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- 521: Persuasion in Patrick Henry's Speech to the Virginia Convention
- Persuasion in Patrick Henry's Speech to the Virginia Convention Persuasion is a form of speaking or writing that aims to move an audience to take action. The speaker must not only win the audience's agreement, but push them to execute the appropriate task. Patrick Henry's Speech to the Virginia Convention ... had nothing new to offer on the subject. Patrick Henry's use of "heightened style" or appeal to the emotions permeates his Speech to the Virginia Convention and allows him to communicate on a more personal level than just the exposition of proof and motive. In this way Henry appeals to the ideals that we esteem highest; of integrity,patriotism, justice and honor, winning over one's support and confidence. It ... the audience can relate to as well as a metaphor comparing the British to the evil sirens and those who would listen to their promises as fools, heading toward their death. Although Henry's persuasive writing style and his mastery of literary persuasion techniques certainly aided him in convincing the Virginia Convention to arm themselves against the British, his writing is also able to convey a sense of true emotion ...
- 522: E. M. Forster
- Many aspects of writing catch a reader's attention and keep one interested in a book. E. M. Forster put many of these aspects in his books making them well written and quite interesting. He combined great characters, a decent story line, and his prolific knowledge of writing to make his books readable and enjoyable. E. M. Forster was born on January 1, 1879, in London, England. After an education at Tonbridge School and King's College, Cambridge, he spent a year traveling ... with a View. As a pacifist Forster wouldn't fight in the First World War, instead he worked for the International Red Cross. Two years later Forster moved to India where he worked as a personal secretary for Mahaharajah of Dewas. This resulted in his novel, A Passage to India. When he returned to England he wrote many critiques and articles but never wrote any more novels. E. M. Forster ...
- 523: Literature: Tool For The Masses to Grasp and Form Opinions on A Subject
- ... like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built upon the ruins of the bowers of paradise (Fast 6). This very biting and controversial stance is what characterized Paine's writing. He went on to dismiss the King as a fool, and stated that natural ability is not necessarily related to heredity. Paine argued that the colonies existed only for British profit, and that the colonies ... Washington scored at Trenton, the first of the Crisis papers helped to inspire many thousands of men into joining the war effort. The second Crisis paper was a great chance for Paine to launch a personal attack of George III, whom he deemed incompetent and unintelligent. His third paper was directed against the American Tories, and particularly the loyal Quakers of Philadelphia, whom Paine scathingly rebuked for their lack of courage ... to help another country trying to gain independence. He concludes by expressing regret for having lost the friendship of a man he once respected: I am sorry you have given me cause for doing it (writing the letter); for, as I have always remembered your former friendship with pleasure, I suffer a loss by your depriving me of that sentiment. (Fast 336). This cynical piece of literature showed how much ...
- 524: Hackers
- ... and "journals." Since these "publications" are not widely available outside of CU circles I have given a brief description of each below. Legion of Doom/Hackers Technical Journal. This ____________________ 1 Computer Bulletin Boards (BBS) are personal computers that have been equipped with a telephone modem and special software. Users can connect with a BBS by dialing, with their own computer and modem, the phone number to which the BBS is connected ... a group known as "The Legion of Doom/Legion of Hackers" (LoD/H). It is available in electronic format (a computer text file) and contains highly technical information on computer operating systems. As of this writing, three issues have been published. PHRACK Inc.: Phrack Inc is a newsletter that contains various articles, written by different authors, and "published" under one banner. Phrack Inc's first issue was released in 1985, making ... number (about nine) of acceptable pieces have been gathered. Phrack also features a lengthy "World News" with stories about hackers who have been apprehended and interviews with various members of the underground. As of this writing twenty-seven issues of Phrack, have been published. Phreakers/Hackers Underground Network (P/Hun): Like Phrack, P/Hun collects articles from various authors and releases them as one issue. Three issues have been published ...
- 525: The Glass Meangere
- ... a Minister's Son': An Introduction to Tennessee Williams" I deal with the decadence of the South. I don't ever deal with the decadence of the North. It's too disgusting. But I'm writing about a South that is fast becoming a memory. (Williams, in Haller 60) This chapter will provide biographical and critical information about Tennessee Williams. Using personal interviews with the playwright's brother, Dakin Williams, and with biographer Nancy Tischler, along with published scholarship and accounts, I will reveal that the playwright considered himself an outcast and that his outcast characters represent ... mutually inclusive terms. I will also show that Williams's over-arching motivation, his drive to reveal in his plays the suffering inflicted on non-conformists by the dominant culture, is a reflection of his personal experiences with family, friends, and society. Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams was born to Cornelius and Edwina Dakin Williams on March 26, 1914, in Columbus, Mississippi. At age 12, Williams and his family (which included ...
