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Hololiterature: A Holographic Interpretation Of The Scarlet Letter
Words: 1077 - Pages: 4.... requires a source of coherent wave-
like energy. The second is a recording medium of extremely high resolution
to record the microscopic interference patterns of light. The third major
requirement is utter stability and freedom from vibrations. As for
producing an actual hologram, here is described a two-beam transmission
holograph. (So named because viewing it requires shining the same coherent
light back through it) The laser is placed on a platform in the sand and a
mirror directs the light diagonally across the table. A beamsplitter
divides the beam into two parts. One goes to a mirror that directs the
light through a spread .....
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Satire At It's Best In The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Words: 652 - Pages: 3.... better'n killin' of him. I'm unfavorable to killin' a man as long as you can git aroun' it; it ain't good sense, ain't good morals. Ain't I right?" This is a very good example of Twain satirizing the idiocy and cruelty of society in general. The man is so misguided that he thinks it's a lesser crime to let a man drown than to just plain kill him
Twain a lot of the time makes fun of how whites perceived blacks or how blacks thought of whites. "He judged it was all up with him any way it could be fixed; for if he didn't get saved he would get drownded; and if he did get saved, whoever saved him would send him back home so as to get th .....
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The Cat In The Rain: Self Control And Communication
Words: 1148 - Pages: 5.... shot out from under the bridge. My eyes were locked on this quick motion. I saw the driver, he was a middle aged man enchanted by the speed and power of the boat. There was a passenger at his side and his daughter directly behind him. I knew it was his daughter because she was hysterically crying, begging her father to slow down.
The drama was quick and the speed boat continued to skip along the waves. I watched as there heads bounced to the rhythm of the river. The little girl in the back still crying and her father still willfully riding his enjoyment to the maximum.
As a child growing up my parents taught me that self control is ke .....
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Wuthering Heights
Words: 1609 - Pages: 6.... Each house stands alone, in the midst of the dreary land, and the atmosphere creates a mood of isolation. These two places greatly differ in appearance and mood. and its surroundings, depicts the cold, dark, and evil side of life. " 'Wuthering' being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather" (2). The inhabitants of were that of the working class, while those of Thrushcross Grange were high up on the social ladder. While was always full of activity, sometimes to the point of chaos, life at the Grange always seemed placid. Thrushcross Grange, in .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Prejudice
Words: 948 - Pages: 4.... have been just a rumor the kids were terrified of the
Radleys. They described him often as a monster "six-and-a-half feet tall" with
"bloodstained" hands. He was said to eat "raw squirrels and any cats he could
catch".(pg12) During the rest of the book Scout and companions tried to meet
Arthur (Boo) and get over their fear of him. They did not succeed. But he showed
affection for them by leaving them gifts in a tree. Finally at the end of the
book he proves he is a good person by saving Scout and Jem's lives. In this
instance Scout may have found that to negatively prejudge someone is wrong. She
also learned compassion.
Scout also .....
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Lightning Mine Vs Archangel
Words: 649 - Pages: 3.... the capitalist machine from destroying the sacred land.
With full government support, the mine goes ahead, and quickly Shoemaker realises what this will lead to. The corporate tactics continue to ensure a smooth running of the mine, even to the extent of killing Mariba’s wife.
The resolution of the book fits in well with the theme. Namarrkon: The Lightning Spirit, the guard of the sacred site, stirs up a freak electrical storm, and totally destroys the mine. Furthermore, the CEO, Sir Peter Gables, gets killed by the storm whilst in a helicopter trying to escape the wraith of the storm. Mariba gets shot, but is amazingly saved by Sh .....
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The Bluest Eye - Protrait Of A
Words: 1410 - Pages: 6.... beauty of whiteness and the ugliness of blackness. In an interview with Milwaukee Journal staff writer Fannie Leflore, Morrison said that she “confronted and critiqued the devastation of racial images” in The Bluest Eye.
The narrative structure of The Bluest Eye is important in revealing just how pervasive and destructive the “racialization” (Morrison’s term for the racism that is a part of every person’s socialization) is (Leflore). Morrison is particularly concerned about the narration in her novels. She says, “People crave narration . . . That’s the way they learn things” (Bakerman .....
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Heart Of Darkness 4
Words: 1811 - Pages: 7.... someone must be sent to destroy it. To find the monster, the person selected must take the same path as the monster. This path is a journey into one’s own mind, soul, or true-self. The person on this path will never see evil so singularly personified as in the face looking back at him. In taking this path, the person runs the risk of becoming the very thing he is trying to destroy. In Joseph Conrad’s macabre story Heart of Darkness, the protagonist represents the person selected to seek out and destroy the monster. Conrad uses many techniques to bring the reader into the darkness: archetype, symbolism, and foreshadowing. The them .....
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The Canterbury Tales: The Knight
Words: 518 - Pages: 2.... He talks about all the people involved in the pilgrimage. First he talks about the knight and then Chaucer talks about the knight's son, then the Yeoman, the Wife of Bath, the Monk, the Merchant, and the Clerk. Along their journey each character has his or her own tale to tell. The narrator is very descriptive of each of the characters. He makes sure to give full details of each one. The knight in The Canterbury Tales is a important figure and he reflects all of the qualities that a medevil knight should have.
The Knight is one of the few characters in The Canterbury Tales who gets a relatively straightforward treatment. The Kn .....
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Book Report Boundaries
Words: 3574 - Pages: 13.... what is God's will and what is our own will.
The book begins with a look at a day with Sherrie, a woman whose life was boundaryless. Sherrie catered to her children's every whim. She could never say, "No," to her mother who had not adjusted to becoming a widow and wanted to spend endless hours visiting with Sherrie. Sherrie's mother always managed to make her feel like a guilty little girl. Sherrie's girlfriend, who was unmarried, always dumped her "boyfriend" problems on her. Sherrie's co-worker always managed to dump part of his work on her. He knew she was dependable, faithful, and reliable, and would always say all of this while .....
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