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Tom Buchanan, a wealthy and self-absorbed socialite, seeks to attain complete superiority by immersing himself in his wealth and possessions and exerting control over every aspect of his life and the lives of others. This is most apparent in his relationships with Myrtle Wilson. While he gifts her perfume, a magazine, and a dog, these…

“Everybody can be great… because everybody can serve”(Martin Luther King Jr. 1968). Many people have to make tough decisions, but being a hero can mean making choices that impact the lives of others. Heroes will be put through hard times, forcing them to make a difficult decision, where it seems as if they might be…

Americans know that fruits and vegetables are a healthy source of nutrition, this knowledge is offset by the food industry’s $2 billion campaign that teaches young people to desire highly processed junk foods. Feeding America estimates that elementary school students only receive about 3.4 hours of nutritional education per year. Working hand in hand with…

            The stories collected in Ambrose Bierce’s “Civil War Stories” were originally published in 1909 as part of the two volume set “The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce.” The sixteen works of fiction collected in “Civil War Stories” span a range of genres from memoir, as in “What I Saw of Shiloh,” to allegory as…

Charachter Analysis Banquo Essay, Research Paper Throughout Shakespeare ’ s Macbeth, Banquo is a foil to Macbeth. Banquo ’ s logic and restraint contrasts Macbeth ’ s break outing aspiration and foolhardiness. Shakespeare created two opposite characters, Banquo and Macbeth who server to foil each other. A foil is person or something that serves to…

Machiavelli Essay, Research Paper The Prince Major Subject Machiavelli’s affection for Florence was both sincere and long-lasting. He held a genuine desire to enhance the city’s magnificence while also seeking personal employment after losing his previous position due to the Medici family’s rise to power. With hopes of impressing Lorenzo Medici and potentially securing a…

The key to memorable public speaking engagements are excellent speech introductions.An introduction is the section people will remember most about the speech. For example, when you think of the Gettysburg Address, you probably think of the words “Four score and seven years ago,” part of Lincoln’s introduction. This was so powerful, other public speakers –…

In Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, King Lear, the issue of sight and its relevance to clear vision is a recurring theme. Shakespeare’s means of portraying this theme is through the characters of Lear and Gloucester. Although Lear can physically see, he is blind in the sense that he lacks insight, understanding, and direction. In contrast, Gloucester…

The narrative “ The Knife Thrower ”, by Steven Millhauser, presents an instead distressing subject. We are shown, through the storyteller, the patterned advance of Hensch’s accomplishment and so come closer and closer to pulling blood, until, at last, a person dies. Through the storyteller, we see that the audience is at that place for…

Power of SinIn The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne presents three main characters that commit evil and sinful acts, where each act is at a different degree of sinfulness. These three sinners (in the eyes of the Puritan community) are: the beautiful Hester Prynne, the esteemed Reverend Dimmesdale, and the cold-hearted doctor Roger Chillingworth. Hawthorn believes…