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- 6531: Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?": Arnold Fiend
- ... characteristics of Satan, and with his relentless temptation of Connie, Arnold Friend most certainly represents a devil figure in this short story. Works Cited Kiszner, Laurie G., and Stephen R. Mandell, eds. Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing. Fort Worth: Harcourt, 1997. Oates, Joyce Carol "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"...Kirszner and Mandell, 579-591. Wegs, Joyce M. "Don't You Know Who I Am?"......Kirszner and Mandell 614-619 ...
- 6532: Fredrick Douglass 2
- ... these words, Frederick Douglass ended one of the greatest pieces of propaganda of the 19th century. Douglass wrote his autobiography as an abolitionist tool to shape his northern audience s view of southern slaveholders. Through personal anecdotes, Douglass drew an accurate picture of the life of a slave. At the same time, these events were chosen for how they would affect the northern audience s opinion of southern slaveholders. By using ...
- 6533: An Analysis of British Literature
- ... of the times was that a person's life was predetermined by Wyrd, the Old English word for fate, and there was nothing which the individual could do to change his destiny. The most famous writing from this epoch is the epic poem Beowulf. Beowulf, the main character, had no fear of the evil monster Grendel because he believed "Grendel and I are called/ Together," by fate. He also displayed his ...
- 6534: An Analysis of Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant"
- ... his motive. Orwell repeats the he does not want to kill it and the readers sympathize with him. Almost everyone has been in a situation were he or she could not base a decision on personal beliefs and knows that going against those beliefs is very difficult. Orwell explains, For it is the condition of his rule that he shall spend hid life in trying to impress the natives' and so ...
- 6535: Freud And Dreams
- ... fascination and mystery for humankind since the beginning of time. These nocturnal vivid images seem to arise from some source other than our ordinary conscious mind. They contain a mixture of elements from our own personal identity which we recognize as familiar along with a quality of `otherness' in the dream images that carries a sense of the strange and eerie. The bizarre and nonsensical characters and plots in dreams point ...
- 6536: Florence Nightingale
- ... nursing education separated from the hospitals and became part of the College curriculum. Nightingale made notes continuously throughout her life. Her interest in statistics and her careful attention to detail came together to complete many writing. Her book Notes on nursing: What it is and is Not, was published in 1859, was a success and widely read. She also produced over 150 monographs and books and wrote over 12,000 letters ...
- 6537: A Comparison and Contrast of the Supernatural's Active Role in the Lives of Mary Rowlandson and Benjamin Franklin
- ... pair of white cotton stockings for my mistress"(130). This is also a parallel to Franklin in that he also used his trade to survive. But one must ask what is motivating Rowlandson? Is she writing for posterity or is she merely egocentric? Rowlandson has depicted herself as the ultimate Puritan. Was the glory to God or to herself? She also relates here "how many Sabbaths I had lost and misspent ...
- 6538: A Comparison of the Women of Wharton and Deledda
- ... between these stories' characters, and the gamut ran between the female personae. Published in 1911, Ethan Frome is considered one of the best contemporary short novels of its time. Ethan Frome illuminated Wharton's familiar writing style with a spark of imagination. In this story, as I expressed in the opening paragraph, lie two women. The first is Zenobia Frome, or Zeena for short. In her late twenties, she suffers from ...
- 6539: Ferdinand Graf Von Zeppelin
- ... lent the highest honor by the VDI. The government placed amounts to the building of his next ship at million heights to the order and wanted to purchase the finished airships. Additionally he received a personal remuneration for his past work. With his new ship, the LZ-4 Graf Zeppelin, a 12 hour travel over Switzerland was achieved. With large energy applied it gave 24-hour tours. But this project ended ...
- 6540: Ferdinand Magellan
- ... part in an expedition that conquered Malaka. After this victory, a Portuguese fleet sailed farther to the Spice Islands which were called the Molucca Islands. Portugal claimed the islands at this time. Magellan s close personal friend Francisco Serraro went along on the voyage to the Spice Islands and wrote to Magellan, describing the route and the island of Ternate. Serrao s letters helped establish in Magellan s mind the location ...
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