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- 9251: Flowers For Algernon
- ... not better to do your best than to be the best? Charlie Gordon was a motivated man who always put forth as much effort as he could! He struggled for independence and freedom in a world he desperately wanted to be a part of. A statement such as, "Im gonna try awful hard" is often heard spoken by Charlie. Everybody notices how hard Charlie tries to be what he considers normal ... he thought were his friends only used him for free laughs, Charlie feels so humiliated. A man unequipped with the armor most people use to protect themselves, should not suddenly be thrown naked into the war. If hurt is unknown, it should never be taught. "What did I do to make them hate me so?" Though Charlie never had true friends, was he not still happy with them? Was it truly ...
- 9252: The Sound And The Fury: Caroline Compson Focused Directly Upon Appearances
- ... God.(Faulkner 199) Mrs. Compson felt that if no one mentioned Caddy's name the immoral actions that she committed would go away. She had no real feeling for her children. She lived in a world where feeling did not exist. Her world depicted a materialistic view of people, a world where only sounds existed. Mrs. Compson's obsession with appearance forced her children away. To an outside observer Mrs. Compson appeared to be the mother of the family. However, the appearance was not the ...
- 9253: Two Short Stories Of Awareness
- ... was impossible for them to ignore the new realities which theyboth came to understand. The new found awareness was so powerful that it changed each boy s entireoutlook and they both began to see the world through new eyes. The type of initiation both charactershad was a distressing journey from innocence to knowledge and experience. The two narrators had different attitudes and reactions to the initiation experience.In Araby, the reader ... how life goes one, by living things dying in anguish."2His feelings were of acceptance. In the beginning, the boy felt in control of himself in every way, and came to feel incontrol of the world in which he lived. This attitude changed completely after his encounter with thedying buck. He accepted the fact that there was nothing he could do to help and that some things werenot in his power ... the death of the buck; it stood out in contrast. In the short stories, through all components, confrontations and experiences bothcharacters were brought out of themselves for a brief period and then forever saw the world in adifferent and more realistic way. They became more aware of the collective nature of existence, and ofhow their own lives were affected by outside influences, beyond their control.
- 9254: History Of The Internet
- ... leaves ARPAnet and connects using a TCP/IP connection over the SATNET (Satellite Network), and ARPA finally designated TCP/IP as the protocol suite for ARPAnet and the term “Internet” is born. Now the entire world is open for communication by the connecting of the specific countries networks to those of the SATNET. Then, in 1985, Symbolics.com becomes the first registered domain name, and NetNorth is connected to provide Canada ... into an economy driving, pop culture staple. Few people have heard of men such as Leonard Kleinrock, but none can say he has not contributed to America today. So, when you think about the Cold War, think about Sputnik and the Internet it created. Bibiography Hafner, Katie; Lyon, Matthew. Where Wizards Stay up Late: The Origins of the Internet. Touchstone Books; 1998. Kristula, David. “The History of the Internet.” Network Solutions ...
- 9255: Amelia Earhart
- ... on Amelia and keys of various cities bestowed. Amelia was voted Outstanding Woman of the Year which she accepted on behalf of "all women". In 1935, Amelia began to formulate plans for an around-the-world flight. The Lockheed Electra 10E was chosen as the plane for the flight. The flight would be two major firsts...she would be the first woman, and she would travel the longest possible distance, circumnavigating ... no fire but a great deal of damage was done to the plane. The Electra was shipped back to California for repairs as Amelia continued to make plans for another attempt at the around-the-world trip. Amelia decided since the next attempt would be later in the year, that it would be safer to reverse the original flight plan and fly eastwards due to weather conditions in the Caribbean and ... the rebuilt Electra, Amelia departed from Los Angeles, California for Florida on May 21, 1937. On June 1, 1937 Amelia and her navigator Fred Noonan departed Miami, Florida bound for California by traveling around the world. The first destination was San Juan, Puerto Rico to the northeast edge of South America and then on to Africa and the Red Sea. The flight to Karachi was another first...no one had ...
