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A Comparison of the Symbolism of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne (1813 words, 6 pages)

SymbolismThe Simplicity of Poe vs. The Complexity of Hawthorne The addition of a component as simple as a symbol can provide representational meaning to a plot or character by bringing significance to ordinary words through the use of suggestion or relation. Authors Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne use symbolism ... Read More

In Highbrow/Lowbrow Author Lawrence Levine Argues That the Upper Class Is Always Trying to Make Itself More Elite (1115 words, 4 pages)

The United States unemployment rate is at a staggering 9.1 and people walk day in and day out of the Missouri Career Center empty-handed and feeling completely hopeless (Employment Situation Summary). They fail to pick up the countless pamphlets about how dressing appropriately can land you the position of your ... Read More

The Medicinal Use and Purpose of the Thornapple Plant (972 words, 4 pages)

Medicinal plants have helped shaped many cultures into what they are today. They have built the basis of medicines and the medical field. The Thornapple plant from the Datura stramonium species has been widely used and cultivated in the world of medicine (Grieve, 2013). It is also called Stramonium, Datura, ... Read More

The Two Sources of Current and Authoritative Information on Arthritis (489 words, 3 pages)

For those who suffer from arthritis, it is important to access current and authoritative information on the ailment. Unfortunately, not all resources found online are created equal. As the quote above highlights, it is quite possible that older populations suffering from arthritis could access inaccurate or outdated information on arthritis ... Read More

An Annotated Bibliography on Cornelia Funke, a German Author of Children’s Fiction (524 words, 2 pages)

Barker, Clive. "Artists Entertainers CORNELIA FUNKE." Time International (South Pacific Edition) 15 (2005) 106. Corporate ResourceNet. Web. 19 Feb. 2015.In this article information is shown on fiction writer Cornelia Funke, and many of her books. This article examines the books The Thief Lord, InkHeart and Dragon Rider. Funke has written ... Read More

The Theme of Authority in The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and The Knight’s Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer (4286 words, 13 pages)

Geoffrey Chaucers The Wife of Baths Prologue and The Knights Tale explore the theme of authorityplacing the authority derived from experience against social authorityprivate against public authorityand personal versus social consistency, or the lack thereof. Both the Wife of bath and the Knight claim that experience is a source of ... Read More

The Christian Conception of Authority and the Critical Thinking in Christian Religion (1035 words, 5 pages)

Criticizing the religious as unthinking sheep is hardly new or revolutionary indeed, this argument is prevalent enough in modern culture to seem almost clich. However, it is not an entirely unjustified claim to the unfamiliar, a religion like Christianity with its years of established tradition and its tome of a ... Read More

The Characters in Friel’s Play The Freedom of the City are as Much Condemned by the Circumstances of Their Birth as They are by the Forces of Authority (1052 words, 3 pages)

The trio in the Guildhall are as much condemned by the circumstances of their birth as they are by the forces of authority. Discuss.On closer inspection of Friels play, The Freedom of the City, it can be observed that that the trio are as much condemned by the circumstances of ... Read More

An Analysis of Human Experiences in Our Town, a Play by Thornton Wilder (800 words, 2 pages)

The Human Experience in Our TownThroughout human history the biggest topic of discussion has been the human existence. What are we doing here? What meaning can we find in life? These are some of the questions that philosophers and poets have contemplated throughout the ages. In the play Our Town, ... Read More

A Reflection on the Credibility of the Author in Three Assumptions Lawyers Must Never Make by Brent G. Scharffs (612 words, 2 pages)

For this assignment, I decided to read Three Assumptions Lawyers Must Never Make by Brent G. Scharffs, professor and associate director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at J. Reuben Clark Law School. Overall, I found the text engaging and worthwhile, and Ill now reflect upon certain ... Read More

The Themes of Questioning Society and Contemplating Nature in Walden by Henry David Thoreau (889 words, 3 pages)

Walden is a longer story by Henry David Thoreau, and in the excerpts of this story that are being represented we see many different ideas. Thoreau urges those in society to question advancements in technology, the needs for those advancements, loneliness, warfare, and intelligence in the modern age. The most ... Read More

The Moral Obligation to Allow Civil Disobedience in an Essay by Henry David Thoreau (1274 words, 5 pages)

Nearly every American knows the story of Rosa Parks, the famous African-American who refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. What Rosa Parks was exercising was her right to break a law that is perceived as unfair, or civil disobedience. Civil disobedience is defined by dictionary.com ... Read More

The Involvement of Literature in Borges’ Novels The Garden of Forking Paths and Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote (1595 words, 6 pages)

Pierre Menard, Author of the Garden of Forking PathsBorges was very interested in literature, and many of his stories involved literature in significant ways. The Garden of Forking Paths1 is named after a novel unlike any other, while Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote2 is about a novel completely identical ... Read More

Henry David Thoreau’s Views on Living Simply (703 words, 2 pages)

Thoreau lived in the wilderness alone for just over two years. After building his house himself, he continued to live by his own means, earning his living solely with his own hands. His house was just 10ft x 15ft, and he lived with the basic necessities. From this short description, ... Read More

The Credibility of the Author in the Short Story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson (385 words, 2 pages)

