A Great and Terrible Beauty

have conquered the entirety of the Earth; built amazing things and mapped the farthest reaches of the galaxy. These astonishing feats aside, however, it is impractical to try and deny that while the human race does indeed accomplish great things, they also commit terrible crimes. Hundreds, thousands, millions of grave injustices take place every day, even in what is considered by most to be a relatively ideal society. How, then, might one endure the injustices taking place around him in a…

Omelas.”. The story is about a city that lives in a forest near mountains and has a great wall around it. The city traps a boy in a closet so the rest of the city can be happy, they think that making one person suffer, it would balance out the happiness and the bad. Le Guin wrote the short story, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.”. The story is about a city that lives in a forest near mountains and has a great wall around it. The city traps a boy in a closet so the rest of the city can be…

By writing that “no matter how far we may be removed from beauty...we are still light years away from true ugliness”(645). Basically King is saying scary movies are easy for adults to watch because when we watch horror films such as Saw for example, we know that once the screen goes black everything in the horror…

“Ruins of a Great House” is a symbolic poem written by Derek Walcott that tries to explain the British Imperialism system by referring an abandoned house as a colony under the British Empire. He describes the poor condition of an abandoned house, its surroundings and tries to visualize the effect of British imperialism in the then society. Walcott talks about the effect of British Imperialism to establish colonial slavery, the awful treatment of slaves, and the gradual destruction of the…

civilization and for some it is a way of life. Dance can be traced back to early days of civilization sourcing from Africa and Europe. Many people argue about if dance is a sport or an art. Which i believe it is an art, that has lost its respected beauty along the way. For centuries, dance has been a way people expressed their emotions and an outlet for their frustrations. Dance has even been used in various cultures for healing purposes. Ever since i was young i have always found comfort in…

In the modern day, too many people are fighting for ownership of land, and forget to appreciate the simple beauty of the land. These are not sustainable types of actions. One controversial topic that seems to demonstrate this concept is the Keystone XL Pipeline. The Keystone is an unsustainable infrastructure, and citizens and the pipeline company fight over…

Gatsby. One of the central themes of The Great Gatsby is that money can’t buy happiness, which is displayed by the failure of Gatsby’s dream and Daisy’s jaded nature. Throughout the entirety of the novel, Gatsby throws extravagant parties and fabricates stories of his past in order to attract Daisy to his parties. According to Jordan Baker “ ... he half expected her to wander into one of his parties some night,” (79). This quote reveals that Gatsby went to great lengths, just for a slight…

As the industrial revolution continued passed its original success, Britain 's per capita levels of industrialization continued to increase, surpassing all expectations and producing a great deal of profit with it. Thomas Macaulay, a liberal Member of Parliament, claims that the effects of the industrial revolution have actually improved daily life: “People live longer because they are better fed, better lodged, better clothed, and better…

the readers’ attention to the promise of “terrible final years” and thus Fortuna’s true message. Alliteration is not the only technique employed. Repetition in the form of parallelism is also used to great effect: “Las cincuenta están tañendo” “Las cincuenta están cantando” (p4) Parallelism is a common feature of Spanish ballads. Here, the repetition of “las cincuenta” adds to the impression of Roderigo’s wealth. It also contrasts the maids’ beauty with the grief of nature. Moreover, it…

contrasting her put-together, polite, and dexterous self with her raging, explosively-creative inner self” (“Sylvia”, Poems). Plath’s career in writing is explained in all of her poems from her life experiences. She was a very successful writer and attended great colleges. The collection of poems and novel she had written throughout her life were very personal. She wrote one of her most interesting poems, “Mirror”, in 1961; two years before her death. Sylvia Plath expresses her intense thoughts…