A Candle Looses Nothing “Every man must must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.” ~Martin Luther King Jr. It is human nature to search for optimism when faced with great challenges and atrocious conditions. For many‚ optimism was the only thing they had‚ but in some situations‚ hopefulness can falsely rase the hope of others and lower suspicions. During the Holocaust‚ people had faced the demons of hunger‚ loss‚ and general
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picked to represent my emotions during this unit is a poem that talks about hate. To start‚ the unit itself is boring to me. Learning about gender theory is not something that seems exciting to me. In the poem‚ it says‚ “If this is a play‚ I want my money back.” This signifies the waste of time that this unit is to me. I did not feel like this unit is significant to my learning and so I felt upset that I had to sit through it all. Furthermore‚ the poem states‚ “If this is a kidnap‚ I’m trapped in the
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Inferno by Dante Alighieri‚ Cultural and Literary Analysis Dante Alighieri’s Inferno is an example of a piece of literature that changed the way people saw things at the time of it’s publication. Even now‚ this poem is still altering the way people think about Heaven and Hell. This is a very important piece of literature because it explained what happens after death to people during a time when everyone was still trying to decide what to believe. It also includes many aspects of culture such
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! ! My recently deceased grandfather was a doctor‚ professor‚ and military man. He grew up in Trenton‚ New Jersey with two deaf parents. Being African American he couldn’t go to the nice schools and get the best education. He went to the african american elementary school which was under funded. He grew up extremely poor and in a segregated community. He took becoming a great student into his own hands. He had a hard childhood‚ but worked as hard as he could. He became a Lieutenant in
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LOTF Literary Analysis Essay “Inside each individual there is the seed of both good and evil. It’s a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.” This quote by Eric Burdon epitomizes the main idea of Lord of the flies by William Golding‚ that mankind possesses the quality of dualistic natures but these sides can have a good or negative impact on society. The book‚ Lord of The Flies‚ is about the pack of British school boys are stranded on a deserted island
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“Magic of Love” and John Frederick Nims “Love Poem” The word Love is a strange feeling that can be one of the most exciting things someone will ever experience. It’s a feeling of warm‚ personal deep affection that one has for another person or thing. In Helen Farries poem “Magic of Love” she is very straightforward about how love makes someone feel “It can comfort and bless/ it can bring happiness” (601). But in John Frederick Nim’s poem “Love Poem” he uses metaphors to talk about love and you
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Algeron Charles Swinburne’s “Love and Sleep” established a theme of his lover’s beauty and his unconditional love towards her through strong diction which creates a passionate form of image. In the poem‚ such words as “lying” (1)‚ “asleep” (1) and “night” (1) implies the speaker is in his bedroom‚ creating a lonely‚ quite atmosphere. In this immersive atmosphere‚ the writer strikes a chord with the readers and graphs the sorrow and yearning incisively and vividly. Moreover‚ the word “saw” (2)‚ being
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Culturally and socially we base our actions and reaction to situations from what’s acceptable. The Stranger By: Albert Camus takes place in French Algeria in the 1940’s. At this point in time‚ they were recovering from the war which left the government broken and corrupted‚ not that it was all that good before the war. People like Meursault and Raymond don’t have to worry about authority figures because they see themselves as equals and above the law. This plays towards the idea of corruption‚ mainly
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Celine Wang Mr. Johnson English II‚ Block A 6 February 2015 Types of Love in Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet‚ a play by William Shakespeare‚ is arguably the epitome of love stories. Although often associated with romantic love‚ this tragedy also exemplifies unrequited‚ fraternal‚ and paternal love. One example of unrequited love is when Romeo mourns his love for Rosaline: ROMEO. Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs […] What is it else? A madness most discreet‚ A choking gall‚ and
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Gonzales 1 014 Human Cruelty in the Name of Righteousness The Crucible by Arthur Miller Guilt is a difficult feel to cope with. However‚ being blamed guilty while being innocent is even harder. This situation is experienced through the characters in Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible . In this play a group of girls attempt to practice witchcraft but because they got caught‚ the girls worried they were going to get punished. They begin to accuse other people and lie in order to deflect the blame from themselves
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