The 1920’s and 1980’s are similar in many ways. Their similarities are social‚ economical‚ and political. Some of the similarities between the decades are Prohibition and the War on Drugs‚ the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and 1987‚ and the influence of music on society. Prohibition was passed as the 18th amendment‚ that importing‚ exporting‚ transporting‚ and manufacturing of alcohol was to be put to an end. Prohibition did not achieve its goals. Instead‚ it added to the problems that it intended
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Derp Percy Julian Percy Julian was a famous chemist who discovered the use of synthetic drugs to treat glaucoma and arthritis. He is considered very influential today‚ but back then his race prevented him from being acknowledged. He was born in Alabama in 1899. His grandparents were former slaves. Because of his race‚ he could only attend school up to eighth grade‚ since there was no school open for blacks. Julian had to apply for college‚ DePauw University in Greencastle‚ Indiana‚ to continue
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3.0 PORTER’S FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 3.1 Rivalry among existing competitors: Padini is currently facing the highest level of rivalry from its competitor due to a large number of competitors operating in the same industry as the company. Nowadays‚ more of the company has expanded its scale in order to rivalry fit. Many companies now are more advanced in terms of scale‚ they will have to compete for the similar products and services such as brand image‚ customers’ loyalty‚ and other factor. This would
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The Outsiders Why do people fight? In the fictional book The Outsiders‚ written by S.E Hinton‚ a 14 year old boy learns the way of street life by getting hurt. The story takes place in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma during the 1960s. There are two gangs that live in Tulsa‚ the Socs and the Greasers. The characters Ponyboy‚ Sodapop‚ Darry‚ Sandy‚ Steve‚ Evie‚ Two-bit‚ Johnny‚ and Dally are all part of the Greasers gang. Cherry‚ Marcia‚ Sylvia‚ Bob‚ and Randy are in the Socs gang. Ponyboy‚ the main character
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“All We Are” a song performed by One Republic would be a perfect fit for the soundtrack of The Outsiders‚ a novel by S.E. Hinton. These lyrics connect with the understanding and change of some characters throughout the novel. Furthermore the entire song would be a great asset to the movies soundtrack. In lines 12-17 of the song‚ the lyrics “We won‘t break‚ we won’t die it’s just a moment of change all we are‚ all we are is everything that’s right all we need‚ all we need‚ our love is at a bind” are
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According to Discover Magazine natural disasters‚ black holes‚ and the reversal of Earth’s magnetic field could destroy man-kind. However‚ in C.S. Lewis’s the abolition of man Lewis discusses what he thinks will cause the destruction of Man. Lewis says that the destruction of Man will be when Man has control over himself and future generations‚ and when Man does not follow the principles of the Tao; however‚ the Tao is based on natural instincts which is what Man follows once he is emancipated from
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Symbolism is a person or thing that represents someone or something. The Outsider is a novel about the different social classes. In the novel The Outsider‚ by S.E. Hinton uses symbolism many times. Ponyboy’s long hair has a symbol‚ and so does his short hair. Pony’s long hair makes him feel tuff. Pony says “not too short‚ Johnny please…My hair looked funny‚ scattered over the floor in tuft.”Ponyboy’s Long hair makes him feel he is going to be a greaser his whole life‚ and he isn’t going to make anything
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A man will guess where his morals come from. What is right and what is wrong‚ what is good and what is bad. Some may say these are acquired‚ but then why would every civilization to ever come about have similar morales? “For example‚ some people wrote to me saying‚ ‘Isn’t what you call the Moral Law simply our herd instinct and hasn’t it been developed just like all our other instincts?’ (Lewis 19) The book Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis goes into great depth into what morals are. The book covers
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“The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton has many main characters‚ I’m only going to focus on one and that’s Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy Curtis or Pony for short is a 14 year old boy who is apart of a friend group called the greasers. They’re called the greasers because they have greasy hair and are not very clean. Pony also has a brother named Darry‚ who is 20 and has legal custody of him and his 16 year old brother named Sodapop. Darry has legal custody of him and his brother because their parents were in a car
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C.s Lewis is one of the greatest Christian and British Authors thought history. Part of University of Oxford’s Inklings‚ which also consisted of C.s Lewis‚ J.R.R. Tolkien and two other members. This group would read each other parts of the manuscripts of their books. One of the books C.s Lewis read to this group was “The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe”‚ J.R.R Tolkien did not like this book‚ he did not think it would do well‚ but he was wrong. Two of C.s Lewis greatest works‚ The Lion the Witch
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