The word salvation is defined as preservation or deliverance from harm, ruin, or loss. Most people would naturally jump at an opportunity to save themselves from the aforementioned negative and unpleasant consequences, regardless of the means needed to achieve it. It is the goal of most religions and Christianity in particular, to offer believers salvation from punishment due to their sins. Specifically, a ritual for salvation in Christian tradition offers the steadfast believer undeniable assurance that they are safe, and...
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In the 1920âs, racial tensions were high. Langston Hughes grew up during this time and was not immune to discrimination. Hughes was half black and half white, resulting in an intense internal conflict. This is shown in the poem âCrossâ, Hughes is struggling with his identity and is unsure where he falls when it comes to race. To feel like you donât belong is a scary thing, for Hughes, it was his every day. âCrossâ is written in first person...
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In the epic, The Odyssey, the author, Homer, used symbolism in the description of Odysseusâ bed. He had carved the bed from a tree. The treeâs roots went deep which produced a sturdy, healthy, and long-lasting tree. Since the roots were a part of the foundation of the house, there is an implication that a strong family is fundamental to a strong society. The rooted tree also represents how loyal Penelope (Odysseusâ wife) and Odysseus were to each other despite...
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Life is filled with adversity, lost dreams, and suffering. Thus, making life challenging and onerous. Lorraine Hansberryâs âA Raisin in the Sunâ and Langston Hughesâs poems both use the themes of broken dreams, poverty, and determination to show the struggle that African Americans faced during the 1950s. The authors may have similar themes but their works explain them differently. A dream is valuable, but also fragile. The authors Langston Hughes and Lorraine Hansberry use the American Dream as a theme...
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The last words by Aldous Huxley were about William Shakespeare, not being surprising that he alluded to the playwright in almost all of his novels and essays. Huxley uses Shakespeare to analyze society, through art, passion, and progress. The pattern used in his novels is not just technical or structural, but one from a creative artist like Shakespeare. The title of Aldous Huxleyâs most famous novel, Brave New World, comes directly from William Shakespeareâs The Tempest, âHow beauteous mankind is!...
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To Langston Hughes, Harlem was much more than just a geographical location, for the author the city was an entity in itself. During the rebirth of Harlem, there was electricity, a resonance that was clear to those residing there. Harlem was the center of black life in New York City. It was alive with jazz and importantly the mood was one of progress, hope, and possibility. Harlem was its music, and its place, and Hughes and others were well aware...
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Langston Hughesâs poem Merry-Go-Round was published in 1942. During that time in the United States, many things were going on, to name a few, there was the race riot, the first published issue of the Negro Digest, the first African American to go to space, the United State Marine Corps allowing African American men for the first time (but in a segregated facility), the Congress of Racial Equality in Chicago was organized and started a sit-in at a restaurant in...
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Poetry has no true meaning. This means it is one of a kind to anyone. However, we can distinguish the difference between poetry and different literature. To me, poetry lets a person categorize their emotions and use literary devices to further explain their point of view to the reader. Poetry uses many different forms of multidimensional languages to connect to us significantly more easily. âSuicideâs Noteâ by Langston Hughes and âRichard Coryâ by Edward Arlington Robinson utilizes symbolism, irony, and...
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Poetry conveys various universal human issues such as the journey of life, struggles, and making choices. Two poems that convey universal human issues include the poem mother to Son by Langston Hughes and The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. The poem mother to Son by Langston Hughes is an uplifting, poem on never giving up. It is about a mother advising her son on the challenges, and struggles of life, and encourages him to follow her and push through...
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'The conventions of modern poetry can also lend themselves to the voice of protest for the subversive minorities '. This statement is pointful because the Harlem Renaissance and Langston Hughes's poem, ' I, Too ' portrays a perfect example of how the conventions of modern poetry can also lend themselves to the voice of protest for subversive minorities like African Americans. The poem ' I, Too ' and Harlem Renaissance are interconnected. Because this poem was written by Langston Hughes...
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One may reject their culture or societal beliefs to form their identity and develop a unique character. In the short story âNames Nombresâ by Julia Alvarez, she describes the struggles of being an immigrant in New York City. People mispronounced her name, the Alvarez family held different social etiquette than accepted in the United States, and she was treated like a strange, new creature rather than an individual. Over time, she comes to accept the mispronunciations and nicknames others bestow...
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Still I Rise was written by Maya Angelou, an American civil rights activist in 1978. The poem communicates the extent of the oppression that black women face in America and is a critique of American societyâs treatment of African Americans. Similarly, A Story Of An Hour was published by Kate Chopin in 1894 and also expresses the repression that women face, however, it explores the protagonist, Louise Mallards, new freedom after learning of her husband's apparent death. Throughout the poem...
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Rarely does an adventure revolve around the treasure hunt ahead alone or a romance relies merely on how attractive the sweethearts are. Rather any successful story instinctively acts around a latent fabric serving as a purpose that truly defines that storyâs essence beyond its surface. The theme is that purpose, that sense of meaning. However, to define a theme, one must look not only beyond the critical idea itself, but how a theme adds greater dimensions to what tale it...
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Austen explores the importance of status through many different aspects. These include wealth, marriage, and behavior. These aspects have large impacts on the characters and their futures. The importance of status is shown through marriage. Austen shows the influence of marriage upon status when she says, âIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.â This displays that wealth ensures status through marriage for both men...
