https://www.echeat.com/ ELA 3 4/22/2024 The Good Lie The name of the story"The Good Lie" alludes to situations in which lying might be an ethically appropriate course of action. Many would call this a white lie, a lie used to do something good or to help somebody. In the film The Good Lie, Reese Witherspoon has a character who plays a lady who helps a group of Sudanese immigrants settle in the United States by helping them find work and ultimately facilitating their reunion with other family members. These people had lost their families and were left to fend on their own, thus giving them the name, “The Lost Boys of Sudan” Many of the recently arrived Lost Boys were not put in foster care since they were beyond the age of 18 and hence deemed adults. Due to this, they were put into apartments which took longer to do. Another issue was, at the same time they didn’t want to separate all the people because they had known each other for a long time and all they had was each other. Since all the lost boys had no family, they had no real way to confirm their identities. When they came to the United States they were just given the birth date of January 1st for simplicity sake. The date of January first was simple and it was easy to remember and keep track of. In the United States we all know our birthdays and since we have always known our birthdate it seems easy to keep track of. However, for someone who is foreign to that concept it may not be simple to remember. ------ Everyday Use In an effort to connect herself to her African background, in the short film, Dee has adopted customs that are at odds with those of her own family. She proceeded to then change her name from what it was to Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo. Dee desperately wants to show off the quilt to her friends,but her mother believes that her sister, Maggie, would use it more frequently and wouldn’t simply use it to show off their culture. The mother has had enough of Dee's pride and vanity as well as her self-centeredness. She tells Dee that she is not allowed to have the quilts since they are Maggie's. Dee, who is upset over the news, continues, "Maggie will overuse the quilts, like, every day, and eventually ruin them." In an attempt to make 2024-11-13T12:02:52.41-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-good-lie-and-Everyday-use-45595.aspx In the middle of the 20th century, Americans started to see a change in their environment, not a welcome change. Many different problems became evident in their water, air, land, and animal population. These problems encouraged post-world war Americans to push their politicians to make changes. By the end of the century, laws had been passed to stop the proliferation of pollution and the decimation of wildlife. The 1950s were a hallmark decade for environmental protection. President Eisenhower confronted air pollution when he gave his State of the Union address before Congress in 1955. He wanted the government to study "effective methods of control." (Eisenhower 1955); by the middle of the same year, the Air Pollution Control Act passed is passed by Congress. The Act is the very first piece of legislation to confront air pollution. At the end of the decade, Congress began to deal with air and water pollution by giving federal government regulators control over individual states when the health of the American public is concerned. In 1962 Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring. This book becomes the catalyst of the environmental movement we now have today. Silent Spring condemns the use of pesticides, and by the time Ms. Carson writes her book, the amount of DDT found in a human had tripled. But, of course, the pesticide and chemical companies of the United States dislike and attack the book, even going so far as to advertise that "DDT is good for meeee…" (Penn Salt Chemical Ad). These ads drove the sale of Silent Spring and encouraged the government to start investigating the claims made in the book; by the 1970s, DDT was banned from all use in farming around the world. The environmental movement is picking up steam at this point in America. While about 83 million Americans own cars, science is starting to prove the association between smog and car emissions. (Ruth Reck Ph.D. UC Davis Atmospheric Sciences) States like California pass local laws regulating car emissions, and the federal government steps in and passes the Clean Air Act. Congress designates $95 million to continue studying and cleaning up interstate air pollution, and the Clean Air Act also starts to enforce and regulate emissions standards for businesses that pollute. The next important thing to address is the Endangered Species Act, often called the "Crown Jewel" (Endangered.org) of America's environmental laws. The Act allows to list and protect 2022-04-04T13:52:11.46-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Environmental-Changes-in-the-Law-45559.aspx Do Smartphones Help the Learning Process We can almost do anything and everything with just a swipe of a finger now days. Smartphones are becoming more and more important in our daily life. My debate is do smartphones help the learning process or harm the learning process? In my opinion, smartphones do not help the learning process because, they are a huge distraction. For example, some people utilize smart phones to cheat or to cyber bully. Smartphones (upgraded cell phones) are not made the same as they once were. Cellphones first started off as big and bulky phones. Eventually they developed a flip phone that utilized T-9 (stands for text on 9 keys.) T-9 is a predictive text technology for mobile phones, specifically those that contain a 3x4 numeric keypad. The Science and technology fields are constantly evolving. Our world, as we knew it used computers to send e-mail, it is where we read the latest news, played games on and some of us utilized it for work. In 2017 the typical computer began to turn into a cell phone and then were taken over by tablets. Smartphones have become a huge distraction to everyone, simply because they have become a smaller version of a computer that we can carry right in the palm of our hand. Students now have the ability to check their social media, take selfies, browse the web for information that may help with writing a paper, locate a reference, read a book, listen to music or even watch a movie. These features a smartphone encompasses are a great asset but, in my opinion, can also take away our focus from important task, friends, and or our family members. Another way smartphone can be distracting is if a student is utilizing it during class while an instructor is trying to teach their students. The teacher may have to stop their instruction just to inform the student to power their device off. Students can also utilize smartphones to cheat on a test. Search engines online make it easier to find the answer to a quiz. Students can locate an answer key and then screenshot it to their friends. This avoids the student(s) from being caught with the answers that they may write on their arm. Conveniently students can also use their smartphones to hire someone to 2020-10-13T21:02:17.25-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/do-smartphones-help-the-learning-process-45499.aspx Different Communities and Their Assumptions A community is a group of people sharing common characteristics and living together. Similarly, it is also a group of people that are committed to each other and showing unconditional love. Community brings people with different cultural diversities together through friendship. There are two types of communities which includes; online community and ground community. An online community is whereby people come together through the internet, interact freely and feel at home with each other. It is made up of imaginary friends who do not know each other personally. In an online community, individuals chat through social media, emails and online chat rooms. On the other hand, a ground community is whereby people know each other and can occasionally meet physically to catch up on life matters concerning them. A ground community is made up of individuals know each other well and communicate face to face. The ground community tends to abide by Catherine’s assumption more compared to the online community. This is because, in a ground community, people know each other at a personal level. Also, people follow the community principles since in case one fails, he or she can be traced and be held accountable. Unlike the online community, the assumptions are there but since no one can be held responsible in case of breach, community members do not take assumptions seriously. Therefore, a ground community is stronger. A ground community limits the friends one can have. Just like Mengestu, he keeps moving from one place to another. Mengestu has fewer friends because he shifts to new places and also some of the friends that he has made also changes community (123). Online communities alleviate the need for ground communities because of the rapidly evolving technologies. Technology is the biggest factor in the online community set up. Times have changed, and the online community is becoming more dominant. An online community is also less demanding since it saves on time. It is easy to organize a meeting online and have several people attending compared to meeting personally. People do not have to travel from place to place in order to meet. There are also introvert people who can only socialize with friends online, but they do not have physical friends. Ascharya is an introvert who does not have friends. When bored and feeling lonely, he logs on Facebook or Twitter and chats with his several online 2018-10-15T05:31:38.727-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Different-Communities-and-Their-Assumptions-45454.aspx Have you ever dreamed of being perfect or seeing perfection, but then realizing it is never perfect. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld discusses this question. When Tally’s friend Shay disappears Tally is asked to find her; she sees how New Pretty town isn’t perfect and she sees all of the beauty around her. This changes her whole perspective of the things around her and truly makes her see that even if something seems perfect it never is. The author supports this by focusing on two main craft moves which are description and inner thinking to support my theme. The author used description to explain the world around Tally. the world shows her that there is far more than the small town that she came from. The description showed all of the aspects of the forests she traveled through . This shows that Tally is growing as a character in the book because she realizes how much there is to the world around her. Even when Tally reaches the smoke she sees how self sufficient they are. Although they are not pretties they are all equal as uglies and even though they all have flaws they show Tally how life is better in the smoke. They also unintentionally were influencing Tally to not rat out the location of the smoke and begins to see how life is better in the smoke. This is how Scott Westerfeld uses description to show that even if something seems perfect it never is. Another craft the uses to show that nothing is ever perfect is inner thinking. This shows all of Tally’s thoughts on how she wants life to be for her but, realizes what life could be like in the smoke compared to Ugly Town and New Pretty Town. Even though they are not pretty or perfect they live in harmony. Tally continues to see that the world around her is what life should be like in a normal society. The smoke also helps Tally realize what makes people want to leave Uglyville and move to the smoke. Although Tally is not completely swayed to the smoke , she does realize why life is better in the smoke. Although many people will argue against something never being perfect, sighting that loyalty is a more common theme, the whole book is centered around waiting to be perfect. Although loyalty is 2018-04-25T09:37:24.84-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Uglies-The,Atco-Essay-45426.aspx V for Vendetta written by Alan Moore is a dystopian novel about a fascist government in 1997 which has taken over after the third World War. The main character, V, is an anarchist who wishes to take down the government. V calls himself an anarchist due to his belief that government infringes upon human rights and is extremely corrupt. This segways into the theme of V for Vendetta which is the power of ideas and how they fuelled V’s revenge against the Norsefire’s fascist and totalitarian government. The main character of V in the book is in conflict with the totalitarian government which destroyed the lives of thousands of people including his own through concentration camps and other vile methods of torture and destruction of people’s lives. In the book representation of the totalitarian state, the finger men and the police, V fighting against them shows his defiance against government and his will for anarchy connected with freedom, and his terrorist actions are aimed solely at the Norsefire party and their fascist government . He wants to get revenge on the bad for all of the ways that they ruined his and many other people’s lives. Moore uses the conflict to portray the power of ideas as V uses his conflict to create a better place, by trying to oppress the way of the totalitarian state. The conflict shows the theme of the power of ideas as V’s revenge is fuelled by his power to want change, and create a better future because he disagrees with the governments destructive and brainwashing rulings amongst all of his . V’s dialogue “Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof.” Moore used this section of dialogue to help the audience understand that the reason V has continued to use his terrorist like plots in protest against the government, is because he believes that with the execution of his final act will achieve the change which people been craving,the change which will mean the government no longer has the power to control your every move and only come into power when they can solve the disease which they used to kill off tens of thousands of people to get their way in England and making their ideas truly all powerful. V’s conflict against society helps the audience explore the theme of the 2018-04-25T09:28:18.077-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/V-for-Vendetta-Thematic-Essay-45425.aspx IMMIGRATION IN AMERICA Name of Student Subject Name Here November 25, 2017 IMMIGRATION IN AMERICA Immigration was high in America since many people considered the nation a greener pasture than their home countries. Albeit some chose to be there, others were brought in as slaves to help in manual labor. The vast majority of people in the America suffered several setbacks and conflicts because of social factors such as class and ethnic differences. This paper discusses immigration and how some Americans and the federal government responded to immigrates in America acts, Congress, riots, and conflicts and consequences. It also shows how the various groups adjusted to life in American. Some of the highlights of the paper are August Spies who was hanged and the Chinese Exclusion Act. August Spies was born in Europe; he grew up around educated and cultured people. However, he immigrated to America and settled in Chicago in his late teens. His European experience and background inspired his love for military affairs. Hence, he joined the Socialist Labor Party in America. Later, August Spies was employed to edit for the International Working People’s Association due to his eloquence. His vocal nature made him gain the attention of the police in the Haymarket Square Rally in May 1986. In the above rally, protestors advocated for an eight-hour working day. After Spies speech, the police fired the crowd, killing several people and injuring many others. In retaliation, the protestors threw a bomb at the police, killing eight officers and injuring several others. Albeit the bomb was thrown from the crowd while Spies was still on the Stage, he was charged and found guilty of murder along seven other protestors. Spies was hanged on November 11, 1987. Further, in 1882, the United States Congress decided that Chinese immigrants did not deserve citizenship in America. The Americans felt threatened by the contributions of the Chinese during industrialization; therefore, they ousted them. The Americans used such strategies as blaming the Chinese for societal problems such as prostitution, drug abuse, and gambling. However, the Chinese’ only crime was working harder and at lower wages than Native Americans. The Chinese Exclusion Act stated that the Chinese were not welcome in America. Further, the differences in class, religion, and ethnicity created conflicts in the American West. The Anglo Americans in the region 2018-01-08T00:27:53.27-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Immigration-in-America-45415.aspx Student Course Institution Affiliation Date Women’s History Essay The end of civil war in the United States helped in evaluation of the impact of different groups, especially women. As in any other communities, the role of women, especially after the civil war, was evident. Various female characters showed up expressing their opinions towards the rift and the fight to liberate the slaves and protect women and children in the country. Besides, the women stood at the front line through forming groups and protesting for their rights. However, they faced tough consequences before justice was done. The paper will discuss the experience of women in the post-civil war in America. It will also discuss the acts, organizations, Congress, conflicts and consequences they encountered. After the civil war, women displayed their gratitude to the noble work done. Despite thousands of men who died in the battle, they were fighting for the common good and welfare of the under-privileged slaves . As a result, the women took the front line to thank the gentlemen for their devotion to protecting their women and children . On this point, Rebecca Latimer Felton displayed her courage in her strong speeches to thank the warriors and the government for their goodwill. Felton emphasized the importance of the courageous men in protecting their children and women . She stressed that their mothers should be protected from any source of harm. The warriors should be vigilant in protecting their children and families. They should be protected from dramshop. She pointed out that lack of protection of mothers affected them. Besides, they deserve to be guarded, protected and defended. Their happiness was reduced by barrooms . The rooms were selling liquor that without doubt, affected the lives of their children, making their mothers to lose hope on them. Moreover, women took the role of entertaining Americans despite the war tension that was in every part of the country. Women who took such role were Clyde and Bonnie. Although their acknowledgment appeared late after their deaths, the women appeared bond and courageous using guns to fight with other men. Each of them had unique features, Clyde was portrayed as hot-tempered while Bonnie was a high-spirited person . The women were involved in violent crime. However, despite the crimes, they were viewed with the notion of entertainment. The duos had formed a grouped that could seduce other people to criminal activities. Further, women played a major role 2017-12-27T02:10:06.983-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Women’s-History-Essay-45411.aspx Name: Course: Professor: Date: It is Worthy to Try and Fail Something Rather than not Attempting The question as to whether it is worthy to try something and fail or never trying at all is controversial with equally divided opinions across the board. Primarily, those against the idea of trying and failing dwell on the bad attitude associated with failure. In essence, society has painted a dark picture towards failure. However, it is important to understand that there is great value in failure. One learns a lot from failure. Some of the world’s most prominent and successful persons in spheres such as business, sports, music, and politics have experienced failure in their pursuits. However, failure did not kill their dreams but instead sharpened their resolution and skills to try again, hence improving on their weaknesses and ultimately attaining the desired success. In this backdrop, it is better to try something and fail rather than not attempting. Failure offers an opportunity to learn. Joubert, Laporte, and McFarland contend that failure has a great lesson for individuals to learn (37). This lesson is vital in preventing one from failing in the same way in future. More important, failure enables an individual to know his/her strengths and weaknesses. Moreover, it is imperative to understand that the likelihood of failure is inherent in almost all human activities and when one perceives it as a learning opportunity then it becomes an element of value (Prentice 89). Similarly, failure is only an event, and not an individual, nor an attitude; instead, failure is a stepping stone, which imparts experience in a person’s life (Mnim 46). In particular, failure offers an opportunity to correct one’s mistakes and reposition oneself to try again. History is full of persons who built from failure to achieve immense success. Henry Ford failed severally before succeeding in the automobile industry. Henry Ford’s first company, Detroit Automobile Company failed and declared bankrupt in 1901 (Nair n.p). His second and third automobile companies also failed. Despite the failure, he continued trying. Today, his Ford Motor Company is one of the largest automobile makers in the world (Nair n.p). In conclusion, it is worthy to try and fail rather than not attempting to do something. Every failure has a great lesson, which provides an opportunity to learn and correct one’s mistakes. Failure is a stepping stone to success. More important, failure enables one to discover his/her strengths and weaknesses. 2017-11-09T03:21:49.21-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/It-is-Worthy-to-Try-and-Fail-Something-Rather-than-not-Attempting-45390.aspx 10/25/16 The social contract and civil disobedience Civilizations cannot exist without respect for the law. In the discipline of history, civilizations are defined by whether they have written laws. Around 1,700 BC, historians believe the first written laws were created. These were known as the “Code of Hammurabi” which gave birth to the civilization of Babylon. The significance of written laws is extraordinary. Written laws ensure that people understand what is expected of them and justice can be regulated equally for all citizens. To achieve an advanced society, governments are established to enforce laws. In addition, the government provides services to help its citizens be successful and in return they must obey. Respect for the law is reinforced by the “social contract theory.” The social contract is the idea that people are bound to the government by a hypothetical “contract” “signed” by continuing to live, work, and use the services of a given government. To keep order, citizens must accept all the laws given to them. The social contract must be absolute and both the citizens and the government need to uphold their half of the contract. The most compelling argument for following the law is the idea of the “social contract”. In the dialogue “Crito” by Plato, the character Socrates introduces the “Social Contract.” When his friend, Crito, comes to free him Socrates explains it would be unjust to defect to another city. He imagines the state would say, “After having brought you into the world, and nurtured, and educated you, and given you and every other citizen a share in every good that we had to give, we further proclaim and give the right to every Athenian, that if he does not like is when he has come of age and has seen the ways of the city, and made our acquaintance, he may go where he pleases and take his goods with him; and none of us laws will forbid him or interfere with him.” I believe, that citizens have signed a contract with the state agreeing to abide by their laws, in exchange for their education, the facilitation of business, and their safety. In contrast, Henry David Thoreau believed that the government does nothing but interfere with the lives of people and does not provide effective services. In his words, “…this government never of itself furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got out of 2017-10-23T21:04:54.27-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-social-contract-and-civil-disobedience-45385.aspx 12/4/16 Social Media (introduction) Out of all Internet based technologies, none have had the same positive impact on everyday communication as social media. Social Media is defined by Encyclopedia Britannica as ,"technologies, platforms, and services that enable individuals to engage in communication from one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many."(Media Convergence) I believe, social media is the fifth media revolution in human history. The first revolution was the printing press, then, telegraph/telephone, motion camera, radio/television, and now social media. Today, social media is in a position to replace all other communication technologies and facilitate positive relationships. (introduction) Since the advent of the first digital machine "ENIAC" in 1946, innovation in the field of digital technology has been unparalleled to any other innovation in human history. (Da Cruz) The continuous development of telecommunications led to the development of the Internet. The Internet provides the perfect infrastructure for easy accessible, and inexpensive tools to communicate. Some examples of these tools are; emailing, instant messaging, blogging, and advertising. The Internet is the ultimate communication tool for society. (Narration) With the advent of the modern smart-phone, the Internet has evolved into a new pocket-sized format that provides seamless and constant communication. Due to its omnipresence, social media has evolved from emails to modern websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. As with any new tool, this technology is still evolving. It is difficult to determine the long term impact of modern social media upon society. As I reflect upon the evolution of social media, I am amazed at the transition over the years. During a talk at the TED@state conference, Clay Shirky explains that previous technologies, though revolutionary, offer only one kind of communication. For example, the television, radio, and the printing press changed the conversation between an individual and the masses. Today, social media acts as all types of communication. In Shirky’s own words, “For the first time, media is natively good at supporting [all] kinds of conversations.”(Shirky) Social media can serve the purpose of multiple communication technologies. For example, Facebook is a telephone and a radio. Twitter is a newspaper and it functions as a printing press. Social Media has created a realm where all consumers are able to create news without the fear of censorship or need for capital. (Cliam1) In totalitarian countries, media not controlled by the state is considered a threat. Facebook calls the countries that censor 2017-10-23T20:52:38.277-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Social-Media-and-its-positive-effect-on-society-45384.aspx Student’s Name Professor’s Name Subject DD Month YYYY Differences between Males and Females Over a long period of time, the globe has had struggles about the issues of gender. The males and females have constantly stood in the way of one another as far as progress is concerned. However, history presented an undue advantage to the males than the females. This phenomenon has created, in the words of many scholars, stereotyped differences between these two genders. Despite this phenomenon, there are genetic, physiological, physical, psychological, and other forms of human existence that contribute to the differences. As such, it is imperative to establish these differences and uncannily analyze them for a deeper comprehension. Per se, males tend to continuously embrace technology and its advances at large as compared to the females. Additionally, the majority of the females are mentally weaker than males and also, males strongly and intelligently deal with anger and its effects than the females (Ehrenheich 140). In the article, A GPS Helps a Guy Always Know Where His Couch Is, Dave Barry reiterates that his wife has no appetite for new computers with advanced features as she finds comfort in her older than old device. She anchors this issue on a simple excuse that the older one works better without even having utilized an advanced computer. Dave further says that “As a guy, I feel I need a new computer every time a new model comes out which is every 15 minutes” (Barry 144). He means that men always want to be updated on technological issues. Upon this development, there is need to entirely establish a comparative study from elsewhere in a bid to substantiate this marked difference. To begin with, most of the technology-based innovators are known to be males. For instance, Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft; Apple was a brainchild of Steve Jobs, Facebook by Mark Zuckerberg among others. Research was carried out at the University of Michigan, Dearborn about computer skills and knowledge among males and females. The findings indicated that female students had less skills in computer as compared to the males. Therefore, the finding was above board and tenable. Moreover, Dave explains that his wife would prefer to ask for directions as opposed to using a GPS. He says that “My wife argues that it is easier just to ask somebody…” (Barry 26). When it is said that females are mentally weaker than males, then there 2017-04-27T01:03:28.853-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Personal-Interpretation-of-fiction-storyessay-45318.aspx Teenagers and Adulthood: An Annotated Bibliography Student’s name Institution’s name Teenagers and Adulthood: An Annotated Bibliography Botstein, L. (1999). Let Teen-Agers Try Adulthood. Nytimes.com. Retrieved 29 March 2017, from http://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/17/opinion/let-teen-agers-try-adulthood.html In the article “Let Teen-Agers try Adulthood,” Leon Botstein argues on the need to abolish high schools because he thinks that they are obsolete in nature. Botstein sheds light on the cons of high school and the way in which the American education system has been established. He argues that high schools fail to prepare students, who are normally teens, for the real world experiences. Botstein wrote the article based on the occurrences such as the famous Littleton school shooting. From the statement “the rules of high school turn out not to be the rules of life,” it is clear that Botstein thinks that what is taught in high school cannot be compared with what goes on in the real world. Besides, Botstein argues that high school teachers do not have the experience to teach the teens on the life lessons that are vital in the modern world. He proposes that “elementary school at age 4 or 5 and end with sixth grade, entirely ban the concept of the middle school and junior high school, beginning with the seventh grade, there should be four years of secondary education that we may call high school. Resulting in people graduating at 16 rather than 18.” Botstein is a renowned scholar who is well conversant with the challenges undergone by high school teens. In his book Jefferson’s Children of 1997, he proposed that high schools ought to end after tenth grade. The students would then proceed to college level studies at the tender age. The book was a premonition to the article which was written two years later in 1999. Upon writing the article, Botstein was the president of Bard College. The Bard umbrella runs high schools in combination with the early college programs. It means that the article is reliable because Botstein has amassed experience while dealing with high schools and college teens. It can be deduced that Botstein spent most of his time writing this article as a means to expose high school ordeals to the world. According to him, high school is about sports and fame. Once a person is through with high school, there is no favoritism and popularity. The shootings helped the world to see what was happening in the education system. The 2017-04-09T04:17:02.047-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Leon-Botstein-s-Let-Teen-Agers-Try-Adulthood-45307.aspx Name: Course: Tutor: Date: Hurricane Katrina A natural disaster comes suddenly, sometimes with no warning leaving in its wake destruction and death. Natural disasters include; Hurricane, earthquake, volcanic eruption, fires among others. They are not subjected to a given area; thus each country should be prepared for the disaster that is likely to affect that area. The effects of a natural disaster are adverse, for instance, the environment gets littered with all manner of debris, houses get destroyed, streets become impassable, and trees get uprooted among others. The advancement of technology and mode of communication has made it easier to relay information such as warning alerts. People can prepare for a natural disaster by finding safe zones to go to, pack food and water as well as other essentials such as torches, batteries, ropes and flares, just to mention a few (Arcaya et al. 16246). The purpose of the paper is to analyze a natural disaster and establish how the victims managed to survive the catastrophe. Hurricane Katrina is regarded as one of the costliest disasters in the US history affecting 92,000, square miles, killing over 1500 people and leaving thousands homeless. The hurricane struck several states such as Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, but the worst hit was New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina began on 24th Aug 2005 as a tropical storm in the Bahamas and gained strength in the Atlantic water; it hit the Florida coast becoming a category one hurricane with wind speed estimated to be 119km/hr (Deryugina et al. 2).The storm moved through the Gulf of Mexico where the atmosphere was conducive in fueling the storm. By the time it hit New Orleans, it had exploded to hurricane 5 with wind speeds of 282 km/hr. A combination of waves and storm surge led to the failure of the levee system that was supposed to provide a barrier. The failure caused a massive flooding that covered up to 80% of New Orleans (Kastenbaum 91). The vast number of deaths and destruction would have been avoided if only proper planning and the fast response had been done. There are four critical reasons as to why hurricane Katrina was the worst tragedy to have hit the United States. The first one was that warning alerts had been released early before the storm, but these warnings went unheeded. Moreover, government officials who should have prepared in advance for the magnitude of the hurricane neglected their duties. The 2017-03-02T22:35:44.617-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Hurricane-Katrina-45292.aspx Proposal Based on my interview, over the last several years, the community has had a program to place men and women in employment. However, these people have few skills, limited education level and no ethics that required holding a job. Most of the time these people are from households that have been on welfare for long, and their parents rarely emphasized the importance of self-sufficiency and responsibility. Thus, now they are supported by social and public service systems and do not have a positive outlook towards the future. Such people may try to cope with their existing situation by engaging in drug abuse, alcohol with the little money that they earn. My proposal is on addressing the issue of such individuals through placement programs, and job training. These men and women can be helped increase their reading skills, self-confidence and ultimately get and retain employment solving their homelessness problem permanently. The programs can be funded by grants and gifts from well-wishers and organizations. Although some of these homeless people have been destroyed by their use of drugs and lost hope, rehabilitation and counseling will be offered to them before they can join the main job placement program. According to Fernando (122), homeless people cannot make it without life skills and hope. Even though such people were to complete training, and get employed, they are likely not to succeed. The program will thus entail group classes and individual meeting that will explore issues like coping skills and self-control. There will be presentations made by employed people who previously were homeless or struggled with poverty and drug addiction. The center will also offer to counsel on substance abuse. Teitelbaum (187) suggests that those people with a substance abuse history will need help in the management of their income. It is important to have counseling for substance abusers to prepare people for employment. The project will require funding as expenses will be incurred. People working at the center will need to be paid, materials used will require money to be bought, the placement program will also have its expenses, and other revolving funds will be needed. A total of about $68,000 is what will be necessary. The funding for this budget will come from grants and gifts from the well-wishers. The program coordinator and assistant will prepare funding proposals that will be sent to different organizations for support of the program. The program 2016-09-25T01:03:25.357-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Research-Proposal-Letter-35228.aspx In the past couple of years, our region has witnessed some alarming numbers of the number of students arrested by the law officers. I therefore thought it might be of benefit to reach you in whichever way possible, so that we can develop a potential solution to this problem. According to the data that I obtained from the local law enforcement departments, many of the apprehensions occur mainly in the times before the schools start to operate and after the schools have closed. Despite this evident trend, some society members do not see the necessity for a program that would run before and after the school. Some scholars such as Steen, Julie and Julia W. Buckey, conducted a study in which they noted that students may be preferring to engage in the destructive recreational activities and end up breaking the law because of the lacks of a suitable recreational facility that suits their age and recreational requirements in the locality Proposal I therefore feel inclined to try to suggest the possible solutions to this situation. The valley city requires considering the necessity of constructing a recreational facility for the students in the region. There is an abandoned warehouse that is large enough to serve as a recreational center for the before- and- after school programs. This project is viable, and it can be funded by the tax revenues that were used to construct the main street up to date. This project will also provide the final aspects of housing for the before-and-after-school program. Tsekoura indicates that for any project to succeed, it should commence by sensitizing the local community members on the need of creating a recreational facility for the welfare and security purposes of the students. The implementation of this initiative would ensure that the students are engaged in the right types of activities and are under supervision in the times before their schools start to operate and after the operation periods. Therefore, the number of apprehension cases would significantly reduce. This project is not only a recreational program, but it is also a socialization plan where the students will learn the correct morals. The facility will keep the local youth engaged in ethical and creative activities and thus the development of local talents. It would provide the students with alternative activities to do than to engage in an uncouth behavior. I thought it might be important to propose some 2016-09-19T00:53:48.19-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Research-proposal-35225.aspx Types of Supervisors Every workday all employees set out to their workplaces. Whatever means of transport they use, they take the time to see into their day ahead; what are some of the duties they will engage in, do they have deadlines to meet among others. This all comes to the expectation of the various types of supervisors, their system of administration and hope to deliver for the staff. From the different types of leadership styles employed, supervisors can be divided into six categories, these include: Coach- this is one whose major focus is on the employees. They indulge their members in the decision-making process, event planning and setting timelines to meet their goals. This support of the employees and participation creates positivity in the workplace as all work to the interests of the organization (Conger & Stuart 371-375). The supervisor delegates’ duties offer guidance throughout until completion of the task. The style of leadership adopted is democratic. Team player- is competent, truthful and takes into account the role of the employees. They can get their staff to open up to them for any ideas as well as make tough decisions without disrespecting others (Oliva, et al. 2013). They understand that goals are shared with employees; thus their success depends on the staff and vice versa. They give credit where it is due hence are regarded as the kind of bosses everyone would want to work with. Mentor-. Having a better understanding of the employees’ profession is the primary requirement to give guidance and direction in their careers. This is efficient if the supervisor takes the responsibility of mentorship for the employees. This kind of Supervisors significantly impacts on the career development of their employees which makes them easy to work with. Leading by example; transformational leadership. Laissez-faire- are the kind of supervisors who exercise little follow up on employees trusting that they will perform to expectation. The employees do not expect to learn from them as much given their inactiveness. It is high risk working with this supervisor unless one has a knowledge of research skills (Conger & Stuart 371-375). As a result, the employees need to be independent and determined to achieve what they want. Control freak- needs always to be in the loop of all that happens. Here the staff members are not engaged in calling shots. As an employee working with this supervisor, you must know how to deal with them by 2016-09-19T00:30:32.21-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Types-of-Supervisors-35224.aspx The Ideal Work Environment Various elements need to be available for one to consider a working environment ideal for carrying out his activities. The presence of these factors goes a long way to motivate a given employee to stay in that area, thereby boosting the morale of the individual, which could translate into high levels of performance on the part of such a person (Goffee & Gareth 101). Likewise, they also have a likelihood of making an individual have the will to continue working at the given facility for long since he would be more comfortable at the place. Mostly, this helps to ensure that the level of his skills improves considerably over time and as a result, it could bring in lots of profitability on the said organization. Significantly, an ideal working place should have goals and missions that would motivate the employees in working hard. One of the primary factors that are crucial in a given workplace is the availability of the necessary work equipment. Such material needs to be sufficient and in good condition. For instance, people who are in charge of documentation and data ought to have enough computing equipment that is operating well and fast (Quinlan et al. 64). Henceforth, this aspect will assist in making their job quite manageable and will reduce any form of frustrations that may occur as they try to deliver their services. It will also show that the administration values and considers them significantly as part of their organization. Another issue lies in the capability of management to endorse as well as respect, some level of autonomy on the role of the employees. Mainly, this means that workers need to have the freedom to think on their own and come up with actions that could boost their capacity to deliver on their mandate (Lent 8). When free, staff develops minds that enable them to be innovative and creative and as a result, they could come up with strategies that will be bound to ease the way they operate. Therefore, some form of efficiency and effectiveness could be achieved in the long run. Notably, this circumstance is entirely contrary to where the employees are micromanaged, hence making them feel like they are being treated more like slaves. An ideal workplace is one that has an enabling atmosphere regarding the general physical environment around which people works. Efficiently, this lies in ensuring that the ventilation 2016-09-19T00:24:08.98-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-Ideal-Work-Environment-35223.aspx The duchess' declaration that she is "Duchess of Malfi still" is one of the most famous lines in the play.At this point in The Duchess of Malfi ,she believes that her family is dead,her dukedom has been stripped from her and she has lost her fortune and her freedom.Her insistence that she is still the Duchess shows that even in the face of all that,she still maintains her pride. Bosola disguised