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- 461: The Great Gatsby: Doubleness
- ... senior year. After a "summer of study," he took them again and failed them again. Finally on September 24, 1913, his seventeenth birthday, he appeared before the Admissions Committee and convinced them to accept him. Personal magnetism was able to achieve what hard work had not. One of the things Scott inherited from his Grandfather McQuillan was ambition. Scott was a fierce competitor, and if he wanted something badly enough he ... he was only 5' 6" and weighed only 130 pounds, which doesn't get one very far in football. So he scrapped the football pads and found another outlet for his energy and his ambition: writing musical comedies. One of the most prestigious organizations at Princeton was and still is the Triangle Club, a group that writes and produces a musical comedy every year. (Among its graduates are the actors Jimmy Stewart and Jose Ferrer.) Fitzgerald devoted most of his energies at Princeton to the Triangle Show, writing the book and lyrics in his freshman year and the lyrics in his sophomore year. He was elected secretary of the club, and was in line to become its president--something he wanted more ...
- 462: How Do We Evaluate Art?
- How Do We Evaluate Art? When we are trying to evaluate art, how do we know it is good or not? We usually fit our personal feelings to the good or bad decision. If the drawing is in my taste, I say it is good. If it is not my taste, I dislike it and give it a negative comment. Everyone ... us to know that every opinion is independent and is not absolute. After reading the article, I realized there is no absolute good or bad. Comment, literarily defined, is opinion given briefly in speech or writing about an event. It is a form of personal feedback. The feedback, however, can be based on a personal experience or knowledge. Experience and knowledge can only increase in amount. Experience is personal and independent. Everyone has different experience, no matter what the ...
- 463: The Problem Of Personal Identi
- The Problem of Personal Identity In the essay written by John Perry called Will Tommy Vladek Survive? Perry presents a very controversial topic. In this story Tommy Vladek is considered brain dead but his body is still totally functional ... would say that they are the same. Some philosophers say that we are never identical from moment to moment, because we are always changing and having new thoughts and memories in our brains every second. Personal identity cannot help with the Tommy Vladek case, because you can say that Tommy s physical appearance has not changed at all. But then you could also say that Sam has not changed mentally, he ... what make them who they are. A person shapes their own self-identity or brain identity. Meaning to be the same person, is to have the same brain. A person goes through their lives doing personal things to your body, and having life experiences that only themselves can understand. These memories are put into their brain forever, and this is what gives them self or brain identity. A good contradicting ...
- 464: Creative Writing - World War I: Letter Home
- Creative Writing - World War I: Letter Home Dear Mum, How are you getting on? I hope that Dad's cold is better. Send my best wishes to everyone! I am writing to you from the barracks of our regiment. My training is going well; I have many good friends here, and although the training I have been getting is necessary, I cannot wait to finish it ... religious man, and God has said to me (and I believe him) that He agrees with our fighting the war; God is on our side! Lots of Love ------- END FIRST LETTER Dear Mum, I am writing this letter to you from one of the support trenches, about half a mile back from the front line. I am sorry that I have not been able to write properly to you for ...
- 465: Movie: Romeo and Juliet - Director's Different Personal Opinions
- Movie: Romeo and Juliet - Director's Different Personal Opinions Films are made with the directors different personal opinions based on the original screenplay. For the movie version of Romeo + Juliet (1996), the quote above illustrates this perfectly. For this essay, I will discuss contrasts between the original screenplay, and the film. I ... Tybalt passionately kiss. Also whenever Tybalt is slain by Romeo, Lady Capulet declares that she loves Tybalt. This is yet another variance from the book to the movie. In conclusion, one can see all the personal opinions that went into Shakespeare's work and if one were to direct a movie, any modifications to the plot would show up in comparison to the screenplay easily. No one knows what the ...
