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- 3811: "A White Heron" and "The Beast in the Jungle": A Comparison and Contrast Essay
- ... their cow, which proved to be a daily chore, she was coercing the cow back home when surprised by the presence of a stranger. He was ever so polite and friendly. He was hunting the Great White Heron and had hoped she or her family might put him up for the evening. In a nice sort of way he was pushy and insistent. Not used to interacting with many people, the ... all the painful disappointments into non-existence. Just as Sylvy possessed such admiration and respect for the heron resulting in her decision to protect and cherish it, so did May have an understanding of and great feeling for John Marcher. She went to great lengths to preserve, promote, and even stimulate their relationship, always there, always accommodating. I suggest that the young character Sylvy won out over May Bartram. The figure of speech "Wise beyond one's years" ...
- 3812: Civil War Journal
- ... war. I must soon be ready to go to the regiment I was assigned to. I am in the 3rd Infantry Regiment of South Carolina. I would rather have been in the cavalry since, the Great State, I raise horses, but they needed infantry even more. I will do anything to help the Confederacy. Emily, Joseff, and Soo are sad that their Pa is leaving them. I told them not to ... today. I am estimating that we drilled for about 5 hours and hoofed it about 18 miles. My feet are tired and more and more men are getting the quickstep, including me. It is not great. I still love fighting and proving my faith in the Confederacy, but the war is proving what I did not want to happen. This is wanting to go back home and be a part of ... the starry night and have it guide me into heaven. I thank you for being there to help me through this. Now I must meet the honored soldiers that have fought bravely. Maybe in the Great States above, it should be the way it is meant to be. As what Michael has said, "La vie Confederate!" -Jonathan
- 3813: An Analysis of the Novel Candide by Voltaire
- An Analysis of the Novel Candide by Voltaire The novel Candide by Voltaire is a great peice of satire that makes fun of the way people in medievil times thought. The book is about a man, Candide, and his misfortunes. Throughout the book Candide has countless things go wrong in order ... must not be evaluated too closely. If it is picked apart and some of the things are taken too seriously then the general idea trying to be presented is not recognized. Voltaire uses alot of great humorous filling inside of a few major ideas and attacks the areas needed to be attacked in a witty and humorous matter. The novel Candide is a well written, funny, to the point book stressing ... he proves that this is not the best of all possible worlds by showing the reader the problems of medievil times. Voltaire presents these ideas through a young boy, Candide. Voltaire's Candide is a great satirical peice that makes fun of medievil people's ideas in hope to open minds and inform the reader.
- 3814: Relationship Between Odysseus
- From that which I have learned and can infer, the character of Telemachus, is one which to date, is attributed with great controversy concerning the societal definitions of maturity. In Homer's Odyssey, Telemachus almost on the borderline of "cracking up." The first sections other characters are still treating him much like a child, and in many ... prince. When the challenges rose, however, Telemachus rose to meet those challenges. His first items of business were to set the suitors straight at home. Although he was not completely effective, he surprised them a great deal with his authority, and even his own mother in later books. That proved that Telemachus was gaining a new awareness, not only about his father, but also about the kingdom, his mother, and the ... to follow in the footsteps. The two are compared in the poem from every aspect. However, in analyzing The Odyssey, one may also presume that Homer had not intended for the Telemachus to be as great a hero as his father had. This may be due to the fact that, for example, he never had a Trojan War to fight, his setting is in a time of peace unlike his ...
- 3815: Beowulf
- ... our hero is introduced. "
he rushed towards the renowned man
" Just from this excerpt, we know that Beowulf is a man held above the average man. We are constantly reminded of how honorable Beowulf is. "
great courage, strength, and daring, as was his nature." Beowulf is referred to as being a renowned man twice in just this small excerpt. The whole point of this story is to magnify the doings of ... monks; they were the only people of that time that were literate. It's verbal passing was forced to have a sing-song pattern so it would be remembered. Beowulf is the story of a great man, so great that students today are writing textual analysis reports on his story.
