At his apartment, the pool is "smaller than it sounded on the phone," and the front lawn has "patches of bright-green grass," (pg 32) which the son shamefully proclaims upon arriving at this industrial slum of a neighborhood. Everything here brings to mind some development area with these flush, white houses and perfect lawns that hurt someone's eyes to look at. ...
The four Ministry buildings have, "enormous pyramidal structure of glittering white concrete, souring up, terrace after terrace, three hundred meters into the air." (Orwell 5) The shear size of the Ministry buildings compared to the condition of the living quarters of Winston which are, "notting nineteenth-century houses, their sides shored up with bqulks of timber, their windows patched with cardboard and their roofs with corrugated iron- (Orwell 5) prove the vast strength of the Party's Ministry buildings. ...
Slavery was originally adopted for economic reasons, but eventually was justified by Southern whites on the basis of race, as many white slaveholders believed that they were the superior race. ... For example, it was made a crime for a slave to insult any white, regardless of position. ... The "Old South" as the author constantly refers to it, " developed a serious positive-good proslavery argument, although hints and patches appeared everywhere that slavery existed." ... The African American and white children were especially in a position to form bonds with each other. ... African Americ...
Laser eye surgery, called LASIK (Laser assisted in situ keratomileusis), is a procedure that was developed to correct the vision problems of nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. This surgery uses a guided laser to reshape the cornea of the eye without damaging the surrounding cellular ...
It is a hero's tale of "long golden beaches high capes great brown mountains [and] white peaks of islands rising from the sea" (27). ... Santiago's small skiff does not have the billowing mainsail of Jason's Argo, but instead a "sail patched with flour sacks" (12). ... He does not wear any royal robes, or shining armor, or a hero's attire, but is barefooted, and "his shirt had been patched many times and the patches were faded to many different shades by the sun" (20). ...
It almost looks as if you shut the lights off; all you would see is the tense back of Samson and scattered patches of light accentuating the faces, hands, and legs of the different characters present. ... The two most outstanding symbols in this piece are the white cloth Delilah is pulling on, and Delilah herself. ... That piece of cloth is in fact, white, the color of purity, innocence, and good, all qualities Samson possessed, which further represents his unjust betrayal....
With their previous lives in "patches and shreds" they head towards the 'blood-rimmed horizon' which denotes their current state of tension between their chaotic past, filled with bloodshed, and new life. ... "I Have a Dream" takes the audience on an imaginary journey through a memory of the past of oppression and injustice to King's prayer for the eradication of racism, and the union between the colored and the white people. ...
The movement symbolized the militant ethnic pride of the New Negro, the fervent belief in the beauty and nobility of an African homeland, and the deep cultural cleft between Black and White America. ... Secondly, the publication of Nigger Heaven (1926) by white novelist Carl Van Vechten was a surprisingly popular exposé of Harlem life. The book showed both sides of Harlem, helping create a "Negro vogue- that drew thousands of New Yorkers, black and white, to Harlem's exotic and exciting nightlife and stimulated a national market for African American literature and music. ... The ...
It believes in attacking and murdering blacks, Jews, lesbians and gays, and other minorities, and publishes hit lists containing the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of those it views as "enemies of the white race" in a number of publications such as Red Watch, Putsch (not published anymore), The Order, Thorwould, and a more recent magazine named Combat 18. ... What makes Blood & Honour a central part of the fascist scene is its access to thousands of skinheads in an European network and its ability to raise huge sums of money through the sale of records, compact discs, T-shirts, badg...
Filmed in black and white, with deliberate lack of Hollywood' gloss, it earned Spielberg the greatest accolades of his career. ... Everything manufactured from boots and helmets to the insignias, which were either originals or exact replicas, down to an identical stitch count of the Screaming Eagle' patch, and wings pins cast from original moulds, all add to the construction of realism and help in representing the characters accurately. ...
