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- 9751: The Swimmer: Themes Of Loss And Social Status
- ... would be Merrill’s first social blow in the story. Mrs. Biswanger was not eager to pay much attention to Merrill. Merrill headed to the bar to help himself only to find,” his was a world in which the caterer’s men kept the social score, and to be rebuffed by a part time barkeep meant that he had suffered some loss of social esteem.” (Cheever 289). When the bartender then ... walks up to a cold and empty home where he realizes his family has not been in for quite some time. Throughout the story, Merrill has a great loss in his life. He believes his world is intact, including a loving family, high social status, and prosperous wealth. Merrill desperately attempts to keep his fantasy alive with alcohol; however, he is faced with the harsh reality that his life has completely ...
- 9752: Aids 2
- ... be tested to see if they were at risk for developing AIDS, and scientists could get some idea of the form the epidemic, if unchecked, might grow to take in the USA and around the world. The news was not good. The epidemic was shaped like an iceberg, with a small visible tip and a huge invisible base. For every person who was sick with AIDS, thousands of others were infected ... epidemic in the United States and Europe, at $15,000 or more a year they are far too expensive for use in the impoverished countries of Africa and Asia, where the vast majority of the world's H.I.V. infected people live. For these countries, the best hope against AIDS lies in the development of a vaccine that can prevent people who are exposed to H.I.V. from acquiring ...
- 9753: Religion: Jerusalem
- ... their historical capital. For Muslims the city is their third holiest as the site from which Muhammad is said to have risen to heaven, and the site of important mosques. As a pilgrimage for three world religions Jerusalem is considered to be the holy city. The importance of Jerusalem to Jews stretches back about five thousand years. About 2500 B.C.E., the Canaanites inhabited the city, later Jerusalem became a ... Muslims and Jews prayed together in the direction of Jerusalem. ( Bahat, 1989, p.110) This shows that Muslims do see the city of Jerusalem to have importance to their religious beliefs. Three religions of the world see Jerusalem as a pilgrimage for their beliefs, that is why Jerusalem is considered to be the holy city. Jerusalem is a religious pilgrimage for three religions. For Christians, the city is the site of ...
- 9754: The Day Of The Jackal
- ... He is a tall, blond Englishman with opaque, gray eyes. A man, whose mission is so secret not even his employers know his name, an assassin with a contract to kill Charles de Gaulle, the world's most heavily guarded man. Although the Jackal is not aware, his main obstacle is a simple policeman, Deputy Commissaire Claude Lebel. Some consider him among the best detectives in France, but he himself cannot ... much confidence due to the fact of knowing that his objective is to track down a killer that has no identity what so ever. But the assistance given to Lebel from police all over the world, slowly allows him to piece together the Jackal's image in time to prevent this international incident. In this book we follow the Jackal's meticulous planning step by step. The intelligence of the Jackal ...
- 9755: Who Wants To Be Next In Line
- ... an extremely influential impact on the appetite for progress of the democracy. An example of such an oral masterpiece is the address he made after the first battle with opposing Grecian city Sparta. This civil war in Greece had created chaos and sparked worry in the Athenians. Pericles’ Funeral Oration was a reminder to them. The great speech was a pep-rally to restate the original reason for which they were ... these two that represents a vague imitation of the political uprising previously explained between “Periclean Athens” and Sparta. Perhaps it’s ironic, then, that the play Antigone was performed in 442 B.C. and the war began eleven years later! Creon sides with Pericles statesmanship though he’s a literal tyrant of the city of Athens and his trouble curbing his pride almost led to complete self-destruction as well as ...
- 9756: Discuss Some Of The Main Ideas
- ... id”, these are our social and biological instincts such as hunger, thirst and self-preservation. The id seeks outlet in the pleasure principal with no regard to reality. It is our awareness of the outside world, our memory, perception and learning. The “Ego” develops to harmonise the impulses of the id with the demands of reality. It is our awareness of the outside world, our memory, perception and learning. The “super ego” develops later in varying degrees. It is like a conscience and brings in values and morals from parents and society and enables us to feel guilt. Freud ...
- 9757: William Faulkner 2
- ... 26), as described in the story. At this point, it is unclear who is actually telling the story about Miss Emily. Ray B. West believes that [w]hen, as in A Rose for Emily , the world depicted is a confusion between the past and present, the atmosphere is one o distortion-of unreality (192). The narrator recounts different stories about Miss Emily. The stories about Miss Emily are told out of ... Faulkner presents the South in comparison from past to present and his ability to make the reader wonder about the point of view. Faulkner s writings are enjoyable and open the reader up to a world of interpretation and intellectual challenge. All of the qualities make William Faulkner s stories literature. However, it is how these qualities are shown to the reader that make William Faulkner fit to be included within ...
- 9758: Morocco
- ... king of morocco died. His name was Hassan the 2nd. The new king is Mohammed the 6th. He was his son. Their official religion is Islam. In Casablanca has the 3rd biggest moss in the world. Everywhere you go there is a moss. A moss is where you pray. Well most of the people are poor, but there are some lucky ones. When you buy your food you always buy it ... a van and play music and yell out player's name. . That's what kids play all the time. But basketball is getting popular in morocco. Broke the record for the fastest mile in the world. In 1956 Morocco became an independent nation led by Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef. He died right after surgery in 1961. His son Hassan the 2nd wrote a new constitution for the country. On July 10 ...
- 9759: Brief history of Buddhism
- Brief history of Buddhism Buddhism is one of the major religions of the world. It was founded by Siddhartha Guatama (Buddha) in Northeastern India. It arose as a monastic movement during a time of Brahman tradition. Buddhism rejected important views of Hinduism. It did not recognize the validity of ... Also, the Buddhist movement was open to people of all castes, denying that a person's worth could be judged by their blood. The religion of Buddhism has 150 to 350 million followers around the world. The wide range is due to two reasons. The tendency for religious affiliation to be nonexclusive is one. The other is the difficulty in getting information from Communist countries such as China. It's followers ...
- 9760: Jesus Christ's Life
- ... who fears them. If they did not pity us and have mercy on us we would not be alive. They would have let us die by now. They cannot stand to be in the sinning world that we live in. They wo uld just do away with us if they didn't care about us. Because of all of this c are He has for us I feel that we need ... forgive us of all of our sins whene ver we ask for forgiveness. This is all because of when Jesus died on the cross for our sins.He took all of the sins of the world upon Him at that time. If He wouldn't have been crucified we would not ever be able to go into heaven because we would always have sin wi th us. Jesus cannot be in ...
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