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- 1331: Epic Of Gilgamesh
- ... and our own journey through life. Some of the texts that will be compared with The Epic of Gilgamesh, are the Bible, and Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The characters of these stories are all have that burning desire to be successful in life, which we can relate to. These texts span across different time periods and societies illustrating how human nature, particularly the desire to obtain more ... him. Tell me truly, how was it that you came to enter the company of the gods and to possess everlasting life? But Gilgamesh is not the only person who searches for immortality. In many stories there is a search for the Fountain of Youth. The water from this fountain would restore youth to the old and one would never have to die. Fear of death and desire to live forever ... may extend their existence to as long as possible. Because of the Bible, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Epic of Gilgamesh is clearly has consistent relevance historically. In today's society, all these stories still remain relevant. People are striving for more today. There is nothing good that people don't want more of. They want more power, more value, more money, more sex, and the list goes ...
- 1332: Sir Gawain And The Green Night
- ... These are the questions that arise after reading the epic story of Beowulf by an anonymous author, and the romantic tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, also written by an anonymous author. The stories describe two very different heroes. Beowulf was undoubtedly a hero, but as time advanced and the world became more complicated, what constituted a hero became more shady; therefore, while he is not anything like Beowulf ... defeating the dragon because he has already proved himself and goes with honor, which is different from initially failing). In the last lines of the story the author clearly acknowledges Beowulf s overall triumph, Telling stories of their dead king and his greatness, his glory, praising him for heroic deeds, for a life as noble as his name. Sir Gawain on the other hand is deemed a hero but seems to ... when any character truly sets out to defeat another character. Each confrontation to Sir Gawain lies within himself, particularly when the wife of the Green Knight temps him with love. The ages in which these stories were written plays a major part in the messages that are trying to be conveyed through the author s poetry. Beowulf was probably written around 400 A. D. when the main idea was survival ...
- 1333: Hawthorne Effects On Factory W
- ... conditions, but is the esprit de corps that lies within the workers. In this case, I need to develop the esprit de corps among the operating workers by showing more personal interest to them. In short, I need to pay a lot of attention to the operating workers in my factory. The second phrase of the Hawthorne experiment was the interviewing studies. Interviewing programs were established to determine the attitudes of ... few differences and their working conditions ware the same as those in the main wiring area. As a result, the group was developing its own rules and behavior. The behaviors decrement the production as they short-circuited the company wage incentive scheme. Obviously, workers are not only motivated solely by money. It is obvious that money cant solely motivate the operating employees in the factory to increase productivity. My role ... understand and motivate my subordinates. Knowing why the employees act in the manner they do and motivate them via psychology, social and other factors are one of my priority in managing the operating employees. In short, Hawthorne experiments put a great emphasis in indicate the importance of human relations movement, which would be very useful for me in managing the factory operating employees. Reference: 1, Miss Su notes (week ...
- 1334: "Schlesinger's Canon Vs. My High School's Canon"
- ... Jane Austen was the daughter of Reverend George Austen. C. S. Lewis is widely known for his popular religious and moral writings- pertaining to Christianity. Also in novels we read, such as the collection of stories Metamorphoses by Ovid--which was favored by the public in the pagan Rome but disapproved by the Christian Church--had Christian issues. In the epic novel Beowulf, there are strong threads of Christian commentary running ... touched on different world views- such as monotheism and polytheism, but we always had to compare it to Christianity and what we were taught in our religion classes. The teachers made it clear that these stories were superstitions and tales of gods that we were viewing for their imagery and imagination. Instead, if we studied the society that this novel was written for- a pagan Rome- and how and why the stories and the author were disapproved by the Christian Church, I feel it would have benefited us more than just studying the use of imagery. The teachers at my high school did encourage us to ...
