...be in America, freedom of speech is something that even a once enslaved black woman could achieve. Moreover, freedom of speech does not always come in the form of a complaint. Wheatley is hoping for a future that includes a new Republic independent of Britain and gives admiration to the leaders of the military. Additionally, Wheatley brings to light that the fight for freedom in America is something that other nations also want, “And nations gaze at scenes before unknown (Wheatley 411.6)!” Also, Wheatley knows that the fight for freedom includes everyone in America. “The land of freedom’s heaven-defended race!” implies that...
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...nation whose crimes, towering up to heaven, were thrown down by the breath of the Almighty, burying that nation in irrecoverable ruin!” (Douglass p.47). Like Babylon, the United States has a crime of slavery and if the United States keep this unjust slavery, the country will be unstable and will collapse. This comparison reveals what could happen to the United States if a change to abolish slavery does not occur. Douglas ends his speech by stating, “What to the American slave is your Fourth of July? I answer a day that reveals to him more than all other days of the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim” (Douglass p.49). This speech changes the way African Americans view 4th of July, it is not a day of independence and freedom for all Americans. Douglass himself was a former American slave that became an abolitionist. Abolitionism is a commitment to end slavery on the basis of fundamental human interest, slavery was viewed as a moral evil because it reduced a human being to an animal-like existence. Douglass joined the Republican party in 1850, to gain political strength in abolishing slavery. The Republican Party had a basis of antislavery and became the party for antislavery groups. He supported the Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln, and he continued to plead for federal protection for black Americans lives and civil rights in south till his death in 1895. Washington Irving wrote story, “Rip Van Winkle”, after the American revolution...
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...agriculture became popular in southern China, it soon spread to Japan and only then became a means of agriculture as well. (Spodek 232) Bronze tools and weapons, copied from the Chinese arrived about the first century B.C.E., and the technology for making iron tools about 200 years later. With architecture, As Buddhism came to Japan, so did the practice of building elaborate temples. And with that development, other building began to take on more complex forms with larger rooms and inner courtyards. The classic curved roof style definitely came from Chinese influence, and it is still seen throughout Japan today. After the mandate of heaven became popular in China, the Japanese rulers soon after claimed to rule by a divine mandate too. (Spodek 233)The difference between the mandate of heaven and this new Japanese mandate could be revoked. Japan made rip-off copies of Chinas policies and ideas. (Spodek 233) When looking at the patterns of early Chinese dynasties and those of ancient Japan, we can see that China was the leading and more powerful country of the two and that the Japanese mimicked the Chinese nature in quite a few ways. The heaviest influences China had on Japan were intellectual and technological. One of these intellectual influences was the language of Chinese. Chinese script became Japans earliest language and most of our knowledge about ancient Japan comes from these records and references in literature. Chinese characters as well as accepted elements of both Confucianism...
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...The Lovely Bones, written by Alice Sebold takes place in 1973 to 1981 in Suburban Pennsylvania and the afterlife of Susie Salmon. Fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon gets murdered by her neighbor and ends up watching over her family from heaven. As she watches over her family she must control her anger and emotions of not being able to help her family go through the news of her death. While she is up in heaven, her killer is down on earth living with no guilt. She waits up in heaven hoping one day her killer will get what he deserves. Susie Salmon is an innocent young lady who becomes a victim of murder. She tells the story from memory in heaven after she has been murdered. She is the daughter of Abigail and Jack Salmon and sister of Buckley and Lindsey. Susie is a person who has many wonderful characteristics however these traits lead to her tragic death. She is a very kind young lady who sees the best in people and only wants to live a normal life who goes to highschool. She has a very curious mind that makes her intrigued to know more. Along with her curiosity, there is also kindness and trust. These three personality traits play a major role that gets her into...
