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- 3781: Literature And Its Affect On S
- ... history. Myths directly represent the culture and time period from which they were born (Bercovitch and Jehlen 70). Ideological meanings can be assigned to history through the myths that evolved from a particular society. Present day politics has its roots in the mythology that was passed down through Greek and Roman culture. The myth is the primary language of historical memory (Bercovitch and Jehlen 70). The demonstration of the influence mythology ... the citizens; the popularity of literature grew because the message of it was for every man and the impact it had on society was greater than ever before. The political and social ideals of the day sprang not from a political leader, but from the writings that represented the internal value system of the people. (Bercovitch and Jehlen 151). Through the masterful works of many American authors, the way people believed ... the desire of the American public to read. On the average, a person living in the United States reads about four books per year, yet the average family watches over five hours a television every day. What is wrong with this picture? People wonder why shootings are happening in America's high schools and teenage crime is at an all-time high. The answer is quite simply the culture of ...
- 3782: John Updikess Pigeon Feather
- ... junior doctor, "not much older than myself but venerable with competence and witnessed pain." He skips the bits about the smell of hay and harnesses to tell us, with Thoreauvian precision, that: "A barn, in day, is a small night." In his own words about words he reminds us of the "curious and potent, inexplicable and irrefutable magical life language leads within itself" -- not entirely unaided, of course, by wide margins ... England, to New York, and always back to Pennsylvania. In general outline and under various names the characters are repeated as frequently as characters are repeated when you are reading the works, say, of J.D. Salinger or John P. Marquand. An iconoclastic schoolteacher father, an indomitable mother, an even more indomitable (if you will) grandmother, a dozing grandfather and a scholarly, slightly girl-shy young man who wants to write ...
- 3783: Hiroshima (book Report)
- ... took her in his arms and carried her to it. She was grateful until she noticed 2 other people even more injured than her. (I will not get into details.) For the rest of the day, Mr. Tanimoto and Father Kleinsorge did nothing but help the injured people. Mr. Tanimoto mainly ferried people across the river to Asano Park. Father Kleinsorge began asking people go out to Nagatsuka where it was ... a bomb at all. It was a big mass of magnesium powder that exploded when it come into contact with the live wires of the city power system. (Woah) Dr. Sasaki Dr. Sasaki, working all day to tend the wounded, was worn out. He went outside with the other survivors and slept. Then the people woke him up a few minutes later and then he was forced to help them, Dr ... her children to her sister-in-law in Kabe. She then set back to Hiroshima and then later found out all her family were dead. She then later went back to Kabe, depressed. The next day, she met her younger-sister who had not been in Hiroshima, who said that the war was over. Chapter 4 Panic Grass and Feverfew Father Kleinsorge, Mrs. Nakamura, her daughter Myeko, and Mr. Tanimoto ...
- 3784: Hector A Fiction Tale
- ... small border town of Carse. Here he had taken a wife and had spawned two beautiful daughters. At Carse he lived nicely and had repulsed the evil beings from the North more times than he'd care to count. Hector had become well respected and his past remained hidden behind his false identity. The battle had been over for a few hours. Campfires were lit and the men drank and sang of their victory well into the night. The lieutenant found no reason to restrain the men as the seven mile march back to Carse would be leisurely and unhurried the next day. Hector retired to bed early though and slept peacefully knowing that this news of victory would surely please the king as the evil beings would be too crippled to attack during the rapidly approaching harvesting ...
- 3785: Hamlets Oedipus Complex
- Various works of literature contain characters who embody the elements of the classic Oedipus Complex, that of a son with an undue and unhealthy attachment to his mother. D.H Lawrence s Sons and Lovers, along with other early modernist works, shows how a son s bond to his mother can lead to that character s major downfall. Even earlier than works of the ... Letter. He claims that she was prostituted to Claudius. Hamlet then goes on to probe at Gertrude s sexual life with Claudius, claiming that she lives In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed,/Stew d in corruption, honeying and making love (3.4.91-3). His interrogation goes on, with many lewd references to Gertrude and Claudius sexual relations, where Hamlet speaks of the king tempt[ing] [her] again to bed and the King s paddling in [her] neck with his damn d fingers (3.4.182-5). Hamlet s constant exploring of his mother s carnal nature results in the manifestation of an overwhelming sexual concern for his mother, showing that Hamlet is more moved by ...
