To start; I honestly enjoyed‚ song of Solomon‚ I found parts of it a little unclear‚ but I believe that will be cleared up with time. I attribute my confusion to the fact that I read it‚ and did all the summer work across three days. That being said‚ I found the text to be a quality piece filled with excellent subtext and symbolism. I wouldn’t categorize this novel as excellent‚ or particularly inspiring‚ but would say it’s more than simply good and also well written. Firstly‚ I’m going to elaborate
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Amir the Cowardly Child Kite Runner is an exquisite novel about a boy who is considered a coward. Its taken place in modern day San Francisco as well as in Afghanistan during Amir’s childhood‚ who was the main character and narrator. Amir had a fortunate upbringing due to the fact that his father was a highly respected elder of the Afghan society‚ privileging him with riches and a wealthy lifestyle. This was unlike his best friend‚ Hassan‚ who was his father’s servant’s son‚ being of a less and
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Music especially jazz is one of Sonny’s motivation in life. He loves the way it feels when he plays for hours on a piano‚ is like telling a story through his finger movement on the pianos note. His heroin addiction has made him one of the most loneliest person in the story‚ especially because he was incarcerated due to his addiction and was away from his brother which was suppose to be his support in life. Although his brothers views Sonny’s heroin addiction wrong‚ Sonny overcomes his addiction and
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“Everyone sees what you appear to be‚ few experience what you really are.” ― Niccolò Machiavelli‚ The Prince “If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.” ― Niccolò Machiavelli‚ The Prince tags: political-philosophy “There is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you.” ― Niccolò Machiavelli‚ Machiavelli Niccolo : Prince “it is much safer to be feared
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Bravery “I wanted you to see what real courage is‚ instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win‚ but sometimes you do” (Lee 149). In this passage Atticus Finch is explaining that courage isn’t just about being tough‚ it’s about persevering‚ giving up your fears‚ and never losing hope. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus expresses that courage is
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The Hidden Truths of Society Imagine owning someone. Imagine being able to control every movement of their fragile bones. Imagine making a marionette out of an innocent person. Now consider someone owning you. How would it feel‚ having to perform every task asked of you and being unable to say no? Perhaps that is how blacks felt in the when slavery began. Long since 1619‚ when the first African slaves were brought to Jamestown‚ an American colony‚ whites were deemed to be privileged. When you
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Longing For the Past With the moonlight beating down on Gatsby with an almost sad‚ dim glow‚ Gatsby’s heart slowly breaks watching Daisy and Tom share a meal‚ talking‚ neither of them unhappy‚ just peaceful. Gatsby knows he has lost‚ but he is unable to let go of Daisy‚ and thus‚ he waits outside of her and Tom’s apartment until the early hours of the next morning just holding on to the smallest bit of hope that he has left. At this point‚ Gatsby is pathetically waiting for what he had been hoping
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The Narrator also says things that are just about impossible. In the beginning of the story‚ he says‚ “I heard all things in heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in Hell.” (542). He is saying that he can hear things that know one could ever hear in their lifetime. He is being very dishonest‚ because practically everyone knows this is not true. Another example is when he says‚ “The ringing became more distinct-it continued and became more distinct…” (546). The ringing he is referring to is
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* “They had a choice‚ all of them. They could have followed in the footsteps of good men like my father‚ or President Truman. Decent men‚ who believed in a day’s work for a day’s pay. Instead they followed the droppings of lechers and communists and didn’t realize that the tail led over a precipice until it was too late. Don’t tell me they didn’t have a choice.” –Rorschach 1.1 * “because there is good and there is evil‚ and evil must be punished. Even in the face of Armageddon I shall not compromise
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“I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.” ― Lewis Carroll “Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.” ― Voltaire “Be noble minded! Our own heart‚ and not other men’s opinions of us‚ forms our true honor.” ― Friedrich von Schiller “Alas‚ Siddhartha‚ I see you suffering‚ but you’re suffering a pain at which one would like to laugh‚ at which you’ll soon laugh for yourself.” ― Hermann
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