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- 9971: A Christmas Memory: Truman Capote
- ... each moment for its beauty. In the end, Capote recalls his friend looking upon the land in front of them and back over time and understanding, in a very mature manner, the profoundness of the world. With a few words, an elderly lady who has not ventured outside her hometown reveals a secret of life few ever realize. The kites that they give each other each year represent a life of simple pleasures, when things were easier in Capotes world. This is why, in the end, Capote walks across the campus of his school remembering days gone by, longing for the past, and searching for, again, the simpler things in life and the meaning in ...
- 9972: Animal Farm: Historically And Politically Allegorized As The Russian Revolution
- ... the song of the rebellion. But the rebellion is now completed. (Page 86) Stalin uses the Communist Manifesto known to many as the Communist bible. It is a book that described Communism and what the world would be like if Communism was practiced throughout the world. Napoleon and Stalin also had the power to reduce food rations. When puppies were born to their mother Napoleon at an early age would ween the pups off there mother who soon become protectors of ...
- 9973: Owens Valley Aquaduct
- ... critical point on the aqueduct gate and completely halted the flow of the river. Seven hundred others joined the demonstration, and together they protested the injustice that had been committed against them. The Owens Valley War, the title appropriated by a local newspaper for the demonstration, had reached its climax. The Owens Valley War was already over; the dainty valley community suffered its defeat to the powerful metropolitan giant. Then one of the greatest civil disasters in American history took place. The Mulholland built, St. Francis Dam collapsed. This ...
- 9974: The Lords Of Discipline
- ... his protectors because of their size and sense of loyality. 0n the surface, the institute apppears to be just another military school engaged in training fine southern men to defend the country during the Vietnam War. But behind the clean walls of the school and the stern faces of the upperclassmen is a horrifying secret. The Lords Of Dicipline is a book about four young men, Will, Pig, Mark and Tradd ... school where "the system" rules instead of the teachers. The "system" is run by upperclassmen, obsessed with upholding the school's reputation for turning out the finest men the country has to offer to the war. Will watches as the boys in his class are dismantled and reassembled to become military men. He watches as boys are tortured because of their differences, as they are run out of the school, and ...
- 9975: Great Gatsby
- ... I've been everywhere and seen everything and love everything," implying that she has been around the globe and seen everything there is to offer. She thinks that she can solve the problems of the world because she has gone to a few more places than other people have and that she knows more than other people do. Her wealth has given her the opportunity to visit extraordinary places, but it ... Baker everything they had ever wanted. It has enriched their lives and their lifestyles. But it has also made their altitude towards others vain. Their wealth has revealed their vanity for the rest of the world to see.
- 9976: George Orwell
- ... had described it as unrealistic and taunted the fact that most socialists tended to be from the Middle class. After that, he went to Spain, with the intention of writing newspaper articles about the Civil War that had erupted there. The conflict was between the communist, socialist Republic and the Fascist military rebellion. Orwell was greatly surprised when he found out that in Spain, class distinction appeared to have disappeared. Although ... secondly, that humanity would always seek dominance over others through violence and conflict. In 1938, Orwell became afflicted with tuberculosis and spent some time in Morocco. There, he wrote Coming Up For Air. When the war between England and Germany broke out he wanted to enlist but was unfit to do so. He later joined the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1941 as a talks producer. After leaving the BBC in 1943 ...
- 9977: Gender Testing in The Odyssey
- Gender Testing in The Odyssey Gender and sexuality are major issues in our world. They have been areas of study, observation, and discussion throughout history and continue to be so today. The Odyssey, written by Homer, is an epic poem that puts emphasis on the importance of gender through ... the readers can decide for ourselves what the test really is. Homer writes this poem in a way that enables us to not only test those in his poem but to also put our own world to the test. The characters are tested on their integrity in different ways. In addition, different kinds of relationships between men and women are tested. Therefore, we are not only asked to judge the value ...
- 9978: Hinduism
- ... is practiced by many Hindus. The word "yoga" means yoking disciplining and it is a means of achieving mastery over the mind by means of exercises. The idea is to cut oneself off from the world and concentrate on Brahman. Hindus teach that Karma decides what form a person will take in the next life. Karma, they say is an action done in a lifetime wether good or bad. A devout Hindu tries to avoid building up bad deeds so as to total as little bad karma as possible. On way to do this is to cut himself off from the from the world and concentrate on Brahman by practicing yoga. Hindu Holy Books Veda The Veda is the most ancient of all books. Veda means divine knowledge. The Veda was composed between 1200 BC and 500 BC. It ...
- 9979: Solo: A Book Review
- ... Mikali. Although Morgan doesn't know who killed his daughter, he does know that the initial murder at the beginning of the book is related to his own daughter's murder. Mikali has gained a world-wide reputation as a brilliant pianist-and his alter ego as a fearless and skilled killer. Revenge plays its part in this book, after Mikali having taken his out on the whole world, and Morgan wanting to get his daughter back. Morgan, after tracking down Mikali through skilful deduction, (he examines all the murders and pieces together that Mikali was in the city giving some kind of musical ...
- 9980: Sula
- Many works of contemporary American fiction involve one individual's search for identity in a stifling and unsympathetic world. In "Sula," Toni Morrison gives us two such individuals. In Nel and Sula, Morrison creates two individual female characters that at first are separate, grows together, and then is separated once more. Although never physically ... Sula has surprisingly few ties to hers. Nel's imagination has been so restricted that the messiness of Sula's house along with its strange inhabitants and many visitors must seem like an absolute dream world. Similarly, the tidiness of Nel's house compared with the disorderliness of her own allows Sula to "sit still as dawn." (p.29) Morrison makes it clear in these instances that "each one lacked something ...
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