‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson is a short story that uses plot. characterisation and suspense to develop several themes. In doing so Jackson deepens our understanding of people and the nature of society. The story begins in a growing village which holds an annual lottery, …
Life on the Mississippi, by Mark Twain, is a signet classic. It is a romantic history of the great Mississippi River and autobiography of Mark Twain’s early days as a steamboat man. It has many interesting stories about nights on the watch and brawls between …
Helen Keller was an extraordinary woman that had an illness that made her blind and deaf when she was young. Helen would have this illness for the rest of her life. Helen didn’t want her disabilities to stop her from doing things as a normal …
Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play written by William Shakespeare. It is a love story between two rival families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Romeo, who is a Montague, falls in love with Juliet who happens to be a Capulet. It is love at …
Throughout Edgar Allen Poes life. many factors have contributed and influenced his writing style. He lived a difficult life, because he was raised in a dysfunctional household. He was raised by a step father who did not love him, or he dictated his values so …
The growth of domestic slave trade in the United States was induced after the official end of the African slave trade in 1808. Slaves were considered a piece of property and a source of labor, especially in the Southern cotton fields. The slave could be …
To Kill a Mockingbird – Section One Study Questions. 6) What satirical points are being made about education through Scout’s experiences in school? I feel a major satirical point about Scout’s education is the fact that she is ridiculed for learning some place other than …
In Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison modifies the attitude that blacks are worthless and have no room for improvement. He accomplishes this task, which at the time was considerably difficult, by using literary techniques in his writing. Irony, antagonism, and flashbacks are all important methods used …
Plato was a Greek philosopher a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle. The three laid down the western philosophy. Plato was a mathematician and a writer of philosophical dialogues, was the founder of the first institution of higher learning in the western world. …
The field of Robotics has drawn my attention right from childhood. My enthusiasm for this field grew with significant exposure. Works of science fiction by the likes of Isaac Asimov, Frank Herbert and the creators of Iron man have been an eye opener to how …
Langston Hughes’ “Theme for English B” is an interesting piece of perspective from an author who is obviously struggling to come up with an answer to what a teacher had thought to be a fairly straight forward question. When Hughes’ instructor asks him to go …
At 19 months old, Helen Keller caught and illness which left her both deaf and blind. However, her disabilities didn’t prevent her from learning how to read, write and communicate. She was examined by Alexander Graham Bell at the age of 6 and soon got …
Greek Philosophy emerged because of the following thinkers: Thales, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Socrates, Plato, and last but not least, Aristotle (Bennagen, 2000). This paper entitled, “Development of Greek Philosophy” intends to describe the thinkers involved, key schools, as well as their ideas. First stop is …
The Virtue of Justice In The Apology, Socrates professes to know that he does not know. However, he explicitly states: “I do know that injustice and disobedience to a better, whether God or man, is evil and dishonorable.” From this it can be inferred that …
The poetry of William Blake is renowned for its critique of society and injustice as well as expressing strong religious influences. Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience were written concerning the destiny of the human spirit and the differences between how children and adults …
Place, she uses strong conviction and passion for the island which she grew up on. Although, the reader may view this strong affection very offensive, Kinked generalizes tourists and how they abuse the use of Antigen workers in hotels and tourism while on vacations, seems …
A deaf and blind girl born in 1880 said, “Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am in, therein to be content.” (more…)
Humans experience a wide variety of emotions which can be strong enough to cause people to act solely on the emotion and often against what the person usually would do. Poets often write about people who are ruled by their emotions to show us cautionary …
In Plato’s dialogue, Meno, Socrates is asked a paradoxical question about what virtue is by Meno. “How will you enquire, Socrates, into that which you do not know? What will you put forth as the subject of enquiry? And if you find what you want, …
The concept of gender is a predominate theme throughout many of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. In some of his works, Shakespeare supports the derogatory stereotypes and limited roles that women served in early society. In other plays, he challenges and reinvents those gender roles; something rarely …
Books and movies say a lot about our culture or the time we live in. Superheroes or ordinary people from the movies or books faced off over the same issues of making the choices that we face in the real world every day, and they …
The Novel at a Glance Pride and Prejudice (1813) is a comedy of manners that explores how considerations of money, family background, and personal vanity can complicate the course of true love. Setting: Mostly in rural Hertfordshire in England in the late eighteenth century. Protagonist: …
After the episode at Box Hill, Mr. Knightley says to Emma, ‘I must once more speak to you as I have been used to do: a privilege rather endured than allowed, perhaps, but I must still use it.’ How do you as a modern reader, …
Darkness swooped over me as the doors to death became closer. The pool of blood in which I lay was sticky and viscous almost as if gluing me to the floor. I could no longer move! Panic, fear, loneliness, pain and anger simultaneously engulfed me …
In regards to post number one, the fact that you are interested in Edgar Allan Poe and enjoy his writing will help your research, undoubtedly. You will already have formed some sort of opinion about his writings and be able to pursue your research with …
In “The Lottery”, Shirley Jackson displays how far people have strayed from the face of humanity through corrupt faddism. The author begins by describing June 27th as a perfectly normal summer day in a small village of only a few hundred people. Mr. Summers, the …
Introduction One principle foundation of the book is contained in the title: the utilization of instruction as the purposeful movement of engaging and of utilizing opportunity. The book originates from the perspective of an African-American lady from the South. She encountered both racially segregated and …
The Minds Eye As humans we become thankful for what we have after having to go without. We do not become thankful for the light until we have had to walk through the dark tunnel. In “Three Days to See” by Helen Keller the author …
Pneumonia is infection that affects either one or both of the lungs. It is non a individual disease and it may hold more than 30 types of different causes, including bacteriums, Fungis and viruses. In immature kids with the age of less than 5 old …
Shakespeare’s time treasured classic play MacBeth has withstood the criticism of hundreds of years and has still remained popular and world-renown to this day. In this essay, I am going to characterize the three essential characters: Banquo, Lady MacBeth and MacBeth as portrayed through act …
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