The title "Arms and the Man" derives from the opening lines of the popular epic of Virgil‚ "Aeneid" : "I sing of Arms and the Man" However‚ as Virgil highly praises war as described by its heroes‚ Shaw’s aim in writing "Arms and the Man" is to provide a more realistic picture of war and to remove all pretensions of the nobility from war. As General Philip Henry Sheridan put it "Many of you here believe that war is all glory; but let me tell you‚ boys‚ it is all Hell". Even though Shaw is
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gasses push a projectile out of a barrel. The gun hasn’t changed much since it was created in china centuries ago. Other than looks it has kept the same principle elements‚ the primer‚ the propellant‚ and the projectile (Leghorn). A primer is a small explosive that occurs when the trigger is pulled to light the propellant. Despite what many people think‚ the propellant doesn’t explode‚ it burns. It burns very quickly‚ but even after the bullet leaves the barrel it still burns for a moment. If the
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The story that has significance to me is “Just Be Yourself” and its right of passage if to find yourself‚ find what you like to do‚ and don’t care what anybody else thinks of your decisions. These are some of the reasons why this story has most significance to me. In the story‚ the narrator is trying to find herself. This is significant to me because I am at the age where I am trying to find myself‚ who I am‚ what I like‚ and what I will want to pursue in the future.There is a quote‚ “It’s
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the slave trade are attributed to the racial multiplicity. Considering the podcast‚ Diana is the Hispanic immigrant who shares her story of the hardships faced as an immigrant in the United States. At the age of 11‚ her parents and six siblings settled in the USA seeking enhanced educational and survival prospects. The podcast entitled “Moving beyond a Single Story” is Mariana Ayala’s interview to her sister‚ Diana‚ which explicates the plights of American immigrants and evidently draws parallels
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Children’s Literatures 260 JSNG Black Magic retold by S.E. Schlosser Story Literary Elements: * Title: Black Magic * Characters: * Protagonist: Rachel and Geoffrey * Antagonist: Mad Henry. * Plot: When Rachael and Geoffrey returned from the elopement‚ they threw a big ball and invited everyone in town. While Rachel was waltzing with her father‚ she heard a clap of thunder. Lightning flashed again and again. Suddenly‚ the double doors blew open and a breeze whirled in‚ bringing
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four functions of ritual and explain how this ritual does or does not include the classic elements of initiation rites. 3. Contrast any two of the following four creation stories: Enuma Elish‚ Hymn to Aton‚ and the 2 creation stories in Genesis with respect to the historical context and basic narrative of each story. How would Mircea Eliade analyze these
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In the text‚ Gender and Women’s Studies in Canada by Margaret Hobbs and Carla Rice‚ is a story called‚ X: A Fabulous Child’s Story by Lois Gould. The main character in this story is not assigned a specific gender‚ so growing up‚ the parents of X gave their child both female and male characterized items to wear‚ play with‚ and watch. By doing this‚ X’s parents allowed X to expand and easily discover what it is that X truly is passionate about without the barriers of social constructs. “X was the president
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He never lies yet never elaborates on the scar. As the bus moves along he begins to tell a story of a man named Oliver Davies. He begins by telling on the outside Oliver had the perfect life. He had a beautiful wife‚ a child‚ and a promising career. But now he is more scared than he has ever been. Oliver has overextended himself. He put all of
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Mahtabs Story Script: Slide 1 – ‘Mahtab’s Story’ is an eventful novel‚ full of powerful and demanding moments. Throughout this novel Mahtab learns new responsibilities and takes control and learns how to grow up in her dark and complicated story. Slide 2 – ‘Mahtabs Story’ told in third person‚ has the author Libby Gleeson telling the story from an outside perspective by letting the audience know from ‘Mahtab ached.’ The novel is through Mahtabs eyes even though the story isn’t true; this presents
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Dream to the myth of money and success and how anyone can rise from rags to riches. This text enforces the myth of money and success showing that the American Dream is possible and gives people hope in that they too could rise out of the bottom. The story of “From Ragged Dick” shows someone that did work hard but also got the luck of saving a wealthy persons son. He started out illiterate shining shoes and barely getting by. He worked hard at what he did and tried to get a better income by getting a
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