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- 9781: Tha Screets 4-life
- ... things to protect their neighborhood and come together as friends and help one another. Most of the OG s that did have to serve time, they learned the hard way of doing things in the world (sounder 33). After the bad days of there live they learned that are more things out there than gangs. You see many OG s that have settled down with a girlfriend of some kind and ... where they are the only ones that understand (699). The real difference from the society is to show how different and unique they are. Their mothers gave them all common names that somebody in the world might have. But with a gang nickname, you are sure that it is a unique in different ways. Either how it is spelled or pronounces. The language of a gang differs, from gang to gang ...
- 9782: Lincoln Could He Have Preserve
- ... goals. Lincoln had a set agenda, with preserving the Union at the head of the list. Lincoln also aimed to preserve Fort Sumter and Fort Pickens. Lincoln’s most pressing goal was to instigate the war without seeming to be the aggressor. This proved to be the most difficult goal, because to achieve this, he had to know how far to push without seeming to push at all. An additional goal ... states onto the northern side. This was an important goal because it fell in line with Lincoln’s un-hostile attitude. By being attacked first, he could say he was responding to an act of war on the United States. One of Lincoln’s options was to sit by and do nothing. This was not really an option, however, because abandoning his soldiers at this fort would not only lower the ...
- 9783: Did Napoleon Preserve Or Pervert The Gains Of The Revolution
- ... federalist Girondins. What Napoleon admired were the Jacobins’ strong centralized government, their commitment to deal decisively with the problems facing the fledgling republic, and their attempt to forge a strong stable France while winning the war against its enemies. Napoleon clearly felt, like the Jacobins, that an energetic centralized state was essential to consolidate the advances achieved by the Revolution and, at the same time, he wished to bring about the ... April 1802) allowed all but about one thousand of the most notorious emigres to return to France. These two actions helped to bring relative tranquility to those areas of France which had long been at war with the Revolution. What of liberty? Of the three key principles of the Revolution—liberty, equality, and fraternity—it was liberty which suffered most under Napoleon. Bonaparte can be reproached for not having established liberty ...
- 9784: Pride And Prejudice
- ... time, his reaction to her is quite different: “he was forced to acknowledge her figure to be light and pleasing; and in spite of his asserting that her manners were not those of the fashionable world, he was caught by their easy playfulness.(pg.22)” I find it hard to believe that his impression of Elizabeth could change so drastically within a matter of days. Elizabeth, on the other hand, has ... family’s reaction is not one that would normally be expected. As unrealistic as the book seems, it may be that The Victorian Era in which the book was set, is so different than the world today, that short of becoming a historian, there is no way that I could fully understand the characters and their motives.
- 9785: Research Essay, East Timor
- ... arisen in East Timor has been heavily one sided towards the militaristic regime that has destroyed the fabric of life for the people of East Timor. East Timor has a history plagued by crime, injustice, war and death and during all of these times the church was there in one way or another giving support for the communities, but it has not always been that way. When the Portuguese colonized East ... campaign. During this time there was a split in the coalition, that had been formed only months earlier with the UDT breaking away and as a result of this it sparked a short lived civil war. When the Portuguese forces moved to a nearby island of Atauro the UDT lost power and Fretilin gained control. However this did not help, as the Portuguese were refusing to return to Dili (Capital) and ...
- 9786: Architecture in India
- ... believed to be a result of the religion, beliefs and culture of India during this ancient time. The people of ancient India had a great belief in the gods and had many assumptions about the world. Their primary belief was that everything worked as a single process, that is, change and perfection, time and eternity, existence and transcendence were one.1 It is this belief that made the artist realize that ... by four slender minarets. This temple/mausoleum is then reflected in a long slender pool. This architectural wonder contains all of the properties of ancient Indian art, yet clearly reflects a transition into the modern world. As much as the architecture in India has changed over five thousand years of history, it has remained the same. Amazingly, the ancient Indians were successful in carving, chiseling and creating monuments that remain breathtaking ...
- 9787: The Transcendental Movement of 1830s
- ... highest, and most of them spend their lives seeking money and power only because they see nothing higher."7 Followers also believed in a spiritual hunger, or the need to find themselves one with the world. In addition, they believed in "an ascending hierarchy of spiritual values rising to absolute good, truth, and beauty."8 Transcendentalists also believed in a supreme being, the Oversoul, and felt that "if the Oversoul is ... existent as a whole today, many of its ideas, values, and morals are still present in many of the religions and beliefs of today's society. In conclusion, Transcendentalism will always be present in the world, it just will not have as obvious a presence.
- 9788: The Joy Luck Club: Relationship Between Mother and Daughter
- ... story of four Chinese mothers and their daughters. It's a story about the friendship of four women who bonded together in San Francisco after experiencing many trials in China, a result of the ongoing war there. This book includes many stories that could stand alone, but Amy Tan puts these life portrayals together to make an enjoyable, easy to read novel, one that keeps the reader captivated from start to ... the mothers and children were raised. The daughters, who grew up with American and Chinese culture intertwined, were very rebellious and gave their mothers many problems. This story incorporates birth, death, unwilling marriage, divorce, friendship, war, jealousy, and love. Amy Tan writes about each character's tragic yet significant experiences with The Joy Luck Club. The mothers' love and frustrations with their daughters is well illustrated and teaches the reader many ...
- 9789: Alcatraz Island (The Prison)
- ... work. They could craft shoes, make pallets, or wash laundry. They earned small amounts of money, but it was worthless because there was nothing they could buy. The only contact inmates had with the outside world was through heavily censored magazines, censored books, and monthly visits (Corrections 54). Visits only lasted a half-hour and they had to talk over telephones through thick glass. The conversations were monitored and could be ... was necessary to keep them under control. Sure life was brutal but every convict in there had earned it one way or another. For many inmates, Alcatraz was the only truly intimidating thing in the world. “The Rock” (American Automobile Association 81) is a fascinating place with a fascinating and sometimes gruesome history.
- 9790: Mahatma Gandhi: Man Of Peace
- ... even got to the point of threatening to burn the house down. The superintendent of police had to disperse the crowd, while Gandhi slipped out the back disguised as a Indian constable. In 1906 A war broke out due to a Zulu uprising. This war was the main staging ground for Gandhi s life of servitude towards humanity. The white South Africans would leave the wounded Zulu to die, and it was up to Gandhi and his make-shift team ...
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