...Find Love in Heartache In, "The Book Thief," Liesel goes through such an incredible amount of pain and trial, but still finds a place in her heart to love the people around her. The thing that touched me the most was the heart of this little girl. At one point she describes why she isn't angry at the people around her and she describes them as, "Victims of Circumstance." I find that incredible due to the fact that these days a child will scream how much they hate their parents when they won't buy them a toy at the local super market. The most important theme of, "The Book Thief," is learning to find love in the middle of a hate filled war, like Liesel did with The Mayors library, Max, and her Papa. One of the times Liesel finds love in the book is when the mayor’s wife lets her into the large library where she can run her fingers along the spines of as many books as she can reach. Even plop down on the cold wooden floors to dive into a land more colorful and privileged than her own. Not only could she express her love for reading, but she developed a relationship with an injured woman who had lost her son at a young age. She even allowed her to open up her heart again and love the little girl. This relationship could have possibly saved her life due to the fact that she lived with the mayor and his wife after the bombing. A different kind of love she experienced was with Max Vandenburg. This in fact, was a forbidden love. A "Proper German" at the time wasn't allowed to show...
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...wrote of her normal life she was real in her writings, leaving no details behind, she talked about her teachers and friends and even the boy she was crushing on. She was a typical...
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...actions. It’s come to conclusion that originally he was in denial of what Iago had brought to him but Othello has become so embedded in the idea that his wife Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio to the point where he’s fully convinced after hearing the handkerchief has been with Cassio and when dinner came Desdemona had asked Emilia whereabouts her handkerchief may be after Othello had asked for her hand to dinner. This proved to Othello that the handkerchief is lost and Iago is “right” about her unfaithfulness. Iago and Rodrigo have been successful in this plot of picking up the Handkerchief and placing it somewhere else where it, later on, got to another man’s possession Cassio which has turned Othello into a different person who now hates...
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...“The More Loving One” is an intriguing poem that touches on the topics of love and humanity in the form of astrology. Auden uses a number of poetic devices to portray this message clearly to his audience. He doesn’t however write a direct translation of what he thinks of love but instead uses metaphors in order to challenge the readers’ imagination. Auden in this poem compares human beings to stars. This comparison can be criticised as being very unfair as stars are both literally and metaphorically above humans. This is evident upon reading “…That for all they care, I can go to hell.” The fact that he used objects of such importance allows readers to appreciate that Auden does not feel that humans are on the same level of stars. He is trying to reduce the dominance that humans seem to have over everything by saying that even though we spend so much time trying to understand stars they really do not care much about humans. Auden wants his audience to acknowledge that if we as humans realised mans insignificance in the universe then maybe we can begin to comprehend stars and all their mysteries. By the second stanza the poem becomes more difficult. The roles of the stars change and they are depicted as inferior to humans, which is what we see them as anyway. Auden asks the rhetorical question of how would we feel if stars were treated the way they treat us. What if humans could not reciprocate the love that stars have for us? Auden’s selflessness comes out in this stanza as...
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...Edgar Hernandez Professor Ali ENC 1102 March 20, 2014 Amy Tan's, “Mother Tongue” and Alice Walker's “Everyday Use” both share similar traits in their writings of these two short stories. “Mother Tongue” revolves around the experiences Tan and her mother had due to her mother's English speaking limitations, she also revolves her story around the relationship of a mother and daughter. Alice walker on the other hand writes a story narrated by “Mama” the mother of two daughters Maggie and Dee and explains the conflicting relationship she has with Dee, both writers similarly emphasize on the relationships these mother and daughter characters had and they unravel both short stories based on these relationships. Although both short stories share this one similar characteristic it is clear that both writers have opposite point of views of their described mother daughter relationships. To begin comparing, both Tan and Walker use the characters of mother and daughter to evoke the importance the relationship plays in the telling of the story. There are similarities that both these characters share. One of these similarities are shown through the use of words that describe a similar feeling of shame or embarrassment both Dee and Tan have towards there mothers at some point in the stories. In one part of the story Tan describes feeling “ashamed” of her mother's broken English (Tan 345). Walker also shows the character Dee having some sense of shame of her mother and sister Maggie by...
