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The Theme of Dying Light in the Poems Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas and To an Athlete Dying Young by A.E. Housman (346 words, 2 pages)

Explication of PoetryIn Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, Dylan Thomas is encouraging the reader to fight death when it comes, stating that men should rage against the dying of the light (Line 9). He is speaking generally at first, referencing several different types of men and how ... Read More

The Dehumanization of the Jews During the Holocaust in the Novel Night by Elie Wiesel (882 words, 3 pages)

Dehumanization is the process of turning a person or persons into an object or an evil existence. This a process that took place during the holocaust the Naxis took such actions against the Jewish population. The actions of dehumanizing the Jews helped Hitler almost completely achieve his goal. When reading ... Read More

An Account of the Holocaust in Night, a Book by Elie Wiesel (693 words, 2 pages)

Night LifeHow would you feel if you experienced an event that you would never want to remember again? Night is a story written by Elie Wiesel about his experience in the Nazi concentration camps in 1944-1945, near the end of the Second World War. It was at the dawn of ... Read More

The Theme of Silence in Night, a Book by Elie Wiesel (732 words, 3 pages)

It isnt uncommon for someone to keep his silence when he witnesses a horrible act being committed. It seems to be in human nature that we act as bystanders in the shadow of evil. Evil happens and we avert our eyes our minds elsewhere. Unchecked, evil will not just disappear ... Read More

A Study on the Characteristics of School Before and After Turning Points in History (1190 words, 7 pages)

Art SchoolCharacteristicsKey WorksWork Exemplifying the PeriodRomanticismA reaction to the Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution, the Romantics refuted the more scientific thought and destruction of nature and placed emphasis on emotion and nature. The art invoked emotion and passion, depicted current events and drew inspiration from the natural world. The brushwork was ... Read More

My Experience in Making an Improvised Shelter to Protect Us During the Night (283 words, 1 pages)

Imagine this, returning to your vehicle after a day of unsuccessful bow hunting with your buddy. First problem, your vehicle is gone, second problem, cell phones do not work and the closest town is 18 miles away. Its almost 700 p.m. and it is getting dark. Its now imperative to ... Read More

The Problems of Love in a Midsummer Night’s Dream, a Play by William Shakespeare (753 words, 2 pages)

Love is a complex emotion causing confusion and conflict for all the characters. Several characters fall in love with the wrong person, creating drama and excitement. Others use magical flowers to alter love. In the play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, love proves to be confusing among the group of four ... Read More

A Comparison between the Portrayal of the Holocaust and the People’s Responses to Hardship in The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom and Night by Ellie Wiesel (621 words, 2 pages)

Your Situation Is What You Make Of It"Happiness isn't' something that depends on our surroundings, Corrie. It's something we make inside ourselves." This quote from The Hiding Place shows that we are in control of how we feel in any situation. The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom and Night ... Read More

The Archetypal Element of Darkness in We Grow Accustomed to the Dark by Emily Dickinson and Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost (992 words, 4 pages)

The archetypal element of darkness, in stark contrast with light, is a critical part of any writers toolbox. Besides its obvious ability to alter the atmosphere of any given piece, darkness can also be used symbolically to achieve a specificpurpose in writing. Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost, two American masters ... Read More

Colonial Struggle as the Cause of Crime Among Blacks and Asians in Gilroy and Bridges’ The Empire Strikes Back (4707 words, 15 pages)

In the book, The Empire Strikes Back Gilroy and Bridges raise the argumentthat crime among blacks and Asian is a combination of a 'colonial struggle.Gilroy et al thus concludes that black criminality is a form of politicalstruggle therefore, rather than simply crime. The Marxist subculturalexplanation speculates that blacks and Asians ... Read More

The Tragedy of the Heroes in the Plays A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (901 words, 3 pages)

A tragedy is defined as beginning with a problem that affects everyone, i.e. the whole town or all the characters involved. In the plays such as Midsummer nights dream and Oedipus rex, the tragic hero must solve this problem, and this results in his banishment or death. A comedy is ... Read More

An Analysis of Live by Night, a Novel by Dennis Lehane, in Relation to the Current Marijuana Situation (1874 words, 8 pages)

Glass shards flew through the air as the bullets rained down. Joaquin sprinted out the back door while Jose popped off a few shots at the masked intruders. The men had brought firepower of their own and were laying down hell-fire on the Latin Kings. Santiago was lying flat on ... Read More

A Report on the Lives of Karl Marx, Adam Smith, and Andrew Carnegie Before and During the Industrial Revolution (844 words, 3 pages)

The right wayHistory has experienced many different kinds of people. There have been philosophers, rebels, heroes, inventers, leaders, and followers. There have been some extremely popular people like George Washington or some extremely unpopular people like Hitler. However, I am not going to talk about either one of those guys ... Read More

A Comparison of World War Z by Max Brook and Night of the Living Dead by George Romero (4952 words, 16 pages)

Theyre Coming To Get You, Sarah!As a species, humans have had close calls with annihilation, thus creating a fascination with how they have survived. The behavior of survivors in the event of any disaster tends to be predictable, even more so in the case of fictional disasters, which tend to ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost (2010 words, 7 pages)

