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- 1381: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Russian Dissident
- ... 99). After he graduated, he served as a captain of artillery in World War II from 1941 through 1945 (World Book Encyclopedia So-Sz, p 587). While he was serving, he was falsely accused of writing antistalinistic remarks in his personal correspondence and arrested on February 8, 1945. He was sentenced without a trial and sent to Moscow's notorious Lubyanka Prison for eight years (World Book Encyclopedia So-Sz, p 587). Oddly enough, the prison had a good library where he read otherwise unobtainable books. The books he read were by American authors, and this profoundly affected him and his writing (Major 20TH Century Writers, p 2793). Later he was transferred to a special prison in which the prisoners were scientists and technicians; Aleksandr was a mathematician (Academic American Encyclopedia Sno-Sz, p 59). There, ...
- 1382: Paul L. Dunbar
- ... School with the two. When Matilda was a slave she heard a lot of poems by the families she worked for. She loved poetry and encouraged her children to read poetry as well. Dunbar began writing and reciting poetry as early as age six. Paul was one of the most popular poets of his time and was the first black American writer to achieve national and international reputation. He was not ... Dunbar loved language and he was delighted to experiment with it. Another myth was that Dunbar’s poetry avoided the racial issues of his time. Even though many of his poems convey the life of personal vision with no attention to racial or social detail, a lot of his poems celebrate the black tradition. They eulogize black heroes in war or peace; praise whites who have helped the cause of black ... a prophecy? Or could Dr. King have read this poem and actually applied this to his direction of life. Needless to say, it is a spine tingling passage that shows Dunbar’s uncanny gift for writing remarkable poems (online). A very unique gift that Dunbar had was the fact that most of his poems you could relate to. There was always some way of actually putting yourself in that particular ...
- 1383: Livy's Historical Approach
- ... readers to aspire to a life based on a more strict moral code, as the Romans of the past and his home city did. Livy, having no part in the politics of Rome, had no personal experience of how the Roman Government worked, and this ignorance showed up in most of his works. He was deprived of first hand access to much material. Also, if he had been a priest or held some other kind of office he would have acquired inside information of what would have been a great historical value. Instead of seeking historical explanations in political terms, Livy saw history more in personal and moral terms. Thanks to the writings of Livy, historians of today have a more intimate look into Rome's past, but his writings should be taken with a grain of salt. In reading the ... of self. Livy did indeed hold the Roman civilization up as being next to the gods, this was the usual attitude held by the Roman people. This sort of egotism does come out in his writing and therefore cannot be considered objective. Livy believed that the study of history is profitable in that you have a record of human experiences and in that record is found for yourself and country ...
- 1384: Grapes Of Wrath 3
- ... Ma, Pa, Ruth, Winfield, Uncle John, and Rose of Sharron all where in the barn. Rose of Sharron was breast feeding a old man, after her baby died. I think she was doing it for personal pleasures. I don't think that she was sincere about the feeling to prolong the mans life. She was always selfish, and I still think she was at the end. I don't blame Connie ... to his uncle John's whereupon he finds his family loading up the truck to head for California. He is invaluable to his family, using the skills he learnt in prison - car repair, reading and writing. He keeps the whole family moving at times. His younger brother Al who thinks he is god reveres him. A theme that comes through strongly is that a family is a family and should never ... the West. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in the history of our country and the Great Depression. It was a long novel, but you could feel the story because Steinbeck was writing about his own time period, not his ancestors or his children, but something he actually lived through. The Grapes of Wrath It is said that everything is done for a purpose, and if that ...
- 1385: Fyodor
- The author by essence is the creator of his book akin to God creating in his own like image in man. With this in mind, Fyodor Dostoevsky through writing Crime and Punishment creates the essence of man that he believes to be a replica of himself. By creating specific characters in his novel, Dostoevsky demonstrates his likes and dislikes in humankind. Readers will find ... that simple to determine. Instead, there is a mélange of the characters personalities that determines what Dostoevsky admires or abhors in the characters personality traits. After reading the novel determining an understanding of Dostoevsky s personal value system is easy to decipher. A quick analysis of the main character, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, leads to the parallel of Rodion and Fyodor. Fyodor s life was as dark and dramatic as the great ... engulfed the poverty-stricken slums and the obtuse drunken crowds in the Haymarket Square section of St. Petersburg are so vividly captured in Crime and Punishment because he alone had known this from his own personal experiences. From the beginning Dostoevsky's fiction depicted desperately poor men and women as victims and they all needed a superman. He was the superman for the poor, a Russian Robin Hood. Fyodor in ...
