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- 11001: Albert Einstien
- ... public imagination. Einstein, who after returning to Germany in 1914 did not reapply for German citizenship, was one of only a handful of German professors who remained a pacifist and did not support Germany's war aims. After the war, when the victorious allies sought to exclude German scientists from international meetings, Einstein--a Jew traveling with a Swiss passport--remained an acceptable German envoy. Einstein's political views as a pacifist and a Zionist ...
- 11002: Julius Caesar -- Character Dev
- ... men begin". Later in the play, it becomes realized that if Brutus would have listened to Cassius and asked Cicero to join them, the citizens of Rome wouldn't have involved themselves in a civil war. Another mistake made by Brutus was to not kill Mark Antony. Even though Cassius suggested many times that Antony should have been killed, Brutus never listens. It is clear in the latter stages of the ... stay to listen to what Antony has to stay. This not only shows that Brutus has an intelligence deficiency, but that he also has strong morals, and he believes in fairness for everyone. During the war, Brutus must make a decision: whether to go to Phillipi or to stay where he is. Cassius advises Brutus to keep the army where it is, and let Antony and Octavius "Waste his means, weary ...
- 11003: The Great Gatsby
- ... when Nick explains to the reader how Gatsby got his name and what his childhood was like on page 104, and when Nick explains again to the reader what happened when Gatsby returned from the war on page 160. The placement and effectiveness of these flashbacks allow Fitzgerald to give more background to each character and to allow the reader to better understand the situation that each character is experiencing. The ... provides proves to very effective. The third and final example that Fitzgerald provides is on page 160. In this flashback, Nick explains to the reader what Gatsby does when he finally returns home from the war. This flashbacks causes the reader to realize that Gatsby is obsessed with Daisy. Gatsby goes to Louisville with the last of his military pay just to reminisce the days he and Daisy spent together. The ...
- 11004: Violence in Sports
- ... that there are billions of fans that are obsessed by those sports and by taking a sport away from them, could ruin their lives. Trying to stop the violence is almost like trying to declare world peace. There will always be someone who either picks a fight or builds an underground organization. Football, hockey, soccer, and all those other violent sports will be practiced until the end of the world. Another reason why I don't want these sports to be cut is because when you practice a sport like football it helps you release all that frustration and energy you have inside. By releasing ...
- 11005: Norway
- ... 71 degrees above the equator ) the sun shines day and night from the middle of May through the end of July and then is completely absent for two and a half months in winter ( Europa world yearbook, 178 ). Second, one must study Norway's tax system. In Norway taxes are used so that every citizen can live in comfort and security without having to worry about misfortune. Norway has an interesting ... educational system, school is free at all levels. This makes it easy for students to continue to colleges or to universities. Students usually continue to techinical, vocational, industrial, or to commercial schools ( Cultures of the World,120 ) To best understand Norway one must study its geography, tax system and its educational system. These are just three of the factors that make Norway.
- 11006: Crime And Punishment
- ... his view, everything in his life should revolve around him. The beginning of the dream represents the loss of this control in his life. It seems that no matter what he says or does, the world will continue to spin, and the people on it continue to go about their everyday business. He can almost be compared to the young teenage girl that he finds wandering in the street due to the fact that any actions that this young girl takes makes no difference on the outside world (Chizhevsky 201). It is as though he has been psychologically raped by the murders he has committed, but at this point he is still unaware that he is no longer in control of his situation ...
- 11007: Justify The Knowledge Or It Wi
- ... and luxuries. So, while people are trained, in a sense, to see education and knowledge acquirement as monotonous and boring, they are being prevented from being able to do anything about the wrongs in our world. To aid in this suppression, "the powers that be" also use television to inform, and misinform, the masses of the problems and solutions. As a result, people are being spoon-fed what to think without ... 216) It is not an absurd notion to think that the US government and the economical superpowers of this country propagate materialism, simply because it fills their pockets continuously. The solution to many of our world's social and economic problems would surface rather quickly if we changed our curriculum to promote critical individual thought. Right now the current system may not be intended to fill the pockets of the wealthy ...
- 11008: The Issue of Sport
- The Issue of Sport The material I have studied for the Issue of Sport has helped me understand more about living in our contemporary world. The film and the screenplay "Strictly Ballroom" along with newspaper articles and the television documentary on Sport made me understand why sport is important in our society. Sport involves many things such as competition, dirty ... banned from coaching the boys as well. In conclusion, the materials I studied "Strictly Ballroom" and the Related materials for the issue of Sport have widen my knowledge and understanding about living in our comtemporary world. I realize that competition, sport officials and personal satisfaction are essentials in sport and many problems could arise from them.
- 11009: The Scarlet Letter: The Harsh Puritan Society
- ... thoughts, beliefs, and emotions. It was here that thoughts and ideas flowed as endlessly as the babbling brook, and emotion was as wild as the forest it self. There are no restraints in the natural world, because it is just that, natural. No intrusion from people means no disturbance in the natural order, and therefore serves to bring its inhabitants away from their world, and into this older one.
- 11010: Now About Surprises
- ... of one Army." This explains how one must be the "surprisee" and the other is the "surpriser". That is what I had first explained in my paper. This is the element of surprise in a war-like situation and how it can lead to a domination of a war and a victory as a whole. All of the elements of surprise that I have discussed have been explained in great detail and it is easy to see how the element of surprise is so ...
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