The Song of Achilles is a novel by Madeline Miller. This novel is about two men‚ Achilles‚ and Patroclus. They first meet when Patroclus gets exiled from his kingdom because he accidentally killed another boy. Achilles’ father takes Patroclus in and trains him with the rest of the boys that take refuge in Achilles’s kingdom. The two boys grow up with each other which in turns makes them have many adventures together. First‚ they both go to Chiron‚ a centaur that trains heroes like Hercules. Then
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Nicholas Garrigan‚ a young‚ adventurous doctor from Scotland travels to Uganda‚ Africa during great civil unrest and ends up in the employ of the violent Ugandan president Idi Amin. Garrigan bears many qualities of an antihero. This anti hero has none of the personal qualities that define a hero‚ courage‚ physical strength‚ emotional stamina‚ and the ability to recognize and fight against evil. He runs from possible pain‚ is fearful of death‚ and does not help those in need except as a medical
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"A Subaltern’s Love Song" is a rhapsodic poem that details the poet’s real-life infatuation. Betjeman does not use the military definition of subaltern here‚ but instead is referring to someone in an inferior position. The author struggles‚ somewhat happily‚ against his love interest as she continually bests him at tennis. In Literature‚ poems can often be very difficult for one to comprehend and interpret the author’s perspective. Many people grew only being exposed to the basic “Roses are red
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Nicholas Poussin was a man that helped push French art forward with inspiration from the Italian Baroque art style‚ and taking his own influence from Greek statues. Copper references that Poussin used references from ancient Greece and neoclassicism to lead his art style. Also according to Plax‚ in his article “Belonging to the In Crowd” artists around this time in France banded together and started connecting and communicating with one another to build bonds and relationships. The Death of Germanicus
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“Varsouiviana” (Polka) song in different aspects of the play to reflect the emotional trauma in Blanche’s life. Williams introduces the Varsouiviana song to associate it with Blanche’s young husband’s death. In scene one‚ the song plays instantly when Stanley asks‚ “You were married once‚ weren’t you?” (28). The Varsouiviana song is the song Blanche and her husband danced to‚ the night he committed suicide. Blanche memory of her young husband was triggered after Stanley’s question. The Polka song serves to highlight
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tension. There is a worldly or natural blending in Irish Christianity. Kuno Meyer’s translation of the 9th century Celtic monk poem “The Hermit’s Song” offers a unique prospective of powerful Christian elements‚ subtle Pagan themes and how they fuse or mix together beautifully to create an unparalleled and ideal spiritual experience. In “The Hermit’s Song” Christian elements are everywhere. Within the first line on the first stanza the speaker calls
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Chapter 3 lie (rumor) Song: 2Chainz - No Lie (Explicit) ft. Drake I choose this song for this scene because the song is talking about how he never told no lie. It connect to the scene because when olive told a lie/rumor her friend thought it was true. it say about the charter is that even if she tells a lie people will believe her Chapter 9 Detention Song: Kanye West- Bad News I choose this song for this scene because it talk about how it bad news about something he heard. In the movie olive
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Nicholas Carr in The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains (2010) asserts that the internet is the single most powerful mind-altering technology. Carr supports this assertion by giving various‚ significant examples of how people think with the internet today compared to how they thought back then. The writer concludes in order for people to improve skills‚ they will have to cope with the new technology and the way they think. Technology is an expression on human will. “To share know-how
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1 Ms. Spilberg ENG2D1 March 5‚ 2013 Song Comparison Essay The road of life can be a bumpy one. There will always be twists and turns that can alter a person’s life‚ changing the course of their destination. Even though life can be tough‚ you have to draw upon your inner strength in order to persevere. The songs‚ “Move Along” by The All-American Rejects and “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” by Greenday sing about this message. The lyrics in their songs have many literary devices such as personification
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Man in the Mirror (Song Analysis) Man in the Mirror is a former number one single performed by musical pop sensation Michael Jackson. The theme of the song is easy to pick up when you have a look at the chorus "I’m starting with the man in the mirror. I’m asking him to change his ways. And no message could have been any clearer. If you wanna make the world a better place. Take a look at yourself and make a change." The theme of the song clearly incorporates the idea that all wide scale change (changing
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