Essays‚ Not Rants! 173: But What Does It All Mean? When The Lord of The Rings was first published there was a lot of talk about its relation to the second World War. It got to the point that in the foreword to a later edition‚ Tolkien explicitly said that no‚ it was not in any way an allegory of World War Two. Tolkien wasn’t a huge fan of allegories‚ to the point where he usually considered them detrimental to the story (and also the biggest flaw of C.S. Lewis’ The Lion‚ The Witch‚ and The Wardrobe)
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Beating Around the Nanabush An Analysis of Tomson Highway’s Most Enigmatic Character This essay endeavors to explain the role of Nanabush‚ who appears in both of The Rez Sisters and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing‚ while asserting that Nanabush is actually the principle focus of the playwright‚ although he or she often only stars in limited scenes. Nanabush is a mysterious character‚ radically different from many other spiritual figures. In the native tongue‚ Nanabush is not ascribed
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The Fellowship of the Ring Formal Essay Frodo and Aragorn possess similar qualities‚ according to Joseph Campbell’s definition of a hero’s journey‚ in that they both have a common world‚ the Shire where Frodo lives comfortably before being forced to leave and the wandering life of a Ranger that Aragorn prefers‚ along with a call to adventure‚ as Gandalf the Grey advises Frodo to go on a quest towards Rivendell to find council while also seeking Aragorn’s
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Subject: classes cancelled today I regret to inform you that we could not find a sub for tomorrow’s classes (Thursday‚ 9/26). So there will be no class on Thursday. The 8:00 and 9:30 classes should do a short comparative essay comparing the four Indian religions: Hinduism‚ Jainism‚ Buddhism and Sikhism---It does not have to be more than three typed pages---what I would like is the major points of agreement and the major differences---"Big Picture" summary to be turned in on Tuesday. The 2:00
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Pharaoh in the book of Exodus tests God’s patience and power by continuing to deceive him as well as Moses‚ and Aaron. In this paper I plan to compare and contrast the ten plagues in the bible‚ Exodus 7:14-12:36 with Psalms 78:44-51 and 105:28-36 as well as explain how the authors of each psalm view the story of the plagues. In Exodus‚ it speaks about how the Pharaoh is unyielding to letting the Egyptian slaves go free so that they can worship to God. God initially had send Moses‚ who was made
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| | | |Floating around in the cytoplasm are small structures called organelles. Like the organs in your own body‚ each one carries out a specific | |function necessary for the cell to survive. Imagine the cells as a miniature city. The organelles might represent companies
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What Shall I Do? By Matt Greutman The Lord of the Rings is a novel about a journey of several different heroes that are working towards a common goal against the evils of middle earth. Heroes such as the powerful wizard Gandalf‚ the swift ranger Aragorn‚ The accurate archer Legolas‚ the mighty warrior Gimli‚ the ring bearer Frodo‚ and many other powerful warriors and helpful allies. However‚ there is only one character that truly fits the definition of being a real hero. This character never gave
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When they were inside the plane should have the Stephen and Dad done what they have done or should they have done something else? (pg. 28-29) Personally I believe that they should have done something else. In the story they let free the slaves. Not only that‚ they also took the car keys from the slavers and gave it to them and used 3 rifle shots to make the slavers not shot them. Stephen and Dad could have killed the slavers and taken all their stuff. Considering the slavers have a car‚ slaves
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“ The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history‚ resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people” (Black Death). The Black Death with its certain symptoms‚ causes‚ diagnoses‚ and treatments has a long history and has been used in biological warfare. The best known symptom of bubonic plague infected‚ enlarged‚ and painful lymph nodes‚ known as buboes. After being transmitted via the bite of infected fleas‚ the Y. pestis bacteria localize in an
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related to larger terrorist cell organizations but these organizations were not held responsible for the atrocities done in their terrorist cell names. From as early as the 1970’s till now there has been hundreds and hundreds of terrorists attack around the world. Many of the more detrimental attacks have been against American embassies across the world and against American civilians‚ such as kidnappings and murders. The few things that all of these incidents have in common is that they are done
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