School Essay | Points2shop - Earn Points for Free Rewards

Created: 2011-10-01 14:02:42
Add Reply | Receive notifications for this topic
GangstaRex0 US (TX) gold Senior Poster Total posts: 170 Status: Offline Date of Birth: 96-06-25 Total Earnings: $240.03	reply date: 2011-10-01 14:02:42 Does anybody have an essay to do for english?
Luis Monreal
dennyhydra IN new Senior Poster Total posts: 151 Status: Offline Date of Birth: 80-01-10 Total Earnings: $28.45	reply date: 2011-10-01 14:31:16 ” Does anybody have an essay to do for english? GangstaRex0 Hello GanRex, Which type of Essay do u want?
I love p2s much
dennyhydra IN new Senior Poster Total posts: 151 Status: Offline Date of Birth: 80-01-10 Total Earnings: $28.45	reply date: 2011-10-01 14:34:32 . ................ .A COMPUTERIZED WORLD ............................ Since the first computer was made in the late fifties, the technology has developed extremely. Computers which took the place of a living-room then, are now being made in creditcard-formats. More and more areas are being taken over by the computer. As computers are capable of handling large amounts of data in a very short time, they are well suited for wordprocessing. I guess that it won't be long till all the paper-archives are replaced by magnetic tapes and diskettes. A diskette can contain much more data than a written page, and it takes less place! It is possible to get the Norwegian telephone book on just one diskette. In near future, a new area will be taken over by computers, namely maps. Different routes are stored on one single compact-disk. Imagine, simply insert the CD into the CD-driver in your car, and tell the computer where to go. The rest will be done automatically. This will be a safer, faster, and more comfortable way to travel. Another new area, called "virtual reality" is currently being tested. This is a way to simulate reality on a monitor. In order to feel this so-called reality you have to wear special electronic glasses and an electronic suit. Fastened to the suit are sensors, which send information to the main computer. This computer works with the data and displays them on the electronic spectacles. This is a technique which use three-dimentional views, therefore the scenery seems incredibly realistic. If you want to be a boxer, simply change the scenery on the main computer, and you are in the ring. Today, many kids have got video games. You could say these games are the present's answer to ludo and monopoly. In a way, it is a great advantage that the kids are being presented to computors at an early age, because they will definitely have to use them later, when they start to work. In the future there will be few occupations which won't use computors, one way or another. But the videogames are often being presented as something negative, which hinder the kids from doing homework and other more useful activities. This partially true, if they do much of it. But generally, I think the young people's contact with computers is positive. In Norway today, it is getting more common to have a computer at home. You can use a personal computer to keep household-budgets or other economics. It is also possible to get in touch with your bank and transwer money while you're in your sitting-room. It is possible to contact other databases and gather information from them. The use of computers has lead to other criminal actions. "Hacking" is one of them. A "hacker" steals and manipulates information from other databases. These crimes can be very harmful. In The USA, hackers have managed to break into NASA's database. The computer-programmes, the software, are extremely high priced, sometimes they are even more expensive than the hardware. Therefore it is not unusual to make copies of these programmes. This is strictly illegal, but nobody seems to care, because it is difficult to control it. Software producers loose BILLIONS of dollars each year because of this. Many methods have been invented to prevent this, but since the "hackers" often are more intelligent than those who make the software, I doubt that there will ever be a successfull way to hinder this.
I love p2s much
dennyhydra IN new Senior Poster Total posts: 151 Status: Offline Date of Birth: 80-01-10 Total Earnings: $28.45	reply date: 2011-10-01 14:39:56 ................................................ Alexander the Great .................................................. Alexander the Great's relation to triumph is obvious, he created an army which took over most of the known world. But what is not known widely is how tragic his life was. I cannot do full justice to his life but I will do my best to describe it. When Alexander was a child his parents were constantly fighting and his father was usually away on campaigns, so he rarely saw him when he was young. He therefore was usually under his mother's influence. When he was a young man his father was killed and he had to take over an entire country by himself which was in very bad shape. As he grew he had to deal with disputes, revolts and cruel neighboring rivals. When he was a grown man he killed many people, including some of his friends while in a drunken rage who had saved his