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John Boynton Priestley was an English world-famous essayist, playwright, novelist, social critic and historian. He was one of England’s last great writers. He was a member of the last generation of freethinking British sages who contemplated both science and philosophy in their literary output. Critics said he was a writer in Britain’s best ‘roast beef…

“And that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost explains in his poem ​The Road Not Taken​, the direction we do not choose in our life is the road not taken and that will make all the difference in our destination. Robert Frost explains his thoughts about the option he had left in the past….

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…

President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law in March 2010. This law made many contraceptive methods affordable to many women in the U.S. This was the first law to be enacted that set requirements for preventative health care across all the markets (L. Sobel, A. Salganicoff, I. Gomez; Mar. 29,2018, Women’s Health policy)….

Beowulf was a noble warrior growing up. He was courageous, powerful, and greatly known for his swimming match against Breca. He was dedicated, loyal, and had a reputation for those qualities. He continued to represent that as he grew older, and his defeat of Grendel, and Grendel’s mother, shows that. He gained a lot of…

Healthcare in the United States is still relatively new to us and is one of the most debated topics in our government. Many presidents have tried to get Healthcare reform in the past, however one President that finally got a law passed on it, was former President Barack Obama. In October of 2009 The Affordable…

Throughout this passage from Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen utilises various narrative techniques. These include dialogic qualities (showing) and the use of third person narrative including focalisation and free indirect speech (telling). Both showing and telling work on different levels to further the reader’s interpretation of different characters and give meaning to the novel as…

In class, we had the opportunity to watch “Anne Frank” the movie, and a while back we heard the play. The “Anne Frank” play was very similar to the “Anne Frank” movie, but they also had some differences which made them different from each other. For example, by watching the movie, we hear that the…

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…

Hospitality was one of the most important things in ancient Greek society. It was necessary for survival because travelers and warriors had to rely on other to help them out as they were going from place to place. It was a very common practice because almost everyone in that society had to, at one point,…