...Book Review: Cats Cradle CJ Kwon Themes Love: From the very beginning of the book, introducing the Hoenikker family, all the way to the end with Mona and the Bokononists, the concept of love is seen in many different examples and points of view Death: the numerous characters that populate Cats Cradle all have to deal with death at some point whether it is simply by old age or being poisoned by ice 9. Religion- While the entire book is driven by the made up religion Bokonon, Vonnegut also touches upon other religious faiths throughout the novel. Sex- as always in Vonnegut books, sexual imagery is common throughout the story from the cemetery in the beginning to the natives of San Lorenzo. Relationships- Throughout the entire book Vonnegut seems...
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...Although both pieces share important similarities one striking distinction sticks out from The Stolen Child. For example Yeats states that after many tries of the fairies trying to persuade the child to go with them the child eventually does at the end and it says “ For he comes the human child…” This suggest that the child gives into the fairies. In the song Cats In The Cradle it is similar because in the song the father has no time for the child and in the end when the child grows up the son has no time for the father. The song states “ When you comin home son? I don’t know but we’ll have a good time then…” before that the son wanted to know when the dad was coming home but eventually he grew up and got a job while the father retired and...
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..."The Stolen Child" by W.B Yeats and "Cats and the Cradle" by Harry Chapin both explore the concept of loss of childhood innocence. Yeast's poem tells the story of a fairy tempting a child to escape the "weeping" of his human world while Chapin's song recounts the experience of the distant relationship between father and son. Although both poems share similarities, one of them is the most important. Both pieces explore the concept of similarities. William Butler Yeats states " to the waters and the wild". Here Yeats states when the faeries attract the child away from home. This quote is luring the child with them by saying that he can be wild and do whatever he would like to do. The child may think its cool because he will not be told anything...
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...like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc"(dictionary.com). Satire is a tool; used to point out and make fun of the faults in our society by using humor or mockery. Satire widely portrayed within forms of literature, music, television and movies. Rather popular and known examples of satire include: infomercials, PSA's, Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update, The Daily Show, music videos produced by Weird Al Yankovich, and specifically, the novel Cat's Cradle written by author Kurt Vonnegut. Vonnegut clearly portrays a profound novel drenched in satire by including the satirical techniques of exaggeration, reversal, parody and incongruity. Exaggeration is a...
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...I argue that this interaction shows Newt and Dr. Hoenikker resembling each other because of their childhood relationship and religion. In the beginning when Newt was a young boy, it is implied from, "I don't know where Father learned how to do that. From his father, maybe" that Newt saw Dr. Hoenikker play with the Cat's Cradle for the first time. (Vonnegut 11) This interaction relates to Newt growing up and remembering what the Cat's Cradle really is and is passed down to his adulthood. Like father like son, Newt tries to understand everything through his perspective. When Newt finally sees Dr. Hoenikker up close, he wasn't what he 'imagined' him to be. Instead, he was deemed unsettling and ugliest creature he'd ever seen. He lied to himself...
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...Cat’s Cradle and the Meaning of Life “The web of life is a beautiful and meaningless dance. The web of life is a process with a moving goal. The web of life is a perfectly finished work of art right where I am sitting now” (Robert Anton Wilson) Life has no meaning. This is a common theme of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle. Life is much like the game of cat’s cradle: while it may seem complex and intricate, in reality it is simple and leads to nothingness. The religion described in the book, Bokononism, follows the teachings of a man, Lionel Boyd Johnson or Bokonon. In the beginnings of his books he warns readers to “close the book at once! It is nothing but foma” (Vonnegut, 265). Foma, are lies. Despite this, most of the island of San Lorenzo follows this religion. Bokonon realized the meaninglessness of life and created a religion based on lies to provide happiness for people as a result. This is why Bokonon leads people to believe they will find out their karass and reason for life only after they die. He wants to spare them the disappointment of knowing everything they do has no purpose. Throughout Cat’s Cradle, there are a few references to the game the book is named for. The first is when Dr. Hoenikker, Newt’s father, tries to show his son the game on the day his bomb was dropped on Japan. (Vonnegut, 11) Later on Newt goes into detail explaining the game to the narrator, Jonah. Atop a mountain, Newt had just finished painting the game...