- 3786: Is Racism Still A Problem In The 21st Century?
- Is Racism still a problem in the 21st Century? Racism has been a problem since the very first day that two men of different races met. Racism is defined as "the belief in the superiority of one race over all others." Often racism is a belief that one type of person has better physical ... use of violence. Nowadays, ethnic minorities are a part of British society, although they are the minority they have the legal right to be treated just like everyone else. Imagine how many fewer problems there'd be if racism were a thing of the past. Young people don't see racism as a problem and they can look beyond someone's skin colour. Unfortunately though, that child is likely to grow ...
- 3787: The Masque Of The Red Death: An In Depth Review Of The Image
- ... s seven suits. The seven suits are built and fashioned from east to west, which can also refer to the course of the sun which measures the rate we age (Tilton). The rooms symbolize the day as it cycles from early morning to deepest night. It also resembles the life of a human being, from earliest youth to the day of the persons grave death. All the suits except the seventh are illuminated by fire, which critics have argued resembles life and death within ones life span. Each room has characteristics of its ... life. Nothing escapes time and their own demise. Death has illimitable domain over all. The theme can be further elaborated by the biblical scripture I Thessalonians 5:2-3. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say , Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they ...
- 3788: The Tatyana Caste
- The Tatyana caste Gregorik Andras AN212 '...Just as the storm clouds often slay The scarcely breathing new born day.' 1 One of the most popular of Tennyson's poems, The Lady of Shalott relates the tragic story of an extremely lonely young lady longing for a soulmate. A poem of "technical virtuosity, inspired landscape ... not manage a caress With ma or pa, or a soft touch. Herself a child, in the crowd of infants, She had no wish to play or dance, And often on the window sill All day she sat, silent and still."5 It is presumable that the Lady is in her twenties, thus she's the same age as Eugenie or Tatyana. Tennyson does not reveal her past, dealing only with ... s colour and its sweetness, Her smile and girlish serene calm Quite disappeared, as empty sound, And fair Tatyana's youth then faded; Just as the storm clouds often slay The scarcely breathing new born day." Tennyson physically 'kills off' his protagonist, putting an inevitable end to the story, while Pushkin, basically a realist writer, keeps her alive in order to be able to draw a verisimilar circle encompassing many ...
- 3789: Ryans Red Badge Of Courage
- ... loss of fear about death. Crane introduces gray in another way when he writes:\\" . . . he could see long, gray walls of vapor where lay battle lines\\". These are the battle lines which will, later that day, go on to kill Jim Conklin, the tall soldier. This tragedy of the day is also foreshadowed by a \\"gray dawn\\". On another day of intense battle there is a similar dawn: \\"Gray mists were slowly shifting before the first efforts of the sun rays. . . . The gaunt, careworn features and dusty figures were made plain by this quaint ...
- 3790: Shiloh
- ... his life. Leroy\\'s life, as it stands, has become very complacent. \\"While on the road, he would pick up hitchhikers and tell them his life story. In time he had the feeling that he\\'d been telling the story over and over....\\" Nothing in Leroy\\'s life has changed so drastically, as to place any variations in his story. Leroy drives around town by himself quite a bit, and he ... has this crazy idea about building a log cabin and had even sent away for the blueprints. \\"Ever since they were married, he has promised Norma Jean he would build her a new home one day.\\" Leroy believes that building that house would bring them closer together, but it is apparent throughout the story that Norma Jean wants nothing to do with the log cabin. Leroy\\'s life seems to be ...
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