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- 10561: The Grapes Of Wrath 2
- ... your family. Jim Casy stood up for the integrity of the workers and for that reason, was killed. John Steinbeck shed a dim light on the attitudes that make up prejudices and hatreds of the world. This light is showing us that if we could get along with one another without attitudes that make us hate or want to harm other people only because of certain unchangeable circumstances, than we can finally truely began to have an understanding of what it's like to live in a world with peace and understanding towards our fellow human. The Joads weren't trying to cause trouble and turmoil within the landowners of California. They were simply trying to look for a better future. It is ...
- 10562: Death Of A Salesman
- ... Loman caused his wife great pain by living a life not realizing what he could and couldn't do. Linda lived sad and pathetic days supporting Willy's unreachable goals. Being brought up in this world caused his children to lose their identity and put their futures in jeopardy. Willy lived everyday of his life trying to become successful, well-off salesman. His self-image that he portrayed to others was ... the territory." At the end of the story when Linda says they we free, Biff is free to realize his dream of owning a ranch out West where he can live close to the natural world. Biff also realizes that his father had the wrong dreams and didn't know who he was. Biff is sure he won't make the same mistakes his father did. Meanwhile, Happy is more like ...
- 10563: Austen’s Marriages and the Age of Reason
- ... ability to make out people’s personalities. Now, she realizes that all this time she has been ignorant, biased, and prideful, therefore driving “reason away”(171). Reason, which is the main theme of the Enlightenment World View, is clearly the most important characteristic to have. Emphasis is placed in the stable, reasonable man and woman. Up to this part in the novel, we have believed that Elizabeth was the ideally rational ... the second time around. Elizabeth can not be happy until she sees that her sister is happy once again. This time, Jane and Bingley are successfully engaged. The Bennets became the “luckiest family in the world, though only a few weeks before, when Lydia had first run away, they had been generally proved to be marked out for misfortune” (282). Mr. Collins observes that “Lydia’s sad business has been so ...
- 10564: How To Start A Business
- ... ask themselves three basic economic questions; one, what to produce, two, how to produce, and three, for whom to produce? One must have each question fully answered in order to begin their venture into the world of entrepreneurship. Also, it is vitally important for one to fully understand every aspect of the product he or she plans to market. Knowledge is the key to success. After one has successfully answered the ... and every aspect must be thoroughly thought out. By answering the three basic economic questions, making a successful business plan, and taking care of all the basic office operations, anyone can be successful in the world of entrepreneurship. There is virtually no limit to how lucrative a company may be when given a chance.
- 10565: The Scarlet Letter: Sin-Stained Conscience
- ... he returned to the trappings of society, he was greeted again by his familiar hypocrisy. These acts of penance failed in purifying him, and only caused him to lapse further in his distortion of the world and its realities. Finally, when the book reaches its climax, Arthur succeeds in winning back the spirit that he had lost years before, and he prepares to tell his congregation of his horrible crime. With his last steps, he ascends the scaffold and completes something he feels he should have completed seven years earlier: he accepts his sin, he accepts Hester, and he accepts Pearl. He reveals to the world his humanity and in so doing, forgives himself and is himself forgiven. His conscience and the truth, which had been agonizing him before has purified him, and he is free to achieve the peace he ...
- 10566: Biography of Elizabeth Blackwell
- ... no. Elizabeth said no a lot. Elizabeth was the first woman listed in the British Medical Registry. When Elizabeth returned to her hospital, it was well known and successful. In fact, nurses for the Civil War were trained there and when the war ended, Elizabeth opened a college that was very successful. Elizabeth needed a long rest, so she move to England and Kitty took care of her. When they reached England, Elizabeth organized The National Health Society ...
- 10567: Genetic Engineering: Correcting the Code
- Genetic Engineering: Correcting the Code Often there is a sudden breakthrough in a field of sciences, a key moment, an experiment, an event that changes people's lives all over the world. In September of 1990, the first genetic treatment of a human being with an inherited illness was they key moment or event for genetics. They injection of a genetically altered white blood cells into the ... easily than by traditional breeding techniques” (Henkel 6). Faster, better, improved plants makes it hard to understand why genetic engineering has not been publicly accepted. Genetic engineering is also “rocking the boat” in the reproduction world. Genetic engineering and reproduction are a grim scene in society. People feel that many genetic reproduction methods aren't natural. Natural or not, the benefits shine through with the end results. “Tests are being done ...
- 10568: Alice In Wonderland
- ... no label this time with the words `Drink Me' ... `I know something interesting is going to happen' ... ` I'll just see what it does',". Alice is like a little girl that is still exploring the world around her, but she finds that she is more mature than the creatures in Wonderland. Alice is very well mannered in Victorian ways to the creatures of Wonderland. Alice shows her good manners when she ... get in ?' ", this proves that the illogical reasoning that the creatures find logical is confusing to a Victorian girl. Alice is curious because she is very young and she is still finding out about the world around her. Throughout the novel she grows up and matures because she starts to unlock the illogical reasoning of Wonderland and begins to respect their weird habits. Even through all the confusion, she still finds ...
- 10569: Huckleberry Finn 19th Century
- ... Huck goes with what his conscience feels is right, which always is the proper selection. Ironically, what Huck believes in, unapproved of in the 19th century, is the basis of accepted beliefs in our modern world. Huck lives with the guilt that all his choices are immoral based on his society, yet really his beliefs are the correct ones when considering man s basic goodness. Three of the major instances in ... too Huck was proud of himself for trying to save the gang. This attempt on Huck s part to save the gang shows how his conscience was not influenced by the opinions of his surrounding world. He believed that no man deserves to die no matter what crime they commit, and I believe this opinion is one of truth and intelligence, and one that should be entrusted in every person s ...
- 10570: Racial Discrimination
- ... They are intelligent. Sometimes they forget to put the cap on the toothpaste or they might leave the toilet seat up. We are all human and we are lucky to have such diversity in the world. Diversity does not exist to enable us to learn tolerance. It exists for the same reason we have such a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. If the only thing you eat is apples, you will get tired of them. Try pears they are just as good. If our world consisted of white-skinned, blond- haired, blue-eyed people, our eyes would get bored. Differences are inviting and intriguing - a spice of life. It is a tragedy that so many people are too ignorant to ...
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