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- 2461: Review of Ernest Hemingway and Writings
- Review of Ernest Hemingway and Writings Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelest and short-story writer whose writings and personal life exerted a profound influence on American writers of his time and thereafter. Many of his works are regarded as American classics, and some have subsequently been made into motion pictures. A review of Hemingway ... was based upon or expanded from events that he himself had experienced, or at least that which he knew completely, inside and out. Being the perfectionist that he was, Ernest did not feel justified in writing about topics of which he was not comepletely informed. Through his extensive travels in Europe and Africa, as well as other areas, he formed the groundwork for many of his most famed and cherished stories ...
- 2462: Frederick Douglass' Dream for Equality
- ... in his beliefs of abolishing slavery. However, he did reinvent his thinking. Douglass eventually made his way with what amounted to the applied ideas of Alexis de Tocqueville and Fancis Grund, both of which were writing at the time when Douglass realized the truth about abolition. Grund and Tocqueville celebrated the new man, the self-made men who were breaking through old restraints. These restraints included monopolized privileges, restricted franchises, and ... is ready to work for the overthrow of slavery, whether a voter or non-voter, a Garrisonian or a Gerrit Smith man, black or white, is both clansman and kinsman of ours. Whatever political or personal differences, which have in other days divided and distracted us, a common object and a common emergency makes us for the time at least, forget those differences. No class of men are doing more according ...
- 2463: Eudora Welty: Her Life and Her Works
- Eudora Welty: Her Life and Her Works Eudora Welty's writing style and us of theme and setting aided her in becoming one of the greatest writers of all time. Welty credits her family for her success. "Without the love and belief my family gave me ... extending the potential of this genre"(Kramer,329). Miss Welty currently lives in her Jackson home and continues to write. She is an extremely private person and has chosen not to release most of her personal papers or to authorizea biography. She feels that her work should stand alone as the expression of her imagination. .
- 2464: The Life of Mao Zedong
- ... this traditional Chinese upbringing by running away from home. The rebellion Mao claims to have manifested might have distanced Mao physically from his family but, traditional Chinese values were deeply ingrained, shaping his political and personal persona. His father's harshness with dealing with opposition, his cunning, his demand for reverence from subordinates, and his ambition were to be seen in how Mao demanded harmony, order, and reverence as a ruthless ... fields of grain to lead Mao to think that the economy was doing well, while in reality, huge numbers of people were starving. Mao, born a peasant, had become an emperor. According to Mao's personal doctor, Dr. Li Zhisui, "At the end, the most loved man in China was friendless." 44 Mao also knew how to use Chinese culture to consolidate his place as the head of China. 45 The ... he was growing up. Mao recalls how in the Hsiang School the wealthy children would torment him because of his peasant roots. Ibid. p.55. 12 Mao also feverishly consumed Chinese romance novels. Mao's personal doctor in his memoir recalls that Mao could always be found reading books about Chinese History while lying next to his private pool. Ibid. p.55. 13 Ibid. p.58 14 Ibid. p.53b. ...
- 2465: Benjamin Franklin
- ... by Franklin. He wrote in connection with the American Stamp Acts, The Sovereignty of the British Legislature out of Britain, I do not understand. (Wright, page 207). Franklin felt that the colonies were capable of writing their own legislation. The colonies had their own parliaments and Franklin was confidant that these assemblies could properly legislate for the colony. In one of Franklin's letters he writes that possibly an extreme case ... Ketcham, page 3). Not only did Benjamin Franklin love liberty, he also had great skill as a diplomat. In this role, Franklin and his two grandsons sailed from France in 1776. "He achieved an amazing personal triumph and gained critical French aid for the Revolutionary War." (Ketcham, page 4). Literary and scientific writers in Paris praised Franklin as a modern thinker. As the war raged on and France made a positive ...
- 2466: Reflections of Milton in is Works
- ... speaks plainly about the course of his life. In the latter part of his life, Milton lost his vision. This loss was very traumatic for him because he had not yet completed his mission of writing a memorable work of literature. Soon after, he continued his work with the help of his daughters. He dictated to them a sonnet he called "On His Blindness" in which he asks how God expects him to do his work blind. Milton's ambitious side says that his writing talent is "lodged with [him] useless"(Text 417). His religious side soon realizes that he is "complaining" to God and he takes it back. He discovers that God will not look down on him if ... great talent, and he expects Milton to be happy. He has to learn to do his work in a dark world. This poem was not the last time Milton referred to his condition in his writing. In book one of Paradise Lost, while invoking the Muse, Milton says "what in me is dark illumine"(Hndout 22). He asks to be granted the power to work through his blindness. He obviously ...