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...Story of the Bible" "flags" and fulfill each writing requirement. http://lc.gcumedia.com/zwebassets/courseMaterialPages/cwv101_biblical-timeline-v1.1.php Please keep your answers brief. Solid academic writing is expected. Refer to the GCU Academic Writing Guidelines in the Student Success Center. Briefly answer each section from "The Story of the Bible": ------------------------------------------------- Write 2-3 sentences explaining why the Creation account is so significant to the Christian worldview. ------------------------------------------------- The creation account is so important to the Christian worldview because it identifies in depth how man was created out of nothing. In addition the creation account signifies that God’s creation was made valuable. ------------------------------------------------- Write 2-3 sentences explaining what the Fall reveals about humanity and human morality. ------------------------------------------------- The Fall reveals that the fall of man had an impact on all humanity and that man did not live up to God’s expectations. The Fall relates to the human ethics as it signifies that God’s initial plan did not waver but required a deviation due to the choice man made. ------------------------------------------------- Write 2-3 sentences explaining the importance of God revealing Himself through covenants. ------------------------------------------------- The importance of God revealing Himself through promises created...
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...Bree Scarboro An Evening of Indian Insight and Encouragement A Response to Poetry Reading by Susan Deer Cloud Professor Diana, English 328 November 21, 2011 Susan Deer Cloud is a Native American literature writer of Blackfoot, Mohawk, and Seneca heritage, and considers the very act of writing ceremonial. She was born and grew up in the Catskill Mountains and the area is inspiration for her writing. She has earned her B.A. in General Literature & Creative Writing and M.A. in English Literature & Creative Writing from Binghamton University, and her MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College. She has taught as a lecturer at Binghamton University, Broome Community College, and Holyoke Community College. She has authored five books for which she has won competitions and received various awards—including a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, and two New York State Foundation for the Arts Fellowships (most recent in March of 2011), as well as grants and honorable mentions for her work. Susan Deer Cloud’s artistic goal is “getting out the voices of sister and brother writers (especially indigenous writers)” (Susan Deer Cloud). During our class visit with Susan Deer Cloud and at her poetry reading on November 7, she mentioned Akwe:kon which is a Mohawk word meaning, "all of us." She says that “we are all a part of this and are here together sending out energy and when we speak our breath mingles with other people's breath and other voices” (Deer Cloud...
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...inspired me to want to dive deeper. This essay spoke to me on various levels but the main reason why I chose it is because I could see myself in it. Both as a mother of a young child and as a married woman who has chosen to live far from “home,” I felt connected to this piece and to Didion as its writer. I have traveled with my daughter, now age four, back to visit my family in Philadelphia numerous times since she was born. When we lived in New York, I made the drive three to four times per year and now that I live in Iowa, the frequency has diminished to an annual flight but she and I still find ourselves making the trip without my husband, due to his work schedule. Our recent two lectures discussed the importance of “place” and its meaning in our writing. Unit One discussed place as a specific location and Unit Two took the discussion to another level by looking at “place” in a broader sense as culture. In “On Going Home” Didion uses place in both ways. She discusses her childhood home, in the Central Valley of California, the specific place where she grew up and where her mother resides, and as she shares her memories and experiences with the location...
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...| | | |Students who decide to write this type of essay should be aware of what is meant by the term ‘personal informed | |interpretation’. Think of this phrase as three separate words: | | | |‘Personal’ - What does the novel mean to you? How does it make you feel? This does not have to be a positive feeling - just | |because someone you know loves this novel above all others, does not mean that you have to! However, do not just write your | |essay in the form of a ‘rant’ - your reasons, whether you love or loathe the novel, must be reasoned and reasonable, but | |above all, personal. | | | |‘Informed’ - Your essay must demonstrate that you have understood the novel. In addition, you will be required to endorse | |this understanding with wider, relevant reading, showing that you have selected and studied appropriate texts in order to | |support your arguments....
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... Posted June 5, 2013 by AJ in me as an Aquarius this is how an Aquarius thinks, behave and act…… so please read and learn!!!! part 12 3 comments An #Aquarius will stand by you. An #Aquarius is a quick learner, always trying to be interested in everything they see. An #Aquarius would guess a book by its cover, but they won’t judge it until they have seen what’s inside. An #Aquarius is an impulsive buyer who tends to regret not thinking something through long enough BUT STILL be extremely happy. An #Aquarius appreciates the art in everything. An #Aquarius is attracted to people with authority. An #Aquarius is all for being equal, but if they really love you, they’d give more than they’d take. An #Aquarius is a hypochondriac, a borderline self-diagnosed. An #Aquarius isn’t very easy to trick. An #Aquarius loves giving advice and they wouldn’t give...