as a tomb maker tries to take that from her too,telling her that nobility can provide her no comfort,providing "neither heat nor light."It seems cruel to take this Las comfort from her,but in doing so,he actually allows her true "glorious" to shine through,not those based on her title or nobility,but those that came from the depth of her spirit- her courage and her Dee familial love,evidenced by her domestic pleas to cariola to take care of her children. This emphasis on the insignificance of rank in the face of death and tragedy is important because it shows the true depths of the difference between the Duchess and her evil brothers.They have nothing but there rank and their associated power and so when they are faced with death,they die without courage and "u Ave no more fame behind'em than" a footprint in snow exposed to the sun.The Duchess on the other hand ,by dying so nobly,leaves the mark of her maintains her pride. Bosola disguised as a tomb maker tries to take that from her too,telling her that nobility can provide her no comfort,providing "neither heat nor light."It seems cruel to take this Las comfort from her,but in doing so,he actually allows her true "glorious" to shine through,not those based on her title or nobility,but those that came from the depth of her spirit- her courage and her Dee familial love,evidenced by her domestic pleas to cariola to take care of her children. This emphasis on the insignificance of rank in the face of death and tragedy is important because it shows the true depths of the difference between the Duchess and her evil brothers.They have nothing but there rank and their associated power and so when they are faced with death,they die without courage and "u Ave no more fame behind'em than" a footprint in snow exposed to the sun.The Duchess on the other hand ,by dying so nobly,leaves the mark of her spirit behind,which ultimately allows for hope at the end in 2015-09-18T03:20:51.693-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/duchess-i-m-Duchess-of-Malfi-still-explain-35135.aspx Did you know that each year about 443,000 people in the United States die from illnesses related to tobacco use? Did you also know that smoking kills more than alcohol, car, accidents, suicide, AIDS, homicide and illegal drugs combined? (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). One of the largest and most problematic health issues in our society is smoking. Smoking is currently the leading cause of death in our country, due to its harmful and addicting contents, such as nicotine and tobacco. Smoking is the act of inhaling and exhaling tobacco smoke through a cigarette or cigar. Despite smokers claim that it helps them to relax and release stress, the negative aspects of smoking outweigh the positive. The heart of this reasoning is the understanding that smoking has no redeeming qualities but even the best of circumstances are considered to have adverse effects on the smoker and those around them. Moreover, since smoking make smokers and nonsmokers ill, smoking is implicated in numerous deaths. Smoking costs lot money for consumers and medical expenses, as well as it is also an addicting drug. Smoking and the production of cigarettes should be made illegal in order to maintain a healthier nation. Without smoking a huge amount of money and lives will be saved. Many reasons influenced the outcome of my opinion towards smoking becoming illegal. First of all cigarettes smoking are very deadly to smoker and increase the smoker’s chance for death. Although most smokers say that illegalizing smoking is an invasion of privacy, I think that illegalizing smoking will help to save smokers lives. The Centers for Disease and Prevention reports that 46, 6 million Americans age 18 years and older smoke. All of these people are losing about 12 years life, just by smoking. Drugs are bad for anyone who smokes them. Tobacco is a type of drug. Did you think that tobacco is just a dried plant wrapped in thin paper? Guess again. Tobacco contains a deadly mix of more than 7,000 chemicals. At least hundred are toxic, and 70 at least can cause cancer (Centers for Disease and Prevention). Some of these chemicals include Benzene derived from coal & petroleum (the one we put in cars), formaldehyde (embalming fluid used to preserve dead bodies), arsenic (rat poisoning), butane (lighter fluid) and much more. Because of this deadly chemicals contain, smoking cause so many deaths as well as it lead 2015-09-12T21:24:16.903-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Smoking-should-be-made-illegal-35134.aspx Importance of Education Importance of Education Education is very important for our lives. Without education people wouldn’t have their high-developed machine and would believe that the Earth is a planet around that all another planets are moving. Why people want to have their high education? As for me I have my reasons why I want to get high education. First reason I want to get high education is for career purpose. From the early age parents very often tell to their children that education is very important to find a good job. And this is true because if you want to be a doctor or a lower, or an engineer you must have an education. Among my friends in Russia when I was asking them why they wanted to get their high education very often they were telling me that it is necessary to get a good job and to make a good career. I agree with them because I think that it is easier to begin my career not from nothing, but with the experience and all education that I would gain in the University. Another reason why I want to get high education is because all members in my family have already received their high education. My father has finished the Institute of Technology, and my mother has finished Medical Institute. All my life I was listening from them that it is very important to get high education. When I was trying to pass my exams for the University in Russia my family was very nervous. It looked like that it wasn’t me who wanted to get to the university, but the whole family were trying with me to pass all exams. I think that family’s support in getting education is very important. At least it was so for me. Also I want to get my high education because I enjoy studying. All my life I thought that it is very important to be independent and I was trying to be independent since I was a child. I didn’t like to ask my parents to help me with my homework and I was sitting with my homework sometimes till late night but I did myself understand that all must be dependent from yourself and not from someone else. I loved to study and in a high school was an excellent student. All my life I have been though that I could almost 2015-03-31T06:35:12.947-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/IMPORTANCE-OF-EDUCATION-35098.aspx Hello there old man Scallywag I'm here to tell you why Gracie does not make the strongest decisions and now I will tell you why. When they first arrive at the Moore river settlement Gracie is the first to jump out of the truck and it may not seem submissive on its one but i'll get to that, so Gracie does what she's told immediately whilst the others are more hesitant. Then when they're eating that weird porridge stuff when they start talking in they're own language and get yelled at Gracie is 2014-06-06T06:59:48.88-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-Rabbit-proof-fence-Character-assessment-35040.aspx 2014-05-23T22:38:52.437-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/-Are-Some-Parents-of-Violent-Children-The-Main-Cause-of-Their-Child’s-Behavior-35037.aspx Shiela Talania EWRT 1A 4:00 PM Formal Paper #1 April 16,2014 Word Count: 861 Striving For The Best Everyone has their own story of how they are motivated. Study shows that our behaviour and attitudes can also be an aspect of what kind of person we can become in the future. At the age of 6 I came to America with my sister, I thought life would have been easy in America as they say, but it wasn’t. I was raised by my mother who did nothing but work 24/7, along with the help of my aunt and grandma. They’re married women but their husbands were across the country and that didn’t stop them from working hard raising their kids. That’s the image I grew with, independent women who provided for their kids, family, and their other half. That is why I say to myself to work hard and never give up my dreams. Even if I keep falling, I will always keep moving forward; there will always be obstacles in life. I want my life to be happy, no debt, successful career with my dream home; a suburban neighborhood that is quite, friendly peaceful surrounded nature , living in a two story house, five bedrooms, three bathrooms, big backyard, tree house on the side. Having my dream career, dream car, everything i’ve always dreamt of. I never lived in a house that we never had to share. Never really had my own room, personal space. That is why I want my kids to have their own room and make their memories that will stay forever in the house. In addition I want to provide my family whatever they need, I want my parents to retire and have good or bad no financial issues. It is my turn to provide for my parents. I understand that it won’t be the easiest course to overcome, but it doesn’t mean I shouldn’t try. I will never know if I succeed or fail until I actually try, even if I were to fail it will just make me a lot more stronger. All in all, my parents is what motivates me to strive for the best, because in the future I will be a parent as well. My parents didn’t give me everything I wanted because they couldn’t but I understood. I was glad that I didn’t grow up as a spoiled brat (not saying 2014-04-29T21:13:29.443-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Formal-Paper-35024.aspx 2013-11-20T09:51:30.623-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Compare-and-contrast-essay-highschool-versus-college-34984.aspx In the novel, The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, there are many conflicts. Some are larger than others. Others draw out through the whole book. The character facing the most conflict however is Ralph. Not only does he face the most conflict, but he goes through the most important conflicts. He faces conflicts with Piggy, Samneric, and Jack. The longest struggle Ralph faces is with Jack. Ralph is constantly trying to retain his power from Jack. Throughout the chronicle, Jack is trying to take power away from Ralph. At the beginning when Jack has just lost the election for chief, he finds it necessary to take control of the choir boys. Later, Jack volunteers his choir boys to be hunters, and then later, to keep the fire going. Ralph lets him take this all on but later is outraged when Jack takes all his hunters and lets the fire go out. And later Jack tries to get Ralph overthrown. Nobody does, but Jack leaves the group and makes a new tribe that everybody but Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric join. This effort to retain power is important to the story because it develops Jack’s personality as a power hungry dictator as he has absolute power in his new tribe. This struggle for power lasts through the whole book. Ralph also faces a conflict with Jack’s tribe once he is an outcast. They are seeking to hunt him down and kill him. However, he gets an edge from Samneric and is able to escape for a while. At one point he is spotted and is able to escape when a man shows up on the island to rescue them because he saw their smoke. This conflict is at the climax of the story and shows that Jack’s tribe has nearly completed their transformation from human to savage. Ralph also has inner conflicts. One is Ralph’s decision to stay with normal society and not to join Jack’s barbaric tribe. A few times Ralph almost goes over, but he never does. One example of this is when he joins in the “Kill the Pig, Slit his Throat, Spill his blood!” game. Another is when he participates in the dance that brings about Simon’s death. The resolution to stay with proper society is key to the story 2013-08-26T23:43:47.483-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Conflict-in-Lord-of-The-Flies-34950.aspx “Waiting for Godot”: Realism “Waiting for Godot” occupies a prominent place in the annals of English literature for highlighting the basic truths of human beings belonging to any age or religion. The play can be interpreted by various ways. It is a play in which fact and fancy, illusion and reality are mingled together. In “Waiting for Godot” man’s sufferings, whether physical or metaphysical, are shown in such a way that we feel them as our own suffering. The play is a mirror of our age because it shows the inner hollowness, helplessness and meaninglessness of modern man’s life. The theme of the play has a universal appeal. The tramps represent all humanity. Their sufferings are the sufferings of all human beings; no matter in which country they live in or what religious beliefs they have. They reflect modern man’s loneliness, absurdity, forgetfulness, illusions, waiting condition, deferred hope, physical suffering, mental anguish, death wish and isolation. The main subject of the play is waiting and the act of waiting is an essential aspect of the human condition. Vladimir says: “We’re waiting for Godot” And the sentence is repeated in the course of the play like a refrain. It is not clear in the play who or what Godot is. The tramps themselves have only a vague idea of who Godot is. They wait for him in a state of ignorance or helplessness. The play thus depicts waiting, ignorance and boredom and all these things are directly experienced by us in life, wait is essential – the offer of a job, the possibility of promotion, the return of a long-lost friend, a love letter etc. Thus we discover a common ground between ourselves and the two tramps who are waiting for Godot. The play highlights the theme of habit, boredom and “the suffering of being”. The play is a fable about a kind of life that has no longer any point. Godot may stand for God. Or for a mythical human being or for a meaning of life or for death but the play is a representation of stagnant life. The heroes or anti-heroes are merely alive but a life without action and purpose. In our world millions of people do not act but are acted. The tramps, in spite of their inaction and pointlessness of their existence, still want to go on. The million of people today do not give up 2013-04-10T13:32:37.017-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Realsim-in-Waiting-For-Godot-by-Samual-Beckett-34853.aspx “Howl” section two, Allen Ginsberg, 1955 What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination? Moloch! Solitude! Filth! Ugliness! Ashcans and unobtainable dollars! Children screaming under the stairways! Boys sobbing in armies! Old men weeping in the parks! Moloch! Moloch! Nightmare of Moloch! Moloch the loveless! Mental Moloch! 5 Moloch the heavy judger of men! Moloch the incomprehensible prison! Moloch the crossbone soulless jail- house and Congress of sorrows! Moloch whose buildings are judgment! Moloch the vast stone of war! Moloch the stunned governments! Moloch whose mind is pure machinery! Moloch whose blood is running money! Moloch whose fingers are ten armies! 10 Moloch whose breast is a cannibal dynamo! Moloch whose ear is a smoking tomb! Moloch whose eyes are a thousand blind windows! Moloch whose skyscrapers stand in the long streets like endless Jehovahs! Moloch whose factories dream and croak in the fog! Moloch whose smokestacks and antennae crown the cities! 15 Moloch whose love is endless oil and stone! Moloch whose soul is electricity and banks! Moloch whose poverty is the specter of genius! Moloch whose fate is a cloud of sexless hydrogen! Moloch whose name is the Mind! Moloch in whom I sit lonely! Moloch in whom I dream Angels! Crazy in Moloch! Cocksucker in Moloch! Lacklove and manless in Moloch! 20 Moloch who entered my soul early! Moloch in whom I am a consciousness without a body! Moloch who frightened me out of my natural ecstasy! Moloch whom I abandon! Wake up in Moloch! Light streaming out of the sky! Moloch! Moloch! Robot apartments! invisible suburbs! skeleton treasuries! blind capitals! demonic industries! spectral nations! invincible mad houses granite cocks! monstrous bombs! 2013-03-07T17:38:44.543-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Explication-of-Allen-Ginsberg-s-poem-"Howl"-Part-II-34827.aspx The Color of Education in America In his essay “Still Separate, Still Unequal,” Jonathan Kozol gives us a very detailed presentation of the emergent trend of racial segregation within America’s urban and inner-city schools. Kozol provides substantiation to his claim based on his research and observations of different school environments, its teachers and students, and personal interviews with them. It is very clear that color of education in America is not green like the dollar bill; it is white if you’re rich and brown if you’re poor. What’s more atrocious is how the government of the people gives more educational benefits to the rich and less to the poor. I cringed when I look at the statistics Kozol provided; this claim of segregation becomes an eye-opener to tax payers and the people who elected our government officials. Based on the data he provided, the vast “majority of enrollment in most of the public schools in our major cities is black or Hispanic: 79% in Chicago, 94% in Washington, D.C., 82% in Saint Louis, 96% in Detroit, 84% in Los Angeles, up to 95% in New York”, to name a few(Colombo 220). One would think that maybe this is happening in Alabama or Mississippi but not in New York, Illinois, Michigan and Los Angeles. It is more discouraging to hear from black teachers that if you happen to be in a major city and would like to see the segregation in action, just look for a school named after Martin Luther King Jr. or Rosa Parks. And on top of that according to Kozol’s research, Caucasian children living in the public school districts that enroll blacks and Hispanics as majority will often opt-out of attending that particular school and instead enroll in a predominately white school. Kozol also argued that students of the minority basically are limited in what they can achieve from a very young age because of financial status. He states that wealthy individuals are able to educate their toddlers in very extensive programs before they even enter kindergarten. By the time the students are expected to take “high-stakes tests” in 3rd grade, these wealthy students have had far more education than minority students who are expected to take the same standard exams. He is right on target when he mentioned that money makes the difference of whether or not a parent can afford to send their child 2013-03-03T03:44:08.247-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-Color-of-Education-in-America-34824.aspx A Change in Life In life people often conform to thinking that the life they lead is a good one. They are comfortable and do not think that any change in their life will add up to anything significant. In reality change is good, however in the short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, he presents a portrait of a lonely woman, Miss Emily Grierson, who succumbs to a mental illness while living a reclusive life, stuck to the traditions of old south aristocrats, and her life then ends in a gothic tragedy. The life that Miss Emily Grierson had lived is one to keep and she makes choices not to change it even though her life is portrayed as a tragic life which is deprived of the ability to change. The time frame that Miss Emily Grierson was persistent in her perception was the greatest time era, “The Old South.” We knew that she wanted to stay in the old south time when the next generation populated the small city of Jefferson and asked Emily for taxes. When they did this she ranted and raved that Colonel Sartoris has written her a letter in which relieves her of any taxes. She told the tax collectors “See Colonel Sartoris. I have no taxes in Jefferson” (p33). The fact that the tax collectors could not see Colonel Sartoris is because Colonel Sartoris had been dead almost ten years. Her inability to see that change was happening outside her home blinded her to change things with in her home. Even the furniture that she had was not updated. Emily’s parlor was furnished with heavy, leather-covered furniture that was cracked from not being used. She had been trapped in the ways “Old South”, and did not care to change as time went by. In her earlier years, Emily, grew up with her father who was a wealthy man of the “Old South”. While growing up she was restricted from all people of the opposite sex, and was a cast away from the social nature of life. She was never to date or be seen with a man while her father was around. The following example displays a hard change that Miss Emily could not comprehend, “The day after his death all the ladies prepared to call at the house and offer condolence and aid, as is our custom. 2013-02-28T22:06:45.43-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/A-Rose-for-Emily-A-Change-in-Life-34821.aspx Ahmad Itani Professor Wishart English 1102-Section 06G 20 July 2012 “Sarcasm and Irony in Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" is a very complex and highly debated poem; especially as far as what the true meaning is. Many people have debated the various interpretations of this poem by Frost especially. Many aspects of Frost’s life have been taken into account in order to determine which interpretation is correct. Whether a look at moral ideals of Frost or using other works, Robert Frost’s true interpretation has been long sought after. On the surface, through the first reading, it seems as though Frost is sending the message of self-worth and reliance, and a resistance to follow in the footsteps of others. After reading again, it seems to me that it's more complicated than that, and also simpler. The story is about choice, and not really about whether it's the right choice. The story seems to be more about the inevitability of the choices people have to make, and that the consequences are futile to avoid. This is a story that really responds to the personal experiences of the reader; someone going through different situations may see the story through a totally different perspective giving a different meaning. The true delight may be in the realization that this was intended by the author. Robert Frost was born in California, and grew up in New Hampshire. Frost spent time doing various jobs, including teaching, and studied at Dartmouth and Harvard. Frost’s writing came along later on in his life, and he went to England in order to accomplish his goal of becoming a success as a writer. Robert Frost used his experience and knowledge to create a beautiful style of writing, and “The Road Not Taken” is a great example of this style. Frost wrote his poetry to be a success, and to captivate his audience and make them think. “Poetry, much more than other literary forms, is believed to rely upon the personal, subjective, even solipsistic view of both the world and the self” (Bojana 195). Frost wrote a lot of literature using symbolism, irony, and sarcasm. “Frost’s roads must ultimately, it seems to me, be read as being every bit as visionary as Rimbaud’s “Ruts” (French, Ornieres). Indeed, the setting and trajectory of both works are strikingly similar, each projecting at its outset “Two roads,” a “right” and “left” bank of apperception” 2012-12-31T10:36:22.557-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Sarcasm-and-Irony-in-Robert-Frost’s-“The-Road-Not-Taken-34769.aspx “The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.” Milton Friedman. This quote suggests that whenever there is a problem, the solution the government gives will not be better than the problem itself. It relates to the book Fahrenheit 451 because the solutions the government figured out is not reasonable. In the story, Bradbury tells the audience that censorship, conformity is a bad thing through the character Montag, whose job is to burn books, learns about his society that he is currently living in. He was inspired by a girl called Clarisse, who is a non-conformist in the book, and was taught more knowledge by Faber, an old man who keeps some books. Also in their society, there is Beatty, captain of the fire department, who tries to stop Montag from rebelling against the unfairness of the government. Furthermore, it suggests other minor characters that care only for themselves, like Mildred, Montag’s wife, cares only about getting a TV and having fun but ignores almost everything about Montag. Bradbury instills knowledge about how people should live their lives through the themes of censorship, conformity, and loss of humanity. First of all, the editing of media is one way Bradbury teaches us how not to live lives. In the current world, censorship means the suppression of a published or broadcast material. The media is a powerful tool to manipulate public opinion; government will use this. Because people now watch a lot of movies, books, and other kinds of media, censorship may be used at times like this. According to Fahrenheit 451, the main thing that gets censored is books. Instead of just editing one part of the book to make it available for everyone to read, the people in their society burn the book. An example of censoring books is when “’colored people don’t like Little black Sambo. Burn it. [When] [w]hite people don’t feel good about Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Burn it…’” (59). The people do not face the problem; instead, they just destroy everything a majority amount of people dislike. Also in their society, the government controls everything because people rely on them. So when Montag the fugitive is on the streets, the government is afraid of losing control of their people so they get 2012-12-11T06:45:41.047-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Fahrenheit-451-themes-34763.aspx Is it the return of the unacceptable face? -Htet Pyo Wai and Shari Ann Pan-oy "It's the Marikana incident that bringing back the unpleasant criticism." Simon Scott who was appointed as the temporary chief executive of Lonmin Company (former Lonrho) a week after the Marikana incident was welcomed by the violence and tensions that the company is facing. Would he be able to erase the company’s criticism “the unacceptable face”? “The unpleasant and unacceptable face of the Capitalism” was a criticism by the British Minister Edward Heath to the head of Lonrho Company in the 1970s. Lonrho was founded in 1909 as the London and Rhodesian Land and Mining Company limited and in 1963 Tiny Rowland was recruited as the chief of the company. He seemed to be visionary and looked only for his profits but under his control, the company expanded within Africa, from a mining company to the multi-million pound international cooperation. His position became a case of the High court to be criticized by the politicians including the Prime Minister but no further actions were taken to Mr. Rowland until he was expelled in 1992. Yet, because of his contributions to South Africa in terms of economics and political sectors, he was highly valued by the African leaders including Nelson Mandela. And Rowland’s response to the Prime Minister’s words was “I don’t want to be an ACCEPTABLE FACE of the capitalism”. The Marikana incident is bringing back the past stories of capitalism in South Africa and showed that the roots of the capitalism are still growing. Although South Africa is under the rule of black majority, the white minority are still in firm control of the ‘economics’ lever. Still, we cannot merely blame the leaderships of the company and their ideology. The government and the unions were also played a vital role in the occurrences of the incident. Despite of these political and ideological factors behind, the main focus is what had brought these mineworkers to the protest. The continuous complain by the mine workers are their poor condition of livings. There is no doubt of how badly affects their angers. Majority of them are living in the informal settlements that they call shacks or mkhukus and in the winter with some ices on the roof and leak to the rooms. There is no concrete road, no clean water but has a polluted environment due to lack of garbage 2012-11-02T07:48:23.917-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Free-Essay-on-Htet-Pyo-Wai-and-Shari-Ann-Pan-oy-34731.aspx Tension in Lord of the Flies Golding creates tension in Lord of the Flies with the ongoing power fight between Jack and Ralph. In chapter two when Ralph calls an assembly, he wants to keep order as he discusses the fire. However, as soon as he mentions it, Jack leads all of the children on an excited rampage up the mountain. “All at once the crowd swayed towards the island and were gone- following Jack.” This shows how Jack used the other children’s excitement to his advantage to undermine Ralph. Jack does this throughout the first part of the novel; trying to make himself appeal as a better chief than Ralph is, by making the others see him as fun, and seeing Ralph as boring. One time when he does this is when they are exploring Castle Rock in Chapter six. Ralph is angry because he wants to go on looking for the beast, but Jack is encouraging the others to “Roll rocks and have fun”. This difference between Jack and Ralph is the base of their hatred, and this is how Golding makes their hatred present throughout the novel. Once the reader has read the rest of the novel, they will then understand (as I did) that this wasn’t just a difference, but it was the hatred of the boys slowly starting to boil. Throughout the novel it gradually builds up, creating a lot of tension. Another way Golding creates tension in Lord of the Flies is by using metaphors. One of these metaphors is the weather. In chapter nine, Golding creates tension by carefully placing the impending storm in the back of the reader’s minds. He contrasts the laughing and social order of the feast with the impending doom that something will happen, or the storm will break “The hunters looked uneasily at the sky”. I think Golding makes the weather symbolize the knowledge that the part will not end well, and the ‘rain’ will ruin it. As the boys start dancing and going crazy, the storm gets more fragile and, when the boys reach hysteria, the storm breaks, the boys turn into lunatics and Simon gets killed. All through this chapter, the weather allows the tension to increase until the boys just snap and, in the novel, I think this is the turning point and is when the boys turn into complete savages. Another way Golding creates tension 2012-10-20T10:52:02.327-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/How-Golding-Creates-Tension-in-Lord-of-the-Flies-34718.aspx Facebook: An Annotated Bibliography Craig, Wilson “Facebook Updates Are Just His Cup Of (yum!) Tea.” Nov. 2009, Web. 10 Sep. 2012 http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/.../2009-11-11-final11_ST_N.htm. This source discusses various Facebook statuses and the new phrase that has been coined, author Wilson Craig stated “Facebook Stalking.” The term that has arisen most recently is “Facebook stalking?” People will admit to checking other people’s profiles regularly saying, Wilson Craig stated, “But I have the website up most of the day now, checking what’s going on in my friends’ lives.” The sad fact about this statement is that most college students would agree to this. Many will attest to having Facebook minimized at the bottom of their screen most times their on the computer. Whether it is walking between classes or simple free time in the dorm, a good majority of it is spent on Facebook looking at other people’s profiles to see what they have been doing throughout the day or past week, thus “Facebook stalking,” arguably the least offensive of any type of stalking. There are several flaws of Facebook and lack of privacy is among those features receiving negative remarks from users all over the world. Some say that is it easy to hack and access Facebook accounts. Privacy changes are clearly intended to push Facebook users to publicly share even more information than before. The changes will actually reduce the amount of control that users have over some of their personal data. It has a very great impact if not it will not be able to overcome the popularity of Friendship wherein people are relying and benefitting from the said social site. In comparison with any other social networking sites, Facebook has enhanced more skill. Attaching videos, pictures and documents is one of the protruding attributes of Facebook because this feature helps us adapt to a fast-paced world. The birth of Facebook is in a very right timing because the needs of every people evolved as well. Having been able to receive discounts from restaurants, bars and commercial establishments is also one good factor as to why Facebook incessantly gained its popularity even medical clinics, government and other private sectors post their events to let the people know and avail of their products and services. I plan to continue using Facebook is one of the largest online social networking sites 2012-09-28T15:04:35.913-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Facebook-Annotated-Bibliography-on-privacy-34656.aspx In this short story “Lather and Nothing Else”, the barber, the best in town who is a revolutionary meets a person he knows Captain Torres, the person who is against the revolutionaries came to 2012-09-18T17:56:06.01-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Lather-and-Nothing-Else-34648.aspx Julius Caesar was written in 1599 in England by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare has born in 1564 and died in 1616. Nobody really knows when exactly he was born but for the records it is assumed that he was born in April, creating an interesting coincidence with his death. He is the greatest writer of his century and probably of the modern era. He influenced many contemporary writers and created a new point of view in the poetry. He wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets. In his work Julius Caesar Shakespeare shows us the change of power in Rome and the problems that Rome had there. Power is the ability to act with force. Shakespeare makes visible the abuse of power and the struggle to gain power in the biggest empire at the time. Shakespeare also shows that the power itself is more than a name or position. It is something that the people exercise. There is not absolute power, every power has limitations. Besides the servants every character in some way has his power. Although the biggest argument in Julius Caesar is the change of power in the rulers of Rome, Shakespeare tries to show us many different kinds of power and the use of it. As we can see during the play, people with power use power just for their convenience. During the first part of the play, Shakespeare introduces the characters and the situations. He makes us notice how powerful everyone is. Throughout the different meetings and the dialogues we can feel the power of the personalities of some characters, which in the nearly future is going to make a difference. The rulers of Rome have so much power that they can control the freedom of the people as we can see when Caesar gave an order to Antony. "I shall remember. When Caesar says do this, it is performed" (1.2.12-13). Although this abuse of power made the conspirators act against him, Caesar did not have absolute power and in some situations Calpurnia, his wife, had control in him "The cause is in my will. I will not come. / That is enough to satisfy the senate. / But for your private satisfaction, / Because I love you, I will let you know. / Calpurnia here, my wife, stays me at home. / She dreamt tonight she saw my statue, / Which, like a 2012-08-10T04:57:17.12-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/ABUSE-OF-POWER-OF-JULIUS-CAESAR-34621.aspx Dracula is a Must Read Novel Dracula is a classic horror novel that has captivated the minds of readers for over a century. In my opinion, it is one of the greatest horror stories ever written. Bram Stoker grabs reader’s interest with suspense, vivid imagery, and the struggle between good and evil through multiple settings in an enlightening tale that can be realistically perceived. The first brilliant quality of the novel is that it is never without suspense. Stoker uses suspense rather effectively throughout the novel. In the book, there are several places where readers are left dangling on the edge of their seat and eager to turn the page. Though written in the nineteenth century, it moves swiftly and employs suspense techniques often associated with modern novels. Dracula is composed in such a bizarre manner that it allows suspense to be exercised simply and efficiently to build the plot. Anyone who enjoys anticipation will enjoy this novel. The second main point of interest is the vivid imagery that transports the mind into the Victorian age; there are indeed some rather shockingly gruesome descriptions of events. I cannot recommend Stoker’s masterpiece highly enough. The beautiful descriptions of Hungary, Romania, and England give the reader a full image. The clear descriptions create terror, and shock to all those who open its pages. The reader feels as if they are watching the scene unfold as the characters do themselves including the feeling of actually standing in the room, smelling the mold, hearing all the various languages, and the sense of Dracula’s teeth closing in on the unsuspecting neck. Anyone who likes to feel like they are in the story this is the perfect one. Dracula has appealed to all types of readers for over a century because it deals with one of the most common human conflicts the struggle between good and evil. The reader knows that all is not right, but does not know what is wrong. Stoker acknowledges the complexity of this conflict by showing good characters attracted to evil. Stoker explores the conflict of good and evil throughout the novel; he does not allow anyone to triumph until the last few pages. The strength in personality of every one of the characters makes this book a vital read. The wealth of rich material buried throughout the text is sure to excite, intrigue, and surprise the novice reader. Dracula is a classic beautiful 2012-04-08T19:35:49.947-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Persuasive-"Dracula-is-a-must-read-novel"-34531.aspx A leader is 2012-03-01T14:13:02.82-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Shipwreck-at-the-Bottom-of-the-World-Why-is-Shackleton-a-good-leader-Easy-memorised-34498.aspx The immense grandfather clock had startled me out of deep thought, yet I did not move a muscle. I let my motionless body lie there in the chair, continuing to staring at the fire. My mind traveled through what we had learned in my history class today. I was lost and confused. London is known to be the amazing city of Britain. The city with outstanding sites, great people to meet, and as we all know a place that people love to go shopping. London is the type of place people would never expect to undergo such a historically horrifying time, a time known as the Industrial Revolution. The revolution first took place in Britain. (Nardo 8). Knowing the history and the effects of the revolution on Britain, I wished of some way that I could travel to London in the 1700’s and make a difference. Would it be difficult to build a time travel machine? One which would take me to any date and place I wanted? All a person needs is to find some hefty bolts and screws, put it together with some technical wires and one would be set right? What would be even easier is if a strange green alien creature could come down and hand me a secret time machine. Then I would be able to go back in time and help make a difference in people’s lives, specifically in the children’s. However, I know that nothing would be able to take me back in time, not even a green alien, or so I thought. I took a few minutes to stand back on my feet. As soon as I did I plopped right back down on the cold tiles. I lifted my head up to see a hideous purple creature standing in front of me. The alien had one eye and antennas with three arms and a leg. I honestly did not know how to respond to the fact that I had an alien creature in my living room. I had tried talking to the creature. All it did was point to a sign that said, “Janelle, open this door and I will take you anywhere you want to go.” I thought I was going insane. When I looked back to ask how the machine worked or if I could actually is it, the alien had vanished. I spent the next six hours pushing buttons and figuring 2011-12-15T22:14:56.497-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Britain-During-the-Industrial-Revolution-34393.aspx SAYDNAYA, Syria — Abu Elias sat beneath the towering stairs leading from the Convent of Our Lady of Saydnaya, a church high up in the mountains outside Damascus, where Christians have worshiped for 1,400 years. “We are all scared of what will come next,” he said, turning to a man seated beside him, Robert, an Iraqi refugee who escaped the sectarian strife in his homeland. “He fled Iraq and came here,” said Abu Elias, looking at his friend, who arrived just a year earlier. “Soon, we might find ourselves doing the same.” Syria plunges deeper into unrest by the day. On Tuesday, government troops attacked the rebellious town of Rastan with tanks and machine guns, wounding at least 20 people. With the chaos growing, Christians visiting Saydnaya on a recent Sunday said they feared that a change of power could usher in a tyranny of the Sunni Muslim majority, depriving them of the semblance of protection the Assad family has provided for four decades. Syria’s Christian minority is sizable, about 10 percent of the population, though some here say the share is actually lower these days. Though their sentiments are by no means monolithic — Christians are represented in the opposition, and loyalty to the government is often driven more by fear than fervor — the group’s fear helps explain how President Bashar Assad has held on to segments of his constituency, in spite of a brutal crackdown aimed at crushing a popular uprising. For many Syrian Christians, Mr. Assad remains predictable in a region where unpredictability has driven their brethren from war-racked places like Iraq and Lebanon, and where others have felt threatened in postrevolutionary Egypt. They fear that in the event the president falls, they may be subjected to reprisals at the hands of a conservative Sunni leadership for what it sees as Christian support of the Assad family. They worry that the struggle to dislodge Mr. Assad could turn into a civil war, unleashing sectarian bloodshed in a country where minorities, ethnic and religious, have found a way to coexist for the most part. The anxiety is so deep that many ignore the opposition’s counterpoint: The government has actually made those divisions worse as part of a strategy to ensure the rule of the Assad family, which itself springs from a Muslim minority, the Alawites. “I am intrigued by your calls for freedom and for overthrowing the regime,” 2011-10-30T10:40:27.05-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Creative-News-Article-on-Syria-34211.aspx (7+ pages; 2 sources; MLA citation style) I Introduction People whose first language is not English face a number of problems when they try to learn it, not least of which is understanding and using the proper register when speaking. This paper critiques the article “Using Standards to Integrate Academic Language into ESL Fluency,” by Beckett. It also briefly explains the concept of “register.” (Please note: This may not be the best possible article, but I’m in San Diego and my resources at this moment are limited to what I can access from home; all libraries and colleges are shut down until further notice.) II Register “Register” can be most easily defined as the way in which people choose to express themselves in a particular situation. For example, someone might say “Yo! How ya doin’?” to a friend but would be more likely to say “Good morning, Mary” or even “Good morning, Ms. Madison” to the boss. There are three registers of language: formal, consultive and casual. We use the formal register at work and at school; it has “complete sentences and specific word choices.” (Payne, PG). The consultive register is not quite as direct or formal; but the casual register is very different from the others. When we use the casual register, we use a vocabulary of only 400-800 words; we speak in incomplete sentences and phrases; our word choices are not specific and we may supplement our speech with non-verbal communications. This is our choice when we speak to friends. III Article Analysis The article discusses the need for developing standards for ESL students, so that they can learn the skills necessary to compete successfully for jobs in a society that is increasingly complex. They need, in other words, to develop a formal register of language that will enable them to use English appropriately. The article begins with a hypothetical example of an ESL parent insisting that his child not be placed in an ESL classroom, because of his fear that the child will not be taught what he needs to know in order to succeed. “When registering Jose in the new school, his father was adamant. He wanted Jose in the "ingles" class where he would learn "sciencia" and matematicas," not how to say how-do-you-do. He was afraid that if Jose were placed in an English as a second language 2011-10-26T12:59:03.927-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Article-Analysis-Using-Standards-to-Integrate-Academic-Language-into-ESL-Fluency-34100.aspx An Adventure of a lifetime The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is about a boy who must help a slave reach freedom, even if it goes against all that he has been taught. The main character, Huckleberry is quite a young boy, white in complexion and a feisty son-of-a-gun. He is the type that is not afraid to get his hands dirty, nor ashamed to be covered in mud or other such foul substances. Huck is an adventurous boy to say the least, and although he does grow up with well-mannered people, there is not a speck of well-manneredness that has washed onto him. Which is just fine and dandy to Huck, as he would rather be comfortable than be civilized. