The seven elements and various claims for its discovery reveal many of the nationalistic traits that we have seen in the case of other elements‚ most notably the controversy surrounding the discovery of hafnium‚ element 72. But element 85 gives our study a greater depth than has yet been revealed by the already covered elements. What this story shows is that the nationalistic prejudices persist to this day in many respects and that the identity of the “discoverer” of the element very much depends
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Week#1: Literary Luminary “The Great Gatsby” Chapter 1/2 "You look at him sometimes when he thinks nobody’s looking. I’ll bet he killed a man." (Fitzgerald 44) -This passage shows the thoughts that run among all of Gatsby’s guests. Who is he? Where did he come from? Gatsby has set himself up to a lot of questions and a lot of suspense. "He smiled understandingly- much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of reassurance in it that you may come across four
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Part One Essays CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: THE FORM OF LITERATURE a. Elements of Essays b. The essay and other forms of literature c. The essayist and the reader d. Four essays and commentaries • The essay as argument: Persuasion • The essay as story: history • The essay as poem: Meditation • The essay as play: Dialogue Total Essays 10 1. Cocksure
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Literary Semiotics Quite often the terms semiotics and semiology are equal‚ so that often instead semiotics use semiology and vice versa. Ferdinand de Saussure speaks of the sign and the first makes the distinction between semiotics and semiology. Semiotics is the general theory of signs. Semiology study the functioning of the sign in the social practice. Today avoids this distinction and semiotics equate with semiology‚ ie‚ they are synonyms. GENERAL Semiotics: The sign does not exist only
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Literary Devices Allegory A form of extended metaphor‚ in which objects‚ persons‚ and actions in a narrative‚ are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral‚ social‚ religious‚ or political significance and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas as charity‚ greed‚ or envy. Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings‚ a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. Alliteration The repetition of the same sound at the beginning
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Film Review of Pearl Harbor The movie opens with the two Tennessee boys Danny Walker and Rafe Mccawley pretending to be fighting the Germans. The year is 1923 and World War One just finished. Danny’s father fought in world war one fighting the Germans and he never wants the two boys to ever witness the horrors of war. In 1940 the two boys end up in the military. Danny is in the United States Army Air Corp and Rafe volunteered to be in Royal Air Force Eagle Squadron in England as did
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The 1991 movie My Girl tells the story of 11-year-old Vada Sultenfuss who‚ having lost her mother at birth ‚ lives with her dementia-ridden grandmother and her job-oriented father in the funeral parlour that he owns and operates. The story follows Vada‚ an extreme hypochondriac who has many strange misconceptions about death‚ through a variety of life-changing experiences‚ including the engagement of her father and the devastating loss of her best friend‚ Thomas Jay. Through these experiences
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Literary Essay Nothing says adventure like running away from villains and getting shot at to start a career as a spy. Though many townspeople of Cumberland in Geoffrey Treases Cue for Treason think Peter Brownrigg is the best of the best‚ it is clear that not many people inherit the qualities to become a good spy. Katherine Russel is an exception. Kit is courageous and secretive‚ and therefor is the best spy in Cumberland. To begin‚ courage is one Kits most striking characteristics. Although it
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Throughout The Pearl‚ by John Steinbeck we see the recurring theme of happiness and greed. These two themes are often closely intertwined‚ be it someone who doesn’t need money for happiness‚ someone who longs for riches to provide joy‚ or someone who‚ after coming into money‚ finds it’s not as great as expected. Steinbeck’s novel shows different stages of riches as they correlate to being happy. There is the bliss of not ever having has money and therefore being content to go on without it‚ the greed
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waves and sounds of a river hoping to find peace and wisdom. To bring meaning to this spiritual scene‚ Hesse uses symbolism‚ allegory‚ a spiritual writing style. By using these literary devices‚ the author describes the spiritual elements and its importance to Siddhartha attaining them. Hesse attaches importance to the elements and emotions of spirituality by symbolizing them. He states‚ “Vasudeva’s smile was radiant…….now the same smile appeared on Siddhartha’s face.” As Siddhartha starts to smile
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