- 1335: Essay On Poems
- ... about women s rites of passage. The third choice, "The sun is Burning Gases (Loss of a Good Friend)" by Cathleen McFarland is about a girl growing up. The first selection of mine was a short story called "The Friday Everything Changed" by Anne Hart. The changes in this story are good in a woman s point of view. The author Anne Hart talks about her school years in this short story. She talks about how a girl in her class asked a question that changed their lives forever. The question her friend Niles asked was "Why can t girls go for the water, too?"1 ... change for the girls in those days. To show that they can do what the boys can do. Now the girls also get to miss class getting the water and not only the boys. This short story had a humorous tone to it. For example when the author say s "are you trying to be saucy , alma?"2 and "Alma threw a bombshell of her own,"3 etc. The second ...
- 1336: The Genre Of Science Fiction
- ... taught writer (Johnson 4). He is such a good writer because he interbreeds his dreams and his youthful experiences into his works. He tries to show us possible earthbound futures with death, his science-fiction stories, set on earth tend to be warnings (Mogen 94). When reading Fahrenheit 451 you get a feeling like Bradbury is trying to tell people of the possibly of a world where books are burned and ... could make people think about things which they never really though about. That this world we live in could be tomorrow no more. He is very talented when it comes to interbreeding technology into his stories. Bradbury feels that books are people in a way. When that author dies what does he leave behind, his stories, novels, or essays. The only way for us to know about that author is to read what he/she wrote. That happiness can only be found threw ourselves and not others. Think about it, ...
- 1337: Ernest Hemingways The Sun Also
- ... realistic descriptions of bullfighting in Spain, the story is about the flamboyant Lady Brett Ashley and the hapless Jake Barnes (Wilson 4). Ernest Miller Hemingway is an American author who has penned several novels and short stories; one of his works is The Sun Also Rises. Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. Hemingway was raised with the conservative Midwestern values of strong religion, hard work, physical fitness ...
- 1338: Emily Dickinson
- ... said that the speaker in all her poems is not herself. She incorporates her emotions, feelings, and hints at the facts about her life although she is not the speaker. Emily Dickinson s poetry is short but meaningful and full of imagery on everyday subjects (Juhasz 73). Throughout most of Dickinson poetry she uses partial, slant or off rhymes, in which the final sounds of the word are similar but not ... t care because she was writing for herself, not the public. Her stanza forms and poetic rhymes come from the Protestant hymns of Issac Watts (Wolff 101). Emily Dickinson s poems are usually written in short stanza, mostly quatrains with short lines usually rhyming only on the second and fourth lines. Other poems employ triplets or pairs of couplets, and a few poems employ longer, looser, and more complicated stanzas (Tate 21). Her poems take ...
- 1339: Emily Dickinson 2
- ... said that the speaker in all her poems is not herself. She incorporates her emotions, feelings, and hints at the facts about her life although she is not the speaker. Emily Dickinson s poetry is short but meaningful and full of imagery on everyday subjects (Juhasz 73). Throughout most of Dickinson poetry she uses partial, slant or off rhymes, in which the final sounds of the word are similar but not ... t care because she was writing for herself, not the public. Her stanza forms and poetic rhymes come from the Protestant hymns of Issac Watts (Wolff 101). Emily Dickinson s poems are usually written in short stanza, mostly quatrains with short lines usually rhyming only on the second and fourth lines. Other poems employ triplets or pairs of couplets, and a few poems employ longer, looser, and more complicated stanzas (Tate 21). Her poems take ...
- 1340: Miracle Worker
- ... and everyday skills. At the end of the play, Helen has been transformed into a refined citizen. She has respect for others, self-esteem, patience, and a sense of right and wrong. She is nothing short of the miracle her parents had searched for, although she has not been cured, but rather conditioned. Annie and Helen should share responsibility for this miracle, because it was their hard work that made it ... dark prison within herself and achieve the unbelievable. I think it is this courageous spirit that makes Helen and John two of the most inspirational characters in literature. The fact that they are both true stories just adds to the inspirational quality. The story of Helen Keller has changed the lives of so many people, including my own. To me, she seems to be a gift from God to civilization, reminding ...
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