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Chris Carragher Dr. Cella English 107 Lit 11 September 2015 Poetry Analysis Rough Draft When one thinks of a war poem, images of cannons, guns, smoke and death are conjured in the reader’s mind. Though Back When All Was Continuous Chuckles is a war poem, none of the classic elements of such a war poem are present at surface value. Colette Inez, the author of Back When All Was Continuous Chuckles writes a poem that could be attributed to multiple themes. One could argue that it is a yearning of…

I walked through the hallways of my middle school, listening to the garbled conversations around me. I wondered why people were only “together” one day, what this new term, gay, meant, and why OneDirection was so important. Awkward silences, gasps of disbelief, and grudging explanations often followed my inevitable queries of “What does that mean?” I had difficulty understanding how people interacted at first, and found myself listening from the outside to learn different things for later use. I…

Uniqueness and Audacity in Film: Nanni Moretti Nanni Moretti is an Italian filmmaker who has garnered great fame and prominence from his unique style of filmmaking which tackles Italian political and social issues which are riddled with a strange, quirky style of humor. Moretti over the years has challenged Italian filmmaking norms and has become a forefront in the discussion of Italian politics. His fame, however, does not exceed that of his country, where in the United States he is relatively…

Every Wednesday, current Prime Minister, David Cameron, meets in the House of Commons for half an hour to answer questions from Members of Parliament. These questions are meant to address current events both international and domestic, and have come to be known as Prime Minister Questions (PMQs). All Members of Parliament must write their questions for the Prime Minister on the Order Paper several days prior to the PMQs. Once submitted, the questions are then sorted through, scrambled, and…

excitement. Malcolm X, an African American figure who was known for being quite passionate, yet angry, about his cause, is a prime example of how passion can give people the push to pursue causes that are meaningful to them. While he could be very crass and rude, it was only out of this angry passion that he found success as an activist, and gained recognition for his differences. John MacWhorter, an African American professor of linguistics and American studies at the Ivy League, Columbia…

may seem a necessity in their mind but in reality is a luxury. In the article “Objectif Lune”, written by a French writer named Charles Dantzig, the author writes his opinion of the defining traits of an American citizen. Americans are perceived as crass and unsophisticated with Dantzig stating, “They go to court over everything. This is a way of making money, of course, and of causing trouble for one’s neighbor, but more deeply it points to the fact that, for them, nothing follows from itself.”…

John Updike originally conceived his novel The Centaur as a companion piece to Rabbit, Run, published two years before. If the earlier novel was about a life-embracing man constitutionally unable to sacrifice himself for any person or idea, the later one is its opposite: a novel about a man obsessed with his own death who is nevertheless able to sacrifice himself for the betterment of his family. He thus exchanges his literal, physical death for a series of smaller, spiritual, daily deaths—the…

Shakespeare uses some relationships between characters, such as the relationships that Lady Capulet and the Nurse share with Juliet, to give social commentary on the Elizabethan society. He also used relationships to highlight his key themes, such as the relationship between Romeo and Juliet proving that true love is uncontrollable. The relationship between Lady Capulet and Juliet is used to show how family members tended to be distant from each other. This is shown in the utterance “what say…

visible that the two are in different states. The Great Gatsby was an exceptional film that redefined the meaning of the American Dream. The film exuded a very high end feel, but critiqued American society by exposing that the typical American Dream as crass materialism. Unlike other’s, Gatsby’s American Dream is not superficial, but is to love and be loved by Daisy. Specifically through the editing, sound and cinematography, it is proven that an extravagant lifestyle can not cover underlying…

From its polarizing reviews to its crass humor, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has always been a figure of controversy. In recent years, the book’s attitude towards African Americans has come into scrutiny, and a new issue has arisen: does such a controversial novel belong in the classroom? Some believe the novel’s educational values outshines its insensitive racial attitudes, however, ts offensive contents may be too much to bear for students. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark…