The Moon is Down is a novel written by John Steinbeck during World War II. It is a story of power between the head of the Invaders‚ Colonel Lanser and Mayor Orden‚ the town leader. I have been influenced as reader through Colonel Lanser’s changes throughout the book. Not only this‚ but his simple‚ yet truth-holding statements opened up my eyes to the actuality of this world. Colonel Lanser is first introduced to readers‚ who‚ aside from the fact is the enemy‚ is a man of great experience and
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Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing The distressing experience of operating as a prison guard in such a notorious penal facility as New York State’s Sing Sing Penitentiary is one that is unlikely to be desired by one not professionally committed to the execution of prison uniformity. However‚ the outstanding novel written by Tom Conover illustrates the encounters of a journalist who voluntarily plunged himself into the obscure universe of the men and women paid to spend the better portion of their lives
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Ted Conover‚ a journalist who served as a prison guard for his book Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing‚ found that even though pets were prohibited in Sing Sing‚ the inmates managed to keep animals. One convict kept a cat; another even made a home for a large spider. Pets offered inmates the opportunity to care for something‚ and the two meanings of "care" are responsibility and love-the key building blocks of rehabilitation. Prison disconnects people. Sometimes it disconnects prisoners from criminal
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Earth’s Moon The Earth’s Moon is the most important moon in the solar system in regards to Earth and all of the living things within it. It is also the only Moon that Earth has‚ whereas other planets‚ like Mars‚ have multiple Moons. The Moon is the only other Moon that humans have set foot on‚ which helped us to understand the formation‚ internal structure‚ and history of it. The “moon’s face” is the second brightest thing in the solar system after the Sun‚ and has a dark surface in actuality
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The moon The moon is the only natural satellite of Earth. The moon orbits the Earth from 384‚400 km and has an average speed of 3700 km per hour. It has a diameter of 3476 km‚ which is about ¼ that of the Earth and has a mass of 7.35e22 kg. The moon is the second brightest object in the sky after the sun. The gravitational forces between the Earth and the moon cause some interesting effects; tides are the most obvious. The moon has no atmosphere‚ but there is evidence by the United States
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The opening paragraph of Sing‚ Unburied‚ Sing‚ reveals the back bone of the novel and it gives readers an insightful manner in how the rest of the novel will progress with the turn of every page. Jojo’s bold claim about death in the first lines‚ makes death a prominent theme that the characters cannot escape from and it becomes an important sustenance to each of them as they face their personal demons that plague them constantly throughout the novel. The reoccurring theme of death presents a larger
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Coconut water is a very refreshing health drink to beat tropical summer thirst. We have designed strategy for effective selling of coconut water. Project consisted of two phases. In our first phase we developed marketing design and our second phase constituted of developing product design to sell packaged coconut water. To identify key marketing themes we conducted exploratory research techniques such as picture association and story completion and found major factors which people
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the 1940’s and 50’s were seen as a decline by many critics‚ though Steinbeck felt like they were some of his best. The public harshly criticized these works‚ mainly astonished and appalled that he would humanize the enemy in his war novel‚ The Moon is Down‚ which was published during World War II in 1942. His apparent support for communism also brought him large amounts of criticism throughout his later career. Steinbeck led an extremely successful literary career‚ his body of work speaking for itself
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References to the moon Moon is the Leitmotif of the book -> title Is mentionend several times in the story Which effect does the moon have on Marco and his story? Quotes Book begins and ends with references to the moon Beginning: story of Marco begins in the summer when the first man landed on the moon (p.1) End: Marco stands at the beach‚ moon cames up from behind the hills… Marco can’t keep his eyes of the moon until it disappears in the darkness (p. 298) Moon is important for the
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Lady Gregory’s‚ The Rising of the Moon The Rising of the Moon was a very interesting play. The setting takes place on a dock at night. There is very little lighting on the dock and the only object on the dock is a barrel. We start with three policeman‚ a Sargent and two regular officers. The two regular officers are posting fliers of an escaped prisoner. There is a reward mentioned on the fliers which is substantial and the officers talk about this and the possibility of a promotion for the one
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