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- 2381: Families On The Fault Line
- ... the evolution of the family dispersed from economic development and instead become a more social issue. Because the position of women in the family has been so altered from past history, projections made, even forty years ago are increasingly wrong. Though, even with the changing structure of the family the economic labor power has not significantly increased. The role of housewife ... dominant force. As new evolutions of families are being allowed to participate in our culture, more power will create more labor and more reproduction. It is a basic fact that history repeats itself, maybe the family will gain the dominant role it had before the industrial revolution and mercantilism. We live in difficult times in a country that is divided by ...
- 2382: Fahrenheit 451
- ... the law. Captain Beatty tries to explain the law " Every fireman sooner or later hits this . They only need understanding, to know how the wheels run. Need to know the history of the profession."(53). Montag disagrees with him and meets an old retired English Professor named Faber who helps him understand the books. "The things you're looking for, Montag ... We're remembering. That's where we'll win out in the long run. And someday we'll remember so much that we'll build the biggest goddamn steamshovel in history and dig the biggest grave of all time and shove war in and cover it up."(164) In conclusion Montag, rebels against society with the help of Faber, gets discovered ...
- 2383: Everyday Use
- ... quilt on the wall or a quaint butter churn in the alcove. She is aware the items are hand made by her ancestors, nevertheless remains unaware of the knowledge and history behind them. Mrs. Johnson knows the traditions and history behind the quilts; they put their ancestor’s memories to everyday use. While Dee may be working towards a period of enlightenment, she certainly did not demonstrate the insight that ...
- 2384: Everyday Use
- ... themselves seemed to be the most symbolic of all. These quilts symbolized the years of oppression that blacks faced and are still facing. They also stood for the deep-rooted history of that particular family. Those quilts stood for the title "Everyday Use". Everyday use is what they were intended for when they were made, but carried such deep underlying meaning ... unhappy. She would not except the quilts when her mother offered them to her because they stood for country living. If she had only opened her eyes and seen the history or even the love put into the making of those quilts they would have been her’s. Walker used Dee to show the reader a closed minded person who finally ...
- 2385: Epic Of Gilgamesh
- ... racism whenever possible, even if it means keeping quiet about subjects that should be addressed. She finds it easier to " lay low" than to create a situation. Berniece views the history of the piano with the same disdain and sorrow that her mother held for so many years. In one of many heated arguments with Boy Willie, Berniece says, " Mama Ola ... man that poses a threat against his dreams. Boy Willie is very proud that his father gave his life to steal the piano, with the carvings of his family’s history, from Sutter, the man who enslaved his great grandmother and his grandfather. Papa Boy Charles believed that his family would always be slaves as long as Sutter still had ownership ...
- 2386: Dealers Of Lighting
- ... future" (391), he fails to deliver. His book corrects a lot of misinformation about PARC research and Xerox commercialization efforts. It is a good read for anybody interested in the history of technology. It should be required reading for everybody in research management—for many examples of what to do and what not to do. This history should also be read by anyone who believes another big leap in software technology can be achieved while research funding is cut back, universities are drained of their talent, and ...
- 2387: Crying Of Lot 49
- ... at a meaning. One of the most effective techniques that Pychon uses to involve the reader in his fictional world is his use of details. His mixing of the specific history of Thurn and Taxis in his plot serves to overburden the reader with details that seems to have no relation to the story at hand. ˇ§ From the same plastic folder ... the figures 1/4 in the centre, the word Freimarke at the top, and along the right-hand margin the legend Thurn und Taxisˇ¨ (p.96). These specific details of history unite the readerˇ¦s real world with the fictional one created by Pynchon, thus luring the reader into the characterˇ¦s search for the meaning of life. We may find ...
- 2388: Catcher In The Rye - Boys Will Be Boys
- ... practically lived his entire life in dorms at prestigious schools, and has learned quite well how to be on his own. "This tendency of teenagers took place even in ancient history, where the freshly developed teen opts to leave the cave and hunt for his own food" (Kegel 54). Every teenager tries, in his or her own way, to be independent ... The media clearly exploits drinking and makes it appear "cool." His curiosity gets the best of him and he continually drinks. Another problem with teenage drinking, at all times throughout history, is the great ease at which it can be acquired. In the novel, Holden can simply walk into a bar of some sort, order a drink and in most cases ...
- 2389: Campaign
- ... in lynching, Ida B. Wells launched her anti-lynching campaign in 1892 in which 241 people were lynched. Through her hard work and determination she made a great mark in history. With the distribution of her pamphlets she was able to help people realize that the information that was out there was not necessarily true. She showed people the truth of ... had to gain attention and make a name for herself. The significance of her campaign was that it was one woman using what she knew to make her mark in history. Wells made it know that this lynching was wrong and there were other, legal alternative. In a way she made the government stand up and do what was right and ...
- 2390: Broken Chain
- ... the first place in the beginning, tries to establish himself to be an Indian hero and become the chief and the first Indian commander in a western army in the history, but his ambition ultimately put him into the trap set up by the British. Mohahehu, who is succeeded to become the new chief of the six nations, feeling that something ... their problems, but never keep on their promises, such as new settlers were looting Indians’ land throughout the time even when the "chain" was still existed. This fragment in the history, once again supported the basic of the human nature, "Men are born evil". At that time, the Europeans were the strongest people on the earth, in terms of firearms and ...
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