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a true masterpiece. By capturing the dialogue of the time period, Twain pulls the reader into his tale, spinning back the years, and making an enjoyable story that is sure to be taken from the shelf and read again. A satire at its best, Mart Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, brings together people from all walks of life. It melds together pieces of culture, and makes a stand against racial diversity. He uses many forms of subtle idiocracies which provide both anti-racist views, the idea of forgiveness, and working together. A racist novel it is not, for it laughs at racism with a booming chuckle, and urges the bindings of friendship no matter what the skin color. This novel should never be eliminated from schools or libraries, as the messages attempt to pull the world back together, it is a true classic which will hopefully be read in decades to come. Mark Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn for a purpose. It is to make fun of racism through satirical messages and ridiculously stereotypical characters. Like George Orwell’s Animal Farm, it was written in hopes of bringing about change. This is magnificently successful as Twain incorporates morals, realization, renewal, forgiveness and most of all friendship into his story. These five themes are demonstrated multiple times throughout the tale, each with great effect against racism. Huck’s constant battle with himself is a strong anti racist statement. He must choose which of his feelings are right, his mind and what he has been taught, or his heart and his feelings. He finally comes to a decision, and chooses his feelings over his past experiences. “All right, then, I’ll 2009-01-22T22:46:38-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Huckleberry-Finn-33944.aspx CANADIAN ENGLISH CANADIAN CONTENT, THE UNITED STATES, AND FRENCH Relations between US an Canada have long (but not always) been peaceful and friendly. But from time to time those relations know to be embivalent and prickly, especially on the Canadian side, Canadians often assert that Americans take them for granted and pay little or no attention to their interests, needs, wishes, and aspirations. Because of the similarity of American and Canadian accents, English Canadians when travelling abroad are generally resigned to being teken for Americans. In addition to a cross-border prickliness there is an internal itch. The social, cultural, linguistic, and imperial tug of war between Britain and France included religious and social differences. While English, Scottish, Northern Irish, and Welsh settlers have been mainly Protestant, the French and southern Irish have been mainly Catholic. More recently, in Quebec (the largest and most vigorous French community), the independantiste movement has been largerly secular, insisting on province's nature as un pays (as a country). There are three French terms in the vocabulary of language politics: anglophone – referring to someone able to speak English and to anything relating to English; francophone – the equivalent term for French; and allophone (''other speaker'') – an umbrella term for any native speaker of any other language (Italian, Mohawk, or Cantonese). The term Canadian originated, like Canada, in the 16th century, deriving from and co-existing with the French canadien, and with three distinct historical senses. Initially, and well into the 19th century, it served to name not settlers but the indigeneus people. From the 17th century, Canadian was the name for French settlers along the St Lawrence, and from the 18th it was extended to British colonists in both Lower and Upper Canada. In a Canadian context, the terms ''French'' and ''English'' tend to refer more to language than ethnicity, ''English'' are all those who speak English in Canada ( whether they are English, Scottish, Caribbean…) and French those who speak French in Canada ( French, Belgian, Mauritian…). Significant number of English-speaking settlers began to enter Canada after the signing of the Treaty of Paris of 1762, which ceded New France/La NouvelleFrance to Great Britain. Most of them were from the already established colonies of New England, and went to what later became the provinces of 2009-01-15T07:12:38-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Canadian-English-33940.aspx Is There Even A Need For A High Speed Rail System? What does most of Europe and Asia have that for some reason American’s and Californian’s seem to fight against every chance that they can? Well besides a better infrastructure, I would say that a high-speed rail system is one of the biggest downfalls of what is supposed to be an “enlightened culture” out here on the west coast. With all the drive nowadays for “Go Green” you would have figured that everyone and their uncle would be jumping on the bandwagon to get this done already. But if it is not an argument on if it is even needed or not it gets dragged down into the issue of whether it is a good investment or not and are we going to be able to afford it. The opponents say ”Can we really afford it”? At this point, Californian’s should be asking “Can we afford NOT to get it built”? I will go over some of these arguments and present my view based on geographies of California, benefit versus cost of a high-speed rail system and what we can expect as a result of this. If we were to superimpose an image of Japan over that of California we would notice some striking similarities in geography and space between major cities. The country of Japan’s high-speed rail system called the “bullet train” or “shinkanzen” (partly because of its shape and speed), since it began operation in 1964, has been able to transport nearly six billion passengers safely (www.japanrail.com/JR_shinkansen.html) from major city to city over 1,500 miles of track and connect areas that were previously considered secondary cities (like Fresno) to make it possible for commuters to work and return home daily. It is also taking into account safety, even though it has been in operation for over forty-four years there has not been even one fatality as a result of its operation. Consider that Japan is even more seismically active than California and it makes for an even stronger argument for its need. Can Amtrak even with its limited track area boast such a safety record? I don’t think so. In late 2007 an Amtrak train was going 25 mph over the posted limit through a switching station and collided with a freight train causing 187 injuries (as reported by FOX News). How about that Tule fog that we get here 2008-11-14T00:11:03-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Argument-Essay-on-Proposition-1A-33863.aspx Character Analysis of Holden in "Catcher in the Rye" In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, Holden, the main character wants to be a œcatcher. Holden hears a young boy on the street singing œIf a body catch a body coming through the rye and it made Holden feel better (Salinger 115). He wants to be the only big person around in a rye field, near a cliff, to catch all the kids playing from running off the cliff. It is obvious from this statement that Holden wants to help children, but how can Holden when he cannot even take care of himself? A capable catcher would be somewhat like a counselor or social worker in the sense that they would help children from following a destructive path. A counselor or œcatcher must be honest, mature, responsible, motivated, and caring. Although Holden is caring, which is a quality that makes a good catcher; he still lacks many of the other necessary qualities to be a capable œcatcher in the rye. One quality that Holden lacks to be a capable œcatcher is honesty and Holden even says, œI™m the most terrific liar you ever say in your life (Salinger 16). He lies quite often, even when it comes to simple things like going to the store to buy a magazine, but instead says he is going to the opera. To leave an annoying conversation faster, he lies to Mr. Spencer, one of his teachers, and tells him he has to leave for the gym to get the fencing equipment, when in fact Holden left the equipment on the subway (Salinger 15). Holden also lies when he is on the train and tells Mrs. Marrow nothing but falsehoods about her son, who attends Pencey with Holden, by stating that he œadapts himself very well to things (Salinger 55). It would not be right for Holden to be a dishonest catcher. It is important to teach a child to tell the truth, so how could he be a capable catcher when he constantly lies? Another quality that Holden lacks to be a capable œcatcher is maturity. He even justifies his immaturity by stating that he is just going through a phase. A mature person would be able to handle difficult, tough situations reasonably and Holden cannot. Not able to control himself, Holden reacts on Stradlater because Holden thinks he is 2008-11-10T23:10:16-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Character-Analysis-of-Holden-in-Catcher-in-the-Rye-33860.aspx Hi everyone! <QUOTE>Click on Print Screen Image Below to See Adult Porn Video p.s. 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The term œmodern myth however, when relating to the novel, can be interpreted in two different ways. The first way being how might Frankenstein be viewed as a myth in modern times (being 2008), and the other interpretation being How is Frankenstein viewed by people in the 21st Century, as a modern myth to people existing at the time of Mary Shelly. This essay will explore the first option after coming to the conclusion that the definition of a œmodern myth is an unsure legend that relates to recent times, Mary Shelly's Frankenstein is a modern myth, as it explores various scientific developments, which in the 17th Century were thought of as ludicrous, but today, in the 21st Century, is more believable. The reality of Mary Shelly's story is in-fact more realistic today, making it a myth in the sense of unsure if it could really happen. Victor Frankenstein dream was to "explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation" (pg 47). He wanted to create a being "of a gigantic stature... About eight feet in height, and proportionally large" (pg 52), a being that would be put together with collected body parts from the local graveyard. Frankenstein says, "That I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet." (pg 56)The beauty of this dream however, vanished, and "Breathless horror and disgust filled his heart" (pg 56) when this being was actually came to life. The creation of a monster like this back in the 17th century by such un-natural means would not have so much been a myth, but rather an entertaining, gothic, fictional, totally un-true, and impossible story. It would not have been classified as a myth back then, because a myth is defined as an unsure legend. And this story was not unsure in those times, it was just very un-realistic to even believe that it could actually happen, therefore making it sure that it could not happen. However, this story could in-fact be defined as a œmodern myth, which is an unsure legend that relates to the times of today. The reality is, that today, in the 21st century, the creation of a 2008-03-20T16:45:53-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Frankenstein-by-Mary-Shelly-a-Modern-Myth-33548.aspx Courage, femininity and masculinity, are just a small list of the representations portrayed through all of the characters in the stunning novel, “To kill a Mockingbird” written by Harper Lee. Not all characters represent the values, attitudes and beliefs of that time but in fact, they represent the values, attitudes and beliefs that challenged them. All characters contribute to a variety of discourses, which means that there is not one character, in the novel, that does not contribute to the overall message of the novel. This is why in this short-spoken presentation; courage, femininity and masculinity will be discussed in comparison to the main characters that represent these themes. Harper Lee used many characters to show different types of femininity. The most deceiving character that represents femininity is Jean Louise Finch or otherwise known as Scout. She is a pre- pubescence girl, and is still a little emotional. Scout may not be feminie in someone else’s eyes, but in her one sense she is seen as a feminine character. Characteristically, in the 1930’s little girls were seen to have a place in the house learning to cook and clean; and stereotypically were expected to wear dresses. This however, did not fit Scouts’ image of being a feminie character as she was seen as a tom boy by some members of the Maycomb society. Another character who showed femininity is Scouts Aunt Alexandra. Alexandra associates with the correct people, uses her manners and sometimes wears dresses which allows her to believe that she is still feminine, even though she is a well built woman who is highly dominating and behaves in a masculine way. Harper Lee used the discourse of femininity among all of these characters to show that they are all feminine. The characters just depict this theme in their own way. Harper Lee constructed many characters who challenged the mental characteristic of masculinity. Aunt Alexandra was one of these characters, who was created to show the mental side of masculinity. She is a dominating and masculine character who has control of her husband which means that she is the dominating figure of her household. Alexandra always organises everything, like Christmas dinners, which means that everyone has to go to her. This creates an image that she is the matriarch of the family. The reason Harper Lee used Aunt Alexandra as a discourse of mental masculinity, is because she wanted to 2008-03-18T08:25:01-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/To-Kill-A-Mockingbird-Courage-Femininity-and-Masculinity-33544.aspx Different Faces of the Antichrist The Antichrist is a man similar to what we may see everyday. He is dangerously contemporary, and a mighty demagogue. The antichrist could be a young man with a strong personality and seductive power of speech and writing or an old man who resembles your loving grandfather. Christians are correct in their belief that Lucifer was cast out of Heaven and into Hell for attempting to rebel against God One must ask why God would then allow him to leave Hell and come to Earth and bring misfortune upon humanity. Satan is the personified concept of evil, and the jealous enemy of people. Satan is not in Hell and probably spends most of his time on earth, seeking to destroy the lives of human beings and to keep them separated from God. Which brings me to my collage which I named, “Different Faces of the Antichrist” and Stefan George’s poem, “The Antichrist”? My collage sheds brightness on certain detailed aspect of the poem with understanding the literacy and visual aspect of Stefan George’s poem. I present his poem with a sense of insight with downfall of misconceptions, followers of the antichrist and lastly understanding of why the Antichrist exists. Every decision a person make everyday is questionable whether it is good or bad. A person still deals with consequences with the outcomes of decision making. In the poem “The Antichrist”, the speaker, which I believe is Satan, gives the reader the feeling that he isn’t as bad as one may make him to be and if you look at my collage, you’ll see Satan as a similar human being, who tries to fit in with society. His words are very convincing and confident, especially with the many things he mentions he has in common with Jesus Christ and what he can do for you if you became one of his followers. For instance in the first stanza, lines 1-3, “He comes from the mountain, he stands in the grove! Our own eyes have seen it: the wine that he wove From water, the 2008-03-17T16:44:40-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-Anticritst--33543.aspx Book report about the hobbit or there and back again by Tolkien Characters : Bilbo Baggins , Gandalf , Thorin Oakenshield , the other dwarves like Gloin, Goblin King , Thranduil , Smaug , Beorn the skin-changer , William the Troll ... The Hobbit is a wonderful written book by J.R.R. Tolkien. Heroic fantasy succeeds best when the lead character has the most room to grow into hero-hood, and little Bilbo Baggins has a lot of growing to do. The wise wizard Gandalf cleverly appeals to the latent adventurer in Bilbo, but the hobbit is soon up to his ears in peril. At first he is a hindrance to the grim band of dwarves, but even before he acquires the magic ring he is demonstrating a plucky spirit. Once he tricks the ring's current but not necessarily rightful owner, the slinky creature Gollum, and stumbles upon its 2007-12-24T01:23:55-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-Hobbit-by-by-J_R_R_-Tolkien-a-Book-Report-33478.aspx Although the word “nigger” is now considered rude and offensive, it was not so during the time period in which Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huck grew up in a slave-holding town in Missouri, so racism was planted in him from a very young age, yet he manages to overcome it throughout the novel. Although many characters in the book are racist and have no respect for blacks, Huck Finn, when taken as a whole, preaches tolerance and shows that slavery is wrong. Before one can fully understand the novel, one must understand the time period and culture in which it was written. Throughout Huck Finn, African Americans are constantly referred to as “niggers.” Although some characters, such as Huck’s father, are racist and complain how the government must “set stock-still for six whole months before it can take a-hold of a prowling, thieving, infernal, white-shirted free nigger and ...,” (p. 36) other, such as Mary Jane, are very attached to blacks. She was crying, “and it was the niggers” (181) that were causing her to cry, because they were being sold and the family was going to be separated. These events show that the word “nigger” was merely part of the vernacular of Southern culture during the 1800's and not strictly a racist term. It further illustrates that Twain recognized the evils of racism, as shown in the drunken, child-beating, illiterate, racist character that is Huck Finn’s father, Pap. As shown in the aforementioned example, Mary Jane did not view blacks as mere property, but as human beings with feelings. When her “uncles” (the king and the duke) decided to sell her slave family, she and her sisters were crying and hugging the slaves. None of them could believe that the family was going to be split up. Although they all felt that it was wrong, they did not dare do anything to remedy the situation because of the culture in which they were raised. Much later in the book, Jim shows an even more powerful example of black humanity. When he and Tom are on the island with the doctor, Jim gives up his freedom to help the doctor save Tom’s life. Even though Tom had never been kind or fair to Jim, Jim could not stand for a child to be hurt, no matter the personal consequences. In stark contrast to the humanity which Twain illustrated in 2007-11-26T20:48:10-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Huckleberry-Finn-Racist-or-not-33439.aspx Although the word “nigger” is now considered rude and offensive, it was not so during the time period in which Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huck grew up in a slave-holding town in Missouri, so racism was planted in him from a very young age, yet he manages to overcome it throughout the novel. Although many characters in the book are racist and have no respect for blacks, Huck Finn, when taken as a whole, preaches tolerance and shows that slavery is wrong. Before one can fully understand the novel, one must understand the time period and culture in which it was written. Throughout Huck Finn, African Americans are constantly referred to as “niggers.” Although some characters, such as Huck’s father, are racist and complain how the government must “set stock-still for six whole months before it can take a-hold of a prowling, thieving, infernal, white-shirted free nigger and ...,” (p. 36) other, such as Mary Jane, are very attached to blacks. She was crying, “and it was the niggers” (181) that were causing her to cry, because they were being sold and the family was going to be separated. These events show that the word “nigger” was merely part of the vernacular of Southern culture during the 1800's and not strictly a racist term. It further illustrates that Twain recognized the evils of racism, as shown in the drunken, child-beating, illiterate, racist character that is Huck Finn’s father, Pap. As shown in the aforementioned example, Mary Jane did not view blacks as mere property, but as human beings with feelings. When her “uncles” (the king and the duke) decided to sell her slave family, she and her sisters were crying and hugging the slaves. None of them could believe that the family was going to be split up. Although they all felt that it was wrong, they did not dare do anything to remedy the situation because of the culture in which they were raised. Much later in the book, Jim shows an even more powerful example of black humanity. When he and Tom are on the island with the doctor, Jim gives up his freedom to help the doctor save Tom’s life. Even though Tom had never been kind or fair to Jim, Jim could not stand for a child to be hurt, no matter the personal consequences. In stark contrast to the humanity which Twain illustrated in 2007-11-26T20:47:51-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Huckleberry-Finn-Racist-or-not-33438.aspx English 101 Critique Oct 2007 Theodore Dalrymple is a British physician. He attempts to find a reasonable balance between blind disobedience to authority and blind obedience. Dalrymple says that some people think determined opposition to authority is principled and romantic in his July 5, 1999 article in Newstatesman magazine. Dalrymple, ineffectively, tells how these people are dangerously wrong. Dalrymple says Milgram’s Obedience and Authority is one of the few books of academic psychological research that can be read with as much pleasure as a novel and which suggest almost as much about the human condition as great literature. He also states, “only someone who had no interest whatever in the genocidal upheavals of our century could fail to be gripped and horrified by Milgram’s Obedience to Authority.” Dalrymple takes the egocentric approach that only his opinion on Milgram’s work is acceptable. He is attempting to force readers to his viewpoint by shaming them if they do not agree with him. Dalrymple continues with a conversation he had on a plane with a social worker in a Dublin hospital. After she states, “I’ve always been against all authority.” Dalrymple immediately begins with the chain of authority and how she trusted it implicitly, even blindly, stating it is necessary in a complex, technologically advanced society. Using this approach Dalrymple “proved” the pilot’s authority was necessary for the social worker to reach her destination. The necessity of the authority that allowed him to become a pilot was indeed “necessary.” His viewpoint that her initial response to the question of obedience and authority was far from unusual was conceivable but once again he had no suggestions or proof to back up his stance. Dalrymple continues with, “Civilization requires a delicate balance between stability and change. Neither mulish support nor Bukharinite opposition to what exists simply because it already exists. Disobedience to authority is not inherently more glorious than obedience.” He quotes Milgram as saying “Some system of authority is a requirement of all communal living…” Dalrymple is inconsistent with his point. Is a system of authority the absolute or is there a balance to be reached. From Dalrymple’s standpoint people who defy authority altogether think themselves virtuous and don’t have to deal with the messy compromises of real life. Dalrymple gives no example 2007-11-11T05:32:34-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Critique-of-Theodore-Dalrymple-s-Do-what-the-Pilot-tells-you-33403.aspx Hammond would have succeeded in the planning of his park if he and his team hadn’t tried to make the dinosaurs real. Since he would be the first to open a park of this type, he would be able to charge what ever he wanted. One of the errors that caused the park to fail was the fact that Hammond and the other designers of the park wanted the dinosaurs to be real. Jurassic Park was to be like some sort of resort or theme park the difference was that, Hammond wanted the park to be natural. He wanted everyone to feel like they had stepped back in time. “Everywhere, extensive and elaborate planting emphasized the feeling that They were entering a new world, and leaving the normal world behind.”(83) The entire island was designed with wildlife. . The designers never considered what they were planting in the park. The tiny aspects that they failed to see contributed to the failure of the park. Ellie Sattler reveals one of the problems at the Park: “But whoever had decided to place this particular fern at poolside obviously didn’t know that the spores of veriformans contained a deadly beta-Carboline alkaloid. Even touching the attractive green fronds could make you sick, and if a child were to take a mouthful, he would almost certainly die the toxin was fifty times more poisonous than oleander.”(85) Just as important as the tiny details of the park that were overlooked, if not more important, was the technical failures associated with humans. When the park was designed, the humans controlling this aspect of the Park obviously didn't consider that there could be problems in the system. Gennaro questions Arnold about the security of the control system, and Arnold insists it is secure. Malcolm insists that he knows for certain that animals have escaped. Does the computer ever make a mistake? Only with the babies. It mixes those up sometimes, because they’re such small images. But we don’t sweat that. The babies almost always stay close to herds of adults. (127) The park was thought be designed perfectly. 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Miss Love was a Yankee so she was fairly new in cold sassy so things were new to her. Such as the cruelty that she had to learn to deal with when people talked bad about her and her marriage, “nobody else suspicion what was going on but I did” pg 40 when she married grandpa Rucker she was criticized even by the family, here in little elm when somebody dies or they get divorced the family takes time getting used to another person and 3 weeks is just way to little to really know a person and accept them into the family. Yet Rucker Blakeslee did just that even though miss love was only his housekeeper he fell in love with her and they both knew it was going to happen, now days the same happens you can marry somebody for their good looks or even their bad ones but you will still end up loving them because you lived with them. Gossip travels like wildfire leaving a trail where its been. In cold sassy if you had something you did not want everyone in town to know about then you better not tell anyone and anyone means anyone because one way or another the person you trusted so much is going to even on accident tell someone because it is really hard to keep a secret. Here in Little Elm at the high school your best friend could tell you she got a boyfriend and then you would comment this to your other best friend, thinking that she would know about it and then by the end of the day someone that you barely know would go and ask you if it was 2007-10-04T23:34:13-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Cold-Sassy-and-Compared-to-a-Small-Town-33345.aspx There I was, kidnapped by those fools. But yet did they know that double o 7 was on his way. Crawling, killing and getting his way to me. We were in a dark warehouse abounded I suppose. I couldn’t see anybody’s face it was dark. They were all wearing black from there head to there feet. Carrying big black machine guns, ready aim fire I thought. As a tear ran down my face I saw a sign of hope. Two stars on for love and one for hope. There was a spotlight suddenly shone on me my eyes glared. I hade no phone not even m watch and no memory of how I got here. The last thing I remember I was with my family sitting at the dinner table eating dinner and then going outside to walk our dog. I got to the end of the street and blanking out. I blurted out “What have you done with my family are they ok” He replied “They will if they cooperated.” My head filled with thoughts of the unspeakable. Suddenly it felt like the whole world was on my shoulders. Suddenly I herd a loud boom. The room tensed when gunfire filled the room. The guard next to me fell like a bag of rocks. “Hello, Greg are you there “yes” I replied. He untied me and we ran through the iron doors. I jumped into his convertible with great force. As 007 drove down the highway 59 I noticed a black car following us. 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Through all the hardships, he obeyed his conscience and never abandoned his dad and he also managed to maintain his faith. In To Kill a Mocking bird by Harper Lee a different type of bravery is shown, Scout and Jem have to face a town that thinks their father is doing the wrong thing by defending a black man. Ellie's struggle with his faith is a main conflict in Night. At the beginning of the book, Ellie's faith in God is absolute. When Ellie was asked why he prays to god he was startled and he responded by saying "Why do I live? Why do I breathe?" But this faith is stunned by his knowledge of the Holocaust. The Holocaust shows the selfishness, and wickedness of which everybody, not only the Nazis are capable of doing. After realizing this Ellie starts to get Impression that god might not exist or he is just really cruel. It may seem that Ellie's faith no longer exist but throughout the book Ellie continues to ask questions which actually prove his commitment to God. Ellie was very changed by his experience in the holocaust but he still managed to keep his faith. Several times Ellie witnesses a son take advantage of his father in order to save themselves. For ex. Ellie viewed a fight for food on train to Buchenwald in which a son beat his father to death. All the betrayals between fathers and sons that take place have one thing in common and that is only caring about yourself. In order to save themselves, these sons sacrifice their fathers. Ellie would never seriously consider killing his father; he depends on his father for support and various other things. When Ellie and his father were forced to run to Gleiwitz Ellie says œMy father presence was the only thing that stopped me from allowing myself to die. Ellie and his father's relationship prove that Ellie doesn't only care about himself but the people around him to. Ellie is brave by not leaving his father behind and listening to his conscience. Atticus shows a tremendous amount of heroism when he decides to defend Tom Robinson. Judge Taylor approached Atticus for the case because 2007-05-28T16:54:50-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Essay-on-Night-by-Ellie-Wiesel-33237.aspx In my essay I will review and talk about two poems form Phillip Larkin’s collection of which he wrote. I will firstly talk about “Mr Bleaney” this is one of Larkin’s most popular poems. The main theme to this poem expresses loneliness and the shallowness of human life. This poem is more like a play because it tells a story that is full of a lucid mystery. There are two distinct scenes in the poem, in the first, which occupies the first three stanzas, of this seven-stanza poem. The 2007-05-19T12:39:53-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Mr-Bleaney--33216.aspx The world would be so much improved place when people would educated themselves more about the world around them. Half of world issues would end right there and then. It really bothers me when people act ignorant. There are so many reasons it bothers me first of all being that it hurts. So many people act ignorant towards me just because of the content of my skin color and facial features. I understood this long time ago that after 9/11 people will be ignorant and racist towards me and I just have to be patient towards them. Unfortunately, now I expect more people to be aware of the word Muslim and Islam. So therefore it hurts now when somebody comes up to me and asks me “Are you one of those people who wear that wrap thingy around your head?” it’s called hijab, in Arabic, and if you didn’t know that maybe you can say it nicely like, “Do you wear the scarf or veil?” Next people distinguish Islam by saying “your religion is different than ours…” and if I try to give a Christian or Jew an example of something they respond back saying “its our religion we know it better than you.” Maybe they do, but what does that mean, I don’t know anything about their religion? The simple fact is that Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are parallel religions. Everyone’s who knows anything about these religions know that. Yes some concepts are different but the fact is Muslims believe in Moses, Jesus, Isaiah, and Adam all equally. Its just that Mohammad is considered the best of them all because he took Islam the furthest and achieved way more than any of the previous Messengers. Plus, we don’t believe that Jesus is Son of God, because if God is suppose to be one, then he wouldn’t have a son, or wife or daughter. Its state of affairs like that, which make me feel as if I’m an outsider. I have no importance in society. As soon as I would think people are changing, someone comes along and crushes my feelings down to the ground. If I could tend to this problem, I would be a professor. Through education, I can change peoples way of thinking, or at least make them less ignorant. I would try to educate myself as much as I can about everything 2007-05-11T03:20:54-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Ignorance-Hassles-My-Mind-33196.aspx American culture is diverse, eclectic and contradictory, including everything from classical music and literature to hip-hop and TV cop shows. From jazz and Broadway musicals to abstract expressionism and beat poetry, America has a history of vibrant and innovative cultural output. Hollywood movies and popular music are exported around the world, but more broadly the spread of brands like Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Starbucks and Google is thought by some to symbolize the triumph of the American way of life and a particular way of looking at the world at the expense of diverse national and regional cultures. During the Nineteenth Century, Americans tended to think and provide for themselves. By large, they farmed their own land, slaughtered their own meat, and made their own clothing. They cooked their own food and provided for their own health and their own old age. They even managed to entertain themselves. Very few of them worked as an employee of another. They depended only upon themselves. No one had a claim on them, and they had claims on no one. They had both freedom and the responsibility that goes with it. Nowadays you can drive through any town and you’ll see the same McDonald’s, the same Wendy’s, and the same Burger Kings, offering the same food at the same quality for the same price. Walk through any supermarket and you’ll see the same cans of Green Giant vegetables, the same Sara Lee pastries, and the same Pepsi Cola soft drinks. But overtime this image of the American culture has changed, and everything now looks the same. After the success of fast food restaurant the American culture has started to be homogenized. Although homogenization has moved American culture forward, it has engulfed individuality. When you are born, you are a tiny insignificant spec in this humongous world. It will depend on your individuality to make yourself grow and move ahead or stay low and far behind. Making yourself a good individual will help you survive in the world, succeed, and be recognized and understood by people. Surviving in today’s world is not very simple for an individual. Not everyone can live with their parents all their life and be baby sited. There comes a time in a person’s life when they have to be on there own and make their own decisions. When you are an adult you can’t rely on anyone but 2007-05-11T03:18:19-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-Implication-of-Individuality-in-Today-s-Society-33195.aspx Speech Equals Class: an analysis of the correlation between African American Vernacular English in “The Lesson” and social status "Get at me" which in short translates as "talk to you later" is just one term from many in African American Vernacular English, also known as AAVE. This language is a tool that can be crafted to take on many different forms. It may not be an easily understood tongue but once it is deciphered AAVE can be used as a tool to make more comprehendible certain life lessons. In the short story authored by Toni Cade Bambara entitled "The Lesson", the use of African American Vernacular English makes evident the inequity between social classes. AAVE does not just accompany this finding, but also makes it more presentable to an audience that can connect with AAVE due to personal situations and invites those that may be ignorant to the terminology inside the minds of characters such as Sylvia, "Fat boy" or Rosie Giraffe to name a few. Language has power to do many things and here it shines a light on various inequities that are evident between social classes within the society of this story. The reading begins by setting a stage for the reader. We commence in an apartment complex in New York that seems to be very torn down and aged. Many of the Children around are using a quantity of slang terminology; for example [... "and pissed on our handball walls and stank up our hallways and stairs so you couldn't halfway play hide-and-seek without a goddamn gas mask."(662) anyone that hears a phrase like this coming from a youth could only imagine the upbringing that the child has or the type of household that her or she resides in. In society one is moved to believe that when anyone speaks severely broken English or is unruly that their economic ranking is on the lower end of the scale. African American Vernacular English is a language that at times does reinforce the belief stated in the previous sentence, but one could also argue that the way one speaks has nothing to do with their financial background or social status and that a person just speaks how they speak. 2007-04-30T13:16:37-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Analysis-Essay-on-The-Lesson-and-African-American-Vernacular-English-33170.aspx Thinking Like A Mountain This paper was about the yearn for comfort, and safety in our world. I think many people can relate to this paper after what happened on September 11, 2001. The U.S. was like the pack of wolves; minding their own business and doing what they did everyday. When the first plane struck it was like the first bullet. We had not known exactly what happened. The second plane was when our “fierce green fire” was extinguished from our eyes and we knew we had been invaded. Even though we’ve moved on enough to go on with our lives we will always have our memories of what happened to the Twin Towers just as the mountain and the wolf pack will always remember their relative. As the mountian changed so does the 2007-04-03T21:44:54-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Thinking-Like-A-Mountain-32893.aspx After enduring one terrible essay after another, i was unable to resist uploading some tips for writing an effective essay. 1. Answer the question. Sounds simple enough, but it's just unbelievable how many people fail miserably to do so. While we're on this point, i might also mention the 'quality not quantity' principle. Remember, three pages of strong discussion on the topic is preferable to a poorly organised ramble that spans over six pages, fails to answer the question or only intermittently addresses it. 2. Be eloquent yet succinct.In English, it's not merely what you say, its how you say it. At this point it's worth interposing another word of advice- ensure you don't a) Make sweeping statements and b) Support your statements with evidence, that is, quotes, techniques etc. Now in English, using language effectively is paramount, and in order to elevate an essay to distiction, it needs to be well articulated.Say,for example, we were describing how Arthur Miller's The Crucible addresses social conflict. It may be considered acceptable to say something along the lines of: Miller's The Crucible shows the destructive nature of social conflict. There's nothing particularly wrong with that, but it would be more effectoive to express that same idea by saying: As a partial allegory to the Mccathy era, Miller's The Crucible unveils how paranoia and hysteria, fuelled by a perceived social evil, can taer a community apart. In particular, Miller highlights the destrctive nature of social conflict, and exposes how it can set the foundations for various other conflicts. The latter is obviosuly more effective, as not only is it more eloquent, but the assertions are supported with techniques. However, one must not over estimate the power of eloquence, as inevitably some people will automatically presume that eloquence is tantamount to circumloction. The point here is, don't waffle. Be eloquent, but succint. 3. Have a strong introduction and conclusion.This is important, as first and last impressions can count for a lot. The introduction will give the examiner an initial impression of your writing, while the conclusion is the last thing that will be read before a mark is administered, and should hence be memorable. For the introduction, it is always good top open with a quote that summarises the ideas that you discuss in your essay.It should be designed to capture the attention of the respondant. The conclusion should be concise, but not monotonous. Never should phrases such as "in conclusion" or "Finally" 2007-04-03T17:06:27-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/How-to-Write-an-Effective-Essay-32882.aspx Symbolism in Short Stories of Hemingway and Chopin Symbolism may play a major role in accurately interpreting a story or poem. In Ernest Hemingway’s story The Cat in the Rain (pages 55-58) the author uses a helpless little kitten to symbolize the young girl in the story. Kate Chopin uses a fierce rain storm to stand for passion in her story The Storm. In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s disturbing and yet conveying essay entitled The Yellow Wallpaper, she selects a gaudy yellow patterned wallpaper to some how come to represent a woman. All of these elements play a major role in bringing across the ideas the author is trying to relate to the reader. In the story The Cat in the Rain Hemingway describes a young, American woman stuck in Italy with her uncaring, older husband. He then goes on to add a kitten to the story that he describes as young, wet and most of all, stuck in the rain. The way he selects his words and uses to describe the two objects could almost be interchangeable. He uses words such as kitty (page 56) to describe the youth of the cat and young to describe the woman. He also pronounces them both as lonely. The young woman it is being forced to stay in a country where she knows no one and is being oppressed by her husband, who wants nothing more for her to do than to stand there, always looks innocent, and keep her thoughts to herself. As for the kitten, it is forced to stay out in the cold rain and continue to get soaked because it has no shelter to run to in order to find safety. In the story the woman sees herself in the kitten and that is why she makes such a big deal about getting it for her own. I think this is also Hemingway’s of leaving drops of evidence for the reader to pick up on the symbolism that he sees important to the story. Kate Chopin goes about presenting symbolism in her story The Storm in a different manner than Hemingway. Instead of focusing on live objects in her writing she chooses to use a feeling such as passion and represent it through a furious 2007-03-20T04:11:32-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Symbolism-in-Short-Stories-of-Hemingway-and-Chopin-32853.aspx Puritan Themes in Nathaniel Hawthorne's Writing American novelist and nineteenth century writer Nathaniel Hawthorne was the first writer to apply artistic judgment to Puritan society. There were many transcendentalists during Hawthorne's time period, but his works showed little optimism and self-confidence. Most of his works were written from a Puritan preoccupation (Comptons Encyclopedia, 83). With a series of short stories and novels that brought back the life of New England’s Puritan past, Hawthorne achieved one of the most distinguished literary careers of the nineteenth century (Dictionary of World Biography, 1064). Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts on July 4, 1804. His mothers name was Elizabeth Manning and his father was Nathaniel Hathorne. Hawthorne’s father was a ship captain who died in 1808 in a distant port. Hawthorne was only four. Hawthorne's uncle was Robert Manning. Manning was a very well known Pomologist and was wealthy. John Hathorne was Hawthorne's great – great grandfather who was one of three judges in the Salem witchcraft trials. He was the first of the family to come to America (Cyclopedia of Worlds Authors, 917). Nathaniel Hawthorne's sisters were Elizabeth and Maria Louisa. When Nathaniel’s ancestors came to America they were very rich. For a long time the family had a very rich background, but as years progressed the family began loosing money. Most of Salem declined because of the war. The town and Hawthorne did not seem to recover completely (American Writers, 223). Picture a man of standard build, with dark hair and dark eyes and smart. This portrays what Nathaniel Hawthorne looked like most of his life. Nathaniel was a very quiet person. As a young boy he did not have boy friends that he would go out and play with. As a way of communication, Hawthorne wrote many letters to people (Woodberry, 6). When Hawthorne became older he was often known to join friends at clubs and outdoor sports. He later added the “w” to his last name to make it look the way it was pronounced (Dictionary of World Biography, 1064). During his adolescent years, Hawthorne became a very private person. This evolved from after his father getting killed. Hawthorne's family had to depend on his mothers mother for everything. This made him feel insecure of himself and shy. 2007-03-20T04:06:26-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Puritan-Themes-in-Nathaniel-Hawthorne-s-Writing-32850.aspx The graphic, gory, vile, and intense movie called 300 is about two opposing armies constantly battling each other. On one side is the sinister Persian army with thousands of soldiers ready to clobber any foe. On the other side are the audience's heroes, the Spartans. The Persians, led by Xerxes wish to conquer all of Greece. However, the city of Sparta is in their path and the soldiers of Sparta are known for their extraordinary performance on the battlefield. With the Persians wanting to conquer and destroy Greece and the Spartans ready to defend their city, many gruesome battles take place in what is now known as the Battle of Thermopylae. I believe this movie is accurate according to the historical event that took place in 480 B.C. The film gives a good impression of how much more massive the Persian army is compared to the Spartan army. Also, the Spartan army is known for their strong army and this is greatly expressed through out the movie. The strongest characteristic about the movie are the special effects which enhance the reality of the battles. Some of the scenes are so strongly portrayed such as disembodied body parts, obscene pictures, and disgusting images of facial expressions that it is hard to watch at times. There is one view about the movie that does not compliment the past historical battle. There were actually many Greek city-states that united to fight the Persians. In the film 300, the plot revolves around primarily on the Spartan soldiers and a little on the Arcadian soldiers. In 480 B.C. there were many other Greek city-states involved in the battles and it wasn�t until the very end of the war that Sparta was the only army left standing and willing to fight. Of course, creating a perspective of a desperate attempt to save a city by one army instead of many is much more interesting to watch in my opinion. The two stories of the movie 300 and the play Oedipus, contain the theme of hubris. However, the theme is not displayed the same way between the two stories. Oedipus believes he can conquer any foe, but because of his mistakes in the past he is brought to wreck and ruin in his prime as a king. King Leonidas, the leader of 2007-03-12T08:31:57-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Film-Review-Essay-on-the-Movie-300-32789.aspx The Use of Language by Robert Browning Robert Browning utilized the format of the dramatic monologue, the creation of expectation and surprise, and extensive use of figurative language to support the theme of possessive love in his works "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover". The dramatic personae in these works provide surprising accounts of their tormented and often jealous love and the results of their actions determine the startling revelations within each monologue. Their possessive love not only drives them to violent acts, but provides them with seemingly rational excuses for their behavior. Though Browning utilizes the format of the dramatic monologue in both "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover", there are a number of important distinctions between the monologic persona and the implied audience in each of these works. It is important to note these differences because they demonstrate the interactions that lead each persona to distinguish and excuse their actions relative to possessive love. In "My Last Duchess", it is clear that Browning intended to demonstrate a relationship between the monologic character and the perceived audience, while in "Porphyria's Lover" there is a determined lack of a pre-designed relationship between the dramatic persona and the audience, allowing for a completely impersonal format (Jones 301). The dramatic persona in "My Last Duchess" is developed through the use of a monologue which is actually a non-responsive dialogue between the Duke of Ferrara and an agent, the man he hopes will negotiate his marriage to the niece of the Count of Tyrol in Austria (Bain 373). The history behind this poem suggests the presence of two individuals, and the direction of the work demonstrates this interaction. The dramatic persona, the Duke, presents the painting of the Duchess to the agent, and asks that the agent observe the painting: "Will't please you sit and look at her?" (line 5). Through the single-sided discourse that Browning creates, the Duke almost appears to answer questions presented by the agent: "And seemed as they would ask me, if they durst,/How such a glance came there; so, not the first/Are you to turn and ask thus." (lines 11-13). The use of this second-consciousness that never speaks allows Browning to incorporate participation by the audience in inferring the response of the agent, and this is an effective means of bringing the audience into the 2007-03-05T14:14:13-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-Use-of-Language-by-Robert-Browning-32739.aspx Critical Analysis of David Boaz's Essays From David Boaz’s essay What Rights Do We Have? it seems that the First Amendment and the Declaration of Independence is getting more and more publicity. Since the 1990s politicians and people jumped on the train of “I have the right to…” which blitz across the nation like a tornado. Boaz tried to draw out the significance of America’s most important document on the issue of rights—the Declaration of Independence. According to Boaz, the theory of rights starts from the most fundamental right, the “Basic Rights.” Inside the “Basic Rights”, he provided us with two of the most important rights—property rights and Freedom of conscience. Of course, none of these would be possible without the “Self-Ownership” which means that every one is the owner of themselves, including their bodies and minds. Boaz later concluded that all human rights can be represented by property rights, because we are the owner of our bodies and we have the right to do whatever we desire to our legally owned property as long as we are not forcing others to serve our needs. If we support Boaz’s point of view, then our government is clearly violating and constantly restricting our rights. “No one has the right to prevent another person from expressing his thoughts and trying to persuade others of his opinion” (Boaz 740). And “murder a person is the greatest possible violation of his rights.”(Boaz 735) It all seems a very agreeable statement right? But Dr. Jack Kevorkian is serving his time for helping his patient taking their legal property away from them when they are voluntarily giving up their own property while some of them are unable to perform the task on their own. Some people might also argue that in Dr. Kevorkian’s case, he actually performed the injection into his patients’ body, which sentenced him to prison for second-degree murder but nevertheless his patient all signed the agreement which granted Kevorkian the right of taking their property away and he did not force any of his patients to die, he just simply “persuaded” others to believe his opinion. People have the right to say whatever they want but there are some things that people should not say, if they know it is not “right to say it” but they do it anyway they are going 2007-03-04T18:49:42-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Critical-Analysis-of-David-Boaz-s-Essays-32718.aspx Obsession Compulsive Disorder When I was searching for topics I had a few main ideas in mind but I wasn’t sure which one I wanted to choose, Obesity, O.C.D. and Plastic Surgery were some of the ones I wanted to do but I also considered some others. After searching obesity I found that there was not a lot of information on this topic and most of it was not backed up by a person or there site just plainly looked phony. Then I searched for information on O.C.D. and found a lot of information on it but really did not want to select this as a topic because of the load of information. Right before I was going to move on to plastic surgery I realized that one of my friends was already doing that and was pretty sure that it was what she wanted to do and I really didn’t want to do the same thing that someone else was doing. Then I had to decide if I wanted to do my I-search on obesity, O.C.D. or a completely new topic. I knew that if I searched for it new topic it would leave me less time to work on the rest of my paper, writing my paper on O.C.D. would give me a lot of information that my paper would need. I didn't know very much about this topic before researching it but wanted to know what it was because I had heard someone claim to have it. My questions I have for this topic are: What they are doing to help patience’s with this disorder?, Is there a cure?, What are the signs?, Can it be inherited?, And more information on what it is? “Lather, Rinse, Repeat. Repeat. This may sound like a shampoo bottle, but it is not. It is just one of the many rituals that may plague the mind of someone who has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or O.C.D.” (Understanding O.C.D.) Perhaps what is worse though is that people with O.C.D are widely misunderstood, especially as children and teenagers. If the public were more educated about the causes, behaviors, and treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, the people who suffer with it would not have to suffer in silence. I found out that O.C.D. is an illness 2007-02-16T18:21:56-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Obsession-Compulsive-Disorder-I-search-32630.aspx Criticism of the Biases Found in Nature Writing Many of the earliest stories focused on the state of being, of living and enhancing comprehension of the natural world, or the wilderness. By experiencing nature firsthand, it allows for the possibility of discovering meaning in our own lives and our relationship with the world around us. There is a very personal connection between the individual and the experiences he has accumulated. From these experiences, private points of view are formed within the self, and every human being will react and interpret these experiences differently. Whether it is a moment of “outsight”, an epiphany, or a heightened sense of awareness, the lessons we learn and the truths we take from experiencing nature are infinitely unique. Following such an encounter with the natural world, humans have a pressing need to express themselves, to share their experiences as best they can, to pass on a part of themselves. This is where nature writing falls short. Such personal experiences are meant to be shared, but cannot be taken for the truth - for we all have our own truths, morals and opinions. What must be understood is that what one person may get out of a sunrise or an avalanche is quite different from the next individual. We all have our own interpretations of nature, and by reading another’s viewpoint it not only taints our own experiences of what is but confuses your beliefs. It may not be possible to truly experience nature any longer, because of this phenomena called ‘nature writing’. Too many ambitious author’s have described the world as they see it, that today we cannot help but seeing things through their eyes and not our own. We are told how to experience nature, and this takes away from the personal interaction. Nature exists only when “filtered through out optical nerves, our ’senses’, our fiercely romantic expectations.” (Oates, p.230) We expect what we have been told to expect, and get just that, nothing more. Oates goes on to state that, “a wise man filters his emotions through his brain” (Oates, p.231), and not through his prose. Then why are so many talented writers buying into this? This is exactly what Plumwood explains in “Being Prey”, that “we all want to pass on our story” (Plumwood, p,192). The question is how honest and unbiased by personal experiences can the author’s voice be? Humans have a 2007-02-02T17:04:08-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Criticism-of-the-Biases-Found-in-Nature-Writing-32521.aspx Representations of Male Power Traditionally media representations of men have always involved power and other characteristics commonly associated with males and masculinity. In the past, media texts have generally constructed men to conform to specific ideals understood by society regarding masculinity and the idyllic male qualities. These principles in today’s society describe what is known as dominant masculinity. While it is common for modern society to construct texts reflecting dominant masculine values, new representations of men are evolving. Within modern media texts, the representation of men often challenges the central attitude regarding dominant masculinity. This essay will discuss how media representations of men have transformed over time, and how traditional masculinity values have been confronted with radical ideologies concerning construction of men and multiple masculinities. Historically males have been classed as superior to females, privileged with greater rights and have governed societies through the patriarch system. Another key signifier associated with men is power. The fore-mentioned ideas are the principles on which dominant masculinity is based, and where the concept evolved. The ideologies of traditional masculinity are personified within today’s media through portrayal of strong, tough, cool and heterosexual stars. Archetypal of this being stars such as Clint Eastwood, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. Similarly the actual characters within films are constructed possessing power and masculine attributes. The media essentially normalizes these qualities within males and creates a desire for men to achieve similarity and conform to societies model of masculinity. The universalism of traditional masculinity was assisted by the development of film early in the twentieth century. Films were predominantly produced in America and as a result the values and attitudes of American society were adopted throughout the Western world. The effect of controlling the film and media production, and subsequently widespread cultural values followed the process of cultural imperialism, where one culture asserts its economic and political control over another country (O’Shaughnessy, 1999, p 99). The primary production of Western film and Gangster films at this time reflected American society and it’s values. Within these texts power, strength and authority were crucial characteristics and these traits were therefore commonly associated with masculine ideologies. Often modern texts and films defy the ideologies presented within dominant masculinity. There are many alternative representations that can be distinguished in modern texts. Contemporary constructions of men often show more feminist characteristics, diverse sexuality and other traits that oppose traditional masculinity such as being less 2007-02-02T16:47:52-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Representations-of-Male-Power-32512.aspx Character Sketch of Kim from "On the Right Track" Many people in today’s world may feel out of place, and feel they have little to no control over their life. This influences them to do the funny things they do to make them feel like they are “somebody”, and that they do have some control over their lives. An example of this would be in the classic “school yard bully.” Every school has at least one, and these kids probably have some problems in their family or at home that they are ashamed of and have absolutely no control over. Their low self esteem leads them to play the role of the “tough guy” by picking on others smaller or weaker then themselves, in order to mask who they really are or how they may be feeling. This control over other people makes them feel as if they now have control over their life, and makes them feel like the have a place in life, even if that place is to make others miserable. In the short story On the Right Tack by Dorothy Chisholm the character Kim has a lot in common with the school yard bully. However, this similarity is not that she picks on people like a bully, but in the way that she feels ashamed of her family life and has the need to mask her true self because of this insecurity. Kim feels as if she has no control over her life, and has to take some sort of action to feel in control. Kim tries to hide her true self, because she is ashamed of her background, and lives her life as almost a lie by trying to be accepted into higher culture. The character Kim has many strong points of view. These views are basically things that she is trying to stay away from because she feels they are lower class, uncultured, and would only hold her back from becoming accepted into a higher class. This makes Kim a very opinionated character. Kim doesn’t like uncultured people, no matter how nice they may be on the inside, “I told Kim I thought Donny was nice but she says, warehouse, talk about downward mobility.” (Page 246). This shows that Kim feels Donny will not be going anywhere in life, and she doesn’t like 2007-01-09T01:45:24-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Character-Sketch-of-Kim-from-On-the-Right-Track-32303.aspx Analysis of Naturalism In Short Story "The Jewels" The main character in the short story, The Jewels, follows the elements of naturalism very well. M. Lantin is displayed without sentimentalism and is followed from an almost scientific perspective. M. Lantin is also driven by greed. M. Lantin is followed almost as if in a scientific experiment. Maupassant describes Lantin with very little emotion. Every now and then M. Lantin will smile, and he loves his wife very much, but Maupassant follows his life with very little emotional interest. Even when a large even in M. Lantin’s life occurred, Maupassant tells the reader in a very brief, uncaring manner: “M. Lantin, then chief book keeper to the Minister of the Interior, making thirty-five hundred francs a year, proposed to her and married her.”(Maupassant, 20) Near the middle of the story, when M. Lantin’s wife dies, Guy de Maupassant writes only three paragraphs about Mme. Lantin’s death and M. Lantin’s grief. The description of Mme. Lantin’s death is very short and uncompassionate: “When she had been to the opera one evening in the winter, she returned home shivering with cold. The next day she began to cough. Eight days later she died from an inflammation of the lungs.” (Maupassant, 21) After Mme. Lantin’s death, Maupassant describes the hardships the M. Lantin goes through: “But life was now hard for him. His salary, which in his wife’s hands, was sufficient for all the household needs, was now inadequate for him alone.” (Maupassant, 21) This description is very brief and very objective, displaying no emotion towards the hardship that M. Lantin would actually be going through. Descriptions like that can be found throughout the story. Eventually, greed becomes a large factor in M. Lantin’s life. Once he discovers that his wife’s jewels are real, he quickly sells them and “inherits” almost two hundred thousand francs. However, when M. Lantin tells his employer he is no longer an employee, he states he has inherited three hundred thousand francs: “I come, sir, to give you my resignation. I have just inherited three hundred thousand francs.” (Maupassant, 25) The amount of money he inherited seemed to grow with everyone he met: “Finding himself near a distinguished-looking gentleman, he could not resist the itch to confide in him, with a certain coyness, that he had just 2007-01-06T20:59:55-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Analysis-of-Naturalism-In-Short-Story-The-Jewels-32254.aspx Becoming a Better English Student Last year my ability to write was above the average of my English class. At the time I thought that reading and writing were the only things to English. This year I was handed a light to show me that reading and writing are only the outlines of English. When handed this light I started seeing the interior: the texture, the color, and a lot more about the high lights of English. The texture of English is the thought evolved with it. This past year I have learned how to look at things in different perspectives, and then how to change that into words. We used this “different perspective” when we wrote observational writings. In observational writings we had to write about something that we had observed, but we weren’t allowed say that we were there in any way. This type of writing enhanced our ability to keep our thoughts and ourselves completely out of our writings. When people write English they can’t only write in the observational writing type. So they use the other types, or colors of English. When colors are thought of, people usually think of something such as the rainbow. But when I think of colors, I think of them as something that gives character, and difference. At the beginning of this year I didn’t have a clue about the colors of English, but now I have used my light to see more that just black and white. This year I have come to see that a few of the colors of English are analogies, sonnets, memoirs, and problem solution papers. I have also been able to learn the difference between certain colors. Last year I not only didn’t see that memoirs and biographies are colors, but I also didn’t know the difference that I know now. The textures and the colors of English create a picture, but it’s not a perfect picture until you add some highlights. These highlights would be the depth of English. In the ninth grade I thought that any piece of English that had depth, or meaning, had to be this drawn out one hundred-page article. But after reading some of the most simple sentences, such as this one from the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, “From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me.” I have been able to realize that there 2006-12-29T15:44:02-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Becoming-a-Better-English-Student-32152.aspx Thoreau's Country Thousands of years ago, the Greeks and the Romans gained a powerful estate by establishing a strong and stable government. Likewise, behind every country’s economic stability today, lies its government’s polices. In the “Resistance to Government,” Henry David Thoreau portrays government’s involvement in people’s lives as he says limits the rights of individuals. His opinionated statement that says, “That government is best which governs not at all,” strongly refers to his disbelief in the government’s engagement in people’s lives. Thoreau’s ideas do not prove to be realistic in the present society and lack the potential in people to act upon them. Today, government’s reliability and systematic polices allow a steadiness in the life of the people. The reliability of the government in the United States exists in a strongly manner. Everything, from road construction to public school system obtain their foundation with the organization the government provides. Programs like health insurance, medical insurance and welfare that come from the government benefit the citizens in numerous ways. They provide financial help when people need it the most while suffering through severe times like a medical disorder. Through the military defense system, the government also assists the people with protection from domestic as well as foreign forces. It also maintains peace with other countries; therefore, avoiding wars and any other destructions. Thoreau fails to recognize the reliability of the government and says, “I have paid no poll tax for six years (Resistance to Civil Government, 222).” While taxes appear as a loss in a person’s income, it serves as a source to meet the people’s needs. Taxes enable the government to establish its programs and look after the people’s necessities. Even though everyone does not agrees with what the tax money supports, it evidently benefits him or her indirectly in other ways. The systematic policies acquired by the government also helps in bettering the lives of the people. The government’s divisions into executive, legislative and judicial branches balance out its power and control over the people. When attacking the government Thoreau declares, “The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual (Resistance to Civil Government, 224).” In today’s society, many people probably agree on 2006-12-29T15:42:49-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Thoreau-s-Country--32151.aspx Life Lessons from "The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket" In his short story, “The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket,” Yasunari Kawabata shares words of wisdom through the eyes of the narrator. Kawabata presents the narrator as someone who is on the outside looking in. However, his words are a key element to the story because they reflect valuable lessons that the children may need for future reference. The narrator wants to save the children from heartache and disappointment, however he fails to realize that all children must experience these emotions for themselves in order to become mature. As the narrator stares into the lives of the children, it seems as though he is reliving his own life. His comments give the impression that he once made wrong decisions based on immaturity and therefore the children should not follow the same path. As a result, the narrator makes comments (unknown to the children) that gives a warning on what he sees from the outside. Since the children display youth and ignorance, it should not make sense that the narrator understands the children’s actions. Because of Fujio and Kiyoko’s age, the way of handling the grasshopper and the bellcricket took a different perspective then the narrator. When Fujio announced he found a grasshopper and asked who wanted it, he purposely waited for Kiyoko to ask for it. "Oh, I thought. I felt slightly jealous of the boy, and sheepish. How silly of me not to have understood his actions until now,” (63) said the narrator. Fujio did that deliberately to get a closer look at Kiyoko. Through experience, the narrator has learned better and therefore there is no reason he would understand Fujio’s actions, unless he experienced the same. As the story continues, the audience recognizes there is a connection between the grasshopper and the bell cricket. Compared to everyday life, some things are ordinary and there are some that are special. Another one of the narrator’s warnings is introduced as the children are concerned over the grasshopper and the bell cricket. The grasshopper represents something ordinary while the bell cricket represents something that is special. Although the whole time Fujio thought he had something ordinary, he 2006-12-20T02:19:50-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Life-Lessons-from-quot-The-Grasshopper-and-the-Bell-Cricket-32113.aspx Critical Analysis of "Haunted Sister" This story is based on a girl named Janine Palmer and her dead twin sister Lenore. Janine was in a terrible car accident; in the process her dead twin sister Lenore has inhabited Janine’s body with Janine in it. Lenore believes that her twin sister Janine is the reason she is dead so Lenore has come back to try and have the life she believes was stolen from her. Lenore is trying to have a life inside Janine’s body, being able to date guys and doing what she chooses forgetting that it is Janine’s body and Janine’s life not Lenore’s. In the meanwhile Janine hates the fact her dead twin sister is trying to share her body and life and is trying to get rid of her as soon as possible. Janine tells her little brother, William and his friend Anna Mae that Lenore is inside of her but that didn’t help she tried to tell her parents but she knew that they wouldn’t believe her. This story is based on a young girl names Janine Palmer, she was in a horrible car accident, which nearly lead her to death. While she was in her near fatal experience, her dead twin sister encounters Janine and returns with Janine to the real world, in Janine’s body. Janine’s life was spared because it wasn’t Janine’s time to leave; yet Lenore sneaks back in Janine’s body. Through this story Janine is being over-concerned by her twin sister Lenore. Lenore is trying to take over Janine’s life, slowly yet surely Lenore was gaining more power over Janine. -“I couldn’t stop Lenore.” Page 196 -“Lenore you don’t even know what your promising.” Page 134 In this story Lenore is the antagonist in this story because she’s trying to take over Janine’s life, believing that Janine is the reason Lenore dies all those years ago. And now she believes she deserves her part to have a real life; a life she’s missed out on all those years. Lenore is the daring twin she made Janine do things that Janine didn’t want to do, such as take her mothers car, steal the bracelet and go out on dates with Rafe. –“ Lenore, I screamed. Lenore, you don’t know how to drive a car.” Page 197 -“Startled, I watched it reach out, pick up the blue 2006-12-19T03:29:29-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Critical-Analysis-of-Haunted-Sister-32060.aspx Critical Analysis of "The Shadow" by Edgar Allan Poe In layman's terms, The Shadow- A Parable, by Edgar Allan Poe to the untrained eye could be seen as a sadistic, unordered, confusing pile of thoughts that should be banned from the folder of Classic American literature. But to the trained eye, the Shadow is a work of art, a beautifully told story, with details so commonplace today, but yet were so revolutionary in Poe’s time. Classic of all of Poe’s literature the Shadow has many shared Poe motifs, directly meets Poe’s classic standards for storytelling, both of which are characteristics radical for literature of Poe’s time. The story starts out with an introduction to the reader, who as the narrator states could be reading at a time long since the narrator’s death, perhaps even centuries since. Also stating that “…yet a few who will find much to ponder upon the characters here…”, this meaning a few who read will find much more than the obvious to ponder about from the depths of the story. Next the story moves on to start the telling, and the narrator explains details of the setting such that “the year had been a year of terror”, this the a year during the time of the plague. That to him, the narrator, now identified as the Greek Oinos, among others, the “alternation of the seven hundred and ninety-fourth year” the spirit of the skies, “made itself manifest not only in the physical orb of the earth, but also in the souls….of mankind.”, the narrator stating here that a higher power having to do with the coming of the rotation of seven hundred and ninety-four years, has not only affected the physical earth, but also the souls of men. The Narrator then explains over some wine, seven men, shut out from the outside world were gathered around a man named Zoilus, dead a product of the plague, and described as “the genius and the demon of this scene”. The air, atmosphere, and objects of the room are described as heavy, laden with a sense of suffocation and anxiety, among other dark depressive feelings. The seven men are in the process of getting drunk of wine “that reminded us(the men) of blood” , and the narrator, among the others, cannot give attention to the dead man Zoilus, instead looking 2006-12-19T02:33:53-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Critical-Analysis-of-The-Shadow-by-Edgar-Allan-Poe-32049.aspx Short Story Analysis of "Liberty Hall" In the short story “Liberty Hall,” Ring Lardner contrasted the superior to the inferior—Mrs. Thayer symbolizing the superior and Mr. Drake symbolizing the inferior. Throughout the story, Lardner cleverly utilized literary devices such symbolism and irony to strengthen the plot of the story. These devices did not only enhance the efficiency of Lardner’s work, but they were critical in the short story format. With limited space and time, the writer needed to fully develop a complete story from setting point to denouement and possibly resolution. Lardner used these devices to draw both humor and laughter in “Liberty Hall.” The humor allowed the reader to sympathize and accommodate with the main characters of the story. Without the presence of symbolism and irony, “Liberty Hall” would loose much of its meaning. As the story began, Mrs. Drake introduced Mr. Drake as a music writer and a conductor who was part of the “Lambs” club. The word “Lambs” was very significant in which it described and symbolized the weakness of Mr. Drake’s characteristic throughout the story. Not only was he weak, he was also acted like a child in front of Mrs. Thayer. His first encounter with Mrs. Thayer was on the limousine, which he was already following her commands. As the Drake’s arrived to the Thayer’s house, they were amazed of the perfection of the house and the room that was assigned to them. As an introduction to the visits, Mrs. Thayer offered Mr. Thayer coffee and asked if he wanted to try her rich cream. Although he rejected to have her cream in his coffee, Mrs. Thayer gave it to him anyway. Like a child, he was defeated by her argument and was not able to demand for another coffee. With a childish mind, he lied to her and said, “The cream is wonderful.” After coffee, Mr. Drake really wanted to smoke his Jaguar cigar. Once again, Mrs. Thayer stopped him and offered him to smoke her Trump cigar. Although it was the worst cigar he had ever smoked, he continued to follow her command one after another. In this scenery, the word “Trump” was very significant in which it symbolized Mrs. Thayer’s strong personality and superiority toward Mr. Drake. As the story developed, the next symbol that 2006-12-18T22:19:49-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Analysis-of-Liberty-Hall-32036.aspx Critical Analysis of "On Dumpster Driving" by Lars Eighner The essay on “On Dumpster Diving” written by Lars Eighner is about a homeless man, accompanied by his dog, explaining the strategies and guidelines of surviving from dumpsters, thereby exemplifying the wasteful nature of Americans, while explaining the etiquette involved in the process. The author began dumpster diving about a year before he became homeless. He used all of his infrequent income for rent, consequently having to derive all of life necessities from dumpsters. He then goes on to share the valuable information he has learnt as a human scavenger. He starts by outlining the guidelines of what is safe to eat. The main principles involved are, using senses and common sense to evaluate the condition of food, knowing the dumpsters in a particular area and checking them frequently, and always wonder why the food was discarded. He is convinced that a lot of perfectly good food is discarded. Canned goods turn up fairly often in dumpsters and are among the safest foods. However, some canned foods can cause fatal diseases like botulism. Dried foods such as crackers, cookies, cereal, chips and pasta are usually safe to eat, once they are free from visible contaminates. Raw fruits and vegetables are usually safe, except for the rotten ones. Confectionery like chocolate and other hard candies are also safe, since candying is a method of food preservation. Carbonated beverages tend to be good if they still fizz, and alcoholic juice mixes were always appreciated. The author also scavenged pizzas from a dumpster behind a pizza delivery shop. Prepared food was usually not safe, but he retrieved the pizzas immediately after the shop was closed. These extra pizzas were due to prank calls, incorrect orders, or customer rejection, and were perfectly good when discarded. The pizzas shop made efforts to discourage the author but they were in vain. The author was also wary of a number of items. He was cautious of leafy vegetables, grapes, cauliflower and broccoli, because they may contain liquid contaminants that are difficult to wash away. Fruit juices were known to contain nasty molds and were usually avoided. The author avoided game, poultry, pork, egg-based foods and fish, which tend to spoil quickly. On rare occasions he would find large amounts of beef that he was able to cook. He also stayed away from leftovers since they were usually spoilt. Despite 2006-12-18T17:46:57-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Critical-Analysis-of-On-Dumpster-Driving-by-Lars-Eighner-32006.aspx The Female Role in Quest Stories When we think of “quest” stories what do we see? Knights in shinny armor? Magic? Fantasy? Fighting? Damsels in distress? Yes, in quest stories we do have a hero, which is predominately male, handsome, brave, and smart. His part is to defeat the foe, save the damsel, and ride off at the end, right? Sometimes as readers we focus too much attention on the hero and miss other characters that contributes to his success. No, I’m not talking about the sidekick or companion, but what about the women. The women in quest stories do more than be distressful, but also contribute a lot to making a hero “the hero. Using quest stories like Yvain, Perceval, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Shakespeare’s, Pericles we can find that woman can play important roles in quest stories.. One of the many roles a woman fills in quest stories are being helpers or provide aid to the hero. In the story, Yvain, we have a knight that rushes out to defend his cousin’s honor and make a name for himself. Yvain defeat’s another knight, but in the process of pursuing and finishing his enemy he get trapped and left to be possibly killed by an any angry mob. With help of a maiden named, Lunete, gave Yvain a magical ring that made him invisible to the bloodthirsty mob. In the context of this story we see a woman helping the hero in a life-threatening situation. It’s with the help of a woman that kept the hero in this story from loosing his head and giving him the chance to develop into the hero. A women character in quest stories has a sort of power in designating and initiating who the hero is. In Perceval we encounter the old fashion “damsel in distress story.” Perceval, eager to be a knight helps out a princess named, Blancheflor, by defeating a tyrant. You may ask, “Now how did a woman in this story contribute to the making of Perceval as the hero?” Will it is simple. Blancheflor, being the princess in distress, told Perceval of her situation of being overtaken by a tyrant. It is here that we must understand that Blancheflor wasn’t asking for Perceval to intervene or help her, she 2006-12-08T03:14:34-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-Female-Role-in-Quest-Stories-31950.aspx Quatation Analysis Exercise Quote: Our name is Equality 7-2521, as it is written on the iron bracelets which all men wear on their left wrists with their names upon it. We are twenty-one years old. We are six feet tall, and this is a burden, for there are not many men who are feet tall. (18) Response: In Ayn Rand’s book ANTHEM, the Equality 7-2521 people are the major characters in the story Anthem. From the beginning of the story to the end they have been the most important people. Equality 7-2521 people were always trying to rebel against the Council people for freedom. The Counsel people are treating these groups of people like slaves. They have to always work, and everything there is forbidden for them. All the groups have specific jobs. And Equality’s jobs are street sweepers. They sweep the streets of the council people. For the Council people to know who is who they make the groups wear these iron bracelets that have their names on them. The Equality people are the street sweepers of the state. They work for the Counsel people. The Equality people are the most evil people in the state the teachers and Leaders say. In the beginning of the story they stole a candle form the Home of the Street Sweepers. If the Counsel people find this out they would be sent to the Palace of Corrective Detention. The Counsel people mostly hate the equality group. But anyways the Counsel treats all the Groups like this and gives them no freedom to do anything. There are many other groups but this one is the most important. This group is also trying to get freedom here but they are the only ones that are trying to do so. Equality’s need for freedom is very important in the story. If I were like a slave for a state I would try to fight against it also. I would also hate the idea of wearing iron bracelets with my names on it. I would do anything to run away also to get as far as I could from the State. The work I would have to do, I would make it much easier for my 2006-12-07T19:39:07-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Quatation-Analysis-Exercise-31939.aspx How Characters Determine Incidents and Outcomes “Character determines incident. Incident illustrates character.” In other words, a person’s character will decide how he or she acts in certain situations, and a person’s actions will show aspects of their character. Using Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein as an example, Victor Frankenstein is a man whose character determines incidents and whose actions or incidents illustrate his character. Character determines incident; Mental or moral constitution, a personality will settle or decide something that occurs. Victor Frankenstein is a selfish, conceited man. He never thinks about anyone else until his reputation maybe at stake, then he becomes concerned about the future of mankind. He does not think about the consequences of his work. How it will effect his family, friends, etc. This is how the monster came into being. Thoughtlessly in terms of what could happen, and selfishly. Victor believes that “a new species would bless [him] as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to [him].” Victor only considers how he would be ‘blessed’ by a new species, and essentially how his creatures would praise him as a sort of god. He never thought about how others would be affected by the creatures, just himself. Even when the creature comes into being he only thinks about himself. “I considered the being whom I had cast among man kind, and endowed with the will and power to effect purposes of horror…nearly in the light of my own vampire, my own spirit let loose from the grave, and forced to destroy all that was dear to me.” Even when he is thinking about the destruction the monster is causing he talks about himself, his creation, all that is dear to him, not ‘the monster’, or the people he is actually killing. Victor’s arrogance and lack of care for others is the cause of his creation. Victor Frankenstein’s selfish moral or mental constitution decides the making of the monster. Incident illustrates character; something that occurs makes a person’s moral or mental constitution clear. Frankenstein’s reactions to the monster’s actions show the selfish aspects of Frankenstein’s character. “I paused and reflected on the story I had to tell…I well knew that if any other had communicated such a relation to me, I should have looked 2006-12-07T15:31:32-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/How-Characters-Determine-Incidents-and-Outcomes-31925.aspx On the Importance of Reading Despite the fact that most people feel that reading is a leisure activity, it has enormously effected their lives in many diverse ways. I feel that something as simple as reading or writing will have an impact on a future job, position, or even a game show. I feel that the different texts and contents you read, will eventually turn out to be the more knowledge in different areas and fields you will come acquainted with. When I first started out reading, I read 100-paged fiction stories on dragons and medieval war. Then, as this subject became one of my top interests, I started reading non-fiction books about medieval warfare and even about different countries during that time. In comparison, my writing started out very poorly as I used run-on sentences and improper grammar and punctuation. This has advanced greatly overtime as I wrote more and more essays, papers, and short stories. Not only does reading and writing enhance over time, it also opens the door to absorb information which effects school performances. To begin with, it has helped me learn things that are not taught in school or by a teacher. Reading magazines and newspapers daily informs me with what is going on in the outside world, and in my community. Most of the contents in newspapers are about current events and issues. By reading these articles, I can now read faster and more efficiently. Also writing e-mails to my friends and relatives definitely enhances my way of writing a "friendly letter" which is not taught in school. This method teaches me the different techniques used for writing a friendly letter. For example, instead of starting my letter out with a formal introduction, I could just talk about what I have done today. Friendly letters are a type of writing which is not required to be taught, but is learnt on my free time. Lastly, reading short poems increases my knowledge of many different poetry methods and ideas. Since there are so many different poets in the world, I have learnt tons of styles just by reading a few poems. Poetry is a type of writing, which is not thoroughly taught in school, but I feel it is very important to learn. Every poem I read whether 2006-12-07T15:30:22-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/On-the-Importance-of-Reading-31924.aspx Equality Between the Sexes in Paradise Lost Upon reading Paradise Lost, Milton’s viewpoint on woman’s role in society can be viewed as barbaric. Milton also creates an idealized world in which the woman is content with duties associated with women that were created by society. Milton is a product of his time. During the time of Milton’s literary career, women were looked upon as the weaker species. Many different ideas and characteristics were used to define women. Women were meant to be seen and not heard. This view is conveyed within the lines of this work. Paradise Lost does indeed depicts a world that can be considered the woman’s traditional sphere In this context, the Garden of Eden is depicted as being the home and traditional sphere of woman. Rather than create a world that revolved around war, Milton chose to create one that satisfied his idea of the home for women while ridiculing the idea of glorifying war. Allusions about the war in heaven are used to illustrate the contempt Milton had for war-related epics. Milton illustrates various instances that coincide with the idea of the traditional sphere of woman. In this particular epic, marriage is one of the main subjects of the work, but is not the sole main subject. The main subject of the work involves describing the ways of God to man. Though marriage is not main subject, I do agree that the active role is shared, but not equally, between the two individuals. Milton’s descriptions of Eve’s actions and characteristics and conversations held between Adam and Eve indicate the non-equality of roles between the sexes. Milton’s views on a woman’s place in society are personified through Eve. Though biblically-based, many of Milton’s descriptions derive from the tenants of his time. Women had very little to do that could make them a charitable asset to society. Their main duties included maintaining the household and tending to the needs of their spouses and children. They were thought to be unknowledgeable about anything that was outside of housework. In Book IX, Milton describes Eve’s role. She is described as an “associate sole” to Adam (Paradise Lost 227). Eve’s role is furthered discussed when Adam says: “In woman, than to study household good, and good works in her Husband to promote” (Paradise Lost 233-34). These lines state that women should study household duties and promote goodness in their 2006-12-07T05:28:46-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Equality-Between-the-Sexes--31915.aspx Jubilee Jubilee is a historical novel written by Margaret Walker. Mrs. Walker’s full name was Margaret Walker Alexander and she was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1915. As a child, her mother and father helped start her interest literature by teaching her philosophy and poetry. Margaret Walker's novel Jubilee, 2006-12-07T05:26:53-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Jubilee--31914.aspx Theodore Dreiser was a part of the naturalist movement. His works depicted real-life subjects in a harsh and gritty manner. Many of his novels were controversial and considered amoral. Dreiser grew up in a poor, working-class family in Terre Haute, Indiana. An American Tragedy, his most commercially successful novel, tells the story of young man searching for success and fame. An American Tragedy is told from a naturalistic and deterministic point of view. Determinism deals with an individual’s fate being determined by his environment and heredity. This ideal is based on Charles Darwin’s views. It shows the dark side of the American dream. An American Tragedy was based on a criminal case, the Gillete-Brown murder case, the drowning of a pregnant woman in a New York lake by her boyfriend in 1906. It is a story of corruption in regards to achieving the American dream, money and status. The time frame the story is set in has a great deal to do with how Dreiser builds his story. The story had multiple settings but one of the main settings is New York in the 1920s. All over the country, people saw New York as the “city of dreams.” The 1920s is a time frame that was known as “the Roaring Twenties.