life. At one point in his life he killed a life long friend while drunk and then realizing what he had done would have killed himself if his bodyguards had not restrained him. He then went into seclusion for three days. This is most likely just a small number of things that shaped Alexander the Great's life and it is likely some of the memories tormented him through most of his life. Most of Alexander's life was one big problem after another. I personally think it would have been hard to live with the blood of so many friends deaths on my hands, but maybe he could. Apart from the immense increase of international trade and the fraternization of many nations, what were the results, temporary and enduring, of the career of this great man? Of supreme and lasting importance to the world was the extension of Greek culture; secondly, a vast territory was opened up which had been useless as a desert until the conquered nomad tribes had been trained to follow civilized ways of life. This included the incentive to build cities, create harbors, ships and other aids for travel on land and sea; thirdly, financial and economic reforms; and lastly, the partial realization of Alexander's dream of universal toleration for all religions and the brotherhood of mankind. These results differed in many regions of the empire; for various reasons the successors of Alexander had not been able to follow all his visions. Greece and the Greek language were forgotten during the Dark Ages, but with the Renaissance their natural supremacy was recognized and became the basis of European culture. Hellenic culture continues to influence the world to this day. In Bacteria, it left an indelible mark which extended to northern India and parts of the Far East; two large volumes, beautifully illustrated, describe this information: L'Art Greco-Bouddique du Gandhara, by A. Foucher. Comparatively recent discoveries by archaeologists show how the technique of Hellenic art was adapted to Indian buildings and statues. Brief as was the transit of the Macedonian march from the Cophen Valley to the Delta of the Indus, the refining influence of Greek art can be traced all along Alexander's path from the Hindu-Kush, Peshawar and Taxila to the mouth of the Indus. Even in Turkestan and China, where Alexander never penetrated, the Buddha statues are modified by the gracious style of Greece. Alexander had started out as a crusader, to avenge the invasion and the destruction of the precious buildings of Greece, but later had as his goal the extension of Hellenic ways of life throughout his empire. In this he succeeded. Greek democratic liberty-freedom to think and to speak, and the duty of the individual to take his share in the government of his city was instituted wherever he became master. After the surrender of the robbers and semi-savage tribes of the mountainous regions of Persia, who had for centuries been a persistent menace to life on the plains, Alexander founded new towns and improved communications. The so-called "Foundation cities" were built at the junction of important roads, in positions specially chosen to assist the transit of merchandise and to command the valleys-a precaution necessary for adequate military supervision. The towns were planned on the Greek pattern, with a market square, school, offices, shops, temple, theater, gymnasium, and often a fountain. The young were given instructions in military methods and in Hellenic culture with its ideals of chivalrous courage. Some records speak of seventy cities having been founded, but only sixteen are certain; those hastily built with mud walls soon crumbled into dust. Six remain to this day: in Egypt was Alexandria; in Aria was Herat (in modern day Afghanistan); in Arachosia was Ghazni (also in modern day Afghanistan); in Margiane was Merv; on the Oxus River was Termez (on the modern day Amudarja River in Uzbekistan); and on the Jaxartes was Chodjend. Seven endured a considerable time: among these seven were Susiana, Prophthasia, Alexandria-ad-Caucasum, and Bucephala. The new cities were placed near enough already existing villages to permit association with the native population, yet so far apart that the Macedonian and Greek settlers could maintain their own custom of life. The new colonists, chiefly Greek mercenaries, old and wounded men, introduced Macedonian methods of farming and agriculture to the mountain tribes. Many married Oriental women; thus began the fusing of the nations according to the plan which had been simmering in Alexander's vision for the future since his winter in Egypt in 332-331 BC. The free intercourse opened up from the East relieved some of the economic difficulties which had threatened the West. Disputes between the city-states had led to neglect of the farms; at one time food became so scarce in Greece that its pottery had to be sold to pay for imports of corn. The new cities in Asia provided some solution of the unemployed during the time of financial crisis in Greece. Alexander had envisaged vast building projects even during his early experience in Egypt. Many great conquerors had visited the coast of that country; how came it about that a youth in his early