These themes are seen in Mario Vargas Llosa's "The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta" and Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude." ... This black and white view of the world may be a reason why the novels feature the protagonist as the "hero" and the antagonist is the "villain." ... South America started to resent American influence yet continued to export and import heavily with the U.S. ... Like many third-world countries, the town must purchase foreign goods with its raw materials. In this way Macondo becomes a metaphor for South America and its relation with de...

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There are two dominant themes that play an important role in the book. The first theme is the structural conditions that impact and marginalize these women and men on a daily basis. The second theme is the search for respect and the reclaiming of dignity by these men and women. Through these themes Bourgois (2002:17) portrays that the people living in El Barrio are known to blame the victim for their misfortune of being the underclass of the United States population and "living in the inferno" due to their inability to compete with the classes above them who are more able of succeeding sinc...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Starting with the Hudson River School founded by Thomas Cole, the nation obtained a visual representation of Manifest Destiny. ... Cole was often away from his own family when he was looking for themes to paint. ... As Albert Boime says, "inevitably, the extermination of Native Americans is tied to the conquest of the wilderness and its transformation into an Edenic garden - The wild and dark area with the natives on the left contrasts with the right side of the painting, a light and open area occupied by the white Americans, which represents the "paradise regained - in which civilization i...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

With its largest effect was during the Civil rights movement. ... The old Jim Crow laws governed all aspects of their existence, from the schoolroom to the rest room. ... Ironically with all the women's suffrage bickering, women did not receive the ballot until 1920 by the 19th Amendment. ... An opposing view suggests that the Civil Rights Revolution of the 60's led to reverse discrimination that some whites complain about today. ... The new deal had again failed with the ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It is the sum total of what someone remembers and as a result, provides him/her with the capability to learn and adapt from previous experiences. ... With its back against the wall and fear, chaos and insecurity at an all time high, the United States recklessly turned on its own values, beliefs and most importantly, its citizens. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, legal Japanese Americans were no longer viewed as equals and citizens of the United States. ... In addition to battling hardships from weather, food rations were also barely sufficient for survival, housing conditions were terrible a...

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The Developments Caused by Liberalism in the Rise of Socialism Early theories of the Enlightment philosophy formed an underlying theme through the history of liberalism and the development of socialism. ... Once realized, this brand of political association would be one which "will defend and protect with the whole common force the person and goods of each associate, and in which each, while uniting himself with all, may still obey himself alone, and remain as free as before". ... Certain aspects of seventeenth century philosophy left room for human err, such as the easily influenced mind and...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In a Department of Defense briefing on the fiscal year 2015 department of defense budget and the 2014 quadrennial defense review in the pentagon briefing room Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Christine E. ... And we think that's relevant because in our view, it fully funded the defense strategy. ... What are we trying to accomplish with this budget? ... We're trying to balance readiness, our technological capability and our size, capacity and capability, and, and throughout we'll be talking about things we don't particularly want to do, but we have to in order, in our view...

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There are a wide variety of resistance training programs available and they can be performed with free weights (i.e., dumbbells and barbells), resistance machines (e.g., Cybex, Nautilus), resistance bands, medicine balls or your own body weight. ... To achieve substantial aerobic training benefits intensities of at least 50-60% of maximum aerobic capacity are recommended although benefits may be obtained at lower intensities, especially for individuals with a low initial fitness level. ...

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• Grade Level: High School