Ikram Hoque E5EA Period 9 Mott October 26, 2009 Images of Early America were most prevalent in literature than other art forms. Two authors, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, opened the eyes of readers well enough to give a taste of their world. Through their writings, one can discover the curious nature of the young nation. However, Early America had its fair share of unfavorable attributes. Among these were great care for what other people think, and the irony of the religious persecution.
In almost every novel there is character development that grows a character or characters to show the reader the change between characters from beginning to end. Without character development the story is seemingly pointless because there was no effect on the character throughout the plot. Character development allows the reader to see the importance of what he or she has read for without seeing it demonstrated on a character it is nearly impossible to get the big picture. The novel Holes by Louis Sachar shows character development in the characters Stanley Yelnats, Zero, and Katherine Barlow. Stanley Yelnats shows character development by starting out an overweight boy who does not have any friends from school and is often picked on by his classmates and the school bully, Derrick Dunne.
Emerson and Thoreau both rejected materialism. While Emerson repeatedly just stated in his essay that materialism is undesirable to someone who wants to achieve freedom, Thoreau actually rejected materialism by building his own house near Walden pond where he lived for more than two years. Thoreau wanted to show people that life without materialistic possessions was possible and that a person could live with just the basics. He points “Laying up treasures which
This means that most of their written works were considered absolute truths. They left their audiences with something to remember that could help them within their lives. As time has progressed the structuring of aphorism is different for many authors. Within a lot of Geoffrey Chaucer’s works, his aphoristic statement was cut off and divided by itself which made it easier for the reader to identify with. For example, in his story of “Anelida and Arcite” he ends the story with: “Then ende I thus, sith I may do no more.
Symbolism With the Letter “A” Many would agree that even though there are a multiple symbols in, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the letter “A” would be the most vital one of them all. Several interpretations can be made from this letter, but there are a few that most people think are the right ones. While looking for different explanations about the letter, I came across an Encyclopedia that gave me more than enough information about the significance of the letter “A” Pearl James and Richard Sewall compares the characteristics and the importance of the letter “A”. According to Pearl James, the ‘A’ has positive meanings and negative ones. Just as the meaning of Hester’s “A” expands not just “Adultery” but also “Able,” and perhaps “Angel” (321).
First the author shows the theme by integrating character’s actions throughout the story. Before Charlie becomes intelligent he wrote, “I want to be smart.” (Pg. 221) I think this quote confirms the theme because since he wasn’t smart he could have separated himself from smart people. As Charlie was reading a book called Robinson Crusoe he wrote, “I feel sorry because he’s all alone and has no friends.” (Pg. 229) I believe this quote reveals the moral because as he reads this book he find out Crusoe is all alone and isolated and even though Charlie doesn’t realize it yet he himself is isolated and lonely as well.
Never Let Me Go I found the first portion of the novel, Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro to be really interesting and thought provoking. From the novel, I noticed various themes coming up but the one I found the most interesting is the theme of dreams and hope. Even though, all the characters in the novel have much less time than everybody else most of them never seem to give up hope and still plan for the future. I found it interesting that many of them had dreams and plans about the future even though they knew they would just end up being carers and then donors. Throughout their time in Hailsham and in the cottages, you can see that many of them dream about the future just as anybody else their age would.
It was what I had expected, before I read the book, I thought that the writer will argue how gaming is more effective in learning than the traditional method of reading. The strategies listed on page 91-92 would help a lot because there are crucial information that should help prove us understand what the author is trying to imply. There were a lot of parts in which the author included the beneficiary of reading books, which makes me confused and stayed off topic for a bit. Overall, the author was trying to convince that eventually the society will begin to see gaming as something better than reading books. I think the writer provided the facts of both reading and gaming to make a realistic approach towards the reader.
He also describes Labour Day to be a pointless day, because no one gets the day off and that the days are shorter and the nights are cooler. Bruce does make his point effectively. It’s effective, because he shows the cons of Labour Day and then he states what Labour Day has done to help him realize reality, and how it improved him as an individual. After I read the essay, I felt that we should get Labour Day off, just to get things together before we go to school or back to work. It would be a good “catch up” day for everyone.
He wrote during a transitional period for English grammar when there was a range of grammatical options open to writer, said a university statement. "Much of the grammar he chose now seems old-fashioned but it lends poetry to commonplace words and, significantly, while his spelling is often updated, his grammar is not," added Hope. Hope compares Shakespeare's rate of word use in relation to plays written with the goal scoring rate of three Newcastle United FC strikers- Malcolm Macdonald, Jackie Milburn and Alan Shearer. He shows that, while Macdonald played significantly fewer games and scored fewer goals (121 in 228 games) than either Milburn (200 goals in 397 games) or Shearer (206 goals in 395 games), the scoring rates of the three players- 0.531, 0.504 and 0.522 goals per game respectively- are broadly the same. Similarly, Shakespeare used more words than his contemporaries but wrote more plays, leading to a word rate close to theirs.