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- 8601: The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky
- ... beginning to realize the effect his arrival on the town will have. The train car is the perfect symbol of the East moving toward and imposing itself on the west. The second setting is "a world of complete contrast to the Eastern Pullman: the setting is Western, the bar of the Weary Gentleman Saloon" (Solomon 253). The saloon Fischer 2 contains all the necessary Western elements-- whisky, guns, barflies, and an ... the story's role conflict as "the relic of the Old West runs into the new bourgeois and his wife" (Solomon 252). Potter has ignored his role as Marshal and is unarmed. Scratchy's pretend world is shattered: "There ain't a man in Texas ever seen you without no gun. Don't take me for no kid" (Crane 409). Stunned by the news of the marriage, Scratchy is quick to ... Crane 409). The news of marriage resigns Scratchy to his former role of town bum; he shuffles off. Scratchy is the first to meet Potter's Eastern bride, and this catalyst wreaks havoc on his world. Thus, "The Bride comes to Yellow Sky" is a study of changing roles in the West. Jack Potter, the Marshal, reluctantly accepts his new role and tries to fit in, while Fischer 4 Scratchy ...
- 8602: Woodrow Wilson
- ... they just tension headaches, or perhaps neurological symptoms? He was re-elected to a second term in 1916, but suffered a number of TIAs during the next two years as American involvement grew in "the" world war. Edwin A. Weinstein, the neurology professor who wrote the authoritative Woodrow Wilson: A Medical and Psychological Biography, also notes that President Wilson "grew more suspicious, secretive, and egocentric." An occupational hazard of the presidency--or ...
- 8603: Oedipus Rex
- ... philosophers have expressed their views about how the life of man is ultimately defined in their works. The Greeks have played their part in this quest. One of the great plays of the ancient Greek world that led the way for others was Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. In this play, Sophocles shows us a chapter from the life of man. Throughout the book, he hints at the idea that life poses a riddle for man to solve thereby being a quest for the answer. He also hints to us that life is seemingly predetermined by the gods’ desires, giving rise to a fated world. Finally, Sophocles also believes that life is filled with paradox and irony. Given these difficulties, Sophocles regards the life of man with utmost respect and admiration. In Oedipus Rex, it is Oedipus who represents Sophocles ... universal for all men to live through this cycle, Oedipus’ dealings with riddles also plague him with tragedy, ignorance, and innocence. This makes him more of an inspiration to man. In Oedipus the King’s world, it was the gods who set the fate for all. Both Oedipus and Laius had consulted oracles, which are derived from the gods without human intervention. Here, Sophocles seems to show us that life ...
- 8604: Walt Whitman
- ... reader, creating a sense of familiarity which makes Whitman a truly realistic writer. This realism is what allowed the poem to acquire universal acceptance, as well as great praise. Whitman takes the reader through his world, encountering life's events through the eyes of the poet, these encounters ultimately embodying as well as comprising his personal identity. However, the true excellence of Whitman's writings lies in the realization that through ... the poem. Songs belong in the memory, as do the various, unrelated events which take place throughout one's lifetime. Whitman's 'song' creates a journey into ones own imagination which takes us through his world. As the reader travels through Whitman's experiences, we begin to piece together his own identity, which has no doubt been shaped by such events. A line such as "The mate stands braced in the ... Whitman, but instead it is about anyone who can relate or find meaning in his words. Beginning with the opening line, the poem is an invitation from Whitman for the reader to enter into his world. Whitman's use of cataloguing allows for interesting and effective organization of his thoughts which stimulates thought on the part of the reader, therefore providing a clearer understanding his own identity. The use of ...
- 8605: Alcatraz
- ... Tribes" used their act of civil disobedience to illustrate the troubles faced by Native Americans. Initially, public support for the Native Americans' cause was strong, and thousands of people (general public, schoolchildren, celebrities, hippies, Vietnam war protesters, Hells Angels...) came to the island over the next 18 months. Unfortunately, the small Native American leadership group could not control the situation and much damage occurred (graffiti, vandalism, and a fire that destroyed ... new National Park Service unit. The island opened to the public in the fall of 1973 and has become one of the most popular Park Service sites - more than one million visitors from around the world visit the island each year.
