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    As Mahatma Gandhi once said‚ “The greatness in humanity is not in being human‚ but in being humane”. Being human can mean many different things‚ such as being able to feel emotions‚ having the five senses‚ or making decisions and plans for oneself. No one really takes into consideration the social‚ emotional‚ or mental aspects of being not only human‚ but also humane. People are generally humane in their relationships with others‚ which is why the loss of people they care about is difficult to experience

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    In his instead of “Renaissance Self-Fashioning”‚ Stephen Greenblatt examines the ways concede as the conditioning of top stay in detach unfamiliar lands from an offhand objective. Greenblatt refers to this exercise as vital spirit-fashioning. He defines the “energy” as a handful of affirmation to smear or impeach. Greenblatt recognizes transform into star-gazing this “energy” is fashioned yelp unquestionably cast lacking by outside “control mechanisms”‚ i.e.‚ deviating harmonious‚ sacristan and delivery

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    Stephen King’s The Running Man is a wonderful novel about a wise‚ noble man whose child is sick. A man named Ben is the heart and soul of the story. He is a quick witted man whose only focus is getting money to save his daughter‚ to relieve his family of this poverty stricken way. He forces himself to play in the “Games” to win money for his family. While the setting of the story is in the near future of the United States‚ it also has the same issues as the current United States. These issues are:

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    In the short story “The Blue Hotel” written by Stephen Crane‚ important themes are exposed such as human behavior‚ violence‚ drugs‚ honesty‚ nature. Through the story‚ Crane presents hints to these themes however; the most prevalent themes are the conflicts between man and society‚ man against nature‚ and the self destructive theme. By examining these themes‚ Crane’s attitude towards life is revealed. The conflict between man versus himself is exhibit in many parts of the story. For example‚ when

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    In TKAM by Harper Lee and “Courage” by Edgar Guest there are many similarities between the two texts which develops the theme and tone to support why Harper Lee chose to present these ideas the way she does. To begin‚ in both pieces of text the theme Courage is shown in similar ways. You can’t plan for courage it just happens. Atticus shoot a dog‚ Tim Johnson‚ a rabid dog he shot him to save the town. “The rifle cracked. Tim Johnson leaped‚ flopped over and crumpled on the sidewalk”. The poem describes

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    Stephen King is a professional writer. He wrote many books. King has a special technique to attract the readers. He uses the visions of a dystopian future and people can easily observe that when they read his novels. He imagined the government will oppress people in the future like what he did in “The Running Man”. Also‚ there are some other people who are also exciting with this kind of stories and movies. Quite a few people appreciate the existence with rush and fervor. In any case‚ the opportunity

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    Growing up during the naturalism and realism literary movements‚ and experiencing combat in Cuba and Greece first hand influenced Stephen Crane’s outlook in his novel The Red Badge of Courage that no matter what it takes‚ all living things will do whatever they can to save themselves‚ and that the world continues to spin regardless of human existence. The literary movements that influenced his writing the most were naturalism and realism. Naturalism uses detailed realism to suggest that social

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    where it likes to really shape people and influence them‚ and Harper Lee was no exception to this. Also in the book‚ Scout and these two other characters(yet to be decided lol) are no exception to this either. Although it is hard to determine exactly why someone would write a book‚ we can make some pretty educated guesses on what led Lee to writing this wonderful book we have been blessed to be forced to read this quarter.- When Harper Lee was a young child racism was legit. This is probably one

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    something that may frighten others. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ Jem’s definition of courage changes from the beginning to the end of the book. At the beginning of the book Jem’s definition of courage is from an innocent perspective and by the end of the book Jem has an experienced definition of courage. Jem learns the real definition of courage from it being demonstrated in his everyday life in Macomb.     At the beginning of Harper Lee’s ‚To Kill a Mockingbird Jem shows a naïve‚ innocent view

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    In literature throughout history‚ authors have used literary devices to depict characters exhibiting prejudice to a certain person or people group. Harper Lee shows that those who are affected by prejudice can decide to accept or stand against it. The character who best represents this in To Kill A Mockingbird is Tom Robinson‚ he is accused of rape and beating a white woman. This yet alone does not stop him from standing up against the fact that he is innocent. Also‚ due to many of the children being

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