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Superheroes! They’re everywhere – comic books, film, television and various merchandise! Over the years they’ve made their way into the hearts of many people from all over the world. Space soldiers with rubber suits, crime-fighting vigilantes, scientific experiments, demigods, artificial beings, wizards and in rare cases aliens – all of them imbued with abilities most…

In the opening poems of Drum Taps, Whitman has a patriotic tone which shows the audience that war was not only necessary, but that people’s lives were just small price to pay to ensure people’s safety back home. Whitman, along with Melville, does recognize that war does come with a price but, the price comes…

Presents illiteracy as a form of dependence. Hanna’s inability to read and write has a huge impact on her life, especially her shame for it. Throughout the novel it becomes clear that Hanna’s illiteracy affects her on her choices in life and her social skills, which in the end results in Hanna killing herself. She…

Approximately 400 years ago, between 1599-1601 Shakespeare wrote a play known as Hamlet. It is set in Kingdom. Prince Hamlet the main character of the play wants to seek revenge against his uncle, who killed his father to seize the throne and later marry his mother. People to this day still wonder why hamlet four…

Long ago, every nation had its own hero, who they admired and respected their hero’s accomplishments that they have done to get to the top of the mountain. Gilgamesh was a once- in-a-lifetime warrior in Mesopotamia during his time. The importance of Gilgamesh, the great searches he made, how similar he was to other characters,…

I have always identified with the Republican party. I was raised within a family of Republicans’, so I always just went with it. My results from the online quiz said otherwise. They said I was a Libertarian. I have never taken the time out of my day to research what the Liberals stand for but…

The book I decided to read for my indy choice was Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer. I chose this book because watching the movie and hearing about his story was just not enough. I wanted to learn more about Chris Mccandless and his long journey from a young intelligent college graduate to an Alaskan…

The themes of kingship, slavery, colonialism, and feminism in Oroonoko are the elucidation of narrator’s ability to cover multiple dimensions in a piece of writing. The objectiveness of different themes create doubts related to the accuracy of narration. The element of gender orientation asserts the aspects of rationality and logic. The narration is highly objective,…

In the society, various things help us in relating to one another. One of them is identity where people classify themselves depending on who they are. The community is capable of educating an individual on specific things like where one came from, who are his ancestors and how people perceive him or her. There people…

There are multiple cultural aspects that influence not only the way we view others, but also how we interact with other people. Culture is a strong part of a person’s life because it determines their views and values. The way individuals grow up within their culture can easily follow throughout their adult life. As I…