Bloom

The Republic of Plato, by Allan Bloom shows the relationship of the philosopher to the political community. In the book there is no clear plot line, just a series of questions followed by more detailed answers. Throughout the book, readers learn about the benefits that a person and a society can gain when thinking about good over self interest. “Socrates was one of the most exemplary and strangest Greek philosophers”, according to History.com. Plato found an interest in Socrates. He learned…

Harold Bloom explores the deeper conversation of memories, time, and loss that is present in the poem. He suggests that “time exerts a tyranny that none can escape” by describing how significantly past and present experiences impact life (Bloom). Bloom also suggests we create our own memories through culture and environmental behaviors, even though what we imagine isn’t always accurate…

Most if not all people have been affected by judgement at some point in their life. Amy Bloom writes the story “Silver Water”. The story is centered around Rose, who is mentally ill, and her family who struggle dealing with her illness. Violet is Rose’s sister as well as the narrator of the story. Rose changes hospitals and doctor many times, and struggles with herself. Rose tries to control her illness as much as she can, along with trying to maintain her sanity where it is seaming impossible.…

point of appearing dry and decaying (Bloom 12). “His very old-ness is monumental and rock-like,” according…

The entire story of Ulysses all takes place throughout one day, the 16th of June 1904. During this day, the two central characters, Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom encounter various events, places and people on their everyday journeys in Dublin, ranging from newspaper offices of the Freemen’s Journal to the red light district. Throughout the day the story jumps around scenes in Dublin and where are able to see…

Bloom has been teaching at Yale University since 1955. The American Academy of Arts and Letter Gold Medal for Criticism was given to Harold Bloom in the year 1999. Both good and bad sides have their own ways of changing one’s identity either permanently or temporarily. “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” debates the conflict between good and evil and the correlation among bourgeois violence, urban violence, and class structure.” (Bloom) Harold Bloom displays the difference between…

while dealing with their experiences of alienation and loneliness (“John Steinbeck (1902-1968)”). John Steinbeck is an author renowned for his novel, The Grapes of Wrath, but his novella Of Mice and Men is what first put him on the writing scene (Bloom 8). After leaving college, Steinbeck went on the road and worked as a factory hand, as well a ranch hand. Working among the ranch hands gave Steinbeck’s writing an authenticity that could not be matched. Because of his experiences, Steinbeck took…

Threatens the survival of fish and other aquatic life forms. When the nutrients present in the aquatic ecosystems increase, there will cause the phytoplankton and the other photosynthetic plants grow quickly, known as algal blooms. As the result, the algal blooms will limit the oxygen required amount for the respiration by the other aquatic animal and plant species. Oxygen depletion happens when the plant life decrease, die and decompose. When the oxygen dissolved reach the maximum levels, the…

Even though there are many archetypes that can relates to all ages people, the well suited archetype that applies to adults and children are the archetypal symbol, Light-Darkness. In Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Haroun was admiring the martial dance and learn about the Beauty of Darkness. During the performances, it states: "Haroun thought about this strange adventure in which he had become involved. 'how many opposites are a war in this battle between Gup and Chup!' He marvelled.…

such as the cyanobacteria that makes up algal blooms, produce oxygen through photosynthesis. It is important to record dissolved oxygen values because dissolved oxygen has an impact on the life of organisms as well as the production of algal blooms. Total nitrogen, while it is an essential nutrient for aquatic plants that aids in growth, can harm all of the organisms that live in a body of water if the levels are too high. In addition to algal blooms, high levels of nitrogen can lead to low…