is a 20th-century philosophical movement‚ which assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves. -The early 19th century philosopher Søren Kierkegaard is regarded as the father of existentialism. -Franz Kafka was an important literary author in existentialism. His story‚ which is surreal‚ is one of many modernist literary works that was influenced by existentialist philosophy. -The
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It is incredible how similar both mentally and physically the life of a human and the life of a cockroach can be. In Franz Kafka’s novel The Metamorphosis‚ Gregor Samsa was a way for Kafka to show people what his life was like‚ and how he felt unneeded and isolated‚ like an insect. Gregor was a fictional parallel to the author himself. The two men suffered from depression‚ lived with abusive fathers‚ stayed inside most of the time and became physically weak‚ and worked a lot to please their families
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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is about a man‚ Gregory Samsa‚ who has been transformed into a giant bug overnight. In this novel‚ Franz Kafka incorporates the unreal occurrence of Gregory’s bug transformation into a world that closely resembles reality. This mixture of the real and the unreal shares similar characteristics with fairy tales‚ for example‚ a person transforming into another creature or vice versa is a common theme in many fairy tales‚ such as The Beauty and the Beast and The Frog
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Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary was born into the house of Habsburg in 1830. He was the oldest of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria. After his father relinquished his crown in 1848‚ Joseph had to become Emperor at the age of 18. He was the last of the Habsburg family to rule over Austria‚ after over 750 years. Right after rising to be Emperor of Austria‚ he lost the war to the French in the same year. He became King of Hungary in 1867‚ though later on‚ due to pressures he turned the two into Austria-Hungary
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Chris Offutt’s “Brain Food” is an abstract short story that highlights the kind of question an adult could never ask. The speaker’s seven-year-old son asks him‚ “If you eat someone’s brain‚ will you get as smart as them?” As the story progresses‚ the speaker ponders the entire situation and tries to wrap his mind on how the concept of “Brain Food” would work. Although the conflict is practically without tension‚ the conversation does make the reader consider an impossibility in the real world‚ and
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On June 28th 1914 Franz Ferdinand the Archduke of Austria-Este was assassinated. A 19 year old man that goes by the name of Gavrilo Princip apart of the black hand group assassinated Franz Ferdinand and his wife. The assassination lead to other events that eventually caused World war one. Belgium’s ports were close to the British Coast and during the war Germany took control of Belgium. This was a major threat to Britain. On August 4th 1914 Germany attacked France through Belgium and within hours
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Christopher Crosby Farley was born February 15‚ 1964 in Madison‚ Wisconsin. Chris attended Marquette University and got a degree in theatre and communications. In the late eighties Farley performed at the Second City theatre and was discovered by Lorne Michaels‚ the producer of Saturday Night Live. Farley started on SNL in 1990. His comedic enthusiasm made him a favorite widely known as Matt Foley the motivational speaker. He got offered a job acting in Wayne ’s World and that ’s when he left SNL
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In the critically acclaimed novella “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka‚ the main character‚ travelling salesman Gregor Samsa‚ suddenly wakes up in the form of a disgusting and monstrous bug. Gregor quickly realizes he has no control over his body. Consequently‚ Gregor begins to worry about the possibility of him not showing up to the job he hates and is only keeping to pay off his parents’ debt to his boss. Gregor’s parents and sister‚ Grete‚ become worried about Gregor not leaving for work and they
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The Pin: You have to love someone to hate them. In the story The Pin by Chris Crutcher the son goes through some bad times at the start of the story. In the story the kid was being abused verbally and physically. “Dad and I don’t always see eye to eye to the extent that at times we see eye to black eye”. Right now you may think the dad is a terrible person and is hating him right now‚ but right now he is also loving because his father wants to see him succeed so bad to the point that he abuses
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Interview with Academic Report – Professor Chris Sorrell Background Professor Chris Sorrell is an academic staff of the School Of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales. Professor Sorrell specifies in Ceramics Engineering‚ which is a branch of materials science that researches substances that are made from metals that are non-metals and not organic. Professor Sorrell’s main research currently focuses on photocatalytic usage in various applications such as in the biomedical
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