TOPIC: Literature in all its forms - novels‚ stories‚ poems and drama - are useless and have no signifigance in later life MY STAND: For TIME: 4 minutes As a debator on this topic I will be speaking for the movement. Literature in all its forms are useless and have no signifigance in later life. It is a fact that can’t possibly be denied even by the most avid of literature lovers! Literature can’t be to ANY practical usage in our later lives. Ten years from now‚ apart from that tiny 1% of
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Sumerian stories are older (probably dating to at least 2100 B.C.)‚ it was probably composed around 1900 BC. The epic deals with themes of heroism‚ friendship‚ loss‚ and the quest for eternal life. Different historical periods are reflected in literature. National and tribal sagas‚ accounts of the origin of the world and of customs‚ and myths which sometimes carry moral or spiritual messages predominate in the preurban eras. The epics of Homer‚ dating from the early to middle Iron age‚ and the great
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Why would the southern states secede but not any other states? There were three main reasons that included issues of slavery‚ states’ rights‚ and other grievances like Lincoln’s election. Georgia‚ Texas‚ Mississippi‚ South Carolina‚ and Virginia were five out of the eleven states that wrote a “Declaration of Causes”‚ which explained why they seceded. Slavery was one of the more important causes of secession of the southern states. “The South with great unanimity declared her purpose to resist the
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Matsuo Basho’s journey has had a significant impact on literature due to his well-written journals. Basho’s journals reveal his life style and experiences. In his first journal‚ The Records of a Weather-exposed Skeleton‚ Basho conveys his spiritual thoughts and religious life that has more meaning than he ever thought. Basho’s journal contains several poems as he further reveals different people‚ religious traditions‚ and significant places that has made his journey more significant. In Matsuo
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were used to picking cotton as well as farm and do house chores for slave owners. Also‚ slaves were very popular in the southern states due that they had a late start in the slave trade. However‚ when they got in‚ the southerners realize that they can flourish economically by growing cotton. With slaves being so resourceful and able to control (at some points). The southern states started to flourish more than northern states. The invention of the cotton made came along. As the result of the
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British literature was changed from simple stories to a more realistic and meaningful approach to life. Nineteenth century England is what most historians call the Victorian age‚ which is how British literature got started. It was during the Victorian age that people began to learn how to read and write. "In 1837 about half of the adult male population could read and write; by the end of the century‚ literacy was almost universal." (Abrams) The novel became the most popular form of literature during
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Ernest Hemingway‚ A legacy for American Literature Some say that Hemingway’s personal life should disqualify him from the literature canon. They state that his torrent affairs‚ his alcoholism‚ and his mental state should preclude him from entry into the canon. These are the very things that help to make Hemingway a unique writer. Although his genre is fiction‚ he relies on his real life experiences with the people and places that he visited. The very definition of the literary canon disputes these
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Abstract In 1987 the National Collegiate Athletic Association (N.C.A.A.) placed its harshest football punishment in history on Southern Methodist University (S.M.U.). The repeat violator rule‚ also known as the “death penalty‚” banned the college from playing football for all of the 1987 and only allowed to play seven games in its 1988 season. They used S.M.U. as an example of what could happen when a college excessively violates N.C.A.A. regulations. The death penalty was the last option for
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slaves of the south”. The free-laborers were not forced to America in ships‚ stripped of their culture‚ their language‚ and their freedom. The free-laborers were not enslaved. I do not agree with the shoemaker’s statement‚ but rather believe the Southern slaves were treated worse than Northern laborers. It may have been true that laborers in the North had harsh working conditions‚ but they did however‚ have their freedom. The laborers were not treated as if they were property. Slaves were treated
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(-A+E Networks‚ History.com Staff‚ 2009) The KKK had well over 500‚000 members in southern states. Numbers varied throughout Northern states in the 1800’s. In 1924 there had been five to six million members. The numbers of the KKK slowly diminished. There were fewer than 100‚000 by the 1930’s. People started to see the klan as cruel and
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