twenties almost as a first glance grasped the importance of building a town on the site where he founded Alexandria and foresaw that it would develop into a center for an immense exchange of commerce between Egypt and the western Mediterranean? And later, when he had controlled all the territory as far as Pattala, what far-sighted statesmanship enabled him to search for and to find a sea route which would encourage trade from India to Babylon? And then, just before his death, what filled him with a longing to explore the Arabian shore to seek a safe path which would connect Babylon with Alexandria? When before Alexander mysteriously died he had designs for the construction and the completion of buildings for dockyards, harbors, lighthouses; temples to be restored, new cities to be founded; rivers to be opened out for safe navigation; an efficient irrigation system for Babylonia and for other neglected land. Wilcken stated that what had been accomplished were "achievements of colossal dimensions." With the coming of Alexander came new methods of government in civil, military, and financial administration. Just as he was swift to alter and modify his tactics in battle to meet new situations, so also did he adapt new political methods to suit the different regions of his empire. Nor did he ever hesitate to throw aside those who were unsuccessful; failure only stimulated him to consider a more practical solution. The chief positions in government were at first confined to Macedonians, later to Persian satraps; finance and taxation remained in Macedonian hands. In Asia Minor superintendents of finance collected the taxes direct from the peasants and remitted them to the Treasury. In the large towns, such as Susa, Persepolis, Babylon, and Memphis, a commandant was appointed, directly responsible to the King. In India the chief princes and rajahs proved to be loyal allies. Persian treasures were converted into useful coinage, and a universal system of currency was introduced, with immediate benefit to trade. Important and far-reaching consequences followed when Alexander adopted Greek as a universal language throughout the empire. Confusing mistakes had constantly occurred when financial and business transactions were conducted through the medium of interpreters; a uniform currency and tongue simplified commerce and also exchange of ideas. Education in the Greek language extended knowledge of Hellenic culture, so that nations which had followed separate lines of thought, traditions, and customs, became members of a common civilization, citizens of the same world. Just as today the French language lends itself to express thought with concise precision, so in clear thinking was best conveyed in Greek. Greek became the chief agent of the unification of the East and the West. St. Paul spoke and wrote in Greek; the Gospels were written in Greek so that their message could reach a wide public. It can with truth be said that Alexander paved the way for Christianity; without his spade-work its preachers would have made slower headway in western Europe. With a common language Oriental knowledge became more accessible to the West. Rapid progress was made possible when Greek and Babylonian scholars collaborated in mathematics, science, and astronomy. Babylonia had studied astronomy long before Christ; the distance of the sun and the moon from the earth had been calculated with almost exact precision. They knew that the earth turned on its axis, that certain planets revolved around the sun and that the sun was much larger than the earth. As the city-states in Greece remained at variance, some called on Rome for assistance. The reputation of Athens was so high that Roman visitors regarded it as an honor to be invited to participate in the Olympic Games and to speak at public receptions; some were privileged to witness the Eleusinian Mysteries. Rome gradually acquired much of the refinement of Greece; it adopted the alphabet, the art, the literature, even some of the legal methods of Greece. Alexander's dream of the brotherhood of mankind was not destined to materialize during the short spell of life allotted to him, and without the guidance of his strong personality none of his successors could undertake the task. When one looks back upon a lifetime one can often trace a plan, as of a master designer; behind the scene of the conscious self of the individual a pattern has been woven which during the years of its gradual unfolding could not be seen or understood. The influence and the example of Alexander lived on, even in the years of warfare between his successors. In their different spheres his generals, who eventually became kings, tried to copy his example, not only in war, but also by encouraging the extension of Hellenic culture and by working for the benefit of their subjects.
I love p2s much
dennyhydra IN new Senior Poster Total posts: 151 Status: Offline Date of Birth: 80-01-10 Total Earnings: $28.45	reply date: 2011-10-01 14:41:19 ok Gangstarex , I have only two Essays . I will post if I can find anywhere.
I love p2s much
