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- 6561: Essay on Mystery
- ... why authors like Clark have only shown bits and pieces of the lost art known as a classic mystery, so I believe that is why I had a little more trouble researching this topic before writing it than any other.
- 6562: The National Anthem
- ... people seemed to think that he wrote it to the tune To Anacreon in Heaven, or Adams and Liberty, which were patriotic songs of that time in history (Schwalbe). On September 15 he took his writing to some friends who had it printed immediately, but at that time the title of it was The Defense of Fort McHenry, because of the time in which it was written. By the end of ...
- 6563: Character Analysis for The Portable Phonograph
- ... s short story, The Portable Phonograph, is a tale about the last survivors in the world after the total destruction of a war. The author gives clues and hints of this throughout the beginning by writing in a narative voice and describing the scene in dark war-like terms. The characters are then introduced as a group of men huddled around a fire. The older of the men, Doctor Jenkins, is ...
- 6564: From The Floutings Of The Cooperative Principle To Communica
- ... you? During the short conversation, B's good intention cannot be doubted; however, it seems that his warmth is out of control. A long series of advice will but intrude the hearer's independence and personal business. In fact, "Take care of yourself. I hope you will get better soon." is enough to express B's concern. Still one more Example: EXAMPLR 19 A: John, have you finished your homework? B ...
- 6565: A Critical Analysis of Tension's In Memorial A. H. H.
- ... God. We glimpse much of his struggles in the poem In Memorial A. H. H., written in memory of his deceased friend, Arthur Hallam. The poem seemed to be cathartic for Tennyson, for through its writing he not only found an outlet for his grief over Hallam's death, but also managed to regain the faith which seemed at times to have abandoned him. Tennyson regained and firmly reestablished his faith ...
- 6566: Voltaire's Candide: "All is Not for the Best"
- ... and not trying to change or overcome obstacles can be damaging. Life is full of struggles, but it would be nonproductive if people passively accepted whatever fate had in store for them, shrugging off their personal responsibility. Voltaire believes that people should not allow themselves to be victims. He sneers at naive, accepting types, informing us that people must work to reach their utopia (Bottiglia 93). In Candide, reality and "the ...
- 6567: Summary of New-Making and Charles Shultz's Peanuts
- Summary of New-Making and Charles Shultz's Peanuts Summary of News-Making: The Pseudo-Event From education and consumption, to personal relations and public affairs the news media in the United States captures our attention by littering it with pseudo-events. As advancements in technology made it possible for journalists to communicate more easily, the media ...
- 6568: Words and Their Implied Meanings
- ... and usual close social relations." The definition of a club reads as follows, "An association of persons for some common object usually jointly supported and meeting periodically." Hidden beneath each definition, lies a more subjective, personal definition lodged in each of our minds. Why must society negatively characterize gangs and positively characterize clubs? We now associate the word "gang" with group of juvenile delinquents who create disturbances with violence and misconduct ...
- 6569: Review of John Updike's Review "It Was Sad"
- ... class male passengers heroically sacrificed their own seats on the lifeboats for those less fortunate than themselves. He even points out, who he feels, are the real heroes in this catastrophe. This shows he is writing from a moral perspective, relating to these works. He definitely takes the position of the lower class of American society as this time in history, and even brings up the topic of racism and sexism ...
- 6570: G. Carter Bentley
- ... ethnic group formation and mobilization, one must 1) identify dimensions of common experience and habitus that underlie the ability of ethnic leaders to mobilize their followers, and 2) analyze how ethnic appeals implicate conceptions of personal and group identity in order to account for their effectiveness (Bentley 1987: 47).
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