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A Plot Summary and Analysis of the Motion Picture Film American Sniper (1382 words, 6 pages)

American Sniper The motion-picture film, American Sniper was released in 2014, starring Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle, a US Navy SEAL Sniper. Plot SummaryThe film first starts when Chris Kyle perching on the roof of a tall building in Iraq. Kyle was guarding a U.S Military Convoy, and through his ... Read More

The Idea of Reality in The Allegory of the Cave and The Truman Show (1936 words, 6 pages)

Essay4 Allegory of the Cave and The Truman ShowHave you ever heard a crunch in the woods that turns out to be a harmless rabbit? Have you ever seen a shadow in your room late at night that appears to be an evil witch, but is actually just a shirt ... Read More

The Satirical Picture of War in AD, a Poem by Kenneth Fearing (648 words, 2 pages)

War Poetry EssayWar is a devastating part of our history lives are lost and changed. During times of war, those affected view war differently. Some view the act as patriotism while others view war as a senseless act. In times of war, soldierstypically young menare put in unfamiliar situations, made ... Read More

A Philosophical Comparison of The Truman Show with Plato’s Allegory of the Cave (716 words, 3 pages)

The Allegory of the Cave, a theory written by Greek philosopher Plato, is all about human perception. Basically, the idea that what a human sees is the only truth they know. Many centuries after this theory was introduced, The Truman Show, a famous movie starring Jim Carrey, comes out, and ... Read More

The Value of Knowledge in Plato’s Allegory of the Cave (747 words, 2 pages)

Things are not always what they seem. Its hard to argue otherwise unless one has the full story. Sure, everyone has their opinions, but one can only form a true opinion when privy to all the information. The truth will always stand out when contrasted to illusion. To prove this, ... Read More

The Intellectual Journey to Become a Philosopher in The Allegory of the Cave by Plato (369 words, 2 pages)

The Allegory of the Cave by Plato is a story that starts off representing three unintelligent men who only believe empirical truths about the world, that is, they only believe what they see in front of them. To them, I said, the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows ... Read More

The Secrets of the Chauvet Cave in Cave of Forgotten Dreams, a Documentary by Werner Herzog (665 words, 3 pages)

The Secret Chambers of Chauvet CaveWerner Herzogs documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams gives people an inside view of Chauvet Cave. The cave, located in Southern France, is thirteen hundred feet long and was used as a painting site for Paleolithic humans 30,000 years ago. The cave consists of 2 large ... Read More

The Themes of Beauty, Morality, and Youth in The Picture of Dorian Grey, a Novel by Oscar Wilde (695 words, 3 pages)

The Disrupted Canvas of the Artists MindTo the average 21st century internet roaming teenager being aesthetic is a way of life. Today, to be aesthetic is the equivalent of taking a photo of oneself in appealing colors with a thick filter that corresponds in an equally appealing fashion. In a ... Read More

A Critique of Over the Garden Wall, an Animated Television Miniseries by Patrick McHale (403 words, 2 pages)

Critique of Over the Garden WallPatrick McHales Over the Garden Wall tells a vivid story of two brothers lost in the Unknown trying to find their way back home. This ten part miniseries aired on Cartoon Network for five consecutive nights each showing two chapters of the story. Over the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Origin of Knowledge in Allegory of the Cave, a Book by Plato (1345 words, 4 pages)

Knowledge in Relation to the Allegory of the CaveKnowledge has been debated thoroughly throughout time, and with the debate of knowledge comes the question of where knowing spawns from. In Platos The Republic, Socrates proposes a metaphor that attempts to crack an answer to this question. To understand his answer ... Read More

A History of the Building of the Great Wall of China as Protection Against Outside Threats (1649 words, 5 pages)

Between the years 220 and 206 BC, a massive wall spanning across the Chinese continent was created by a powerful and unified culture, The Han people. This architectural wonder served various purposes but is most known for one. Under the emperors orders, the wall was to be built to protect ... Read More

A Comparison of the Monsters in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde (1863 words, 7 pages)

The Makings of a MonsterA monster perhaps this ambiguous label could refer to an otherworldly, grotesque being, or even a fellow human being who expresses characteristics divergent from the status quo. Mary Shelleys Frankenstein and Oscar Wildes The Picture of Dorian Grey reveal the dynamics and characteristics that create a ... Read More

The Lack of Communication in Andrew Doerr’s Memory Wall and Afterworld (1498 words, 5 pages)

Perspective The Labyrinth of The World There are always two sides to every story, but each side depends on ones perspective. Communication plays a huge role in how the story is told, so if there is a lack of communication, some details may not make it into the final cut. ... Read More

Tearing Down the Berlin Wall and Freedom in Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate by Ronald Raegan (404 words, 2 pages)

The article I am doing my summary response over is Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate by Ronald Reagan. His main points in the article are to tear down the Berlin Wall and freedom. The supporting details and essential facts of this article is the Marshall Plan (American aid program to ... Read More

Comparing the Similarities and Differences in the Settings, Situations, and Meanings in the Allegory of the Cave and The Matrix (868 words, 3 pages)

