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Summary: “Fern Hill” is a poem that explores the revelation of life and mortality following an unanticipated event. The speaker gains a deeper understanding of himself and the surrounding world. [pic] Dylan Thomas’s poem “Fern Hill” portrays the progression from childhood to adulthood and the recognition of one’s own mortality. Through vivid language and imagery,…

Various types of conflict exist, typically involving either an individual struggling with their own inner struggles, conflicts between individuals, or conflicts between individuals and the natural world. It is essential for every story to incorporate conflict at least on one of these levels, as it breathes life into the plot and keeps the audience engaged….

Bullying is the deliberate act of causing distress or harm to someone. Shockingly, in Canada, there are 900 thousand incidents of bullying reported every day among 5.2 million students, meaning that 1 out of every 5 students is bullied daily. Regrettably, many people are unaware of how widespread bullying is in their environment. There are…

Maladies both momentary and life-changing, communication and compassion, routines and rituals, and the deterioration of past cultural values – these are among the themes of Jhumpa Lahiri’s extraordinary Pulitzer Prize winning debut collection of stories. Lahiri’s stories are filled with emotional characters searching for love beyond the barriers of nations, cultures, religions and generations. The…

Handlebar’s play showcases the clash between different generations within a household, leading to internal strife. Walter and Beneath, who are siblings, both aspire to improve their socioeconomic circumstances. However, the contrasting perspectives they hold and their individual beliefs set them apart. In A Raisin in the Sun, Handlebars portrays Walter Lee Younger as an ambitious…

Auschwitz as a Symbol of Genocide: A Chronicle of Atrocities Because of the murders of more than 1,000,000 Jews at Auschwitz, the name of this concentration camp has become synonymous with brutality, inhumanity, and death.  Personal memoirs and historical accounts of these atrocities support this idea that Auschwitz was not the only concentration camp in…

These two stories are the ones where we can clearly idealize the sense of irony that happen the protagonists of the stories. Chrysanthemums by Steinbeck provide us an insight of a women Elisa who is lonely by heart and feels outside this world. She has nothing to do with all the things going around in…

The article “Tragedy of the Commons” explains Hardin’s theory that a misguided or mistaken use of the human ethics is catastrophic and will result in what he called “Tragedy of the Commons”. In this article, Hardin explains that “commons” are resources shared by the society as a whole with access to that “commons” without restrictions….

Class notes from Animal Farm Socratic Seminar Question do you think old Major wouldst,’e wanted animal farm to be different than what it turned out to be? Communism made animal farm different revolution meaning abandoning humans Question Could any animal make Snowball the leader, besides Napoleon? Would the dogs follow anyone else besides the pigs?…

Being stranded on an island can be a life or death struggle. It brings up new challenges and self discovery. When a group of young boys get stranded on an island together with no adults, they must learn to live and survive as a community. Not only must they worry about food and shelter, but…