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...degradării mediului, în ultimă instanţă consuma¬torii sunt cei care creează probleme ambientale si de aceea, respon¬sabilitatea deteriorării mediului şi stoparea acestui fenomen, revine nu numai firmelor, ci şi consumatorilor. Studii efectuate (Polonski, 1994, p. 7; Ottman, 1998, p. 8) arată că, la baza comportamentului neecologic al consumatorilor stau următoarele motive: 26% deoarece nu au alternative; 23% pentru că sunt leneşi; 21% pentru că nu le convine; 12% din lipsă de timp; 10% deoarece nu înţeleg problema. Aceste rezultate la data realizării studiului au demonstrat că rezultatele obţinute de firme în domeniul protejării mediului sunt un factor important în deciziile lor de cumpărare insa atât pentru consumatori, cât şi pentru firme se impune găsirea unor soluţii pentru...
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...My Talking Angela Cheats, Tips & Hack for Diamonds & Coins My Talking Angela is a free app game aimed at children created by Outfit7 Limited that allows your child to create a virtual pet kitten, which is aptly named Angela. Specifications You can my My Talking Angela on both iOS and Android, although each different Operating System has different requirements needed to run the game. If you are going to play the game through Apple iOS, you will need iOS 6.0 or later. This game is compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, and is 88.3 MB. The current version of this game is at 1.2, so it’s still a relatively new game out on the market. You can get the game in English but it also comes in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Ko, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. If you want to play My Talking Angela on Android, then you will need Android version 4.0.3 or later and it takes 65 MB of room. This game is currently on version 1.2.1 and is rated for everyone, although it’s aimed at kids. Whether you are going with iOS or Android, there are quite a few in-app purchases you can make, which can add up to a lot of money if you don’t have access to that restricted from your children. In-App Purchases While on the subject of in-app purchases, it might be a very good idea to disable in-app purchases on this game. There are a lot of subtle persuasions within the game to try and get you to purchase extra items, such as diamonds, and some of this persuasion...
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...and culture. Much of the differences in culture have to do with superstitions. Many of today’s traditions and superstitions date back thousands of years. It is surprising how many of these were originally to ward off evil spirits, as well to enhance good luck, fertility and prosperity. For example, bielief that black cat crossing your path can affect your luck goes far back in time. In Poland, it is considered unlucky to see the black cat crossing the road and it is probably because of the fact that the black cat was supposed to be a witch in disguise, or some kind of spy or helper for her. It may therefore have been imagined to possess the same magical abilty to cause harm. Conversly, in England the black cat is considered to be something lucky. There is a story about King Charles the first of England who owned a black cat and whom he valued very much. He treasured the cat so much that he had his guards watch over it twenty-four hours a day. Coincidentally the cat died the very day before Oliver Cromwell's parliamentary troops came and arrested the king. Shortly after, King Charles was taken to the scaffold and beheaded. Nowadys, black Cats are featured on many good luck greetings cards and birthday cards in England. Other interesting superstitions are connected with wedding....
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...W.B. Yeats's "The Second Coming" W.B. Yeats' poem "The Second Coming" was written in 1919, just one year after WWI ended. The beginning of this poem reflects on how evil has taken over the minds of good Christians, and the world has turned into chaos. It is apparent that Yeats believes that a Second Coming is at hand, and he spends the last half of the poem discussing what that Second Coming could look like. Turning and turning in the widening gyre (line 1) Yeats imagines the world in a cyclical sphere known a gyre (shape of a cone). In Yeats' note on the text, he states that "the end of an age, which always receives the revelation of the character of the next age, is represented by the coming of one gyre to its place of greatest expansion and of the other to that of its greatest contraction" (2036). Yeats believes that the two thousand years of Christianity will be coming to an end, and after a violent reversal a new age will take its place. The widening part of the gyre is supposed to connote anarchy, evil, and the loss of innocence. The falcon cannot hear the falconer; (2) The falconer in this analogy is most likely God (or Jesus), and the falcon is the follower (or devotee). Humanity can no longer hear the word of God, because it is drowned out by all of chaos of the widening gyre. A wild falcon can symbolize an unconverted Gentile; someone who has sinful thoughts, and does sinful things. A tame falcon (one who listens to the word of God) is a Christian convert. In the...
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...The California Trail carried over 250,000 gold-seekers and farmers to the gold fields and rich farmlands of the Golden State during the 1840s and 1850s, the greatest mass migration in American history. The general route began at various jumping off points along the Missouri River and stretched to various points in California Oregon, and the Sierra Nevada. The specific route that emigrants and forty-niners used depended on their starting point in Missouri, their final destination in California, the condition of their wagons and livestock, and yearly changes in water and forage along the different routes. The trail passes through the states of Missouri, Kansas Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, and California. Before the trail was blazed, the Great Basin region had only been partially explored during the days of Spanish and Mexican rule. However, that changed in 1832 when Benjamin Bonneville, a United States Army officer, requested a leave of absence to pursue an expedition to the west. The expedition was financed by John Jacob Astor, a rival of the Hudson Bay company. While Bonneville was exploring the Snake River in Wyoming, he sent a party of men under Joseph Walker to explore the Great Salt Lake and find an overland route to California. Early settlers began to use the trail in the 1840's, the first of which was John Bidwell, who led the 1841 Bidwell-Bartleson Party. In 1842, a member of the Bidwell-Bartleson Party returned to Missouri on the Humboldt...
