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Why We Are So Jaded

... pop culture emotion, and the tongue in cheek irony of what we are exposed to nowadays. Too much exposure to either one high or the other low numbs the senses, and in fact inflicts a response of longing for the other. It is automatic to groan, or start laughing when too much gushy emotion is thrown at you through film or literature. This response stems from overexposure to such highs and our cynical view that nothing is ever perfect, and never will be. Such idealisms are ridiculed - for in our society such an optimistic view is going to be me ...

Number of words: 367 | Number of pages: 2

Oedipus Rex - Plot

... Apollo. Kreon brings news that Thebes suffers because late king Laios's murder has not been avenged. Oedipus decides to seek this murderer, not only for the purpose of cleansing but also the fear that murder might also be a threat to his own life. This is the exposition of the dramatic conflict of finding out the mystery of king Laios murder. The rising action is this search. It starts with Oedipus promising that the person responsible for Laios death will be driven out of Thebes. Oedipus sends for Teiresias, the blind seer who serves Apol ...

Number of words: 990 | Number of pages: 4

A Good Man Is Hard To Find

... College for women, now Georgia College, in Milledgeville, majoring in sociology. She had showed a gift for satirical writing, as well as cartooning since she was a child. By the end of her undergraduate education, O’Connor knew that writing was her true passion. She spent two years at the prestigious School for Writers at the State University of Iowa on scholarship, receiving a master’s degree of fine arts in 1947 (Candee 318). In 1950, she had a near fatal attack of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a chronic inflammatory connective t ...

Number of words: 1445 | Number of pages: 6

Odysseus The Hero

... in the episode on the Cyclopes' land. When Odysseus and his men are clearly away from the island, Odysseus brags about his exploit. Polythemus hears this and hurls giant boulders in the direction of the ship. A couple of the boulders came very close to sinking the ship. Still that was not enough for Odysseus. Carried away with his pride, he unwisely gave away his identity to Polythemus. Polythemus then called upon his father, Poseidon, to punish the man who had harmed him. Odysseus not only lost a few men, but also had a long miserable tri ...

Number of words: 314 | Number of pages: 2

House On Mango Street 2

... slums of the town. The Cordero family consists of Rita (mom), Paco (father), Esperanza, Carlos, Kiki, and Nenny. The combined household income is at the poverty level with no hopes of that changing in the near future. They have moved from Paulina, to Keeler, to Loomis, and to Mango Street in the first six years of Esperanza’s life (3). The homes she has lived in were all run down apartments with very little amenities. Now her family lives in a run down house on Mango Street, but most likely the best place they have ever lived. Esper ...

Number of words: 924 | Number of pages: 4

The Evolution Of British Poetr

... of first standard. The Elizabethan literary type did just that. Elizabethan poetry centered on love and personal relationships between people, “come live with me, and be my love and we will all the pleasures prove.” (The passionate Shepherd to His Love, L. 1-2) They were, as well, deeply rooted in universal truth. These poems were often about the quest for love and its brutal “slap in the face” attitude. With the Elizabethan style of poetry, we see a serious side to British poetry. The serious side to the Eliz ...

Number of words: 905 | Number of pages: 4

The Human Comedy

... Ulysses, and he teaches Ulysses about life, and physical appearance. Finally, Homer said, “Any work that has to be done around here, men can do. Girls belong in homes, taking care of men.” (Pg. 157) Homer is rewarded for being the man of the house by getting love and shelter from his family. Love is needed from the family to keep Homer supporting the family. Homer becomes mature by working, but looses his one and only childhood. Death is a very important theme, because delivering death messages is what made Homer mature. ...

Number of words: 393 | Number of pages: 2

Maturity In The Book To Kill A

... in the story. The next most obvious person in the book that drastically matures is Jem. At the beginning of the book Jem is much like Scout in that he has the innocence of a young child. For example Jem tells Scout and Dill various made-up stories about Boo Radley to satisfy his need for excitement in his life and for the childish need to scare Scout and Dill. His immaturity is also mirrored when he makes up a game in which he puts Boo’s “… life’s history on display for the edification of the neighborhood.” After that he shows hi ...

Number of words: 1363 | Number of pages: 5

Pygmalion

... of justifying his treatment of her. This theory would be fine IF Higgins himself lived by it. Henry Higgins, however, lives by a variety of variations of this philosophy. It is easily seen how Higgins follows this theory. He is consistently rude towards Eliza, Mrs. Pearce, and his mother. His manner is the same to each of them, in accordance to his philosophy. However the Higgins we see at the parties and in good times with Pickering is well mannered. This apparent discrepancy between Higgins' actions and his word, may not exist, ...

Number of words: 712 | Number of pages: 3

E. E. Cummings

... and did their dance (sleep wake hope and then)they said their nevers they slept their dream stars rain sun moon (and only the snow can begin to explain how children are apt to forget to remember with up so floating many bells down) one day anyone died i guess (and noone stooped to kiss his face) busy folk buried them side by side little by little and was by was all by all and deep by deep and more by more they dream their sleep noone and anyone earth by april wish by spirit and if by yes. Women and men(both dong a ...

Number of words: 1518 | Number of pages: 6

Stranger In The Kingdom Vs. Sn

... book unfolds, we find ourselves looking through the eyes of a man that has lived on the island for most of his life. His name is Ishmael Chambers. Ishmael seems to be a perceptive child, and soon gets to know one of the island’s many Japanese girls, named Hatsue. As fate would have it, they fall in love with each other in Shakespeare-like-fashion. The problem of them coming from two different races of people forces them to be secretive about their relationship. When Hatsue is forced to move away because of WWII regulati ...

Number of words: 806 | Number of pages: 3

Coming Of Age In Mississippi

... of telling of one woman's struggle for her basic rights in a hostile environment . This book begins with the life of its author . She starts out as basically a slave child on a farm in Mississippi . She tells of her parents lives , how they went to the fields at sun up and came back from them at sundown . She describes her abusive cousin , George Lee , and tells of a few traumatic childhood experiences . She goes on describing where her mother and fathers marital problems begin , which leads to their separation and her father moving ...

Number of words: 1537 | Number of pages: 6

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