- 466: Lewis' "Surprise by Joy": Analysis
- ... apologetics. The amazing thing, Barfield notes, is that those who may have known of Lewis in any single role may not have known that he performed in the other two. In a varied and comprehensive writing career, Lewis carved out a sterling reputation as a scholar, a novelist, and a theologian for three very different audiences. In Surprised by Joy (1956), written seven years before his death, Lewis helps to shed light on all "three Lewises" in his most personal book. As such, Surprised by Joy represents one of the few works within the Lewis canon that speaks directly and unabashedly about his personal life. Given the almost stifling attention that Lewis's private life has received since his death in 1963, Surprised by Joy stands apart as an astonishingly candid yet self-effacing volume by one widely- ...
- 467: Ernest Hemingway: His Life And His Stories
- ... contributed articles to the weekly school newspaper. It seems that the principal did not approve of Ernest's writings and he complained, often, about the content of Ernest 's articles. Ernest was clear about his writing; he wanted people to "see and feel" and he wanted to enjoy himself while writing. Ernest loved having fun. If nothing was happening, mischievous Ernest made something happen. He would sometimes use forbidden words just to create a ruckus. Ernest, though wild and crazy, was a warm, caring individual. He ... moved in with a friend living in Chicago and he wrote articles for the Toronto Star. In Chicago he met and then married Hadley Richardson . She believed that he should spend all his time in writing, and bought him a typewriter for his birthday. They decided that the best place for a writer to live is Paris, where he could devote himself to his writing. He said, at the time, ...
- 468: Edgar Allen Poe
- ... wrote his second book. In 1837, Poe went to New York in search of work and this is where he not only marries his cousin Virginia, but is also the place in time when his writing courier really launches. In 1847 Poes’ life becomes a disaster due to the death of his beloved wife, Virginia. Poe become absent minded and began drinking heavily. Edgar Allen Poe’s life experiences, particularly his ... and family members because of it. Although Poe didn’t have any pets, he did had allot of frustrations built up in him and had a deep dark soul and used this brutal way of writing as a way of relieving some anger without putting anyone in harms way. Although Poe is known more for his many dark side, he also had a mild philosophical side to. This side of Poe ... for his story The Pit and the Pendulum. In this story Poe speaks of man who is trapped in a dungeon with no escape, only through death. In reality Poe is really just speaking trough personal experience. To Poe, his life felt like it was under a pendulum and that he was to die soon to escape from all the evil that was brought amongst him in various forms. Poe ...
- 469: Thomas Sterns Eliot (1888 - 1965)
- ... land”steps in half way through. This is his only poetic work I like. But it will never be at the top of any of my lists. In this “song” , JAP (J. Alfred Prufrock) is writing a letter to his honey, the girl he is in love with. In this poem Eliot uses a lot of visual imagery, he is very good with his adjectives and brings such a happy correlation ... I very much dislike this poem for many reason which will be laid out in the next couple paragraphs. The poem is simply a look in to the soul of Eliot, a man with great writing capabilities but uses them for the pleasure of striking his enemy and hiding the truth without being up-front, using stories of ancient myths in German and Latin to convey his apathy. Eliot throughout this ... wife. “Her sexual desire he could not satisfy and whose love he cannot return.” - T.S. Eliot’s Waste land. Page 98 by: James E. Miller. Jr. He uses many sexually explicit gestures in the writing because that was the only way his fantasies could be met...through writing. “I think the man is sick, he’s full of crap!” - Eric Paoletti But he reveals his hatred toward her in ...
- 470: Success
- ... very broad statement. In order, then, to define success in relation to this statement, we must first define what it means to live well. There are three levels of success, in my opinion: societal success, personal success, and academic or professional success. If someone can achieve all of these three levels of success, they are someone who has lived well. Societal success is something that is attained by aspiring to reach ... society has for us and attempt to achieve societal success in order to fill our need to belong to society and fit in as an every day, functioning member of society. We also realize the personal goals and dreams that we set for ourselves in this pursuit of conformity. Achieving this civic success, as you might call it, is only a small part of our venture to living well. Personal success is also a big part of living well. There is only one success . . . to be able to spend your life in your own way, and not to give others absurd maddening claims upon ...
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