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...Cheshire,167-83 ( p. 167). ➢ Recreation consists of an activity or experience, usually chosen voluntarily by the participant, either because of the immediate satisfaction to be derived from it, or because he perceives some personal or social values to be achieved by it. It is carried on in leisure time, and has no work connotations, such as study for promotion in a job. It is usually enjoyable and when it is carried on as part of organized or community services, it is designed to meet constructive and socially worthwhile goals of the individual participant, the group and society at large. Richard Kraus (1966) Recreation Today: Program Planning and Leadership. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, p. 7. Objectives and Importance of Recreation: We all need a break from work; we need to break from our mundane routine and refresh ourselves by indulging in recreational activities. Recreation is meant to serve as a relaxing break from our hectic schedule; it is meant to serve as the means to rejuvenate ourselves. For some, it means traveling to the wilds, while...
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...War in the Religions Religion divides people into separate groups and tells them that they are incompatible with each other. It provides justification for the killing of others and the promise of reward for martyrs. It justifies hate and murder. Religions are responsible for numerous conflicts and violence. Along with nationalism religion is the major cause of war. Even many wars that were not directly caused by religion, they were used to justify it and motivate soldiers. For example, the fact that Protestant Germany invaded Catholic Belgium was a main part of the recruitment process in Ireland during World War One, even though it was not a purely religious war . In recent past the civil war between West Pakistan and East and Pakistan, which...
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...Dorothy Roberts in her books speaks directly on issue affecting African American women whether social or moral such as: gender segregation, mistreatment, oversexed all of these all in a negative way. Yes, many persons are of the view that the topic of Africans in general is one of pity, desperations, poverty and worthlessness. So much so, that when it involves African women the thoughts even goes much deeper to a great extent. Enslaved African women were dealt with like animals rather than children. They were forced to take part in long stretches of physically requesting fieldwork and regarded pretty much as cruelly as subjugated African men. Furthermore, subjugated African women were beaten and over and again raped. African women were not regarded as woman, yet were spoken to and esteemed as sexual objectives and workers. Racism and gender discrimination towards African women has also been around from the days of slavery, with whites abusing and mistreating African women who worked on their plantations. Because of this sexual abuse, many African women were given sterilization in order to suppress fertility in black women and to reduce the burden of unwanted pregnancy on society. There are delights and distresses that most moms share. They are the delight of nursing her child, the depletion from pursuing her toddler, the satisfaction of viewing her kid accomplish whatever goal, the dread of undesirable pregnancy and the lose faith in regards to surrendering yet another dream to...
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...Title of Work: The Metamorphosis Author: Franz Kafka Date of Publication: 1899 Genre: Novella, Kafkaesque, sureal, Absurdism Writing Style: Journalism, analogous, short story, 3 parts Point of View: First Person, Third Person Omniscient Setting/Atmosphere: Samsa’s house, mainly Gregor’s room Plot Development: Part I- Gregor has just woke up in his bed and realizes he is turned into a giant bug/ he looks around his room and struggles to fall back asleep, and worries about what a difficult job he has/ he was leave but he has to pay off his parents that/ he is stressed that he has overslept and will be late for work/ the office manager has come to see where Gregor is/ his family tried to get him out of his room and the office manager demands an explanation and criticizes his recent work performance/ his sister leaves to fetch a doctor and a locksmith/ Gregor reaches the door and turns it with his mouth while the office manager leaves in fright, his mother passes out and his father cries shooting him into the room with a newspaper and a cane. Part II- Gregor wakes in the evening and sees someone left him milk and bread milk was his old favorite but it detests him now/ he worries about his family's financial situation/ he tries to fall asleep under the couch and bows he will not be a burden to his family/ Grete brings in various foods to see which he likes/ he eats the moldiest food and leaves the fresh/ she then continues to feed him and clean up for him and reporting back...
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...On Love and The Human Condition Devin Conway Philosophy In Film 06/11/2015 In mankind’s never-ending search for truth, purpose, and meaning, at the very center of the human experience, lies a universal longing for an unconditional love; bound not by circumstance or subject to change, an exclusive relationship to be molded by acceptance and solidified by an impenetrable barrier of trust and understanding. Our personal relationships, in reality, do not reflect this perversely romanticized notion of true love. Generally speaking, people are emotionally volatile beings with ideas and desires that are constantly evolving to accommodate newly processed information and experiences. When you combine this emotional instability with the continuous adjustments being made to our basic dispositions, you get individuals who rarely compliment one another in any compatible manner, let alone in a functional intimate relationship. Given these circumstances, it’s easy to see why so many people cling desperately to the love that they do happen to find in this world, that the search for love serves as fuel for our endlessly burning desires, and how the pain of a love lost can twist an innocent soul, driving many towards radical and even reckless behavior, often in the direction of a maddening state of emotional oblivion. Since the earliest developments in man’s creative pursuits, the concept of love has played an essential role in...
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