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- 9291: Stalin: Did his Rule Benefit Russian Society and the Russian People?
- ... of the great achievements that Stalin made for the Soviet Union were the Five Year Plans in industry. Russia had not yet had their industrial revolution and were far behind the other powers of the world. Even Stalin said," We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or we shall be crushed." So, that is ... it's five field marshals, fourteen of it's sixteen army commanders, sixty of it's sixty-seven corps commanders, 136 of it's 199 division commanders, 220 brigade commanders, all eleven deputy commissars of war, seventy-five members of the Supreme Military Council, all military district commanders, all air force officers, all except one navy fleet commander, and all eight Red Navy admirals. In addition, the army lost half of ...
- 9292: Jane Eyre
- ... fear” of the consequences of a fully developed emotional response leads to its own destruction (Blom 91). Because I am “too passionate” – that is angry, rebellious, and prone to retreat into my richly imaginative inner world for solace, all takes part in winning the love of others. I cannot “bear to be solitude and hated” by others (Blom 91). To gain real affection, I am willing to struggle, both against external ... each new location with a mixture of pleasure and dread, I try to discover what changes may mean to me. It is a very “strange sensation to inexperienced youth to feel quite alone in the world, cut adrift from every connection, uncertain whether the port to which it is bound can be reached, and prevented by many impediments from returning to that it has quitted (Bronte 85).” Each new habitation except the last brings me into the orbit of new and unexpected friends; however solitary one’s may appear in the world. The discern of my “spiritual isolation” represents the human condition that I repeatedly see in myself (Howes 89). The suffering and abuse through life itself, awakens my consciousness. With no family connections to support ...
- 9293: The Call of the Wild: Determinism and Darwinism
- ... of the Wolf, which was published in 1900. London lived an interesting life, during which he wrote more than 50 books. He also was an author with enormous popular success. He had experience as a war correspondent. Sadly after two broken marriages and a reoccurring alcohol problem, he died from a kidney disease at the age of 40. Many of his stories, including The Call of the Wild (1903), deal with ... returning of a civilized creature to the natural state. London's style—brutal, vivid, and exciting—made him enormously popular outside the United States; his works were translated into many languages. His noted journalism included war correspondence, boxing stories, and the life of Molokai lepers. A committed socialist, he insisted against editorial pressures to write political essays and insert social criticism in his fiction (Merrain AOL). Some of his other novels ... People of the Abyss, and was written in 1903. This nonfiction story was based on London’s observations of the slums of London and illustrated with photographs taken by himself and others. His next was War of the Classes, written in 1905. It mainly consisted of the text of speeches London presented on behalf of socialism. In 1909 he completed his next nonfiction story called Revolution. This story was just ...
- 9294: Ethan Brand
- ... time alone in front of the kiln. Stories arise; such as he "conversed with Satan himself in the lurid blaze of thus very kiln."(356) His search for self-gain leaves him detached from the world of mortals. Ethan Brand steps into the world of gods, when he learns of the unpardonable sin, and yet he has not left the realm of man. He has eaten the forbidden fruit. He lives in a human world but cannot tell of the unpardonable sin. He is too proud or feels the burden is too great for any other. He is not welcome into society. He is mocked when he returns. He ...
- 9295: A Look At Anemia Related To Nutritional Issues
- ... type of anemia is iron-deficiency anemia" ("Anemia", 1). "Iron-deficiency is defined as anemia with biochemical evidence of iron deficiency" (Dreyfuss, background). "Iron deficiency anemia is the most common micro nutrient deficiency in the world today. It impacts the lives of millions of woman and children contributing to poor cognitive development, increased maternal mortality and decreased work capacity. Yet with appropriate public health action, this form of micro nutrient malnutrition ... reversibility of the mental and psychomotor impairment is not yet clearly understood" ("Anemia and Iron status", 1). "Although nutritional iron-deficiency has declined in industrialized nations, 500 to 600 million people (one-sixth of the world's population) are still affected by this problem worldwide. Even in the U.S., iron deficiency is the most prevalent nutritional deficiency" ("Anemia, 7) webmd. Iron deficiency anemia is characterized by an inadequate amount of ... the most productive results. One hundred surveys were sent to the International Nutritional Anemia Consultative Group(INACG). The purpose of INACG is to guide international activities that are trying to reduce nutritional anemia in the world. The INACG sponsors scientific reviews and convenes task force groups to analyze issues related to etiology, treatment, and prevention of nutritional anemia. This group gathers the most useful, up-to-date information on nutritional ...
