Confirmation Letter Essay

“I’ve reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, and I can't do anything to change the events anyway.” (Anne Frank) To have been broken to such an extent is something from a nightmare, something that became a hellish reality. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl,(by Anne Frank) perfectly illustrates the horrors of being Jewish in such a damaged era. A time of death, a time of destruction, and of war. This unintentional autobiography…

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne takes place in the mid-seventeenth century in a Puritan community which used to be known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The main character, Hester Prynne committed adultery by having a child through an affair and struggled throughout the story because of how her society is treating her. The author, Nathaniel seems to have an interest in his Puritan ancestors, this story shows his knowledge of their beliefs, values and how things were like during the…

Hello all, I am Baldwin the Pardoner and I have heard of your sins and misfortune. This town harbors sinners within its taverns, shops, and home. Greed and gluttony, two fatal sins, plague this town. Gluttony is the relentless excessive consumption of food and drink and greed is unrestrained pursuit of material possessions. These sins have invaded our people and shall be atoned for and therefore pardoned, without there would be fatal consequences for committing greed and gluttony. Greed is evil…

Neil Gaiman bought multiple folklore gods to life in his novel American Gods. Each of these Gods and goddesses were bought to light through the main character Shadow. Gaiman took these classic folklore gods and added his own twist to their story that deemed fit for his novel. After researching multiple gods there were two that stood out the most. These two folklore gods played their own important role in American Gods. Hinzelmann and Mad Sweeney are two gods that are interesting both in and out…

puritan world view is taken up and treated by Hawthorne in The Scarlet Letter? The Scarlet Letter is an indictment on the follies of the puritans featuring the rigid values and beliefs of the society. Hawthorne criticizes various aspects of the puritan confraternity through the lives of the characters and the punishsment one is made to undergo because of the sin committed. Hawthorne took the puritan view seriously in the scarlet letter by depicting the gender inequality, hypocrisy of government…

Question 5 a) In the text it was mentioned that the Waknuk women had a cross stitched to their dresses, and the women believed strongly in religion they also practiced it. Their hair and clothes were clean, pretty and not sterilized. But the Fringes Women were the rejects of Waknuk, as most of them were sent away because of a discovered deviation. Those women had tattered clothes, wore no crosses, did not practice or believe in religion as the Waknuk people did. They were described as “dirty”,…

Being selected Receiver of Memory is a punishment to whoever is selected to be it. The reason why is that, is that you are exposed to new feelings like love, pain, etc. Jonas learned about that and learned about the lies told by the community of elders. Finally the job is almost pointless because the only thing you do is give advice to the elders so they can make decisions. This essay will explain the reason why it is a punishment to be selected as Receiver of Memory. Jonas learned about the…

When creating a story, symbolism can be a crucial factor that helps represent ideas and morals that build onto the characters and the work as a whole. Things Fall Apart and The Poisonwood Bible both use a great amount of symbolism to create a picture for the reader and connect ideas throughout the plot. In Things Fall Apart, the harvesting of yams is used as a symbol to represent wealth and fire is also used to describe Okonkwo’s aggressive behavior. The Poisonwood Bible uses a parrot named…

The Scarlet Letter, an overview of the Puritans taken up and treated by Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet letter is a Gothic Romantic novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850. The novel is a historical fiction in a historical setting Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony, of the 17th Century depicting a story of a woman named Hester Prynne who gives birth to an illegitimate child and her punishment for her sin. According to the views of Nathaniel Hawthorne on the Puritan society, he portrayed…

The theme of nature is portrayed heavily in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Nature is used to show the freedom or/and exclusion in characters such as Hester, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth, and mostly Pearl as its symbols such as light/darkness, religion and the forest act upon them. This nineteenth century romantic novel portrays themes of Puritan religion that are contrasted profoundly with nature. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the comparison of light and darkness to expose both the good and evil in…