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- 13691: Jack London
- ... his way up out of the factories and waterfront dives of West Oakland to become the highest paid, most popular novelist and short story writer of his day. He wrote passionately and prolifically about the great questions of life and death, the struggle to survive with dignity and integrity, and he wove the elemental ideas into stories of high adventure based on his own writing appealed not to the few, but ...
- 13692: Julius Caesar
- ... s best friend, was not supposed to put down the conspiracy in any way, yet he indirectly found a way to get the people to oppose the conspirators. In his soliloquy, Antony praised Caesar’s great personality but at the same time, he would keep saying positive things about Brutus. An example is when he says, “He was my friend, faithful and just to me; / But Brutus says he was ambitious ...
- 13693: Pride And Prejudice
- ... no, she told him she wasn’t going to dance with him. They both said nothing when Charlotte came and started guessing what Mr. Darcy was thinking. He told her: He was thinking of a great pair of eyes, Miss Bennet’s eyes. [Chapter 7] The youngest, Catherine and Lydia were font of the officers who came to the neighbourhood. Mr. Bennet tells them they are two of the silliest girls ...
- 13694: Levi Strauss
- ... the paperwork and that they take out the patent together. Levi was enthusiastic about the idea and the patent was granted to both men on May 20, 1873. Strauss knew that there would be a great demand for his new "waist overalls" (which was the old name for jeans) so the Factories on Fremont and Market Streets were opened. Jeans were important to the people of this time, especially ranchers, cowhands ...
- 13695: Louis Riel
- ... part of Canada. It was the Canadian who denied the Metis’s right and did not try to understand their condition. Summing up the above, it was evident that Louis Riel was not only a great leader, but also a real patriote.
- 13696: Pragmatics Deixis And Conversational Implicature
- ... there?" B: "I own one old car." Observing the quantity maxim, this also means that B does not have more than one car. A: "I won´t describe every single minute, but it was a great game." A shows that he is conscious of the quantity maxim, making use of hedges. A: "Can you tell me how to get to the university?" B: "There is a petrol station just some hundred ...
- 13697: Riches, Knowledge, and Power....
- Riches, Knowledge, and Power.... If I had to choose between being rich & fame, having great knowledge or power, I would choose knowledge. I would choose knowledge over the rest because if I had a lot of knowledge then it would be easier to pass exams in school, and learn things ...
- 13698: Poe As A Romantic
- ... beauty of the women in these poems was tremendous, not only physically but spiritually. Poe saw beauty in all things, and strove to incorporate it into all of his stories. Often, though, the object of great beauty dies. Poe does this on purpose, for to him, the death of a beautiful woman was the most romantic subject of all. If a beautiful woman died then that beauty was preserved for ever ...
- 13699: Jurassic Park Book Report
- ... the student is that it is a prime example of the differences between the movie and the book. And yes, the book was better. IV. Evaluation of the Book. Personally, I thought this was a great book. When I saw the movie, it was a blast. I loved the movie, but when I read the book for the first time I was blown away. This has been the second time I ...
- 13700: Pied Beauty
- ... Beauty" begins by praising God for all the colorful and diverse things in nature. The speaker is thankful for everything with dots, circles, different colors, etc. He seems to be fond of nature and "the great outdoors." Many of the images in the poem made me think of camping out, or a picnic. For example, fresh fire-coal, chestnut falls, finches, skies of two colors, cows, etc. But the poem does ...
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