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- 9961: Fahrenheit 451 - Symbolism
- ... burn books (Watt 2). One night while he is walking home from work he meets a young girl who stirs up his thoughts and curiosities like no one has before. She tells him of a world where fireman put out fires instead of starting them and where people read books and think for themselves (Allen 1). At a bookhouse, a woman chooses to burn and die with her books and afterwards ... firemen’s helmets, tanks, and in the firestation. Faber represents the "quiet, nourishing flame" of the imaginative spirit while in contrast, Beatty symbolizes the destroying function of fire (Watt 2). Fire, Montag’s reality and world, refines and purifies his mind and also gives unity and depth to the story (McNelly 3). Montag interprets his experiences in terms of fire (Watt 2). In Montag’s society the fireman’s torch has ...
- 9962: The Job Of A Graphic Designer
- ... and design of goods, from gravestone markers to detergent boxes, from album covers to dog food cans (The Princeton Review Guide to Your Career.) Graphic artists, or graphic designers, are the bases of the graphic world. It is their designs that are sent to layout artists and then to the printers and then onto the outside world on cd covers, cereal boxes, billboards, posters, and basically anything that has to do with a visual representation. Graphic artists, even though most love what they do, can have a highly stressful job because they ...
- 9963: To Say This Is Enough
- ... the focal point of Sheppard s obsession on helping others, shows Sheppard the error of his ways by going back to prison. By refusing to be taken by Sheppard s persuasion of looking at the world in a scientific viewpoint, Rufus shows that faith is more important than being free---if being free means not believing in God. From the story, Flannery O Conner takes the side of Rufus. The lame ... able to overcome the struggles in their life until they understand how brave their mothers really are. June s understanding of her mother s wish to find her twin sisters enabled her to see the world in her Chinese-American eyes; and through that, she is finally able to appease her inner conflict. Waverly finally realized that only by combining her Chinese and American sides will she be able to move ...
- 9964: Comparison Of Colonies
- ... Charles owed William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, a favor. Penn asked the King for some land in the colonies, in return the King gave Penn a piece of the woods (Sylvania) in the New World. The Quakers, like the early Puritans, were pacifists and minimalists. They believed that God is perfect and had a strict interpretation of the Bible. Their beliefs included that mankind is evil and that every man ... other countries, cultural diversity and differences in ethnicity were present. The main cultures that inhabited Pennsylvania were French, English, Dutch, and German. Government was also important in the founding of English colonies in the New World. With each colony, the government and idea of democracy progressed. With a weak and unpredictable government first established in Virginia, the American colonists gradually advanced to a more democratic government. However, even the most democratic ...
- 9965: Great Gatsby 12
- The Great Gatsby There are many different types of people in this world. Apart from physical features, it is the characteristics of a person that makes him/her original. Nick Carraway the narrator of The Great Gatsby, has qualities which are the complete opposite of those of Tom ... Tom scorns the blacks for no apparent reason. Nick s reasonable judgements reflect reality, for he sees things as they really are. On the other hand, Tom s baseless judgements reflect the illusions in his world, for his judgements are what he only views to be right. Nick and Tom s ability to make judgements reveal how good of judgements they make in their relationships. Nick is honest in his relationships ...
- 9966: Fahrenheit 451 - Symbolism
- ... novel so devastating. Bradbury warns us of what may happen if we stop expressing our ideas, and we let people take away our books, and thoughts. Bradbury notices what has been going on in the world, with regards to censorship, and book burning in Germany, and McCarthyism in America. That is what he is speaking out against. Bradbury is also a very symbolic writer, he incorporates symbolism into his book. Bradbury ... of being a fireman. Fire has become an image of destruction in the eyes of Montag. Guy believes that fire is good, and that fire symbolizes the solution, the ultimate solution to all of the world's problems. When in reality, fire destroyed books, it destroyed homes, it destroyed people, it destroyed Capt. Beatty, it destroyed Montag's house, and in the end, it destroyed the city from which Montag barely ...
- 9967: The Last Day Of The Year
- ... this poem, The year at its turn (Droste-Hulshoff, 1). Throughout this poem, she uses the year to represent a period of time that is coming to an end. Referring to the introduction in the World Reader, Droste-Hulshoff was a woman yearning for the freedom to be herself (Caws, 2002). This forces the reader to consider that she is using the time period of the year as the time of ... he will have final judgement. She feels The year at its turn, the whirring thread unrolls. (Droste-Hulshoff 1-2). Works Cited Droste-Hulshoff, Annette Von. The Last Day of the Year. The Harper Collins World Reader. Ed. Mary Ann Caws, Christopher Prendergast. Harper Collins College Publishers, New York, 1994. Pp. 2002-03.
- 9968: "Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference” and “Theorizing Difference From Multiracial Feminism”: Race Feminist Theory
- ... what we can do to change it, and still keep society unaffected. If we do as Zinn and Dill say and keep the differences and not “upset the apple cart” then we remain in a world of oppression, but if we do as Lorde suggests we live in a world with it’s society torn apart and in chaos. A change is something that will not come easily, but by taking these two opposing views seriously, we can work together and a compromise can be ...
- 9969: The Legalization Of Marijuana
- ... also banned for general use, but can be prescribed by doctors. It is illegal to buy, sell, grow, or possess marijuana in the United States. Marijuana prohibition comprises a large part of the federal governments War on Drugs. Law enforcement officials made 600,000 marijuana-related arrests in 1996, and 800,000 in 1998-four out of five arrests being for possession alone. Under federal and state laws, many of which ... choreographed by these lawyers. They often call in NORML s national advisors-Lester Grinspoon, MD and Thomas Ungerleider, MD-for the hearings. For many years these two psychiatrists have been major activists in the marijuana war. Dr. Grinspoon declares that marijuana is a wonderful medicine and finds it useful for almost everyday malady. Users who have major medical problems are featured witnesses at hearings. These patients declare that they would be ...
- 9970: The Minister's Black Veil
- ... face. What they really don't know is that Mr. Hooper has this veil on half of his face because he is trying to hide his secret sin. He doesn't want to look the world with his face because he doesn't want them to see him and look in his eyes and be able to tell that he is hiding something that he doesn't want anyone to know ... changed his appearance somewhat and people shouldn't judge one another on their appearance, they should be judged on their inward qualities. Mr. Hooper feels that he is doing what is good by shielding the world of his sin and part of the problem his congregation has is that they too have a secret sin and they don't want to own up to the fact that they do and admit ...
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