… development of Laura Katherine Mansfield was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1888. She went to London in 1908. Here she made friends with other authors, though she remained an outsider in English literary circles. “The garden…

… progress. From the wheel to the assembly line to computers, people have found more efficient ways to do their work. People discovered through the use of technology they could do things they hadn’t donebefore. Mass production and assembly lines reduced…

… role in revealing the story of Odysseus. Each storyteller reveals a part of the past of Odysseus and his heroic deeds. Each of their stories gives insight into what a hero should be, according to the standards of the Greek society, and they…

… always enjoyable; however, most are necessary. In the story “The Lesson” by Cadi Bambara, a group of children discover the reality of the economic injustice(s) set upon them and their society. Through the author’s use of characterization, dialogue,…

… reading The Prince, I have come to a conclusion that Machiavelli demonstrates a view of governing a state that is so different from that of humanists of his time thought. The humanists of Machiavelli's time believed that an individual had…

… are many thematic issues that revolves around a man named Guy Montag. The issues spread from truth and reality to the importance of the written word to a free society. Montag lives in a society that frowns upon the free thinker. He works as a fireman,…

… obscurely have commentators,” Camus once said (Esar 28). His subject was ambiguity—a subject with two or more contrary interpretations—and his meaning was clear. Readers can derive truth from concise statements, but they may only form plausible…

… dating from around the Twelfth Century AD. Telling the story of Charlemagne at Roncesvalles in 778, the events of The Song of Roland have been shifted into a modern (12th Century) setting, bringing a long history of concerns about Muslim invasion…

… most complete and unique portrayals of the immortal legend of King Arthur. Though it has been in print for less than half a century, it has already been declared a classic by many, and is often referred to as the "bible" of Arthurian legend. White…

… I am a white person myself, I see things from a white persons point of view. I see a lot of injustice within society, that the poem explains, but I guess I also miss a large portion of racism because my skin or race does not classify within a minority…