English Literature

Two writers offer an insightful interpretation concerning the historical heritage and cultural identity of Native Americans as referenced from their personal experience. In Indian Cartography, Deborah Miranda describes indigenous struggles as referenced through the apperception of her father, whom throughout his life, purportedly witnessed a tumultuous reality, subject to American colonization. Poignant, personalized and reflective, she establishes an immediate rapport with the Native American challenges,...

The streetcar named Desire bangs through the Quarter, up one old narrow street and down another.  It connects to another car called Cemetery, and from there one proceeds to a part of New Orleans called Elysian Fields.  This tells us something about life.  When people live, they do everything because they desire.  It keeps them moving.  Then it kills them, or maybe they just die, and then its on to the Elysian  Fields, the name the Greeks called their equivalent of Heaven....

One of the ruinous effects of human conflicts, war has a detrimental impact on the human society. War not only has an effect on the lives of the victims but also on the lives of soldiers fighting those wars. In the precarious and life threatening circumstances of war, human beings tend to behave in a contradictory manner. This contradictory behavior continues even when these soldiers return to civilian life. The negative effects of war on the soldiers prevent them from leading a normal civilian...

The Gettysburg Address is President Lincolns summary of Americas feelings towards their government.  It is not Lincoln speaking of his own personal thoughts. He represented the people to the world and its passion for freedom.  In his address in Pennsylvania, in November 1863, he summoned America to the great courage four scores and seven years ago of the men and women that blueprinted democracy into their government. He did not come to tribute the great leaders and politicians of his time,...

It is an undeniable fact that the society where each person lives has its own rules and taboos that each individual must abide by. This fact is true in all civilized societies where the transactions and dealings of each and every individual is governed not by their own individual precepts and emotions but by the laws provided by society. The Awakening by Kate Chopin and Summer by Edith Wharton are two different novels that expose in a provocative approach the powerful ways in which women of society...

Bonaparte is the narrator of the story and as such, not much is mentioned of his physical appearance except that he is five foot ten. He is an Irishman but isnt portrayed as having much of an accent. In fact, he even makes fun of Donovans accent saying that he himself was from the town. He also has a habit of being rather overly formal in speech, rustic and proper at the same time. As the narrator, he doesnt mention any of his own mannerisms, although he does take careful note of those of the people...

The turn of the nineteenth century brought about remarkable changes in the lives of African-Americans and a pioneer who reflected those revolutionary changes in his work of art is Charles W. Chesnutt. The two stories The Wife of His Youth and The Passing of Grandison delve into the legacies of slavery and reconstruction and explore the racial identity through the African-American speech and folklore. This paper throws light on Chesnutts dramatization of the complex relationship between the African-Americans...

I will first address recruiting additional engineering talent to supplement our current engineers. While designing the recruiting strategy, for factors were considered, which were (i) make or buy employees (ii) methods used in the recruitment and selection process (iii) where to look for potential candidates and (iv) methods of approaching these candidates (Aswathappa, 2005). I believe the best way to recruit quality professionals is to adopt the buy strategy. This means that we will be able to...

Literature oftentimes reflects a countrys culture and peoples conflicts, struggles  aspirations, as well as social relations. A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift and The Man to Send Rain Clouds by Leslie Marmon Silko are clear-cut illustrations. These two well-written literary selections mirror distinct cultures and racial identities.  Using different writing styles, Swift and Silko captivate their readers and make them want to keep reading using descriptive details gleaned from their...

In the short story, Guest of the Nation, the writer potrays the conflict between friendship and duty. The narrator, which is the main protagonist, is faced whether to conform to his role as a combatant or to consider the humanity of their enemies, which in the process of captive became his pals. Guest of the Nation is a short story written by Frank O Connor, an Irish author of over 150 masterpieces which includes short stories and memoirs. The short story apparently portray the execution of the...

Life is a notion that is generally related to human beings or animals but most people, forget that everything else in our environment has a life of its own. They take advantage of whatever uses they provide and without thinking twice they use them for their own benefit. The life of a tree is essential in a way that throughout their lifetime they generate more good in the world than we can ever imagine. Every single day, these living forms are being exterminated for the utilization of their nutrients...

Language combined with a defined way of writing can be used by a poet such that the end result would be one that would leave the reader literally visualizing the content. This the author achieves as he takes us with him as he explores the sky in his aircraft whilst also taking in the vastness of it all. The poem, a sonnet as exhibited by its fourteen line structure has a feel of what it would be like being in a plane that is maneuvering in various directions. The poem itself seems to twirl and dart...

This is the story of my first real experience with music. First though, I must explain the circumstances of its entry into my life. You see, I am a newly transferred student to the American University, and I had actually accomplished my first two years of college in my home country, Saudi Arabia. When enrolling for this semesters classes, my advisor informed me that she will be the one to pick and enroll me into my classes. This, is how I found my self enrolled in a music class. Thinking to avoid...

This paper seeks to make logos analysis of the following articles Gay Asian-American Male Seeks Home  by Chong-Suk Han , Not Only Natalie is Missing by OConnor , and Skin-Dee- What Polls of Minorities Miss by Bositis, David.  To conduct logos analysis, this paper will examine the appeal to reasons used as supported by evidence by authors on what they are trying to evoke and whether they have succeeded in their attempts.           In the case of the Gay Asian-American...

It becomes clear from Douglasss autobiography that the system of slavery worked becausea core group of managers within the plantation system werewilling to systematically torture, abuse, and terrorize slaves--and a great many more people who may not have participatedin such behavior directlynevertheless condoned it, or at least did not object to it. Howcan this be How could an entire society acquiesce to such barbaric behavior Frederick Douglass was considered one of the leading advocates of the...

The Vietnam War is considered as an integral part of the American history and the America today. Its impact has been deep both on the political aspect and also in the cultural and ideological aspects. The war was fought between 1964 to1975 and the area of South Vietnam and bordering areas of Cambodia, and Laos became the main battlefield. The two parties that were involved in the war can be mainly divided into two groups. First was the group of the anti communist forces which included the United...