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- 13821: Siddhartha
- ... of Protestant missionaries who had served in India. *He was expected to follow in their footsteps by preparing for the ministry. *He tried, but experienced a religious crisis, fled the seminary and attempted suicide. *Hesse's first major novels displayed some major themes that were to absorb him throughout his career -1st Theme The dichotomy between the two worlds, the drab mundane external world of business and the shining, inner world ... became popular in the United States. Literary period/country *Contemporary/Ancient India Characters *Siddhartha -Protagonist -Main character in action -He is stubborn in his quest and yet honored by his community and relatives. *Govinda -Siddhartha's psychological alter ego -Main character's friend who provides opposing ideas and thoughts. -He cares about his dear friend as he follows him throughout most of his quest. *Gotoma (Buddha) -Admired as the distinct holy one and as a great ...
- 13822: Genghis Khan
- Genghis Khan During the late 1100’s and early 1200’s one man brought all of the nomadic tribes of Mongolia under his rule and through his many conquests, built an empire that was more extensive than that of Alexander the Great. This man was known as Genghis Khan (also spelled Chingis) and his armies were among the most feared in the history of warfare. By the time of his death Genghis Khan’s empire stretched across all of Asia and he could claim ownership of land as far west as the Caspian Sea. Although he would achieve great success later in life Genghis Khan’s early years ...
- 13823: Shakespeare's Sonnet 18
- Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 William Shakespeare was born to John and Mary Shakespeare of Stratford, both prosperous and respected people of the town. It is highly probable that William went to a grammar school in Stratford that belonged to citizens of the town. There he studied Latin Literature writers. Many feel that this education was not the only reason of Shakespeare’s talent and knowledge on writing. On his way home from school, little William was intreged by the sites and sounds of the scenery. The reader can see these observations described in beautiful works in the ... man that Shakespeare was good friends with, a dark lady he was in love with, a rival poet, advice, and his long absence from London (World Book Encyclopedia) Sonnets are the most famous of Shakespeare’s works. Sonnets are lyric poems made up of fourteen lines and sound more like a song without musical instruments than a poem. Sonnet 18 is one of the most admired of his collection. It ...
- 13824: London's To Build A Fire: Naturalism in Modern Life
- London's To Build A Fire: Naturalism in Modern Life When Jack London wrote "To Build a Fire" he embraced the idea of naturalism because it mirrored the events of daily life. Naturalism showed how humans had ... degrees below zero and he was not physically or mentally prepared for survival. London wrote that the cold "did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man's frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold."(p.1745) At first when the man started his journey to the camp, he felt certain that he could make it back to camp before dinner. As the trip progressed, the man made mistake after mistake that sealed his fate. The man's first mistake was to step into a pool of water and soak his legs to the knees. This blunder forced the man to build a fire to dry his wet socks and shoes so ...
- 13825: William Blake's The Chimney Sweeper
- William Blake's The Chimney Sweeper In William Blake's The Chimney Sweeper, Blake takes on the persona of a young chimney sweeper to tell a tale that is quite straightforward, yet ironic and sad at the same time. The voice of the poem is ... Dacre"(5) who cried when his blonde head of curls was shaved. The worldly wise narrator is very practical in his manner of comforting little Tom, "Hush Tom never mind it, for when your head's bare/ You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair."(7-8) Tom is quieted, yet that same night he is visited by a dream wherein thousands of other chimney sweeps like him ...
- 13826: Richard Wright
- ... into their way of thinking. Richard Wright is an African-American author whose writings greatly reflected the time period in which he lived in. Native Son and Black Boy are two classic examples of Wright's works that are profoundly influenced by the era in which he lived. Wright was born on September 4, 1908, in Natchez, Mississippi on a small farm much in the same manner that his hero, Bigger ... upon him. He was also beaten by whites to whom he had to turn for jobs and he was resentful of the Jim Crow rules by which he had to live. In Black Boy, Wright's autobiography, he recalls a familiar childhood event: "I would feel hunger nudging my ribs, twisting my empty guts until they ached. I would grow dizzy and my vision would dim." In Black Boy, Wright used ... own life to exemplify what qualities of imagination and intellect are necessary of a southern African-American in order to understand the meaning of his life in the United States. Black Boy also reveals it's 'author hero' as a man controlled by an absolute certainty of his own virtues. The ethics of living Jim Crow require that Wright be obedient and silent. So although he was not a slave, ...
- 13827: Medea: Summary
- ... hate of women is shown in his work of Medea. Euripides' characterization of women is considered unique in the play Medea because the tragic Hero/ine - in this case Jason and Medea in each one's own sense - is done over by a woman after cheating on her with the princess of the King of Corinth. He places emphasis on human emotions and individual psychology in order to help the reader produce a clear picture of the characters. Medea features strong dramatic situations and a stirring part for the heroine, whose attitude of feminine pride and tradition is still popular in today's world. Setting: The entire play takes place on the island of Corinth in present day Greece. Individual places such as Medea/Jason's home, and the palace of the king and princess are also spoken of and used in the play. It has an ancient Greek setting as well. Theme: "What goes around comes around." The theme ...
- 13828: Compare And Contrast The War Poems By Jessie Pope And Rupert Brooke To Those Of Wilfred Owen
- ... was like. It was poets like her who had a large influence over the public. Her amazing naiveté made her renowned amongst the British during war- time and in my opinion, her recruiting poem; “Who’s for the Game” is irresponsible. It gives young men, and their families who would want to persuade the men to join the army, a completely false image of war. However, it is an army recruitment ... that you would be doing your duty to King and Country by joining the army and be a traitor if you did not: “Your country is up to her neck in a fight And she’s looking and calling for You” There are many examples in the poem, of how recruiters used to portray war to the public. They did not say how dangerous and violent it was, but treated it like “The Game, the biggest that’s played” It must be so exciting and enjoyable if it really is a “game”. According to Pope, everybody should want to be involved with the fighting: “Who wants [to be] in the show? and ...
- 13829: Poetry- Woman To Man By Judith
- ... rich metaphors, that it was about the sexual relation between the woman and man. It is also about conception - or rather the potential of creating a child from this sexual act - told from the woman's point of view. Judith Wright was very bold in writing such a poem since it was published in 1949, when such issues weren’t discussed in the public, but as a well regarded poet, she had achieved a good reputation for expressing herself, and therefore could write a subjective poem about this issue. The main idea of this poem ... a child. The language compliments the mood of this poem, as it varies from a sad and melancholy cry, to a voice of hope, all in a constant confident feel, and by this, the poet's reflections and contemplation’s are communicated successfully to us, making us feel in the same way she has felt. The first stanza begins with a bold and confident entry describing in a simple way ...
- 13830: Lord of Flies: Animal Instincts
- ... while reason and order represent doing the things that make sense and are deemed to be the right things by society. People will choose irrationalisms and evil because these involve no work on the person's part. People may also assume that there are no consequences for choosing evil when people are left to their own devices under chaos. Finally, when people are left to their own devices for a long period of time, their natural animal instincts come into effect and these are deemed evil by society. People will choose irrationalism and evil because they involve no work on the person's part and are enjoyable. At the beginning of the story all of the children, including Jack were in favor of having rules and following them. One of the rules was that the children would come ... 32). This shows that in the beginning of the story the children were very obedient to following the rules. As the story progress, though, Ralph becomes aggravated. He states, "Things are breaking up. I don't understand why. We began well. We were all happy." (p.82). He is also annoyed with the amount of work the others are not doing. He says, "I bet if I blew the conch ...
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