Department of English and American Studies Stylistic Analysis of Barrack Obama´s Presidential Victory Speech Iveta Vondráková Nitra 2012 Content Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 3 1 Basic characteristics .................................................................................................... 4 1.1 References from the past ..............................................................
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Enlightenment is the time period from 1650 to the 1800’s where a period of time that challenges the society and old ideology‚ where the traditional ideas about god and human’s place on earth became mixed with new ideology about science‚ logical reasoning and freedom. New understanding about human behavior which could rectify human failings which leading to unlock the sources to increase liberty and prosperity‚ shaping the human nature into more acceptable form such as opening schools. Education provided
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Has the thought that one day scientists will eventually lead towards having robots know what they want to do and what they are supposed to do? The author Charlie Gillis thinks that the way that technology is going to lead towards sentient robots. One day robots will be able to know how things should be made out and put together. The author Charlie Gillis of “Robot Invasion” talks about how close people are to eventually lead towards having these types of robots. Robots being able to know what they
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In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes‚ the main character Charlie Gordon is an 37 year old man that has the IQ of 70 which is very low. His whole life all he wanted to be was smart. When an opportunity was revealed to him he did not hesitant to go through with it‚ even though the opportunity was an surgery to his brain that could affect him in a good or bad way. The scientists didn’t even know if it was permanent‚ but he went through with it anyways. But after he got the surgery he got a unpleasant
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Sacrament of Reconciliation‚ the penitent must feel sorrow in order to go to confession. A priest who hears the confessions is like the father who ran to his son when he returned; they both forgive their children in a way from their faults after witnessing their struggle. In the Great Sin by C.S. Lewis‚ one of the most treacherous
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Patrick Henry gave a speech in 1775 to the Virginia Convention that convinced them to take action and fight back against Great Britain for their freedom because their methods of hope and petition failed to work. First‚ he used concession to opposition in the beginning of his speech to acknowledge the arguments and thoughts of the preceding speakers so that he could speak freely while he suggested treason. Secondly‚ he pointed out how despite the obvious facts of the start of a war‚ the convention
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the "roaring twenties." In 1925 Fitzgerald created the arguably biographical‚ The Great Gatsby. In the novel Fitzgerald uses animals‚ mainly a puppy‚ to characterize‚ and to drive the plot. In the earlier section of the book‚ chapter 2‚ the reader meets the puppy. In meeting the puppy‚ Fitzgerald conveys education levels of Myrtle Wilson and Tom Buchanan. "I don’t suppose you got that kind?" (27) This quote from Myrtle shows us that her english level is below par. However‚ Tom’s knowledge is shown
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The main theme in that novel is imperialism‚ and the the ability of one man to judge another. The setting was in the Belgian Congo‚ mainly focuses on the three themes of that time “God‚ Gold‚ and Glory”. Charlie Marlow is a character‚ changed and developed in many ways throughout the novel and his experience in “the new world”. Marlow is a philosophical‚ and a master storyteller. He is one of the representations of modernism‚ can be treated as a traditional hero because he is as the story tells
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Martin Luther King Jr. was born January 15‚ 1929. He was a social activist that lead boycotts in a non-violent manner. Martin Luther King Jr. wanted equality and peace. He was faced with many obstacles through his time but still managed to remain humble and kind. MLK was also faced with judgement by other activist who wanted the same thing but did their protesting with violence. Although these two groups wanted the same thing‚ Martin Luther King Jr. wanted his protest done in a peaceful approach
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The beginning of the book The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis was difficult to understand and hard to figure out‚ but as you read on‚ you come to find out that this book is about heaven and hell and the people that go there. The narrator who is the main character in the book tells the story on what he sees from his eyes. The author describes hell as a dark cold town with alleys that people live in and no one to be seen on the streets‚ and heaven as this place that looks beautiful with green grass‚ mountains
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