Upon the Burning of Our House by Anne Bradstreet LITERARY FOCUS: THE PLAIN STYLE The Puritans favored “plainness” in all things: in dress‚ in the architecture and design of their churches‚ in their forms of worship‚ and in language. Unlike the ornate “high style” popular in England at the time‚ the Puritan plain style used simple sentences and common words from everyday speech. The plain style contained few or no classical allusions‚ Latin quotations‚ or elaborate figures of speech. The plain
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The novel not only talks about the human destructing the nature but also touches major factors that are used by humanity to destruct this world and those could turn against humanity itself at the end. Atwood talks about technologies‚ genetic engineering‚ scientific inventions‚ private corporations and law and order. The God’s Gardeners in the novels can be compared to the ecological splinter groups that still believe in the importance of nature and take serious actions to protect the nature. Their
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According to the NSA website “Mission Statement The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) leads the U.S. Government in cryptology that encompasses both Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Information Assurance (IA) products and services‚ and enables Computer Network Operations (CNO) in order to gain a decision advantage for the Nation and our allies under all circumstances.” However‚ it goes on to say that “National Security Agency is part of the U.S. Department of Defense‚ serving
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The Name of This Book is Secret By: Anya Lee The Name of This Book is Secret was written by Pseudonymous Bosch. It is the first book in a series of five books called Secret Series. The story starts with a whole chapter x’ed out. In chapter 1 and a 1/2‚ the author explains that he won’t introduce the characters‚ won’t tell where and when the story takes place‚ and that he shouldn’t be telling the story at all. In fact‚ he says he can’t tell anything that would help the reader identify the people
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The book opens with a description in which women are in a difficult situation. Two women guard women that are not allowed to speak or they will be punished by the watchmen. The patrollers of the grounds are ironically known as Angels. For some strange women these people do not look at the people on the grounds. Moving forward‚ the main character Offred is presented in a new place and he is in a room that is not particularly nice place. Based upon the descriptions it seems very prison like. Later
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Did you ever wonder why Herbert died? It all started on a dark stormy night while playing chess. A man from far away land knocked on the door. He told a tail of a magical paw. The paw would let you make three wishes. In the story monkeys paw the son Herbert’s dies. I believe Herbert is the blame. Since Herbert didn’t believe in the paw he caused his own death. We were going to be rich and happy. Wish to be an emperor. He was making fun of the mystery of the paw. That could have been a reason he
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Fahrenheit 451: In Search of a Controlled Burn Ray Bradbury’s protagonist in Fahrenheit 451 revels in seeing things eaten and things blackened by fire. His name is Montag and his world is immersed in flames from the outset‚ with a blaze so bright before his kerosene spitting python that it blinds. He breathes in fire beneath a flameproof jacket‚ his burnt-corked countenance expresses fire with a permanent grin “driven back by flame‚” while his perfume is the overwhelming stench of kerosene. His
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When shakespeare was a boy there were no theatres and plays were performed in private houses‚and the courtyards of inns‚ which is an enclosed area with an open roof‚ rich people often had them in their houses. The globe theatre was built in 1599 by some of shakespeare’s playing company.Some plays were performed privately‚ and were called private plays and performed in people’s houses‚ usually to celebrate an event‚ eg. A midsummer night’s dream was performed privately to celebrate a wedding. The
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Im sitting in the back office at Dollar General on my lunch break at work and it is far removed from the rest of the store and it is completely silent‚ on the desk immediately to the right through the door is our CCTV monitor. I like to watch the people as if it were a show because it is never the same. On this particular day two homeless teenagers walked in and having encountered them earlier that day I knew that they smelled like they haven’t showered in months. They were coming in to buy cigarettes
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Fahrenheit 451 Essay In this essay I will discuss three major changes in Montag over the course of the story. Montag becomes kinder and more self-conscious. After serious self-conflictions arise due to his conversations with his neighbor‚ Clarisse‚ he decides to “switch sides.” He took another big leap‚ deciding to act on his feelings and to stand up against the corrupt government. Montag becomes kinder; he sees the self-destructing depressed people and Instead of merely moving on in his life and
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