- 3816: Madame Bovary: Destiny
- ... that an affair only brings happiness for a time and then it only brings misery. Her affair with Leon is the cause of many of her later problems, such as her debt, her sickness, her depression and her eventual death. Death. This brings us to the final fork in the road of Emma's life. She chooses to take the Arsenic as she feels overwhelmed and sees this as the best ... in his eyes she saw a love such as she had never seen before. (p.274) Considering the aforementioned reasons, one can only conclude that Emma controlled her destiny, as we all do to a great extent. There is no guiding hand that told Emma to go ahead and marry Charles, have his baby, cheat on him with Leon and then kill herself. She did all this for selfish reasons, to ...
- 3817: Remains Of The Day
- ... and leaders of World War I for asking too many reparations from the Germans. Darlington gives a sense of how out of touch he is with his remark to Stevens, Deeply disturbing. It does us great discredit to treat a defeated foe like this. Lewis speech also can be thought of as saying that Darlington Hall needs butlers who can effectively mediate and discuss emotional problems, rather than mindlessly approving everything ... failed to prevent Hitler from gathering power, so idealistic conditions such as peace, loyalty and duty could be maintained. The English who shared Chamberlain s weak, conciliatory attitude may have been part of the reason Great Britain declined as a world power. In the colonial days, that way of doing things was not so harmful because Britain was the most powerful nation on the planet, but in the modern era with ... highlighted when Farraday gives Stevens an auto vacation. While Farraday s idea of country is the scenic rural outdoors, Stevens thinks of it mainly as it concerns the social and political organization, made of the great ladies and gentlemen of the land (4). The novel attempts to illustrate the difference between the servant-master relationship in England and the more open relationships in the United States. There are, however, parallels ...
- 3818: Compare And Contrast The Aims
- Compare and Contrast the Aims and Methods of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. These great leaders came from vastly different backgrounds which is shown in their thinking on life, especially early on. Martin was a Christian from the rural south, whilst Malcolm had become a Muslim from the urban north ... power is in what it does "to the hearts and souls of those committed to it" . He respected and liked Malcolm X, but regarding self-defence, "Malcolm has done himself and our own people a great disservice" . Malcolm advocated self-defence, as he believed totally in self-respect and justice. After devoting his life to the Nation of Islam he vowed to tell black people about their brainwashed condition, and to ... Baker-Fletcher, Somebodyness and Self-Respect: Themes of Dignity in Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, http://www.uts.columbia.edu/~usqr/baker.htm, (1993). Simona Sara, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X: Great Human Rights Leaders of this Century, http://home.earthlink.net/~tenspeed/SimonaSara/mkmx.htm, (1997). Alton B. Pollard, Martin and Malcolm and the African-American Struggle, http://www.jahin fosys.com/csrm/pllrd.html, ( ...
- 3819: An Analysis of "The Grapes of Wrath"
- ... novel by John Steinbeck that exposes the desperate conditions under which the migratory farm families of America during the 1930's live under. The novel tells of one families migration west to California through the great economic depression of the 1930's. The Joad family had to abandon their home and their livelihoods. They had to uproot and set adrift because tractors were rapidly industrializing their farms. The bank took possession of their ...
- 3820: History Of Western Music
- ... music which had never been seen before. Composers before this had followed strict rules. De Vitry now utilized the old rules and combined them with new ideas to create genuine Ars Nova (Stolba, 116). Another great contributor to secular music of this time was Guillaume de Machaut. Machaut was also employed most of his life by the court. At this time, the primary form of music was the motet, often in ... because of its dwindling power and influence. The church had no hope of containing a growing love and appreciation for new music. Music is a definition of emotion and certainly these times were full of great deeds, as well as great suffering. The Black Death decimated the population of most of Europe, but if one single item from this time period could be called beneficial, it would be the song we all know and grew ...
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