Don Airey

Don Delillo, the author of White Noise, wrote an incredible story about the invention of plots, and explains how naming things correlates with the idea of certainty and uncertainty. He does this through the main character of the novel, Jack Gladney, along with other characters that are in Jack’s life, such as his friend and co- worker, Murray Jay Siskind, a neuroscientist and another co-worker, Winnie Richards, and the creator of Dylar, Willie Minks. White Noise teaches us that naming things are…

intent of Don Quixote’s author, Miguel de Cervantes, to make fun of chivalry or use chivalry as one of many tools to explore man’s ability to recreate himself? Being that his actions were delusional and often seen by those around him as out of touch with reality, the author showed us that the main character in Don Quixote was completely enamored by all the books he read and wanted to recreate himself. The Age of Chivalry gave way to the Inquisition in Spain when this book was written. Don…

relationship between the enchanting Carmen and the passionate Don Jose. In this essay i will investigate the characters of Carmen and Micaëla, their differences and similarities, and how Bizet developed these characters along the narrative arc through music. I will begin by first investigating the…

Lysistrata, Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Wife of Bath’s Tale, and Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote de la Mancha, we witness a progression of historical and literary autonomy through the characters within these masterpieces. From Lysistrata’s determined female activist Lysistrata, to The Wife of Bath’s Tale manipulative and controversial housewife Alison, and Don Quixote de la Mancha’s imaginatively chivalrous knight errant Don Quixote, we can trace a thread of characters who challenge societies…

I analysis some of ancient to 17th century literature to see how they structure, social classes and what morals they have. I look at stories with different backgrounds and different meaning behind the stories. They all have a very powerful connect with social classes and how they are structured. The morals of these stories is also letting us know at what society was like during these time periods. Morals a person's standard of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them…

The rest of the show, I felt like I was Don Draper. And in that instant, when the camera panned back, away from Don’s smiling face, and the “I want to buy the world a Coke” ad started playing, I felt that feeling. But when the credit rolled, and I felt like crying, I knew that nothing would ever be the same. Now, this essay has not been about the book that I started this by talking about. But they are not different. There are a lot of similar themes, and if Don Draper was in Vietnam, he would…

During the early 1900's miners in southern West Virginia were fighting, literally, for simple rights that every worker deserves. A 40-hour work week, decent pay that wasn't in scrip, and a sense of safety. On May 19 of 1920, members of the Baldwin-Felts detective agency arrived in the town of Matewan to evict union miners from houses owned by the Stone Mountain Coal Company. After catching wind of the detectives’ activities, Matewan Mayor Cabell Testerman and a pro-union sheriff named Sid…

reputation or certainty. Most are far too worried about appearing foolish or putting time into something that will not have quick results. Maybe that is part of the reason that the fool of Miguel De Cervantes still touches something in the heart of readers. Don Quixote tells his neighbor farmer Pedro Alonso, “I know…

Cosi fan tutte was written by Mozart during the Enlightenment Period. This was a time of scientific, political, and philosophical change that made society more democratic. A more democratic society meant that the middle class was being able to make decisions that affected their financial situation. In return, the middle class was able to afford to enjoy art and music such as Cosi fan tutte. Cosi fan tutte was one of three of Mozart’s masterpiece works. Mozart used this opera buffa to display his…

historical novel genres together worked allowed Scott to consider political and social issues of the day through the medium of the socio-political battles and debates of a previous era—sixty years since. Comparatively, Byron’s poetical piece-de-resistance Don Juan, published periodically, branches across many genres, using their conventions as its own pleasure to generate a shockingly unique work from an amalgamation of many pre-existing genres through the appropriation of their conventions. To…