GangstaRex0 US (TX) gold Senior Poster Total posts: 170 Status: Offline Date of Birth: 96-06-25 Total Earnings: $240.03	reply date: 2011-10-02 09:17:05 Those are a lot of essays, but mine was about a book called Fahrenheit 451. Thank you for the thought.
Luis Monreal
dennyhydra IN new Senior Poster Total posts: 151 Status: Offline Date of Birth: 80-01-10 Total Earnings: $28.45	reply date: 2011-10-02 14:04:06 ” Those are a lot of essays, but mine was about a book called Fahrenheit 451. Thank you for the thought. GangstaRex0 Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury. The novel presents a future American society where reading is outlawed and firemen start fires to burn books. Written in the early years of the Cold War, the novel is a critique of what Bradbury saw as issues in American society of the era. The novel first began as an expansion of Bradbury's 1947 short story "Bright Phoenix" that was first published in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1963. The short story was later reworked into The Fireman, a novella published in the February 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. The novel was serialized in the March, April, and May 1954 issues of Playboy magazine. Bradbury wrote the entire novel on a pay typewriter in the basement of UCLA's Powell Library. Over the years, the novel has been subject to various interpretations, primarily focusing on the historical role of book burning in suppressing dissenting ideas. Bradbury has stated that the novel is not about censorship, but a story about how television destroys interest in reading literature, which leads to a perception of knowledge as being composed of factoids, partial information devoid of context. François Truffaut wrote and directed a film adaptation of the novel in 1966. At least two BBC Radio 4 dramatizations have also been aired, both of which follow the book very closely.
I love p2s much
dennyhydra IN new Senior Poster Total posts: 151 Status: Offline Date of Birth: 80-01-10 Total Earnings: $28.45	reply date: 2011-10-02 14:05:38 In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury's classic, frightening vision of the future, firemen don't put out fires--they start them in order to burn books. Bradbury's vividly painted society holds up the appearance of happiness as the highest goal--a place where trivial information is good, and knowledge and ideas are bad. Fire Captain Beatty explains it this way, "Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs.... Don't give them slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy." Guy Montag is a book-burning fireman undergoing a crisis of faith. His wife spends all day with her television "family," imploring Montag to work harder so that they can afford a fourth TV wall. Their dull, empty life sharply contrasts with that of his next-door neighbor Clarisse, a young girl thrilled by the ideas in books, and more interested in what she can see in the world around her than in the mindless chatter of the tube. When Clarisse disappears mysteriously, Montag is moved to make some changes, and starts hiding books in his home. Eventually, his wife turns him in, and he must answer the call to burn his secret cache of books. After fleeing to avoid arrest, Montag winds up joining an outlaw band of scholars who keep the contents of books in their heads, waiting for the time society will once again need the wisdom of literature.
I love p2s much
dennyhydra IN new Senior Poster Total posts: 151 Status: Offline Date of Birth: 80-01-10 Total Earnings: $28.45	reply date: 2011-10-02 14:06:43 I read this book about 18 months ago, but I am writing a review now because the book came up during a mealtime conversation. We talked about how prophetic a very good science fiction writer can be. This is definitely the case in Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Guy Montag lives in a world that represses freedom of speech, creativity, and the core of human spirit. People, including his estranged wife, are drones glued to these pseudo realities in television. It describes senseless trivia shows (can anyone say "Who wants to be a millionaire?") and awfully realistic soap operas that his wife affectionatly refers to as the "family." What is most disturbing is that as televisions and technology become more "artificially intelligent" we will face some of the brainless drivel (we already do) that the major media networks provide us. As a fireman, Guy Montag starts fires with books as the culprit - rather than putting them out. The idea is that books can make some people feel bad and as a result we should get rid of them - in other words books can be controversial and our country does not need disputes. The enforcer is a mechanical dog (which I found a little unrealistic and distracting) that injects a lethal poison into any opponents. Despite the silliness of the mechanical dog - the underlying theme is fantastic - open your mind and save the beauty of spontaneity and creativity of the human spirit.
I love p2s much
GangstaRex0 US (TX) gold Senior Poster Total posts: 170 Status: Offline Date of Birth: 96-06-25 Total Earnings: $240.03	reply date: 2011-10-03 09:45:12 Overall I think the book was not a complete waste of time like some people in my class would say.
Luis Monreal