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...Somewhere there is a sock heaven. There must be, for where only one sock can be found the other must exist, somewhere. Did you fall behind the laundry hamper or the dark abyss behind the dresser drawers? Each time I open them I think of you, lonely and scared. Shivering in a dark corner or sucked into a dusty vacuum bag unconscious. Somewhere between the laundry hamper and the closet you disappeared. Do you have commitment issues? Perhaps my feet were too large and you just couldn’t be yourself around me. Or did the odor make your stomach churn? I never meant to drive you away. I swear that I tried to look out for you and wash my feet consistently. I may have forgotten once or twice. It wasn’t you, it was me. Is there a portal in the spin cycle that I don’t know about? Are you somewhere tropical, on the other side of the earth sipping a piña colada and tanning in the sunshine? Did you slip off a counter and go out with the trash? I’m so sorry. I never meant to abandon you. Or did you abandon me? Either way, my toes tremble in your absence. You were faithful to keep my toes warm each day. Did I treat you with the same consideration? You were my lone companion on early morning jogs through fog and rain. I know that sometimes I looked out for myself without considering your feelings. I’m sure that you were as wet and chilly as I. On the coldest of the winter nights you stayed close, soothing me into deep slumber. I will never forget you. I’m sorry I didn’t mend that hole...
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...impacting subject throughout our history. Suppose that one individual is accused of witchcraft or someone says they have been haunted by another's spirit, they are hung and put to death. For a numerous number of people, this is an alarming subject to have to come across. The play called The Crucible, presents how witchcraft has affected many adults and children's reputations in the past. One may say Abigail Williams and John Proctor's reputations were harmed the most in the play The Crucible. Abigail was a servant for the Proctors and did not like Goody Proctor. Abigail wants John proctor all to herself. She and the other girls declare that many of the towns people have spirits that will come haunt them and this is a sign of hell rising and heaven falling. The judges believe the girls and execute close to 80 innocent people. Abigail does everything she can to preserve her reputation and maintain power even if that means dragging others reputation and social status down. Abigail does not want anyone to assume her name is bad in the village: “I will not have it said my name is soiled! Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar” (Miller 1240). Abigail points her fingers at anyone she can to get the blame off of her. She speculates this by pointing her fingers at Goody Proctor and making her guilty. Once Goody Proctor is guilty, she will be hung and Abigail will have John Proctor to herself as she wanted, but in this play, this is not the case. John Proctor, on the other hand, is another character...
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...Childhood and adolescence is a period in life where one finds out what their identity is. Questions such as “who am I?” and “why am I here?” are just some of the questions that are asked during this fragile part in one’s life. In Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones and Heather O’Neil’s Lullabies for Little Criminals, the loss of innocence at a young age seems to be the main theme. Childhood is innocence and people must try to preserve that innocence for as long as possible or else it might cause complications and difficulties later on in life. The protagonists in both of these stories, Baby and Susie, have been exposed to too much “adult like” things for anyone their age Both protagonists are deprived of fundamentals of life at such an early stage in their lives which causes them to struggle with trying to find their true identity and their self worth. Being exposed to drugs and violence, changes in environments and not being in control of their own lives play key parts in their struggle throughout. Ultimately they struggle to realize their full potential and find independence from these experiences. At such young ages, especially ages 12 and 14, Susie and Baby are already deprived of their innocence in life. At such tender ages where one is trying to discover themselves, they find themselves not knowing if they are children or adults. Being exposed to things such as violence, death, and drugs does not help them in their journey. Susie Salmon and Baby are independent, there is no...
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......The ticket was rugged with rips on each side. It did not say what it was for, but it was very small and had a very pretty violet color on it. A slight breeze passed through the boat. The sky became dark and looked as if a gray blanket was put over the sky. The wind was warm and cozy. The clouds however were very dense with a slight nimbus cloud about 300 miles away. The red on this boat seemed to slowly fade away as the sun receded into the clouds. Both mules on each side seemed to slightly lag behind the boat. All of a sudden a crack of lightning and a boom of thunder shook the plateau about 3 miles away from the boat. The planks on the boat shook with mighty force as a strong wind past through the trees and over the boat. Marco however was on...