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...Leonardo da Vinci - The Man Who Wanted To Know Everything Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest genius’s that’s ever lived, also known as the first modern mind. He was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance man, a man of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination". He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. 500 years ago he set out to try and find out all that there was to learn. “I would do things no one in the past has dared to do, I would think new thoughts, bring new things into being”. He created works of astonishing beauty such including the Mon Elisa, the most famous painting in the world and The Last Supper made him known today as the Renaissance visionary who saw the modern world before it was realized. At the same time he designed terrifying machines, which spewed death and destruction. He designed ways of getting man to the bottom of the sea, He invented flying machines 400 years before man took to the skies. Leonardo was born on April 15 1452, in Tuscan hill town just outside the village of Vinci in Italy. He was born illegitimate and this was to shape his life. Being a bastard he was barred from learning Greek and Latin, the languages all books where written in. ...
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...Mabuhay! It means "Welcome!" in Philippines. And here, you truly are. On Tourism Philippines Guide, you'll find friendly unbiased updated travel information for touring Philippines, what to see and what to avoid. More [+] Cavite Posted by Epi Fabonan on Jun 12th, 2009 Filed Under: Cavite, Featured, Luzon Cavite Map Cavite CAVITE TRAVEL GUIDE Why Not Go Why Go Best Time to Visit Where to Stay Where & What to Eat Nightlife To Do List Stay Away From Getting There Cavite is the historical capital of the Philippines and the closest province south of Manila. With its balanced mix of urbanity, natural beauty and history it is considered as the most accessible vacation getaway and refuge for those seeking a quiet life far from the bustling Manila metropolis. Cavite is a coastal province situated approximately 9 miles (30 kilometers) south of Manila. It is composed of 20 municipalities and 3 key cities – Trece Martires City (provincial capital), Tagaytay City and Cavite City. The geography of the province varies differently, from flat and coastal in the north and west, to mountainous and hilly in the south and east. Its close proximity to the capital makes it highly urbanized especially in the low-lying municipalities of Bacoor, Imus, Dasmarinas, Kawit, Cavite City, and General Trias where various industries thrive. But in the towns south of the province, agriculture is still the main livelihood and boasts a great amount of preserved forests and wildlife. Corregidor...
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...for a moisturizing soak (a couple drops of peppermint oil is wonderful!). 14. Use as a makeup remover. 15. Use it to help sooth chicken pox, shingles, or other rashes or skin irritations. 16. Use it to treat athlete’s food, ringworm, or other fungal or yeast infections. 17. Take a spoonful with your vitamins to help improve absorption. 18. Spread a thin layer on cuts or burns to speed up healing. 19. Take up to 5 spoonfuls per day for improved thyroid function. 20. Add a spoonful to your smoothies for extra nutrition and flavor. 21. Use on the delicate tissue around your eyes to help prevent wrinkles and sagging. 22. Use as the base for homemade toothpaste or lotion. 23. Use in place of massage oil. 24. Use on your baby’s diaper rash or cradle cap. 25. Use to help reduce visibility of stretch marks or to prevent stretch marks. 26. For nursing mothers, use coconut oil on your nipples to prevent cracking and irritation. 27. For nursing mothers,...
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...Trends in manufacturing to 2020 A foresighting discussion paper Future Manufacturing Industry Innovation Council i Date: 30 September 2011 For more information, or to comment on the paper, please contact: Manager Future Manufacturing Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research GPO Box 9839 Canberra ACT 2601 Phone: (02) 6213 6000 Facsimile: (02) 6213 7000 Email: Futuremanufacturing@innovation.gov.au ii Future Manufacturing Council discussion paper: Trends in manufacturing to 2020 Table of Contents Executive summary ....................................................................................................................................1 Background.................................................................................................................................................2 Future Manufacturing Council................................................................................................................2 Defining manufacturing...........................................................................................................................2 Profile of Australian manufacturing........................................................................................................4 Trends to 2020 ... and beyond: Issues and opportunities for Australian manufacturing...................12 Terms of trade driving value and volatility of the Australian dollar and structural changes in the economy – an upside...
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