GangstaRex0
US (TX) gold
Senior Poster
Total posts: 170
Status: Offline
Date of Birth: 96-06-25
Total Earnings: $240.03

reply date: 2011-10-01 14:02:42

Does anybody have an essay to do for english?

dennyhydra
IN new
Senior Poster
Total posts: 151
Status: Offline
Date of Birth: 80-01-10
Total Earnings: $28.45

reply date: 2011-10-01 14:31:16

”

Does anybody have an essay to do for english? GangstaRex0

Hello GanRex,
Which type of Essay do u want?

dennyhydra
IN new
Senior Poster
Total posts: 151
Status: Offline
Date of Birth: 80-01-10
Total Earnings: $28.45

reply date: 2011-10-01 14:34:32

. ................ .A COMPUTERIZED WORLD ............................

Since the first computer was made in the late fifties, the technology has developed extremely. Computers which took the place of a living-room then, are now being made in creditcard-formats. More and more areas are being taken over by the computer. As computers are capable of handling large amounts of data in a very short time, they are well suited for wordprocessing. I guess that it won't be long till all the paper-archives are replaced by magnetic tapes and diskettes. A diskette can contain much more data than a written page, and it takes less place! It is possible to get the Norwegian telephone book on just one diskette. In near future, a new area will be taken over by computers, namely maps. Different routes are stored on one single compact-disk. Imagine, simply insert the CD into the CD-driver in your car, and tell the computer where to go. The rest will be done automatically. This will be a safer, faster, and more comfortable way to travel. Another new area, called "virtual reality" is currently being tested. This is a way to simulate reality on a monitor. In order to feel this so-called reality you have to wear special electronic glasses and an electronic suit. Fastened to the suit are sensors, which send information to the main computer. This computer works with the data and displays them on the electronic spectacles. This is a technique which use three-dimentional views, therefore the scenery seems incredibly realistic. If you want to be a boxer, simply change the scenery on the main computer, and you are in the ring. Today, many kids have got video games. You could say these games are the present's answer to ludo and monopoly. In a way, it is a great advantage that the kids are being presented to computors at an early age, because they will definitely have to use them later, when they start to work. In the future there will be few occupations which won't use computors, one way or another. But the videogames are often being presented as something negative, which hinder the kids from doing homework and other more useful activities. This partially true, if they do much of it. But generally, I think the young people's contact with computers is positive. In Norway today, it is getting more common to have a computer at home. You can use a personal computer to keep household-budgets or other economics. It is also possible to get in touch with your bank and transwer money while you're in your sitting-room. It is possible to contact other databases and gather information from them. The use of computers has lead to other criminal actions. "Hacking" is one of them. A "hacker" steals and manipulates information from other databases. These crimes can be very harmful. In The USA, hackers have managed to break into NASA's database. The computer-programmes, the software, are extremely high priced, sometimes they are even more expensive than the hardware. Therefore it is not unusual to make copies of these programmes. This is strictly illegal, but nobody seems to care, because it is difficult to control it. Software producers loose BILLIONS of dollars each year because of this. Many methods have been invented to prevent this, but since the "hackers" often are more intelligent than those who make the software, I doubt that there will ever be a successfull way to hinder this.

dennyhydra
IN new
Senior Poster
Total posts: 151
Status: Offline
Date of Birth: 80-01-10
Total Earnings: $28.45

reply date: 2011-10-01 14:39:56

................................................ Alexander the Great ..................................................