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...Cheonjiwang Bonpuli From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Cheonjiwang Bonpuli (Hangul: 천지왕 본풀이, literally 'Chronicles of Cheonjiwang') is a Korean creation myth, traditionally retold by shamans in the small island ofJeju Island. It is one of the best-known Creation myths in the Korean peninsula, and many key elements in the Cheonjiwang Bonpuli can be found in the creation myths of the mainland.[1] Plot[edit] Unlike its title, the supreme deity Cheonjiwang (Hangul: 천지왕), whose name literally means 'King of the Heavens and the Earth', serves mainly as a secondary character. The protagonists of the myth are instead the two sons of Cheonjiwang, Daebyeol and Sobyeol. The myth starts with the creation of the world, when the sky and the earth were one (This concept can be found in most other creation myths; see Chaos andGinnungagap). As there were no sky nor earth, as a result, there was only an empty void. However, one day, a gap formed in the void. All that was lighter than the gap headed upwards and formed the sky. All that was heavier than the gap fell down to become the earth. From the sky fell a clear blue drop of dew, and from the earth rose a dark black drop of dew. As these two drops mixed, all that existed, except the sun, moon, and the stars, came to be. From these two drops came humans and even the gods.[2][3][4] The leader of the gods, Cheonjiwang, awoke to the cry of the three roosters; the Cheonhwangdag (Hangul: 천황닭, literally 'Rooster Emperor of the Sky'), the...
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...Babylonian Creation Myth (summary) The Babylonian creation myth is recounted in the "Epic of Creation" also known as the Enûma Elish. The Mesopotamian "Epic of Creation" dates to the late second millennium B.C.E. In the poem, the god Marduk (or Assur in the Assyrian versions of the poem) is created to defend the divine beings from an attack plotted by the ocean goddess Tiamat. The hero Marduk offers to save the gods only if he is appointed their supreme unquestioned leader and is allowed to remain so even after the threat passes. The gods agree to Marduk's terms. Marduk challenges Tiamat to combat and destroys her. He then rips her corpse into two halves with which he fashions the earth and the skies. Marduk then creates the calendar, organizes the planets, stars and regulates the moon, sun, and weather. The gods pledge their allegiance to Marduk and he creates Babylon as the terrestrial counterpart to the realm of the gods. Marduk then destroys Tiamat's husband, Kingu using his blood to create humankind so that they can do the work of the gods. (Sources, Foster, B.R., From Distant Days : Myths, Tales, and Poetry of Ancient Mesopotamia. 1995, Bethesda, Md.: CDL Press. vi, 438 p., Bottéro, J., Religion in Ancient Mesopotamia. 2004, Chicago: University of Chicago Press. x, 246 p., Jacobsen, T., The Treasures of Darkness : A History of Mesopotamian Religion. 1976, New Haven: Yale University Press. 273.) Enuma Elish 'When on high' The Babylonian Epic of Creation...
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...Gilgamesh the King of Flaws An unbalanced make up of two parts god and one part man, Gilgamesh suffers most from arrogance. He is the greatest of all men, and both his virtues and his flaws are massive. He is the uncompromising of warriors and the most determined of builders. Yet until Enkidu, his near equal, arrives to serve as a balance to Gilgamesh’s restless energies, he exhausts his subjects with continual battle, forced labor, and unselective exercises of power. Beautiful to see, Gilgamesh selfishly indulges his cravings, raping whatever woman he desires, whether she is the wife of a warrior or the daughter of a noble, or even a bride on her wedding night. One particular night when Enkidu, the wild beast of the steppes comes to find Gilgamesh, he is infuriated by the inconsiderate behavior and attacks Gilgamesh. The men fight and Gilgamesh realizes that Enkidu is a lot like him. Enkidu and Gilgamesh spoke after their fight, and Gilgamesh wants Enkidu to help him fight the beast of the Cedar forest Humbaba. Enkidu agrees after telling Gilgamesh about his experience within the same forest. My friend, I knew that country When I roamed with the wild beasts. The forest is sixty double leagues in every direction, Who can go into it? Humbaba’s cry is the roar of a deluge, His maw is fire, his breath is death. Why do you want to do this? The haunt of Humbaba is a hopeless quest. (Unknown) The two heroes stand before the forest’s gate, and they see that Humbaba’s footsteps...