- 9296: The Aztecs
- ... Aztec boys learned practical tasks from their fathers at home. Then when they reached 15 they went to a youth house. There elders taught the boys religion, citizenship, history, traditions and art. They also learned war. Girls could also learn to be priestesses in temple schools. The Aztecs were divided into tribes that were dived into clans. Each clan had its own officials that represented them at tribal meetings. The land ... clothing made from animal skins that were traded from northern tribes. I personally like the cities they built. The did not have the wheel yet they built some of the most beautiful cities in the world. They were at their prime when the Spanish arrived. They saw their practices and considered them barbaric. They destroyed all but a few records of them and tried to convert them. even though they were ...
- 9297: The Aztec Empire History
- ... new fire of the celebration and feast. A partial list of the Aztec gods: CENTEOTL, The corn god. COATLICUE, She of the Serpent Skirt. EHECATL, The god of wind. HUEHUETEOTL, The fire god. HUITZILOPOCHTLI, The war/sun god and special guardian of Tenochtitlan. MICTLANTECUHTLE, The god of the dead. OMETECUHLTI and his wife OMECIHUATL, They created all life in the world. QUETZALCOATL, The god of civilization and learning. TEZCATLIPOCA, The god of Night and Sorcery. TLALOC, The rain god. TONATIUH, The sun god. TONANTZIN, The honored grandmother. XILONEN, "Young maize ear," Maize represents a chief staple ...
- 9298: Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
- ... rarely leaves the house. She's consumed by her illness. Mattie, on the other hand, seeks refuge from loneliness at the Fromes' farm. A year later she chooses to die rather than return to a world of solitude. Edith Wharton uses characters such as Mattie, to express the theme of loneliness and isolation. Mattie Silver is unlike any of the other characters in Ethan Frome. The town of Starkfield is very ... from this terrible society he lived in. She suggested suicide as a means of escape for the two of them. When the attempt failed, she became paralyzed. She is now stuck in the cold, colorless, world of Starkfield. The setting of Ethan Frome, also expresses the isolation. Around the turn of the century, in Ethan Frome's time, the town of Starkfield was a cold and lifeless place. Life is dreary ... scrape a living off the land. The town Starkfield afflicts Ethan and helps to shape his destiny. Like the town, he is sullen and run-down. Starkfield sits alone in its valley, isolated from the world around it. Ethan is also isolated. He left the lonely valley to go to college, but since returing he has gone scarcely more than few miles from his remote farm. Physically, and therefore, emotionally, ...
- 9299: Internet
- ... especially makes a big deal out of nudity. In Eastern Europe the children will not even were bathing suits until they reach the age around puberty. What gives our government the right to police the world based on our views? Yesterday I was watching some television with a female friend of mine when the talk show Sally came on. The show happened to be about children and the Internet. In this ... business in adding more regulations to the net. That bear has his hand too far in the honey jar already. The Internet can be one of the most valuable information tools there is in the world today. This valuable tool can also carry very explicit material. If parents do not pay attention to what their children are downloading, this explicit content may weave its way across the web and into your house. How many parents would pay a monthly fee to just hand their child a chainsaw and turn them loose on an unsuspecting world? I do not know a single parent who would even think of letting this hypothetical situation proceed. A chainsaw can also be viewed as a valuable tool if used to clear land or clear ...
- 9300: The Pit And The Pendulum
- ... deliberate attempts to kill him (Burdick 92(50))(49). He also realizes that the only way he can(51) be saved is by personal struggle to avoid death while waiting for a miracle. In a world of solitude, the rats that devour the meat serve almost as companions. Described as “...(52) wild, bold, ravenous; their red eyes glaring (53)...” the rats are evil creatures (Poe 8)(54). Yet (55) the narrator ... a gripping story. Poe tells the tale in a very descriptive, narrative sense that brings the reader into the awful dungeon, which only rats and painted demons occupy. This sense of isolation from the outside world is what captures the reader, and almost puts them (86) into the dungeon, isolated from all the world.
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