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Ayn Rand Intense Emotion
1,157 wordsAnthem, a science fiction novel, deals with a future primitive society in which the forbidden word "I", which is punishable, has been replaced by "We." Anthem's theme seems to be about the meaning and glory of man's ego. In this novel, Rand shows that the individualism needed for building a complex technological civilization has been suppressed by collectivism. Rand glorifies man's individual ability to think, and appeals to emotion. The emotion is displayed at various time throughout the story;...
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Find It Hard Thing In The World
1,253 wordsEveryday people encounter obstacles that stand in the way of their goals. Phoenix, in A Worn Path, by Eudora Welty, has a mission to accomplish, but many things stand in her way. When she finally makes it, she has conquered her goal for that day. She also has a long-term goal, which is to make her grandson happy and well. Her walk to town on the path symbolizes her entire life, and the lives of everyone else. Everyone sets goals for themselves, but in the way of completing those goals, stand obs...
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Gaius Julius Caesar Ides Of March
1,668 wordsGaius Julius Caesar was born on July 13, 100 BC. Although patrician descent, Caesar's family had not achieved real prominence. His father, also named Gaius Julius Caesar, was the brother-in-law of Gaius Marius and married Aurelia, who was connected with the prominent Aurelii family; he died about 85 BC, however, before reaching the consulship. In 84, Caesar married Cornelia, daughter of Marius's old partner Lucius Cornelius China. When Lucius Cornelius Sulla ordered him to divorce her, he refuse...
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Second World War Adolf Hitler
1,149 wordsThe Nazi Party has been filmed and chronicled since its creation and since the defeat of fascism in the Second World War; the Nazis have been portrayed in many different films and remain today a subject of criticism. The Nazis instigated a program of genocide against the Jews, Slavs and many other groups such as gypsies and homosexuals as well as removing, imprisoning and executing German opposition to their policies. Since the defeat of the Nazis, Western cinema, upholding the rights of the ind...
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Black And White Polish Jews
1,160 words... y, there is the viewpoint of an old Jewish man, who does not sing, but remains in his chair looking distraught and angry, hopelessly outnumbered in his stance. The pseudo-traditional German folk song (composed by John Kinder and Fred Ebb for the film) continues, more and more instruments join in and the tempo picks up. Naturally this has an effect on our two characters who leave soon after and return to their car. By which time, the music has reached a massive crescendo. Max turns to Brian a...
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Man And The Sea Santiago
492 wordsFinal Impression of Triumph and Despair in The Old man and the Sea The Old man and the Sea develops a familiar Hemingway theme of the undefeated. Like other Hemingway treatments of the same theme, this one presents the story of the moral triumph which has as its absolutely necessary condition an apparently smashing defeat. The message of the novel can be summed up in the following remarks of Santiago: A man can be destroyed but not defeated. The novel tells us the story of amoral triumph. Santia...
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Grapes Of Wrath Mice And Men
1,335 wordsIf anyone could portray the perfect idea of the American Dream, what would it be? Many aspects and goals must be considered before someone's life or lifestyle can be deemed a succession or failure of the American Dream. If America is seen as an Eden, or a Utopia in a character's thoughts, then one goal of this dream has been met. Chances of such thoughts are rare due to the fact that not everyone can have what they want and be happy. Individually, however, someone could feel triumph no matter ho...
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Back And Forth Reader Interested
758 wordsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a coming of age story of a young black woman during a critical time of African American History. The story is an autobiography about Maya Angelou during the 1930 s in rural segregated Stamps, Arkansas. Within this framework Maya jumps back and forth between triumphs and drama. However, this poses several questions: Why does she do this? And what effect does it have on the reader? Maya jumps back and forth between triumphs and drama in order to keep the reader i...
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14 Th Century Began To Realize
1,809 wordsThe Triumph of Death In 1562 Peter Bruegel the Elder produced his famous painting The Triumph of Death, which was being inspired by the stories about bubonic plague that hit Europe in the middle of 14 th century. This epidemic reduced European population by half, within a few years and almost destroyed Western civilization, as we know it. Therefore, the horrors of bubonic plague remained fresh in the memory of Europeans, well after epidemic was over. The bubonic plague originated in Central Asia...
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Erich Maria Remarque Love Affair
1,068 wordsApril f 1948 can be considered a great month in cinematography. Arch f Triumph by Lewis Milestne came ut. It is based n the famous new by Erich Maria Remarque and is a delightful wartime love story. While The End f the Affair is set in London under bombardment f the V- 1 s, Arch f Triumph is a new set in Paris. Paris was nt bombarded, and in the new there is n sign f pressing f any kind. War was just a many nuisance fr the French. Life went n as if nothing had happened. The tw nvel's share the r...
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Booker T Washington B Du Bois
1,336 wordsMatrix Watson Prof. Alexander Feb. 17, 2000 Imagine being in a position that gave you the power to inspire a race and gain the respect of another. Booker T. Washington, a prominent and extremely successful African-American had that opportunity. This opportunity came in the times of the emancipation of slavery. And when given the chance he excelled. In his book, Up from Slavery, Booker T. Washington exposes readers to the hardships he faced from the time he was a slave, until the times he became ...
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Booker T Washington B Du Bois
1,341 wordsImagine being in a position that gave you the power to inspire a race and gain the respect of another. Booker T. Washington, a prominent and extremely successful African-American had that opportunity. This opportunity came in the times of the emancipation of slavery. And when given the chance he excelled. In his book, Up from Slavery, Booker T. Washington exposes readers to the hardships he faced from the time he was a slave, until the times he became a leader among African-Americans. His book g...
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Gaius Julius Caesar Ides Of March
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World War Ii Treaty Of Versailles
2,291 wordsDual Results: World Domination and Self-Deification In 1933, having flown across Germany in a massive publicity campaign, having been greeted at every stop by overwhelming crowds, and having been appointed the new Chancellor of Germany, Hitler s popularity was undeniable. Soon after becoming Chancellor, Hitler made public his goals to unite the German people as one, his Lebensraum. Five years later, the entire German populations of Austria, Germany, Poland, and Czechoslovakia were united under G...
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Long Time Ago Late 20 Th Century
604 wordsIn ones mind the Holocaust and the Titanic can be seen as a triumph. The Holocaust is a triumph because if it didn t happen back than in the 1930 s and 1940 it might have happened now. It also made people aware of other races and religions and how the people that are apart and involved with them are humans just like everyone else. The Holocaust can also be seen as a triumph because if it had happened now there would have been a lot more deaths. The Titanic can be seen as a triumph because it mad...
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Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre
491 wordsJane Eyre's Triumph Over Oppression: Charlotte Bronte's Example for Women Charlotte Bronte, in her novel, Jane Eyre, establishes us with a first-hand account of a womens triumph over hardships. Jain was born orphaned, poor, and grew up in an un-loving home. To add insult to injury, she was a woman in Victorian society; a subordinate position to begin with. Throughout the novel, Jane faces many hardships that truly tested her spirit and integrity. She refused to have her life determined for her, ...
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Roman Triumphal Painting Roman Historical Painting Paintings
1,040 wordsIn 211 BC the great general M. Claudius Marcellus returned to Rome after his decisive defeat of Syracuse. With him came a vast booty of Hellenistic artifacts. Remaining outside the sacred precincts of Rome, he supplicated the Senate for the purification and glory of a triumphal procession, realizing that they would both make a visual impression in his triumph and also be an ornament for the city. He opened his triumph impressively with an allegorical painting of Syracuse made prisoner. Paintings...
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