounter situations where people help small children. This is a great opportunity for older children to learn tenderness in human relationship because they learn by observing others’ behavior. According to Suzanne C Lennard and Henry L. Lennard, “children who have observed others take responsibility and care ...
- 12547: Catcher In The Rye
- ... hell of it and like the child, seems to have no regard for his own well-being. At this point, Holden may see a side in himself that is care-free and this lightens his depression.
- 12548: Using the Student Study Sheets in the Classroom
- ... human emotions - at the moment of crisis, jealousy, and in his moment of triumph, jealousy's counterpart, love. Intellectual Freedom: The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind This study sheet focuses on Jefferson's final great accomplishment, founding the University of Virginia in the decades after he left the Presidency, the culmination of his forty-year-long effort to establish public education in his home state. The sheet provides an excerpt ...
- 12549: Lord Of The Dead
- ... for autonomous agency is only possible within the confines of a solidaristic community which sustains one’s identity through mutual recognition.” In this social dialectic, discourse clearly plays a central role. I have learned a great deal from Benhabib’s work, and that of Nancy Fraser, about the “social pragmatic conception of language”: Discourses are historically specific, socially situated, signifying practices. They are the communicative frames in which speakers interact by ...
- 12550: The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kr
- ... on Uncle Benjy." (p. 61) Benjy supported Lennie, giving him money for his education. With the exception of Simcha, he had no other parental support which is the reason why Simcha words had such a great effect on him. Duddy gains what he had wanted in its acquisition, respect. Everyone except Simcha, Mr. MacPherson, and Uncle Benjy thought he was going to be a nobody. He wanted so much to prove ...
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