Don Quixote

The Popol Vuh was not written all at once. It started as K'iche' Maya stories that were passed down for generations. When the Spanish arrived in the 16th century, a priest by the name of Ximénez documented these traditions by transcribing them into the Latin alphabet and translating them into Spanish. Although we have lost the original K'iche version, thanks to Ximénez's work today we can read The Popol Vuh. The Popol Vuh translates to "Council Book" or "Book of the Community." It contains…

Lauren Henderson Eng-371-001 October 21, 2015 Behind the Brutal Amid the Spanish Civil War, Camilo Jose Cela wrote a novel showing the destruction of Spanish traditions and society with such realism and horrific imagery that the first two editions were banned. Drawing from his interpretations of what Spanish society was for most people, Cela published La Familia de Pascual Duarte (The Family of Pascual Duarte) and was hugely successful. His novel is focused on themes of war and family and…

Not everyone’s dreams come true. This is a sentiment not often echoed in the escapist nature of many films made today. Hardly anyone would willingly escape to an economically depressed and small Midwestern town full of crushed dreams and a lack of purpose. In his film Nebraska, director Alexander Payne gives viewers the option of being tourists in this world, and surprisingly, it is an enjoyable trip with an uplifting ending, even if the main character’s dream is not realized completely. The…

“I pledge my fealty to my God, my Country, and to my righteous Sovereign. To slay dragons anywhere, to rescue maidens in distress and to favor those in need and those oppressed everywhere.” This is the 11th century knight-errants’ oath of allegiance taken by a 10-year-old Robert X. Leeds, who went on to author this book titled The Dragon Slayer. Since then, it has been his life’s mission to help the world prevail in a time of peril and help those in need everywhere. The Dragon Slayer is an…

His father, Stephen Longfellow, was a lawyer. He started school when he was three and became one of the school’s best students. Longfellow was naturally drawn to words. His mother read his brothers, sisters, and him the romance of Ossian, and Don Quixote. His favorite book, though, was Washington Irving’s “Sketch Book”. Longfellow once wrote later, “Every reader has his first book. I mean to say, one book among all others which in early youth first fascinates his imagination,…

The thesis I chose for term paper , is utilized from Skopos theory. Because, to decide word choice, phrases, subjects and plot of book are vital for the translation for children’s literature. “As an important branch of literature, CL plays an important role in the growth of children’s psychology and the formation of their perception of things around them.”(Alsabbagh,2014;9) Subjects and words which are chosen in children’s book, should be proper for children. To care for psychological state of…

Iconography, Vonnegut and great American Novel Much of the bewilderment encountered by characters in the novels has to do with their sense of being lost, of not knowing where to go. To be sure, that homelessness existed before; it can be seen in Don Quixote and in the novels of Thomas Wolfe. But in the postmodern, there is an even more alarming realization: there may not be any underlying referent. That is, not only can you not go home again, but there was never a home to begin with. Hence, a…

Taste in beauty is a subjective thing and every person has a different taste. However, Kant and Hume view differently on the taste of beauty. Hume claims “every individual ought to acquiesce in his own sentiment, without pretending to regulate those of others.”(268-269) Whereas Kant thinks even though taste in beauty is subjective, people are still demanding others’ agreement. Thus, taste in beauty is subjectively universal. Hume defines the standard of taste as “a rule, by which the carious…

Homer: The Illiad This book starts with the war already going on. The girl’s father is begging for his daughters return. But Agamemnon refused, so the guy prayed to his god. His god sent bad times for them. So Agamemnon sent his chick back and took Achilles girl. This made Achilles mad and made him want to go back home. In chapter 22 Achilles chase hector around and finally kills him and drags him around troy. Homer: The Odyssey This story starts about 10 years after the war and everyone is…

John Hurt, The Elephant Man, John Hurt passed away , at 77 after a fight against pancreatic cancer The man in “The Elephant Man”, the addict Max in “Midnight Express”, the despicable Caligula in “I, Claudius”, the astronaut Kane in “Alien” and Garrick Olivander in “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” died with his boots on, in his home in Norfolk, with his recent paper as father Richard McSorley in “Jackie”, with two unreleased movies and an unfinished project about the life and…