“ During this time, many people flocked to New York in hopes of attaining their individual dreams as Clyde did in the story. Many Americans became very rich because of the booming stock market. The Americans that possessed an average income even become wealthier in worldly goods by being able to acquire cars and indoor plumbing. During this period, morals were not important. Prostitution, bootlegging, and racketeering were a sign of the times. Dreiser portrayed the characters in the story according to what occurred, no matter what the level of immorality was. New York is associated with being fast-paced and very socially and economically inclined. Clyde Griffiths, the protagonist of the story, has no judgments about how he achieves his American dream. Material things such as clothes meant a lot to him because they were a sign of wealth and prestige. He moves to New York in hopes of escaping his humble beginnings and starting a new life. With Clyde, everything is only a means to an end. He 2006-12-07T05:24:51-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/An-American-Tragedy-31913.aspx Interpretation of the Rose in "A Rose for Emily" My interpretation of the story “A Rose for Emily”, is that of a women from the old south or reference to other people from the old south that are trying to hold their dignity of the southern gothic heritage. It seems that Miss Emily had been raised with the mindset of Confederate rule and slavery and when her father died she become insane or at least lost her sense of being. It appears that she locked a room in her house after her one love had left her and in this room lye the dead body of her father on the bed. She probably entered the room only to lye next to him and have conversations about her day. I think that the old black man that lived with her was because he could not adjust being free and he wanted to maintain loyalty to a white master, in this case Miss Emily. The smell that was in the house was due to that the black man probably had worked in the field as a slave and did not know how to clean house well. Surely a southern dignified women like Miss Emily was not going to stoop to doing slave work. It appears that the man that she loved had left her heart so heart broken that she could never love again. This explains why she only had one other male that she had ever entertained, after her love, he was a gay man that chased young men in the town. The fact that Miss Emily could not sense time was probably due to the fact that she believed time was not moving forward and she could not mentally see that physical changes around her were happening. In her lost appetite for desire she just sit around and grew fat with no youth left, just bones. I think that her father’s body was rotting away and she bought rat poison to make sure that the rats would stay away from him. Colonel Sartoris was the only person left that knew Miss Emily and her father and could relate to her situation. He provided work for her to 2006-11-15T02:44:37-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Interpretation-of-the-Rose-in-A-Rose-for-Emily-31736.aspx Analysis of "The Death of the Author" In his essay “The Death of the Author”, Roland Barthes attacks the tradition of “Classic criticism” (which he describes as being “tyrannically centred on the author” ), presenting the argument that there is no such thing as the “Author” of a text, but merely a “scriptor” whose ideas are not entirely original; the author is subject to several influences when writing, and as Barthes says we can never know the true influence because writing destructs “every point of origin” . It is not the author (whose voice vanishes at the point of writing), but language that speaks, therefore, the text requires an analysis of language and linguistics, rather than a speaking voice. Barthes emphasises that once the author is removed, it is within the reader of the text that any meaning lies, as the text is open to multiple interpretations by the reader, that the author may not have originally intended (deeming the reader as the more creative force), making the author seem an insignificant figure in literature. Barthes enhances his theory by presenting several examples to illustrate his reasons for believing that the author is “dead”, before finally delivering his main declaration. Beginning the essay by pointing out the disappearance of the narrator in modern literature, Barthes uses the example of the story Sarrasine by Balzac to illustrate the claim that the author disappears at the point of writing, for the reader is able to distinguish more than just a solitary voice in the lines of the text. The notion of the author being merely the “medium” through which writing is presented (it is not the author’s “genius” but “mastery of narration” which is admired) is first examined in the following paragraph, as well as the conflicting Classic criticism - “The explanation is always sought in the person who produced the text…” where the belief has always been that the work is the sole responsibility of the author. Barthes then goes on to refute this by presenting the example of Mallarme, who stressed the importance of linguistic analysis (“it is language that speaks, not the author”) , as well as Proust’s contribution to modern writing, showing the reversal of the roles of author and writing; author creates text becomes text creates author. The lack of meaning in a text (found in Surrealist works, which Barthes mentions) also emphasizes the 2006-11-02T15:46:54-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Analysis-of-The-Death-of-the-Author-31672.aspx Langston Hughes Mother To Son & The Negro Mother Comparison Americans in the early 20th century have been through a series of pivotal events that has affected the country greatly such as the Women Suffrage Movement, The Depression, and two World Wars. However, in my opinion the Harlem Renaissance is the most critical moment in our nation’s history especially for African-Americans. The Harlem Renaissance is during the 1920s and 30s when in the upper Manhattan district of Harlem had become the flourishing capital of African-American culture as writers, musicians, artists, photographers, philosophers, and intellectuals created works that probed the black American heritage with a psychological intensity and fierce pride. African Americans such as Countee Cullen, Angelina W. Grimke, James Weldon Johnson and much more have been remembered for their writings during the Harlem Renaissance as well as Langston Hughes, who was known as the “king of the Harlem Renaissance.” James Mercer Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, on February 1,1902 to a lawyer and a teacher. Hughes did not live a normal childhood; his parents were divorced and he was forced to move from town to town living with relatives. As a child Hughes had taken up an interest in writing poetry. His career as a poet began, rather abruptly in the spring of 1916 when he was voted class poet even though he had never written a poem. However, he written six poems for graduation and began taken an interest in writing from then on. Hughes wrote novels, plays, short stories, essays, but he was most known for his poetry. The realities of the black experiences and the possibilities of hope and advancement were constantly present in his poetry. He displayed his message in various ways, one in particularly through a mother’s point of view, which is shown in “Mother to Son” and “The Negro Mother.” Langston Hughes’ “Mother to Son” is written entirely from a mother’s viewpoint. I found this interesting because most poets usually write in their outlook. The title implies that the poem is written or spoken from mother to son. “Mother to Son takes the form of a dramatic monologue; that is, a poem spoken in a imagined speaker in this case, a mother to her son. The son has either asked his mother a question or complained 2006-10-31T22:52:03-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Langston-Hughes-Mother-To-Son-The-Negro-Mother-Comparison-31653.aspx Critical Analysis of Milton's "Paradise Lost" It was a time of turmoil, confusion, and frustration. The people were without a leader, they had no direction, and the country was in a state of confusion. The Parliament had rebelled against King Charles I. England blamed God and did not understand why God would put the country in such a state of misery and be the cause of much suffering. The people turned to one of the greatest writers of their time, John Milton, for answers. Milton says that Satan is the true cause of our earthly pain and suffering. In his epic poem, Paradise Lost, Milton attempts to reveal the truth about the character of Satan and "justify the ways of God to men" by showing Satan’s fall from glory, his loathing for the Garden of Eden, and the effect he had on it’s human inhabitants. In Heaven, Satan swelled with pride and envy. He tried to raise a war against the monarchy of God with his host of rebel angels but all was in vain. God cast him down to dwell in a fiery inferno where "rest can never dwell, hope never comes, and torture is without end". Doomed to live with the knowledge of both a "lost happiness and lasting pain." This fallen angle was haunted by the memory of a once better like and also of an eternal physical pain. Although he was surrounded but such a constant agony, Gods grace was still readily available to him. But Satan was swallowed up buy his pride and lust for glory. How could he go groveling back now? And with his whole host of rebel angles behind him? Satan choose himself. Calling together his host of angles he tells them, "Consult how we may henceforth most offend Our Enemy." To do aught good never will be our task, But ever to do evil our sole delight. Out of our evil seek to bring forth good, Our labor must be to pervert that end, And out of good still to find means of evil. Satan knew that he would eventually lose the battle with God. Therefore, to get revenge, he vowed to take down as many as he could with him. He chose to make a hell for himself 2006-10-31T22:42:02-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Critical-Analysis-of-Milton-s-Paradise-Lost-31648.aspx Attitudes Towards Love in "A Birthday and "The Story of an Hour" Christina Rossetti’s poem "A Birthday" and Kate Chopin’s short story "The Story of an Hour" present conflicting attitudes toward love. In particular the speaker in Rossetti’s poem is anticipating and overjoyed by the arrival of her new found love, whereas the character in Chopin’s story, after the initial shock of her new found freedom , was overjoyed by the loss of her love. In the poem and short story several literary elements and techniques were used to convey these different attitudes toward love. A simile is comparison with one thing described as if it were another, using the words "like" or "as". In the poem similes are used to portray the joy of the speaker. Example of the joy of the speaker are found in the liens "My heart is like a singing bird", and "My heart is like a rainbow shell". In the story a simile is used in expressing the initial shock of the character. The words describing the characters shock are "a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in it’s dreams". Symbolism is the use of an object which represents itself and something beyond itself. A tree is a symbol used in both selections to convey there attitude towards love. In the poem the line "My heart is like an apple tree whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit" shows the happiness of the speaker and the fullness of her heart do to her new love. In the line "She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all quivering with the new spring life" The symbol of the tree is used to convey a different attitude towards love. It shows the excitement of the character for her rebirth and freedom obtained by the loss of her love. A character is a fugue who takes part in the action of a literary work. In the two selections the authors use two very different characters in conveying there different attitudes on love. In the poem the character is a young woman who by finding her love dreams of being like a queen at a banquet in a lavishly decorated room. This can be seen in the line "Raise me 2006-10-31T22:23:27-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Attitudes-Towards-Love-in-A-Birthday-and-Story-of-an-Hour-31641.aspx Summary and Thmes of "Holdout" by Robert Scheckley The short story, “Holdout”, but Robert Scheckley, is a story about racism and how it affects everything around it. On a spaceship, captain Sven discovers that his radioman, Forbes, will not serve with a new replacement four-hours before take off. This in turn will affect how the crew run and act on the ship. Captain Sven then goes on to ask different people why his radioman might not want to work with this new replacement. Every single crewmember he asks say it is nothing personal, but it is only racial grounds and therefore, Forbes will not work with the new man. The Captain then wonders how this can be, for the whole crew is racially different. There is an Israeli, a Venusian, Chinese, some Russians, New Yorkers, Melanesians, Africans, and so many other races that the captain could not see why Forbes would not work with this one member. After talking with Vilkin, the Israeli, Sven discovers he hasn’t read or know any about Forbes race, Mountain-Georgian. Vilkin suggests that Sven read two books. Sven ends up taking the advice, but comes to no conclusion about the matter. While this is going on, Sven finds out he must blastoff at the time when scheduled, which makes him very concerned. He decides to go to Forbes himself and find out what the problem is. By talking to Forbes, he finds out that Mountain-Georgians don’t get along with each other. He then tries and reasons with Forbes, telling him a story to make him see things in a big picture. He then asks for Forbes to give the new man, Blake, a shot. Forbes agrees, but after the meeting the man, he has trouble keeping his word. The two Mountain-Georgians stood next to each other in silence when Forbes blurts out “You all white?” By doing this, he finds that Blake is one-eighth Cherokee. This in turn doesn’t make Blake a full Mountain-Georgian and Forbes becomes real friendly with the guy, like he was someone new. The crew then gets along and the ship is able to takeoff on time. In the story “Holdout”, the author, Robert Sheckley, tells of a racial world and all the problems that it holds. He uses the 2006-10-29T22:25:45-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Summary-and-Thmes-of-Holdout-by-Robert-Scheckley-31622.aspx Analysis of "The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allen Poe authored many short stories. Each story depicts a mysterious adventure, or a scary tale of murder or torture. In each of his stories, he usually goes beyond what is real and ventures into a magical and impossible tale. A few of the short stories in which these characteristics are present include, “The Tell-Tale Heart”, “Murders on The Rue 2006-10-29T21:35:30-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Analysis-of-The-Cask-of-Amontillado-31614.aspx Critical Analysis of "The Telegraph Relay Station" The Telegraph Relay Station, a short story written by Norman Lavers, focuses on the plight of a stranded traveler. The traveler, referred to as the narrator in this essay, is stranded for the winter in a telegraph relay station. His only companion is the operator of the station who teaches him Morse code. When the narrator learns that the operator has been tampering with messages and has created his own little world, the narrator is shocked. He is appalled that the operator could interfere with so many people’s lives with such ease. The narrator is quick to point out the operator’s mistake. Realizing his error, the operator disappears into the blinding snow. The narrator is left alone to transmit messages. Shortly after the operator’s departure, the narrator finds himself considering whether or not a message should be changed. Soon, he is altering messages and has created his own world; he abandons his role as the created and becomes the creator. In this paper, I plan to show that the evolution of thought and actions of the narrator demonstrate that though the narrator acknowledges and respects the existence of some divine being whose role is to control the world and its destiny, when presented with the opportunity to exercise that same power, he cannot resist the temptation of wielding that absolute power over a human life. The narrator is not happy about being trapped in the relay station, but the lonely host is obviously thrilled to have company. The two make small talk to pass their time and the operator, eager to have a companion, “cannot seem to stop talking” (651). Eventually, the narrator begins to read the only material available in the station: a Bible, which the host has wrapped in a cloth package. The Bible is described by the narrator as a “true treasure” (652) that holds a “whole great nation’s compendium of wisdom and philosophy and morality” (652-3). His description and the reverence he shows toward the Bible shows that he cherishes it, believes its content, and believes in God (“such is the state of my spiritual nature”) (653). From the outset, the narrator acknowledges that there is a higher being that has the world under His control. The first passage from the 2006-10-28T20:21:50-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Critical-Analysis-of-The-Telegraph-Relay-Station-31603.aspx Critical Analysis of "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe The short story entitled, “The Black Cat”, written by Edgar Allen Poe is a dark and twisted tale of a man who commits an evil deed early in his life that he is never able to forget or forgive himself for. There are many supernatural elements in this story, such as references to apparitions, God, and inescapable acts. It is the latter that is the theme of the story and the strongest reference to unmentioned, unseen forces. This unmentioned force is a strongly believed Buddhist belief, called Karma. Belief in Karma implies that a person who commits good, just acts will be rewarded with better life conditions in their next incarnation. Unjust acts lead to worse conditions in their next life. This story deals with a modified version of that belief, and that is that horrid, unjust acts, like those committed by the narrator of the tale, cannot go unpunished forever. In his early years, the narrator seems like any other man. He falls in love, marries that special girl, and they decide to get a few pets. Some of these pets appear to be quite unusual, but they seem happy and therefore to each his own. They end up with birds, goldfish, a dog, rabbits, and a black cat. This black cat proves to be the man’s faithful companion in his youth, and he and the cat quickly become very attached to one another. However, as this man sunk into the depths of alcoholism, he quickly became intolerant with everything around him, everything including his wife, and his faithful companion, Pluto, which was the cat’s name. He constantly maltreated each of the animals, all except Pluto, whom he left alone because of their early friendship. However, Pluto could not understand that his master had changed and continued to try to stay close to the man, further and further aggravating the man, and eventually driving the man to a fit of madness that caused him to drive his pen into Pluto’s eye, effectively removing the eye from the socket. The cat obviously avoided the man from then on, but the man was so aggravated that he hung Pluto in a near by garden. The man’s house was then burnt to the ground, and because of the actions of one of his neighbor’s, Pluto’s dead body ended up saving the man’s 2006-10-28T19:19:59-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Critical-Analysis-of-The-Black-Cat-by-Edgar-Allan-Poe-31587.aspx The Life and Writings of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe’s life seemed to be cursed almost from the day he was born. Abandoned by his father and losing his mother to pneumonia both happened before Edgar turned three years old. His wife died only ten years after marriage. Two important people in Poe’s life died and one abandoned him. So Poe was a lonely person. Poe’s loneliness was shown in his writings of short stories and poems. Poe’s father left him when he was just a baby. The feeling of abandonment shows in one of Poe’s first writings. In The Gold-Bug, Edgar Allan Poe writes about a man who abandons his family to start a new life, “…Mr. William Legrand. He was of an ancient Huguenot family, and had once been wealthy: but a series of misfortunes had reduced him to want. To avoid the mortification consequent upon his disasters, he left New Orleans, the city of his forefathers and took up a his residence at Sullivan’s Island, near Charleston, South Carolina”(The Gold-Bug). In Tamerlane (he wrote while attending college) Poe repeatedly refers to “father” which is his way of talking to his own father even though he could not remember who his father was. “Unshelter’d - and the heavy wind Rendered me mad and deaf and blind”(Tamerlane). Poe never was homeless in his childhood but the feeling of not having a home can come from the fact that his father left him and never made an attempt to contact him (www.search). Poe did not seem to have high respect for his father. “Kind solace in a dying hour! Such, father, is not (now) my theme…I would not call thee fool, old man. But such is not a gift of thine”(Tamerlane). Edgar Allan Poe also had a feeling of resentment against his father. “From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were; I have not seen As others saw; I could not bring My passions from a common spring. From the same source I have not taken My sorrow; I could not awaken My heart to joy at the same tone; And all I loved, I loved alone.” (Alone). Poe was telling his father in this poem that he might have been a different person had his father not 2006-10-27T19:36:19-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-Life-and-Writings-of-Edgar-Allan-Poe-31567.aspx Short Story Analysis of "Araby" by James Joyce In James Joyce’s short story "Araby," the main character is a young boy who confuses obsession with love. This boy thinks he is in love with a young girl, but all of his thoughts, ideas, and actions show that he is merely obsessed. Throughout this short story, there are many examples that show the boy’s obsession for the girl. There is also evidence that shows the boy does not really understand love or all of the feelings that go along with it. When the boy first describes the girl, you can see his obsession for her. He seems to notice every detail such as "her dress swung as she moved her body and the soft rope of her hair tossed from side to side" (Joyce 548). You do not usually remember every minute detail of someone unless you are very intrigued by them. Also, note the way he describes her hair as "soft rope." This shows the intricate way the boy views her. Another way you can see the young boy’s obsession for the girl is through his actions. Every morning, he waits for the girl to appear, and then he follows her. The way in which the boy waits for the girl definitely shows that he is obsessed with her. The young boy lies "on the floor in the front parlor watching her. The blind was pulled down to within an inch of the sash so that [he] could not be seen" (Joyce 548). This sounds like spying, and spying on someone usually indicates that you have a fixation with that person. In this case, the young boy does demonstrate this fixation. For instance, while the young boy is following her, this is the way he describes his adventure: "I kept her brown figure always in my eye, and when we came near the point at which our ways diverged, I quickened my pace and passed her. This happened morning after morning. I had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood" (Joyce 548). This shows that the boy always watches where she is going, and then goes out of his way to get physically closer to her. In this example, you can plainly see that the boy’s actions are being controlled by his obsession for the girl, 2006-10-03T20:17:20-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Analysis-of-Araby-by-James-Joyce-31485.aspx Critical Analysis of "The Kuglemass Episode" There are many humorous short stories. Some sitcoms are based on short stories. For example they all have plots, rising action events, and resolutions. Take “The Simpsons” in every episode the characters make the watchers laugh with their dumb jokes, use of mockery, and clumsiness. Coincidently, they have the elements of a short story. On the other hand in a book you can feel the same humor. “The Kuglemass Episode” by Woody Allen draws the reader into the story by Sidney Kuglemass’ (the main character) use of adulterous acts, sarcasm, and foolish mistakes. When Sidney Kuglemass complains of what a boring love life he has, he figures only a magician can help him. His recent marriage with Daphne starts fading away. He receives a call from a mysterious man “Persky” who is a (what luck) magician. Sidney Kuglemass goes to Persky’s home and gets “zapped” into the book Madame Bovary. Sidney develops over time a close bond with Madame Bovary and revisits the book ever so often. Finally, after one of his visits his affair explodes on page three hundred and forty four Sidney says “I can’t believe I’m doing it with Emma Bovary, me who failed freshman English,” Sidney, being only human, makes the reader realize how much he was looking for attention and how much he didn’t care if he committed adultery. As the audience gets into the story, the reader realizes, Sidney’s extensive use of sarcasm. When told to tell no one about the magic box that transports Sidney into Yonville (Emma Bovary’s hometown) he states on page 343 “Yeah I’m going to call Rupert Murduk” The reader knows Rupert Murduk is a wealthy publisher of a newspaper in New York city. This sardonically means he would make sure all of New York knew the secret. People can get themselves into somewhat of a muddle. Sidney Kuglemass is perfect at doing so. On page 346 He and Emma decide the right time for her transport into the big city (a.k.a. New York City),by use of Persky’s magical box. The reader at this point in time does not realize the fault. Everything goes fine at first. Emma explores the city while Sidney hides the secret well from Daphne. The time comes for Emma to go back to Yonville, but a bad turn of events on page 347 the magic box brakes and Emma 2006-10-03T20:10:24-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Critical-Analysis-of-The-Kuglemass-Episode-31480.aspx Student Weaknesses in Writing Some strengths of mine in writing are not as common as compared with my weaknesses. Spelling is my favorite technique in writing. I know that it may be difficult for others, but it is not for me. Spelling can trick many people, because so many words are pronounced differently, than they are when spelled out. As a student, I feel that I have many writing weaknesses. I know that on my own, and because teachers have told me so. Some of the complications I face with writing is not using enough 2006-09-20T03:35:39-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Student-Weaknesses-in-Writing-31451.aspx Analysis of the Use of Dreams in Writing Examples In this essay, I will discuss the similarities and differences between two texts. The first text is a poem by George Gordon, know as Lord Byron, called “The Dream” and the second text is an extract from Martin Luther King’s speech entitled “I have a dream.” The main difference of these two texts is the different purpose. In the poem, the intention is to be read individually and several times to understand the meaning. The prose, which is a speech, has for aim to be listened and for this reason, powerful speech techniques are use so that the ideas, which are repeated over and over, get threw to the listeners. The poem by George Gordon is writing in one stanza with a regular metrical arrangement of 10 syllables per verse. It discusses in the first four verses, the two different worlds of dream; one of being away, and the other of being asleep, as a comparison of life and death. In the verses five to ten, the poet describes how dreams, without existence outside our mind, take a place our everyday reality reflecting the emotions of the dream. In verses eleven to fifteen, Lord Byron makes reference to the past, which transforms us, to make us what we are in the future. In the final section of the poem, he describes dreams as a creation by the mind of a superior world, a better one. The prose by Martin Luther King relates is a speech in the 1st person singular but address to 2nd person plural. In general, the writer talks about the reality of today and his promise of a better tomorrow. In the first two paragraphs, his dreams to the American dream, which says, “All man are created equal.” In all the following paragraphs, he compares to the unbearable and unjust present with a future in peace and equality of race. In the last paragraph of the poem, he again pressures the unfair present and dreams of a better tomorrow, where all people, ignoring color of the skin, races and culture, shall be able to do anything together. The themes of the prose and the poem are very similar with a remarkable difference. The theme emitted in the poem by Lord Byron is the contrast of dreams made with 2006-08-31T17:28:46-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Analysis-of-the-Use-of-Dreams-in-Writing-Examples-31395.aspx Essay On Influence Of Myth And History In Fiction It is often said that a great work of art is like a dream, full of colours, greatness and splendour . The playful authors of Kiss of the Spider woman and Double Hook don’t escape that definition, providing theirs readers with a writing that perpetually dance on the boundaries of fantasy, oscillating between realism, fairy- tale and dream. The resort to history and particularly to myth is a prerequisite for the entrance in this imaginary realm. In the two fictions, the mythical element w more used than the historical referent , introduces a balance between clarity and ambiguity in the sense that it breaks up with the coherent causality of the traditional plot. Why both Puig and Watson have decided to ornament their fictions with fragments of myth and history while they could have been following a well- made linear plot? The first part will analyse the use of myth in the respective fictions of Watson and Puig the second part will examine the effects of including myth and history into their stories. Watson’s extensive use of mythical referents informs almost every element of the narrative plot from the depiction of the physical landscape to the characters shaped after archetypal figures and united by the pattern of the quest, a reoccurring scheme omnipresent in several myths. The first telling argument for believing this assumption to be true is that , in Watson, the landscape displays traces of mythical roots emphasising the quintessential purity of earth and light. The setting presents itself as the closest reflection of the Shakespearean tale “midsummer dream.” According to Jung, when an artist uses his personal unconscious, he creates art with a strictly personal vision . But Watson chooses to use her racial unconscious which is more apt to capture meaningful archetypes, myths and symbols. Through the process of writing, the author reaches the collective roots of the memory of human race . Similarly to a faithful director staging a theatrical play, the writer Watson transfers her own vision of a mythical world into the fictional realm of the novel. The landscape in The Double Hook offers to its readers the bareness of a setting on the borders of 2006-08-12T10:40:36-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Essay-On-Influence-Of-Myth-And-History-In-Fiction-31220.aspx Virgil’s influence on Dante’s Inferno An excellent poet in his own right Dante greatly admired the success and personal character of Virgil. Virgil is an interesting character greatly influences Dante as a poet and as the main character in the Inferno. In the Inferno, Dante turned the poet Virgil into the guiding character that was to be responsible for teaching and leading him along his pilgrimage through hell. Throughout the Inferno there are specific situations that demonstrates Virgil’s influence among Dante, as a poet and, as the main character. There are also other specific situations that demonstrate Virgil’s ignorance of Catholicism, which relates to his placement in hell. Virgil not only aids Dante as the guiding character in the Inferno, but also aids Dante in his writing of the Inferno as a poet. Dante calls Virgil his "master and author (Canto I)," which emphasizes how important Virgil has been for Dante as a poet and a philosopher. “Dante borrowed as well from Virgil the poet much of his language, style, and content.” Because Virgil is made out to be an atheist, Dante being Christian could not copy Virgil’s exact outline but instead created a hell distinct from, yet still reminiscent of Virgil’s Underworld of Book VI. Dante’s interpretation resembled a more Catholic understanding of what hell should be like and modernizes Virgil’s perspective into what sort of people and crimes are deserving of hell’s occupancy. Dante’s positioning of Virgil in hell’s hierarchy is important as a character and mentor of Dante’s. According to Christian doctrine no one outside the Church without the first Sacrament, baptism, can be saved. Dante going along the Catholic doctrine chooses to put Virgil among the souls suspended in Limbo. Souls are assigned to Limbo because they were virtuous individuals who had no knowledge of Jesus and His teachings, because they preceded Him in time, or after His coming died un-baptized. Although physical torment is absent, the shades, along with Virgil, suffer mental distress. This distress is due from being aware that there is a living God and they are forced to have to “live in desire” without any hope of joining Him in heaven. As comfortable as Virgil seems to be with his eternal fate he will start to show signs of remorse in the further Cantos. Thus far in the 2006-08-09T12:22:54-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Virgil’s-influence-on-Dante’s-Inferno-31187.aspx Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance During the Harlem Renaissance, writers such as Zora Neal Hurston and Langston Hughes gained fame and respect for their ability to express the Black American experiences in their works. Langston Hughes was one of the most original and versatile of the twentieth – century black writers. Influenced by Laurence Dunbar, Carl Dandburg, and his grandmother, Carrie Mercer Langston Hughes, Langston Hughes began writing creatively while still a boy. Born in Joplin Missouri, Langston Hughes lived with both his parents until they separated and at the age of seven, he had to go and live with his maternal grandmother. Although she told him wonderful stories about Frederick Douglas and Sojourner Truth and took him to hear Booker T. Washington, Langston did not get all the attention he needed. Furthermore, Hughes felt hurt by both his parents and was unable to understand why he was not allowed to live with either of them. These feelings of rejection caused him to grow up very insecure and unsure of himself. Because his childhood was a lonely time, he fought the loneliness by reading. “Books began to happen to me, and I began to believe in nothing but books and the wonderful world in books where if people suffered, they suffered in beautiful language, not in monosyllables, as we did in Kansas” (Hughes 16). Langston Hughes began writing in high school, and even at this early age was developing the voice that made him famous. Hughes writing talent was recognized by highschool teacher and classmates, and Hughes had his first pieces of verse published in the Central High Monthly, a sophisticated school magazine. An English teacher introduced him to poets such as Carl Sandburg and Walk Whitman, and these became Hughes’s earliest influences. Many other things aided him in his writing development. “Before he was twelve years old, he had lived in six different American cities. When his first book was published, he had already been a truck farmer, cook, waiter, college graduate, sailor, and a doorman at a nightclub in Paris, and had visited Mexico, West Africa, the Azores, the Canary Islands, Holland, France and Italy.” (DLB) He was very fascinated and influenced by Harlem’s people and the life itself, there. The Big Sea, the first volume of his autobiography, provided “such a crucial first person account of the era” that much of what we know about the Harlem Renaissance we 2006-08-07T12:19:12-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Langston-Hughes-and-the-Harlem-Renaissance-31123.aspx Critical Analysis of the Poem "Romance" The poem “Romance” is about a couple that has living together and loves each other deeply. It also illustrates that men are more practical; act by the mind, not the heart when they are in the relationship, they show their love to women through doing things. In contrast, women are more perceptive and sensitive than men. They have very different points of view. Women tend to think more than men do. But they make a good couple. In the real world, it is not easy to find true love; therefore, we should treasure every relationship we have. However, some people do not know how to maintain a good relationship. So I have few points to make in improving this relationship so that men and women can enjoy each other better. From the beginning, a couple has to be realistic to each other. You must not try to turn your partner into something he or she is not. For guys, there is only one Pamela Anderson in the world, and even she has had her implants removed; so give your girl a break and understand that her physical appearance is not going to change overnight. And ladies, Brad Pitt has already been taken, so you have to make do with what your guy is like. You should love each other for what you are. There is more to your partner than what meets the eye. Secondly, you should always talk thing out. Learn from previous experiences. Couples fight when they do not express their feeling clearly. Therefore, it’s important to learn to express to each other well, so that your partners understand why you are angry hurt, or be happy. When you stop talking each other from the heart, it could be the beginning of the end. Don’t make empty promises when you are in a relationship. Let your partner feel important and don't disappoint them. It is really terrible when someone promises to take you to dinner, and then calls to cancel it. Don't make promises you cannot keep. If your partner starts to feel that he/she is not important enough to you, you may just lose him/her. You should always stay committed to each other. In addition, I think couples should have some common things they do together. If not, they should make an effort to do things together. I believe through those activities, you can 2006-08-07T08:27:22-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Critical-Analysis-of-the-Poem-Romance-31113.aspx "On the Rainy River" Essay Analysis The relationship you have with others often has a direct effect on the basis of your very own personal identity. In the essay “On The Rainy River,” the author Tim O’Brien tells about his experiences and how his relationship with a single person had effected his life so dramatically. It is hard for anyone to rely fully on their own personal experiences when there are so many other people out there with different experiences of their own. Sometimes it take the experiences and knowledge of others to help you learn and build from them to help form your own personal identity. In the essay, O’Brien speaks about his experiences with a man by the name of Elroy Berdahl, the owner of the fishing lodge that O’Brien stays at while on how journey to find himself. The experiences O’Brien has while there helps him to open his mind and realize what his true personal identity was. It gives you a sense than our own personal identities are built on the relationships we have with others. There are many influence out there such as our family and friends. Sometimes even groups of people such as others of our nationality and religion have a space in building our personal identities. In the essay O’Brien is faced with a conflict, a moral dilemma. He had to decide whether he was either going to go to the war and fight or was he going to run away and avoid the draft. The relationship he had with Berdahl was not of friends or even regular