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- 991: Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography
- Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography In Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography he tells the stories of his life from a young lad to the year 1757 when he was 51 years old. Franklin discovered that he was the youngest son of the youngest son for five generations. He first thought ... a printer. Franklin worked as a printer apprentice for his brother, but he didn’t like the situation. He left Boston for New York at the age of seventeen. He left New York after a short time because he was told he could find work as a printer apprentice in Philadelphia. He arrives in Philadelphia with little money and no friends. He purchases some bread and eats it out on the ... author was to make experiences of his own career, the conduct and habit of life which had led to success in his own case, a source of help and inspiration to others. Franklin told the stories of his struggles, errors, and his accomplishments in a very simple way that can touch generation after generation.
- 992: Blind As A Bat!
- In the short stories "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver and "Girls at War" by Chinua Achebe, the theme of blindness is prevalent. In "The Cathedral" Robert, the man who comes to visit, is physically blind, but in his mind, he ... blindness, she does realize that other people might smoke marijuana. That is why she gave her husband "a savage look." She did not realize that anyone else she knew smoked marijuana. In Chinua Achebe's short story, "Girls at War" there is a blindness in the character of Reginald Nwankwo. He was blind to see his future right in front of his face even when she stopped him and searched ...
- 993: Virtues That Change Society In The Future
- ... the list of virtues. My interpretation of this is that one should always keep a cool head no matter the situation. An example is the way that Hemingway portrays his characters in his novels, and short stories. In Hemingway's stories the character that is in a tough predicament seems to always handle the situation in stride, and maintains a cool head. This is a vital virtue to be had in the world today. The ...
- 994: Alice Walker
- ... many other authors, she is not afraid to write about very personal experiences she has had. Since the beginning of her writing career, she has written sixteen books, including five novels, several collections of essays, short stories, children s books, and poems. Charles Truehearth of The Washington Post writes, She has discussed such topics as spousal abuse, fear of death, female sexuality, and incest (1991). Walker is very much of a feminist ... that black women had been suppressed for so long that they would never know what kind of great artists they may have lost during all the times while there was slavery. This is what the short story In Search of Our Mother s Gardens discusses. The title has a special meaning because Walker is referring to her own mother. In this work, she discusses all the talents of older black ...
- 995: Canterbury Tales - Medieval Church
- Canterbury Tales - Medieval Church In discussing Chaucer's collection of stories called The Canterbury Tales, an interesting picture or illustration of the Medieval Christian Church is presented. However, while people demanded more voice in the affairs of government, the church became corrupt -- this corruption also led ... society who make up the church....and those same people became the personalities that created these tales of a pilgrimmage to Canterbury. The Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England was to take place in a relatively short period of time, but this was not because of the success of the Augustinian effort. Indeed, the early years of this mission had an ambivalence which shows in the number of people who hedged their ... of a people who were Christians officially, politically, and in most cases at heart, saw that there were elements of paganism and sorcery which is tolerated and respected. The society in which Chaucer writes these stories is Christian as well, politically and spiritually--could it be that they tolerated and respected paganism and magic? Perhaps the separation of the two is not necessary and was not complete at this point ...
- 996: Cask Of Amontillado
- ... can recall fifty years later. I. Introduction II. Auditory Appeal III. Humor Appeal IV. Visual Appeal V. Conclusion Grimes 1 "The vividness with which [Poe] transcribes his sensory experiences contributes powerfully to the response his stories invoke" (Fagin 202). In "The Cask of Amontillado," Edgar Allan Poe uses captivating images to descriptively tell a tail of revenge, while appealing to the senses of the audience. In "The Cask of Amontillado," Montressor ... with a memory of their sound. Poe knew that the audience would relate the terrifying sound of the bells to premature burial. Premature burial is a concern during the 19th century when Poe writes this short story (Platizky 1). Live burial is practiced during this time as a form of capital punishment in Europe (1). It was a "Rite of social purification (2). "Being buried alive was the severe punishment for ... able to see that he is haunted with details that he can recall fifty years later. Grimes 6 Works Cited Benton, Roger P. "Poe’s ‘The Cask’ and the ‘White Webwork Which Gleams’." Studies in Short Fiction (1991): 183-195. Fagin, N. Bryllion. The Historic Mr. Poe. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1949. Gruesser, John. "Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado; Criticism & Interpretation." The Explicator (1998): 129-130. Lowell, James ...
- 997: Developing Solutions
- ... caused them so that not only can the specific circumstances be avoided in the future….this will not happen unless they are relentlessly pursued even after partial solutions have been put in place. Concentration on short-term effects and curtailed investigations will ensure only short-term survival - complete problem solving has to be seen as an investment in the future" (Parker). Considering this theory, what seems to be the benefit of suggesting that we do in-fact sometimes need to come up with partial solutions? Parker is the one who suggests both - how? Discussion 5: Open forum - (after all, how many discussion topics can you derive from solution development?) Any personal stories are welcome that would serve to illustrate the phases of the problem solving process, and particularly the stage of solution development and selection, where used to successfully (or not) systematically solve a problem. Maryland.: ...
- 998: Biography of Robert Cormier
- ... poems and told him that he was a writer. He believed her, and continued to think of himself as one. Later, a teacher at Fitchburg State College was so impressed with one of Cormier's stories that she submitted it to a magazine; it became his first published work. After college, Cormier went on to write commercials for a local radio station, and soon switched to newspaper work. He was a writer and editor at the Fitchburg Sentinel for 23 years, where he won three major journalism awards. He later wrote short stories for popular magazines such as McCall's and the Saturday Evening Post. Cormier married in 1948, and despite his own childhood experiences, he and his wife sent their four children to local parochial schools. ...
- 999: King Arthur
- ... Some of the new elements added include d the Round Table, courtly love and the love affair between Lancelot and Guenevere. In 1205 A.D. Layamon wrote the first English version of the King Arthur stories with a distinctly British perspective. Another nationalistic version of the story was Morte Arthure. This version was centered around fighting and action diminishing many of the character's parts, like Lancelot for instance. Perhaps the most widely accepted story of Arthur was written in 1485 by Sir Thomas Malory. Malory combines aspects of Wace, Chretien, Geoffrey and Layamon, expands on Arthur's court by adding short stories about some of Arthur's most important knights and writes of the collapse of the Round Table.
- 1000: Dragons
- Dragons Of all the mythical creatures found in stories, legends, and drawings it is the dragon that has captured my imagination. The Europeans saw the dragons as an evil serpent-like creature. In an age of darkness, and ignorance the Europeans saw the world ... dragons as powerful guardian spirits. Their culture respected the dragon for wisdom and nobility. Though there are many different view points on how dragons are thought of , I prefer the more modern approach. In fantasy stories the modern dragon is an intelligent magical creature. A Dragon can be as good or evil as any one human can be. Chinese Dragons Chinese dragons are snake-like with four short legs. Chinese dragons have five toes verses the Korean Dragon with four toes and the Japanese with only three. Unlike other dragons of legend they do not have wings. The five toed dragons are ...
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