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Delicate Decision Facing Dark and Delicate in Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway (996 words, 3 pages)

The characters in the story of Hills Like White Elephants both have faced a dark and delicate decision. The interesting aspect was the setting, which showed the constant changes in the characters decisions, even before the readers knew about the topic of abortion. From the settings alone, the readers were ... Read More

The Use of Statistical Evidence, Reasoning, and Persuasive Elements to Build a Valid Argument in Favor of Light Pollution Reduction in Let There Be Dark, an Essay by Paul Bogard (458 words, 2 pages)

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.-Og MandinoWhen you live in a brightly lit place, even at night, you tend to lose sight of what the night sky actually looks like. In Let There ... Read More

Darkness and Light in The Phantom of the Opera and Cupit and Psyche (445 words, 1 pages)

Unmasked and Masked Darkness and LightIn both these similar stories, The Phantom of the Opera and Cupid and Psyche, show both a side of darkness and light. The characters of these books all have either a darkness, light, or neutral side to them. Sometimes masked up or sometimes shown completely.In ... Read More

The Terrors of War in All Quiet in the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Goddamn This War by Tardi, and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1283 words, 5 pages)

Perhaps nothing is more frequent in the pages of history books than wars. Since the beginning of time, men have fought to hold their ground and conquer more. Yet the ideas of war are not always the trumpeting, flag-flying, fresh-faced recruits that they are painted out to be. The reality ... Read More

Charlie Marlow’s Journey in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (484 words, 1 pages)

Journey into the Heart of Darkness Darkness loomed over the horizon. The sun "sank low, glowing whitechanged to dull red, stricken to death by the touch of that broodinggloom." Charlie Marlow's journey in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conradbegan with the ominous foreboding. His journey down the Congo River to ... Read More

The Use of Light and Dark Images in Romeo and Juliet, a Play by William Shakespeare (611 words, 2 pages)

Light and dark are contrasting images. They represent love and hatred.William Shakespeare uses light and dark images throughout the romanticcomedy The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. These images appear in manydifferent scenes. The light and dark images are most significant in thescene following the wedding night. In the beginning of ... Read More

A Review of the First Hypothesis in Imagination and Invention: The Story of Dark Matter, a Scientific Article by Williams, Clough, Stanley, and Kerton (426 words, 2 pages)

For the purpose of this assignment I read an article on dark matter titled "Imagination and Invention The story of dark matter". I was very pleased to see that it purely talks about a hypothesis given to explain what could not be seen or understood, which is what we learned ... Read More

The Image of Africa to Europe and the Racism of Joseph Conrad in Heart of Darkness According to the Essay of Chinua Achebe (578 words, 1 pages)

What Africa is to EuropeChinua Achebe had made his statement clear in his essay that Conrads classic novella, Heart of Darkness, portrays the need of European culture to manifest Africa. Achebe uses various examples comparing Conrad to explorers such as Marco Polo in regards to blindness a traveler may have ... Read More

An Argument on Chinua Achebe’s Use of the Novel Things Fall Apart to Criticize and Correct the Flaws in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (1568 words, 5 pages)

Is Achebe a Hypocrite? Is it possible that Chinua Achebe, author of an analytical essay An Image of Africa, is a hypocrite? Or is Achebe trying to depict misunderstandings between Africans and Europeans? Achebe uses his words to criticize the short story Heart of Darkness. The short story written by ... Read More

The Themes of Darkness in the Poems We Grow Accustomed to the Dark by Emily Dickinson and Acquainted With the Night by Robert Frost (755 words, 3 pages)

The poems We grow accustomed to the Dark by Emily Dickinson and Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost are both distinctly about darkness. Both authors relate the darkness to real life emotions such as sadness and depression, but the way they both describe it as is different than one ... Read More

The Military History in Desert Shield to Desert Storm, a Book by Dilip Hiro (1161 words, 4 pages)

Dilip Hiros book objective is to inform the readers about Desert shield to desert storm clearly and based on concrete historical evidence. The title does a great job at focusing on what the book is about, and I didnt feel the author has been bias, so it is informative and ... Read More

Creative Writing: Each Day is a Raging Storm (636 words, 2 pages)

The sky was ablaze with lightning, thunder crackling like deafening wails. Dark clouds obscured the moon as they churned grimly in the sky, as black as a witchs Sabbath. A winnowing wind fermented and sighed, rippling the surface of the corpse calm sea. The rain sliced the air, as buckets ... Read More

Understanding the Concept of Dark Matter (1107 words, 3 pages)

Have you ever wondered if there was something more out there that was bigger than us? Ever imagine it being invisible? Maybe, but most likely not, right? Well, as science has theorized time and time again, there is another something out there. This something is Dark Matter. According to scientists, ... Read More

The Symbols of the Snakes of Fire, Darkness, and an Unclosed Door in the Story In Exile by Anton Chekhov (791 words, 3 pages)

Learning to CopeThere are three symbols in the story, In Exile by Anton Chekhov, that provide insight into the central message of the story, which is how to understand living in harsh conditions and learning to cope with them. The three symbols, which are snakes of fire, darkness, and an ... Read More

The Dark and Light Sides of Harlem in Sonny’s Blues, a Short Story by James Baldwin (1034 words, 2 pages)

Sonnys Blues, a short story written by James Baldwin, takes place in Harlem, New York in the 1960s. The story depicts the painful life on the streets for African Americans in the face of oppression. There is little escape from the reality of drugs and crime in Harlem. The persistent ... Read More

