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- 1791: Battleground
- ... with any of their suggestions, but they should have treated her with a little respect. Bates mentions the New England Primer, which was the first widely, used textbooks in America. The New England Primer used stories from the Bible and about morality. But the separation of the Church and State put an end to this book. If public schools cannot teach Christian values, they should not teach any other religious values. This was what Frost was trying to make people understand. Her children were reading stories about Indians, Jews, Hindus, and other cultures, but they could not learn about their own culture except at home or church. I believe the parents should teach their children their own values and beliefs at home. If children read stories about other children cheating, lying, stealing, or other unmoral things the children should know the difference in right and wrong. If the books teach inmoral principals and say that it is right, then this ...
- 1792: Beowulf Society
- ... every aspect of their culture and the poem are very strict moral codes and values. Loyalty, honesty, family ties, courage and even Christianity play a major role in this epic poem. In each of the stories told throughout the poem elements of these values are openly displayed. All three of Beowulf’s battles demonstrate qualities deemed virtuous and essential to the people of the middle ages. Beowulf, a godfearing, heroic warrior ... no spark of bravery in him" (75). The true hero of the middle ages managed to maintain a balance between his personal glory and maintaining the good of his people. As we see in later stories of this period, like the Arthur stories, this is a very delicate balance. Beowulf became a folklore hero because he maintained this balance well. He displayed personal heroism while at the same time keeping his priorities towards the safety of his ...
- 1793: Cause And Effect Of Wwi
- ... demobilize. Russia refused to do so, and on August 1 and 3 declared war on Russia and France. When war was declared in August people involved on all sides felt that it would be a short war, and will be over by Christmas. In order for Germany to accomplish its Schlieffen Plan, Germany occupied Belgium. By August most of Belgium was under German occupation and the Schlieffen Plan appeared to be ... German friends who are also fighting in World War I. It covers the horror of this war through the eyes of a young German solider, Paul Baumer. This book is not like other books and stories that glorify wars. It tells the horrors of war in detail. The story recalls the bloody details of bombing, gunfire, gas, hand-to-hand combat, barbed wire, trench warfare and etc. Remarque tells the story ...
- 1794: Brave New World
- ... loner all his life. He was not accepted in the Indian society, and the only comfort he had was his mother (an alcoholic) and Shakespear. And through his childhood his mother told him lots of stories of the Utopian society she thought the "outer" world was. When he came there, he found that this Utopia was nothing like what he had expected. People thought they had the best society ever (people ... their sleep-conditioning. John felt very disappointed. He also was truly disappointed over his mothers decay when she came back to "civilisation". She started using Soma, and took very large doses. And after a very short while she died. John truly started to dislike the civilised society after this. And when Helmholtz and Bernhard, his only true friends, were exiled, he turned his back on society, and decided to leave society ...
- 1795: Canterbury Tales
- Canterbury Tales tells many stories from medieval literature and provides a great variety of comic tales. Geoffrey Chaucer injects many tales of humor into the novel. Chaucer provides the reader with many light-hearted tales as a form of comic ... equally humorous and ironic event, and the story ends with the ignorant husband being taken advantage of. Such ironic situations add to the humor of Chaucer’s tales. Chaucer also uses the humor in his stories to provide comic relief. The humorous tales act as a sort of comic relief in the novel. Chaucer inserts humorous tales to take away from the impact of more serious tales. Tales such as the Miller’s Tale and the Reeve’s tale offset the seriousness of tales such as the Second Nun’s Tale and the Pardoner’s Tale. Many of the tales in Canterbury Tales tell stories of hypocrisy, greed, and poor faith. These tales intend to teach a moral lesson of man’s religious duties. Tales such as the Miller’s Tale and the Reeve’s Tale represent a more ...
- 1796: Canterbury Tales
- ... best interest of them all. Thus, the journey begins as do the tales. Even though the times suggest women are weak and powerless over men, Chaucer has a way of showing their capabilities through the stories. Although, their abilities are not always positive. Disguised in the form of love stories, Chaucer portrays how women easily lead men to their downfall. This is most evident in the tales told by the Knight, the Miller, the Franklin, and the Nun’s Priest. In the Knight’s Tale ... husbands welfare, instead of reflecting on his cowardice, she would have advised him to be cautious since he is so distraught by his vision. Her own selfish interests almost had Chaunticleer killed. Ultimately, these four stories in The Canterbury Tales depict how women are the cause of a man’s downfall. Although the roles are not positive, Chaucer has given females a significant purpose in his book. Through these tales ...
- 1797: Christianity Vs. Islam
- ... many prophets, among them Abraham, who is considered the founder of the faith for Islam, as he is also for and Christianity. The Koran, using sources in the older Scriptures and later traditions, relates the stories of Abraham, Joseph, Moses and Aaron, David, Solomon, Jesus, and others, all of whom are declared to have been true prophets whose messages were largely ignored: "We sent forth Noah and Abraham, and bestowed on ... we are a common people with a common goal. Even though religion is helpful for support, it also creates disturbances. Thus all the religions in the world have their faults and their pluses, but in short they are all intertwined.
- 1798: Catcher In The Rye - Fall Of Innocence
- ... in New York City on January 1, 1919, may not have written many novels in which he is recognized for. Although, he did write one novel, which brought him fame. In many of Salinger's short stories and especially his most well-known novel he writes about how the main character falls from his or her own innocence then rises to face their challenges. In J.D. Salinger's , Catcher in the ...
- 1799: Chinesse Education
- ... would enter a middle school. The subjects the Chinese taught were particularly important for the advancement of the country. During the Ming dynasty Chinese novels became very popular. There were many poems and collections of short stories. The Ming also established free schools for the public hoping to expand education in china. Gifted students were selected for studying abroad especially in the United States. As these students finished their education and returned ...
- 1800: Suicide In The Awakening
- ... so. At the outset, it can be said that a dozen individuals can kill themselves and "do" (or commit) 12 psychologically different deeds" (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 385). Suicide is written about in a variety of novels, short stories, and movies. Suicide moves like an undercurrent in the sea of themes of The Awakening. The possibility of suicide and even the idea of death darkens the story, making Edna's emotional ups and downs ...
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