Alexander the Great's relation to triumph is obvious, he created an army which took over most of the known world. But what is not known widely is how tragic his life was. I cannot do full justice to his life but I will do my best to describe it.
When Alexander was a child his parents were constantly fighting and his father was usually away on campaigns, so he rarely saw him when he was young. He therefore was usually under his mother's influence.
When he was a young man his father was killed and he had to take over an entire country by himself which was in very bad shape. As he grew he had to deal with disputes, revolts and cruel neighboring rivals.
When he was a grown man he killed many people, including some of his friends while in a drunken rage who had saved his life. At one point in his life he killed a life long friend while drunk and then realizing what he had done would have killed himself if his bodyguards had not restrained him. He then went into seclusion for three days.
This is most likely just a small number of things that shaped Alexander the Great's life and it is likely some of the memories tormented him through most of his life. Most of Alexander's life was one big problem after another. I personally think it would have been hard to live with the blood of so many friends deaths on my hands, but maybe he could.
Apart from the immense increase of international trade and the fraternization of many nations, what were the results, temporary and enduring, of the career of this great man? Of supreme and lasting importance to the world was the extension of Greek culture; secondly, a vast territory was opened up which had been useless as a desert until the conquered nomad tribes had been trained to follow civilized ways of life. This included the incentive to build cities, create harbors, ships and other aids for travel on land and sea; thirdly, financial and economic reforms; and lastly, the partial realization of Alexander's dream of universal toleration for all religions and the brotherhood of mankind. These results differed in many regions of the empire; for various reasons the successors of Alexander had not been able to follow all his visions.
Greece and the Greek language were forgotten during the Dark Ages, but with the Renaissance their natural supremacy was recognized and became the basis of European culture. Hellenic culture continues to influence the world to this day. In Bacteria, it left an indelible mark which extended to northern India and parts of the Far East; two large volumes, beautifully illustrated, describe this information: L'Art Greco-Bouddique du Gandhara, by A. Foucher. Comparatively recent discoveries by archaeologists show how the technique of Hellenic art was adapted to Indian buildings and statues. Brief as was the transit of the Macedonian march from the Cophen Valley to the Delta of the Indus, the refining influence of Greek art can be traced all along Alexander's path from the Hindu-Kush, Peshawar and Taxila to the mouth of the Indus. Even in Turkestan and China, where Alexander never penetrated, the Buddha statues are modified by the gracious style of Greece.
Alexander had started out as a crusader, to avenge the invasion and the destruction of the precious buildings of Greece, but later had as his goal the extension of Hellenic ways of life throughout his empire. In this he succeeded. Greek democratic liberty-freedom to think and to speak, and the duty of the individual to take his share in the government of his city was instituted wherever he became master.
After the surrender of the robbers and semi-savage tribes of the mountainous regions of Persia, who had for centuries been a persistent menace to life on the plains, Alexander founded new towns and improved communications. The so-called "Foundation cities" were built at the junction of important roads, in positions specially chosen to assist the transit of merchandise and to command the valleys-a precaution necessary for adequate military supervision. The towns were planned on the Greek pattern, with a market square, school, offices, shops, temple, theater, gymnasium, and often a fountain. The young were given instructions in military methods and in Hellenic culture with its ideals of chivalrous courage.
Some records speak of seventy cities having been founded, but only sixteen are certain; those hastily built with mud walls soon crumbled into dust. Six remain to this day: in Egypt was Alexandria; in Aria was Herat (in modern day Afghanistan); in Arachosia was Ghazni (also in modern day Afghanistan); in Margiane was Merv; on the Oxus River was Termez (on the modern day Amudarja River in Uzbekistan); and on the Jaxartes was Chodjend. Seven endured a considerable time: among these seven were Susiana, Prophthasia, Alexandria-ad-Caucasum, and Bucephala. The new cities were placed near enough already existing villages to permit association with the native population, yet so far apart that the Macedonian and Greek settlers could maintain their own custom of life. The new colonists, chiefly Greek mercenaries, old and wounded men, introduced Macedonian methods of farming and agriculture to the mountain tribes. Many married Oriental women; thus began the fusing of the nations according to the plan which had been simmering in Alexander's vision for the future since his winter in Egypt in 332-331 BC.
