Abinand Rejimon Mrs. Southard AP Literature and Composition Period B3 30 September 2011 The Pursuit of Immortality Since the beginning of written history‚ humans have sought to have their name written down as conquerors‚ discoverers‚ or inventors. But‚ according to Romantics‚ a person’s desire for a greater social status or higher dreams will only lead them to misery. Written during the Era of Revolutions‚ Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus reflects this view that the quest for fame will
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Question: Wilfred Owen’s poetry is shaped by an intense focus on extraordinary human experiences. Select TWO poems set for study and explore Owen’s portrayal of suffering and pity. Prescribed text: War Poems and Others‚ Wilfred Owen Wilfred Owen wrote about the suffering and pity of war from his first -hand experience at the Somme. He was appalled by the overwhelming and senseless waste of life‚ the “human squander” and detailed its devastating effects on young men. In both ‘Dulce et Decorum
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Though their stories are different‚ intertwined in their own ways‚ their stories‚ when stripped to their underlying strands of text‚ are quite similar. Two separate beings‚ forged by the hands of a creator long gone‚ find themselves in a cold‚ cruel‚ world where their differences cast them out. They are neglected by their creators and rejected at every turn by all they come across. Without guidance and without discipline‚ these beings are made to grow in a world they do not know‚ to fend for themselves
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#3.The critics that were chosen‚ both wrote their reviews in 1855. A lot of changes have happened during the early 1850’s‚ especially for African Americans. Social practices in that day were also drastically different from the ones of modern-day America. Those social practices regard the roles in society of people based on class‚ gender‚ age‚ and race. In the 1850’s several historical events served as a stepping stone for African Americans. Everything started when in 1850’s The Fugitive Slave Law
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contained an infectious virus that spread through the air all over the globe. This new virus can mutate the human body into a horrific creature‚ but the severity and appearance is based on all the stress and hatred that the person (it used to be)‚ or a hideous monster or mythical creature or maybe hybrid. For example‚ if you are a super stressed-out person or hated every single living or nonliving thing that crossed paths with you‚ you would be
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Everyone in my family has a room that expresses our own individuality. My sister’s room colorful. Vibriate colors fill the room with every color in the rainbow. Her room as bright and loud as a concert. This envisions my sister’s room as bright‚ but crowded (many dirty dolls on the floor). and nosy. It also gives a sense of her room being pretty large. Adding on‚ her strange obsession with Katy Pery illumates when she richochets "Roar‚" her favorite song‚ throughout the entire house. Which is unfortunate
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should put them in practice‚ and make myself useful to my fellow beings.” 3. Chapter 15 Monster: “I was dependent on none and related to none. The path of my departure was free‚ and there was none to lament my annihilation. My person was hideous and my stature gigantic. What did this mean? Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come? What was my destination? These questions continually recurred‚ but I was unable to solve them.” 4. Chapter 15 The monster dreams of the companionship and love
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The main character in Franz Kafka‘s‚ The Metamorphosis‚ experiences a surprising and tragic transformation that cut short his already miserable life. We are first introduced to the main character‚ a traveling salesman named Gregor‚ who awakes in the morning to find he had been transformed into a horrible vermin. Throughout the story‚ Gregor remembers what his life was like prior to his transformation. The author describes Gregor as a traveling salesman who is very hard working and an excellent provider
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races. On the contrary to this ideal‚ the majority of the founders had slaves‚ because slave labor was the cheapest labor. For example‚ Jefferson condemned the moral depravity of slavery and the ownership of slaves‚ saying once that slavery was a “hideous blot” and “moral stain” on America ’s history (Stanton‚ Monticello.org)‚ while continuing to own slaves himself. Moreover‚ he once used the metaphor of a wolf to describe the moral versus economic struggle of slavery. He stated‚ "We have the wolf
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boardwalk again. My parents walk a few yards in front of me. I wiggle my toes in the gritty sand and lift my face to the sky from where rain drops start to fall. We turn and dash into a T-Mobile store. My father checks out the deals and buys a hideous Nokia cellphone for my mother: a hard blue shell and a thumb-sized antenna. Ironically‚ this object that I have strongly disliked since it entered into my life twelve years ago represents me wholly. A fatal fall may damage any ordinary phone
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