Religion In The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is about symbolism of the ages in which we lived. People and objects are symbolic of events and thoughts. Throughout the story Hawthorne uses Pearl, Dimmesdale, and Hester to signify Puritanism and Roman Catholic philosophies. Hester, through the eyes of the Puritans, is a massive sinner. She has gone against the

Dramatic Monolouge For Interview With The Vampire I really don’t know what I should do. Lestat makes it seem as if it is no big deal. He goes through them like pennies, but I can’t help but hold on to a sliver of humanity. These people have lives, families, hopes and dreams. Who am I to take that all away from them- for what' For a demonic creature that should never have come to be. F

The Library Card Responding to Reading In the story, “The library Card,” Richard Wright took one step closer to achieving the American dream. However, in order to fully understand how he did so, one must first understand exactly what the American Dream is. I asked a few of my closest friends what their best definition of the American Dream was. They all came up with fairly similar

Reservation Blues The main characters of “Reservation Blues” were affected in different ways by having the choice to stay on the reservation or actually leaving the reservation. The reservation was a place where the Indians could feel at home. Also the reservation was a place that could feel like a closed box to the Indians. Each Coyote Springs band member had a different reason for want

Ayn Rand AYN RAND The Fountainhead · SETTING- Plane ticket- the story took place in metropoliton new york, but Rorke often finds himself travaling it many different places just to find a job. · MAJOR CHARACTER-Howard Rorke- Light Bulb- Howard Rorke has new ideas that vary few accept. The light bulb is an odd shape which symbolizes Rorke’s new, diffrent ideas. · MOOD-s

Rip Van Winkle Rip Van Winkle as a Folktale The story of Rip Van Winkle is classified as a German folktale. It contains numerous elements such as a journey of going 20 years into the future. The use of supernatural, the truth to the unknown, and various encounters made with the townspeople. This story also portrays Rip as a hero at the end. Nevertheless, since the tale displays

Rip Van Winkle Literary analyses of “Rip Van Winkle” Rip Van Winkle is a man from a small village located at the foot Kaatskill Mountains. He lives with his wife, 2 kids, and his dog. His son, Rip Van Winkle, was just like his father. His dog, Wolf, was his best friend. They were always together and Wolf was always faithful. Rip Van Winkle is a man of many traits. He always help

Rip Van Winkle Rip Van Winkle Analyzation encompasses the application of given criteria to a literary work to determine how efficiently that work employs the given criteria. In the analyzation of short stories, the reader uses a brief imaginative narrative unfolding a single incident and a chief character by means of plot, the details so compressed and the whole treatment so organize

Rip Van Wrinkle The story of Rip Van Winkle is classified as a German folktale. It contains numerous elements such as a journey of going 20 years into the future. The use of supernatural, the truth to the unknown, and various encounters made with the townspeople. This story also portrays Rip as a hero at the end. Nevertheless, since the tale displays all these characteristics of what a f

1984 Power to Control: A Means to an End The novel 1984 by George Orwell is all about control. The control of people, power, thoughts, emotions, and many other things, are brought up in this book. The book is truly about how anything can really be controlled by creative methods. The premise of this novel is to show the world a “dystopia”. This is very much achieved in the novel, since

A Prayer For Owen Meany And Poisonwood Bible Comparative Essay In a manger full of dry, crisp hay lays a small infant who breathed his first breath a few moments ago. The newborn is serene and possesses a countenance of sacredness beyond any mortal. This holy child is bound for glory and praise. It is the Little Lord Jesus. People and institutions have various interpretations about

Animal Farm, Failure Or Sucess Animal farm was a failure. The whole point of the rebellion was to live without help from humans and to stay away from their habits. Besides Molly, the dogs and the pigs, the animals generally followed the seven commandments. If it wasn’t for Napoleon and his dictatorship, Animal Farm could have been a great success. When Snowball was thrown off the far

Civil Rights Movement and The Clansman "The film is many things: repulsive, naïve, biased, simplistic, historically inaccurate and astonishing in its view of history and racist glorification of the KKK. Yet it tremendously significant and powerful work of art with extraordinary effect and brilliantly-filmed sequences" (Dirks). The movie was based on one man's simple but yet repulsive sto

Fahrenheit 451 The book entitled “Fahrenheit 451” was written by Ray Bradbury in 1953, to reincarnate the idea of fire men burning books in a futuristic society populated by non-readers and non-thinkers that he originally came up with in his previous work “The Fire Man.” Set in the 24th century, “Fahrenheit 451” tells the story of a man named Guy Montag who, at the beginning of the story

Jane Eyre In what way might Jane Eyre be considered a feminist novel' What points does the novel make about the treatment and position of women in Victorian society' With particular attention to the book’s treatment of marriage, is there any way in which it might be considered anti-feminist' Jane Eyre is a Feminist Novel In the novel Jane Eyre, there is plenty of evidence to sugg

