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- 6051: Adults Of The Bell Jar
- ... her. She admired her mom’s history of speaking German and desired to learn it as well: “My mother spoke German during her childhood in America and was stoned for it during the First World War by the children at school” (30). At one point Esther even briefly decides to learn shorthand. This need to be like her mother while at the same time hating her is enough to disturb Esther ...
- 6052: Achilles And Socrates
- The concept of heroism is a central theme in Greek mythology. Achilles, the main character in Homer's The Iliad, accurately depicts the concept of a tragic hero. Throughout his many experiences during the Trojan War, he reflects heroic qualities, and earns his name as the purest, the highest and "the best of the Achaians." Similar to Achilles, Socrates demonstrates several heroic characteristics, in Plato's work The Trial and Death ...
- 6053: Samuel Adams
- ... Act in 1765. He was an organizer and the founder of Boston’s Sons of Liberty, the group that fought for American independence. He played a key role from 1765 until the end of the War of Independence in Patriot opposition to what Adams believed was a “British plat to destroy constitutional liberty.” (Miller 95) Adam’s contributions to the independence movement were many and varied. During the 1760s and 1770s ...
- 6054: A Separate Peace
- ... ability to express himself. Finny, one day wears his school tie as a belt, but he easily solves of this problem by explaining that he did it to show the link between Devon and the war. (909-910). Finny, a natural person who shows himself to being incapable of doing something mean or ugly, has no trouble expressing his emotions openly. He responds to life with natural emotions and everything comes ...
- 6055: Antigone Greek Ideals
- ... intentions, often conflicted with each other creating complex moral dilemmas. Such was the case in Antigone a play written by Sophocles during this era of change. In the play, Antigone and Creon battle a philosophical war dealing with the controversy of the Greek ideals. They both based their actions on their beliefs of what is right and wrong. The conflict arose when the ideals that backed up their actions clashed with ...
- 6056: Analysis Of The Crito
- ... a controversial issue today—as with much of the U.S decisions to intervene in foreign affairs, it can be said that it was the opinion of the majority not to intervene in the Vietnam War. Therefore, it can be said, in correspondence with Socrates position, that it was the opinion of the “reasonable people” to intervene in Vietnam. Socrates would say in this instance that the United States was right ...
- 6057: A Psychological Evaluation Of
- ... he killed a man’"(65). He explained to me that Gatsby is an Oxford man. Nick didn’t really believe him. He also received a Metal of Valor, Gatsby did, for his service in World War One. All this seemed to calm nick down. He focused on the better things rather than the bad. He then informed me about Gatsby’s desperate fight for Daisy. It has gone so far that ...
- 6058: A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- ... story I get the feeling that she could be telling of the changes that took place in the US after W.W. II when violence began to grow rapidly. Women were coming home from the war, and men were demanding their voting rights. In the 50's crime was on everyone's mind, on television and in the moon. O'Connor's knew taht society was drastically changing for the worse ...
- 6059: A Comparison And Contrast Of L
- ... sees a tragic trap. Conrad utilizes words with negative connotations, such as Arioted, Amob, Avengeful, and Agloom to portray the jungle as an inauspicious place. He makes use of diction such as, "Whether it meant war, peace, or prayer we could not tell..." to further portray the jungle as an Aunknown planet," a place of hostile unfamiliarity. Conrad feels the "white man's burden" as, "...an accursed inheritance, to be subdued ...
- 6060: Antigone
- ... in intentions, often conflicted with one another and created complex moral dilemmas. Such was the case in Sophocles play Antigone that was written in this era. In the play, Antigone and Creon battle a philosophical war concerning their ideals. They both base there actions on what they believe is right and wrong. The conflict arose when their ideals that backed up their actions on the burial of Polyneices clashed, creating a ...
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