William Gerald Golding published his first book in 1954 at the age of forty-three. He had a late start‚ but that did not hinder his writing ability. Golding grew up in Cornwall‚ England and joined the British Royal Navy at the age of thirty-nine. Consequently‚ he was in World War II and witnessed the D-Day invasion at Normandy‚ which destroyed his optimism and scarred him for life. William Golding was a well achieved and admired person in British literature‚ and his life experiences‚ including
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Bible in question was the official Bible of the State of Tennessee‚ and that this was the King James Version. The defense attorney‚ Clarence Darrow‚ asked where were they to find an expert on the Bible who was acceptable to the court; Prosecutor William Jennings Bryan interjected “I am an expert on the Bible.” This was unheard of‚ a counsel for the prosecution offering to be a witness for the defense! After 8 days of trial‚ in which the jury heard no defense and nothing from neither the defendant
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Kristen Williams Growing up‚ most parents and educators tell children to be successful and live a happy life you have to attend college. However‚ this is not always true. People who do not obtain a college degree are not necessarily unsuccessful. Some people are intellectually challenged and have disabilities that do not let them perform at a high level. Also‚ America’s economy has risen drastically that some households cannot afford college tuition. College is not for everyone‚ and there
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British poet‚ who spent his life in the Lake District of Northern England. William Wordsworth started with Samuel Taylor Coleridge the English Romantic movement with their collection LYRICAL BALLADS in 1798. When many poets still wrote about ancient heroes in grandiloquent style‚ Wordsworth focused on the nature‚ children‚ the poor‚ common people‚ and used ordinary words to express his personal feelings. His definition of poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings arising from "emotion
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William Wordsmith’s "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" or "Daffodils": Analysis A BESTWORD ANALYSIS As far as there is to mention‚ there is little of weight or consequence to speak of in the direct analysis of William Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”‚ or “Daffodils” as it is popularly referred to today. From introduction to conclusion‚ William Wordsworth cleanly describes the act of watching a patch of country daffodils swaying in the breeze and the lasting effect this pleasant image has
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Irish poet‚ dramatist‚ and prose writer‚ one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. Yeats’s father‚ John Butler Yeats‚ was a barrister who eventually became a portrait painter. His mother‚ formerly Susan Pollexfen‚ was the daughter of a prosperous merchant in Sligo‚ in western Ireland. Through both parents Yeats claimed kinship with various Anglo-Irish Protestant families who are mentioned in his work. Normally‚ Yeats would
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William Cullen Bryant’s “Thanatopsis” is an expression of how people are one with the natural world. It explains how when people die they will become part of the earth again. To William Cullen Bryant‚ people are created equal to each other. “Thanatopsis” means to have a view or contemplation of death. He also believes somehow nature is an antidote to the sorrow and despair that death brings. Studies have shown how nature is soothing to the soul of the depressed and obstructed. Nature can somehow
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labor to support the growing economy. These children were deprived of their childhood and William Blake the author of “ The Chimney Sweeper” wanted to depict society’s ignorance of child labor and raise awareness towards its injustice. Blake appeals to the reader’s sense of morality to draw attention to the corruption that was sweeping the nation through child labor. Blake cleverly uses tone‚ diction‚ imagery‚ metaphor and irony in order to provoke an outrage against the inhumane treatment of child
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English Speech: Matthew Condon’s ’The Trout Opera’ The Australian Curriculum website says: “Texts are chosen because they are judged to have potential for enriching the lives of students‚ expanding the scope of their experience‚ and because they represent effective and interesting features of form and style. It builds students’ knowledge about how language can be used for aesthetic ends‚ to create particular emotional‚ intellectual or philosophical effects.“ From ‘http://www.australiancurriculum
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William Shakespeare Thesis Statement: William Shakespeare: Often called England’s National Poet‚ the Bard of Avon‚ widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language‚ the world’s pre-eminent dramatist and is an author who inspired and influenced the writer of our time. Outline: I. Introduction Shakespeare was a respected poet and playwright during his days. Many of his plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime. His plays remain highly
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