In October 2002 was the beginning of what seemed like the longest three weeks in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The shooting spree killed 10 people and in injuring 3 with sniper like wounds. No one wanted to believe what was happening. This horrific attack lasted 23 days. It all started in the late afternoon on October 2 2002‚ when a victimless shot was fired through a window of a Michaels Craft. Then again at 6:30 p.m.‚ James Martin‚ a 55-year-old was shot and killed in the parking lot of a grocery
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connotations of words on the consciousness (and their combinations and interplay in metaphor on the basis) than I am interested in the preservation of the logically rigid signification at the cost of limiting my subject matter and perceptions. --Hart Crane Is life really full of logicality? Visualize yourself in a world where everything made "logical" sense. There is no creativity and individuality. "Oh‚ you cannot do that‚ it does not make logical sense!" Who cares? We‚ the people of this earth
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In these two stories they talk about two brothers. The first story is “The Sniper”‚ it was written by Liam O’Flaherty. The second story is “The Scarlet Ibis”‚ it was written by James Hurst. These two authors used regret‚ war‚ and brotherhood to make the story. In “The sniper” there are two brothers fighting on the opposite sides of the war. The brother who is fighting for the Republican side sees a shot in the distance. He fires and then he realizes he has shot his brother. The brother who shot
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last work written by American poet Hart Crane in 1932. For the first time it`s difficult to understand what the author wanted to express in his poem. We can see that the whole work is connected with religion‚ and it seems to us that there is nothing more. Vision of connection with religion is the first and right step to understanding the work of this noble poet. To comprehend his poetry deeply we should apply to his biography. Reading about Crane`s early life we learn that belief in God
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recurrent in many works of literature. Stephen Crane wrote The Red Badge of Courage‚ a realistic novel that tells the honest horrors of the battlefield. Crane used his life influences of family‚ education‚ and society to shape him into the realistic writer that we see in The Red Badge of Courage. Stephen Crane was born in Newark‚ New Jersey on November 1‚ 1871. His father‚ a Methodist minister‚ and his mother‚ a devout woman‚ had fourteen children; Crane being the youngest. Crane’s parents were both
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“Soldier’s Courage: The Story of Stephen Crane” states‚ "from beginning to end of his short life‚ he displayed an inborn irreverence for authority‚ thumbed his nose at conventional society‚ and was determined to walk his own path" (“Soldier’s Courage: The Story of Stephen Crane” 1). Stephen Crane was an American author who led an unconventional and rebellious life and is most well known for his novel‚ The Red Badge of Courage‚ and for incorporating impressionism and naturalism into his works. Born
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poem “War is Kind” by Stephen Crane describes the effects of war on soldiers and civilians by depicting that for soldiers‚ war is an act that they were born to do‚ and after experiencing it‚ it is the only thing they will ever know; and for civilians‚ it is not something to be upset about‚ but to accept is occurring. Soldiers go into war as eager‚ and brave men who are yearning to fight for their country. War often depletes that attitude and outlook on life. Crane believes that men were born
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Blood‚ horror‚ and friends dying. Stephen Crane tells readers how Civil War battles actually were like. Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane is about a boy named Henry Fleming who is in a Civil War battle‚ while there his friend Jim dies‚ this story really conveys the real essence of the Civil War. Stephen Crane uses Civil War guns and descriptive features to represent what life was actually like in the Civil War. Crane is particularly strong with his descriptiveness. “He turned now with a lover’s
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of Jack London and Stephen Crane. Jack London and Stephen Crane were both well-known literary naturalists who died at relatively early ages. Despite having lived such a short life‚ Jack London lived a full life. He has achieved wide popularity abroad‚ with his work being translated into more than fifty languages‚ as well as having written fifty literary works in eighteen years. His stories in the naturalistic mode still continue to influence writers today. Stephen Crane was also an accomplished writer
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When there is a war‚ it not only destroys someones home and the spirit of the nation‚ but can destroy a soldiers mind and body. In the short story “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty‚ he implies the terrors of war can have an affect on soldiers physically and psychologically. O’Flaherty also includes many graphic details to help us better understand the conditions that a soldier experiences. For example‚ he uses the time of day‚ scene‚ and certain scenarios that highlights a soldiers thought and exposure
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