- 526: Jack Kerouac
- ... Eye of Wisdom And theres your bloody circle called Samsara by the ignorant Buddhists, who will still be funny Masters up there, bless em. Jack Kerouac -from Heaven Jack Kerouac spent his creative years writing in a prosperous post world war II America. He was in many ways a very patriotic person who had no problem making known his love for his country , particularly within his literature. It was, quite ... was unable to formally assemble them. However, the legend remains. Kerouac undoubtedly made his mark on the literary world with his prose. And his prose proves itself to be a very good example of his writing as spiritual commentary. Kerouac, while wandering the country in freight cars and the backs of pick-up trucks, saw himself as a modern day sage or bodhisatva, discovering the essence of "the void" and using ... context, applicable to the western intellectual and spiritual journeyman. Some of the Dharma was to be a study guide for the beginning practice of Kerouacs good friend and companion Allen Ginsberg. While Kerouac was writing what was perhaps his best and certainly one of his most spiritually driven novels, Desolation Angels, he was also writing a poem to accompany the novel which was titled Desolation Blues. Although written after ...
- 527: Viruses
- ... cents from many different accounts this may seem like nothing but when all compiled can be alot. A stick up robber averages about $8,000 each "job", and he has to put his life and personal freedom on the line to do it while the computer hacker in the comfort of his own living room averages $500,000 a "job". As for people destroying information, this is for taking some one ... each other. Since then, errant programmers began to create newer and more destructive viruses targeted at specific user groups." (Yang, 1998) A computer virus can be as "evil as it sounds, snaking its way into personal computers, posing an occasional annoyance or a serious threat to all data." (Miastkowski, 1998) Symptoms can range from unpleasant to fatal. Computer viruses spread from program to program and computer to computer, "much as biological ... Computer," 1997) Today, they are e-mail attachments, file transfers and infected software downloads or uploads. Networks can even spread viruses to large numbers of connected PCs rapidly. (Yang, 1998) No one working on a [personal computer] is risk free; more viruses are being spread today than ever before, but more help is being developed as well. Special software is now in stores that will help to prevent any major ...
- 528: Henry James Book Report
- ... goals and the resources at their disposal with which these goals could potentially be accomplished. Lily and Isabel have similar possibilities open to them but a crucial difference between them is that Lily has no personal wealth, while Isabel becomes a very wealthy woman, which opens many new opportunities for her. Lily has fewer possibilities open to her due to her meager income and her insatiable need for excessive luxury, which ... and Isabel are both extremely attractive and charming, which cause them to have more than one marriage proposal from wealthy and eligible bachelors. This option would alleviate their financial concerns but would also restrict their personal freedom. Isabel refuses the proposals of Casper Goodwood and Lord Warburton , because she does not want to be someone's wife even though getting married would give her security and approval of society. Lily, however ... her lavish tastes and her desire for increased social status. For Isabel success is more simplistic and rings of youthful idealism and one's ability to accomplish specific aspirations. Seldon's definition of success is 'personal freedom' which he, as a man, can easily acquire and maintain. Because he is a man he is not under the obligation to find a wife. Lily recognizes the distinction: 'Ah, theres the difference- ...
- 529: Creative Writing: A Day in the Life of a Gnome
- Creative Writing: A Day in the Life of a Gnome Once upon a time there was a gnome named Knob, who lived the far off land of Gnomania. Gnomania is a huge underground lair with only one ... to live with him. Door, surprised by the offer, joyfully accepted it. And they lived happily ever after. I hope you have enjoyed reading this imaginative and creative short story because I have really enjoyed writing it. Just another day in the life of a gnome.
- 530: Foreshadowing and Flashback: Two Writing Techniques That Make Fitzgerald A Great Writer
- Foreshadowing and Flashback: Two Writing Techniques That Make Fitzgerald A Great Writer " 'Suppose you met somebody just as careless as yourself.' 'I hope I never will,' she [Jordan] answered. 'I hate careless people. That's why I like you.' " (Fitzgerald, pg. 63) Jordan is explaining to Nick how she is able to drive badly as long as everyone else drives carefully. This quote represents the writing technique of foreshadowing, which is being used in one of its finest form. Fitzgerald is foreshadowing to chapter seven where Daisy kills Myrtle Wilson because of her reckless driving. Fitzgerald uses foreshadowing to strengthen the ...
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