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    Have you ever wondered what your coat of arm is? Well I am going to share my coat of arms with you. So three things that represents my coat of arms is my motto, three character traits and three symbols. My motto is Dream Big, Soar High. This motto means you can never dream too big and you can always accomplish the dream somehow and someway. Also, it means if you believe in yourself, you will be able to succeed through life. One last reason that it means is don’t let people drag you down…

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    The simplistic and transparent writing of Ernest Hemingway is distinctly shown in his novel, A Farewell To Arms. In chapter one, Hemingway uses coherent and distinct rhetorical devices such as polysyndeton, imagery, syntax, and diction in order to inaugurate the mood and tone of the novel. Syntactical imitations such as polysyndeton and anaphora by Hemingway give the novel a monotonous feel for the reader. The imagery shown in the first chapter establishes a somber and dim feeling for the reader…

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    “I must not only punish, but punish with impunity.” (Poe, 683) These words were written in a story of Edgar Allen Poe. Many people when hurt either learn to get over what was done wrong to them while others wish to punish those that wronged them. In the story “The Cask of Amontillado” Poe writes about the second path a person takes when he or she has been wronged. This story is about two men named Montresor and Fortunato. Montresor is hurt because Fortunato did something that Montresor feels as…

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    amends for or offsetting. Redemption is often looked at as a strong theme throughout many novels across the world. Three novels redemption finds its place in are The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, My Antonia by Willa Carther, and A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway. Each of these novels, in one way or another are considered stories of redemption. These three novels show the theme of redemption through strong character situations and changes that the characters face throughout each of…

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    Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois, being the first son and second child to Clarence and Grace Hemingway. His mother hoped that he would foster an interest for music, but he liked the outdoors much more, like his father. In high school, he excelled academically as well as athletically. After high school, he was not interested in going to college, and wanted a writing career. He started his career as a writer in a newspaper office in Kansas City, at the young age of seventeen…

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    In the novel The English Patient , written by Michael Ondaatje, the author describes the life of a young nurse (Hana) and her sacrifice to take care of a burned English patient (Count Laszlo de Almásy) in an abandoned hospital located in an Italian villa, that was affected by world war II. In the novel the author reveals to the readers, the love and care shown by the nurse to an utter stranger, her development in character and knowledge and the authors ability to captivate the reader throughout…

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    In the novels A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque the different possibilities of the effects war have on an individual are displayed distinctively. In A Farewell to Arms Henry realizes he is losing himself in the war and tries to find an escape through love. In All Quiet on the Western Front the way Paul views himself changes and puts a perspective not only on the present but on his past and his future too. In these two novels the…

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    The Nature of a Meaningful Life Thomas Mann's Mario and the Magician is about a family who took a vacation in one of the beaches in Italy. For the purposes of this paper, the nature of a meaningful life will be analyzed based on the article, with Kant and Mill as sources to defend such analysis. Desires, Emotions, and Moral Choices Kant believed that desires and emotions do not play an essential role with how a person rejects or embraces morality (Kant, Abbott & Denis, 2005). In fact,…

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    Summary: An unknown man jumps off of the highest tower in Florence, Italy. Before jumping he thinks about his last gift to humanity and being remembered as a hero for his actions. Meanwhile Robert Langdon wakes up in a hospital bed in Florence with a gunshot wound and amnesia. Agent Vayentha from the Consortium, a private organization which fabricates articles and events to the liking of their clients, comes to the hospital to kill Langdon. Fortunately, doctor Sienna Brooks helps Langdon escape…

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    A. Fredrick Henry, the main protagonist and narrator, is an American who served in the Italian Army during the midst of the First Great War as a Lieutenant Ambulance driver. He decided to join the Italian Army because he was studying in Italy when the war began. Henry loves every aspect of Italian society, culture, food, wine, and architecture. Thus, he had a cause to join the struggle. Also, America had yet to join the war. Henry is a man of dignity and cares little about medals and honors…

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