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- 8341: Lord Byron
- ... At Missolonghi he died of a fever on April 18, 1824. His doctors at the time believed he needed to be bled to cure the fever and that probably was the real cause of his death. (Compton’s Encyclopedia P.533,1989). The relationship between his mother and himself influenced Byron in his writings. He once wrote a short softer strain describing himself in his childhood a "A little curly-headed ...
- 8342: Locke And Hobbes
- ... Man is by nature inclined to take as much as he can for his own preservation at the cost of other men. Therefore, man must create government, and therefore, peace, because of the fear of death and loss of property. Hobbes compares the laws of nature versus human law by defining the laws of nature as those things that are fundamentally part of us and dictate our behavior and actions when ...
- 8343: Lives Of The Saints
- ... the life of the baby or Cristi. Although he manages to deliver the baby, we find that Vittorio’s mother has died during the night due to excessive bleeding. Dr. Cosabene’s ignorance has brought death and pain to a family that has been reduced to two, a young boy and his little sister. Vitto will no longer have a normal life. He has no mother or father. He has no ...
- 8344: Little Women
- ... how all good literature should be written. From this book I've learned how to pick up and get on with my life after something bad happens. If the Marches can carry on after the death of their sister Beth, then the common man should be able to go on after smaller challenges entrap him. Mankind should always love and support each other in all areas of life, and maybe this ...
- 8345: Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey
- ... Mariner’s luck suddenly changes. He experiences the punishment that comes with the moral error of killing the Albatross. The punishment is isolation and alienation from everything but himself. Thereafter, the "Nightmare," the life in death, kills his crew. He is lost at sea, left alone in the night to suffer, and he has detached from his natural cycle. The Mariner proclaims his misery when he says, "Alone, alone, all, all ...
- 8346: Les Miserables
- ... in front of the Corinth wine shop. Javert is found as an unmasked spy and the rebel's tie him up to await his execution. Marius decides to join in the revolution to seek his death. He joins the fighting at the barricade since he lost his love again fights valiantly to the end. Valjean gets out his old National Guard suit but like Maruis joins the ranks for the rebel ...
- 8347: Langston Hughes
- ... as this were common in the South during this time. Hughes makes sure that the atrocities don¹t go unnoticed. For Hughes, it would appear that his life ended on a dejected note. Before his death in May of 1967, he wrote his final poem ³Flotsam². The title suggests that Hughes considers himself forgotten wreckage, and all his writing is wasted and forgotten. Its tone reeks of depression and self-pity ...
- 8348: Kindred
- ... street smart" gives Dana a slight advantage. One begins to question whether Dana is growing accustom to the practices of the time. As the story progresses, it becomes harder for Dana to be "scared to death" in order to return her home. For instance after she was caught reading to Nigel, Tom Weylin whipped her for the first time. Her dizziness set in relatively quickly, and she was sent home. But ...
- 8349: Johnny Got His Gun
- ... suffering. Life is something much to valuable to be taken for granted. People say I’d rather die with honor than live with disgrace. These are the words of stupidity because no one knows what death is like and there is no turning back after you are dead. Johnny was fortunate enough to be alive after the bomb exploded, however he was operated on so much that the only thing left ...
- 8350: January Chance
- ... that maybe the father and son aren't very close, or they have problems between them. The author writes this poem in the order of the life of the father and son., from life to death. The organization of the poem is created so that the readers will feel what is happening as the poem is being read. The literal meanings are said through words like time, voyaging, and seat backs ...
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