English Essays

Into the Wild
Into the Wild Into The Wild The name of this book is Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. This book is based on a true story about a young man who goes on a journey. The author takes the real story of what happens to this boy and actual quotes written by real people to show why this boy would want to go on such a journey and what his purpose was. Jon Krakauer the author was an Journalist who had to write an article on this incident. He was so fascinated by this story that he took time out to do a ...

Inherit the wind drummonds def
Inherit the wind drummonds def In the play Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, the two main characters, Drummond and Brady have different opinions on how humans arrived on earth. Drummond supports the evolution theory, while Brady, the creation theory. The book, which is the Broadway play's script, is based on the 1925 Tennessee vs. John Thomas Scopes trial. The trial itself had a series of conflicts, the main one being evolution vs. religion, yet there was a series of...

Inivisble Man
Inivisble Man I agree with Irving Howe, that the Invisible Man is a novel based on the journey and experiences of an unnamed Negro man during contemporary America, and he is in search of success, companionship, and himself. Howe says that, "The beginning is a nightmare," because it begins with a black timid boy who is awarded a scholarship and sent to the South and invited to a ballroom with other black boys and they observe and are frightened by a woman dancing nude. The boys wh...

Injustice To Kill A Mockingbir
Injustice To Kill A Mockingbir A world without stereotypes would mean a world without injustice. Yet, there is a long way to go until the world is rid of its injustices; for injustice has always been a part of society and will be for many years to come. Injustice, the unfair treatment of people through actions and words based on stereotypes, which ignorance and fear have fueled, has been prevalent throughout the ages. The prevalence of this injustice from the period of the 1930's in Harpe...

Inner Cities
Inner Cities To Kill A Mockingbird CE In 'To Kill a Mockinbird' by Harper Lee, I believe that the title of the novel was very significant. It is significant due to the fact that the word 'Mockingbird' was symbolic for the innocence, security and happiness in the novel. The Mockingbird is a symbol for innocence as it does not harm anyone. This is exposed in the novel when Scout is about to shoot the Mockingbird and Atticus halts him. It is also a symbol for security and happiness...

Innocence of Ophelia and Gertr
Innocence of Ophelia and Gertr The Innocence of Gertrude and Ophelia �Pretty Ophelia,� as Claudius calls her, is the most innocent victim of Hamlet�s revenge in Shakespeare�s play Hamlet. Hamlet has fallen in love with Ophelia after the death of his father. Ophelia �sucked the honey of his music vows� and returned Hamlet�s affection. But when her father had challenged Hamlet�s true intentions, Ophelia could only say: �I do not know, my lord, what I should thin...

Inspiration by Homer
Inspiration by Homer Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock" engages the reader by telling the tale of a beauteous young woman who has been terribly wronged when an amorous suitor purloins a lock of hair. He begins his tale with an introduction, an apology of sorts, to one Arabella Fermor.Pope makes light of the fairer sex, and indeed poets themselves, as he states " . . . for the ancient poets are in one respect like many modern ladies: let an action be never so trivial in itself, they alwa...

Instability as a nascent to ty
Instability as a nascent to ty In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Caesar was elected ruler for fear of instability and killed for fear of tyranny. The citizens of Rome are timorous about having an unstable government because they don't want war and fighting within their country. But a fully stable government can and must be run by only one person, because no matter how well two people get along, they will always have disagreements. Therefore, if tyranny is reached, one person has all...

Interior monologue
Interior monologue Context- Daniel Borough, age 17, is a paraplegic who has been in a wheelchair most of his life. When he was 3 he was in a car accident with his parents, which ended up with his becoming disabled. He has been brought up in a well off family but seems to be very alone at times. During his life he sees so called �normal� people around him gawking and staring. He has become very defensive and aggressive towards people in general and their ignorance towards people with a p...

Internal conflict within A Far
Internal conflict within A Far In many works, the conflict involved is an inner conflict within the protagonist. Two external forces pulling in opposite directions which the protagonist must sort out and decide which is more important to follow. This is especially evident in the mind of Frederick Henry, from Ernest Hemingway�s A Farewell to Arms, for he must decide to follow his obligations to the Italian army in World War I, or follow his love for Catherine Barkley. Frederick Henry ...

Indigo
Indigo Amber Hutchison Post Modern Fiction Indigo February 23, 2000 People are born with passion. The irony is that most people spend all their lives searching for that passion without looking inside that soul to the heart of the passion. The trick to discovering that passion is to find what makes us happy. For Indigo the main character of Sassafras, Cypress and Indigo by her passion lies in the music she creates from her soul while using her violin as her tool. From a modern literary critic...

Inexcusable Acts in Literature
Inexcusable Acts in Literature Throughout many great works of literature there are numerous characters whose acts are either moral or immoral. In the works Euripides "Medea", Shakespeare's "Othello" and Boccaccio's Decameron, "Tenth Day, Tenth Story", the main characters all carry out actions which in today's day and age would be immoral and inexcusable. Medea takes on the most immoral act, in Euripides great tragic work. The morale of today varies greatly with that of the time periods i...