The Allegory of the Cave and The Matrix are very different stories with very similar meanings. In the Allegory people are chained up facing a cave wall, only seeing shadows cast upon the wall their whole lives. These shadows are all they know so these are their reality. The Matrix ... Read More

A Personal Interpretation of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave (594 words, 2 pages)

An Interpretation of Platos Allegory of the CavePlato was a man who was capable of making people think and question the world around them. Being a man who wrote phenomenal stories that contained many of his complex ideas, Plato is still one of the most influential philosophers to this day. ... Read More

A Review of Marital Pluralism: Making Marriage Safer for Love, an Article by Eric Cave (565 words, 2 pages)

A marriage bond, a set of obligations, consists of being sexually faithful, sharing domestic, household tasks, and supporting one another in times of need whether it be economically, emotionally, or otherwise. Assuming that marriage contains romantic love and is not oppressive to either party, trying to make marriage safer for ... Read More

The Importance of the Names in the Novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1893 words, 6 pages)

French author Marcel Proust once stated Words do not change their meanings so drastically in the course of centuries as, in our minds, names do in the course of a year or two. What this quote means is that while names merely are words, they hold a whole different meaning. ... Read More

Conflicts and Relationships in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1666 words, 6 pages)

Conflicts and RelationshipsThe Roman statesman Lucious Annaeus Seneca once stated that One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood. This quote does not only apply to the Roman era it can be applied to every century and to every aspect of life. ... Read More

The Rhetorical Strategy of Symbolism in The Allegory of the Cave by Plato (733 words, 2 pages)

The Allegory of the CaveIf considered, one will realize that it has widely become accepted thatpositive things or places in life are difficult to attain or reach."Change is hard", "the cold hard truth", "the truth isn't pretty", andother sayings are examples of how the difficulty of the task of becomingbetter ... Read More

A Comparison of the People in the Cave, From Plato’s Allegory of the Cave (460 words, 2 pages)

In The Allegory of the Cave, from Book VII of The Republic, Socrates holds a conversation with Glaucon, explaining a situation in which prisoners are trapped in a cave. In his reference, he describes these prisoners to be chained and sitting so as to face a wall. The have no ... Read More

Character Analysis of Basil Hallward in The Picture of Dorian Gray, a Novel by Oscar Wilde (695 words, 2 pages)

The main character in The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dorian, is a man too easily influenced by his surroundings. He is quoted as saying, Basil Hallward is what I think I am Lord Henry is what the world thinks me Dorian is what I would like to bein other ages, ... Read More

Drawing Pictures for Ovid’s The Art of Love 1 (1206 words, 4 pages)

For my final project I created a book that illustrates and gives color to the steps Ovid gives his readers. I chose to do this to show how two different art forms can come together, and give the same message. Each page had a quote from The Art of Love ... Read More

The Ecological Systems Approach in The Glass Castle, a Book by Jeannette Walls (1484 words, 5 pages)

Ecological Systems Theory and The Glass CastleThe Glass Castle is a very intense and real book that dances though many emotions caused by extreme situations. One way this book can be applied to our class work, is in the ecological systems approach. There are so many layers to the lives ... Read More

A Video Critique on the Conduction of Gustavo Dudamel of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (673 words, 2 pages)

For this video critique, I chose to watch Gustavo Dudamel conduct Mussorgskys Pictures at an Exhibition. As I watch Dudamel throughout this performance he really looks the part that the music is portraying. He also uses techniques from class such as starting the motion from within and letting it spread ... Read More

A Literary Review of The Glass Castle, a Book by Jeannette Walls (678 words, 2 pages)

...he said it was interesting. He used the word 'textured'. He said 'smooth' is boring but 'textured' was interesting, and the scar meant that I was stronger than whatever had tried to hurt me.The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls is an inspiring memoir that displays ... Read More

The Life and Works of Don Wood, a Children’s Picture Book Illustrator (1294 words, 4 pages)

During his youth, popular childrens picture book illustrator, Don Wood, spent many of his hours working on the family farm in California. The family farm consisted of peaches, sweet potatoes, almonds, grapes, and oranges. While Dons father was busy running the family farm, his mother taught elementary students at the ... Read More

A Research on the Fossils in the Oregon Caves (1019 words, 5 pages)

Oregon Caves FossilsThe Oregon Caves are located within the Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve in Cave Junction, Oregon. The cave system was formed within the Siskiyou Mountains, that contains rocks as old as 500 million years old (dating back to the Paleozoic Era). However, experts estimate that the cave ... Read More

The Mesoamerican Serpent and Cosmic Monster Maw Caves as Portals to Other Realms (2073 words, 7 pages)

Enter the Void Serpent and Cosmic Monster Maw Caves as Portals to Other Realms Much of Mesoamerican art depicts a visual (his)story, with numerous buildings, stelae, sculpture etc. dedicated to their creation myths, daily lives, and powers of the gods. At Uxmal, the Pyramid of the Magician stands as a ... Read More

The Human Experience of Ignorance in the Book Allegory of the Cave by Plato (908 words, 3 pages)

Dear John, I can only hope that by the time you read this that you are not horribly appalled at the lack of excellence you read through this. However the following must be said as well as fulfilled in order for us to continue to grow and learn within the ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013