Assignment 2: Project Paper: Harlem Renaissance Poets Karron Scott Prof. Josiah Harry HUM 112: World Cultures II 11/27/2012 The Harlem Renaissance was a wonderful allotment of advancement for the black poets and writers of the 1920s and early ‘30s. I see the Harlem Renaissance as a time where people gather together and express their work throughout the world for everyone to see the brilliance and talent the black descendants harness. The two authors I picked were W.E.B Du Bois and Langston
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American Lit Comp 20 April 2014 The Strength For Individualism Ayn Rand uses the themes of individualism and collectivism to demonstrate the shaping of society and what gives it its balance. Howard Roark and Lois Cook may both be individuals although in opposite ways. Individualism is derived from the natural tendencies and desires that one is born with. However‚ society is made of collectivists which makes individualism out of the ordinary. Society is shaped by the ideas of an individual and then
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Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead was published in 1948‚ and the novel earned the author immediate overwhelming popular and critical acclaim. The book’s success was so extensive‚ it claimed the top spot on the The New York Times "Bestseller List" for eleven weeks consecutively. Both the author and the book drew reviews and opinions from critics both independent and from the most relevant magazines and newspapers‚ giving Mailer a strong push into literary relevance at a very young age‚ as seen
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Discussion Questions: The Book of the Dead 1. Why are Annie and her father in Florida? 2. Where does Annie’s father go when he leaves the motel‚ and what does he do? 3. What surprising information does Annie’s father give her about his past? 4. Why does Annie hold back from promising to make another statue for Gabrielle Fonteneau? Thinking Critically 5. How does a particular historical period shape the events of this story? Could you imagine similar events happening in the lives of people who
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Heitman‚ Danny. “CARL SANDBURG A Workingman’s Poet.” Humanities‚ vol. 34‚ no. 2‚ 2013‚ pp. 28-35. Academic Search Premier. Heitman provides insight into Sandburg’s early life and how he eventually got interested in poetry. He chronologically outlines some major events in Sandburg’s early life and the different career plans he had. Moreover‚ Heitman writes about Sandburg’s poetry and his motives for writing certain poems. He also discusses Sandburg’s accomplishments such as awards for his poems and
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Memory is what defines our lives. Our identities are shaped by our past experiences and the ways that we cope with painful memory is an incredibly important part of the human experience. In 1984 by George Orwell‚ Beloved by Toni Morrison‚ and The Dead by James Joyce the common theme of traumatic memory is explored in a variety of ways. Each of these texts contain characters who suppress painful memories and each text explores the benefits and perils of suppressing these memories. Beloved gives
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Life and Death: Burial of the Dead The only thing in life that is one-hundred percent certain is death. Humans go through life ignoring this ultimate fate until the day they are confronted. What a civilization does with their deceased tells a lot about their culture and beliefs in an afterlife. Whether a person is cremated or the body is preserved‚ whether they are buried in the ground or placed in a tomb‚ and how their final place is decorated all show their cultures values and beliefs and what
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Living Dead “Last Night” by James Salter is a story about dying and the right to do it on your own terms. Marit Such‚ one of the three characters‚ is dying from metastasized uterine cancer. Once a beautiful woman‚ she has become only a shadow of her former self. Stripped of hope and unwilling to live in this state she has decided to end her life with an overdose of her prescription medication. Marit choose to die with dignity‚ right which people should have when they figure enough is
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Dead Man Dead Man is a western comedy that stars Johnny Depp and Gary Farmer directed by Jim Jarmusch. The film begins as Johnny Depp’s character William Blake travels west on the transcontinental railroad to the town of Machine‚ where he had been offered a job as an accountant. When he arrived he found that the position offered to him had already been filled‚ in addition‚ city slicker Blake who came all the way from Cleveland and sold everything to make the trip‚ was out of place among the
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Exploring the work of poet Sheldon Allan Silverstein‚ Shel‚ was an American poet‚ singer‚ songwriter‚ cartoonist‚ screenwriter‚ and author of children’s books. Mr. Shel Silverstein was born September 25‚ 1930 in Chicago‚ Illinois. Not much is known about Mr. Silverstein’s younger life except for the fact that he started to write at the age of twelve‚ but at the age of 20 he enlisted in the U.S. Army‚ in 1950‚ and served in the Korea and Japan. While there he became a cartoonist for the stars
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