A Dollhouse Cynthia Lizotte 12/17/03 Essay #2 Mrs. Linde and Krogstad: An Unlikely Couple' Mrs. Linde and Krogstad is not, in my eyes, an unlikely couple. At first you would get the notion that they are two different people that do not belong together. After you hear about their history and their present situations you will understand my reasoning. Krogstad and Mrs. Linde

Civil War The American Civil WarIn 1860, arguably the world's greatest nation was locked in Civil War. Thewar divided the country between the North (Union) and South (Confederate).The war lasted five years and by 1865 the Confederate forces were trulybeaten. Out of this horrendous war though, where some 600,000 men died grewa greater sense of nationalism than is today, unrivalled around

“Stop Ironing The Diapers” To assume that the times in which we live are more special and more momentous than any other times is human nature. This is particularly true of the generation of the baby boomers, trail blazers for civil liberties, and universal justice. In “Stop Ironing the Diapers,” Barbara Ehrenreich mocks the obsessions of all those 1980s mothers who worried about missing

Cather In The Rye The project I pick was create a timeline based on the main events of Holden’s two day adventure. Chapters 1-5 Holden tell us that he is in L.A. He tells us that his last school was Pencey Prep. He got kick out because he was failing four subjects and he was only passing Lang Art. Holden was telling us that he purchased a red hunting hat for a buck in New York City.

Han Nolan Han Nolan in my view is a wonderful author, she has written books that reflect on the harsh problems people face in their lives. Nolan is the author of “Born Blue” which tells the story of a child growing up and making her life a mess. Janie was four years old when she had almost drowned. As she was swimming in the Gulf of Mexico and her mother was paying her no attention,

Response To Mother Tongue By Amy Tan I enjoyed reading Mother Tongue by Amy Tan. I thought by just reading the first paragraph that I was able to make a strong connection with Amy Tan and her essay. Throughout most of my life, my great grandparents were around. Both of them were right off the boat from Sicily, Italy. You could say they didn’t have the best English. But, my family

Response To Who Shot Johnny The last line of the essay, where Dickerson refers to the shooter, I find to be the perfect closing sentence. I think more than just criticizing the actual man who shot Johnny, Dickerson is passing judgment on all of the black men who are like him. The last few paragraphs describe the shooter very specifically, yet she really has no idea that he was or what he

Response To “Good Country People“ As I read Flannery O’Connor’s “Good Country People” the response that I felt was pity. The character that made me feel that was Joy/Hulga. The basic theme of the story is to not make conclusions about a person’s character before you really get to know them. This is exactly what happens with Joy/Hulga in this story. Mrs. Hopewell, Mrs. Freeman and Manley

Inspector Calls An Inspector Calls J.B. Priestly ‘An Inspector Calls’ written by J.B. Priestly, 1945, but was set in 1912. As he had lived through both wars he could see what had actually happened in the time the play was set. In the play, he uses the characters to express his views about socialism and possibly about class divisions. This essay will show the role of the inspector,

Revelation “Revelations” by Flannery O’Conner is the story of Ruby Turpin’s journey towards the revelation depicting the reality she had not come to grips with. The main character, Mrs. Turpin, doesn’t think twice before judging people, yet, when she herself is judged she is astounded and stunned. “I haven’t done anything to you. [Girl who judged Turpin].” (396), Mrs. Turpin thinks to he

Review Of Madame Bovary There are many different stylistic elements used throughout the novel Madame Bovary written by Gustave Flaubert. Flaubert uses techniques such as detailed descriptions, symbolism, and others. These techniques are important in analyzing the novel of Madame Bovary as a whole and in understanding the several themes and motifs. In the analytical essay “A Pox on

Revisited Can’t Buy Me Love The depression was an era of extremes. A person was more than likely extremely poor, or in the lucky upper 1% that was extremely wealthy. The middle class was virtually not existent. All of these income groups, including those characterized in our three stories, wanted money because it supposedly brought happiness, but were actually struggling to cling to th

Rhetorical Analysis Of Jenkins Rhetorical Analysis of “Lessons from Littleton: What Congress Doesn’t Want to Hear About Youth and the Media” “Lessons from Littleton: What Congress Doesn’t Want to Hear About Youth and the Media”, by Henry Jenkins, was an article directed to the Comparative Media Studies at MIT, as an explanation for the Columbine Shooting. In Henry Jenkins piece h

Rhetorical Purpose Of Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave In the passage from the autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, after the first two paragraphs there is a change in the rhetorical mode of the passage from narration to apostrophe, which reinforces the rhetorical purpose of the passage which is to show how horrible

A Child Of Nature Cannot Survive In Civilization A Child Of Nature Cannot Survive In Civilization The fact that a sheltered child cannot survive in civilization is made abundantly clear in A Separate Peace. Throughout this novel, author John Knowles gives many examples along with details of why this is not possible and how lives become corrupt when it occurs. After Leper came back