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Candide

... Candide can be an example for all those who read his story. Voltaire’s Candide Optimism vs. Reality Voltaire's Candide is a novel which contains many conceptual ideas and, at the same time, is exaggerated. Voltaire offers sad events that are disguised with jokes and witticism, and the story itself presents a distinctive outlook on life. The story deals with irrational ideas as taught to Candide about being optimistic, versus reality as seen by the rest of the world. The overwhelming theme that is presented thr ...

Number of words: 1568 | Number of pages: 6

Dead Boy

... is left to wonder whether his death was necessary? The first paragraph of the poem discusses the feelings of his kin. They feel uncomfortable with his death of "foul subtraction". Also there are others that do not like the child's unnecessary death. These are the people who did not ever meet or see the child but realize what kind of a tragedy this death was. Ransom makes a statement at the end of the first paragraph "Nor some of the world of outer dark, like me". This is a strong statement for the simple fact that this shows how much ...

Number of words: 558 | Number of pages: 3

A Friendly Enemy

... as an "Audubon Crucifix". Through various examples in history he validates this unnecessary crucifix. "A Formal Application" rejoins the human race by immortalizing the importance of death. The structure of the poem is separated into three sections containing three stanza’s each. There is no apparent rhyme scheme making it a free verse and prose piece. The setting is outside, most likely close to the speakers house, and surrounded by forest and wildlife. It takes place in the mid 1900’s and probably in the spring-time. Th ...

Number of words: 833 | Number of pages: 4

The Ugly Tie

... plague the wearer with banters from all over. The flashy illuminating polyester fabric gleams with a lust of shiny plastic coating. The tie is milky colored all around and at the center a cherry colored circle. However, as creative as it may seem, the tie is indifferent to any color other than ivory or ebony. Thus, a snow- white suit with beaming bleach-white colored shoes is necessary in order to pair with this particular tie. History has taught that fashion is something that relates to the time period. As the people evolve from the se ...

Number of words: 258 | Number of pages: 1

On The Beach

... to Commander Towers. He stays, gets the letter, and them he goes to the sub. Peter meets Commander Towers and some of the officers that he will be on board with. Commander Towers is glad to see Peter and says that he was glad when the Admiral told him that he was the liaison officer. Peter invites Commander Towers over to his house for the weekend to relax. Commander Towers comes and meets Mary, Jennifer, and Moria, a friend of the family. Peter, Commander Towers, and Moria go to the beach while Mary stays home and takes care of Jennif ...

Number of words: 617 | Number of pages: 3

Birthmark

... that there is a price for tampering with the natural order of things. This story opens by explaining how educated and knowledgeable Aylmer is, and the narrator even suggests that he may have the power to alter nature. “ We know not whether Aylmer possesses this degree of faith in man’s ultimate control over nature (, 1262 ).”As Aylmer tries to use science to alter nature, or in this case, the on his wife’s cheek, his plan backfires and his wife dies. The death of Georgiana shows that knowledge is dangerous if used in the wrong ...

Number of words: 532 | Number of pages: 2

Les Miserables 2

... Fantine asked if she could leave her child with them and would pay. With that done, Fantine moved on, leaving Cosette with people she believed would take care of her. This was so hard for her, for any mother, and she knew she wouldn't see her again for a very long time. Secongly, although Fantine didn't get to be with Cosette and raise her, she still had to pay for her staying with the better family (So she thought they were). They would make her pay more and more everytime saying Cosette needed more clothes or other excuses. Fantine of co ...

Number of words: 409 | Number of pages: 2

Battle Royal 2

... His grandfather told him to “live with your head in the lion’s mouth. I want you to overcome ‘em with yeses, undermine ‘em with grins, agree ‘em to death and destruction, let ‘em swoller you till they vomit or bust wide open”. In other words, his grandfather was telling him to conform to the white peoples way of life in order to get ahead. I believe that the story had a deeper meaning than the aforementioned one. I believe that if the reader were to take a deeper look into all of the symbolism ...

Number of words: 863 | Number of pages: 4

Making Decisons In The Road No

... every person has his own opinion. He states “Then took the other, just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim” (line 6-7). What make it better was “it was grassy and wanted wear” (line 8). It was something that was obviously not for everyone because it seems that the other people take the more popular one. “And both that morning equally lay/ In leaves no step had trodden black” (line 11). No one had yet to pass by on this road since the leaves have fallen. “I kept the first for another day” (line 13). The desire ...

Number of words: 456 | Number of pages: 2

In-Just Topographical

... excitement and measured awareness. That is, an accelerated tempo that reflects the excited manner of child-like exuberance for springtime revelry, and the lull in tempo that is attributed to the measured awareness or ambivalent feelings felt towards the “ goat-footed balloonMan.” The poem’s rapid and then measured tempo creates an artistic tension that coincides with the speaker’s account of a remembered spring. By employing white space, alliteration, compressed conjunctions, and some unconventional capitalization, e. e. cummings cre ...

Number of words: 1532 | Number of pages: 6

Poem Analysis The Chimmney Swe

... the same child weeping, when he really means to say sweeping, because that is what has that child in such grief. This stanza ends by someone asking him about his parents, which later end up being responsible for this child’s state. In the second stanza, the child is pictured in a very more happier and playful mood. This soon changes when he decides to tell the stranger more about his parents. They are showed to be punishing their child for being so happy by “clothing in clothes of death and teaching him to sing notes of woe.” It is very ...

Number of words: 430 | Number of pages: 2

Simone Debeauvoir The Second S

... two never shared permanent domestic space, owned common property, or had any children; and both had many separate affairs and relationships. Simone de Beauvoir's existential views, such as, "One is not born, but rather becomes a woman(de Beauvoir 301)," was a major point of her philosophies. In the The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir explains, how each female creates and re-creates her "essence" through her own choices and actions. Overall, there are several major themes that are focused on in The Second Sex. The destiny, history, myths ...

Number of words: 1499 | Number of pages: 6

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