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Rheingold's Virtual Reality: Summary
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 711.... is a machine gun. He gives us a brief
history lesson on VR and the computer itself highlighting some of the
pioneers like Doug Englebart of ARC(Augmentation Research Center). This is
the place that invented the mouse and hypertext. His history lesson
included the evolution of the technology used in virtual reality from
television screen to the head mounted display to the virtual environment
display which used the glove to a laser microscanner to paint images on
your retina. He seemed to cover just about every aspect of virtual reality
and many of its potential uses. The b .....
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The Crucible: Elizabeth's Strength
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 785.... Reverend Hale questions the couple on the commandments, it is evident that there is still a void between her and John. All commandments could be recited except for adultery. In the puritan culture, adultery is a grievous sin, one punishable by death. She has to live through each day knowing that John was unfaithful, and that he did not fulfill the commitment of marriage. She feels hurt and betrayed, but what Abby tries next is the most underhanded trick possible.
Abigail was placed in power due to her “ability” to spot the devil in people. She could see those who traffick .....
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The Pearl: Selfishness And Greed
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 723.... the doctor returns he gives Coyotito the anecdote and then asks when
he will get paid.
The next show of greed comes from the dealer that Kino was going to
sell the pearl to. The dealer tells Kino that his pearl is large and
clumsy, and that no one would buy it. Then he offers Kino one thousand
pesos, but Kino knows that the pearl is worth fifty thousand pesos. When
Kino doesn't agree to sell the pearl for a thousand pesos the dealer tells
his servant to go find three other dealers. When the other dealers get
there, two of them say that they wouldn't give Kino anything for .....
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Janies Quest In There Eyes Wer
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 606.... Logan Killicks Ah wants you to have, baby, it’s protection. ...He (God) done spared me...a few days longer till Ah see you safe in life.”(p.14) Nanny instilled a sense of needing a man to be safe on Janie that she keeps with her all through her life. After
Nanny’s death, Janie continued to stay with Logan although she disliked him. She would have left if she didn’t need him to depend on.
Next is Joe Starks. He is a kind of salvation to Janie. He is a well-dressed black man who has worked for “white folks” all his life a .....
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Dante’s Tools Of Character: Love And Choice
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1151.... To become isolated from others is to be submerged in the ice of Hell. A person's self perceptions can be frozen and they are unable to move or respond to love.
A person rarely gives up on those they love, at least not with out a great struggle. Giving up on our own liberation is quite natural, most of the times. Being found worthy in the eyes of another allows us a new perspective on ourselves, especially if their admiration and compassion is coupled with actions of self-sacrifice. In other words, to discover oneself they must go and find someone who will love them. I .....
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The Great Gatsby: Morals And American Idealism
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 760.... Nick's cousin and the wife of
Tom Buchanon, once knew Gatsby when they were in high school together and
they had a thing going. After a while they separated and Gatsby went into
the Armed Forces. Now, at the time when this story takes place in the
spring of the 1920's Daisy and Gatsby still have a thing for each other and
their growing romance develops throughout. Taking what he has got going
with Daisy for granted, like almost everything else he's got going for him,
he begins to loose what he wants the most, Daisy.
While Daisy and Gatsby are having their little affair .....
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The Chosen
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1147.... Saunders. Danny is the son of a very devoted Hasidic Jewish tzaddik. However, Danny is not a very enthusiastic Hasid. He has earlocks, grows a beard, and wears the traditional Hasidic outfit, but he doesn't have the reverence for it that he should. Danny is a genius. His religion forbids him to read literature from the outside world, so he struggles with his thirst for knowledge and the restraints that have been put on him by both his father and his religion. He lives with his father, mother, older sister, and younger brother in Brooklyn as well.
The first antagonis .....
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Crime And Punishment--is Rasko
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 781.... make off with her money without the faintest conscious-prick.... For one life, thousands would be saved from corruption and decay.... Besides, what value has the life of that sickly, stupid, ill-natured old woman in the balance of existence? (63)
Raskolnikov reasoned that it would be honorable to kill Alyona since it would supposedly benefit humanity, but the fact that “ordinary” men had the same idea should have immediately put a stop to any thoughts that he was extraordinary.
During Raskolnikov’s visit to the police station to retrieve his pledges, .....
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