August Wilson

Waking up to find yourself in a completely different body has to be hard, but when you are no longer in a human body, everything becomes more difficult. In Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, Gregor wakes up to find himself transformed into a bug. With Kafka’s background in reading the Word of God, this novel has been compared to the Bible because Grete played a similar role to Judas, Gregor’s downfall was brought by an apple, his family does not care for him before he dies. In a way, his sister…

The play “Equus” by Peter Shaffer and the short story “Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka both demonstrate alienation in the two main characters. Alan Strang in “Equus” becomes isolated from society and his family because of an extreme passion for horses, while Gregor Samsa in “Metamorphosis” is a character who has inherently isolated himself his whole life and he somehow becomes more isolated when he turns into a bug overnight. Both Alan and Gregor go through their estrangement in strikingly similar…

Metamorphosis Symbolism In the story “Metamorphosis”, by Franz Kafka, Gregor Samsa’s father throws an apple at Gregor’s body, the apple causing him pain symbolizes the relation between Gregor’s physical and emotional struggling. Before the catastrophe of the apple being thrown took place, Gregor possessed signs of suffering, as for when he initially woke up and realized he was a bug Gregor had sharp aches and itches on his left side. His job before the transformation caused Gregor some…

but it has no place in the free world. Yet this practice of grouping people into categories extends far beyond a science fictional world of the future. Most examples of labeling are born out of ignorance and prejudice. In William Faulkner’s Light in August, when Joe Brown struggles to pin the murder of Miss Burden on Joe Christmas, he desperately exclaims that Christmas has African-American blood. With this, the sheriff resolves that Joe Christmas really did commit the murder. “I always thought…

Background Information David Berkowitz was born on June 1, 1953 as Richard David Falco. Berkowitz’s parents were Betty Broder and Joseph Kleinman. Betty Broder was married to Tony Falco at the time the baby was born. When Tony Falco abandoned her, she had an affair with Joseph Kleinman. Becoming pregnant shortly after, Betty Broder was told by Tony Falco to get rid of the baby. She did not and she even listed Tony Falco as the father. Shortly after the birth, Nathan and Pearl Berkowitz adopted…

This investigation aims to analyze the question: to what extent did American Neutrality and Trade in World War I (WWI) serve as a cause for eventual involvement in the conflict? This investigation will focus on goals outline by President Woodrow Wilson in his address to Congress in 1914 declaring neutrality, the effect of the British Blockade of German Ports in respect to US trade, the consequent German U-boat attacks on American trading vessels, and the Zimmerman telegram. The investigation…

In the story The Metamorphosis by Kafka, a character by the name of Gregor wakes up a cockroach. But, It’s quite possible that this is not what the title of the book entails, and instead, the title of the book refers more to Gregor’s family rather than himself. The Metamorphosis was written during World War One, and a somewhat popular theme in literature was to reflect the ideals of industrialization during the turn of the century. In the book, Gregor is turned into a bug, and the whole family…

In Light in August, William Faulkner explores many ideas that revolve around man’s relationship with his community, particularly his isolation from it. These ideas can best be expressed by analyzing the characteristics of Lena Grove, Reverend Gail Hightower, and Joe Christmas. Each of these characters is in some way, shape, or form isolated from his or her community, and each character’s relationship with his or her community can be derived from their relationship with the past. Faulkner uses a…

Woodrow Wilson's full name is Thomas Woodrow Wilson. He was born in December on the 28th of 1856 in Staunton, Virginia(Feinberg, 2004). His father's name is Joseph Ruggles Wilson he was a Presbyterian Minister ( Feinberg ,2004). Joseph married Jessie Woodrow in Ohio and shortly after they moved down to the south (Feinberg , 2004) . They had two daughters Marion and Annie before Thomas after ten years had another son Joseph (Feinberg ,2004). Wilson wanted a job as a professorship at Princeton…

President Woodrow Wilson once said, “It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war… but the right is more precious than peace and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried on our hearts” (Jackson). Germany 's lack of respect for Americas right of neutrality, the evidence for the Zimmermann telegraph, and Americas connection with the Allies led the U.S. to join the war the American people tried so hard to avoid (Sloan 2). Americas goal was to save the world…