Infidelity in Anna Karenina
Infidelity in Anna Karenina "Vengeance is mine, I will repay" is the opening statement in the novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Although the reader does not know whom �I� refers to in the statement, he can be certain that someone will pay for whatever act has been committed. Thus far in the novel, many motifs have emerged that could lead the speaker to want vengeance. The most important of these is the motif of infidelity. From the very first page of the novel, the motif of infide...

Influence of Realism on Litera
Influence of Realism on Litera After World War I, American people and the authors among them were left disillusioned by the effects that war had on their society. America needed a literature that would explain what had happened and what was happening to their society. American writers turned to what is now known as modernism. The influence of 19th Century realism and naturalism and their truthful representation of American life and people was evident in post World ...

Influence of traditional ways
Influence of traditional ways The story of �A Rose for Emily� by William Faulkner, is written with the influence of traditional ways and attitudes of the old South with true insight. Faulkner, a writer brought up in the South, displays the upbringing and lifestyles of people in a town called Jefferson. The story reflects the life of Emily Grierson who too, is a southern woman. Her upbringing by a stern father leads to her slow journey through a secluded life to her death and shows how...

Influences on Early American L
Influences on Early American L It is strange to consider Thomas Jefferson�s writings when speaking on traits of the American. Jefferson never wrote directly on the topic of the general character of the American. It was he, who was more responsible for setting the parameters of a society which would fulfill the ideals of what would become a part of the American character. He knew that liberty and equality could not exist in a hierarchical society. He also was aware that a society which was ...

Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind Matthew Harrison Brady, of Inherit the Wind by: Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, never fooled anyone. He may have seemed strong in the beginning but he no substance under the shell. Such a false front can be compared to water behind an earthen dam. It may hold some water for a time but once the water finds a weak point, the whole structure comes crashing down along with the fury of all the water behind it. Within brady, the water represents the gooey inner core of...

Inherit the wind 2
Inherit the wind 2 Are You A Man or A Monkey ? A Disturbing Movement of Anti-Intellectualism in America “It’s more valuable to see with the eye in one’s heart, rather than see with the eye in one’s head.” The epic crusade of science and technology versus theology, both religions of sorts dating back in time more years than any of us can begin to comprehend. Maybe that is why, as a whole, we have such a difficult time discerning betwe...

In the Time of the Butterflies
In the Time of the Butterflies The main point of Julia Alvarez�s "In the Time of the Butterflies" is to show individual personality in each character. This book shows that the people involved in the revolution led personal lives and had feelings just like those of us who read about them. By telling about the characters� families and personal issues, Alvarez draws her readers into the book and makes them feel for each character. Something that puzzled me was why the Mirabal sist...

In the play King Lear, Lear re
In the play King Lear, Lear re In the play King Lear, Lear reaches old age without achieving any wisdom. This statement is very true, many evidences can be found throughout the acts. For example: Lear is ignorant of the truth, he only hears what he wants to hear and he makes several rash decisions that leads to his downfall. Although Lear achieved very little wisdom over his lifetime, he did learn allot about humility, which is defined as humbleness or meekness. Different aspects of humil...

In Just Topographical
In-Just Topographical Upon looking at e. e. cummings�s poem, �in Just-�,perhaps, two features immediately become apparent: the use of white space between some words and lines, and the multiple use of a single word supporting an entire line. To a lesser degree, the poem�s visual also features the boys� and girls� names joined together as though they were each one, and the capitalization of the �m� in �balloonMan� towards the poem�s end. All these features contribute to ...

Inclusion Of Master Harold And
Inclusion Of Master Harold And The claims for the inclusion of MHATBs� in a specified course of secondary school English study are entirely justified. This play by Fugard, while set in the specific South African locale of Port Elizabeth, reflects the universal and age-old tensions, which exist between those who occupy a dominant position in society and those who do not. These tensions are brought into even sharper focus by issues of race. In addition, Fugard has crafted both character and ...

Incorporation of the American
Incorporation of the American Incorporation of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby In the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author incorporates the aspect of the American Dream to develop the story. The American Dream�s goals embody the story to show how one can attempt to put effort into accomplishing one�s aspirations in life. Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald gives various examples of different characters so called American Dream. Some characters are able ...

Independence and Failure in Ma
Independence and Failure in Ma Peasants of the early sixteenth century are often pictured carrying a bundle of limbs tied with vines on their backs. This is a perfect metaphor for the events in Macbeth. Macbeth is one of many thanes, or limbs, bundled together. The thanes are united by the king, or the vine. Scotland, or the peasant, carries the bundle by the sweat of his brow. They carry the bundle for fires on cold nights, or wars, and to build homes, or castles, to protect them from the e...

Independent study project
Independent study project Comparative Study of Murder Mysteries; Agatha Christie and Sheila Radley The novels Death of a Maiden and Appointment with Death, written by Sheila Radley and Agatha Christie, are murder mysteries describing a betrayal of trust. While both are similar in this way, it is the differences between the two novels that make the similarities remarkable. By comparing the victims, the killers, and the investigators, the differences in the novels are revealed. ...