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- 1511: Jack London 2
- ... wrote passionately and prolifically about the great questions of life and death, the struggle to survive with dignity and integrity, and he wove the elemental ideas into stories of high adventure based on his own writing appealed not to the few, but to millions of people all around the world. Along with his books and stories, however, Jack London was widely known for his personal exploits. He was a celebrity, a colorful and controversial personality who was often in the news. Generally fun-loving and playful, he could also be combative, and was quick to side with the underdog against ... is why socialists of London's day accepted Darwinian science as proof of the superiority of their politics. Determinism is the principle that all information and events embody natural laws. A key component of naturalist writing. London, being a naturalist, used the wide variety of readings and experiences the fed his imagination to produced the two seemingly contradictory world views found in his work. Adventure tales, such as White Fang ...
- 1512: Jack London 3
- ... wrote passionately and prolifically about the great questions of life and death, the struggle to survive with dignity and integrity, and he wove the elemental ideas into stories of high adventure based on his own writing appealed not to the few, but to millions of people all around the world. Along with his books and stories, however, Jack London was widely known for his personal exploits. He was a celebrity, a colorful and controversial personality who was often in the news. Generally fun-loving and playful, he could also be combative, and was quick to side with the underdog against ... is why socialists of London's day accepted Darwinian science as proof of the superiority of their politics. Determinism is the principle that all information and events embody natural laws. A key component of naturalist writing. London, being a naturalist, used the wide variety of readings and experiences the fed his imagination to produced the two seemingly contradictory world views found in his work. Adventure tales, such as White Fang ...
- 1513: Jonathan Swifts A Modest Propo
- Jonathan Swift: A Modest Proposal In his lengthy literary career, Jonathan Swift wrote many stories that used a broad range of voices that were used to make some compelling personal statements. For example, Swifts, A Modest Proposal, is often heralded as his best use of both sarcasm and irony. Yet taking into account the persona of Swift, as well as the period in which it ... lived. In fact it was intended to help the lower class to gain more recognition from the upper class. If a reader does take his proposal seriously, then the use irony and sarcasm in Swifts writing is exemplified. But, if a reader takes note of the irony they will notice the true point of the story is the assistance that the lower class needs. Either way, the irony is present and ... one of them is valid. This is a difficult task because we do not fully understand the environment in which it was written; we can only analyze the voice in which it is written. A personal opinion would be that he wrote this story purely for the amusement of the upper class. This is qualified because, as stated before, during the time that this was written the beggars could not ...
- 1514: Lord Of The Flies 4 -
- ... and urges (playing, bathing, and relaxing). Rebellion based on desire formed, and it slowly grew, taking the power away from Ralph. The others simply didn't want to worry about anything but food and their personal fun. Ralph ignored these urges and worried about long term benefits for the group. 2. Jack Jack was the second of the "biguns" in the story. He was "leader" of the choir. Jack was in ... group, and led the killing of Simon, and Piggy, and the attempted killing of Ralph. His greed invoked his power, and his power invoked his extended greed. IV. AUTHOR I believe that the author's writing style was fairly appropriate for this story. The biased focus on Ralph could have been eliminated to further prove the authors point that their actions are no different then that of people at war. A less biased opinion on Ralph would have showed me that point quicker and more vividly. I enjoyed the time free approach at telling the story, because it leaves more to your imagination. V. PERSONAL OPINIONS Personally, I enjoyed the overall story. The way Ralph and Jack's survival techniques were incredible. I admired the way that Ralph was calm, cool and collected, and Jack had good leadership. The ...
- 1515: Loneliness 2
- Loneliness Loneliness is inherent in the lives of Charlotte, from "Pomegranate Seed," and Lyman, from "The Red Convertible." The writers of the stories have their personal experiences built into their work. In addition, the characters from both stories suffered through similar ordeals; they helplessly watched a loved one dissolve like a fading dream. Kassanoff explains, Wharton recognized her younger self in ... is paralyzed by loneliness (383). This loneliness in the younger life of Wharton was inevitably ingrained in her stories. The story "Pomegranate Seed" is a perfect example of how Wharton's loneliness seeped into her writing. Erdrich's "The Red Convertible" is contained in the book Love Medicine. Marie, a character in another story, is losing Nector, her husband. Her grandson Lipsha attempts to cure her loneliness by preparing a love potion. He botches the recipe and kills Nector. This shows that loneliness is not a foreign idea to Erdrich's writing either. Both "Pomegranate Seed" and "The Red Convertible" begin with lonely characters. Charlotte begins the story remembering her friends sometimes stopped by, but "Sometimes--oftener--she was alone"(Wharton 317). Charlotte rarely had anybody ...
