Ta-Nehisi Coates poses an inquisition about how Whites haven't made the past right. Coates states simply that Whites never truely made it up to the Blacks for slavery. The Whites had just said, "we meant well" and moved on. Coates brings this up by comparing the Whites "good intentions" to a sleeping pill. The idea of "good intention" is seen throughout history, not just American but worldwide. But how could one apologize for the past and make it right with those wronged? It's near impossible question to answer. Because how does one apologize for something that is like slavery?…
Craig Silvey engages us with Jasper Jones in order to convey a certain ... It is very similar to the one Silvey grew up in, although he denies writing the book ...…
Frank W. Buckles died, sadly yet not unexpectedly at age 110, having achieved a singular feat of longevity that left him proud and a bit bemused. "I knew there'd be only one someday," he said a few years back. "I didn't think it would be me."…
On May 5, 1821, Napoleon died on the island from stomach cancer at the age of 51. Although it was Napoleon’s wish in his last will to be buried in Seine, where the French military leaders are buried, he was buried on the island. Nineteen years later, Napoleon’s remains were returned to France, where they were placed in a crypt at Les Invalides at Paris.…
In The Pearl, the pearl represents greed. After finding the pearl, Kino as well as the other characters become greedy because they want the power they believe the pearl contains. The events that take place evoke the reader’s emotions by changing the way the reader feels about a character due to their choices. This helps the author to convey the point that money and power leads to greed.…
| Getting worked up, aggravated, or overly annoyed at something that usually cannot be helped.…
“So now do you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life… We are living in a time when flowers are growing on flowers, instead of growing on good rain and black loam.” (Pg. 83, Fahrenheit 451)…
Fantime “But I am cured ! Oh, I tell you that I am cured ! Is this physician a fool? I will see my child!” (page 89)…
John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men takes place during the Dustbowl in California at a time of poverty. George and Lennie are two men who have just arrived at a ranch in Soledad for their new job. Lennie does not make a good first impression on the boss’s son. One theme the story suggests is that loneliness can cause negatively affects people.…
Their writings are also contrasting in many ways. Like the disparity between these two quotes which have the same topic “What is the point of a nation in which Arab cabbies chauffeur Jewish passengers, too, and yet speak in theory of hatred, one for the other?” (Quindlen, 14). “Similarly, every aspect of the American economy has profited from the contributions of immigrants. We all know, of course, about the spectacular immigrant successes: the men who came from foreign lands, sought their fortunes in the United States and made striking contributions, industrial and scientific, not only to their chosen country but to the entire world” (Kennedy, 24). These quotes both show divergent types of diction even though they are about the same things which is immigrants. Quindlen’s quote show she is…
This quote illustrates to readers one of the fallacies used in this novella: Guilt by Association. Squealer attempts to persuade the animals on the farm into letting the pigs drink all the milk and fresh apples by using this fallacy. He makes it seem that if the pigs do not eat the milk and apples that Mr. Jones would come back. By associating an undesirable person to this idea, the animals allow the pigs to eat the apples and drink the milk. A recent example of Guilt by Association is the one involving the police force shooting innocent/unarmed people of color. Due to the numerous incidents, many people believe that ALL police officers are guilty because they are associated with these events. However, this is not the whole truth. There are…
Ch.11-12[Quote]:“She said she was going to leave this world beholden to nothing and to nobody. Jem, when you’re sick as she was, it’s all right to take anything to make it easier, but it wasn’t all right for her. She said she meant to break herself of it before she died, and that’s what she did.”(Lee 148)…
Before the beginning of the book To Kill A Mockingbird, there is a quote by Charles Lamb: “Lawyers, I suppose,” he says, “were children once.” To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee was published in 1960 and has been widely read since then. It is the story of children growing up in the mid- Great Depression South and of the life lessons they learn. Through the events of the book, the characters Dill, Jem, and Scout show the theme of losing one’s childhood and innocence.…
The reason Celie is quiet, tries to be invisible and does not stand up for herself is because the way she is treated. Celie is constantly told she is ugly, worthless and was abused by her stepfather Alphonso and then by her husband Mr. (Albert). “But I can let you have Celie… She ugly. He say. But she ain’t no stranger to hard work. And she clean. And God done fixed her. You can do everything just like you want to and she ain’t gonna make you feed it or clothe it (Walker 7-8).” “He beat me like he beat the children. Cept he don't never hardly beat them. He say, Celie, git the belt. The children be outside the room peeking through the cracks. It all I can do not to cry. I make myself wood. I say to myself, Celie, you a tree. That's…
‘The world of Jasper Jones is a frightening on where it is difficult to find your place.’ Discuss.…