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What did Homer think about the atrocities of war? Prove your thesis with examples from the text. Homer regarded war as an necessary, foolish evil. He laughed at the men foolish enough to go fight for a girl for ten years, but also said that war was the quickest way to honor, which was all…

William Faulkner’s short story “Barn Burning” is the story is about family bonds, and specifically, how these bonds influence the central character of the story. The story examines the internal dilemma and conflict faced by the protagonist, Sarty, imposed family and in particular by his father, Abner Snopes. William Faulkner masterfully employs concise imagery and…

Helen Keller’s life is one of immense challenges and trials. She lost her sight and hearing, but through it all she kept going. Helen’s story is one of inspiration and perseverance, going on where others would fail. Her legacy challenges all of us to strive no matter what our circumstances are. Helen Keller will never…

Prologue The door to the motel room slammed shut, shaking the walls. “Mother. Mother where are you? God damn it. You get out here right now. I’ve not finished with you yet mother!” Norman screamed. He stormed through the hotel room. “Come out come out where ever you are.” Norman lifted the cover on the…

Two crooks, Bill Drill and Sam (we ever learn his last name) have about $600 between the two of them and figure they need another $2000 to pull Off “fraudulent town-lot scheme. ” And by the way, you learn in the first paragraph of the story that these two fellows are the self-educated type who…

Set in Los Angeles in the early 1980’s, this mesmerizing novel is a raw, powerful portrait of a lost generation who have experienced sex, drugs, and disaffection at too early an age. They live in a world shaped by passivity. The place lacks feeling and hope. Three high school buddies, 2 male and 1 female,…

Speech directions provide guidance to actors on how to deliver their lines, using words in brackets that convey the intended emotions of the character. In theatre, characters often use asides to briefly speak directly to the audience while not facing other characters. This enables us to understand the character’s genuine emotions at a specific moment…

One of the strong points of Owen Wister’s western novel is in fact the mode by which the narrative was conveyed. The linguistic communication used to narrate the novel and to present the lines of each character genuinely played a important portion in the development of the narrative. As I was carefully taking in the…

Two of the most of import aggregations of verse forms in the long history of Chinese literature are the Shijing ( Book of Odes ) and the Chuci ( Songs of Chu ) . The Shijing is the oldest aggregation of Chinese poesy ; it dates from the 10th through 7th centuries B.C. , during…

Fate is something that is not commonly believed in, but there are a few, like William Shakespeare, who do. Shakespeare attempts to demonstrate the existence of fate through the use of figurative language and various incidents in the play. Fate plays a role in all the events that revolve around the young lovers: the deep…