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Use of Dark Romanticism in The Scarlet Letter (865 words, 3 pages)

American RomanticismWhen one hears the words American Romanticism, they should think of a genre that personified the American public after the Great Awakening. American Romanticism moved away from political matters and focused more on the idea of valuing feelings and intuition over reason and that nature is the path to ... Read More

The Symbol of Darkness in A Farewell to Arms, a Novel by Ernest Hemingway (811 words, 3 pages)

A Farewell to ArmsThere are many uses of symbolism in Ernest Hemingways A Farewell to Arms. Most of the symbolism is hidden so that the reader must fully comprehend the novel before realizing and understanding the symbolism. Could darkness be one of the symbolism uses in this novel? Could darkness ... Read More

The Use of Literary Devices to Paint a Dark Picture of Revenge in The Cask of Amontillado, a Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe (1518 words, 6 pages)

Edgar Allan Poes Gothic style and characteristic irony paint a dark picture of revenge in The Cask of Amontillado. Poe hints at Montresors personal feelings towards revenge, justice, and insults immediately A thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could, but when he ventured upon insult, I ... Read More

The Relevance of Mark Twain’s Essay To the Person Sitting in the Darkness for Modern Day America (1145 words, 4 pages)

Two of Twains essays, A Word of Encouragement to our Blushing Exiles, and To the Person Sitting in the Darkness contain similar ideas. Both pieces point out Americas flaws while subsequently defending the nation. To the Person Sitting in the Darkness more deeply delves into the issues of imperialism and ... Read More

A Comparison of the Images of Africa in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (304 words, 1 pages)

Discuss the contrasting images of Africa in novels.Africa has most of the time been under-represented or misrepresented in literature and popular culture who tend to perpetuate stereotypes regarding Africa as being a land of wild animals with little importance given to the culture and its people. This essay will discuss ... Read More

Overcoming the Darkness That Plagued Early America (1969 words, 8 pages)

Overcoming Darkness To The LightIn its long and ugly history...White racism has improvised a thousand variations on two basic themes...First is the black people are born with inferior brains and a limited capacity for mental growth...Second is their personality lends to abnormal, whether by nature or nurture...both have served to ... Read More

My Love of the Clouds in the Sky (783 words, 2 pages)

Nature is something that has always interested me. When I was younger I embraced nature without really realizing it by always wanting to play outside, constantly looking around at all the plants and trees that surrounded me, trying to catch critters, and simply enjoying the freedom of the natural Earth. ... Read More

The Journey of Marlow in Heart of Darkness, a Novel by Joseph Conrad (1493 words, 5 pages)

Marlows JourneyMarlow just gets up and goes. It seems so. Its like a sirens call or the highlighted route on a GPShe just seems to know that he has to go and go he does. Of course, its not really that simple at all. It all really started when he ... Read More

The Dark Side of Humanity and Violence in America in In Cold Blood, a Novel by Truman Capote (717 words, 2 pages)

In Cold Blood EssayWhen society is immersed with evil and negativity, one can evaluate humanity and learn what kind of person not to be. Today, we are put into a world that is marked by birth and death, and the human fascination with violence is omnipresent with unrestricted access to ... Read More

Renaissance Christianity in Madonna of the Clouds, Virgin and Child With Saint John the Baptist and Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin (1543 words, 6 pages)

From late antiquity onward,Christianity was essential to European art culture, and the life of the Virgin and Christ is understood as an expression of Christian doctrine. This demonstrates the popularity of scenes from Christ's life in especially in European Renaissance art, while also remaining loyal to biblical tradition. It is ... Read More

Anna Morgan’s Desire to Fit into English Society in Voyage in the Dark, a Novel by Jean Rhys (2175 words, 8 pages)

The importance of belonging in Jean Rhyss Voyage in the DarkJean Rhyss Voyage in the Dark is a novel about a young womans demise at the hands of a society that treats her like an outsider, and men who consequently treat her like a commodity. The reason that main character ... Read More

Creative Writing: Eye of the Storm (499 words, 2 pages)

Eye of the StormSwaying on a blue nylon hammock under a covered patio facing out into the ocean, I see from the corner of my eye Peter, my roommate, standing and looking out into the vastness of the sea.This is nice, isnt it? Peter asks. I take no interest in ... Read More

Snapchat and Its Features Takes the New Generation by Storm (467 words, 2 pages)

Selfies Galore "Hey, what's your Snapchat?" Close to replacing the common greeting,it has become increasingly common to ask for a person's Snapchat,sometimes, even before getting their name. Snapchat is an app that enablesthe downloader to send photos, with a small caption, back and form betweenfriends. In this selfies generation, it ... Read More

Imperialism and the Significance of the Jungle, Kurtz, Madness, Cannibals, and the Congo River in the Novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (902 words, 4 pages)

The Jungle is significant in the heart of darkness because of its symbolic representation of the white man's lack of absolute control. It is personified to be something of an isolationist. All along the formless coast bordered by dangerous surf, as if Nature herself had tried to ward off intruders ... Read More

The Landscape of the Dark Land in The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali (516 words, 1 pages)

In Salvador Dals The Persistence of Memory, I see the landscape of a dark piece of land. As the dark land continues out to the edge of the island, it becomes a more sand colored terrain, or coastline, where its edge meets surrounding water. The region is also surrounded by ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013