- 8606: Technology And Education
- ... students in networking within and between schools. Internet technology permits swift student-to-student communication through relatively inexpensive e-mail. Through the Internet students are also able to find Internet pen pals and experience the world through the vision of other students (Carey 24). The Internet can also be used in cooperation with the library. It can provide students with an enormous and readily accessible database with research materials and therefore ... can students learn on the Internet, but they can also teach about areas in which they have knowledge and sills. Students have been able to create web pages to display to people all over the world. School newspapers and college web pages can also do the same. These pages can be read anywhere by anyone and has thus provided for greater publication (Carey 25). Although computers and technology provide for much ... and not outside. Instead of being subjected to such images, students must be able to realize that they should take the chance and look at the things outside and not just the through the technological world (Schwarz 79). Computers are also high-maintenance supplies for schools. Unlike books, which represent generally fixed costs, technology requires a significant, continuous monetary input. The useful lifetimes of computers and their software are sometimes ...
- 8607: Mark Antony
- ... he was the leader of the Roman Cavalry. He was commander and chief of the army and from 54 B.C. to 50 B.C. He fought in Gaul serving under Julius Caesar. During the War between Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar in 48 B.C., Mark Antony lead the left wing of Caesar’s army at the Battle of Pharsalus. In 47 B.C. when Caesar was visiting Africa ... will to the Senate. It said that all of Rome were to be left to Cleopatra. When the Senate heard this, they gave Octavian permission to take away all of Anotony’s power to declare war on him. Octavian challenged Antony to a sea battle. Antony accepted the challenge even though he was much better at fighting wars on land. When Cleopatra and Antony arrived in Egypt, she sent Antony a ... s army in the defeat of Vercingetorix’s United Gallic army at Alesia 50-Elected tribune and augur Jan.49-Flees to Rome after the Senate grants Pompey dictation powers and starting the Roman Civil War 49-Antony governs Italy while Caesar fights Pompeian forces Aug.48-He serves as second-in-command in Caesar’s defeat of Pompey at Pharsalus, Greece 48-47-Governs Italy while Caesar campaigns in ...
- 8608: Walt Whitman 3
- ... god (Whitman 104). Some critics confuse Whitman s use of self and soul to be egotism through his use of the pronoun I , but he uses I as a universal, a part of the angelic world (God), and therefore he is not an egotistical man. Whitman had a deep faith in the democracy of America because this political form of government respected the individual. He believed that the United States was ... modern poetry. As a symbolist his influence was felt in Europe, where he was considered one of the greatest American poets ever. Walt Whitman became modern through his utilization of his prophetic attribute and became world renowned for his great poetry. Walt Whitman achieved the Olympian stature and rare distinction of a world poet.
- 8609: The Bluest Eye
- ... could not destroy the honey voices of parents and aunts, the obedience in the eyes of our peers, the slippery light in the eyes of our teachers when they encouraged the Maureen Peals of the world. What was the secret? What did we lack? Why was it important? And so what?. . . And all the time we knew that Maureen Peal was not the Enemy and not worthy of such intense hatred ... watch you stare in that mirror. You’re just jealous. I am not. You are. You wish you had them. Ha. What would I look like with blue eyes? Nothing much"(194). In Pecola’s world, pulchritude is what keeps everyone away. This concept of beauty is driving her into a world of delusion. In order for Pecola to be happy, she creates the reverie of being beautiful. She assumes that there is no beauty to be found within her thin, black, little self. So she ...
- 8610: William Blake
- ... linear design characteristic of Gothic style. While studying there, he rebelled against the academic conventions of Sir Joshua Reynolds, president of the academy. Contrary to modern standards, he decided to follow the footsteps of the world-renowned artist Michelangelo and Raphael instead. Throughout his life, Blake made his money engraving things, but lived in mass poverty. On August 18, 1782, Blake married a poor illiterate girl, Catherine Boucher. Some believe she ... said he saw angels on a tree at Peckman Rye, and the famous prophet Ezekiel in a country field. These occurrences influenced Blake's writing later. Similar to his religious beliefs, Blake thought we have war, injustice, and unhappiness because our ways of life are founded on mistaken beliefs. Blake was the starting poet of the Romantic Movement, which had many followers soon afterwards. Blake's first poems and drawings were ...
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