The free intercourse opened up from the East relieved some of the economic difficulties which had threatened the West. Disputes between the city-states had led to neglect of the farms; at one time food became so scarce in Greece that its pottery had to be sold to pay for imports of corn. The new cities in Asia provided some solution of the unemployed during the time of financial crisis in Greece.
Alexander had envisaged vast building projects even during his early experience in Egypt. Many great conquerors had visited the coast of that country; how came it about that a youth in his early twenties almost as a first glance grasped the importance of building a town on the site where he founded Alexandria and foresaw that it would develop into a center for an immense exchange of commerce between Egypt and the western Mediterranean? And later, when he had controlled all the territory as far as Pattala, what far-sighted statesmanship enabled him to search for and to find a sea route which would encourage trade from India to Babylon? And then, just before his death, what filled him with a longing to explore the Arabian shore to seek a safe path which would connect Babylon with Alexandria?
When before Alexander mysteriously died he had designs for the construction and the completion of buildings for dockyards, harbors, lighthouses; temples to be restored, new cities to be founded; rivers to be opened out for safe navigation; an efficient irrigation system for Babylonia and for other neglected land. Wilcken stated that what had been accomplished were "achievements of colossal dimensions."
With the coming of Alexander came new methods of government in civil, military, and financial administration. Just as he was swift to alter and modify his tactics in battle to meet new situations, so also did he adapt new political methods to suit the different regions of his empire. Nor did he ever hesitate to throw aside those who were unsuccessful; failure only stimulated him to consider a more practical solution. The chief positions in government were at first confined to Macedonians, later to Persian satraps; finance and taxation remained in Macedonian hands. In Asia Minor superintendents of finance collected the taxes direct from the peasants and remitted them to the Treasury. In the large towns, such as Susa, Persepolis, Babylon, and Memphis, a commandant was appointed, directly responsible to the King. In India the chief princes and rajahs proved to be loyal allies. Persian treasures were converted into useful coinage, and a universal system of currency was introduced, with immediate benefit to trade.
Important and far-reaching consequences followed when Alexander adopted Greek as a universal language throughout the empire. Confusing mistakes had constantly occurred when financial and business transactions were conducted through the medium of interpreters; a uniform currency and tongue simplified commerce and also exchange of ideas. Education in the Greek language extended knowledge of Hellenic culture, so that nations which had followed separate lines of thought, traditions, and customs, became members of a common civilization, citizens of the same world. Just as today the French language lends itself to express thought with concise precision, so in clear thinking was best conveyed in Greek. Greek became the chief agent of the unification of the East and the West. St. Paul spoke and wrote in Greek; the Gospels were written in Greek so that their message could reach a wide public. It can with truth be said that Alexander paved the way for Christianity; without his spade-work its preachers would have made slower headway in western Europe.
With a common language Oriental knowledge became more accessible to the West. Rapid progress was made possible when Greek and Babylonian scholars collaborated in mathematics, science, and astronomy. Babylonia had studied astronomy long before Christ; the distance of the sun and the moon from the earth had been calculated with almost exact precision. They knew that the earth turned on its axis, that certain planets revolved around the sun and that the sun was much larger than the earth.
As the city-states in Greece remained at variance, some called on Rome for assistance. The reputation of Athens was so high that Roman visitors regarded it as an honor to be invited to participate in the Olympic Games and to speak at public receptions; some were privileged to witness the Eleusinian Mysteries. Rome gradually acquired much of the refinement of Greece; it adopted the alphabet, the art, the literature, even some of the legal methods of Greece.
Alexander's dream of the brotherhood of mankind was not destined to materialize during the short spell of life allotted to him, and without the guidance of his strong personality none of his successors could undertake the task. When one looks back upon a lifetime one can often trace a plan, as of a master designer; behind the scene of the conscious self of the individual a pattern has been woven which during the years of its gradual unfolding could not be seen or understood. The influence and the example of Alexander lived on, even in the years of warfare between his successors. In their different spheres his generals, who eventually became kings, tried to copy his example, not only in war, but also by encouraging the extension of Hellenic culture and by working for the benefit of their subjects.