acquaintances. Rather they were perfect strangers. That goes to show you that anyone can be a major influence on your life. Berdahl helped to open O’Brien’s heart. He realized who he was and where he had come from, his past and what he has been through. How all the events of the past helped him to become the person he was right now. How his past helped form his personal identity. The formation of our own personal identities often begin at birth. As you grow up your parents are a major influence on you. They teach you many things and help to shape your personal identity. They teach you the basics, from knowing right from wrong to your basic 2006-08-07T08:04:18-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Essay-Analysis-On-the-Rainy-River-31098.aspx Critical Analysis of the Story "The Use of Force" I chose to read and respond to the story “ The Use of Force.” This was my first choice because I can find myself in the story and can feel the message that it is putting across. There is a time in everyone persons life when they lie in order to hide something that they are ashamed of their problem, or they don’t want to show that they are weak, or they don’t want to be helped. That’s the case with the little girl Matilda in this story. She is very sick, she had a fever for three days and her tonsils are covered with membrane. These are the symptoms of diphtheria, the life threatening sickness. The little girl was asked if her throat hurt, but she lyed saying that it didn’t. The doctor wanted to check it, just to make sure that everything is OK, but the little girl put up a big fight. The doctor was full of rage when the little girl wouldn’t open her mouth, “I could have torn the child apart in my own fury and enjoyed it. (36)” said the doctor. At the end the girl gave away after a lot of pain and hurting! I didn’t have exactly the same problem, I didn’t have diphtheria and have to fight the doctors to open my mouth, but I did keep things away from my parents. Few years ago I got sick but I kept it from my parents because I didn’t think it was serious. I thought it was just like a common cold, but it turned to be much more serious. I got pneumonia and ended up being strapped on a breathing apparatus in order to breath! Luckily, with the right medications, I got better in few days. Reading the story this episode with having pneumonia just flashed in my mind and I found relationship to my personal life. Details are different, I didn’t fight with the doctors to open my mouth, but I hide for days that I didn’t feel well and refused to be taken to see the doctor. This is because when I was little I used to dread of taking needles and I just hated doctors. Finally I realized that something serious going wrong and I talked to my parents. The same thing did the little girl in the story. That 2006-08-06T09:58:08-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Critical-Analysis-of-the-Story-The-Use-of-Force-31062.aspx Comparing Stunt Pilot by Dillard and Spring by Ehrlich “The Stunt Pilot” by Annie Dillard and “Spring” by Gretel Ehrlich are two very different essays and I enjoyed one and not the other. “The Stunt Pilot” was much more engaging and you felt as if you got into the story. “Spring” was sporadic and I felt as if the essay kept jumping from one thought to the next. Throughout these two essays, the reflection was a lot the same but the tone and voice were very different from one another. Annie Dillard’s essay was a great look into the stunt pilots world. Her tone was light but serious at the same time. Her themes include the beauty, violence and mystery of nature. She uses great detail throughout the essay and I felt that I could actually see the plane as she wrote about it. She talks about how beauty is in the eye of the beholder and how a stunt pilots job is really about art. Dillard’s use of details and descriptions are very ironic and vivid and it speaks of a life on the edge. She uses powerful details such as “…very high until he was barely visible as a mote, and then seemed to fall down the air, diving headlong, and streaming beauty in spirals behind him.” Another great detail is, “We stuck the to plane’s sides like flung paint. All the blood in my body bulged on my face; it piled between my skull and skin. Vaguely I could see the chrome sea twirling over Rahm’s head like a baton, and the dark islands sliding down the skies like rain.” In “The Stunt Pilot” there is danger and power everywhere yet everything is so peaceful and graceful. It is somewhat of a paradox. This essay treated us to a deeper insight into the human world and the natural world. Gretel Ehrlich’s essay, for me, was a little harder to understand. I felt as if it jumped from one idea to the next too much. Throughout it all she did have great reflection and ideas. Her tone was very depressing and a little sad. She speaks of things that most people do not like to talk about. Ehrlich says “how fragile death is, how easily is opens up into 2006-08-05T10:27:39-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Comparing-Stunt-Pilot-by-Dillard-and-Spring-by-Ehrlich-31013.aspx Does knowing we are going to die help us to live? How? We often take our lives for granted especially when we're young. We think we're going to live forever. But, from one moment to the next, nobody knows what will happen. A person could be alive and well one moment and dead the next, this shows the value of life and the uncertainties of death. Death is the “great unknown,” and that's why it's so frightening. Also, we perceive the inevitability of death long before it happens, which can be worrying, even tormenting. This fear and suffering keeps us from thinking seriously about death as it impedes our happiness. We need to know how to do this, how to live in freedom, not being imprisoned by the future and not being carried away by things in the present. When we can live our daily life deeply and genuinely, we begin to feel free and are able to live; we can see the true nature of life, we arrive at a great freedom with in you and freedom is the essence of happiness. All of us are equal as far as life and death are concerned; we are all going to die. So it is very equal, death will happen to everybody. Everyone has to die however, before we die, can we live properly? Properly being living life and enjoying life, not being sucked in by your surroundings and thought. I am determined to live properly until I die. If we are going to die, then we have to live the best we can. If we don’t live the best we can why should we live? You are given an extraordinary thing, which is life, and you should use it to fulfil everything you desire, that is how life should be lived. The saying, “To live well is to die well,” takes on great meaning. If our life is filled with being caught in the restraints of pain and suffering, then our life doesn’t have the same kind of meaning as if we live in freedom. Knowing that we have to die, I am determined to live my life properly, deeply. If we aren’t able to live with peace, joy, and freedom before we die, then we live as if we are dead already. Hearing the doctors’ words, “You have cancer, you may live for six months.” This completely overwhelms 2006-08-02T03:16:54-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Death-and-Life-Philosophy-30997.aspx Symbolism in "The Red Convertible" “The Red Convertible” was a very interesting story of how one simple object as in a car can bring someone back to the reality in which they lived. The car was a symbol that related to many of the conflicts that where shown in this short story. In the beginning as they travel the states only to pick up a girl by the name of Suzy. Once they take her to her home they talk about how the family accepted them as their own, that it self was a memory that was made by the car. No, it did not have conflict but it was a symbol of life. Once the story progress it begins to talk about Henry a character in the story being taken off to the war of Vietnam. As Henry leaves he gives the car to Lyman his younger brother and asks that he take care of it. This at first does not seem to be a problem until he returns home and is not the person that left. Lyman realizes that Henry doesn’t act the same, he doesn’t smile, or crack jokes, and not once has he taken a look at the car, which Lyman carefully took care of. At this point in the story Lyman goes in attempt to trash the car thinking that it will bring his brother back when he realizes what has happened. This is a symbol of where the car is used in the conflict. As Henry finally notices the car he becomes angry and stays with it until it is fixed again. He is still not smiling, not joking, and not being the same brother that left. As Lyman waited for a chance Henry would want to be friendly he didn’t know how to deal with the loneliness his brother was displaying. Finally Henry asked to take the car out for a spin and Lyman glowed and accepted the invitation. After this trip in the car not a lot changed until a few months later when Henry wanted to see the river. As they loaded in the car Lyman began to understand Henry and some of what he was feeling but he couldn’t stand it so he acted upon his feeling toward Henry and they began to talk. Henry explained that 2006-08-01T19:55:34-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Symbolism-in-The-Red-Convertible-30976.aspx Compare and Contrast Maggie and Wanergo of "Everday Use" The comparison of characters is something an author allows us to do while reading a story, by telling us about the character’s looks, their personality, their lifestyle, and any other traits that may describe someone. In the story Everyday Use, written by Alice Walker, there are two characters, which I have chosen to do a compare and contrast essay on. The names of the characters I have chose to write about, are Maggie and Wanergo; both characters are females and are sisters. The story is told from the mother’s (Mama’s) point of view. Through out the story Mama describes both of the girls and tells how different they are, even though they are sisters. The girls both grew up together along with their mother. The mother describes herself to be “a large big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands”(pg.66). The first contrast I made between the girls was their difference in looks. Maggie is jealous of Wanergo’s beauty and it seems as if Maggie is ashamed of the way she looks. In the story, Mama and Maggie are waiting at home for a visit from Wanergo, Mama explains Maggie as being nervous while her sister is around. Mama then goes on to say that, “she will stand hopelessly in corners, homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe”(pg.65). Mama then compares Wanergo’s beauty to Maggie’s looks, she says, “Dee (Wanergo) is lighter than Maggie, with nicer hair and a fuller figure”(pg.66). The difference in the way Maggie and Wanergo look, plays a large role in what makes them so different from each other. Maggie and Wanergo had completely different personalities from each other. Throughout the story Mama made it seem as if Wanergo had an outgoing personality and that she always got what she wanted. Mama even says that Maggie “thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one hand, that “no” is a word the world never learned to say to her”(pg.65). Mama made Maggie out to have a very shy personality, due to how ashamed she was of the way her burn scars made her look. Wanergo wanted to go to a good school in Augusta so her mother, along with the church, raised the money to 2006-07-31T19:24:17-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Compare-and-Contrast-Maggie-and-Wanergo-of-Everday-Use-30910.aspx Analysis of “The Gypsy Enchantment“ by Carla Jablonski Prue’s assignment for 415, the magazine she works for, is to photograph the behind-the-scenes excitement at the Carneval Cavalcade. Prue has to take a series of shots of a Circus for the 415 magazine. Prue hates circuses and clowns in particular but Piper and Phoebe are all excited and ready to go check out the action. Prue meets Ivan, who has an unusual gift of violin playing where he mesmerizes the animals in his act along with the audience. While Prue is snapping pictures of Ivan, the Gypsy animal trainer, Piper decides to pay Madame Olga, the fortuneteller, a visit. Olga immediately senses a dangerous and unsettling aura about Piper. She told Piper to leave the circus. But when Phoebe has a premonition of Piper being strangled by a handsome stranger, the 2006-07-31T18:53:40-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Analysis-of-The-Gypsy-Enchantment-by-Carla-Jablonski-30900.aspx Tituba's Ordeal from the Salem Witch Trials Tituba’s confession of guilt in Act I highlights the insecurities of the Puritan religion. While Puritans worship God and mean good, their absolute intolerance contradicts their whole vision of the new world, and similarly presents a totalitarian community incapable of freedom of any kind. The governing of the community may seem democratic, but the decisions are always unanimous. This is because the 2006-07-30T20:45:06-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Tituba-s-Ordeal-from-the-Salem-Witch-Trials-30832.aspx Use of Symbolism in "A Good Man is Hard to Find" The short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” represents symbolism which leaves the readers of Flannery O’Conner’s work with many images and ideas of what he really means. O”Conner grew up in the south in Savannah and Milledgeville Georgia and believes the most important influences on her life were “being a Catholic and a Southerner and a writer.” (Discovering Literature 318) Her early life explains why she writes about the south in this story and provides symbolism between the grandmother and the Old South. The grandmother represents the Old South with her knowledge of historic homes and wanting respect. Because she is the oldest of the vacationers, the grandmother is an opinionated woman whom tries to control every situation. People who grew up in the Old South are very educated about historic homes and the history of their native state which influences old southerners to become more interested in sight seeing places of this character. In the beginning of the story the grandmother is trying to persuade her son and his family of traveling to East Tennessee rather than Florida. She supports her idea by telling her son, Bailey, that East Tennessee will be more educational for the children since they have never vacationed there before. Later in the story when they are traveling to Florida she mentions a plantation she knew and expressed interest in taking a short detour to see the home. The grandmother again wants to educate the children of the plantation and mentions some of the qualities of the home such as the “beautiful glass in the front door way and the candle lamp in the hall,” although the kids were more interested in the secret panel that she had lied about just to get their attention. Another characteristic that the grandmother has that represents the Old South is her morals and values of respect. She comes on very strong with this important issue when the young boy, John Wesley, ordered to go through Georgia fast so that he wouldn’t have to look at it much. The remark the boy made struck the grandmother in the wrong place and came back with “In my time,” said the grandmother, folding her vein fingers, “children were more respectful of their native states and their parents and everything else.” Furthermore a characteristic that is more 2006-07-24T08:15:24-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Use-of-Symbolism-in-A-Good-Man-is-Hard-to-Find-30570.aspx Mark Twain's Method of Teaching For as many years as I can remember there has been a set of rules and regulations regarding a young person’s behavior. In this essay I will explain how Mark Twain’s method of teaching is very useful and intelligent given that he is talking to young students. The entire speech, which was made by Mark Twain, was split up into several different areas concerning one’s behavior, but in totality they all support the same theme. This theme has to do with how youth is perceived. Normally every parent teaches their children how they should act with the people in their surrounding and usually these sets of rules are told to them in a warning tone to impede them from braking these rules. As a child ages these rules which have been repeated to them by many different people which sometimes can be more destructive than productive. This is why Mark Twain’s speech adds a spin on the rules in a way that the students find what he is saying comical and at the same time they can grasp what he is saying without having a state of warning imposed on them. By saying the opposite of what he and everyone really mean it has opened up a sense of friendship between the speaker and his audience, therefore making it easier for them to communicate with one another. This is a far better method than that of a stuck up scholar lecturing on what is defined as proper. Another point of discussion is that on the topic of adults. In certain areas of his speech Mark Twain made comments on adults which show that every adult brakes his/her “law” of rule which he/she set for the child .For example, speaking about the topic of lying Mark Twain points out that as one gets older their lying ability seems to increase with practice. He comically invites the young students to start lying at a young age to benefit from experience. This is ironic because adults are no better than children in certain situations where the same rules, which are stressed on their children, are not followed by the parents. In conclusion, I believe that Mark Twain’s speech tells us a lot about how certain issues can be discussed because the best way of doing something is not always the old-fashion way. (I understand that Mark Twain’s essay was 2006-07-22T18:20:06-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Mark-Twain-s-Method-of-Teaching-30480.aspx Analysis of "No Ideas but in Things" I am going to show the implications of Williams’ maxim by demonstrating the effects it has on his poetry, and most notably himself. First of all I would like to divert our attention to duality as a major theme, and affecting factor of such a maxim. For my introductory explanation I would like to consider the criticism of J. Hillis Miller. In his famous essay on William Carlos Williams in Poets of Reality (1966), J. Hillis Miller contends that the world of Williams is beyond dualism. According to Miller’s pre-deconstructive argument, "A primordial union of subject and object is the basic presupposition" of Williams’s poetry ("Introduction" 6). Citing Williams’s dictum, "No ideas but in things," and such poems as "The Red Wheelbarrow," Miller claims that–in contrast to the duality inherent in the idealism of the classical, romantic, or symbolist traditions, wherein the objects of the world signify transcendent "supernatural realities"–the objects of Williams’s poetry signify themselves and nothing more, existing "within a shallow space, like that created on the canvases of the American abstract expressionists" ("Introduction" 3), exposing the poem not as a representation of an object, but as an object in itself. Miller finds in Williams’s verse "no symbolism, no depth, no reference to a world beyond the world, no pattern of imagery, no dialectical structure, no interaction of subject and object–just description" ("Introduction" 5). For Miller, this triumph over duality represents nothing less than "a revolution in human sensibility" and an "abandonment" of the ego: "There is no description of private inner experience. There is also no description of objects that are external to the poet’s mind. Nothing is external to his mind. His mind overlaps with things; things overlap with his mind" (Poets 288 & "Introduction" 7). Accordingly, Miller echoes Williams’s claim that a good poet "doesn’t select his material. What is there to select? It is”. (Poets 306) Clearly Williams was no symbolist; his poetry does consistently foreground the surface value of ‘things.’ And critics of Williams’s poetry owe a good deal to Miller’s essay, which, among other things, considerably solidified Williams’s position in the canon of twentieth-century American literature. As Paul Mariani notes, "However we view his approach and strategy, J. Hillis Miller’s is one of the most important and seminal encounters in the sixty-year history of Williams criticism. Miller can be argued with and perhaps 2006-07-22T13:22:00-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Analysis-of-No-Ideas-but-in-Things-30456.aspx Comparing and Contrasting Anecdotes of Edwards and Whitman If everyone thought the same, if everyone’s form was alike, if everyone had no distinctions, then life would not be the same. Nothing is ever the same. Our thoughts and ideas differ, as we think in different levels, but even our ideas have similarities. The foundations of our ideas are connected through the various uses of languages and techniques. Though Edwards’s and Whitman’s anecdotes differed abundantly in theme and explanation, they had similarities in regard to tone, imagery, diction, poetic devices, and their reflections on human nature, as well as differences. Both Edwards’s and Whitman’s anecdotes can be analyzed in the areas of tone, diction, syntax, and figures of speech. The tone within anecdotes can be caught, as it is expressive of a mood or emotion. Words that are often used express their differences of meaning. Tone is the style or manner of expression in writing that gives the passage a general character, quality, trend or frame of mind. In other words, the tone, itself, sets up a mood within the passage. Edwards centers himself on the main topic of damnation. The tone he uses is one of rage, pity and demand, which makes the reader feel downcast and unworthy of one’s self. Whitman’s tone is of hope. It channels through discovery, exploration and opportunity. The idea that salvation is reachable is expressed in his tone. As in the following: “And you O my soul where you stand, surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space, ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them, till the bridge you need be formed, till the ductile anchor hold, till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul.” Edwards believes that one is only a puppet held together by strings held by the puppeteer, who thinks of one as nothing more than if he were dust. “He looks upon you as worthy of nothing else but to be cast into the fire.” Jonathan preaches on nothing other than damnation. He can not relate to the idea that life has significance. He himself cannot connect to the deep meanings of life, because he thinks of life as some pit or punishment. Whitman, on the other hand, discusses how even a spider explores his surroundings. Though the spider’s surroundings may seem miniature to the human eye, to a spider they are vast and full 2006-07-09T14:54:46-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Comparing-and-Contrasting-Anecdotes-of-Edwards-and-Whitman-30140.aspx The Crucible It is obvious to any soul that Abigail Williams is a very determined character. She will not take the slightest slice of blame for any of her actions or wrong doings. Abigail would even sacrifice the life of others to save her own back. She is very persuasive and excessively persistent. As soon as people start to utter words of dancing and witchcraft Abigail repeatedly insists she has nothing or as little to do with the matter. She comes across as very consistent. Parris asks her the same questions over an over showing obvious doubt; though Abigail keeps to her word and over and over she repeat the same lies. Abigail comes across as very well educated. Her grammar, style and use of vocabulary would seem to be at a much higher standard than most in the village of Salum. She almost definitely uses these skills to deceive and worm her way out of situations. Abigail also has a prominent way with her words. When describing a scene or thing to someone else she tries to make it come alive in there imaginations. In act one page 18 Abigail speaks, “I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like stallion whenever I came near!” When she said this proctor she undoubtedly wanted to tiger those feelings off once more in him. It seems that Abigail will do anything to get what she wants. She is a very cold hearted person. The possible catastrophic consequence of her actions upon others doesn’t seem to bother her in the slightest. The threat of death upon innocent beings doesn’t even stop her. Abigail knew far well that she was conjuring spirits and also knew that she was drinking blood to take the death of Anne Proctor. But there was no chance she was ever going to admit to that. Oh no! Instead Abigail passed the blame on to Barbadian Tituba. On page 36 act one Abigail speaks, “She makes me drink blood” and “She sends her spirit on me in church!” Abigail could be risking the life of this woman just for her self. All in all my judgements on Abigail are, heartless, reckless and a truly devising girl. Not someone id particularly enjoy crossing my wires with! By Sasha 2006-07-05T15:23:49-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Cruciable--30010.aspx How does Mary Shelly engage the Victorian readers of Frankenstein and why is it still relevant today? Mary Shelly engages the readers by pretending to be a male writer. Female authors were less thought of than male authors, so Mary Shelly didn’t put her name to the book for 13 years. I 2006-07-02T17:56:56-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Mary-Shelly-Engages-the-Victorian-Readers-of-Frankenstein-29897.aspx Style Analysis of "The Company Man" In “The Company Man,” the main character, Phil, literally works himself to death after decades of hard work and dedication to his company. Ellen Goodman, a columnist, wrote this newspaper article in order to show that hard work does not always have its benefits. In life, we must slow down from our hectic schedules to appreciate life itself. The vivid diction describes the sarcasm that Goodman has towards Phil. Goodman composes her paragraphs with careful rhythm and beat; she repeats “finally,” “precisely” and “perfect” three times. Phil’s constancy and lack of variation are embodied in rigid words such as “always,” “of course,” and “Type A.” Extreme diction such as “overweight,” “nervous,” and “workaholic” convey Phil as a worrywart with no fun at all in his life. These words mock Phil as a man solely obsessed with work that had lost track of his priorities. The descriptions of Phil in “The Company Man” are sardonically accusatory of the present way people live in society. Goodman makes light of how Phil is a heart attack waiting to happen, his seventy-hour workweeks and egg sandwiches. “Of course,” used thee times, translates as the acceptance that we have towards intolerable living conditions in order to fulfill the American dream. Like many Americans, Phil is constantly obsessed about his work and whether or not he will ascend to the top position. Through these details she describes the monotonous, repetitive way that society exists today. Throughout the column, images negatively portray the lifestyle that Phil lives. Superficially, all seems well because his family lives a comfortable existence. Emotionally, however, his family has missed his emotional support for years. His wife, Helen, gave up “trying to compete with his work years ago.” All of his children grew up in a so-called normal family with a father and mother. At his funeral, though, they do not have enough memories about him to say a proper eulogy. Phil himself was “overweight” and unhealthy, obsessed with work and negligent with his personal life. Goodman condemns the lifestyle that Phil leads by using negative and poignant imagery. Goodman utilizes this column as a caveat to the overworked, overstressed characters in society to seize the day. In this day and age, after the attacks on America on September 11, 2001, this article applies even more 2006-06-27T02:45:23-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Style-Analysis-of-The-Company-Man-29873.aspx Critical Analysis of The Battle of Maldon They way of life during the time period of THE BATTLE of MALDON was very different than the way we live today. In that day and age, violence played a huge role in social status of individuals as well as the society as a whole. The will and skill of Kingian non-violence would be met with laughter and disbelief. To the people living in this time period war was a way of life. The soldiers who fought, Eadwaeard, Aetheric, and Godric, among others, were honored for their bravery and willingness to sacrifice their own lives for their lords and their people. The soldiers would probably be bombarded with comments of cowardice had they tried to win a battle using non-violent methods. Much like the sons of Odda, who fled the battle, were deemed cowards by this poem. In a more modern society, people are still skeptical if non-violence is and effective way to bring about change and win “battles.” Can this controversy of violence and non-violence be solved by stating that, if the will and the skill are followed correctly and with enough determination, all conflicts can be solved using non-violent methods? I believe “yes” is the correct answer to this question. If the Anglo-Saxons had a set of principles and steps to follow they would not have lived such a violent way of life. “More violence does not result in a non-violent situation. A violent force might quiet a lesser force of violence, but it cannot create non-violence.” Dr. King’s first principle states “non-violence is the way of life for courageous people. It is a positive way to be rid of forces of injustice.” During THE BATTLE of MALDON, violence was not necessarily used as a tool against injustice, rather it was a way to gain more land and provide better lives for the people behind the violence. The men who supported the violence, and fought the battles were looked up to as heroes and noble men of great courage. Had society heard of King’s first principle these men may have been seen very differently. I think that this first principle of Dr. King’s is the keystone for the others. If this first principle had caught on, the other 5 principles would follow closely behind, and a system of non-violence would be feasible. “The beloved community is the framework for the future.” The Anglo-Saxons 2006-06-26T16:39:39-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Critical-Analysis-of-The-Battle-of-Maldon-29841.aspx Critical Analysis of "The Necklace" Short Story The short story, The Necklace, by Guy De Maupassant, follows the life of a woman and her husband living in France in the early 1880’s. The woman, Mathilde, is a very materialistic person who is never content with anything in her life. Her husband, a lowly clerk in the Ministry of Education, is not a rich man, but he brings home enough to get by. He enjoys the simpler things in life, yet his wife, Mathilde, cannot. Nothing is good enough for her. Her selfish ways are evident in her attitude toward the material things in her home environment and in the way she treats her husband. Mathilde’s materialistic attitude is primarily shown by how unhappy she is with her surroundings and her home environment in general. One night, Matilde’s husband brings home, from work, an invitation to a dinner party. When he mentions the invitation, Mathilde’s first thought is of what she is going to wear to the party. She does not worry about her husband, his feelings regarding the invitation, or how much fun they may have at the dinner party. She only worries about how she will look and what other people will think of her. Mathilde is unhappy with her darkened rooms and furniture and desires better things: She imagined large drawing rooms draped in the most expensive silks, with fine end tables on which were placed knickknacks of inimitable value. She dreamed of the perfume of dainty private rooms, which were designed only for intimate tête-à-têtes with the closest friends, who because of their achievements and fame would make her the envy of all other women. (4) These dreams and aspirations demonstrate that Mathilde’s thoughts are in the wrong place; and go to show how materialistic she really is. Mathilde first rejects the invitation. She only agrees to go to the party after her husband painstakingly bargains with her, and ends up having to buy her a new dress to get her to come. Even after getting a new dress, Mathilde still wants more. She complains to her husband that she, “[doesn’t] have any jewels to wear, not a single gem, nothing to dress up [her] outfit.” (6) She whines to her husband that she would rather stay home than go to the party looking like a vagabond. But finally, after more griping, she is persuaded by her husband to 2006-06-20T14:23:50-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Critical-Analysis-of-The-Necklace-Short-Story-29669.aspx Themes from a Passage by Joyce In this passage, Joyce develops motifs and images present throughout the book to create a moment of epiphany, where the speaker realizes a moment of artistic innovation in a poem In addition, this passage reflects important themes in the novel. Joyce uses the motif of “dawn” to suggest that this is a breakthrough moment in the speaker’s life. He begins by saying “Towards dawn, he awoke.” This is a foreshadowing of the new and innovative moment that is about to come in the passage. He is describes as “waking to a morning knowledge, a morning inspiration.” The narrator also describes the time as the “hour of dawn when…plants open to light.” This idea of light and inspiration will be discussed shortly, but it is important to note how Joyce relates them directly to dawn. Dawn is when the sun’s light first appears in the sky, and in this passage, Joyce uses dawn as a motif to imply the speaker’s epiphany. Joyce employs water imagery throughout this passage. At the beginning, he ties water to the morning imagery by referring to dew. “His soul was all dewy wet.” This line is explained by the next line: “Over his limbs in sleep pale cool waves of light had passed.” As discussed above, the speaker has been inspired by the time dawn has come, and this reference to cool waves suggest that the water refreshed the speaker or soaked him in a fluid of creative innovation. This is why his soul is described as wet, and later as laying “amid cool waters.” Also, his spirit is described as “pure as the purest water, sweet as dew.” This reference to pureness and earlier to the pale waves both refer to the idea of a clean soul and freedom from sin. The theme of purity has been developing throughout the novel, but here it is developed somewhat differently. Although the water is pure, earlier Stephen saw purity and religion as boring and dull, but now he associates them directly with this literary moment of creativity that he has. So, here we begin to see that although the water is associated with freedom from sin, it is also linked to art. This passage has a strong development in the use of water, as earlier in the novel, water was associated with sickness and death, since Stephen became sick from the water 2006-06-15T22:42:12-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Themes-from-a-Passage-by-Joyce-29573.aspx Emerson's Transcendentalist Compromise Within the Western liberal tradition, the most frequent way of moderating excessive bearings of national law has been to beef up individualism. Liberal ideology has been said to originate from a celebration of laissez-faire government, stressing the right of the individual, including what he says and what he owns, to be free of outside, governmental interference. Emerson, in this view, is most often read as a laissez-faire individualist, and radical individualism is usually thought to be his distinctive contribution to American culture. According to his personal doctrine of rejecting the authority of “society” or “custom” and lauding the superior merits of self-reliance, truth and power depend on adhering to one’s own instincts first, making sure those governed must be able to accept outside legislation. From this theory one can infer that Emerson does not reject submission to American governance as a limit of personal liberty, but instead allows for it as long as reliance on the self is not compromised. Liberal tensions are extremely apparent in contemporary American society, as established political institutions commit themselves to large state programs while keeping a hand private interests’ teakettle, making sure one does not boil over into the other. However, Americans believe in the traditional democratic value of a rapport between the individual and the community, or, in this case, the individual and the government; despite problems that shake citzens’ trust in our legislative bodies, Americans still expect the government to provide for them while maintaining a great deal of slack on connective puppet strings. Essentially, Emerson believes the liberal balance of individualism and Western democracy will function properly only if both exist in equilibrium; American government must guarantee the right of the person is greater than the right of the state to insure voluntary submission to the state. However, Emerson does not repudiate democracy in favor of radical individualism (as is often suggested), and his viewpoints and opinions of the aforementioned theory are often crisscrossed and contradictory. Emerson’s detailed descriptions of self-reliance contain several anomalies; he repeatedly states the necessity of personal emancipation and exploration of one’s own uniqueness – revolutionary statements normally associated with his mode of thought. However, he immediately pulls a 180-degree turn and redefines individual freedom in terms of a give-and-take relationship with the governing body. For example, in “Self-Reliance,” his transcendentalist prototype, Emerson begins the third paragraph 2006-06-15T22:22:54-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Emerson-s-Transcendentalist-Compromise-29563.aspx Character Sketch of Allice Trask from East Side of Eden I think that Alice brings a lot of irony to the story. It is like she is unwanted or has no importance to other characters in the story. Cyrus only wanted a woman to keep the house clean and take care of Adam, and he didn’t want to pay for a servant. Thus, he ends up falling for Alice. Cyrus married and impregnated Alice within 2 weeks after they had met each other. I think that this made Alice seem a little weird because at first she was single 2006-06-15T16:27:22-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Character-Sketch-of-Allice-Trask-from-East-Side-of-Eden-29552.aspx Thematic Analysis of Flannery O'Connor's Short Stories When people encounter realties that are too harsh, they often try to escape to a fantasy world that is more comforting. In stories, children are always escaping, whether it is to “a secret garden” or down a rabbit hole to Alice’s Wonderland. In Flannery O’Connor’s triad of short stories, “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” “Good Country People,” and “Everything that Rises Must Converge,” she uses characterization, setting, and ironic tone, to help the reader understand that fleeing from life’s consequences can lead to dangerous outcomes, both psychologically and physically. In one way or another all of the protagonists think that they are superior to others. This trait impedes any real engagement with reality. Hulga, in the short story “Good Country People,” believes that she is intellectually superior to her mother, housekeeper and the townspeople. Although, she has a Ph.D in Philosophy, her philosophy on life is rather pathetic. “She believes in nothing but her own belief in nothing.” Although she thought, “she could smell the stupidity of young men” and was “face to face with real innocence,” she is the one who ends up being taken advantage of. In “Everything that Rises Must Converge,” Julian’s mother refuses to believe that her grandfather’s plantation with 200 slaves does not have any social significance in the next generation. She feels that blacks “were better off when they were slaves, they should rise, yes, but on their own side of the fence.” Amusingly, she claims Julian, “doesn’t know a thing about life, he hasn’t even entered the real world.” Simply because she is an older woman and has white skin his mother seems to think that she is God’s gift to the world and should give everyone below her “a bright new penny.” The grandmother in “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” is superficial and manipulative. She thinks that, because she is old and loves her family, she can get what she wants in life. When the Misfit begins his shooting rampage, she says “you’ve got good blood, I know you’re a good man,” as if her reassurance will change his mind. Another trait that all of the main characters share is their fearfulness. Hulga is scared of happiness. By changing her name to Hulga, “the ugliest name that she 2006-06-15T00:45:56-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Thematic-Analysis-of-Flannery-O-Connor-s-Short-Stories-29526.aspx Analysis of Alexander Pope's Essay on Criticism In his Essay on Criticism, Alexander Pope states that, “True ease in writing comes from art, not chance / As those move easiest who have learn’d to dance.” Not only do I agree with Pope’s statement, but I extend his idea to say that my writing is a dance. My writing is the dance of the pen and the paper. It is the crowd of strangers brought together by a common dance, or the lone man dancing naked in front of a bathroom mirror. Each may be graceful and elegant, but each may also strike with crassness and discomfort. Each can enlighten. Each can outrage. When I sit down to write, I may doodle in the margin for a while. I examine the topic and get in an appropriate frame of mind. Both of these steps occur when I go to a club. I have to get in the mood to dance, and to write. As I dig further into my mind, searching for ideas, I begin to let loose, just as I do on the dance floor after a few songs. I stop thinking about the correctness and grammar of my writing and begin to let my hand write my ideas as soon as they come to mind. I don’t examine an idea as it comes to mind, I simply write how I feel. This parallels the way my dancing becomes a natural movement. In both writing and dancing, I start out constrained and move into a relaxed flow. Dancing and writing both lead to a discovery of new abilities. When I am engaged in either activity, I manifest uncanny skills that even I was unaware of. This elevated consciousness is my greatest strength as a writer. I have the ability to put my ideas down on paper in a captivating manner. This parallels a choreographer’s challenge. She must have able dancers to perform her design, or it will never be fully realized. I am also fluent with both my sentence structure and the work as a whole. A dancer must be able to execute each move with grace, and the entire production must flow from prelude to curtain call. My most prevalent weakness is my tendency to write only what I want. This assignment has 2006-06-14T20:52:35-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Analysis-of-Alexander-Pope-s-Essay-on-Criticism-29483.aspx Good in-class English Writing Exercise Focused, unified body paragraphs Introductory and concluding paragraphs are a different matter, but the paragraphs that make up the guts of your essays, the body paragraphs, need the following to be effective units of argument or analysis: 1) A topic sentence, a direct statement of the main point of the paragraph. In question-driven essays, topic sentences should answer the intro question directly (from the opposition viewpoint in “opposing views” paragraphs). 2) Unity and coherence: the paragraph should remain clearly focused on one primary point, stated in the topic sentence, throughout the paragraph, proving or backing up the major point the paragraph contributes to the larger thesis. Usually, “body paragraphs” should elaborate only one major point of argument or analysis—one main point per paragraph. 3) Development: the paragraph should offer effective and convincing support to prove or illustrate the primary point of the paragraph—a developed paragraph gives evidence, often through illustrative examples, and detailed explanation of the topic sentence. Topic Sentences: Consider again the hypothetical paper from the second in-class exercise, addressing the question, “Why do so many people commit adultery?” 1st opposing view: One theory as to why so many people commit adultery holds that human beings are not by nature monogamous, that lifelong fidelity to a single sexual partner is unnatural. 2nd opposing view: Another theory would have us believe that the so-called “mid-life crisis” is the reason so many people commit adultery. Author's point 1: It may be that many people engage in adultery from simple boredom—it is a sad but true fact that in many marriages sex becomes “old” within months of the honeymoon. Author's point 2: People commit adultery, too, because some see cheating as method of escape or relief from other, deeper problems in their marriages. Author's point 3: Perhaps the most pervasive underlying cause for the frequent occurrence of adultery is our society's casual attitude towards both marriage and divorce in general. Thesis: Adultery is common mainly because people get bored with their partners, because they have deeper problems in the relationship and seek solace or relief in the arms of others, and because our society has a casual attitude towards both marriage and divorce in general. Recall that essays maintain focus globally by having each topic sentence answer the question you are addressing directly, by repeating "key words" from the question in each topic sentence. 