Don Quixote

Jorge Francisco Isidore Luis Borges (24th August 1899-14th June 1986)’s Other Inquisitions (1964) [originally published as Otras Inquisiciones in 1952] forms a necessary complement to the fictional entities of Fictions (originally published as Ficciones in 1944) and The Aleph (published as El Aleph in 1949) which made him a towering personality in Latin American avant-garde literature. Poet, essayist, critic, translator- Borges is truly a virtuoso. His fiction, a vortex for seemingly the entire…

Another highly debated book for its negative messages is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, yet teachers and educators continue to use Twain’s books for its positive implications to children. In fact, various studies show that “in the hands of a good teacher the novel can have a positive impact on racial attitude and increase interracial understanding, [as well as] giving children the opportunity identify and examine stereotypes”( Johnson 38). Many attribute the book’s continued…

not for so overpowering a personality as this. It was his size, which took one's breath away – his size and his imposing presence. His head was enormous, the largest I have ever seen upon a human being. I am sure that his top hat, had I ventured to don it, would have slipped over me entirely and rested on my shoulders. He had the face and beard, which I associate with an Assyrian bull; the former florid, the latter so black as almost to have a suspicion of blue, spade-shaped and rippling down…

Friendship is a part of everyday life that everyone tends to experience. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn friendship plays an important role. The Author, Mark Twain, writes about two major friendships. These two friendships are between the protagonist Huck Finn and with either his friend Tom Sawyer or the other protagonist, Jim who is a runaway slave. Tom Sawyer and Huck have been friends ever since their previous adventure in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Although Tom and Huck…

The chapter “How We Listen” in Aaron Copland’s What to Listen for in Music addresses three different ways in which we listen to music. The first plane is the “sensuous plane”, the second is the “expressive plane”, and the third is the “sheerly musical plane” (Copland 7). As Copland discusses and critiques each plane, the reader quickly realizes that they gravitate towards certain planes more than others. While this piece is somewhat opinionated, Copeland thoroughly justifies his claims, allowing…

This portfolio is a representation of the observations completed for the class M464 – Methods of Teaching Reading taught by Dr. Hope Smith Davis. These observations have been conducted and recorded by Joshua Lindsey, a teacher candidate at Indiana University South Bend during the spring semester of 2017. These observations give prospective teachers a chance to be immersed in a content-area classroom and to witness day-to-day operations within the secondary classroom as they occur. While these…

One day, I was sitting in Mr. Mackey’s class and I felt very tired. The classroom was very warm and I started to fall asleep. I fell forward and my head hits the desk. Suddenly, I wake up and I am no longer in the classroom. I am in a time machine with Leonardo da Vinci. He tells me that he is my tour guide for a journey into the Renaissance. He also tells me that every person we see comes into the time machine with us for a big surprise. The first thing Leonardo does is he travels to the…

For this assignment, I have chosen two Australian ballet companies: the Victorian State Ballet (VSB) and the Queensland ballet (QB). I will discuss their specialization, history, location, purpose and next productions. After that, I am going to evaluate their websites. The main reason why I have chosen these two companies is that they are two vibrant ballet groups from the New South Wales’s adjacent states (Victoria and Queensland) and I wanted to learn more information concerning them. Both…

Conforming to society means being molded into society’s stencils. Accepting society 's rules and way of thinking is conforming to society. Agreeing to have similar careers and interests to most people is conforming to society. However some people are unable to find their place in society. They do not fit. Society calls them misfits, rebels, and outcasts. Huckleberry Finn is an outcast. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain, is about an outcast boy named Huckleberry, Huck,…

“The world will become a better place to live if we all strive to achieve peace and happiness instead of power and control” (Anurag Prakash Ray) Anurag’s quote of power and control justifies the idea of a dystopian society in present times. Man’s strive for power, control, and wealth creates a barrier in which social feuds are therefore brought upon. As history prevails this seems to recur time and time again, such as in the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell. The satirical use of animals…