Many authors are influenced by events throughout their lives. These influences can be small occurrences that are present throughout the author’s life. Many are major and change an important aspect of their life. Either big or small, these influences leave a mark in the author’s life. Many authors take these influences and transform them into a work of art, whether it be a painting, poem, or even a story.…
James Watt: He Made it Better Imagine the world without trains? Meaning, there would not be a thomas the train to teach kids important life lessons through the TV and children's books. I don’t know about you but a world without Thomas the train is not a world I would want to live in. Remember the family favorite book and later movie called “The Polar Express?”…
In William Blake’s poem “The Tyger” he mostly relies on syntax and diction to convey a serious, aggressive and fearful tone. These helped readers pick up on the author’s attitude that they’re are taking on the subject. For example, he uses syntax throughout his poem by constantly asking questions and always having the same sentence length. By using syntax, it helped create many views on what the tone of the poem could be. An example of the syntax he used is when it stated,”Did he smile his work to see?”.…
The Cambodian Genocide was an event where a mass amount of Cambodians were killed for their ethnic differences. The website states, “The Cambodian Genocide took place in Cambodia, a country in Southeast Asia. It began shortly after Cambodia’s seizure of power from the government of Lon Nol in 1975 and lasted until the Khmer Rouge was overthrown by the Vietnamese in 1978. North Vietnamese forces seized South Vietnam’s capital, Saigon, and by the Khmer Rouge and its leader, Pol Pot, in 1975.” Around 156,000 Cambodians died in the civil war, more than half being civilians.…
Brunel’s massive bridges, railroads and ships fall under the category of romantic architecture, industrial advances and nationalism; their beautiful innovated design and incredible structure increased efficient transportation all while representing national identity in his country Great Britain. Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s background molded the possibilities for his success through a surplus of education and experience. Years of training and experience led to complete works that were a huge advancement in the industrial revolution; creations with massive size, structure and efficiency in transportation. Not only were the the completed works of Brunel industrial advances but also embody the ideologies of the romantic period with their beautiful…
Shelley connected William Blake’s ideas in her novel. Blake showed the hard life of Tom Dacre, a little boy in his poem, Songs of Innocence: The Chimney Sweeper where Tom had a dream about many chimney sweepers all locked in a coffin and an angel saved all the children by unlocking the coffin with a special key. In the poem, he mentioned, “And by came an Angel who had a bright…
It is hard to categorize an event in history as powerful or meaningful. An event that is powerful or meaningful to one person could have no meaning to another person. The events that are easy to label as powerful or meaningful are the ones that continue to affect the world today. These events still shape and have an impact on modern society despite having happened years ago. One such event was the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by the United States.…
There have been many turning points throughout history that have greatly influenced and changed not only European society, but societies around the world. Two events that were major turning points in history are the outbreak of the bubanic plague and the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. These events sparked major changes due to the number of people who were effected by the results of the events. The bubanic plague had devastating effects on the social and economic lifestyles of Europeans, while the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand had consequential effects on the major powers at the time. The bubanic plague devastated many aspects of European life.…
Society's most Vulnerable Children are society's most vulnerable citizens, and the responsibility of ensuring safety and a good quality of life is up to the older generations that are in charge of implementing laws to ensure these needs are met. At times children can slip through the cracks and the ones who are in charge of caring for them turn a blind eye to abuse, in "The Chimney Sweeper" the neglect and abuse is prevalent in 18th century London. In William Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper" Blake conveys the abuse and the loss of innocence that children faced while being forced to work, in 18th century London, Blake wanted to shine light on the child abuse that was being allowed to happen. William Blake wanted to bring to light the…
There are so many events in history that have a very large impact on current day society. Some positive, but also way too many negative things have happened that American has been in contact with. One very large thing that happened in history that will always be mentioned, is the Holocaust. It was such a tragic and devastating thing, but thankfully it came to an end.…
Very rarely have we, as a species, experienced an event to tragic that it impacted how people behave on a global scale. Arguably the first turning point in human history to have a mark on the world in such a way, World War One, started with the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and ended in the death of tens of millions of men. I personally believe World War One is the most important event in the 20th century, because without it, there is no Hitler or Stalin. No Facism or World War Two. We probably wouldn 't have a Cold War, or see the conflict in The Middle East like we see today.…
When I think about an event that changed my writing, I think less about one specific event and more about past writings and teachers. During high school I took quite a few writing classes with a variety of teachers. Those teachers often influenced my writing, but only for a short while. The exception to that would have been my 10th grade composition teacher and my mythology teacher. These two teachers had an incredible influence on my writing and how I write today.…
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing process in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. Great Britain was the birthplace of The Industrial Revolution. The revolution marked a shift of power, special purpose machinery, factories, and mass production. There were many products that played a major role in the revolution, these products include iron, textiles, and the steam engine. During this time transportation, communication, living standards, and banking improved in many ways.…
Because of the French Revolution, writers such as Robert Burns and Percy Shelley displayed their opinion that man should be equal no matter his monetary value, it should be based on character. Shelley even displays a sense of rebellion over the rich. Because of the Industrial Revolution, authors such as Burns and Coleridge write about nature being wild and free. The thoughts of nature being untamed keep them sane while living in the populated cities filled with factories. Burns and Keats wrote about their imagination and emotions while looking at a woman and an urn.…
“The Lamb” and “The Tyger” are two of William Blake’s works which come from two of Blake’s most famous collections of poetry: Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. Both poems speak about the creation of different beasts at the hand of a single creator. In these two poems William Black makes the reader question who creates good and bad. How can god make something so nice and delicate and on the other hand something so fearful at the same time, and why did the creator create two opposite things? The author compares himself and the lamb being created by the same power.…