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In Our Time

... are all that is needed to convey the wonderful scene of Nick struggling with his pack, setting up his tent, and cooking his food. I have also done all the things that Nick was doing by the river and I was able to understand his satisfaction at pulling up a sound tent. Little sentences like "He was careful not to let the hook bite into his finger" convey so much meaning to anyone who has ever tried to tighten a fishing hook on a line that you can only help but nod your head in agreement. I must admit that despite not being at the center of ...

Number of words: 375 | Number of pages: 2

Wag The Dog

... needed. This movie made me think allot, about how things really work in the government. The whole movie is how they are trying to take the publics mind off the sex charges to keep the president the favorite for the upcoming election. The main characters were Conrad Bream, who’s main objective was to “Change the story”, it was his idea to fake a war with Albania. They kept asking “Why Albania?”, Conrad’s reply was “No one in the USA knows about Albania”. Conrad along with Winifred, a presidents ...

Number of words: 886 | Number of pages: 4

Dealers Of Lighting, Michael H

... that could be tucked under the arm yet would contain the power to store books, letters, and drawings until he arrived at Palo Alto and met the people who would build it. Finally Steve Jobs, who staged a daring raid to obtain the technology that would end up at the heart of the Macintosh. In the late 1960s, Xerox founded a PARC, California. Eventually, that facility, became ground zero of the computer revolution. the dinosaur era of computing, a typical machine filled a large room and was shared by dozens of researchers. Hiltzik credit ...

Number of words: 1094 | Number of pages: 4

Bushed

... to lake-lap as the calm life he was leading, always monotone and continuous that was disturbed by the incident that may have ruined his life. Yet this man faced this as a new beginning, as a survivor. Birney uses the roasting of the porcupine bellies as a symbol of his facing the difficult situations that faced him in stride. He uses those situations to his advantage and takes pride in the way he handles them thus the reference to keeping the quills in his hat. In the third stanza Birney shows us through a series of metaphorical actions ...

Number of words: 558 | Number of pages: 3

Morality In A Clockwork Orange

... as being the fault of society, and he is just playing his part; “You can viddy that everything in this wicked world counts. You can pony that one thing always leads to another. Right right right.”(Burgess, 40). This uninhibited behavior by Alex is what leads to his eventual downfall. While living in a society where Alex was free to take things into his own hands, where he is able to rape, torture, and murder at his own discretion, he was experiencing a lifestyle free of oppression, moral, or immoral. However it is Alex’s over-abus ...

Number of words: 756 | Number of pages: 3

The Iliad

... of Agamemnon, yet Achilleus prolongs the problem by holding on to his anger. He acts such as a tantrum-throwing child does when Pallus Athene disallows him from continuing his argument. To prove his point, he has to ask his mother to go to Zeus, and plead for him to help the Trojans so “that Atreus’ son wide-ruling Agamemnon may recognize his madness, that he did no honor to the best of the Achaians” (I, 411-412) Achilleus puts himself above the rest of the Achaians, but does not act accordingly to the position he claims for himself. H ...

Number of words: 744 | Number of pages: 3

Infidelity In Anna Karenina

... of many of the characters. Still, this downfall has been caused by their actions and mistakes. The motif of infidelity is predominantly evident in the love affair between Vronsky and Anna. From their very first encounter at the train station, it was clear that this relationship was destined for destruction. Their relationship takes on a very deceptive and superficial quality. Vronsky knew from the very beginning about Anna’s marital status, yet this did not dissuade his attraction to her, or his adulterous relationship with her late ...

Number of words: 405 | Number of pages: 2

Young Goodman Brown - Symbolism

... people as symbols throughout "Young Goodman Brown." The largest symbolic roles in the story are goodman Brown and his wife Faith. Both of the characters' names are symbolic and representative of their personalities. "'With Heaven above and Faith below, I will stand firm against the devil!' cried goodman Brown," is just one of many quotes that directly relates goodman Brown's personality with his name (189). Goodman Brown is truly a good man. Faith, goodman Brown's wife, also has a name that is indicative of her nature. The ...

Number of words: 742 | Number of pages: 3

Descartes 1ST Meditation

... to deceive us. Descartes reinforces his argument by stating that he will not succumb to these deceptions by such an evil genius. It is not within his own power to know that the evil is a falsehood. He then acknowledges that this plan is irksome. Descartes states that he is like a prisoner, one that is afraid to realize that he is dreaming this life. Descartes' argument should bring us to raise questions of our own about what we believe to be truths. In the light of his arguments it is hard to firmly root any of our preconceived knowledge. He ...

Number of words: 469 | Number of pages: 2

Humans And Their Ability To Make Mistakes

... of organic matter and nerve pathways. These same pathways, with the help of the brain are responsible for all the decision making. I shall demonstrate why humans err, despite the fact that we have eyes and ears to sense with. Before I can establish causes for error, I shall define the terms "error" and "mistake". In the context of this essay, they will simply mean that a human obtained a result different from the expected, correct one. Whether it in be adding two numbers, or calling someone by the wrong name, these are all errors that a co ...

Number of words: 1350 | Number of pages: 5

Theme Of Beowulf

... own time. This novel develops the theme that with honor towards chivalry and faith in yourself, anything can be accomplished. To be a hero in the Anglo-Saxon period, you proved yourself by doing good deeds,showing honor and exemplifying bravery. But with all of his amazing characteristics, Beowulf had a hard time proving humility. "you're Beowulf, are you - the same boastful fool who fought a swimming match with Brecca, both of you daring and young and proud, exploring the deepest seas, risking your lives for no reason but the danger? All ol ...

Number of words: 669 | Number of pages: 3

T.S. Eliot

... Harvard to earn a Masters degree in Philosophy. In 1910 Eliot studied French Literature in Paris at Sorbonne. Then, in 1911 he went to Munich. Due to the war he was unable to travel back to the States, and was detained in London, England. Eliot had always dreamed of being out on his own. He finally had the chance. He devoted his life now to learning and writing. Eliot’s literary career began early in life. His first publication, "A Tale of A Whale,’" was in an issue of The Milton Academy Record in the April issue of 1901. His sec ...

Number of words: 2554 | Number of pages: 10

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