2006-06-14T20:45:50-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Good-in-class-English-Writing-Exercise-29481.aspx Critical Analysis of "The Minister's Black Veil" The small, early American town that the story “The Minister’s Black Veil” takes place in is a quite provincial town. Its inhabitants are normal people who, when confronted with a foreign entity, respond with ignorance. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses symbolism and a black veil to convey his message of the incorrectness of early American actions towards things of a foreign nature. The black veil symbolized the all too familiar urge to hide one’s private life, the necessity for people to look past other’s surfaces, and the hypocrisy of a society’s customs. The private sector of a person’s life is something that not many people are allowed to enter. When Parson Hooper begins to wear the black veil, he puts up another form of protection to keep people further away from his private life, something that people already wonder about. The veil symbolizes the barricade that everyone uses to hide his or her personal life, the things that happen behind closed doors. When one of Hooper’s parishioner’s queries, “I wonder he is not afraid to be alone with himself” (189), she exhibits the kind of wonderment that the people of this small provincial town have regarding the private lives of others. The village physician even takes his part in the town-wide suspicion of what is behind Mr. Hooper’s mysterious black veil, when he observes that, “[s]omething must be amiss with Mr. Hooper’s intellects” (189). The simple black veil also indicates the necessity for people to become more accepting of things that are foreign to them. Mr. Hooper’s town stopped communication with him all because of the black veil that he wore on his face. Nothing of his character changed at all but the simple fact that he was now wearing a veil over his face disturbed the people of his town to the point where they ceased interaction with him. When Hooper’s “wife”, Elizabeth, demands, “Lift the veil but once, and look me in the face” (194), she proves the point that she, as well as the rest of the town, has a fear of the unknown that is powerful enough to ruin the bond between lovers. The veil represents many things, courage to be an individual, fear to be unveiled, but most of all, obstinacy of ignorance. The people of Parson 2006-06-12T18:35:21-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Critical-Analysis-of-The-Minister-s-Black-Veil-29341.aspx The 20th Century phenomenon of Globalization has greatly influenced literary texts and language. The notion of the ‘global village’ is in itself an oxymoron, a term coined to play on our innate needs as human – for community, for history, for identity. This word, village, is one that most whose life experience does not transcend the western world, only wish to be familiar with. Today, in a world where one can eat at McDonald’s in Qa’tar and receive news that another child is dead in Iraq as it happens, the warmth of this word, village, is something we long for. However, for many, our ‘global village’ does not suffice. Globalisation is, instead, a terrifying concept. We have become faceless, unrecognised and unnecessary. The increasing popularity of novels such an ‘Under the Tuscan Sun’ and ‘A Year in Provence’ that whimsically recount a retreat from the global are a reflection of our own increasing desire to escape. There is a quaint irony in the popularity of these globally marketed books, the same that underpins McDonald’s claim as a family restaurant and the artificial chalk on the blackboards at Gloria Jean’s. Texts that focus on retreat from the global illustrate the reasons behind our desire to do so. Annie Proulx’s novel ‘The Shipping News’, an episode of the BBC series ‘Black Books’ and the short story ‘How about this?’ by Raymond Carver are three such texts. The issues clear in each text are reflected in my own visual, a comic strip titled “Urban Daze”. The Shipping News is a novel by E. Annie Proulx. It tells the story of Quoyle who moves from suburban USA to Newfoundland, home of his ancestors, when his wife is killed. This move is primarily motivated by the first is the chance of a fresh start. Quoyle is able to find happiness in the local without money, celebrity or beauty – qualities highly valued by the global community. Another reason for his retreat is the intrinsic desire to return to Newfoundland, home to generations of Quoyles. The bad relationship he had with his late parents is another factor in his need to reconnect. The Shipping News has a strong focus on environmental issues. In the chapter, Oil, Proulx’s contempt for the global is shown through the differing opinions of her characters. Quoyle writes an article for the local newspaper making known the environmental and cultural damage oil 2006-06-12T11:39:08-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Globalisation-Literary-Text-and-Language-29335.aspx a) This ballad poem tells us about a nineteen year old that fought in Vietnam War and has come home. Some of the key issues are Vietnam war was excluded from the world and the main objective of this poem is to tell us about the Vietnam environment the constant diseases, the battles which occurred which didn’t let them go to sleep and the life threatening operations from gun wounds or other explosives. One of the key issues is the Vietnam environment was so tense so scattered with diseases which outside Vietnam people did hardly know about and the bushy landscape which they can easily get ambushed by the Vietnamese soldiers. Another key issue is that the lack of sleep and the constant battles which even occurred while they were sleeping. The many people did not know about so many operations which people had because of mines and gun wounds and how life threatening they were. b) The poet wrote this poem to inform peace activists, pacifists, soldiers who were in Vietnam and for the general population to inform them of what is war. The poet tried to inform peace activist to urge them to put a end to this conflict because he had experience many things in Vietnam war which he would not like others to experience. Also the poet was trying to inform the soldiers enrolling which were going to war to be careful and be on your guard and you can die by many ways in the Vietnam War. He tried to also convey to the world how unstable and how dangerous this Vietnam terrain and warfare is. This poet has been successful in this poem in a way he has changed many minds on the war on Vietnam. c) Through the structural and language features the composer portrays the main messages of the poem and in effect influences the way the reader reacts to this text. This poem has four stanzas some rhyme while others don’t some have question marks which question the reader this poem has seven paragraphs and three chorus. d) I like this poem because it tries to convey a story and gives us first hand information not from someone which hasn’t been to war describing it, it tells about his problems with war as any human would have problems with a war like this and feel very frightened and in need of help. It tells of how hard it is to be 2006-06-12T11:02:25-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Reveiw-on-When-I-was-Only-Nineteen-29310.aspx Blood On The Tracks Blood On The Tracks is an extract taken from an article in Metro Magazine. It is targeted at an intellectual audience hence it offers valuable insights into meaning in media-based texts. This article investigates the notion of the road metaphor being a major element in any type of journey. The text opens in an analytical tone; “the road metaphor is significant in many ways”, an authoritative statement which presents the subject of the article. The sophisticated style of writing and the use of critical language allows the reader to engage in the text as the composer explores the notion road metaphor. The first paragraph demonstrates the significance of the road metaphor describing a road as something which “cuts across…nature and culture”, and “enabling a way”. This positive tone challenges the responder’s imagination and in doing so allows the responder to portray the road metaphor positively. By describing a dilemma as “a life as a crossroad”, the composer is able to through the use of imagination to make a metaphorical connection between life and a road, reinforcing its significance. In the second paragraph, the composer cites examples of the significance of the road metaphor in a long list of genres and example texts, demonstrating the extent to which the road metaphor is significant in various texts throughout time. Describing it as “embedded within…ourselves” and having “paved the way”, the composer reinforces to the responder her perception of the road metaphor as a powerful motif. It is followed by an analysis of Beneath Clouds; an Australian film that the composer perhaps feels is undervalued, debating the notion that it appears to be “a deceptively simple narrative”. Describing it as “hardly groundbreaking in terms of style or approach”, she then points out that it “nonetheless manages to blaze its own trail within Australian cinema”. The word “blaze” connotes speed, and reflects the composer’s personal opinion of it. The metaphorical journey is then explained, describing the characters as “travellers heading for the borders of their respective identities”. Through this the responders begin to use their imagination to absorb the context and claims made by the reviewer. The Town Where Time Stands Still This short extract of The Town Where Time Stands Still by Geok Lim relates well to the concept of journey. It uses formal and complex language to discuss the motivations behind travelling. Lim believes that a combined motive of the search for the 2006-06-12T11:00:53-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Reviews-Blood-On-The-Tracks-Town-Where-Time-Stands-Still-29309.aspx Imaginative journeys Imaginative journeys can be taken through the imagination or psyche of an individual as they explore, reflect and fuse together the seemingly intangible with reality. Imaginative journeys may draw on previous experiences and understandings but move beyond these limited perceptions into more speculative or fantastical realms. Another way of viewing an imaginative journey is its capacity to draw responders into a fictional, speculative setting. Imaginative journeys which will be elaborated below are represented in the Board of Studies Booklet Prescribed text-“The Ivory Trail”, the two Coleridge poems “This Lime Tree Bower My Prison” and “Kubla Khan”, the poetic text “Ode on a Grecian Urn” composed by John Keats and the visual text from the “Calendar of 2003” by Michael Leunig. The composers attempt to create a world in which imagination dominates the perceptions and views of the responders, as they are taken on a journey of magic and discovery. The book cover- “The Ivory Trail” from the stimulus booklet represents that the individual may encounter new horizons by realising the limitless power of the imagination. The text provides an imaginative journey for responders as they are drawn to speculate upon the text and visuals provided. The text type’s purpose is to appeal to readers to purchase/read the book, however the references made to reality challenges responders to question the erratic, mysterious and obscure nature of the journey itself. This is communicated through the ambiguous, photographic montage of the sphinx, face close-up and minarets. An exotic setting is portrayed through the back drop of the eastern minarets and the sphinx’s Egyptian associations. The idea of a rare journey is evoked in the title: “The Ivory Trail”. Ivory is symbolic of the rare material from tusks of elephants and is known for its illegal trade. This exotic and rare allusion also evokes feelings of intrigue and mystery which gives an impression for the responders that this text is an imaginative journey. The caption: “Not all journeys have an ending” is used by the composer to encourage the actualization responders come to after exploring the possibilities presented to them. It expresses an idea of continuum by suggesting that imagination itself does not have an end and that only through imagination continuum can be achieved. The dominant colours of red, black and orange and the use of shadows depict an atmosphere of fear, passion and threat. Subsequently responders do not reach a resolution or 2006-06-12T10:44:03-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Imaginative-journeys--29303.aspx Part 1: The Induction Question 1: Using the elements below, identify an example of it in both the Induction and the main play Disguise Induction: Lord: “What think you, if he were conveyed to bed, wrapped in sweet clothes rings put upon his fingers and most delicious banquet by his bed, and brave attendants near him when he wakes, would not the beggar then forget himself.” -The lord decides to play a trick on Sly by making him a lord and seeing if he would forget himself. (Induction 1,35) Play Lucentio: “Thou shalt be master, Tranio, in my stead, keep house and port, and servants, as I should. I will some other be-some Florentine, some Neapolitan, or meaner man of Pisa. ‘Tis hatched, and shall be so. Tranio, at once uncase thee, take my coloured hat and cloak.” Tranio disguises himself as Lucentio and Lucentio disguises himself as a teacher. (Act 1 Scene 1,199) Masters and servants Induction First Huntsman: “I will, my lord.” The huntsman agrees to the command of his master and promises to accomplish the lord’s command.(Induction1,27) Play Tranio: “In brief sir, sith it your pleasure is, and I am tied to be obedient” Lucentio’s servant agrees to help Lucentio as he must be obedient since he is subject to his master’s commands.(Act 1 Scene 1, 208) Relationship between men and women Induction Page: “My husband and my lord, my lord and husband, I am your wife in obedience.”The page states the role of woman/wife to her man/husband. The page acknowledges that the woman/wife must be obedient and always at service for her man/husband.(Induction 2, 105) Play Katherina: “Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, thy head, thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, and for thy maintenance; commits his body to painful labour both by sea and land, to watch the night in storms, the day in cold, whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; and craves no other tribute at thy hands but love, fair looks, and true obedience- too little payment for so great a debt.”Katherina being tamed acknowledges her position and that she is subject to her husband.(Act 5 Scene 2, 145) Love Induction Page: “Ay, and the time seems thirty unto me, being all this time abandoned from your bed.” The page (acting) displays the love she has for her husband by stating that it has been thirty years not fifteen that she has been absent from his bed, she has exaggerated the time 2006-06-12T10:40:47-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Taming-of-the-Shrew-The-Induction-29301.aspx Edgar Allan Poe Short Story; "Cask of Amontillado" Humans are very complicated. For many years, human beings have been trying to figure out how the body works physically and mentally. Researches led to many discoveries in the human physical body, but the human mind is still relatively mysterious. Whenever a person does not follow the society’s guidelines, he or she, often enough, is considered mentally ill. In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado”, the highly descriptive imageries demonstrate how Montresor’s preoccupation with pride can easily lead to madness. In addition, with the aid of precise information, the author demonstrates how Montresor can embody human nature and through this character suggests that every human can be driven by madness if constantly obsessing over pride. Montresor’s maniacal actions as well as the symbolic catacombs confirm the presence of madness. Just as the story begins, Montresor “vow[s] revenge” (Poe 866) upon his friend, Fortunado, as he has only insulted him. As Montresor is convinced to take revenge upon his friend, this very first sentence shows clearly how madness overpowers him. Montresor then sacrifices the latter for the sake of his reputation, which he believes has been destroyed by Fortunado. Going to such extend as killing his own friend for a couple of offensive words is, without a doubt, a sign of madness within Montresor. Furthermore, as Fortunado approaches death, his cries and mercies are “reechoed, …aided, …surpassed…in volume and in strength” (Poe 870) by the only person that could possibly save him. Echoing Fortunado’s yells reflects Montresor’s satisfactions as well as his devilish pleasures brought during his friend’s torture. In addition, “the most recesses of the catacombs” (Poe 868) described as Montresor guides his victim to his own death by creating a false sense of security symbolize Montresor’s dark soul where deep down, madness overcomes him and causes his friend’s murder. Montresor, in Poe’s short story, is clearly a victim of his own madness which overpowers him and makes him do horrific things without being really conscious of their consequences. By means of specific details, Montresor is linked to humanity and, therefore, represents the latter. Montresor directly says, "You, who so well know the nature of my soul…" (Poe 866), in order to open up to the reader as if he or she can understand him or personally relate to him. Therefore, 2006-06-12T01:58:13-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Edgar-Allan-Poe-Short-Story-Cask-of-Amontillado-29262.aspx Analysis of James Hurst's Essay, "The Scarlet Ibis" Dante Alighieri once said, "Avarice, envy, pride, three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of all on Fire." In the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, it shows how pride can be beneficial in some ways, and harmful in other ways. The story starts out as the narrator of the story has a recollection of his past when his younger brother Doodle was still alive. The narrator tells how everyone believed Doodle is crippled mentally and physically. However, Doodle is a normal human being mentally, but has some difficulties physically. The narrator wants Doodle to become a “normal” boy, so he teaches him to practically all the activities any boy Doodle’s age would do. One day, Doodle and the narrator were playing in the fields. A large storm came and both had to run home before it became too hard to handle. Doodle started running after his brother, but couldn’t withstand it, and eventually, his stamina died down and had to rest. The narrator felt ticked off by Doodle and deserted him. A few minutes later, the narrator discovered Doodle under a tree, blood trickling from his mouth, dead. In the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, it shows how pride can be beneficial in some ways, and harmful in other ways. Pride of the narrator teaches a physically deprived little boy Doodle how to walk and gives him the same amenities as every other normal child. The pride of the narrator, “I [he] am going to teach Doodle how to walk” (170). Pride, in this instance, gives the narrator enough courage and vigor to help another human being in a positive way. The world needs more people such as the narrator, who is willing to benefit other’s lives in a tenderhearted way, to make another’s life better and happier. For example, “It’s so pretty, so pretty, pretty, pretty” (170). One’s pride can truly take the simple pleasures in life and make someone happy. The narrator does a simple task by taking his brother down to the swamp. By that action, Doodle is enthralled in happiness because he sees something he has never seen before. Having pride can be beneficial in many ways; however, having too much pride can be 2006-06-10T19:40:04-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Analysis-of-James-Hurst-s-Essay-The-Scarlet-Ibis-29141.aspx Irony, symbolism, and foreshadowing as literary devices Among Kate Chopin’s most impressive works is the short story entitled “The Story of an Hour”. This work best displays the importance of literary elements on the overall unified affect. Through the use of irony, symbolism, foreshadowing and paradox, the reader can grasp a better understanding of the main focus of the story. These literary elements are essential in the artistic style of the story. The story opens with the foreshadowing of the main character, Mrs. Mallard’s, death. The author initially informs the reader of the woman’s heart condition to allow for further developments later in the story. Through the paradox, “the joy that kills”, Chopin alludes that in the end it will be Mrs. Mallard’s joy that is the cause of her demise. Mrs. Mallard’s reaction to the news of her husband’s death gives reason to believe that she had already accepted the “death” of her marriage. The end of their relationship did not come as a shock and she was able to accept its significance, something a devoted wife could not do. This is why Mrs. Mallard was able to instantaneously begin to grieve and to weep with “wild abandonment”. Within minutes, upon entering her room, she was struck by a calming peace, and was overcome by a feeling of control and serenity. The feeling that possessed her is symbolic of the change that she could not contest; the unrelenting factor that fate plays in a person’s destiny. The imagery that aids in the plot and meaning of the story is that of nature. There is a direct correlation between the time of renewal and rebirth in nature and the reawakening of the woman’s freedom. Although the death of a person is typically associated with seasons of death, Brently Mallard’s supposed death takes place in the spring. As she looks out the window, Mrs. Mallard is confronted by the freshly fallen rain, and the newly grown trees, all symbolic of her new-sprung freedom. The clouds, a metaphor for the shadows that hovered over her marriage, begin to part and make way for a fresh beginning. The structural symbols in the Mallard household, are further demonstrations in the struggle between dominance and submissiveness. Contrasting with the outside world, the interior of the house is a prison, meant to keep Mrs. Mallard withdrawn from the world. The doors are also 2006-06-06T14:13:23-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Irony-Symbolism-and-Foreshadowing-as-Literary-Devices-29058.aspx Adultery in The Crucible and The Color Purple Throughout literature, one comes across characters that are not as appealing because they are promiscuous. John Proctor, from “The Crucible”, Harpo and Albert, from The Color Purple, are all examples of men who commit adultery. Their respective wives, Elizabeth, Sofia, and Celie, all have different reactions to their infidelity. The three women have completely different ways of handling the situation. In “The Crucible”, John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor had hired Abigail as a helper at their house. However, Abigail and John began to sleep together. Elizabeth began to notice and she approached John about it. He confesses and Abigail is kicked out of their house. After this event, there is a distance between John and Elizabeth, which is reasonable considering it was a great injustice done to Elizabeth. Elizabeth still suspects him of misconduct and he cannot take her suspicions anymore. He says, “You forget nothin’ and forgive nothing”…I have gone tiptoe in this house all seven month since she is gone. I have not moved from there to there without I think to please you, and still an everlasting funeral marches around your heart. I cannot speak but I am doubted…as though I come into a court when I come into this house” (Miller 52). There is great awkwardness in their relationship in the aftermath of this affair, but the big trials against Elizabeth bring them together. When Elizabeth was being arrested, John is very angry and says, “Fear nothing, Elizabeth....Damn you, man, you will not chain her!” (Miller 73-74). The calamity of the trial brings John and Elizabeth close together again. According to Julian Klein, this affair was caused by Elizabeth. She writes, “Elizabeth Proctor, the wife whose coldness inspired Proctor's adultery with their servant, Abigail Williams” (Klein). However, this is not a justified excuse for infidelity. When a person gets married, they are agreeing to be monogamous. It does not matter how difficult a spouse may be, one is not supposed to be disloyal. If there are too many problems, then there is the option of separation. Some may believe Elizabeth was too harsh in sending orphan Abigail out, but Elizabeth was vindicated because she was only thinking of saving her marriage and protecting her children from gossip. Elizabeth’s response to infidelity is the complete opposite of Celie’s reaction to her husband’s mistress. Their situations are also very different. Elizabeth 2006-05-13T21:40:53-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Adultery-in-The-Crucible-and-The-Color-Purple-28844.aspx Who the Bitch Really Is In America today, even some of the most intelligent and progressive people never really think about the implications of the words they use. In fact, many people seem to dwell in the dogma of anti-censorship rhetoric. They may feel that they have a right to say whatever words they want to, no matter who is affected. Many of these words are considered very oppressive however; it is a social norm in today’s society. Most commonly, you will find these oppressive words spoken frequently amongst males, whom feel that they are the superior of women. The frequent usage of these misogynist words is used to categorize, or label women as 2006-03-30T05:00:26-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Using-Misogimist-words-towards-women-28644.aspx Online Dating vs. Meet & Greet Imagine walking down a crowded street in Manhattan during the lunchtime rush hour. Millions of men and women fill the streets. Some are married, divorced, in long or short-term relationships, and some are single. In fact, over half are single. So how does one tell, who is, and who is not? In addition, if they are able to single handedly point them out, do they have the nerve to approach them, and ask them out on a date? Not usually, and even if they did conjure up the nerve, the lunch hour would be over by the time they acted upon it. Millions of single people in today’s society face this dilemma because according to the web page sponsored by Media Wiley, “traditional dating has become fundamentally random” (15). Is there a safe alternative to traditional dating? Many would say, “Yes” that the modern style of online dating or, virtual dating has become a very safe and effective alternative to the traditional dating style; however, millions of people would argue the fact. Is online dating a safe alternative, or should people continue to stick with the traditional way of meeting potential partners in person? Truth is, online dating is a very safe alternative to traditional dating. Online dating has become one of the fastest growing alternatives to the traditional style of dating; in fact, “The numbers of people reported dating online in North America ranges from 10 to 30 million” (Silverstein 20). Many people choose to use online dating to their advantage because of the many wonderful benefits that accompany it; however, many people argue that online dating is very dangerous. This may be true, yet no matter whether two people connect online, or in person, any given situation that involves meeting a stranger could be very dangerous. In fact, everyone needs to be cautious when it comes to meeting new people. Online dating, however, allows people to interact with other people anonymously, which is a lot safer than traditional dating. With online dating, a person never has to reveal their identity, what kind of car they drive, what things they like to do, or what places they frequent the most. Unlike traditional dating, this information does not have to become the topic of discussion. In addition, unlike traditional dating, online dating allows people to screen millions of available candidates, who meet their search criteria. They also 2006-03-29T06:03:31-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Online-Dating-Vs_-Meet-and-Greet-28628.aspx It's 10 minutes to 9 and the night is dark and cold. Completely unaware of the surroundings, fear and anxiety possess within. Grasping for air, the weather continues to drop. Heart's Racing - this is it; this is how it ends. The national homicide rate in 2004 was 5.5 per 100,000. Philadelphia's homicide rate in 2004 was 22.2 per 100,000. (Philadelphia Inquirer.) Twenty-two percent of the city's population died within the past year. For every 10 seconds another person on this planet is laid to rest. Death occurs so often, that retaliation and accidents become one in definition. Ernest Becker said, "The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is a mainspring of human activity - designed largely to avoid the fatality of death, to overcome it by denying in some way that it is the final destiny of man." It's amazing; in the midst of death is when someone truly determines the value and the importance of the life they luckily still possess. Every time someone questions what they did within the duration of their life, two things will happen; you either will see them bow their head in shame, filled with regret because they feel that they have failed in not only their own expectations, but also the expectations of others. Or, you will see them raise their head in dignified satisfaction because to them, they've accomplished their goal and are ready for life’s next challenge. But no matter who you are, where you’re from, or what you've experienced, each and every person possesses a goal, an ambition or a purpose that must be pursued. Even so, before successfully fulfilling one's objective in life, despite what happens, within each person three characteristics will always become evident; one will always experience fear, success, and failure. Being able to accept all three characteristics with no complaint is the most valuable tool one could ever possess. The most complicated question one could ever ask is to define the meaning of life; to elaborate the means and basis of our own existence; to put into words the physical, mental, and emotional inclination that one must experience with every given step. Happiness, sadness, and regret are all examples of mentalities that just cannot be put into words. To explain life is not impossible but simply just a waste of valuable time. Albert Camus once said 2006-03-23T21:13:29-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-Meaning-of-Life-28616.aspx As you read the “Strength to Love” you start to realize how today’s society is filled with hatred and has been overcome by great amounts of evil. I think that this is what Martin Luther King wanted to get through to the reader as he wrote this book of sermons. Not only was the society being ruined, but the people that make up the society were damaging our world; and still damaging it today. Obviously, the main issue that Martin Luther King was trying to cover was the idea of living a better lifestyle which God has chosen for us to ultimately better ourselves and our society. MLK (Martin Luther King, Jr.) makes a lot of good observations which he makes within each chapter. I think that each of the chapters had one specific point that MLK wanted to get by to the reader which summed up to his main topic. Three of the strongest points that struck me the most were the tough mind and the tender hearts of strong people. Secondly, that our God is able to do anything. And Thirdly, The answer to the perplexing question of, “How can evil be cast out?” As I was reading the first chapter I was amazed how the things that were being said were so true. Our society today is generally built of two types of people: tough minded people and soft minded people. There is a world out there full of television, radio and internet that people are engaged in. With any of those things easily at hand people tend to depend on them or take them for granted to not only entertain us but to fill us with resources. That resource, which may be true or false, tends to brainwash the soft-minded people of our society. The tendency for people to fall into these types of traps has led to a violent and prejudice lifestyle. Soft mindedness has brought these evil acts upon our world. On the opposite side of the soft minded person is the tough minded person. Jesus has helped those with the tough mind to think with reason, make decisive judgments and decipher true from false. But with only a tough mind you will lack genuine compassion and isolate yourself from others. Not only do you have to have tough 2006-03-22T03:12:47-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Strength-to-Love-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-28605.aspx Geoffrey Chaucer and his effect on the English Language Geoffrey Chaucer has been called the Father of the English language. He did for the English narrative what Shakespeare later did for drama. He was the first writer to use lines of poetry that had an appeal to those interested in nature and books. His writing was very modern for his time, even more modern than the writings of others after he died, but he stayed within the traditions of medieval poetry. Chaucer was born in London, no one knows exactly what date but sometime between 1340 and 1344. Chaucer’s father, John Chaucer, was a wine merchant although his last name from the French word chaussier indicates that his ancestors were shoemakers. He would sometimes hold positions in the royal administration and he was a significant member in the business community. Chaucer and his parents were lucky to escape the plague during the times of the Black Death, the epidemic that was spread to European lands from the Middle East. In June of 1348 it entered the coastal towns of England and within a few months two million out of five million inhabitants were dead. At this time, Chaucer was four to eight years old and very fortunate to not have been infected. Any details concerning Geoffrey Chaucer’s career in civil service come from contemporary documents. Records indicate that in 1357 Chaucer was serving as a page in the household of King Edward’s son Prince Lionel and his wife Elizabeth. Because he held this position he was given rights that most Englishmen did not have, such as the right to bear arms and fight for the king. Along with those rights he was given the title of valettus. Chaucer took some time away from the royal family and went to school, whose name remains unknown. The next seven years of his life are very indefinite. He had many other jobs in government service. Over his lifetime he served King Edward III, The Countess of Ulster, King Richard II, and The Earl of Derby, who later became King Henry IV. He also fought from 1359 to 1360 in the Hundred Years War that took place between England and France. While he was in battle, he was captured by France, taken prisoner and ransomed for 16 pounds. In 1366 he 2005-12-31T06:47:36-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Geoffrey-Chaucer-and-his-Effect-on-the-English-Language-28343.aspx Leading a Lonely Life In the novels, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, both of the main characters are plagued with loneliness and a longing for companionship. While Huck seems to come across friends more easily than Holden Caulfield, they both are constantly stricken with a lack of friendly faces and a need for fellowship throughout their journeys for self-realization. Holden’s gravitation away from people he deems “phony” seems to leave him without companionship for most of the novel, whereas Huck always has someone with him, his loneliness is manifested more in his longing for normality. Both characters find some sort of comfort in the idea that they can succeed individually, but realize that they are much better off with a group of people for encouragement and support. Huckleberry Finn seems to bring on his own loneliness by breaking away from the social norm in order to move towards his own idea of normality. Huck is a young adolescent boy whose mother is dead, and whose father is a drunken buffoon, constantly away on some sort of binge drinking spree. He lives with his aunt, and she attempts to “sivilize” his mannerisms. He runs away from his family; he leaves behind his aunt who cares for him very much. He leaves behind his comforts and his security; he leaves behind his abusive drunken father. “The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn’t stand it no longer I lit out.” (Twain 13) He travels off into the night in order to find out what he wants for himself. Huck’s experience with the cabin in the woods appears to be the breaking point. When Huck has to endure many days and nights, cramped into a small cabin with his insane father, he realizes that a life of drunkenness and foolery were not what he wanted. He runs away, and soon realizes that perhaps home is better than he thought it was. Holden is lonely preceding as well as throughout the novel, and although his situation is quite different from Huck’s, it seems to lead to many of the same feelings. His brother Allie has been killed by 2005-12-21T03:55:58-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Holdem-Caulfield-Leading-a-Lonely-Life-28192.aspx John Proctor is portrayed throughout Arthur Miller’s The Crucible as a sensible, honest, hardworking man, but throughout the play, he undergoes a very serious change, not only of heart, but also of faith. Proctor’s faith in man is rather small to begin with, but his faith in God is not. He sees the good in mankind, and the power of the Almighty, but also acknowledges that man is corrupt and generally insensible. Proctor: I’ve heard you to be a sensible man, Mr. Hale. I hope you’ll leave some of it in Salem. (Act 1) John Proctor’s religious beliefs play very strongly into his decisions as the play progresses. He feels very strongly that the girls have forsaken God and His teachings. Abby especially comes under the gun of John Proctor. He openly announces his affair with her in order to try to bring some semblance of justice to Salem. Proctor: In the proper place-where my beasts are bedded. Excellency, forgive me, forgive. She thinks to dance with me on my wife’s grave! And well she might for I thought of her softly. God help me, I lusted, and there is a promise in such sweat. But this is a whore’s vengeance, and you must see it; I set myself entirely in your hands. (Act 3) John throws himself out on a limb here, exposing his dark past in order to permit justice to be served in Salem. Proctor: I have rung the doom of my good name-you will believe me, Mr. Danforth! (Act 3) Later in the play, Proctor realizes that there is no hope for justice and truth in Salem, and he lets himself go. He no longer cares about what he says, he has already tarnished his good name, so he sees no purpose in keeping his mind to himself. Proctor: I say-I say-God is dead! Parris: Hear it, hear it! Proctor: A fire, a fire is burning! I hear the boot of Lucifer, I see his filthy face! And it is my face and yours, Danforth! For them that quail to bring men out of ignorance, as I have quailed, and as you quail now when you know in all your black hearts that this be fraud-God damns our kind especially, and we will burn, we will burn together! (Act 3) By the end of the play, John Proctor has lost all faith in both humanity and God. God did not come to make right the wrongs being 2005-12-21T03:54:46-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-Crucible-Proctor-Character-Analysis-28191.aspx Reverend Hale’s character is dramatically changed throughout Arthur Miller’s play: The Crucible. In the very beginning of the play, Hale appears strong and resolute. He is seen as all knowing, even holy. As the play progresses, Hale’s own insecurities prompt the citizen’s slow descent of reverence for him. In Act One, Hale arrives in Salem to try to resolve the problem surrounding the sleeping girls and witchcraft. His arrival stirs up the town, and they are all honored to be in his presence, and he knows it. Parris: Mr. Hale! Oh! It’s good to see you again! (taking some books) My, they’re heavy! Hale: They must be; they are weighted with authority. (Act 1) Here, Reverend Hale is very self-confident, and is very much enjoying the respect he is given in Salem. By Act Two, Reverend Hale has somewhat settled in Salem, and the town still shows him much reverence and respect. They trust him as a voice of authority, primarily because he serves on the court. He is however, far more personable than the other judges presiding. Hale: I am a stranger here as you know. And in my ignorance I find it hard to draw a clear opinion of them that come accused before the court. And so this afternoon and tonight, I go from house to house---I come now from Rebecca Nurse’s house----- Elizabeth: Rebecca’s charged! Hale: God forbid such a one be charged. She is, however—--mentioned somewhat. (Act 2) Hale’s kindness is one of his most endearing traits, and it is why most citizens of Salem trust him. Alongside his religious fervor, Hale was possibly the most respected man in Salem. Finally, in Act Three, Hale reaches his climax. Hale’s conscience finds him, and he begins to openly doubt the court. Hale: Is every defense an attack upon the court? Can no one--? (Act 3) The judges begin to turn on Hale who finds himself struggling between keeping his good name and helping the innocent. In the end, Hale joins the side that defends the innocent. Hale: Excellency, I have signed seventy-two death warrants; I am a minister of the Lord and I dare not take a life without there be a proof so immaculate no slightest qualm of conscience may doubt it. Danforth: Mr. Hale, you surely do not doubt my justice. Hale: I have this morning signed away the soul of Rebecca Nurse. Your Honor, I’ll not conceal it, my hand shakes yet as with a wound! I pray you sir, this argument 2005-12-21T03:42:25-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-Crucible-Reverend-Hale-Character-Analysis-28190.aspx Marriage according to the legal definition is a union between two people with common interests and commitment to one another. In the late 1800s, people with marriage relationship and family problems had no options to divorce. The only choice which they had was to wish that either the husband or the wife to die. In the present day, you can divorce whenever you like, as long as there is a problem in marriage relationship. True love according to definition is a feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness (www.dictionary.com). “The story of an Hour ” by Kate Chopin and “The painted Door” by Sinclair Ross displaced the element of true love that is self – assertion. Both story portrayed one similarity, which was the true love self - assertion. Mrs. Mallard wanted the freedom but still had love for her husband (now dead), but as for Ann, she loved John very much but the problem was that John was always hardworking. When the news got to Mrs. Mallard, her mood rapidly. She didn’t “take it to heart as other women did” (77). She was totally paralyzed, and we are been told that she had heart problem before. So the mood she is in could affect her condition. According to the story, she still “loved her husband sometimes”(79). The reason she never really loved him was because he never showed the love wanted by her but to treat her badly. After lamenting the death of her husband, she went to her room and locked her self up there. According to what she said, “But she felt it creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air.” her view of long life changed from horror to hopefulness. She saw the world entirely new. At that moment she realizes that she got what she wanted, self - assertion (the freedom). The reason she wanted freedom is because the husband go to work and never come back to make love but would be heavily tired (my hypothesis). Well she ended up of dying from a “heart disease- joy that kills.” as in, after seeing her husband (who was presumed dead). In “the painted door”, most of the time John and Ann would work all day, never having time for fun or relaxation 2005-11-29T23:11:58-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/True-Love-A-Self–Assertion-28141.aspx Sissy Jupe: More Than Just A Number In Charles Dickens’ novel Hard Times, he uses the characters to present the reader with many messages. One of these messages presented is that the Gradgrind system of education is faulty. Dickens is critical of an education system that only regards things that can be weighed or measured as being worthy. Thus, intangibles like imagination, emotion, and compassion are not considered worthy. The Gradgrind system of education can be seen as flawed through the examples of Sissy Jupe. The lack of individuality and creativity can be proven to be detrimental to those who ascribe to the Gradgrind system, which denies anything that isn’t factual. Sissy’s caring; thoughts of fancy, and individualism have kept her from long-term sorrow, pity and loneliness. The Gradgrind system is also proven as flawed through Sissy in that her caring and ingenuity helps the other characters potentially realize how they have let the system flaw them. Also, Sissy’s ability to ward of the system’s teachings will prove useful and helping others escape the system, be it short term. In the schoolroom scene, Sissy starts to show how the Gradgrind system only relies on fact. As Dickens describes the schoolroom, we see the following contrast: “But, whereas the girl was so dark-eyed and dark-haired, that she seemed to received a deeper and more lustrous color from the sun when it shone upon her, the boy was so light-eyed and light-haired that the self-same rays appeared to draw out of him what little color he ever possessed” (Dickens 7). Sissy is full of color and vitality because she lives a life that is full of imagination and compassion. This is in opposition to the other children who have been “bleached” of all imaginative thoughts and life because of the Gradgrind educational system. The factual basis of Gradgrind is further emphasized when is Sissy is addressed only as “ ‘Girl number twenty’” (6) by Gradgrind. A name shows individuality and is an expression of creativity. However, this is ultimately shunned in Gradgrind’s system. In addition, a name leaves room for interpretation and can be shortened and changed. F.R. Leavis explains how being addressed as a number gives preciseness and fact to a person: “Sissy’s incapacity to acquire this kind of ‘fact’ of formula, her unaptness for education, is manifested to us, on the other hand, as part and parcel of her sovereign and indefeasible 2005-11-26T01:45:11-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Hard-Times-Sissy-Jupe-28131.aspx Subject and verb, Pronoun and Antecedent ~When a word refers to one person or thing, it is singular in number. When a word refers to more than one, it is plural in number. Singular Plural student students child children it they berry berries Example: As a child, the girl in the photograph was sure she was not very good at anything. photograph=singular A verb should ALWAYS agree with it’s subject in number. 