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To inform my audience about the ocean and the benefits the ocean has on us. Central Idea: We have not discovered a majority of the ocean and I wanted to share why we have not done that. To inform that the ocean is very valuable and that we need to spend more time on really…

In O’Connor, one is struck by the unexpected violence at the end of the story. However, if the story is read a second time, reader can see definite signs of foreshadowing that hints to the ending of the story. Through O’Connor’s technique of strong imagery to foreshadow the people and the events in the story…

Thesis: The Roman Fever author demonstrates that physical closeness cannot be equated with mutual comprehension through the examples of Mrs. Ansley and Mrs. Slade who are physically close but mentally and emotionally worlds apart. Symbolism: Daughters represent mothers’ past lives. Irony: Mrs. Ansley catches a cold when she goes to see Delphin – her lover….

James Mercer Langston Hughes, an African American, was a renowned poet, novelist, journalist, and playwright who gained recognition during the Harlem Renaissance for his ability to convey the experiences of Black Americans through his works. He was considered one of the most innovative and versatile black writers of the 20th century, with influences from Paul…

In Hardy’s “The Man He Killed”, he writes the poem as if it is something he had heard, giving the story have an unknown narrator, strengthening the poem greatly. This strengthens the poem by the making it more of a story from one person to another, rather than words straight from the others pen. Hardy’s…

Although both men and women in Afghanistan faced ordeals and hardships, women fared much worse. The rise of the Taliban oppressed women and deprived them of their rights and freedom. First of all, women were not permitted to step outside their house without a male relative alongside them. This became a serious problem because women…

are the driving force behind Beowulf. It seemed that in Beowulf, in order for someone to do their best, there had to be some sort of materialistic reward. I believe that achievement of either fame, material gain or conquests were as germane in the past as they are in today’s society. It was important to…

“The first thing to remember about Donne is that he was a Catholic: the second, that he betrayed his Faith”. Carey’s argument continues with heavy emphasis on Donne’s religious tendencies and implies that the perpetual worry about fidelity, falseness and the permanence of human relationships contained in the ‘Songs and Sonnets’ is a transference of…

The Crucible Essay If you are honest in the first place, it leads to less complications; but if you lie it leads to a disaster. In the novel The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the characters lie and tell the truth, but lying is what gets the community of Salem into trouble. Many people in Salem…

Defendants A country; particularly the United States, legal infrastructure is a key factor in the media’s ability to fulfill their “watchdog” function. However, most of the 1990s had completely lacked a legal base that would allow non-governmental media to defend their newfound abilities to present alternative and often critical points of view. New legal rulings…