Camille Eastburn Professor Small Humanity and Nature in Literature 16 September 2014 The Instincts of Man An Analysis of “The Blue Hotel” Man has always thought of himself as a civilized and societal creature‚ that upholds wisdom‚ rationality‚ and virtuosity‚ and nothing like beastly nature. He has continuously thought of himself as not giving in to beastly “sins” and as advertising control over nature‚ and/or himself. In Steven Crane’s 1898 short story “The Blue Hotel”‚ man’s instinctual
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Hemingway’s prose is very simple. He uses common words and short simple sentences in large repetition. Hemingway is extremely detailed in his expressions yet his writing still distances character and emotion. Furthermore‚ his viewpoints are narrow and sharply focused which leads to an omission of a significant amount of detail and context. However‚ it is because Hemingway’s style is like such
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recurrent themes throughout Ernest Hemingway’s stories. While Hemingway sometimes drifts into a philosophy of nihilism‚ there also shines a sense of dignity in the acceptance of such pessimism; as it is especially displayed in the short‚ "A Clean‚ Well-Lighted Place". This story proposes that as people may feel complacent in their youth‚ they will inevitability decline into an undesirable life of loneliness and dissatisfaction. However‚ Hemingway attempts to instill his view of masculinity while coping
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Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest provides a satirical view of the Victorian era‚ primarily focusing on Victorian standards of marriage and social expectations. Wilde builds his critique of Victorian morality through his humor and wit between the character’s banter‚ the hypocritical Victorian view of honesty. Wilde view of Victorian society is illustrated through his wit and humor embedded in the characters’ dialogues. For example‚ Jack and Algernon live double lives as lowlifes
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Composition~Orwell Analysis In the excerpt from Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant”‚ the author uses similes‚ syllepsis‚ and connotation to appeal to the readers sense of pathos in order to convey his attitude of remorse and fluster in regards to shooting the elephant so as to comment on imperialism. Orwell uses Similes to convey his remorse and fluster towards shooting the elephant. He compares the elephant to “…a huge rock toppling…” and paints the scene by saying “The thick blood welled out of him like red
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of resources growing up. He was born into a poor family and both his parents were deaf. He entered elementary school and the teachers he had knew he was smart right away. Segregated schools made it much harder for the African american and non white students to learn. he was born in Trenton‚ New Jersey‚ on July 5‚ 1919. His late parents were Thomas Crowell and Edith Mae Hall Crowell. Both parents were deaf and Crowell’s first language was American Sign Language. A gifted student and dedicated
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Dialogue: Shooting an Elephant In George Orwell ’s dialogue Shooting an Elephant‚ he accentuates the grave aversion that he has for being a police officer in Moulmein. The author uses many literary devices to depict his controversy with killing the elephant or not‚ such as foreshadowing‚ and speaking in first person‚ and appealing to pathos. The main element used in this dialogue is conflict‚ Orwell shows how he contemplates on whether to shoot the elephant or not. The literary elements that Orwell
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The character that I identify with the most is Orwell in “Shooting an Elephant” because of his struggle to do what is morally right when society wants him to be or do something different. I think I sometimes struggle to do what is morally right when an entire world pushes me to conform. For example‚ what if I know a friend has cheated on a test but I cannot say anything to the teacher because after all he or she is my friend. Or‚ when a coworker gets reprimanded by our boss for something I did and
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WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 4 ANALYSIS OF HUMOR IN THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST The Importance of Being Earnest is replete with two elements: pun and paradox. These two are played up immensely to present a very humorous approach to cultural criticism. In essence‚ it is a satirical comedy on the aristocratic class during the Victorian Era. The text is full of epigrams that expose the characters’ views on lying‚ marriage‚ reputation‚ society‚ gender‚ romance and love. Additionally‚ the play keeps
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Paragraph #1: Introduction Hook - Ernest Hemingway is experiencing the inferiority of women‚racism against others‚ and the suicide of a depressed father. Explain the story - A boy named Nick is with his father and the father ends up helping an indian woman give birth while most don’t care about the woman in pain. The father of the newborn can’t stand to listen to his crying wife so he ends up committing suicide. This helps Nick mature at a young age. Thesis - Coming of age is the moment a person
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