- 9256: The Klan Unmasked
- The Ku Klux Klan has been the most organized of the many different White supremacy groups that came into being after the Civil War. The ill-reputed Knights of the Klan have been involved in countless incidents of human rights violations against blacks and other minority groups in America. Especially in the South, during and after the Reconstruction period ... just words but for legal evidence against the Klan’s inside machinations. For that purpose someone would have to go under a Klan robe and turn the hooded order’s dirty linen for all the world to see. The author decided to volunteer for the job and thus began his adventures as a Klan-buster, in the headquarters of the Klan at the time in Atlanta. The first few chapters relate ...
- 9257: A Rose For Emily
- ... father's strict mentality. After being the only man in her life Emily's father dies and she finds it hard to let go. Emily was raised in the ante-bellum period before the Civil War. This story takes place in the Reconstruction Era after the war when the North takes control of the South. Like her father, Miss Emily possesses a stubborn outlook towards life and refuses to change. This short story explains Emily, her mystified ways and the townsfolk's ... to the effect that's he no longer went out at all. The tax notice was enclosed, without comment." (189). Miss Emily was convinced that she had no taxes in Jefferson because before the Civil War the South didn't have to pay taxes and since her father had made a contribution to the town of a generous amount, Colonel Sartoris, mayor at that time had remitted her taxes, she ...
- 9258: Nigeria and Ogoni's Campaign
- ... it highlights the possible outcome for communities who object to the decimation of their natural resources. The Niger Delta and Nigerian coastal wetlands have been described as one of the most fragile ecosystems in the world and include rainforests and mangrove habitats. Demand for land is high with over six million people living in the region. The heavy competition between Ogoni for what is, by right, Ogoni land has resulted in ... the Niger Delta, the company has wreaked havoc on the neighboring communities and their environment. Many of its operations and materials are outdated, in poor conditions and would be illegal in other parts of the world. The largest problems in Ogoni stem from demonstrations met with force, gas flaring, pipelines, oil spills, lack of community assistance and lack of compensation for land. There have been countless demonstrations against Shell's operations ... Ogoni were caused by sabotage and therefore no reflection of the company's standards. Villages are impoverished as a result of the depletion of healthy fish and poisoned drinking water. Shell's companies throughout the world have wide-ranging programs of community involvement and sponsorship. The people of the Niger Delta, who now live in a polluted environment, claim that they have received precious little in return for living with ...
- 9259: Racial Formation Essay
- ... a foundation for their own racial identity. This in turn forces us into a racialized social structure where race becomes “common sense” (59), where we can comprehend and explain the relationships and workings of the world. This attempt to explain their definition of race, this racial project, leads to the claim that racism is complex and difficult to understand, starting first with the argument that racism is neither “biological” nor an ... this, too, is a false belief because the concept of race is something that is central to people’s identity. They state that because of its long-standing presence, it helps us understand the social world and that it is a basis of our social structure. They mention that race is a dimension of human representation - of how we see and think about the world (55). Thus this idea that race is not biological but is not illusion gives the first grounds of the claim that race is “messy” because of the lack of a real definition. The warrant ...
- 9260: Dandelion Wine: Douglas
- ... Douglas seems to crave this “monster” to come to him but also wants it to stay where it’s at in far range from his sense of innocence. Maturity takes us into the grown up world, in which we don’t always feel ready to take on. We can never turn back and sometimes we just wish that it would stay back and let us act like children again. Maturity is ... new way. This new way of noticing is something that Douglas thinks is just a new way of feeling alive, but in reality, it’s his mature side shining through and enlightening the senses. “The world, like a great iris of an even more gigantic eye, which has also just opened and stretched out to encompass everything, stared back at him.” This new world of adults has just opened up to him. He doesn’t understand it quite yet, but he finds it all very beautiful. “I’m alive, he thought” Dandelion wine starts out every summer. At ...
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