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- 5711: London's To Build A Fire: Naturalism in Modern Life
- ... of the fittest, basically if you are dumb you will die. Collectively, London used naturalism to show how in life, humans can depend on nothing but themselves to survive. "To Build a Fire" is a short story that embodies the idea of naturalism and how, if one is not careful, nature will gain the upper hand and they will perish. When the narrator introduced the main character of the story, the ...
- 5712: Hannibal 2
- ... not reach the Alps until late in the year, and many troops and horses were killed. Some troops who came from warmer climates died from the cold. Some troops died of hunger because food was short o come by. Others died in fights with mountain tribes. Some of the mountain tribes rolled big stones down the mountains and caused men and animals to fall from the narrow mountain passage (Green 33 ...
- 5713: Catullus
- ... Knox, pg. 613) Catullus’ passion and love for this woman is still considered to be one of the greatest love affairs. Even though we know the affair ended and that Catullus was left alone, the short affair is still burning bright in the words, which immortalized the lovers. Catullus’ words are both lyrically strong and evoke the feelings he must have been having for this woman. Even though she was a ...
- 5714: Harriet Tubman 3
- ... Still was one of the Underground Railroad's busiest "station masters." He was a freeborn black Pennsylvanian who could read and write. He used these talents to interview runaway slaves and record their names and stories in a book. He hoped that in the future, family's could trace their relations using this book. Still published the book in 1872 under the title The Underground Railroad. It is still revised and ...
- 5715: Harry Elmer Barnes
- ... in what has come to be known as the Holocaust. In 1950, three years prior to Barnes' article concerning "1984" trends another author, Ray Bradbury, set out a foreboding vision of the future in a short story titled, "The Fireman." Later, Bradbury's story would be renamed Fahrenheit 451 after the temperature at which paper burns. Fahrenheit 451 describes a horrific future in which millions of books are banned and firemen ...
- 5716: E.E. Cummings
- ... in 1894 and died in 1962, wrote many poems with unconventional punctuation and capitalization, and unusual line, word, and even letter placements. Cummings' most difficult form of prose is probably the ideogram; it is extremely short and it combines both visual and aural elements. There may be sounds or characters on the page that cannot be said or cannot carry the same message if pronounced and not read. Four of Cummings ...
- 5717: John Donne and the Psychology of Death
- ... stroke” (Donne, 89) A proper English sonnet ends with a rhyming couplet, intended to wrap the entire sonnet up nicely and provide the punchline (Main and Seng, 247). And this sonnet is no exception. “One short sleep past, we wake eternally/ and Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die” is a wonderful ending. Here Donne points out that according to the tenets of his Christian faith, his “death” is ...
- 5718: Emily Dickinson: Individuality
- ... Death- He kindly stopped for me- The Carriage held but just Ourselves- And Immortality. (Johnson 177-78) Life according to Emily is brief and the people living out their lives have little control. In this short life That only lasts an hour, How much, how little, Is within our power! (Kirby 63) However non-religious she may appear and however insignificant she believes life to be, she does however show some ...
- 5719: Henry Ford
- ... later the Model A was introduced. This model included such improvements as hydraulic shock absorbers, automatic windshield wipers, a gas gauge, and a speedometer. The success of these was limited to 5 million, 10 million short of the Model T. It was at this time that the Ford Foundation was introduced. It was established for scientific, educational, and charitable purposes, all for the public welfare. This organization basically attempted to further ...
- 5720: 'Checking Out' A&P
- 'Checking Out' A&P In John Updike's short story "A&P", the use of characterization and setting help to propel the reader into the somewhat conflict-ridden mind of Sammy, the protagonist. Where Sammy is and who he is surrounded by cause him ...
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