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lly Budd EssaysInnocence in Billy Budd There is much to be said about innocence. If one is with innocence than one can do no wrong. But that is not all to be said. Innocence is not always a good thing. It could make one naive or blind to certain evils. Like in the case of…

In Kate Chopin’s “The Storm” she expresses two main points to her audience; one being that women, and men, will often try and find happiness and a sense of contentment through rather anarchistic ways. For example, Calixta, although a happy woman with a devoted husband and child still harbors feelings for her ex-love, Alcee, and…

Charles LindberghA little one-engined plane with “ The Spirit of St. Louis ” painted on the side lands at LeBourget field, in the thick of 1000s of heartening witnesss. A tall, thin, flaxen haired, twenty-five-year-old adult male emerges from the cockpit and shyly smilings. Modestly, he says “ good, I made it. ” ( hypertext…

Abtract Anger can be destructive. When unleashed without due consideration for others, it can be disparaging. The negative outcome is usually irreversible. Anger may stem from different reasons which may be seen as justifiable, as in the case of being abused and the offended party gives vent to rage over the transgression; or uncalled-for, like…

Good books record the wisdom, observations, thoughts, and discoveries of wise individuals. They contain timeless truths and serve as guides throughout our lives. As Francis Bacon famously said, “Reading make a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man”. Having a habit of reading is a valuable characteristic that stays with us….

Morality of the Protagonists of “A Dog’s Tail” by Mark Twain and “A Horseman in the Sky” by Ambrose Bierce: A Compare and Contrast paper             Short stories are perhaps the form of literature that has the widest readership. It is a form of literature that is economical on words making it a short and…

In the spring of 1974, Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle after a thirty-year ordeal. Hunted in turn by American troops, the Philippine police, hostile islanders, and successive Japanese search parties, Onoda had skillfully outmaneuvered all his pursuers, convinced that World War II…

Durkheim’s book ‘Suicide: A Study in Sociology’ was the first major sociological study on suicide, from this a debate arose and helped make suicide a huge topic in sociology. He chose suicide as it was more suited to a psychological rather than sociological explanation, he decided if he could show suicide’s link to society then…

Project Pride of Cross Plains, Texas, the community organization directly responsible for the restoration and maintenance of the Robert E. Howard Museum, has announced the publication of A Word from the Outer Dark. This nifty little paperback tome is a generous collection of 100 poems by Robert E. Howard, and pretty well covers the broad scope of…

In this analysis, the book examines the origins of themes and characters found in Martin Scorsese’s films. The main focus is on the film Taxi Driver. It explores how the young Scorsese’s anger towards the church stemmed from its conflicting views on sex compared to his own experiences. Furthermore, his frustration towards women was clearly…