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- 6751: Why Did The Textile Workers Un
- ... its employees lives. These huge corporations were permitted to take advantage of individuals because of their inability to fight back. The employyees of these mills lived in conditions resembling that of slaves before the civil war. They were worked greuling hours in inhospitable prisons called textile plants, yet were paid on average less than any other industrial worker in America. In the early twentieth century a sentiment of contempt began to ... these laws only pertained to that individual mill, the success achieved spread new hope in union throughout the south. After the WWI, when American men who had given up their jobvs to their wives during war time, came home expecting better conditions. Along with these expectations came a new mentality to fight for them. The TWUA which was founded in 1901 in the northern New England mills gained 70, 000 members in the years following the war (Hall 186). With the unions new found strength a seris of strikes traversed the south between 1919 and 1921, flowing like a wave and changing the face of employer-employee relatiuonships. The wave began ...
- 6752: Lord Of The Flies
- ... If a group of well-conditioned school boys can ultimately wind up committing various extreme travesties, one can imagine what adults, leaders of society, are capable of doing under the pressures of trying to maintain world relations. Lord of the Flies's apprehension of evil is such that it touches the nerve of contemporary horror as no English novel of its time has done; it takes us, through symbolism, into a world of active, proliferating evil which is seen, one feels, as the natural condition of man and which is bound to remind the reader of the vilest manifestations of Nazi regression (Riley 1: 120). In the ... in all of Golding's works. It suggests the isolation of man in a frightening and mysterious cosmos, and the futility of his attempt to create an ordered preserve for himself in an otherwise patternless world" (Baker 26). The island in the novel is the actual island; it is not simply an island, though. It is a microcosm of life itself, the adult world, and the human struggle with his ...
- 6753: Food Production 2
- ... involving the use of biological and chemical controls to improve the timing and effectiveness of pest control and to minimize environmental risk. A wide diversity of crops are grown by the subsistence farmers of the world, but larger commercial farms frequently concentrate on a few crops or even a single crop that bring them greatest returns. The continuous growing of a single crop can be financially efficient but can lead to ... it more difficult to meet future needs of changing climate, soil, and challenges from unforeseen pests. In an effort to preserve the size of the gene pool, international centers and experimental stations scattered throughout the world are beginning to develop collections of genetic samples of these local crop strains. Much irreplaceable material has been lost, but an increasing commitment by funding agencies and scientists offers hope that this genetic waste will cease. Accurate statistics on world crop production are difficult to assemble. Much crop food is consumed privately or sold in local markets for which statistics are not gathered, and many countries do not perform regular crop surveys. Several organizations, ...
- 6754: WoodStock Music Festival
- ... and 17, 1969, and became a symbol of the 1960s American counterculture and a milestone in the were often referred to as hippies and who characteristically rejected hartred and authority, protested against the Vietnam War, supported the civil rights movement, dressed differently, and experimented with sex and illegal use of drugs. Woodstock began by four partners Michael Lang, the manager of a rock band, Artie Kronfeld, an executive at Capitol ... and 17, 1969, and became a symbol of the 1960s American counterculture and a milestone in the were often referred to as hippies and who characteristically rejected hartred and authority, protested against the Vietnam War, supported the civil rights movement, dressed differently, and experimented with sex and illegal use of drugs. Woodstock began by four partners Michael Lang, the manager of a rock band, Artie Kronfeld, an executive at Capitol ... and 17, 1969, and became a symbol of the 1960s American counterculture and a milestone in the were often referred to as hippies and who characteristically rejected hartred and authority, protested against the Vietnam War, supported the civil rights movement, dressed differently, and experimented with sex and illegal use of drugs. Woodstock began by four partners Michael Lang, the manager of a rock band, Artie Kronfeld, an executive at ...
- 6755: Robert Frost Five Poems
- ... is AABBA CCDDC and that pattern continues for every stanza (Silberner 110). The alliteration and the rhyme scheme of this poem make it flow very smoothly. Fire and Ice is a poem about how the world will end. Frost is debating with himself as to whether or not the world will be destroyed by fire or ice. Frost seems as if he is deeply entrenched in thought about whether the earth will become a flaming ball or a gigantic ice cube. I see this poem ... Frost. It tells me that Frost analyzed every idea that popped into his head. No wonder he graduated as co-valedictorian of his class. The imagery of this poem is in the destruction of the world. It takes a little imagination but I can picture the earth as a new sun. I can also picture the earth totally covered by a massive sheet of ice. The theme of Fire and ...
