Isle of Dogs

Grounded by Language In Mother Tongue, Amy Tan begins her short story by giving the audience prior knowledge that Tan is not a scholar of English and she is not able to give much more than her past knowledge on the English language. She then proceeds to give the readers an idea of how much she is fascinated by language itself and gives it a grading scale from complex english to simple English. Tan presents her short story by giving the readers a recent experience that made her rethink the…

To Be or Not to Be: Proper Webster’s dictionary is a tool for survival. How else would one know how to spell autochthonous? Language was invented because communication is vital to our survival. Society could not have developed without a means for its inhabitants to properly communicate with one another. However, there is a battle among the “proper” and the “improper” better known as the Prescriptives and the Descriptives. One group who cringes at the thought of the improper use of the English…

The majority of Kate Chopin's short stories are set in the late nineteenth century in Louisiana, regularly provincial Louisiana. The greater part of the characters, as the vast majority of the general population living in Louisiana at the time, are Creoles, Acadians, Americans, African Americans, Native Americans, and individuals of blended race. With the exception of a percentage of the Creoles, the greater part of the characters are appallingly poor, in light of the fact that the zone has yet…

“Guests of a Nation” is a short story that talks about the conflict between duty and humanitarianism. Bonaparte, the narrator, an Irish soldier, starts the story a hopeful and compassionate solider despite being at war. He get to know the English hostages, Hawkins and Belcher, as friends. Bonaparte puts aside his duty, and lets his humanitarian side ultimately damaging him, when the Englishmen are executed. By the end of the story, Bonaparte no longer sees the good of bad situations, and is…

Q: The UK has voted to leave the EU - a process that has come to be known as Brexit. In your opinion, what is likely to happen next? Remember your opinion, no copying and pasting from internet or magazines. We use Turnitin. Just read about this topic and express your opinion. How much?? Well, if you want an A (or 25 pts), I need something to read... don 't you think? I feel that the UK post “Brexit” (leaving of the EU) is going to be a very rocky road to say the least. Personally, I agree with…

arrival to Grand Isle Resort in New Orleans she meets Robert and Madame Ratignolle, both of whom take her breath away, or as the book puts it “left her stunned in amazement”. Compared to her life growing up in the slower small towns of Kentucky, the upbeat large city of New Orleans was a culture shock. If one needs a comparison think of how it would feel to visit New York City after living in North Carolina for a few years. It would be a shock just as Edna’s visit to Grand Isle Resort was a…

Short Report Manx National Heritage (MNH) is the Isle of Man government’s attempt to preserve and present Manx history and culture, and their website is primarily used to advertise island-wide heritage sites and attractions. The main focus of the website is on the ‘Historical Attractions’ of the island, with less focus on ‘Ancient Monuments’ and ‘Coast and Countryside.’ MNH is all about showcasing the history of the Isle of Man, and the website concentrates on locality: on each attraction’s page…

As a woman everyone expected me to do this and to do that. And while fulfilling and doing everything that was expected of me. I lost my dream, I lost my wing, and most importantly I lost me. The women in The Awakening can be seen as a representation of Chopin. Chopin’s writing is based off women in transitional periods. Adele Ratignolle, Mademoiselle Reisz, and Edna Pontellier are different versions of Chopin. In the story, The Awakening shows the reality that is not spoken about. That even…

If I was born a male and wish to serve in the imperial government I would choose to be born into imperial Rome. A male could rule an entire empire if born to the right family except women and slaves which they could not participate on any political view and were prohibited from voting. Ability did not play any role as being born to the right family and wealth was basically the only requirement for example Julius Caesar who was born into an aristocratic family and became an emperor in Rome.…

Devastating and Drastic, the Irish Potato Famine changed Ireland in a variety of ways. Farmers and regular people were starving to death due to the lack of healthy potatoes. The people in Ireland were extremely dependent on potatoes and when the blight came the economy went down. As the fungus spread throughout the country, people began to lose their main source of food. Since the people in Ireland depended on the potato, it made the population cripple with the lack of a healthy food. The Irish…