dennyhydra
IN new
Senior Poster
Total posts: 151
Status: Offline
Date of Birth: 80-01-10
Total Earnings: $28.45

reply date: 2011-10-01 14:41:19

ok Gangstarex , I have only two Essays . I will post if I can find anywhere.

GangstaRex0
US (TX) gold
Senior Poster
Total posts: 170
Status: Offline
Date of Birth: 96-06-25
Total Earnings: $240.03

reply date: 2011-10-02 09:17:05

Those are a lot of essays, but mine was about a book called Fahrenheit 451.
Thank you for the thought.

dennyhydra
IN new
Senior Poster
Total posts: 151
Status: Offline
Date of Birth: 80-01-10
Total Earnings: $28.45

reply date: 2011-10-02 14:04:06

”

Those are a lot of essays, but mine was about a book called Fahrenheit 451.
Thank you for the thought. GangstaRex0

Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury. The novel presents a future American society where reading is outlawed and firemen start fires to burn books. Written in the early years of the Cold War, the novel is a critique of what Bradbury saw as issues in American society of the era. The novel first began as an expansion of Bradbury's 1947 short story "Bright Phoenix" that was first published in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1963. The short story was later reworked into The Fireman, a novella published in the February 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. The novel was serialized in the March, April, and May 1954 issues of Playboy magazine. Bradbury wrote the entire novel on a pay typewriter in the basement of UCLA's Powell Library. Over the years, the novel has been subject to various interpretations, primarily focusing on the historical role of book burning in suppressing dissenting ideas. Bradbury has stated that the novel is not about censorship, but a story about how television destroys interest in reading literature, which leads to a perception of knowledge as being composed of factoids, partial information devoid of context. François Truffaut wrote and directed a film adaptation of the novel in 1966. At least two BBC Radio 4 dramatizations have also been aired, both of which follow the book very closely.

dennyhydra
IN new
Senior Poster
Total posts: 151
Status: Offline
Date of Birth: 80-01-10
Total Earnings: $28.45

reply date: 2011-10-02 14:05:38

In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury's classic, frightening vision of the future, firemen don't put out fires--they start them in order to burn books. Bradbury's vividly painted society holds up the appearance of happiness as the highest goal--a place where trivial information is good, and knowledge and ideas are bad. Fire Captain Beatty explains it this way, "Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs.... Don't give them slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy."

Guy Montag is a book-burning fireman undergoing a crisis of faith. His wife spends all day with her television "family," imploring Montag to work harder so that they can afford a fourth TV wall. Their dull, empty life sharply contrasts with that of his next-door neighbor Clarisse, a young girl thrilled by the ideas in books, and more interested in what she can see in the world around her than in the mindless chatter of the tube. When Clarisse disappears mysteriously, Montag is moved to make some changes, and starts hiding books in his home. Eventually, his wife turns him in, and he must answer the call to burn his secret cache of books. After fleeing to avoid arrest, Montag winds up joining an outlaw band of scholars who keep the contents of books in their heads, waiting for the time society will once again need the wisdom of literature.

dennyhydra
IN new
Senior Poster
Total posts: 151
Status: Offline
Date of Birth: 80-01-10
Total Earnings: $28.45

reply date: 2011-10-02 14:06:43

I read this book about 18 months ago, but I am writing a review now because the book came up during a mealtime conversation. We talked about how prophetic a very good science fiction writer can be. This is definitely the case in Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Guy Montag lives in a world that represses freedom of speech, creativity, and the core of human spirit. People, including his estranged wife, are drones glued to these pseudo realities in television. It describes senseless trivia shows (can anyone say "Who wants to be a millionaire?") and awfully realistic soap operas that his wife affectionatly refers to as the "family."

What is most disturbing is that as televisions and technology become more "artificially intelligent" we will face some of the brainless drivel (we already do) that the major media networks provide us.

As a fireman, Guy Montag starts fires with books as the culprit - rather than putting them out. The idea is that books can make some people feel bad and as a result we should get rid of them - in other words books can be controversial and our country does not need disputes. The enforcer is a mechanical dog (which I found a little unrealistic and distracting) that injects a lethal poison into any opponents. Despite the silliness of the mechanical dog - the underlying theme is fantastic - open your mind and save the beauty of spontaneity and creativity of the human spirit.

GangstaRex0
US (TX) gold
Senior Poster
Total posts: 170
Status: Offline
Date of Birth: 96-06-25
Total Earnings: $240.03

reply date: 2011-10-03 09:45:12

Overall I think the book was not a complete waste of time like some people in my class would say.