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- 8701: Writing Styles of Poe and Hoffman
- ... of being true, would be the “Nightmare on Elm Street.” series of films. These classical horror films are based on dreams. In these films, a regular basement with a boiler room is turned into another world of horror. Suddenly the walls become twenty feet tall, hallways become never-ending gateways to hell and there is no way out. Of course this kind of grotesque would not be possible if the story were told in everyday life so the writer utilizes the dream world to display an excellent example of grotesque. The final point Kayser makes in his analysis is a bit vague to me and I was not quite able to understand what exactly he was getting at ... bodied forth the predicament of modernity through a self-conscious textuality. I was not really sure what exactly Kennedy was trying to say but I interpreted this as Poe realizing the changes of modern day world and having to adapt his style to the changing times by being his own critic. I presume that at the time, Poe’s works were somewhat controversial, and to some people still am. I ...
- 8702: Native American Literature
- ... is a creative story brought to us by the Delaware Native American tribe. It is a myth that demonstrates their love for Earth, nature and their surroundings. This account shows Delaware beliefs on how the world was created and how life began. Each Manito, which is a god of evil or good creations, is what the Delaware felt created life and its methods. The actual writing of the myth is in ... also how they could give back to the circle of their life and surroundings, preserving it for the future. Native American Literature led the way to famous poems and literacy which is read throughout the world today. Without it, one would never know how much the world meant to the first settlers.
- 8703: Henry David Thoreau
- ... their individuality, each in his or her own way. He also believed that independent, well-considered actions arose naturally from a questing attitude of mind. He was first and foremost an explorer, of both the world around him and the world within him. In his most popular piece ever, Walden, he stated this: "Be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought,"(Walden, p. 321 ... only moderately successful in Thoreau's lifetime, his experiment in the wilderness did spark interest in young people. The book inspired people to follow his example and go to a lonely spot and wonder the world and find their place in it. For many, Walden served as a touchstone. Thoreau said that he went to the pond to write a book in memory of his brother, John, who had died ...
- 8704: The Power And The Glory
- As countless people in a third world country fall to the ravages of poverty and disease, a single woman fights to make a difference. Living a spartan life, through conditions far from humane, she helps those who are poor, suffering and sick ... not to himself but to God and his neighbours. When the whisky priest prays, it is only for his daughter and no one else. The love that he should feel for every soul in the world is selfishly concentrated on the one child. The service of a priest is not only to the people but to all living things. As the whisky priest returns to the plantation of Captain Fellows, he ... for the woman named Maria. In his desire, the whisky priest breaks an integral law of the priesthood and commits the sin of fornication. To make matters worse, his action brings a child into the world for whom he cannot care for. The priest has less worth than that of the half-caste. The half-caste betrays the priest for money to survive where the whisky priest betrays God for ...
- 8705: The Odyssey
- The Odyssey The Odyssey is an epic poem, which shows the maturation of Odysseus throughout his long journey home from the war at Troy. Odysseus grows from an arrogant, self-centered warrior to a more humble man. This mental odyssey is seen as the young Odysseus matures, learns values of and respect for nature and higher power to return home to Ithaka as a more humble and honorable man. The first side of Odysseus seen in this poem is the young arrogant Odysseus. After the Trojan war Odysseus shows no thanks to the god Poseidon. Offending the god did not make an easy voyage home. Odysseus and his men eventually end up at the island of the Kyklopes. They go in cave ... even seen by Athena, Odysseus’ mentor and protector, when she says, “Where is your valor, where is the iron hand that fought at Troy for Helen, pearl of kings, no respite and nine years of war?… How is it now that on your own door sill, before the harriers of your wife, you curse your luck not to be stronger?”(Ody XXII 250). In the epic poem, The Odyssey Odysseus ...
- 8706: The Jungle 2
- ... end of the book, Upto Sinclair shows the reader how to solve Capitalism's problems: replace it with Socialism. The Socialist party is promoted as an international political party that will solve all of the world's problems. Every member of the party was told about the "Socialist revolution", when the entire planet would become Socialist. Not once does the book mention the possibility of failure. It even claimed Socialists would control the country by 1912. The Socialists despised the concept of competition. They considered the commercial world to be the essence of corruptio. The goal of the Socialist party in The Jungle was to end the corrupt and powerful Beef Trust. The Jungle is more than an advertisement for Socialism. It describes ... to work though, or loose their job. Often, the wounds would become infected, and the butcher would die of blood poisoning. The book discusses all the things that were being shipped out to the civilized world as "meat". Sausages were not really made out of sausage meat. They were mostly composed of "potato flour"; an odorless and tasteless potato extract with almost no food value. There were the cattle that ...
- 8707: Thomas Jefferson: A Product of his times or a Hypocrite?
- ... oppressed and degraded peasantry of Europe. Jefferson compared the studies of Native American languages and came to a conclusion that there were twenty basic languages and that the Native Americans had lived in the New World for a far longer period than anyone had thought. The native Americans had proved that strong government was not necessary to the happiness of mankind. Jefferson declared that the Native Americans had “made war on us without the least provocation or pretense of injury” and that they had want only committed “savage cruelties” The Native Americans, no more than the black slaves, Jefferson had recognized, had no reason to ...
- 8708: Epic Heroes in Time
- ... numerous challenges of his own, Odysseus also received a divine message, this time from the goddess Athena. This theme of being chosen by a powerful spiritual entity is consistent in various hero stories throughout the world. No matter when or where these heroes were destined for greatness, they all had to go on a quest or journey with various trials and obstacles to overcome. Odysseus's voyage had to be completed ... eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue (Exodus, 48). " Odysseus was sent home to save his people from a civil war, but his lust for conquest and adventure took him on many detours and prolonged his return. Both were able to rise above these limitations. Perhaps the most universal attribute these heroes had was their undying ...
- 8709: Ulysses S. Grant’s Leadership and Simplicity
- ... incredible battlefield commander. He produced the foundation of the modern American army. Grant emphasized a strategy of maximum firepower with maximum mobility (Perret, 28). Simplicity was the basis of Grant’s nature. He saw the war in its simplest form, which meant that he saw it as a whole. He did not see the difficulties in winning until they surfaced. His strategy was simple, he was going to hold Lee in Virginia and move Sherman through Georgia to attack him in rear. “His theory of war was simplicity itself; he says: ‘The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving ...
- 8710: The Rajahs Of The Western Worl
- The Rajahs of the Western World My mother, who grew up in Sri Lanka, was shocked to hear the way I dealt with my boyfriend on the telephone. She proceeded to give me a talk on how a woman should achieve ... things for him and his father telling him that he could virtually get away with anything (like stealing a football from school) because of his charm and personality. Willy s living in this perfect dream world of someday... affected the way the whole family thinks. As Biff realises how much his mother has aged by her grey hair he asks her to dye it again, will ya? I don t want ... have been better for Willy had he recognised the truth earlier in life and had learned to cope with it as his suicide was, just as his life an illusion of heroism. In this modern world where illusions are plentiful it is better not to create a rajah as rajahs nourish themselves through dreams and there is no shop that sells those.
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