1. Matthew Arnold informs people who want to engage in social criticism or reform in order to make significant changes in their environment that they will eventually succeed with their goals if they have the will and determination to put in the work. When Arnold states "Let the victors‚ when they come"‚ he assumes that revolution against oppression isn’t impossible and can be done when the initiative is taken. Arnold believes that one should not hold back in the face of opposition. He states "Better
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the antagonist‚ Arnold Friend. Arnold Friend decides to show up at Connie’s house with Eddie his wing man uninvited when her parents left the house for a barbecue at an aunt’s house. Connie is forced to fuse two-sided violently. Connie is not fully sexual until Arnold Friend’s intrusion into her home- until then‚ her sexuality was outside of her “exact” self‚ the self that she allows her family to see. Her indecent clothes are what attracts older men‚ but when an older guy like Arnold Friend gives her
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through thick and thin? Arnold and Rowdy have been bestfriends since they were born. After Arnold’s sister Mary dies‚ and after their fight‚ Rowdy will still be by Arnold’s side. There are many themes present in the book‚”The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian”. One particular theme that is present throughout the story is true friendship last even through the toughest times. Throughout the book‚ Sherman Alexie present’s many themes‚ one particular theme is friendship. Arnold and Rowdy are like
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apart after Arnold and Jesse Friedman are both charged with unspeakable crimes against children. In the opening interview‚ David‚ the eldest of three sons‚ begins to tell the viewer of his fond childhood memories‚ and the film appears to be about the life of a clown. But the theme quickly changes direction only moments later‚ as we hear the beginnings of what will eventually lead to the emotional death of a family unit. In 1987‚ in a seemingly normal middle-class family‚ Arnold and Jesse (David’s
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illustrator of the novel is Ellen Forney and the novel is referred as a first person narrative by who we know as Junior the main character in the novel‚ his real name is Arnold Spirit‚ a Narrative American teenager at the age of 14 years who likes drawing cartoons because he simply believes that is the only thing that he is good at. Arnold grows up under difficult circumstances that is too much for someone at his age to handle nor adapt to and live with them. His family including the community he grows
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Just about everyone who walks the face of the earth has heard of the legendary Arnold Schwarzenegger. The man is an inspiration to millions of men around the world‚ both in success and fitness. Even though times have changed‚ today’s bodybuilders are far bigger than in Arnold’s time‚ we can still learn a lot from the man that brought bodybuilding to the masses. In his novel‚ Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder‚ he thoroughly describes his philosophies and gives the reader insight on how to become
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Arnold’s Culture and Anarchy Culture and Anarchy is a controversial philosophical work written by the celebrated Victorian poet and critic Matthew Arnold. Composed during a time of unprecedented social and political change‚ the essay argues for a restructuring of England’s social ideology. It reflects Arnold’s passionate conviction that the uneducated English masses could be molded into conscientious individuals who strive for human perfection through the harmonious cultivation of all of their skills
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ENGLISH DRAMA: AT PRESENT TIME Drama is a literary composition‚ which is performed by professional actors on stage (or theatre)‚ before an audience. It involves conflicts‚ actions and a particular theme. Drama was introduced to England from Europe by the Romans‚ and auditoriums were constructed across the country for this purpose. At a very early time the people of England began to act and the earliest plays were acted by monks and took place in church. In this way the people were taught the Bible
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Suffrage‚ Spirituality‚ and Sadness in “Dover Beach” In Matthew Arnold’s poem “Dover Beach”‚ Arnold allows reader’s to enter a whole new world of wisdom. Arnold sets his poem on Dover‚ a cliff in South England. Arnold uses imagery to help readers perceive a sense of darkness‚ and horror. He also uses smooth and rhythmic words to set up the scene more effectively. Arnold creates a more powerful poem and conveys his message more efficiently by using themes found in Fahrenheit 451 such as suffrage
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To begin‚ Dover Beach expresses the relationship of reality versus illusion. In Dover Beach‚ Arnold tells the readers that he want his lover and himself to be honest and more truthful to one another because Arnold know that the world is not everything it seems to be and that “Hath really neither joy‚ nor love‚ nor light‚ nor certitude‚ nor peace‚ nor help for pain; And we are here as on a darkling plain‚ Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight‚ Where ignorant armies clash by night” (5‚5-9)
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