Hester’s Scarlet Letter In the novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ the protagonist‚ Hester Prynne‚ is forced to publically wear her sin on her sleeve. She committed adultery‚ which was a sin that was highly chastised by the Puritan society. The Scarlet Letter that Hester wore first symbolized the burden and humiliation that accompanied the sin. Throughout the novel however‚ the meaning of the letter changed to parallel Hester’s own development into a strong‚ independent woman. The letter starts out as
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Lewis’ Screwtape Letters is an amusing and profound story of the world’s temptation and a Christian’s victory over it. In a collection of letters‚ an old demon‚ Screwtape‚ gives advice and guidance to his young and naive nephew‚ Wormwood‚ on how to lure his "patient" to Hell. Amateurishly attempting to tempt his patient to commit some great‚ extravagant sin‚ Wormwood lets his hand off the wheel and his patient becomes a Christian. Even in a seemingly hopeless situation‚ Screwtape kept his cool
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Benjamin was born on January 17‚ 1706 in Boston‚ Massaschuetts as the 15th of 17 children to Josiah Franklin. At a young age Benjamin’s future was already decided for him‚ and to please his father he followed suit. However Benjamin found reading and writing to be so fascinating that it pushed him to leave his family and move to Philadelphia where the journey of who he would become began. Benjamin didn’t come from poverty‚ in fact he came from a wealthy family who owned a printing business‚ he was
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My Grandmother’s Love Letters BY HART CRANE There are no stars tonight This first stanza is about memory‚ the letters aren’t even mentioned. Key words But those of memory. Yet how much room for memory there is In the loose girdle of soft rain. There is even room enough For the letters of my mother’s mother‚ Elizabeth‚ That have been pressed so long Into a corner of the roof That they are brown and soft‚ The second stanza is about his memory of the letters. He is saying there is enough room in
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why he would put up with all the difficulties of his life and not just end it‚ in the end perhaps backing away because he fears the "undiscovered country‚" and the uncertainty of whether life’s difficulties will continue in the next life. In his essay "The Task of the Translator‚" Walter Benjamin’s main argument is that the purpose of translation is not to relay a lesson or moral‚ because translation is a means of interpreting art. The purpose of art itself is not primarily to communicate any moral
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WW2 weapons from the ETO / Warfare History The best American Infantry weapon had to be the M1 Garand. Even General Patton credited the American semi-automatic rifle as one reason we won the war. While other nations were equipped primarily with WWI vintage bolt action rifles that held no more than 5-6 rounds‚ the Garand held 10 rounds and was semi automatic. This increased the fire power of a 12 man squad dramatically over that of a similar squad armed with only bolt action rifles. The Germans
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THEORIST: Benjamin Bloom Benjamin S. Bloom was a Jewish-American educational psychologist; he was born in Lansford‚ Pennsylvania on 21st February‚ 1913. Benjamin Bloom attended the Pennsylvania State University where he obtained a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 1935. He then moved to the University of Chicago and completed a Ph.D. in education in 1942‚ and served as a member of the Board of Examinations from 1940 - 1943. In 1944 he was appointed as the Instructor of Educational Psychology;
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R.A. Revision It is never too late to pursue your goals in life‚ because life continually presents you opportunities. When Melusina Pierce wrote to Marian Lewes‚ Marian felt the need to answer the letter‚ even though she did not usually answer letters. She wanted to reassure Melusina that she is not too old to begin writing‚ because she experienced difficulties as well when she started. Marian Lewes uses logos to convey her purpose of never giving up on her dreams. She says‚ “Besides‚ the vision
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Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17‚ 1706 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. Benjamin was tenth of seventeen brothers and sisters. His parents name are Josiah and Abiah Franklin. Growing up Benjamin family could not afford to attend school. With the struggle of getting an education‚ Ben still became well known in society. Ben accomplish many great thing such as the Declaration of Independence‚ the U.S. Constitution‚ and he negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War. He also
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Thomas Paine In September of 1776‚ on the outskirts of Newark‚ among the tired‚ discouraged‚ soldiers‚ as they paused from their daily retreat‚ sat Thomas Paine. He wrote many papers that would have a major effect on the outcome of the quest for independence. Born the son of a Quaker Laymaker on January 29th‚ 1737 at Thetford‚ Norfolk England. He received a basic elementary education‚ and started to work for his father as an apprentice‚ and later as an excise officer. He was not a huge success
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