- 1516: Frederick Douglass
- ... learning to read than Master Auld himself. Douglass later had this to say of her, "Nature made us friends, but slavery made us enemies."2 This taught Frederick a very valuable lesson. If reading and writing were dangerous, if it was against the master’s will that he know more than he should, then education would be an essential means for Douglass to find a path from slavery to freedom. He ... spite of Master Hugh’s contention against their relationship. Lawson encouraged him to spread the Gospel, insisting that it was God’s will. Dawson’s advice fueled his ambition and expanded his vision of his personal identity. When Irish dockworkers suggested that he run North to freedom he saw this it was not only up to God, but also to himself to gain freedom. His perception of God helps those who ... Colonization Society for threatening to remove free blacks from the state by force. His life of diligent work for the government and for his people was just beginning. In the winter of 1844 he began writing an account of his slave experiences to put down people’s thoughts of him never being a slave. These speculations were only due to the integrity and intelligence he had shown recently. Narrative of ...
- 1517: Marriage In The Canterburry Ta
- ... his scorn for marriage. The "Merchant's Tale" is yet another example of Chaucer's contempt for this institution. This story is the irony of a mere man, it is the irony of passion and personal experience (Kittredge, 19). Here, the noble knight December, at age sixty, decided that it his time to be wed. He chooses the "fresh, young May" (Chaucer, 372) to be his bride. Once they are married ... one member of the marriage will almost always stray. The Miller's Tale is another instance where Chaucer's disdain for marriage is shown. This tale is characterized as a fabliau, a French form of writing that generally concerns humankind s most basic functions, most sex, and whose most common plot is the love triangle (Howard, 95). This tale refuses to look beyond the individual s immediate interests (Howard, 101). In ... orthodox view of subordination in marriage, as the upholder of an heretical doctrine, and as the exultant practicer of what she preached (Kittredge, 17). The Wife is very open and willing to share her own personal experience and expertise with the rest of the Pilgrims. In her prologue she tells about the relationships she had with her five husbands. She asks an interesting question, What kind of marriage does one ...
- 1518: New Hreligion And Medieval Lit
- ... than to those keeping their flocks near Bethlehem" (319), this convention would only help the lay people identify with the characters and make the religious message, that Christian charity doesn't go unrewarded, seem more personal. The Christian charity of the shepherds is seen first in their offering a sixpence to Mak's newborn son and then in their mercy toward him when they find out his "son" is really a ... Pardoner's Tale' is actually a sermon with an exemplum" (7) and The Canterbury Tales isn't exactly what would be categorized as a religious piece. Chaucer, himself, felt compelled to pray for forgiveness for writing The Canterbury Tales in his "Retraction." The Church had a powerful influence on Medieval literature. Events from the Bible were the subjects of poems such as "Adam Lay Bound," as well as plays such as ... the mysteries. Morality plays used allegory "to dramatize the moral struggle Christianity envisions as present in every individual" (Norton, 363). Both plays deal with a religious subject matter, which was a common subject for any writing in the Middle Ages. Both plays also reveal some characteristic beliefs that were common, at least in some circles, during the Middle Ages. However, there are significant differences in both purpose and style between ...
- 1519: Anne Hutchinson
- ... paved the way for religious freedom in the strictly Puritan environment of New England. Another interpretation of the controversy surrounding Anne Hutchinson asserts that she was simply a loving wife and mother whose charisma and personal ideas were misconstrued to be a radical religious movement. Since this alleged religious movement was led by a woman, it was quickly dealt with by the Puritan fathers as a real threat. Whatever her motives ... journal of John Winthrop is often used to encapsulate the male attitude toward women in early America. A young woman had lost "her understanding and reason" because she had given "herself wholly to reading and writing, and written many books." If she had kept her place, Winthrop said, if she had attended to household affairs, and such things as belong to women, and not gone out of her way and calling ... England, where no legal safeguards were observed...the result was foregone conclusion. Yet the clever and witty woman conducted her case admirably... Anne's unruly member gave her away. She declared, even boasted, of her personal revelations from the Almighty; and that was to confess the worst. For in this the Puritan agreed with historical Christianity, that divine revelation closed with the book of Revelation. Convicted out of her own ...
- 1520: Beer
- ... 35) Beer was a driving force that led nomadic groups into village life. Ten thousand years ago barley was domesticated and worshipped as a god in the highlands of southern Levant. With the creation of writing, using a stylus on wet clay tablets, beer, its history and mystery, became a large part of an ancient literary repertoire. Beer was considered a valuable foodstuff and workers were often paid with jugs of ... found in the examination of both the Bible and Greek texts. In both versions of the Bible, Old and New Testaments, is virtually empty of references to water as a common drinking source. Likewise, Greek writing make scant references to water drinking, with exceptions to deep wells, mountain spring water or rain water. Ancient civilization clearly understood that most of their water supplies were contaminated. (Vallee 82) Since most water was ... would be good while going to school. Works Cited Aging of Beer. Jackson, Paul. 29 October 1999. http://Alabev.com/beeraging.html Alabev. John Fife. 20 October 1999. http://www.Alabev.com Bowman, Fredrick L. Personal Interview. 1 October 1999. Buhner, Steven H. Sacred and Healing Beers. Brewers Publications. Chicago, Illinois, October, 1998. Carter, Rachelle. Consumption of Beer and Ale in the Middle Ages October 27, 1999. http://www.millersv. ...
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