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- 7071: The Common Hemingway Protagoni
- The Common Hemingway Protagonist: Soldier's Home Various authors, through years of discipline, develop their own style in creating characters. Ernest Hemingway varied his style by establishing an indestructible template for pressing characters into molded protagonists. This "template" protagonist follows a unique set of standards unlike any other character, produced by any other author. In his literary work "Soldier's Home", Hemingway creates the character Krebs to abide by this set of standards. By working within the circumstances presented to him, Krebs fits the mold of a typical Hemingway protagonist by overcoming his disillusions through ... until bored, practicing his clarinet, and shooting pool in the middle of the day; this is common for a Hemingway protagonist. Hemingway realizes "that with the disappearance of the transcendent and the absolute from man's consciousness, the universe becomes empty of meaning and purpose..." (Burhans 284); a good basis for testing a protagonist to see whether or not he's heroic . A more specific way that Krebs withdraws from ...
- 7072: Dante's Inferno: The Guardians of the Inferno
- Dante's Inferno: The Guardians of the Inferno Dante's Inferno is one of the best written works of all time because it was written as an allegory inside an excellent story. A key part of this allegory was how Dante used different guardians in ... his appetite. His appetite just overtakes him when Dante throws dirt in Cerberus' mouth, and the poets are allowed to enter the circle. Cerberus is an example of how everything must submit to the glutton's appetite, including his soul. This is a dark sin because they now worship food instead of God, and this is reciprocated by the rain, which belies the jolly nature of gluttons and gives them ...
- 7073: Hong Kong 2
- Hong Kong It’s March of 1997, and a political cartoonist who goes by the pen name “Zunzi”, sketches in a cafe in Hong Kong. Many Americans take this right for granted. Zunzi, however, is thankful that his newspaper ... censoring as the Chinese take-over approaches, bringing with it harsh censorship laws. He draws a picture of a smiling man outfitted in the lower half of a dog costume, preparing to put on it’s head. The man symbolizes wealthy businessmen in Hong Kong, and the costume symbolizes their willingness to obey Beijing by assuming positions of power, such as the Preparatory Committee and the Provisional Legislature. They change their costume and identity in whichever group they are in while remaining loyal to China by acting as China’s “puppets”. This way, China has a strong grip on political affairs in Hong Kong. Zunzi is aware his days in Hong Kong are limited (Sesser 21). As China takes over many laws that restrict ...
- 7074: Christ Is The Answer - John Saward
- Christ Is The Answer John Saward Christ's life has been documented and studied for many years, in an effort to understand not only his mission but his message. Theologians have tried to uncover the mystery of Christ, so that Christians will engage their faith in the right direction. For many Christians each step of their faith needs direction. John Saward's book Christ Is The Answer is an attempt to step by step explain: What Christ is?, Who he is?, and What he means to man. "This book is an introduction to Christ and Christianity based ... daily life, Christ has been and will always be the answer to life. That answer can easily be forgotten and pushed aside by routines. Even if it is forgotten or lost in the fog, Christ's work is still very visible to this day. This is visible through the work of John Paul II. From the very beginning of Pope John Paul II's Pontificate, he stressed the importance of ...
- 7075: The Condition of African Americans in the 1920’s Compared to Amory Blaine
- The Condition of African Americans in the 1920’s Compared to Amory Blaine During the nineteen twenties, white males had rather adequate opportunities to attend school and get a quality education. Whether it was a small college or a large, prestigious university, it still ... Fitzgerald, author of This Side of Paradise, explains that, “His father had been experimenting with mining stocks and, in consequence, his allowance, while liberal, was not all that he had expected” (36). This shows Amory’s true selfish nature and his unappreciative personality. An allowance of any sort would be greatly appreciated by any African American during those times. Fitzgerald sums it up by stating that, “Once a day Amory indulged in a club sandwich, cornflakes, and julienne potatoes at Joe’s…(36). Although Joe’s is an unsanitary place, Amory continues to go there because it has an unlimited credit account. Also, according to The Black American Reference Book, in the nineteen twenties African Americans ...
- 7076: Young Goodman Brown
- ... himself interfere with his relations with the community after he meets with the devil, and causes him to live the life of an exile in his own community. "Young Goodman Brown" begins when Faith, Brown's wife, asks him not to go on an "errand". Goodman Brown says to his "love and (my) Faith" that "this one night I must tarry away from thee." When he says his "love" and his ... Eve story is similar to Goodman Brown in that they are both seeking unfathomable amounts of knowledge. Once Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge they were expelled from their paradise. The Devil's staff eventually leads Goodman Brown to the Devil's ceremony which destroys Goodman Brown's faith in his fellow man, therefore expelling him from his utopia. Goodman Brown almost immediately declares that he kept his meeting with the Devil and no longer wishes ...
- 7077: Dolphins 2
- ... ago a cow, the distant cousin of the dolphin, decided to take his life to the sea. This is shown by the findings of hooves on dolphin fossils. The appearance of dolphins has intrigued man’s interest in the physical makeup of these mammals. Dolphins are carried by their mothers for twelve months before they are born. Once they are born, they immediately swim to the surface for their first breath ... dolphin is often compared by researchers to the human brain. The dolphin has a well developed brain that weighs over three pounds; similar to the human brain which weighs close to three pounds. The dolphin’s brain accounts for one and a fourth percent of its total body weight. Since the dolphin needs air to live and must resurface every five minutes, it cannot completely fall asleep but instead has the ... can be taught words in any order. Ake was taught an inverse language from right to left, therefore, she must wait for the entire command to be given before she can act upon it. Ake’s pool mate, Phoenix, was taught the conventional left to right method, which proves that the dolphin can learn the language in any way that it is taught to them (Chollar 53). One of Lou ...
- 7078: To Kill A Mockingbird-- Plot S
- ... the summer happily with their new friend Dill, a six-year-old boy who has moved into their neighborhood for the summer. They are very curious about one of their neighbors, Boo Radley, who hasn t been seen by any one for years. The children are scared of Boo because of the morbid legends about him. Dill resolves to get him to come out of his house, but nothing comes of ... discover small gifts in the hollow oak tree at the edge of the Radley yard. When Dill returns for the summer, the children devise a new game of acting out their own version of Boo s story. One night they sneak up to the Radley house to look in at a window. Mr. Radley, Boo s uncle, chases them off with a shotgun, and as the children flee Jem s pants get stuck in a fence and left behind. Later when Jem retrieves them, he finds that Boo clumsily mended ...
- 7079: Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Greatest Anti-Transcendentalist Writer
- ... puritan family, was born in Salem, Massachusetts. Some of his ancestors included a judge known for the harsh persecution of Quakers, and another judge who played an important role in the Salem witchcraft trials. Hawthorne's attitude was molded by a sense of guilt, which he traced to his ancestor's actions. After college, Hawthorne lived, secluded, for 12 years in his mother's house. He then published Twice Told Tales which didn't sell very well, yet at the same time, established him as a well known and respected author. He became good friends of two Transcendentalist ...
- 7080: The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt
- ... has had a tendency for sudden change at the century marks. Columbus' accidental discovery of the West Indies in 1492 brought on the exploration age in the 1500s. Jamestown colony, founded in 1607, was England's first foothold on the New World. A massive population surge, brought on in part by the import of fricans, marks entry into the 18th century. Thomas Jefferson's presidency, beginning in 1800, changed the face of American politics. 1900 was a ripe year for change, but needed someone to help the change arrives. That someone was Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt's political presence altered the course of the United States, transforming it into a superpower fully ready to handle the challenges of any opposition, and changed the role of the president and executive branch of ...
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