Alfred Russel Wallace

Living is Better Than Doing Nothing “The Discussion of Three Messages from Ulysses” Have you ever read the novel the Odyssey? Well in this novel it is about how a man is away from his home for many years, and when he gets home he has to fight compete to get his wife and kingdom back. In this novel it shows when the man named Ulysses is young and he can do whatever he wants. To show how old Ulysses has become Lord Tennyson writes a poem named Ulysses. Lord Tennyson writes a poem like this…

Within popular culture as well as true life events, humans look for a person to root for in hard times or difficult events. William Wallace within the movie Braveheart captures that idea completely while trying to tell the story of how a group set out to overthrow foreign rule as well as shake up the feudal system. This piece sets out to take a historical event and turn it into a blockbuster hit through love, battles, and a martyr to root for. Although as many know that movies rarely hold up to…

We all (hopefully) want to help the environment, but we don’t want to change the way we live our lives. If we could change, however, it would make a world of a difference in helping Earth's environment. Stegner hopes to provide information to help people want to change a grow an ethical view on how we use the land today. Stegner also talks about how the environment was saved with the help of Reagan and his administration. All this can be paired with wendell Berry's Idea of a Local Economy in a…

Malcolm X was a prominent figure in both the civil rights movement and the nation of Islam in the 1950s and 60s. Malcolm constructed the idea of “Black Nationalism”, a movement fighting for the social, economic, and political freedom of African-Americans. In the speech “The Ballot or the Bullet” delivered on April 3rd, 1964 at Cory Methodist Church in Cleveland, Ohio Malcom X is discussing the 1964 election. He is communicating that all African-Americans have a choice and a voice in the election…

Beowulf In the poem, Beowulf, a warrior from Geats comes to help Hrothgar, the king of the Danes whose land is being attacked by a monster, Grendel. Beowulf is successful and kills Grendel. To show his bravery and abilities, he even kills Grendel without using weapons. However,Hrothgar is still in trouble, because Grendel's mother is now trying to get revenge. As the poem continues, Beowulf kills Grendel's mother in her lair with a sword that giants used. After the victory, Beowulf returns…

politics. William Wallace fought for not only the independence of himself, but also the people around him. Finally, there was William Marshal who was so…

Cherub: The Recruit The Book Cherub: The Recruit by Robert Muchamore revolves around James a middle school boy who lives with his step-sister and lost his mother due to alcohol poisoning. James was supposed to go to get in trouble for injuring a girl that had been making fun of James’ mother the same day that his mother had died but had not because a secret organization; CHERUB had taken him in as a spy. In his first month at CHERUB James had tons of training in order to undergo basic training.…

barbaric acts would have been for nothing. Wallace believed no man pledged to be ruled by a king who took away their freedom. An example of William being strong would be before he was taken to be hanged. William asked God, "I’m so afraid. Give me the strength to die well" (Braveheart 2:36:48). Even though…

abandoned his ideals to become a national symbol of racism, where Wallace later begged for forgiveness. Wallace is best known for his ride in power in Alabama and his fight against desegregation using the rhetoric of states’ rights. Through The Politics of Rage, Carter describes the main events in his stand as governor and analyzes how he used this same rhetoric to develop and national power base. Carter argues persuasively that Wallace helped establish the conservative political movement and…

world needs something in larger scale. Mel Gibson gave the world opportunity of enjoyment and education at the same time, by producing a movie called Braveheart. The movie Braveheart is about a peasant boy of the end of the 13th century, William Wallace (Mel Gipson), that grows up into a warrior. After the loss of his father and his wife he rebels…