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- 9481: An Essay On Ben Mikaelsens Cou
- ... about how life is for both of them and in this they learned some similarities and differences that they shared. On Earth, recorded tapes of their talk had been sold and people all over the world had made this short daily talk about life between the two boys a daily event. Soon after, Houston declared an in-flight emergency when the shuttle s cooling system was deemed unrepairable in space and ... of them have learned each other s way of life and respected it for that same reason. The Earth is everyone s home and if we set boundaries on it, we will continue to wage war on it but if we learn to respect each other, wars run far away for it fears true respect.
- 9482: Othello 7
- ... was right and virtuous and in contrast, the animal was representative of all that was wrong and self-serving. When Iago made the comment that, Hell and night must bring this monstrous birth to the world s light, (I, i, 394-395) his calling upon the forces of darkness to achieve his goal illustrates the imbalance in the conflict that rages in his soul. Iago is an individual who s perspective of the world is dominated by his animal nature. Due to his own lack of virtue, Iago does not believe that any virtue exists at all. In his actions, he seeks to bring all around him to the ... not understand that there was more to the relationship between Othello and Desdemona. Thus his lack of virtue limits his ability to see the intentions of the people who are around him. To him, the world around him is one that is governed by the basic rule of evolution, only the strong may survive. As far as he is concerned, there is no dignity in human beings; thus he sees ...
- 9483: Bridge Of San Luis Rey
- ... worse then it already was. As her companion Pepita was ignored constantly and lived a life of solitude. Pepita is that life in the novel, she is the only good love that exist in a world of those who either love too much or those who love too little. The Marquesa drove her daughter away, because she loved too much. Although she was able to realize this before she died, it ... seen. Although he had been through a hard life, it was still not comparable to what Pepita had to go through. Jaime was also very sickly, which probably made him more humble and loved the world around him more. Most people, who have to go through what Pepita went through, end up hating the world and having no more love in their hearts. Yet Pepita was able to still have love in her heart. She was able to even change the heart of the Marquesa, who loved her daughter ...
- 9484: Grendel Vs. Beowulf
- ... death make him one of the most controversial and infamous monsters in literature. Grendel is the man-killing monster that Beowulf portrayed him as being, yet he is also the lonely victim of a judgmental world. Grendel is a descendent of Cain and is forced to live with the inherited curse of being denied God s presence. Cain s lineage has been known to spawn monsters, trolls, giants, and other undesirable ... dozen. The dragon is saying that even if Grendel decides to change his course in life and never kill another man, nothing will change. Man will be forced to find a new monster to wage war against, for good can not exists without some evil. Beowulf also hints at this by referring to Beowulf s first battle with the nicors in his childhood swimming race against Brecca. Without his defeat of ...
- 9485: Foxwoods (gambling)
- ... has made much more sense to me now, and I hope it will do the same for you. Foxwoods resort casino, the largest of its kind in North America and most profitable casino in the world, got its start with the advent of a bingo hall in 1987. At this time the Mashantucket Pequots secured a $4 million loan from the Arab American Bank. The bingo hall netted $13 million in ... spent by the casino on alcohol is more than made up by profits. Another tactic of casinos is the lack of windows or clocks. The idea is to have gamblers not look at the outside world and concentrate on what is going on inside the casino. Without clocks, and with alcohol, how can someone who doesn’t have a watch know what time it is? Casinos are very tricky when it comes to “customer relations”. They allow their customers to forget about the world around them and concentrate on winning, when the whole time they are robbing them blind. In most cases, people walk out of casinos with empty pockets and a stomach full of booze. In the ...
- 9486: Did Immigrants Have to Leave Behind Their Cultures?
- Did Immigrants Have to Leave Behind Their Cultures? No one forced the immigrants to migrate to the New World in the nineteenth century, or any other time. Even in special cases where they were forced, they should have not fallen prey to the weight of American culture. If their cultural and familial bonds were ... the household, remained unchanged. This is evidence that they did not have to leave their cultures and values behind in their native land. Obviously they wanted change, so they knew that coming to the New World would bring about many changes for them. If the immigrants did not like the changes they should have stayed in their own country. With their move to America many brought along corrupt customs. These customs did not just appear when they came to America, yet they were “characteristic of their Old World culture”(Vecoli). For the Italians, defending family honor was a necessity, yet it often brought bloodshed. Another problematic practice was that of extorting money; later on these people would become known as the mafia. ...
- 9487: Concentration Camps 2
- Concentration Camps A concentration camp is where prisoners of war, enemy aliens, and political prisoners are detained and confined, typically under harsh conditions, or place or situation characterized by extremely harsh conditions. The first concentration camps were established in 1933 for confinement of opponents of ... the air. They are at Birkenau, the second part of the Auschwitz complex, called by some "the mother of all concentration camps. The manpower to build the camp came from 200,000 Russian prisoners of war who were forced to march from Russia to a camp at Lamsdord without any food. During these early days the Russians received more abuse than the Polish prisoners because they were more feared for their ... 1939--was agreed on as the method of choice. Zyclon was originally brought to Auschwitz as a disinfectant and vermin killer. On September 3, 1941, Fritzsch experimented with Zyclon B. on 600 Russian prisoners of war and 250 tubercular patients. He was amazed at the number of people who could be killed at once. On October 15, 1941, a plan for the future camp of Birkenau, designed by one of ...
- 9488: Conquistadors - Peru (incas) E
- The Incas lived in Peru, which is in western South America at the top of the Andes mountains, the longest mountain range in the world. At 12,000 feet, the temperatures were very cold, as they were like natural refrigerators. Temperatures in the day were terribly hot, but the temperatures cooled down at nighttime. The conquistadors of Spain that conquered ... making a living, and more ways of entertainment. People of a culture without technology probably live much simpler lives, and are not too preoccupied with discovering new things. If those two cultures would go to war, most likely the culture with technology would subdue the culture without it, because of the variety of weapons. This is why the technologically advanced Spanish conquistadors won against the simple Incas.
- 9489: Grand Avenue Masks
- Windows to the Soul Many Characters in the novel Grand Avenue, by Greg Sarris, are wearing masks. Masks that conceal themselves and their culture in an attempt to fit into the world that has enveloped their history and stifled their heritage. The key to these masks is the eyes. The eyes of the characters in the novel tell stories. The dispair of the Native Americans is first ... kitchen table. She is a clear as water, as open as the bright blue sky. (p.222) With all of the atrocities seen by the Native Americans, their lands raped and people systematically decimated by war and decease, it is no wonder that the
- 9490: Does Violence In Movies Contribute To Violent Teens
- ... them, but without that person kids will not have them(Madigan1). He also says that "In boot camp, your head is shaved and you’re taught to reject old values and to accept that the world is a dark and dangerous place,"(Lt. Col. David Grossman) but in movies, TV, and video games that just allow kids to shoot a fake weapon at a bad guy, or an alien, and at ... 1,2). If he listens to what he is saying he will find that we are the ones to blame not entertainment companies, because we follow the other stupid acts that have happened in our world not the acts that we are trying to blame. In the article Grossman says that "Doom" is part of the blame, but I don’t see how you blame a game that has weapons that we have not even invented, and besides, the main character in Doom goes after the bad guys which are half-man and half-pig, all while he tries to save the world. I know it sounds like I am just making up excuses for the entertainment business but how can they be blamed for murders that they did not commit, they are only doing there job ...
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