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Beowulf
Words: 1010 - Pages: 4.... hero fears not, death, nor destruction of his own being, but instead risks all that he is for what he believes to be right, moral, and just. In the time of the Anglo-Saxons’ reign of England it was noble and expected for a person of high honor to be more than loyal to his king. In fact, it was considered noble to be loyal to anything that was significant to humanity. In , is loyal to Higlac. "Higlac is my cousin and my king…(142)" says in his preparation to do battle with the threatening monster, Grendel. Loyalty to the Anglo-Saxons was heroic; however, the tale of has lived on so many years for a greater reason than being .....
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Brave New World Vs Reality
Words: 631 - Pages: 3.... to Brave New World after many years brings her to the abuse of soma. She uses it as an escape from reality. Some of us use drugs to escape from the harshness and the tough brutality of reality. We always dream of the perfect utopia and expect our world to transform into it. Some of us always look for the easy way out and drugs allow us that.
A further similarity of Brave New World to us, is when John is in the hospital after his mother's death due to soma abuse, and witnesses the workers receiving their soma rations. John begins to throw the soma out if the window, causing hysteria among the workers. For these workers soma is everything. .....
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Tone Analysis-their Eyes Were
Words: 340 - Pages: 2.... was the meanest moment of eternity” and how Janie sacrificed herself “with Tea Cake’s head in her lap.” The mentioning of Janie’s sacrifice is crucial to this scene. Even though Tea Cake treated her better than her pasts husbands, the act of Janie shooting Tea Cake shows her newly gained freedom and independence. Janie learns how to live for herself. The effusive tone or the outpouring of emotions can mainly be seen in the second paragraph. The beginning statements of how “she wanted him to live so much” and the sentences before that , makes us sympathize for Janie. Janie’s emotions can c .....
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Stocism In "Enchiridion"
Words: 947 - Pages: 4.... we will bring an end to suffering and we will be happy. As I understand it, Epictetus clearly distinguishes between the external and the internal body: The outer body is subject to circumstances such as illness, torture, personal losses etc. The inner body, however, is completely in our own control. We have the power to free ourselves inside, our duty is to make our minds master over expectations, desires, and needs. We should not depend on external events for our happiness, but upon reason, inner continuity and stability. The Stoic resolves, in his life, to be calm in the midst of activity and chaos, to cultivate an attitude which .....
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A Voice From The South
Words: 559 - Pages: 3.... sensitivity to emotion and intuition and their nurturing nature would balance out society that was controlled by aggressive and reason-oriented men. She argues that men and women are equals but their responsibilities to society are distinctive.
In the second half of her book, Cooper addresses America’s race problem. She argues that, yes, there is a problem concerning race in America and the only way that it will eventually be solved is by the power and grace of God. Until He intervenes, Americans must stand ready and be prepared to go to battle with racism. She argues that racism is un-Christian in practice although it may be just .....
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Fallen Souls In "The Inferno"
Words: 772 - Pages: 3.... Inferno has many Cantos and Circles, each for a different sin or wrong
doing towards another. In each circle and Canto there are different
penalties to pay but it is for sure that each forbidden soul in the Inferno
will live forever in eternal suffering.
Our first soul to discuss is eternally locked in Canto V, Circle
Two: The Carnal. This man, Jason, became king of Cornith by committing
adultery against his wife, Medea, with the king of Cornith's daughter,
Glauce. Jason returns to Medea and tells her that she and their three
children are to leave his home immediately so he and Glauce can move in.
The following day Medea sends .....
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Catcher In The Rye By Jd Salin
Words: 2369 - Pages: 9.... seen Dr. Thurmer (the head guy at pencey) and holden tells him yeah and that he told him about how life was a game. Spencer plainly tells holden that thurmer is right. Then Spencer reads holden's paper he wrote about some egyption crap and aloudly reads the note that holden had written to him at the end of it. Spencer asks him if he's thought about his future. Then holden tells spencer that he has to go to the gym and says goodbye not feeling one bit like he was getting the hell out of pencey.
Chapter three:
*Holden reveals how much of a lyar he is. He didn't really have to go to the gym to check equipment he just wanted to get out of .....
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To Kill A Mockingbird 6
Words: 705 - Pages: 3.... know about the families living there. Scout was very upset that she got scolded for explaining the caste system to the teacher, but then she began to understand. “’...but if Walter and I had put ourselves in her shoes we’d have seen it was an honest mistake on her part. We could not expect her to learn all of Maycomb’s ways in one day, and we could not hold her responsible when she knew no better.’”(30). A lot of the time, people don’t stop to understand a person, but are quick to make judgements. All people need to do is to try to understand why the person said what they did, try to see whe .....
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The Scarlet Letter 2
Words: 1595 - Pages: 6.... in love with another man and they have a child together. She is found guilty of committing adultery and is sentenced to stand holding her child before Boston on a scaffold for three hours. She is interrogated as to who her fellow sinner is, but she remains strong. Many women of the town believe that Hester’s penalty is not harsh enough and therefore, she is marked with the letter A upon her chest. She is returned to her prison cell and a doctor is summoned to help calm her. The doctor turns out to be her lost husband, Chillingworth, and he makes Hester promise to never reveal that he is her husband. She does so in return for the .....
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Around The World In 80 Days
Words: 2120 - Pages: 8.... the wager seems unfeasible) is a reserved man, calm and collected at all times atop the punctuality Verne expresses within him in just the first chapters.
Verne expresses the stereotypical Englishmen, the seeker of adventure, popular in his time. Almost jokingly does Verne come to this conclusion, he being a Frenchman, in which all Englishmen will go to the corners of the Earth to find an area to “Europeanize”, find a wild beast to market from, or a project to throw their pounds at.
Fogg’s endless persistence, is further shown in his composure while great delays push him back, tragedies occur around him, and loved ones are lost .....
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