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Those of the lower class depend on the kindness of the upper class and how the upper class manages their actions reveals their character. Mr. Knightley is exemplary of chivalry and graciousness by asking Harriet to dance after being snubbed by Mr. Elton. Harriet is without a partner at the ball and when Mr. Elton finds he is to be paired with Harriet he says, âAnything else I should be most happy to doâ which goes against his duty of...
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Charles Dickens was conceived on February 7, 1812, in Portsmouth, on the southern shore of England. His full original name was Charles John Huffam Dickens. Dickens had 7 other siblings and he was the second sibling born. His dad John Dickens was a naval clerk and his objective was to turn out to become very wealthy later on while Dickens's mother Elizabeth Barrow wanted to become an instructor and school executive (A&E Networks Television, 29 Aug. 2019). Dickens had a...
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Analysis âIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were...
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Zora Neale Hurston was a well-known and admired writer and anthropologist. Hurstonâs novels, short stories, and plays oftentimes depicted African American life in the South. Hurston influenced many writers, forever cementing her place in history as one of the leading female writers of the 20th century. Zora Neale Hurston was born in Notasulga, Alabama on January 15, 1891. Throughout her life, Hurston dedicated herself to promoting and studying black culture. She traveled to both Haiti and Jamaica to study the...
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âI don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that remains.â- Anne Frank. The Holocaust was a tragedy in our world, millions of people were killed because of genocide. Adolph Hitler was the man who ran this plan, he discriminated against the Jews and wanted them killed or slaves. One person who was killed in this tragedy was Anne Frank. Anne Frankâs family was Jewish so they secretly hid in a secret room where their father used to...
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Jane Austen was an English novelist at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century. She wrote famous novels like Sense and Sensibility (1811) and Pride and Prejudice (1813 ). This extract is the beginning of chapter one ( volume 1) from the novel Emma written by Jane Austen and published anonymously in December 1815. Sir Walter Scott considered this book as heralding a new genre of novel (more realistic). At the time, this book had...
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Pride and Prejudice is a novel on manners, social customs, and etiquette based in early 19th century England. One of the most notable themes in this novel is, of course, reputation and impressions. Austen originally titled this novel as First Impressions. While Austen does make numerous references to the importance of first impressions, this essay will primarily focus on the impression of Elizabeth on Mr. Darcy. This passage and instance are interesting to analyze due to their significance in the...
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The upper class is responsible for creating friendships, initiating invitations, and more importantly, being charitable to those in a lesser position. When someone violates these social norms, they are met with indignation as evidence of Mrs. Elton not understanding entirely her social position in society. Mrs. Elton is insufferably conceited about new money and only has money because of her fatherâs generation and not even for most of his lifetime. Her father is described as being a âmerchantâ added by...
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WWII Nazis exhibited extreme adversity and conflict against the Jewish people of Europe. Diaries written like Anne Frankâs Diary of a Young Girl and Bloeme Emdenâs first-hand account in Hidden Like Anne Frank represent methods the Jews cope with the ongoing conflict against them. But while they more specifically represent the Jewish people of WWII, they also represent people universally when faced with adversity and conflict. When faced with extreme adversity, people bear with the conflict by forms of self-expression...
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Gothic romance novels are mysterious, romantic, and dark works of literature. Authors who write in this genre typically follow a clear-cut formula when doing so. Alfred Hitchcockâs Rebecca, a gothic romance film, follows that typical formula when constructing the gothic heroine onscreen. While Jane Austenâs Northanger Abbey parodies gothic romances such as Rebecca, she does so purposefully. By rewriting the gothic heroine role Austen suggests women should aspire to be more natural than heroic. While the birth of the heroine...
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Books can help someone escape from reality, learn about the future, and sometimes show how the world could be just as cruel as it is good. For example, Anne Frankâs diary captivated the young writer so much that when she wrote in her diary it was like she was a different person. She went from a happy, loving 13-year-old girl into an intense 40-year-old writer. Author Francine Prose quotes in her book a statement that Miep Giep had once written...
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The Mississippi River is the longest river in North America. It stretches from Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota all the way down through New Orleans and into the Gulf of Mexico. The Mississippi River covers half of the United States and connects to 33 states. It is also known because many explorers used the river to navigate the United States before there were maps. Many of the United States' agricultural products were floated down the Mississippi River into the port...
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In modern-day society, there are still many ways people use racism and prejudice towards others and this novel shows how it was used more frequently back then. Harper Lee reveals the sad truth about racism and prejudice in her book To Kill a Mockingbird. Scout and Jemâs life is easy as a white family in the 1930s, living in a good home, and having a caring father, Atticus. This story shows that not all people, especially the black community, have...
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âIn three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life; it goes onâ Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26,1874, in San Francisco, California and died on January 29,1963,Boston, Massachusetts. He was an American poet and was commended for the illustration of the rural life in New England. His work was mainly focused on realistic verse which portrayed ordinary people in day-to- day situation. William Prescott Frost was the father of Robert. He was a journalist...
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The stories chosen for comparison are Ernest Hemingwayâs âHills Like White Elephantsâ and Amy Tanâs âRules of The Gamesâ. The comparison would be conducted based on the aspect of protagonistâs isolation which is evident from both the stories in which each of the protagonists has their own world and has their own way to interact with the world. The thesis statement would be associated with the fact that in spite protagonists strong fight to win over their respective isolation, each...
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What inspires a person to write? Whether it be poetry or lyrics to a song, people always have a personal motive for writing that particular piece. Some people write to pass the time, but in many cases, writings have a deepened meaning intended to depict a story or circumstance that a person has experienced within their own life. Take the music industry for example, where modern-day artists such as Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole tell their stories of growing up...
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