A Bug's Life

weather or not you think you can achieve your dreams just like in the film “the pursuit of happiness” a true story about Chris Gardner’s life and how he achieved his dream he believed in himself he knew his goal and he worked for it he did not have a path made for himself so he made it “Don’t ever let somebody tell…

After being a prime target to Malcolm’s heinous deeds numerous times, Michael lacks the mental and physical courage to take a stand. Furthermore, Mrs. Collings shows Michael that his native intellect is not built to take advantage of the weak. Yet she teaches him how to skillfully access that. Michael lives in a very difficult situation: prey to Malcolm’s constant torture, his unsupportive parents, and his lack of friendship at school which surfaces on to his isolation. Due to his situation,…

One of the staples of the Christian faith is the sacrament of baptism: the death of one’s former self with the washing away of sins, as a new, holier self is born. Teresita, in Luís Alberto Urrea’s The Hummingbird’s Daughter, goes through the same process, albeit not as a baby in the hands of the local priest. Instead, one morning, Teresita travels to the grove to pray, and then decides to relax in the creek that runs through it. Teresita “(cups) the water in her hands and (runs) it up her legs.…

Han Wei Ying Wang Representative Works of Modern Chinese Literature 10/05/2016 Summary of Border Town chapter 1-4 Chapter 1: The first chapter introduces the protagonists of Border Town: an old man and his granddaughter Cuicui. They live by a narrow stream on the way to the little mountain town called Chadong (Congwen Shen, Border Town). The man makes a living by running a small local ferry, and his orphaned granddaughter is born out of wedlock. The old man brings up Cuicui by himself.…

book, O Pioneers!, to express her life story by using Realistic, Romantic, and Naturalistic views. Naturalism; “philosophical viewpoint according to which everything arises from natural properties and causes, and supernatural or spiritual explanations are excluded or discounted.” The story represents Naturalism in the beginning with the land. Farmers depend on nature to keep their land fertilized and moist, to grow crops. Dry land, though, happens in real life and nature. Marie and Emil…

interpretation in The Morgue illustrates emotional tragedies experienced by the subject that are portrayed through grotesque trauma. It is evident from the nature of Andres Serrano’s work that he has a profound interest in, or perhaps obsession with, life, death and mortality. There is a tension between his photographic directness and a theatrically baroque stylization of his provocative themes that are characteristic of the artist methodology (Reimschneider & Grosenick: 2000: 458). This series…

General Tomoyuki Yamashita, known as “Tiger of Malaya” and “the Beast of Bataan,” was an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War 2. He also was the supreme commander of all Japanese forces located in the Philippines in which he would later soon be known for the most remarkable single victory of the entire (Pacific) war – the fall of Singapore. Leading the invasion of Malaya and Singapore for around two months ended with Winston Churchill, the former British Prime Minister, to…

The title I have decided to give to the section we read (164-208) is “life’s brutality” as it plays on the words of Eli’s situation as well includes the tragedy that Mr. Wilhelm or more so, Mr. Wilhelm’s family faces due to his death. The title brings to light not only the topic of police brutality but also the tragedy of losing a loved one- though Mr. Wilhelm’s infidelity leaves the question behind of how much his wife or child still love him. In the two chapters read, an insight is given…

The Outsiders A lot of people have it tough even if you don't notice it, with many hardships. Those people learn how to deal with specific things with those hardships. This theme is greatly defined in the book “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hilton because it is about groups of people who all have many different types roadblocks. From each side, the Socs and greasers, both have it pretty rough in there own ways. From death, crime, and simply just being labeled and expected to do things because of…

how poor life can be for others. Where is the hope? Suzette in New York Day women describes one aspect of life in Haiti as “In Haiti when you get hit by a car, the owner of the car gets out and kicks you for getting blood on his bumper” (Page 128). In the novel Krik? Krak!, Danticat is trying to send the message that when humans are abused, killed, and have such a poor quality of life, they find hope in symbols, superstitions, and future generations. Abuse and a poor quality of life results…