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Heart Of Darkness

... Achebe in his own book, Things Fall Apart, presented imperialism through the eyes of the Africans. The story of is being told to four men on the deck of the Nellie. The story being told is about one of Marlow’s expeditions to the Congo in search of an Ivory hunter named Kurtz. When Marlow found Kurtz in the Congo, Kurtz had "gone native" Marlow found, "a head that seemed to sleep at the top of that pole," outside of Kurtz’s house and Kurtz had been hunting with tribes in the area (Conrad, 73). When Marlow arriv ...

Number of words: 1389 | Number of pages: 6

Three Things Worth Fighting For

... fight so hard that they wished they had never attempted to hurt you. This can be done legally or physically. Also a family is a very important thing to have. If anyone should try to come in the way of your family they should be punished . Your family is there for you to lean on when you need support and love. That is why my family is the most important thing to me to fight for. In addition to the other two topics, my third thing to fight for would be my freedom. My freedom is very important to me. I would fight so I would ...

Number of words: 321 | Number of pages: 2

A Shropshire Lad

... to directly confront Britain with any political dissention imposed by is works. Instead, "for Housman the discovery of self was so disturbing and disconcerting that poetry came as a way of disclosing it" (Bayley 44). The county of Shropshire is central to much of his poetry, but it is employed merely as "a personification of the writer’s memories, dreams and affections;" meanwhile, Housman’s central character is one "who could at once be himself and not himself" (Scott-Kilvert 26). In what Housman himself r ...

Number of words: 1227 | Number of pages: 5

A New England Nun

... by their captivity, and no longer crave freedom. Ideas of sin guilt and atonement are also present between the woman and the dog. These images typify nineteenth century beliefs of women and their place in society. This story of Louisa Ellis is an allegory for woman, and uses the levels of allegory ironically. The stories of the dog and the bird layer the theme to help represent Louisa’s life, who in turn represents the Eighteenth century woman of society. Louisa’s animals and their relationship to her suitor are further links between h ...

Number of words: 1737 | Number of pages: 7

A Rose For Emily

... and aid as was their custom when someone suffered a tragic loss. Emily met the ladies at the door and with no trace of emotion or grief on her face she sent them away explaining that her father was indeed alive and well. Emily kept this up for three days and finally gave in just as the townspeople were going to forcibly take the body from her. All of her life up until his death Emily’s father controlled her and made all of her decisions for her. When he died Emily was left alone finally able live her own life, but since her father had bee ...

Number of words: 579 | Number of pages: 3

Discourse On The Origin Of Inequality

... common consensus, … naturally as equal among themselves as were the animals of each species before various physical causes had introduced into certain species the varieties we now observe among some of them.’(853) Rousseau has a problem with the philosopher’s arguments, however, about natural law. He believes that since we are civilized, think well, and use speech, that we too often attribute some of these qualities to man in a natural state, when in fact ‘it is impossible to understand the law of nature and consequently to obey it w ...

Number of words: 2258 | Number of pages: 9

Sir Gawain And The Green Knight

... dictates of courtly love. The two major streams of action and conduct merged into the content of the romance: chivalric ideals of courage and prowess in battle, along with observance of Christian virtues; and courtly love standards of carefully prescribed manners. The three major plot elements - the beheading game or contest the exchange of winnings, and the temptations - occur throughout the romances, but the Gawain-Poet was the first to combine them into a meaningful structure. The latter places the poem in relationship with Anglo-Sax ...

Number of words: 774 | Number of pages: 3

Frankenstien And Neuromancer

... from the reality Gibson predicts. We could not say, however, that there are no links between the two. Shelley's work could be viewed as the apprehension of the new-born fear in regard to technical invention and Gibson's work as the divination of the consequences of technological development and sophistication. In both cases the essence of human nature has barely changed. It is what lies behind the destructive human strife for more, more at any price that has led to the despondent conclusions of both works. Indispensable to understanding the ...

Number of words: 4773 | Number of pages: 18

Jane Austen

... story that superficially concentrates on the ideals, ceremonies, and customs of marriage. It is Austen's design to demonstrate conclusively that the essence of human nature is intrinsic to one's disposition, character, and temperament. She is successful in establishing this by portraying innate qualities in both Elizabeth and Darcy. Elizabeth has a natural sagacity; she is able to examine situations, affairs, and relationships intuitively and with remarkable perspicaciousness. For example, in Chapter four when Elizabeth expresses her d ...

Number of words: 991 | Number of pages: 4

Historical Background To Anima

... the class of people who do not surplus money to buy businesses and who are therefore forced to work for wage whom he called 'workers'. Marx said that, because it was always in the economic interest of capita to take advantage of or 'exploit' workers, nothing could persuade capitalists change their ways. In other words, peaceful progess toward equality and socia justice was impossible. The only way to establish justice, he said, was for t workers to overthrow the capitalists by means of violent revolution. He urged workers around the world t ...

Number of words: 958 | Number of pages: 4

Stephen King, Bio

... the store to buy a pack of cigarettes, and never returned. His fathers leaving had a big impact on King’s life. In the autobiographical work Danse Macabre, Stephen King recalls how his family life was altered: “After my father took off, my mother, struggled, and then landed on her feet.” My brother and I didn’t see a great deal of her over the next nine years. She worked a succession of continuous low paying jobs.” Stephen’s first outlooks on life were influenced by his older brother, and what he figured ...

Number of words: 1919 | Number of pages: 7

Ideas And Reality (thoreau)

... to prove his point. He died at age forty-five, younger then most people in his time, and although he did benefit his community, doing little labor only shortened his life, and proved no better for the community. Not only does reality disprove Thoreau’s theology, but his own words contradict him. He proclaimed “the government that governs least is the best,” (Civil Disobedience pg. 222 paragraph 1) and then says that, “We have had to agree on a certain set of rules… to make this frequent meeting tolerable…” (Solitude pg. 95 ...

Number of words: 586 | Number of pages: 3

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