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Holocoust

Historically, the word holocaust meant a religious rite in which an offering was completely consumed by fire. In current times, however, the word holocaust has taken on a darker more tragic meaning and refers to more than a religious sacrifice. During World War II, a fire raged throughout ...

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Kabuki

is a traditional form of Japanese theater. Created around the year 1600, around the same time the English began to form colonies on the American continent, the history of is as long as that of the United States and just as multi-faceted. Okuni, a shrine maiden from Izumo Shrine, created . Her ...

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Edgar Allan Poe

In every story conceived from the mind of , a scent of his essence had been molded into each to leave the reader with a better understanding of Poe’s life. Poe displayed his greatest life’s achievements and his worst disappointments in a series of stories created throughout his whole life. It is ...

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Sammy Sosa The Super Hero

This past summer a major record was broken in the Major League. Roger Maris's home run record of 61 was shattered, not only by one person but by two people. It was broken by Mark Mcguire of the Cardinals with 71 home runs and by Sammy Sosa of the Cubs with 66 home runs. Most of the time people ...

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The Cybernetic Plot Of Ulysses

A paper delivered at the CALIFORNIA JOYCE conference (6/30/93) Good afternoon. To quote the opening of Norbert Wiener's address on Cybernetics to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in March of 1950, The word cybernetics has been taken from the Greek word kubernitiz (ky-ber-NEE-tis) meaning ...

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Edgar De Gas

Hilaire-Germain- was born on July 19, 1834, at 8 rue Saint-George's in Paris. His father, Auguste, a banker, was French, and his mother, Célestine, an American from New Orleans. The family name "Degas" had been changed to "De Gas" by some family members in Naples and France in order to sound more ...

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Death Of A Salesman

Advancements in science throughout this century have led to tremendous advancements in industry. Advancements in industry, however, have not always led to advancements in living. For some, society has created mass wealth. For most mass society has created a standard of living unparalleled ...

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Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Grim P

Nineteen Eighty-Four was written between the years of 1945 and 1948. Orwell got the title from switching the last two numbers of the publication date. In Orwell's criticism of a perfect society, his book became known as one of the greatest anti-utopian novels of all time. The book's message is so ...

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Margaret Atwoods Surfacing - A

Margaret Atwood's Surfacing is an intensely symbolic novel about an artist whose weekend trip home to search for her missing father turns into a journey of self discovery. The main character in the story is also the narrator and is not given a name probably because readers will be able to ...

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The Quest For Moral Perfection

E-mail: costel43@pilot.msu.edu Benjamin Franklin is undoubtedly one of the most influential figures in American history. The numerous advancements contributed by Franklin were made possible by a lot of work on his part. His outlook is best represented by his famous quote, “Dost thou love life? ...

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Goodbye Chicken Little

The name of my book is Good-bye, Chicken Little, and was written by Betsy Byars. Betsy Byars has written over fifty books for young people. Her first book was published in 1962 and since then she has published regularly. She also won the Newbery Medal in 1971 and the American Book Award in ...

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The Deplorable Life Of Willy Loman

For those of you that don' t know what deplorable means then you need to check out the tragic play "Death of a Salesman", by the American writer, Arthur Miller. The main character of this story is Willy Loman, who is almost the walking definition of this word. The life of Willy Loman is ...

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Chicago Politics

The Rise an Fall of the Machine had become synonymous with organized crime. Following the years of prohibition, this reputation had become well earned in that control of many municipal functions was influenced in some way by the underground operations. In a city that initially developed by ...

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Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Grim P

rediction of the Future Nineteen Eighty-Four was written between the years of 1945 and 1948. Orwell got the title from switching the last two numbers of the publication date. In Orwell’s criticism of a perfect society, his book became known as one of the greatest anti-utopian novels of all ...

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All The Kings Men

Jack Burden Escapes Responsibility Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men explores the idea of the relationship between the actions of individuals. Jack Burden does not understand this element, resulting in his escaping responsibility and lacking direction and ambition. Jack, when needing to ...

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Huckleberry Finn - Lies

In Samuel L. Clemens novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the main character finds himself living in a society that does not suit him. Everywhere he looks there are people who value things that he sees as meaningless. Huck Finn feels trapped and begins his journey down the river in an effort ...

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Genetic Engineering, History And Future

Altering the Face of Science Science is a creature that continues to evolve at a much higher rate than the beings that gave it birth. The transformation time from tree-shrew, to ape, to human far exceeds the time from analytical engine, to calculator, to computer. But science, in the past, has ...

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The Lost World Thesis

Michael Crichton’s novel, The Lost World began with the exposition of a character who is infamous to Crichton’s work, Ian Malcom. The entire introduction and prologue is about Malcom and his scientific views and theories. In a section of the book called “Hypothesis”, ...

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A Heritage Denied

In this fast paced American, society little regard is given to the importance of one’s family heritage. Family traditions and the efforts made to preserve them in generations past are taken for granted by the current heirs. In Alice Walker’s short story, “Everyday Use”, the character Dee makes a ...

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Do You Have A Voice

Would you just stand by, as Nazis soldiers kidnapped your neighbors just because they were different? If you would, you have no voice and you need to develop one. Many people had neighbors who were taken away and killed by the Nazis. They just stood there, let it happen and did not utter a ...

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