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The American Dream: A Fairytale The play, "Death of a Salesman" was written by Arthur Miller in 1949. In his work Miller expressed the multitude of ways how men were able to achieve the American Dream. Miller worked hard to convey the roles of men, and women during the time just before the end of the 1940’s. Times were getting better after the Great Depression, and Willy Loman had set his course to success. The American Dream is seen as a pathway that is lit with the aspirations of many…

How Reading Made Me Popular Has anyone ever told you that reading makes you a loser? Well, I am here to inform you that they are incorrect. At the young age of seven, I knew this statement was no longer valid, and it changed my perspective of reading. Before I realized all of this, everything was quiet for a brief moment, and I no longer was surrounded by shouts of, “Wow, Paige you are so dumb”, and taunting laughter that followed. Instead, I was now accompanied by half of my classmates with…

To commence, the industrial revolution was a process where new inventions were produced and several milestones were achieved in the period from 1760 to 1820. However, as the industrial revolution originated capitalism also formed. Therefore, numerous people were being neglected and even exterminated. There were various diverse groups involved with this process, such as Minorities and Immigrants. Higher classes would accumulate wealth with the profit they made. Using unscrupulous methods they are…

The presence of a new-born baby changes the attitude of whoever it encounters, whether for better or worse. In Henry Fielding’s novel, Tom Jones, readers encounter a similar situation in which a new-born baby casts an effect on the characters. Though the baby is presented to the characters in a similar manner, both Mr. Allworthy and Mrs. Deborah Wilkins react differently. Fielding uses the technique of juxtaposition to create a strong contrast between the characterization of Mr. Allworthy and…

Words can be very manipulative and persuasive, if used right, they can be used to get people to feel different emotions and make people do things. But also, they can be used to make people do things that they might not have ever done without hearing that speaker say what they said to them. Rhetorical and literary devices are included when people are trying to persuade and manipulate people to more effectively change peoples minds. In certain situations, this can lead to really bad endings and…

The ability to read and write is essential for a human being in this world, yet it remains a privilege. The illiteracy rate around the world is high and there are many people on this earth that have never been given the chance to read and write. Whether the cause of this is war, poverty, or culture, the world is not where it should be today in terms of how many people are literate. This information was told to me constantly as a child and I believe knowing this shaped me into being the…

In book 9 of Plato’s Republic, Socrates describes the character of a tyrant. All men, Socrates admits, have a lawless and beastly nature. This darker nature displays itself during dreams, while the rational part is sleeping. “Then the wild beast within us, gorged with meat or drink, starts up and having shaken off sleep, goes forth to satisfy his desires; and there is no conceivable folly or crime a man may not be ready to commit.” The difference between tyrants and other men is that tyrants do…

they interpret a work of poetry. The words, thoughts, and images that come to one's mind differ from the many other people in the world. ☆In the painting, Circe Pouring Poison Into a Vase and Awaiting the Arrival of Ulysses, Sir Edward Coley Burne Jones uses bright colors with conflicting actions, while in the poem “Circe’s Power”, Louise Glück uses the same scenes to show that people have different views and beliefs on situations which together represent the same theme that people are all…

Fences Literary Analysis Jack Kelley P.1 In the play Fences, a fence itself symbolises what the family wants for each other and how certain characters want to live their lives. Rose, the main character’s wife, wants the fence because it makes her feel secure both physically and mentally. While Troy, the main character, wants it because it gives him control of his territory. The fence to Cory, Troy’s son, is a thing that would be both physically and mentally blocking him from his true…

Fences symbolize different things for each character. To Troy the fence symbolizes a boundary separating him from his two lives, to Rose it represents something that holds her family together and to Cory, it represents the internal conflict he has about which side of the fence he wants to be on. Through the book the characters grow and learn more about what the fence means to them. The fence to Troy represents a seperation between his two lives. On one side of the fence there’s Rose who requires…