1) Singular subjects take singular verbs. Examples : He washes the dishes. ( The singular verb washes agrees with the singular subject he. ) A girl in my neighborhood playsin the school band. ( The singular subject girl takes the singular verb plays. ) 2) Plural subjects take plural verbs. Examples: They wash the dishes. Several girls in my neighborhood play in the school band. In the examples above, the main verbs agree in number with their subjects. Like single-word verbs, verb phrases agree with their subjects. However, in a verb phrase, only the first helping verb changes its form to agree with a singular or plural subject. Examples: A girl in my neighborhood was playing in the school band. Several girls in my neighorborhood were playing in the school band. He has been washing the dishes. They have been washing the dishes. GENERALLY, NOUNS ENDING IN –S ARE PLURAL (friends, girls), BUT VERBS ENDING IN –S ARE SINGULAR (sees, hears) The number of the subject is not changed by a phrase following the subject. Remember that a verb agrees in number with its subject. A subject is never part of a prepositional phrase. Examples: The sign near the glass doors explains the theme of the exhibit. Several painitings by Emilio Sanchez were hanging in the galley. Compound prepositions such as together with, in addition, as well as, and along with following the subject do not affect the number of the subject. Examples: Anne, together with her cousins, is backpacking in Nevada this summer. Robert, along with Kimberely and Ervin, has been nominated for class president. The following pronouns are singular : each, either, neither, one, everyone, everybody, noone, nobody, anyone, anybody, someone, somebody. Examples Each of the athletes runs effortlessly. ( Each one runs. ) Neither of the women is ready to start. ( Neither one is ready. ) The following pronouns are plural: several, few, both, many. Examples: Several of the runners are exercising. Few of the athletes have qualified. Were both of the games postponed? Many on the team practice daily. The pronouns some, all most, any, and none, may 2005-11-23T21:14:22-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Subject-and-verb,-Pronoun-and-Antecedent-28123.aspx History of Romantic Poetry In earlier days of poetry there were three types of poetry that were alike in some ways but different on views. Eighteenth century poets and Romantic poets focused mainly on nature and incorporated God some of the time. But in the works from the Puritans, their main focal point was also on nature, but it always came second to God. These different movements in poetry came about through the works of talented poets such as John Milton, Alexander Pushkin, Alexander Pope, and William Wordsworth. Seventeenth century writer John Milton led the Puritan age of poetry. Milton is most notable for his great Biblical epic, “Paradise Lost”. The writings of the Puritan poets incorporated God and nature, but God was to be the center point of their poems. Unlike the Puritans the poets from the eighteenth century and the Romantic period put their main focus on nature alone. The Puritan beliefs were exemplified by writers such as John Milton because he was a strong believer in the Puritan faith, and he was not afraid to let it be known that he was a devote Puritan. He illustrated his strong faith in works such as “Paradise Lost”, which glorified God. Not to say that eighteenth century and Romantic poets were not Christians, but Puritans expressed their faith in God more often than any other poets. The eighteenth century brought about a new breed of poets that broke away from the old ways of the Puritans and developed a new style of writing. These poets focused mainly on nature and mentioned the grace of God periodically. Eighteenth century poets had a writing technique much like that of the Romantics. The point that made them so much alike was their view on nature. The most notable poet of the eighteenth century was Alexander Pope. After the eighteenth century; another new breed of poets called themselves the Romantics. The Romantic period is said to be the richest period in literature ever. Romantic poets expressed freedom, emotion, and individuality along with nature in their works unlike the eighteenth century and Puritan poets. Two of the more notable Romantic poets were William Wordsworth and Alexander Pushkin. They are known for such great literary “The World is Too Much With Us” and “From Autumn” . In “ The World is Too Much With Us”, Wordsworth illustrates how we sometimes take things like 2005-09-09T09:41:31-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/History-of-Romantic-Poetry--27944.aspx “’Cultural Vandals’ Hide behind Free Speech,” - First for a Reason I disagree with the essay, “’Cultural Vandals’ Hide behind Free Speech,” by Jeff Durstewitz. The author believes that the First Amendment should not allow our children to be stripped of their innocence. He thinks that the constitution should set limits and standards to protect them, but I strongly disagree. I think that parents are very capable of protecting their own children themselves, and that freedom of speech should extend to the so-called “cultural vandals” in our society today (Durstewitz 530). The First Amendment was first for a reason, it shouldn’t be taken away for anything. In his passage, the author starts off talking about how guns are mistakenly blamed for teen violence in our country. He deems that teen violence is much too vague a topic, and the real damage being done to children isn’t physical. He insists that our society is dedicated to corrupting the young people of our country. He goes on to talk about how violent movies are a problem, and he says that “the evidence of moral and cultural degradation is almost inescapable,” (Durstewitz 530). In his conclusion, the author challenges the application of the First Amendment when children are affected. He believes that “we have the right to set standards and limits where children […] are concerned” (Durstewitz 530). I believe that the First Amendment rights of the Constitution should not be compromised to protect our children. I feel that parents are very much capable of taking care of their own children. Let the parents do the parenting. It should be up to them what their child may or may not be exposed to. The author uses the example of, “nine-year olds and younger watching South Park,” as a problem, as the cartoon is geared towards more mature viewers since it uses adult humor. Adult-oriented programming, in most cases, is unfamiliar to young children. They do not usually understand the very jokes and adult humor that is “corrupting them”. Since many children are very curious, they may ask their parents what something means or just laugh (without knowing what they’re laughing about) and forget about it. If the parents decide that they do not want their child watching a particular show or channel, cable television allows parents to block 2005-08-02T06:21:30-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Cultural-Vandals-Hide-behind-Free-Speech-1st-Amendment-27523.aspx Deliberate Alienation: Surrealism and Magical Realism Critical thinking is a terrible thing. At least, that seems to be a popular opinion. We live in an age where people are willing to look to anyone but themselves for advice on what they should think. Rather than figure out what their own opinions are, they trust the thinly-veiled slant of the television newscasters, the politics-masquerading-as-reporting of magazines like Time and Newsweek. There are fashion shows and magazines that tell you what you think is stylish. Children in grade school and high school are actually discouraged from thinking differently from their peers or from their teachers. Even television commercials or assigned readings in school that encourage positive behavior are only promoting this phenomenon of mental laziness: whether people are told to think good things or told to think bad things is unimportant; either way they're still not doing their own thinking. Lest we become a culture of zombies, it seems important somehow to stop this disturbing trend. But how to combat this kind of apathy? Any appeal to the brain-dead must require them to use that very organ which they are allowing to atrophy. Perhaps some shock therapy is in order. There's a reason our language contains the phrase "to slap some sense into" someone. I propose that the best way to cure such mental apathy is to attack it. By presenting the individual with an apparent reality which contradicts or prevents what s/he is familiar or comfortable with, one would force him/her to spend the necessary cognitive effort to correct or reconcile the discrepancy, or risk existing in an utterly absurd, impossible, and nonsensical world. Purposely inducing cognitive dissonance may be the best or only way to elicit any sort of cognitive activity at all. One of the easiest and most effective ways in which to achieve this goal is to deliberately alienate the individual from those things which s/he takes for granted -- to pull the rug out from under him/her, so to speak. I am not speaking merely of removing objects from the subject's world -- say, stealing a lamp from the nighttable -- but also of removing or rearranging relationships: moving the lamp to the other nighttable, placing a shoe on the nighttable instead of the lamp, etc. Jean-Paul Sartre understood the effectiveness of this kind of alienation when he wrote his short story "The Wall": "Tom was alone too 2005-08-01T07:09:07-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Deliberate-Alienation-Surrealism-and-Magical-Realism-27500.aspx Self-Determination shown in the works of Erasmus and Pico Among the most influential reformative authors during the Renaissance were Pico Della Mirandola and Erasmus of Rotterdam. Both distinguished writers explore humanism as a whole, and clearly dissect the relationship between knowledge and piety in their own way. According to orthodox theology, man was born sinful and was incapable of virtue without the aid of divine grace. However, Humanism offered an alternative, which said that man could freely choose his destiny and could act rightly by the exercise of his own will. Pico’s “Wisdom” throughout On the Dignity of Man, involves the practice of intellectual enlightenment and suggests knowledge as a necessary step towards piety. However, piety cannot be achieved solely without the final step of earning God’s grace. Erasmus’ Praise of Folly criticizes human society through the vast number of follies that lie within. Although it may seem strange to praise Folly, the one certain advantage to foolishness is the freedom to speak the truth. In Praise of Folly, Erasmus puts this freedom to good use in reminding his readers, a society greatly corrupted by worldly concerns, that one must serve God in order to reach a state of piety. Erasmus, as well as Pico, believes that man has self-determination along with the movement of the soul towards God. Erasmus bids entrance into the ambiguity of what we can know and understand, and ultimately the ambiguity of all knowledge, most importantly the divine wisdom of Christ. Although both Pico and Erasmus share a similar correlation between knowledge and piety, the two authors differ however, in that Pico emphasizes the notion that man has the ability to form himself through free will and become pious through intellectual reformation, while Erasmus calls for the need to increase knowledge of the original texts of The Bible, and believes that piety is achieved only when passion, a stifle to spiritual enlightenment can be separated completely from mans soul. Pico preaches the need to rise up above being a mundane human being and become something of spiritual worth. In order to achieve this lifting, Pico repetitively demands the importance of God’s gift of free will. In the beginning of On the Dignity of Man, Pico relates to this importance by sharing God’s words to Adam after the creation of man: [i:130e1df82e] “I have placed 2005-07-25T06:57:19-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Self-Determination-shown-in-the-works-of-Erasmus-and-Pico-27375.aspx Jane Eyre's Journey In The Book Jane Eyre The novel "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë consists of the continuous journey through Jane’s life towards her final happiness and freedom. This is effectively supported by five significant ‘physical’ journeys she makes, which mirror the four emotional journeys she makes. 10-year-old Jane lives under the custody of her Aunt Reed, who hates her. Jane resents her harsh treatment by her aunt and cousins so much that she has a severe temper outburst, which results in her aunt sending her to Lowood boarding school. At the end of the eight years, she has become a teacher at Lowood. At the age of eighteen she seeks independence and becomes governess at Thornfield Hall. Over time, Jane falls in love with its master, Edward Rochester, who eventually proposes to her. On their wedding day, the sermon is abruptly halted by the announcement that Rochester’s insane wife is kept locked up in the attic of Thornfield. Jane runs away. Penniless and almost starving, Jane roams the countryside in search of shelter, until she finds the house of St John, Mary, and Diana Rivers, who take her in and nurse her back to health. Jane then acquires an unexpected inheritance from her uncle. One night, Jane ‘hears’ Mr Rochester’s voice calling for her, and decides to return to Thornfield immediately. On her return, she finds Thornfield to be a "blackened ruin" due to a fire which has left Rochester blind with only one arm and killed his wife. Jane goes to Rochester’s new home, and they are married. Jane’s ‘physical’ journeys contribute significantly to plot development and to the idea that the novel is a ‘journey’ through Jane’s life. "Jane Eyre’s" chronological structure also emphasises this idea, the journey progresses as time goes on. Each journey causes her to experience new emotions and an eventual change of some kind. These ‘actual’ journeys help Jane on her four ‘figurative’ journeys, as each one allows her to reflect and grow. The journey only ends when she finds true happiness. Jane makes her journey from Gateshead to Lowood at the age of ten, finally freeing her from her restrictive life with her aunt. Before making her journey, Jane’s feelings are conveyed by Brontë through the use of pathetic fallacy: "...the grounds, where all was still petrified under the influence of hard frost." The word choice here reflects Jane’s situation – she is like the ground, ‘petrified’ 2005-06-16T08:08:33-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Jane-Eyre-s-Journey-In-The-Book-Jane-Eyre-26877.aspx Descriptive Essay Lunch. Oh what music it brings to our ears! Especially when that bell rings: our butts are edged off our seats, gearing to be the first one through the door and to the lunch line. This may be hard for 100-300’s because of their incredible distance in which they must travel. In continuation, we feel our hearts beating, synchronically with each tick tock of the clock. Knees weak, palms sweaty, we create an itinerary on escaping through the door. We predict on who is going destroy our well-thought out plans, brainstorming ways to corrupt their similar plans. RING! We dash towards the door, executing every turn and jump in our blueprints, knowing our gracious reward in the long run. When we receive our prize of nourishment, we experience an orgasm with the mixtures of sweet and spicy tastes in our mouth. 2005-06-09T03:13:45-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Description-Essay,-Practice-in-Detail-Writing-for-English-26843.aspx Growing Up On Welfare Article Commentary In the article, “So How Did I Get Here?: Growing Up on Welfare”, Rosemary L. Bray raises some important issues dealing with the welfare system and people’s beliefs. Bray’s family had to turn to welfare after her father was gambling most of his paycheck at the races in the year of 1960. At that year Bray states that the “poverty threshold for a family of five in the United States was $3,560 and the monthly payment to a family of five from the State of Illinois was…a total of $2,190.72 a year.” Bray offers this as proof to the false belief that people living on welfare are living comfortably. Bray’s family was on welfare for eighteen years. Bray states that they survived by the kindness of strangers and friends, churches, and her mother’s ability to save and use every penny wisely. Bray believes that her family utilized welfare the way welfare was designed to be used. The next generation did more than survive without the use of welfare; three of them went to college and the other two have decent jobs. Bray goes on to state that many people believe that the people on welfare are young, single African American women with many, many children. In all actuality, the people on welfare are white, single women with less children than most nuclear families. Bray believes that this racial myth will cause damage to the welfare program. People believe that African American women are staying on welfare, having more children, and receiving more money. The truth is that a welfare recipient only receives so much money and it will not increase if that recipient continues to have children. The final myth that Bray wants people to recognize is that welfare does not make life easy; welfare makes it possible to barely survive. I chose this article because for me this is a personal issue. I am what people call “a welfare child”. My mother met my father when she was 13 and my father was 23. They married when she was 16 and he was 26 in California. The rules of my mother’s high school at that time stated that a married woman could not attend high school if she was married because a married woman was considered and adult. 2005-06-05T00:52:37-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Growing-Up-On-Welfare-Article-Commentary-26823.aspx The Men's Right Movement: 'Male' is Not a Four-Letter Word" Jack Kammer's article seeks to point out that negative aspects have stemmed from the growing women's liberation movement. This article does a good job bringing to light the anti-male feelings that are sometimes associated with the word "feminism." However, it does not really have a concrete basis that supports this author's opinions. Kammer's article does share one concept common among some of the other critiques I have read on this man vs. women phenomenon. That is, without a factual base they tend to sound like simple complaints. I feel that articles such as these tend to take attention off of real problems that are embedded in our society. They also lead other reader to perceive the whole subject as a joke rather than a social science seeking solutions to real problems. Kammer does take the time to include some statistics on the many ways a man's life is worse than that of a women, but these can be quickly thrown out. For example, women have typically not been allowed to work in "death professions." I am sure that as our society grows everyone will have an equal chance at these wonderful jobs. I found it appalling that he even objected to differential treatment of children in hostage situations. I have shared some of the same feelings that Kramer describes, but I tend to ignore those as just differences of opinion or an ignorant person speaking to quickly. His use of the media portraying men as "secret admirer and blood brother to the gang rapist" is useless. The media will do anything to sell their product. That is something we can all agree on. We as a society are the police force that must control the media. Refuse to buy their product and they will change. I agree with Krammer in that many feminists tend to focus on men's shortcomings as a way to further their cause. He does go a little far in using comics as an example of zapping our culture's male energy. This is a large problem that is detrimental to a lot of arguments present today. (Look at the elections.) Rather than seeking a solution that will bring one side up to meet the other these people hope to bash the other side down. I have not heard of the "silent crisis" facing men, but I think we 2005-05-20T09:40:11-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-Men-s-Right-Movement-Male-is-Not-a-Four-Letter-Word-26687.aspx The Great Sheep Debate My high school was relatively small. To put it into perspective, I graduated with eighty-six people. In my class there were the usual cliques. There were the smart kids, the athletes, the cheerleaders, the drug users, and the slackers. But somehow I didn't fit into all of this. I wasn't, and still am not, the smartest person in the history of the world. I'm way too clumsy to play any sports. I wasn't the right size to be a cheerleader. I wouldn't even consider using drugs, and I certainly am not a slacker. I was just Nikki the girl that no one liked. I just wasn't like them. I dressed differently, and had my own opinion, and that just didn't fly with them. Day in and day out, I saw the struggle. It happened most with the incoming freshman every year. I saw people almost killing themselves with dieting so they could fit the cheerleader mold. I saw some of the most intelligent people not apply themselves, just because it's not "cool" to be smart. I really think that is sad. These people could really have made something of themselves, but instead they chose being "cool" over having a future. I was teased and mocked for attempting to be an individual. Even one of my teachers told me one day that I only dressed differently so I could get attention. Her saying that really made me think. Is it really so bad to not want to be a conformist sheep? Has the world really come to either being alike or being miserable? I hope not. I'll admit to sometimes wishing I could be like them. But I know that I wouldn't be here now if I had been. As Doris Lessing said, "It is the hardest thing in the world to maintain an individual dissident opinion, as a member of a group" (334). She also said, "the hardest thing in the world is to stand out against one's group of peers" (334). I don't exactly find this to be true. High school wasn't exactly the easiest time for me, but I got by. I would have rather gone through it without friends, than to have changed whom I was just to 2005-05-19T03:01:34-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-Great-Sheep-Debate-Individualism-in-American-26662.aspx Family in “The Red Convertible” and “Sonny’s Blues” The family unit has always been an integral part of every person's development. Naturally, the parental figure plays an overwhelming influence in the maturity of the child, but sibling interaction can be just as great. Often sibling rivalry, or alliance, outlines this connection as a person carves a path into social peer groups. This articulation of sibling influence can be understood by examining the short stories "The Red Convertible" by Louise Erdrich and "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin, both accounts of brotherly experience shown through separation and drug abuse. Both "The Red Convertible" and "Sonny's Blues" revolve around brotherly connection. In "The Red Convertible," the main speaker Lyman uses his red convertible, one he shares with his brother, as an analogy to their relationship. While reminiscing about his brother Henry, Lyman notes that they "went places in that car", and though some people spend most of their trip remembering specific details, he and Henry just lived their lives (Erdrich 168). In other words, their time spent in the red convertible is intended more for the worthwhile company of one another as opposed to making meaningless trips simply for around-the-table story time. Like Lyman in "The Red Convertible," the speaker in "Sonny's Blues" also shares a connection with his brother, although not as intense. The speaker and his brother Sonny maintain a forced relationship, one in which the speaker's duty is caring for his little brother. A meaningful relationship does not develop between them until their mother dies, and again, the only element bonding the link between them is sibling obligation. The speaker recognizes his relation to his little brother and "wonder[s] if [the seven years' difference in their ages] would ever operate between [them] as a bridge" (Baldwin 499). Though no profound appreciation for his little brother exists (like the brothers in the first story), the speaker upholds his position in his family's lineage and cares for Sonny unconditionally. Though Lyman and the speaker in the second story both withhold an intense bond to their brothers, the excess baggage that aids in the degeneration of their brothers is unexpected. In each story, separation due to war serves as a disintegrating factor that triggers the transformations of the brothers individually and as part of the family unit. For instance, in "The Red Convertible" 2005-05-15T02:07:21-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Family-in-The-Red-Convertible-and-Sonny’s-Blues-26610.aspx Final Response: Bringing Democracy Home In Bringing Democracy Home, author Shere Hite discusses how the family is changing and how society needs to accept this change as well as to accommodate this change to give our children a better life. Hite points out how the process of democratization has finally caught up with private life. The “holy family” is all too often thought to be how the family structure is still set up today. However this thought couldn’t be more wrong. Society needs to accommodate the changes in family structure as well as bring the family together showing more love and acceptance. I believe that society’s views of the family are exactly as Hite described them where the father is the breadwinner and the mother is the caregiver to the children. I also agree with Hite that this is not the standard anymore in many cases. I know one family who has the roles exactly the opposite where the father doesn’t work and stays home with the children and the mother is the financial supporter of the family. I agree with the fact that families need to display love for each other. I grew up in a family where, not until recently, did my father tell me he loves me very much and he never gave me a hug. I now know that I actually missed that as a child. I believe that families who show more love and who are not afraid to occasionally say “I love you” will yield more loving children who are more gentle and caring for others. After reading Hite’s article I now realize that single parent families are not so bad for children. I previously thought that the single parent would always be gone and the child wouldn’t have much support but I know that this is not the case at all. I, however, do not agree with Hite when she offers the evidence showing that sometimes single parent families are better than families where both parents raise the children together. I have grown up in a family where both parents are there rising me and I would not trade that for anything. I think that even though some statistics that single parent families may be better, other traits were not studied in those same families. The biggest thing that the child would 2005-05-01T08:16:13-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Final-Response-Bringing-Democracy-Home-26581.aspx The Search for Life in the Cosmos The scientific community is largely in agreement on the fact that life began here on Earth about three and a half billion years ago. In a universe ruled over largely by entropy, it is inane to say that any set of circumstances could be completely unique. The primordial constituents of Earth’s atmosphere gave way to the building blocks of life, as could and in all likelihood has happened elsewhere in the vastness of space and time. Since the dawn of mankind, we have looked to the stars in search of answers, and one question has always been prevalent in our thinking: are we alone? It is ingrained in our culture, with science-fiction spreading rampantly through the world of novels and television alike. Such fare as The X-Files and blockbuster movies like the new Star Wars films keep our eyes to the sky. This search for extraterrestrial life can be a huge waste of resources on our part, but there are many reasons why it can be worthwhile, and many ways to make it more resource efficient. The first place to look is within our own solar system. A key aspect of life as we know it is water, so that is the first thing we look for. On our neighboring planet, Mars, researchers are now finding evidence that water existed or even exists still. This may not mean little green men, but it could very well mean the existence of microbial life. Although what we are most interested in would be intelligent life, any life beyond our own planet would be a huge step forward, and Mars seems like the top candidate. Following the discovery of this evidence, NASA is keen on sending more missions to the red planet, possibly even a manned mission some time in the future. Another celestial body of great interest to mankind in our own little cosmic neighborhood is Europa, a moon of Jupiter. Europa’s surface is covered in a layer of water/ice up to one hundred kilometers thick. Deep beneath the surface the kinetic motion of the core of the moon keeps it warm enough for liquid water, which could possibly harbor life. Intelligent life, however, requires a lot more than a subterranean ocean on a frigid block of ice, which is why the search must 2005-04-24T07:52:06-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-Search-for-Life-in-the-Cosmos-26551.aspx “People are more influenced by mass media than they think. What evidence is there to support this statement?” By Mass Media I mean ‘the whole body of media reaching large numbers of public’ the major ones being newspapers, television and the World Wide Web also now as internet. The main purposes of mass media are to provide information, entertainment and advertisement. In this essay I will discuss the influence that Mass Media has in the general public and giving the evidence to support the statement “People are more influenced by mass media than they think. …”. The history of mass media can be said that started from the ancient Greece. Philosophers, generals and politicians of the ancient Society discuss issues and after spread to the public by the use of word of mouth. The ancient Greek Drama and poetry can be considered as a form of mass media, communicates a message to the society. In other words since the early years people has always being influenced by Mass Media. In today’s world people cannot leave without Mass Media and with the help of technological improvements to send messages to the masses is becoming easier and easier. As we are been shower with tons of advertising, information and other sort of materials by the different types of Mass Media has influence in our everyday life styles. Newspapers are typically daily or weekly publication that contains news and opinion of current events, featuring articles, and advertising. By fact ‘there are now about 9000 daily newspapers around the world.’ Therefore newspapers reach a wide audience worldwide, which is why newspaper is a type of Mass Media. The newspapers are an incredible influence tool in society; they can easily turn on people emotions in favor or against an issue or something. This is because we as readers tend to believe everything that is written in the newspaper even do it might be the wrong information. We can take the case around 12 years ago of the murder of James Bulger by Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, the British press had alleged that the kids were influence to commit such an act because of a spiteful video that they had watched, at the end the end they two kinds had not seen that video. What does this tell us about the newspapers? They mislead information that goes to the public which immediately influences the public to 2005-04-20T10:39:55-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Mass-Media-s-Influence-26537.aspx Is America Color Blind? White America! Erica loves my shit I go to TRL, look how many hugs I get Look at these eyes, baby blue, baby just like yourself, if they were brown Shady lose, Shady sits on the shelf but Shady's cute, Shady knew Shady's dimples would help, make ladies swoon baby, ooh baby! Look at my sales Lets do the math, If I was black I would've sold half, I ain't have to graduate from Lincoln High School to know that This is an excerpt from the song White America, off the highly controversial white rapper Eminem’s newest album: The Eminem Show. The saddest thing about this song is not that it is racial or sexist, as many people describe his work, but that it is all too true. Whites do not always have the advantage but America is definitely white, and whites have the greatest advantage of any race in America. Under the definition of race given in Webster’s Dictionary, “a division of the human population distinguished by physical characteristics transmitted by genes” (346), I am part of the dominant race in America, Caucasians. I have never been perceived as anything other than white, and I have always been aware that I am part of the dominant race in America. I have always been around people of other minorities and have developed friendships with people of many races. Throughout most of my life being the dominant race has proven to be a benefit to me. I feel there are many advantages that only Caucasians have the chance to experience. As Peggy McIntosh, author of “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” says, “only whites can turn on the television or open the front page of the paper and see people of their race widely and positively spread” (122). There are many cases where blacks and other races are widely spread throughout the news but the headlines portray them as murderers, killers, robbers, or in some other negative fashion. Through the news, the media has the power to control the way the public thinks. The way that the media portrays events rubs off on viewers and trains them to think this way. I went to a concert for a black rapper and I can remember the African-American security guards thoroughly searching the African-American audience and just allowing the white audience to pass by without scrutiny. Whenever suspects are revealed 2005-04-20T05:17:48-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Is-America-Color-Blind-A-Discussion-of-Race-in-America-26534.aspx Conformity is a four-letter word “Conformity” is a dirty word to Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the death of the individual, he says, the enemy of originality. Indeed, the development of the individual self is one side of the human experience. But to reject conformity offhand is to forfeit the other side of that experience – the individual’s participation in the community. Self-awareness may be a uniquely human faculty among all of Earth’s animals, but so, too, is the formation of complex society. Total sacrifice of the self in the name of societal submission would be a horrifying perversion of human nature. On the same lines, however, the total rejection of conformity in the pursuit of self-reliance is not only impossible, it is a devastating sacrifice of the human experience. The hypocrisy of Emerson’s argument is obvious: he urges others to rely on his advice to rely on the self. What is less obvious is the conformity inherent in Emerson’s piece. Let us take for example the conformity that allows for the very existence Emerson’s piece: language itself. As the original linguist Ferdinand de Saussure established, language “is the social side of speech, outside the individual who can never create nor modify it by himself; it exists only by virtue of some sort of contract signed by the members of a community.” Language is inherently conformist. A single individual cannot create a language – one cannot simply begin calling a person a banana and expect to be understood. Where would Emerson be without the use of a conformist, community-based language? He would be telling everyone to rely on their own bananas and the Dole Corporation would be raking it in. Where, indeed, would any individual be without such linguistic conformity? The individual’s reliance on conformity to social norms extends far beyond the basic use of an established language. Language is the vehicle for human interaction, but furthermore, this social interaction is the very essence of human existence. Saussure believed that there was no real thought before language was created to express it. Only when they are granted linguistic value do ideas gain any real meaning. Take, for example, a small child raised in the wilderness, free from the conforming pressures of society. Without fellow humans sharing a common language, the child 2005-04-20T05:14:33-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Conformity-is-a-four-letter-word,-Ralph-Waldo-Emerson-Review-26533.aspx Isolation In Society By American Literature The individual and his role in society, based on American Literature, is portrayed through many different characters, all sharing the same feelings of isolation. The feeling of isolation, in reference to Huckleberry Finn , is a choice that Huck Finn brings on himself. Throughout rebellion towards his father, Huck tries to find his true self by isolating himself from societies views and beliefs. In the novel Great Gatsby , by F. Scoot Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby was isolated from the outside world by society. Throughout many examples of American Literature we are aware that isolation was not a pleasurable state of freedom, but more like a state of imprisonment brought on by society. In Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, Lenny was isolated by societies fear of difference. Society was prejudice against Lenny's differences. This caused isolation in both societies standards and in Lenny's mind. Throughout many images portrayed by American Literature, the recurring theme of isolation is a role that each character takes on based on societies beliefs, views, and prejudices. Isolation played a key role of the character development in Huckleberry Finn. Twain carefully selected ways to show isolation in Huck's life based on societies views of his adventures, thoughts, and of his feelings toward slavery. Huck's beliefs in issues that society condoned isolated him from the "normal" state of living that everyone else practiced. This same view that society cast upon Huck was also thrust upon Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby . Because of his wealth and his self-removal from gossip and other immoral issues, that society thrives on, Jay too, was isolated. Maybe this state of seclusion was brought on by society but Nick Carraway demonstrated that, "Once banishment is brought on by others, it is soon picked up within." (Fitzgerald, Great; 86) Hester Prinne also demonstrates a state of solitariness, in The Scarlet Letter. After society condemns her actions she goes into seclusion and lives in her own state of peace. This is brought on by societies harsh judgments. This leads to total isolation of their views in Hester's mind. She knows that there is a difference between her beliefs and societies views of morals. These beliefs, that she has come to accept, yet curse at the same time, cause her to continue 2005-01-08T08:38:51-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Isolation-In-Society-By-American-Literature-26149.aspx The Legend Of Saint Patrick True history and legend are mixed together when it comes to St. Patrick. It is known that he was born in Scotland and was kidnapped and sold in Ireland as a slave. He became fluent in the Irish language before making his escape to the continent. Eventually he was established as a minister, then priest and finally as a bishop. Pope Celestine then sent him back to Ireland to lecture the gospel. Evidently he was a great traveller, especially in Celtic countries, as innumerable places in Brittany, Cornwall, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland are named after him. It is here that actual history become difficult to separate. Patrick is known all over the world mostly because he is thought to have driven the snakes out of Ireland. Different tales tell of his standing upon a hill, using a wooden staff to drive the serpents into the sea, banishing them forever from the shores of Ireland. One legend says that one old serpent resisted, but the saint captured it by tricking it. He is said to have made a box and invited the reptile to enter. The snake insisted the box was too small and the discussion became very heated. Finally the snake entered the box to prove he was right, as soon as he entered St. Patrick slammed the lid and cast the box into the sea. While it's true that there are no snakes in Ireland, chances are that there never have been since the time the island was separated from the rest of the continent at the end of the ice age. In many old pagan religions, serpent symbols were common, and possibly even worshipped. Driving the snakes from Ireland was probably symbolic of putting an end to that pagan practice. Though he wasn't the first to bring Christianity to Ireland, it was Patrick who encountered the Druids at Tara and abolished their pagan rites. He converted the warrior chiefs and princes, baptizing them and thousands of their subjects in the Holy Wells which still bear that name. Accoriding to legend, St. Patrick died on March 17th in A.D. 493 and was buried in the same grave as St. Bridget and St. Columba, at Downpatrick, County Down. The jawbone of St. Patrick was preserved in a silver shrine and was often requested in times of childbirth, epileptic fits and as a preservative against the evil eye. Another legend 2004-12-28T07:53:01-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-Legend-Of-Saint-Patrick-26073.aspx Poems usually begin with words or phrase which appeal more because of their sound than their meaning, and the movement and phrasing of a poem. Every poem has a texture of sound, which is at least as important as the meaning behind the poem. Rhythm, being the regular recurrence of sound, is at the heart of all natural phenomena: the beating of a heart, the lapping of waves against the shore, the croaking of frogs on a summer’s night, the whisper of wheat swaying in the wind. Rhythm and sound and arrangement –the formal properties of words—allow the poet to get beyond, or beneath the surface of a poem. Both of Charles Roberts poems "The Herring Weir" and "The Skater" emphasize poetic sound to express their themes. Assonance—the repetition of the same or similar vowel sound, especially in stressed syllables—can also enrich a poem. Assonance can be used to unify a poem as in Roberts' poem in which it emphasizes the thematic connection among words and unifies the poem’s ideas of the humanoid and nature. Roberts indirectly links certain words and by connecting these words, he calls attention to the imagery that helps communicate the poems theme of how different mother nature and humans can be. In addition to alliteration and assonance, poets create sound patterns with rhyme. The conventional way to describe a poem’s rhyme scheme is to chart rhyming words that appear at the ends of lines. Naturally, rhyme does not have to be subtle to enrich a poem. Rhyme can also be classified according to the position of the rhyming syllables in a line of verse. Poets, too, create rhyme by using repeated words and phrases. “The red flats are uncovered, mile on mile" (31). Meter, the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that govern a poem’s lines, largely creates poetic rhythm. This gives readers the “beat” of the poem and approximates the sound of spoken language. A way of varying meter is to introduce a pause in the rhythm often created by a caesura--a “cutting” within a line. Both Brooks and Bradstreet use caesuras to complete individual thought and to add to the beat of the poem. Although the end of a line may mark the end of a metrical unit, it does not always coincide with the end of a sentence. Poets may choose to indicate a pause at this point, or they may continue, without 2004-06-10T06:13:41-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Rhythm-and-How-it-Affects-Poetry-25139.aspx