There are numerous ways to achieve an understanding of a poem. One of these methods is to close read in order to obtain a well-supported interpretation. By possessing the ability to analyze and close read a poem, we will be able to decipher some of its latent meanings therefore, obtain ... Read More

Creative Writing: A Stormy Night in Georgia (381 words, 1 pages)

A Stormy Night in Georgia The story begins in a small town in Georgia in mid-December. The air was cold and wet, as I made my way to the car. The wind blew the rain so hard it felt like tiny needles hitting my face. Despite the weather, I was ... Read More

The Themes of Male Power and the Role of Women in Society in the Painting Odalisque by Pierre-Auguste Renoir and The Arabian Nights (851 words, 2 pages)

The Arabian Nights is known as a classic in Middle Eastern and Asian folklore. Its a collection of many stories, all told over the course of a thousand and one nights by Scheherazade to King Shahrayar, and its themes are still felt in modern-day Islamic culture. Themes in the opening ... Read More

Design Concept in the Show The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (888 words, 3 pages)

A play that takes place entirely within a perfect cube, accented by a one foot by one foot grid created by projections and further enhanced by LED pixels at every intersection instills a sense of complete symmetry and balance due to its Euclidean nature. During the two and a half ... Read More

A Contrast between Society and Nature in a Midsummer Night’s Dream, a Play by William Shakespeare (1662 words, 5 pages)

Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream sets up the contrast between civilized society and nature. Certain characters are introduced in the city, while others are introduced within the forest. A Midsummer Nights Dream uses the characters aligned with either the natural or unnatural in order to create an image of nature ... Read More

Night by Elie Wiesel: The Use of Storytelling to Portray the Terrifying Nature of Holocaust (734 words, 3 pages)

In the course of human history, storytelling has been a vital element. It has, for all of recorded history, embodied and reflected our memories that make us who we are in order to create a physical essence of our personality and history. Elie Wiesel proved the importance of storytelling through ... Read More

An Analysis of the Writing Style in From Fly-Girls to Bitches and Hos by Joan Morgan and Bros before Hos’: The Guy Code by Michael Kimmel (795 words, 3 pages)

Option 1From Fly-Girls to Bitches and Hos and Bros Before Hos The Guy code are both studies of what influences us to live how we do. Joan Morgans From Fly-Girls to Bitches and Hos is a personal essay on what the widespread appreciation of rap has done to the black ... Read More

A Comparison of the Crucible by Arthur Miller and Good Night, and Good Luck by George Clooney (590 words, 2 pages)

True IntegrityEverybody in various times in their lives, are challenged with going along with the crowd, versus going with their conscious and doing what they feel is right. Many people choose to go along with the crowd but those with true integrity follow their conscious and do what is right ... Read More

A Review of the Book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (475 words, 3 pages)

Summer Reading LetterWhen picking my book for summer reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon, specifically stood out to me because of the description provided in the list. Having not read many mystery novels, I thought Id give this one a shot. After reading ... Read More

An Analysis of Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald (788 words, 3 pages)

Hemingway was well known for his elegantly simple and easy to understand writing style that allowed for total transparency and submersion into the stories he told, but perhaps part of what put him at odds with the likes of Fitzgerald is the way the supposed "mentor" preferred to write. It ... Read More

Creative Writing: Our last Night of Ecstasy (1109 words, 3 pages)

Our Last Night of EcstasyThat day, I awoke to a cheesy, jazzy sort of tune. It was the kind of lively tune that would make someone want to get up and dance. The only problem was that the music was playing through a small speaker on my cell phone, and ... Read More

The Different Meanings of the Word “Night” in Night, a Book by Elie Wiesel (922 words, 3 pages)

Night by Ellie Wiesel The book Night written by Elie Wiesel, shows us the terrible and horrible things that the Nazis did toward the Jews. The title of the novel Night has several meanings that we can relate it with some situations that happened in the book.First of all, the ... Read More

A Comparison of the Gay Community in Broadway Culture and in Broadway Nights (1011 words, 3 pages)

Perhaps the greatest strength of Broadway Nights is its ability to paint a picture of the Broadway scene even within the fiction of the Flowerchild show. It is most interesting to me that he focuses his lens not on the physical production of the show, nor even on the career ... Read More

An Analysis of Chapter Four in If on a Winter’s Night Traveler, a Novel by Italo Calvino (860 words, 3 pages)

Struggle for SignificationIn chapter four of the novel, If on a winters night a traveler, by Italo Calvino, the author describes the challenges of translating a text from one language to another and the mechanical nature and problems of speaking an extinct, non-native language. Set in Professor Uzzi-Tuzii s department ... Read More

The Importance of Father Figures in the Plays Fences by August Wilson and Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill (2418 words, 8 pages)

For both August Wilson and Eugene ONeill, father figures play a very prominent role in their plays. In Wilsons Fences, and in ONeills Long Days Journey into Night, a prominent role is played by a father figure that seems to be influenced by the lives these two men experienced. The ... Read More

The Reader’s Relationship With Ludmilla in the Novel If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino (1869 words, 6 pages)

Reader, InterruptedThroughout the metafictional, postmodernist novel, If on a winters night a traveler, by Italo Calvino, the Reader develops an intimate relationship with the Other Reader, Ludmilla, which develops in tandem with the Readers own experience of reading the novels titled chapters. The Reader recurrently attempts to establish a connection ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013