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A Critical Appraisal Of: Beowulf And Gilgamesh

... tablets about 2000 BC. This heroic poem is named for its hero, Gilgamesh, a tyrannical Babylonian king who ruled the city of Uruk, known in the Bible as Erech (now Warka, Iraq). According to the myth, the gods respond to the prayers of the oppressed citizenry of Uruk and send a wild, brutish man, Enkidu, to challenge Gilgamesh to a wrestling match. When the contest ends with neither as a clear victor, Gilgamesh and Enkidu become close friends. They journey together and share many adventures. Accounts of their heroism and bravery in slaying ...

Number of words: 1618 | Number of pages: 6

The Ideas Of Government Held By Locke And Hobbes

... the pursuit of happiness). Hobbes saw government as a single governing body, made up of power given to it by the masses. He first points out that we always do what is in our best interest, whether it be killing an intruder, lying in order to gain an advantage over another person, or worse, all of which add up to a state of continual war, fear, and chaos. Hobbes believes that at one point in time we decided to voluntarily and mutually transfer our rights to another person or group in an attempt to get out of that miserable state of war. He ...

Number of words: 818 | Number of pages: 3

A Farewell To Arms 2

... by the death of Catherine and the baby and Henry's sudden solitude. "What happens now?" I felt, as I so often do when I finish a book that I want to go on forever. This is infinitely more difficult with a book that has no conclusion, and FTA leaves a reader not only emotionally exhausted but also just as alone as Henry and with nowhere to go. The entire work was aware of where it was going and what was going to happen next, and then to stop the way it did was unfair. Now, I've read enough essays while deciding which would be the topic f ...

Number of words: 748 | Number of pages: 3

Princess Bride Research Paper

... Humperdink is announcing his bride-to-be and we find out it is the Princess Buttercup. She does not love him, but he “has the right to choose his bride.” Next Scene: Buttercup is riding her horse through the forest and comes across three strange looking men: one short, intelligent man (Vizzini), a Spaniard (Inigo), and a giant (Fezzik). They kidnap her and Vizzini reveals that he wants to start a war with the nearby country Guilder by murdering Buttercup and leaving her on the “Guilder frontier," even though Inigo and Fezzik are ...

Number of words: 1202 | Number of pages: 5

Communism And Socialism In Ani

... story. The motif of the book is that any attempt to achieve the goals of a communist and socialist society would be a continuous rise and fall of leaders. Communism is where the government owns everything such as the major resources and everything else. There is no need for private business. All people would have equal work based on their ability and benefits will be given based on the needs. In Animal Farm all the animals work and all the types of animals get the type of food they need. The animals felt better after the revolution eve ...

Number of words: 669 | Number of pages: 3

A Story From America

... pretend to listen, but this time I could feel something was different. She had an idea, maybe she had found a clue, in the case which had gone on my nerves for the last three weeks. “Cooper !”, she manages to pronounce before she throws some papers on my desk. “Do you remember, when we were investigating Mrs Alpher’s apartment ?”. “Yes, what is it ?” I say, trying to find out what’s on her mind. “You see, until now we haven’t found anyone that possibly could have gone into Mrs Alp ...

Number of words: 1247 | Number of pages: 5

H.G. Wells

... Man, were what he became most widely known for. All his writings, in the different genere's they were written from, truly prove he was one of the most versitile writers that ever lived. The date was September 21, 1866, and the place was 47 (now renumbered 172) High Street, Bromley, Kent, a suburb of London.. His father, Joseph Wells, and his mother, Sarah, had been married in 1853 and they had four children. An elder sister, Fanny, had died at the age of 9 two years before H.G. was born. After he was born, his family was worried that he ...

Number of words: 1037 | Number of pages: 4

The Twentieth Century Belonged To Canada

... Were he alive today to see what we have achieved, Laurier would be more than gratified and point with pride to a dizzying array of accomplishments. In the last century we not only distinguished ourselves in two world wars but also 'invented' peace keeping. We continue to help out in trouble spots around the world, in numbers hugely disproportionate to our tiny population. We also export our expertise in telecommunications, software development, mining, forestry, engineering, medicine and numerous other areas to nations around the world. We ha ...

Number of words: 536 | Number of pages: 2

Lord Of The Flies - Discovery

... but towards the end he matures significantly. Excluding Piggy, Ralph is the most mature and responsible member of the boys, for he is concerned throughout the book with keeping the fire on the mountain going, and building shelter. " If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire." pg,37 Ralph always has the strong belief that all the children will be saved from the island sooner or later, but at middle part of the story he begins to doubting i ...

Number of words: 691 | Number of pages: 3

Macbeth - Soliloquy Analysis

... this petty pace refer to? It is the progression of life, as Macbeth now sees it. This negative and dark imagery continues to grow because tomorrow is unrelenting. "[T]ommorow creeps...To the last syllable of recorded time." With these dreary remarks Macbeth presents his hopeless outlook. He feels the only way to end the pain of life is through death. "And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death." What can be taken from this is that from our earliest recollection, we are constantly being guided forward from yesterda ...

Number of words: 1429 | Number of pages: 6

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest

... 451 by Ray Bradbury, the main characters are out to change the system. Based on the novel by Ken Kesey, it seems that his perspective on this issue is that the system is in dire need of change. Even if you are not successful in changing the system, it is still very effective that you tried and you set an example for others to follow. Kesey also seems to believe that persistence is key when fighting the system. Kesey believes that even if you change a small aspect of the system it was well worth the fight. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, th ...

Number of words: 1556 | Number of pages: 6

Burmese Days

... U Po Kyin, the Subdivisional Magistrate of Kyauktada (where the novel was based on), wishes to be in the European social club which wasn't much but it meant so much to the burmese people an the rest of Kyauktada because it was where the most respected people came to socialize. In any town in India, the European club is the place where everyone wishes to be a part of. However the exclusive club has never admitted a man of a different race into it's social club because they feel that that the other races non other than theirs is not as ...

Number of words: 1180 | Number of pages: 5

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