- 2467: Jonathan Swift: Misguided and Incorrect Criticisms
- ... His beliefs have led to allegations of heresy, an anti-government attitude and a devotion to freeing man's right to passion. His most famous work, Gulliver's Travels, has resulted in attacks on his writing style, and his cruel, invidious assaults on sin have led to cries of egotist, misanthrope and sadist. Every one of these accusations is false. Jonathan Swift's critics are misguided and incorrect in their attacks ... man as over-anxious, someone who acts hurriedly and irrationally and as a result errs in his work (Bloom, Gulliver 45). The reader can roll his eyes at Gulliver's foibles, but when criticizing his writing the reader is criticizing himself for being incomplete and incoherent (Ward 125). Contrary to criticism, Gulliver's Travels is far more coherent than it is given credit for (Bloom, Gulliver 45). Another misconception of critics ... being. By using outlandish humans such as these midgets and giants, Swift allows man to examine the fallacies of himself without becoming overly frightened (Knowles 35-36). Swift never intends to hurt anyone through his writing, and he loves all "individuals" (Tuveson 105). Due to the immense popularity of works such as Gulliver's Travels and A Tale of a Tub, criticism of Jonathan Swift will probably continue on forever. ...
- 2468: James Fenimore Cooper and His Writings
- ... work; American writers have been of differing opinions. Herman Melville admired Cooper's sea tales; Mark Twain questioned his knowledge of wilderness survival and ridiculed his handling of character and dialogue (Encarta.)" Although Cooper's writing ability may be perceived in modern standards as dubious. Cooper's talent found expression through indigenous materials. His greatest monument to American literature is seen in the Leatherstocking tales. Natty Bumppo, the main character of ... works for what they are. By today's standards, these novels may not be great literature, but they are an important part of the history of American literature. Readers should remember that when Cooper was writing these stories, they were very popular with the readers of the period. Those readers found the adventures and return to nature very exciting. The Romantic period celebrated man's freedom with nature, virtue found in ... informative and entertaining tales, he fascinated multitudes of people, and is so important to American literature, that it is impossible to think about it without him. Critics of Cooper often lambaste him by his unperfected writing style, use of words, unrealistic situations, etc. Many of these are caviling, Cooper was (and still is) beloved by readers through his many fictions. His achievements include: the first successful American historical romance in ...
- 2469: John Dos Passos
- ... say that they are influenced by their childhood and past. Memories flood back to them as they encounter a similar experience or similar situation in their earlier years. No doubt a significant factor in their writing, the past from a specific writer's life usually adds more depth and complexity to their works. Because these previous experiences are from the author's actual life, the scenes and subjects related to the ... home, a place he never really knew. " The rootless existence of his childhood left him longing for something to belong to, something to believe in." (Wrenn,35) Some of the unique styles and techniques of writing used today were established by Dos Passos. He employed several features into his works, such as one called the "Newsreel", which used newspaper headlines, words from popular songs, and advertisements to surround the action and ... established place in American literary history (CLCv32,125) For years he did not enjoy the critical esteem that his contemporaries, Hemingway and Faulkner, had but today critics have begun to understand the importance of his writing, and finding them major works of fiction and time capsules of a critical period of U.S. history.
- 2470: Quarter Paper: Antonio Vivaldi and the music of his time
- ... with musical geniuses. People like Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philip Telemann, Johann Pachelbel, Franz Josef Haydn, and Georg Frideric Handel. All of these people, were amazing when holding an instrument, sitting at a piano, or writing on manuscript paper, but the finished products (whatever they might be) were and always will be superb. Among these people, was Antonio Vivaldi. Antonio Vivaldi was born on March 4, 1678, and on May 6 ... Vivaldi concertos were taken farther and standardized by his successors. Some of his successors were the northern Italians, including Tartini and Locatelli. These men often used Antonio Vivaldi's techniques and strategies for their own personal musical interpretations. Roughly 350 concertos are for one solo instrument and strings, over 230 of them were made for the violin (this alone, shows Antonio Vivaldi's love for the instrument.) Other solo instruments (in ...
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