- 1386: Rachel Carson
- ... as a marine biologist with the US fish and wildlife services. Her first three books - especially the best selling “The Sea Around Us”, established her reputation as a first-rate writer, but she undertook the writing of Silent Spring with some reluctance, feeling that others were better qualified to investigate the pesticide industry. Despite the book’s enormous impact, she remained modest about her accomplishment; as she wrote to a friend ... point of view) for having brought my attention back to this problem. I think that even you have forgotten, however, that it was not just the copy of your letter to the newspaper but your personal letter to me that started it all. In it you told what had happened and your feelings about the prospect of a new and bigger spraying and begged me to find someone in Washington who ... need to protect our society. If our generation does nothing to stop pollution from corrupting our environment, the writings of Silent Spring and all of Rachel Carson’s works will have no meaning. Through her writing she brought forth the issues of pesticides harming animals, and ruining people. Animals and people are still dying, if we do nothing about it now, the increased death and disease rate is inevitable.
- 1387: For Whom The Bell Tolls - Summ
- ... protagonist of the story. He has personality traits spanning various aspects of the heroic side of human nature. His relationship with Maria and the conflict it causes results in Robert Jordan s discovery of his personal values. He struggles to understand what defines his life and resolve the conflict of what to live or die for. Pilar and Pablo play important roles in both the story and the development of Robert ... place in present tense. It is narrated by an omniscient. The book could be looked at as autobiographical, showing Hemingway s struggle with life. While being a world traveler Hemingway spent most of his time writing his novels, about his experiences. Symbolism: This has the most symbols and themes in one books I have ever read. Every subject touched in the story represented an underlying idea or thought. The symbolism in ... demonstrate his restraint in the face of adversity. Pablo s constant disagreements with Mr. Jordan's action, his drunkenness, and most importantly his final act of cowardice enrages Robert to a point of temporary insanity. Personal conflict plays a large role in the actions of the characters. Pablo fought against Robert even though they were on the same side. Pilar battles with the men for respect. Andres also met with ...
- 1388: Familiar Mysteries
- ... our lives.The author , Shirley Park Lowry , a former professor of English at the Los Angeles Valley College , teaches mythology to nonspecialists and is a respected authority on the subject.The author's purpose in writing this book is to provide the general reader with an interesting , hystorically linked , and scientifically based insight into the vast world of mythology and the effects it has on our everyday lives.Shirley Park Lowry ... of our understanding of the world that has never been able to be explained or comprehended.Also , according to her , myths , as a whole , occupy a very significant place in our being.They serve as personal guidance in peoples' lives , support or challenge the social order , create a sense of physical order of the surrounding , and help people accept life's mysteries.The book is an extensive analysis on mythology and ... The Symbolic Language of Myth , is well placed because it introduces the "alphabet" of mythology that the author later uses to bring in her ideas and explanations.Although Shirley Park Lowry uses formal form of writing throughout her book she aims at delivering information with simple , understandable language creating an almost friendly tone of explanation .The short , simple , and direct sentances brightly outline ideas and specific matters . From the very ...
- 1389: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
- The Works of Edgar Allan Poe My writing career began when I was twelve and I wrote a book of poems that I wished to be published. My teacher denied my request, explaining to me that I was already too arrogant and that ... sign of advanced tuberculosis. I wanted to believe it was only an accident – the result of the strain of singing, but these attacks continued for five years. During this time I pushed myself to continue writing. In 1843 I received one hundred dollars for a contest in which I entered “The Gold Bug”. Then some horrible person claimed that I plagiarized the story from one a young girl had written years ... continued to be an editor for several magazines but I continued to long for one of my own. A woman named Elizabeth Ellet continued to write and say untrue things about the affairs of my personal life. I tried to ignore all the accusations but finally they got to me and I turned to drinking once again. My beloved wifey died January thirtieth, 1847, when she was but twenty-five. ...
- 1390: The Hound Of The Baskervilles
- ... at hand." This quote by Sherlock Holmes, the most famous fictional character of A.C. Doyle, describes not only Sherlock Holmes but also his creator. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was an interesting man and his writing were influenced by many things. Specifically, the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, was influenced by Doyle’s family and his life experiences. Doyle’s aristocratic background and upbringing influences his writing by agreeing very much with England’s nobleman and commoner status quo. The family of A.C. Doyle greatly influenced his novel The Hound of the Baskervilles. By having noble and even royal blood flowing ... Baskerville family. The aristocrats in the story were also portrayed as the “good” chracters which shows the reader Doyle’s opinion of the noblemen. Doyle knew about nobility and he was able to pass this personal quality onto his characters. The Baskerville family was a very respected one, especially after Sir Charles took control over Baskerville Hall. "Though Sir Charles resided at Baskerville Hall for a comparatively short period, his ...
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