As many people have responded with outrageous criticism to Shirley Jacksons short story The Lottery, I think it is my turn to jump onto the bandwagon. Jackson executes a well written horror story that baffles our human intelligence as people question if such a tradition and evil human behavior really ... Read More

The Greatness of the Characters From The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (885 words, 3 pages)

Henry Ward Beecher once said that Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right using of strength. By this Henry Ward Beecher means that To determine if ones achievement is deserving rests not in ones ability but in how one acquires the achievement. This concept is portrayed in ... Read More

Rhetoric and Morality According to Classical Authorities (2256 words, 3 pages)

Rhetorical and Morality According to Classical AuthoritiesRhetoric has been an important tool in communication for centuries. The systemization of rhetoric started at least in the European world with the Greeks and the Romans in greek and latin respectively. One could classify rhetoric as the art of speaking clearly or persuasively, ... Read More

Understanding the Changing Global Political Climate Through the Different Views of Four Authors (989 words, 4 pages)

As Communism and the idea of collectivism began to take a strong hold in the world, the Red Scare reached its peak in the United States. Along with fears about creeping Communism, collectivist ideologies in general were questioned. Though the early part of the 20th century was marked by the ... Read More

The Relationship Between Elements of the Author’s Fiction and Its Modern Views in the Novel, A Passage to India by E.M. Forster (964 words, 3 pages)

This excerpt from E. M. Forsters novel A Passage to India, is fictional, as well as modernist. The purpose of this essay is to enlighten the reader about the relationship between elements of Forsters fiction and its modern perspective. The essay will show the reader of the complex and sparse ... Read More

An Analysis of the Setting in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (390 words, 1 pages)

The Scarlet Letter Setting PaperThe setting in The Scarlet Letter plays a major role in advancing the plot and developing characters the way the author intended. The setting is largely in a Boston Puritan colony during the 17th century. The new world is hardly inhabited by Europeans and a enormous ... Read More

A Discussion on the Pressure of Students to Get Accepted Into College, Plagiarism, and the Importance of Teachers’ Authority (813 words, 3 pages)

The ultimate goal for many high school students is receiving the letter from a college telling them that they have been accepted. Through hard work, perseverance, and good grades, this can be achieved by almost any high school student. However, imagine if a student plagiarized their final project in AP ... Read More

The Separation of Church and State in Novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1496 words, 5 pages)

Separation of church and state is present in all three of my sources. In the scarlet letter, Hawthorne believes church and state need to be separated to be successful and orderly. De Tocqueville says that there needs to be a separation between religion and liberty so we can have freedom ... Read More

An Analysis of the Book Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl (2507 words, 10 pages)

One of my favorite books that I read this year was Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl. It is a true story that is adventurous and exciting. Heyerdahl is like Odysseus in that he battles the sea and its creatures because of his curiosity. Thor travels on a raft with five other ... Read More

The Author’s Shape of His Former Self in the Book, Night by Elie Wiesel (374 words, 2 pages)

"The night was gone. The morning star was shining in the sky. I too had become a completely different person. The student of the Talmud, the child that I was, had been consumed in the flames. There remained only a shape that looked like me. A dark flame had entered ... Read More

Short Biographies of Various American Poets and Authors (431 words, 2 pages)

BiographiesAlexander Long is a writer and has two books to his name, Vigil and Light Here, Light There, 2006 and 2009 respectively. His works of poetry have appeared or is forthcoming in American Poetry review, Blackbird, and the Southern Review amongst others. He also plays bass and writes music with ... Read More

An Explanation of the Four Parenting Styles: Authoritative Parenting, Permissive Parenting, Authoritarian Parenting, and Uninvolved Parenting and Their Impact on the Development of a Child (834 words, 3 pages)

Classification Essay Parenting Styles Parents and developmental psychologist are particularly concerned on how some parenting skills or rather styles impact the development of a child. Additionally, it is has been quite hard for the developmental psychologist to establish a clear connection between the cause and effect links between particular parenting ... Read More

The Creation of Identity in the American Revolution, During World War I, and in the Novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (460 words, 2 pages)

Identity is something that people create for themselves. This was demonstrated in the American Revolution when the colonists changed their identities by severing their previous ties with Great Britain. Also, during World War I women changed their identities from being housewives to being productiveindustrious workers in the workforce. Nathaniel Hawthorne's ... Read More

The Author’s Use of Life Experiences and Observations in the Novel, Cannery Row by John Steinbeck (1448 words, 5 pages)

Cannery RowMany authors use their own life experiences and observations as inspiration for their writing. John Steinbeck is no exception. His upbringing is reflected in his writing style. He was born in the early twentieth century in California, near Cannery Row. After Steinbecks father lost his job, his family struggled ... Read More

A History, Authorship and Analysis of the Ephesians (730 words, 3 pages)

There is a large amount of supporting evidence from the early church that Paul is the actual writer of Ephesians. Clement of Rome, Ignatius, Polycarp, and Marcion all strongly held to and promoted the authenticity of its authorship. Both the language and the theology of Ephesians are congruent with the ... Read More

The Mystery Surrounding the Real Author of the Book of Colossians (704 words, 3 pages)

In the last two hundred years, scholars have begun to question whether or not Paul really wrote Colossians. There are notable differences in vocabulary, style, and theology between Colossians and the undisputed letters by Paul. Some scholars go so far as to say that the differences cannot be merely attributed ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013