Lee: The Gentlemen’s Gentleman Robert E. Lee was considered by many in the South and even by some in the North to be the epitome of what a gentleman should be. Ulysses S. Grant was the North’s answer to Lee. “They were two strong men‚ these oddly different generals‚ and they represented the strengths of two conflicting currents that‚ through them‚ had come into final collision” (429). He was even considered to be an aristocrat in many social circles. “Lee embodied the noblest elements of this
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Walter Mitty is initially a character with a very regular routine‚ not participating in much activity out of work having not done or “been anywhere noteworthy or mentionable” a fact confirmed by his empty travel journal. He lives a routine lifestyle‚ striving to maintain his record of “no mistakes.” Another aspect of his character is his fearful nature: not even considering the prospect of asking his coworker Cheryl out on a date‚ being only think to himself “I can’t.” To escape his reality‚ Walter
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shows ever‚ Breaking Bad. In the pilot episode‚ the audience was introduced to Walter White‚ a middle-aged high school Chemistry teacher. He sounds like an average‚ typical man‚ but he was introduced in the most peculiar way. Gilligan opened this award-winning show with Walter‚ underwear-clad‚ holding a pistol‚ next to a crashed R.V. in the middle of the desert. The audience questioned this of course. How is this man in such a bizarre situation? What’s even going on? Although the opening was abnormal
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Raven” and “Annabel Lee” Edgar Allen Poe known as a poet and critic but most famous as the first master of the short-story form‚ especially tales of the mysterious and macabre. The literary merits of Poe’s writings have been debated since his death‚ but his works have remained popular and many major American and European writers have professed their artistic debt to him. Edgar Allen Poe is noted as one of the few American “Romantic” poets. Poe’s poem “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee” portray Romanticism
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Lee Daniels’ The Butler Director: Lee Daniels The movie I chose was Lee Daniels’ The Butler and I chose the characters to talk about. The Butler is a great movie with amazing characters such as Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker)‚ Hattie Pearl (Mariah Carey)‚ Gloria Gaines (Oprah Winfrey)‚ Howard (Terrence Howard)‚ Carter Wilson (Cuba Gooding Jr.)‚ and so many more. This movie is a brilliant‚ but truthful film on a subject that is usually shrouded in wishing thinking. It is based upon the life of Eugene
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I love funny/action movies like “The Secret life of Walter Mitty”‚ about a young man and everywhere he goes‚ he daydreams of a girl name Cheryl Melhoff . One day Walter was pasting around in New York. He had received a phone call from a random man on the phone‚ but surprisingly it was Todd from E-harmony. Todd was helping Walter with his profile and explaining how he could send a wink to Cheryl to capture her attention. After a while Walter imagined that he smelled burning fire in the building
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Edgar Allen Poe: The Poem of “Annabel Lee” In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “Annabel Lee” a young man falls in love with a very young lady. The man Edgar writes his poem on his lovely wife Virginia Clemm‚ whom he married when she was only 13 years old. Their marriage was a very happy one. Unfortunately‚ she died of tuberculosis in Jan 1847 when she was still in her twenties. Poe died two years and nine months later on October 7‚ 1849. “Annabel Lee” was his last poem. Edgar Allan Poe started
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James Thurber’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” we see the main character drive into Waterbury‚ Connecticut‚ with his wife for some weekly shopping and his wife’s routinely visit to the salon. During the shopping trip he has five dreams that cross his mind. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” shows us how he used imagination to channel someone deep within himself. It allows Walter to set himself apart from everyday reality. The story is based around a boring man who goes shopping with his wife
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crosses one’s mind‚ she may think of dark tales of death and revenge; however‚ many literary elements are incorporated into this macabre master’s works. As a man writing in the literary era of Romanticism‚ many commonalities of the time present themselves throughout his short stories and poems. An excellent model of this is “Annabel Lee‚” one of the last poems written before Poe’s death in 1849. It is about the speaker’s undying (literally and figuratively) love for the late Annabel‚ whom he loved
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From reading the book‚ “Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and watching the movie‚ it is made clear that Walter Mitty is not just any ordinary man. In both the short story and the movie‚ it seems Walter Mitty is completely lost. Mitty has trouble focusing on what is in front of him‚ instead he daydreams about an exciting life‚ that he does not have. The book and movie both show how Mitty has relationship issues‚ how his daily routine is absolutely boring and how he daydreams about the exciting life he
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