The name-giving of Athens It is well-known that Athens was the most powerful and glorious town of ancient Greece. Its residents managed to develop a wonderful civilization that is admired till today. It is also known that the city got its name from Athena‚ the goddess of wisdom and courage. But how did Athens have its name? Here is a charming little story about the origin of the city’s name. The dispute of the gods Cecrops‚ a strange creature‚ half-man half-snake‚ was the founder of a city which
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Gonzalez 1 Anabel Gonzalez Mr. Helle English p.2 7 September 2009 Thematic Effects on Novel without a Name Novel without a name by Duong Thu Huong provided a real insight on war from the Vietnamese point of view. Readers are able to contemplate with the themes that reoccur‚ what the war truly is like‚ and the effects it causes on the people‚ society‚ and the individual. Three main reoccurring themes of this novel were disillusionment of the war‚ betrayal‚ and the loss of innocence that the
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Students are taught in most schools that slavery ended with President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. However after reading Douglas Blackmon’s Slavery by Another Name I am clearly convinced that slavery continued for many years afterward. It is shown throughout this book that slavery did not end until 1942‚ this is when the condition of what Blackmon refers to as "neoslavery" began. Neoslavery was practiced after the Emancipation Proclamation and until the beginning of World War II
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In the “No Name Woman” section of The Woman Warrior by Maxine Kingston‚ the family punishes the aunt for adultery by acting as though she never existed and ultimately dehumanizing her to the point of a fate worse than death. This is expressed in the following quote‚ “Don’t tell anyone you had an aunt. Your father does not want to hear her name. She has never been born” (Kingston 1515). Kingston’s father went from a family of brothers and one sister‚ to a family of nothing but brothers. The family
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traditions of her parents influenced her American way of growing up. Kingston tells her story The Woman Warrior “No Name Woman‚” in an ethnic style of writing. Her use of symbolism and cultural understanding paint a vivid picture. She begins with her mother talking to her in a cryptic secretive manner. Kingston tells the story of her aunt in segments‚ first with the direct words from her mother. Her mother made sure to instruct Kingston to never speak of what she was bing told‚ as in Chinese culture you
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barbaric societies into each individually modernized nations‚ social hierarchy proved to be inevitable. In the short story‚ “Geraldo No Last Name” by Sandra Cisneros‚ a fellow named Geraldo was killed in a fatal hit-and-run tragedy (though he could have been saved if the surgeon had no neglected him)‚ however‚ his background was a mystery‚ and no one knew his last name or his existence except for a girl he encountered at a dance‚ Marin. Marin knew little about Geraldo and yet‚ she was his only acquaintance
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Characters Pursue Them In the play "Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams Blanche had to take the streetcar that is named Desire‚ switch to the one that is called Cemeteries and then to get off at Elysian Fields; Williams’ use of these names for the streetcars and the street itself summarizes the development of the main characters of the play. Every character has its own desire but the reality causes all their dreams to end up in Elysian Fields - the land of the dead according to the Greek
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In the name of the father review Plot and genre In the name of the father is a biographical drama film based on the true story of the Guildford four and how they were falsely convicted for an I.R.A. bombing they did not commit. The story follows Gerry Conlon of the Guildford four from his early days stripping lead of houses in Ireland to his days in prison fighting to be absolved of a crime he had nothing to do with. The writers of the story makes great use of archetypal storylines to make sure
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short. This enables DeLillo to see his work and groups of sentences more clearly. Empty‚ white space around a page create an environment that helps DeLillo concentrate on writing. The white space made rewriting work easier and more efficient. The Names marked the start of a newly found dedication for DeLillo. DeLillo discovered that he needed the excitement of a new and unfamiliar language. Due to this new found excitement‚ DeLillo began to study the Greek alphabet. Learning about the shapes and
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addicted to crystal meth (TIC). She wrote this while in jail. As you will soon read‚ she fully grasped the horrors of the drug‚ as she tells in this simple‚ yet profound poem. She was released from jail‚ but true to her story‚ the drug owned her. My Name: "Is TIK” I destroy homes‚ I tear families apart‚ take your children‚ and
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