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...assists people to understanding God’s reason. Dante uses Virgil as an allegorical figure for Human reason to demonstrate its power and limitations in assisting people on their spiritual journey to God. As Human Reason, Virgil is a purely logical guide who can outsmart sinners as he guides Dante through Hell; his usefulness derives from his logical understanding of divine punishment. Dante the pilgrim wakes up in the darkness of a forest, lost and uncertain. Dante’s narration of his awaking is as follows: “Midway in our life’s journey, I went astray/ from the straight road and woke to find myself/ in a dark wood. How shall I say.” (I: 1-3) The “straight road” suggests that Dante’s story is about a spiritual journey representing the path to heaven. Since Dante the Pilgrim goes “astray” and awakens in a “Dark Woods,” it symbolizes that he has fallen off the path of God and the darkness represents a place without God’s Light. At the start, Dante the pilgrim is without Human Reasoning, which causes Dante to fall off his path to god and enter a world of sin. Shortly after, Dante the pilgrim meets Virgil. When Dante meets Virgil, he is in awe and submits himself to him. Dante says, “Glory and light of poets! Now may that zeal/ and love’s apprenticeship that I poured out/ on your heroic verses serve me well! / For you are my true master and first author, /the sole maker from whom I drew the breath.” (I: 79-83) The diction used to describe Virgil, “heroic,” “glory,” and “zeal” places Virgil...
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...Discussions in what makes effective leaders are ones as long as history itself. It is a topic of constant study and debate where everyone seems to have a view and where definitions of leadership are as varied as their explanations. More recent day definitions and studies have focused on leadership and change, vision building and empowering others. Thus, leaders are people who are able to think and act creatively in non-routine situations – and who set out to influence the actions, beliefs and feelings of others. In this sense being a leader is personal. It flows from an individual’s qualities and actions. However, it is also often linked to some other role such as manager or expert. Here there can be a lot of confusion. Not all managers for example, are leaders; and not all leaders are managers. But what is true leadership and what model are we to follow? Who wrote the right book out of hundreds that can steer us in the right direction? The answer is in Matthew 20. There are various ways people view or even approach leadership. Many people spend hours trying to find ways to be better leaders, always trying to find that “edge”. Many books are written about possessing certain qualities or characteristics, even applying certain principles to their way of leadership. Principles are not invented by us or society; they are the laws of the universe that pertain to human relationships and human organizations.” While some of these views can be good advice, it tends to shun...
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...content with helping for the sake of helping? Is that the point of making the charity? Men have the angst to be recognized for what they have done. If not, the feeling builds up inside until they are rampant and rogue. Men are created evil, focused inwards instead of out. Only a virtuous man of long-meditated wisdom is able to only somewhat suppress the original sin of vanity. Not even the most honorable and virtuous of men - not Shakespeare, not da Vinci, not even the disciples themselves were pure, left untouched by the devil himself. Only the Creator Almighty, Himself, is worthy of such a state of being. Not only is she doing this for her own good, but she doesn’t know anything else, but having the scarlet letter on her chest. When she rips it off when meeting Dimmesdale in the woods, Pearl, her real scarlet letter changes, until she puts it back on. She only knows the life where people judge her by the letter upon her dress. Humans don’t like change. Lack of routine leads to chaos, and humans dispise chaos. They don’t like disorder or disarray, everything has a spot and everything has a purpose. No human likes change, even if for the better. It means that they have to venture into unknown territory, land not yet explored, be the first, pave a path, shine the light, and guide the way. They are responsible for all that follows, a burden no human wants to bare. Not only is it engraved in her being, it is cemented in her soul. We see that as Dimmesdale puts a happy face over the...
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...were done to me by him can go on and on. I won’t go into it all. See he was addicted to all different types of drugs and had anger issues worse then a hurricane. He got me started into all of it. Yes I had the choice to make. When it comes to either do this or never see your children again; you do what you are told, especially when you know if you don’t the worst will happen. That “relationship” already had me feeling like there was no way out. I felt like I was getting tossed around in the ocean with no clue on which way was the surface again. The air bubbles just weren’t there to point me in what direction to go, so the down-ward spiral into becoming addicted to heroin begun. There was no way I seen it coming and I couldn’t stop it. Heaven was actually a very twisted and demented hell. Though I thought it was great and perfect,...
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