- 6756: Symbolism in "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
- ... great pearl, which he discovers. As Steinbeck unfolds The Pearl, he presents Kino as a, "angry, frightened, but resolute man, determined to keep what he has earned" (Beachler 62). He has earned "Pearl of the World," (Steinbeck 27) a legendary item of considerable wealth. "Kino, on the other hand sees the great pearl as providing the opportunity to pay for a church wedding, new clothes, a rifle, and schooling for his ... attempt to bring about wealthy reforms. Even his conscience, which is symbolized by the music in Kino's head, tries to warn him about his greed. This music' symbolizes ones own conscience in the real world. By the end of this relentless parable, the reader sees the irony in the fact that even a good person can be led astray by his feeling of inner responsibility to provide for his family ... the pearl's home and blemish it's beauty and simplicity. Again, Steinbeck uses a farely obvious symbol to illustrate one of life's truths: Being good and innocent does not matter in this fierce world. The certain "Pearl of the World"(Steinbeck 27) which Kino has stumbled upon is hard to grasp for " It is far to reasonable to be true"( Baechler 62). Steinbeck obviously beleives in citing the ...
- 6757: Crime and Punishment and The Outsider: Self Discovery
- ... of their crime. In time, both Meursault and Raskolnikov realized their beliefs differed society's, however only Raskolnikov choose to act on it. Raskolnikov had finally realized his false conception of his place in the world. He was now able to admit to himself that he was not like the real master (Napoleon)19 who could massacre cities and abandon armies without a thought. Instead, he considered himself and aesthetic louse ... of suffering. Sonia also suggested that he; Go now. Go this very moment, and stand at the crossroads; bow down and first kiss the earth which you have defiled; then bow down to the whole world, to the four points of the compass, and say aloud, for all men to hear, "I have killed". Then God will send you life again...You must accept suffering and redeem yourself by it; that ... he had confessed, Raskolnikov stated that despite his seven years of imprisonment he had risen again and he knew it28. This conception was also reinforced by a dream of his. He dreamt that the world was swept by a mysterious plague that was going to destroy all but a chosen few. Those attacked by the plague considered their own ideas infallible. As a result, the world was devastated as ...
- 6758: The Genji Monogatari
- ... of the men. "Winds do come up from time to time, but not without warning. It is all very strange and very terrible." The lightning and the thunder seemed to announce the end of the world, and the rain beat its way to the ground... This is poetic symbolism at its finest. The rain acts as to wash away the "sins" that he is being exiled for. Also, the extent to ... a degree that it can be seen as supernatural, telling us that Genji is no ordinary person and that he has the favor of the gods. Even though it is not the end of the world as some more rash might have thought, it is the end of Genji's world in exile, and it is not surprising that he declares that he is leaving only a few sentences later. It is now a good time to introduce the seemingly impertinent idea of fractals into ...
- 6759: The Beatles
- The Beatles The Beatles were a British music group whose songs are among the most universally accepted music recordings of the 20th century. The Beatles, who revolutionized popular music around the world, were at the forefront of a movement in rock music known as the British Invasion. The British Invasion was a name referring to the tremendous effect that British rock-and-roll bands had in the United States during the 1960's. From 1960 to 1970, the Beatles achieved unique popularity with 30 songs reaching the Billboard magazine top-ten popular music charts. The Beatles were adored by the world in the 60's and 70's, and even today their music is loved by millions. The group was formed in the 1960, and broke up in 1970. It consisted of four Liverpool-born musicians ... Life", is the album's most disputed track and its most musically ambitious. The British Broadcasting Corporation actually banned this song, because it supposedly had references to drugs. The Beatles were unafraid to challenge the world with their new music, and changed rock-and-roll from what is was, into what it is today. After 10 years of being together, in 1970, the Beatles broke up. Personally, I believe it ...
- 6760: Hard Times: The Gradgrind System of Education
- ... their minds, doing whatever they were told. The system forces the pupils to intake pure hard facts, nothing else, therefore not exercising the imagination at all. Leading the pupils to be lost in the surrounding world when a difficult problem requiring experience or maturity arises, as the Gradgrind system of education denies access to this knowledge. The Gradgrind system of education seems to wipe out any chance of any fiction or ... thinking. However Louisa has managed to keep a little bit of imagination through all the boring factual bombardment from her education. Proof is when she is constantly asking questions to people once in the outside world about life she is constantly curious about things that she was never taught. However because of her lack of exposure to the world outside books and facts she is unable to use it. This is proved when Louisa faces Rachel and Stephen, which was the first time that Louisa encountered anybody from the Coketown dwellings i.e. ...
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