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    In this essay I will be talking about a Modernist era writer. This writer mostly wrote poems, and his name was Robert Frost. Some of his most famous works include “Mending Wall”, “The Death of the Hired Man”, and “Birches”. All three of these poems were actually quite hard to understand and dissect, but after reading them a few times over i was able to do it. The first poem we will take a look at is “Mending Wall”, written in 1914. After that we will pick apart “The Death of a Hired Man”,…

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    The Mystic Forest Nature has a pristine beauty which can be displayed through many ways, such as its beautiful evergreen forests. The woods, that naturally appear in nature were used as a symbol in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale decided to take part in an inequitable act that did not purport their true character. The Puritan society in which they lived among, was a religious group who believed that Catholicism needed influenced by the Church of England. They…

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    Naxalism Analysis

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    Aparajita: You know, whenever one talks of North Bengal, it is Darjeeling - the snow-capped mountains, beautiful forest bungalows, tea estates that comes to one’s mind. Next is Siliguri and NJP (New Jalpaiguri Station). So whenever I told someone that my husband is from Siliguri, who was born in Naxalbari …there was no apparent excitement… just the opposite a sudden dead silence. One obviously associates Naxalbari with Naxalbari movement and Naxalism. I always wondered what it was like to be…

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    John Steinbeck expressed his life through his novels, novellas and poems. For instance, many of Steinbeck’s literary works take place in an area similar to his own home, Salinas Valley, California, an area full of farms, ranches, and orchards (Bloom). Also, California was an area known for attracting farm hands and migrant workers during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl eras because the soil was more nutrient-rich due to its short history of farming (Bloom). This setting transferred over to…

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    Psychological profiling has had a long history within the criminal justice field including the FBI. Many believe that this type of profiling has no usefulness in solving crimes, however the more that is learned about how a criminal thinks the better equipped to solve crimes sooner and prevent new crimes. Psychological profiling can be used to limit the amount of suspects for a given crime. While a psychological profile will help to solve a crime, having a solid crime scene examination is a…

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    One of the essential motifs of medieval outlaw heroes is the motif of the Greenwood. The outlaw separates himself from society by living in the woods, enjoying a sort of Edenic paradise free from the corrupt laws of society. There, the outlaw can do what he pleases, usually accompanied by a band of merry men. Modern-day outlaw group Anonymous too has its own Greenwood. Unlike the physical Greenwoods of the medieval outlaws, however, Anonymous' Greenwood is the Internet, and, once the computer is…

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    A tattoo is like poetry, because there is always more to the story than what meets the eye! The sonnet “First Poem for You” by Kim Addonizio is a riveting piece of poetry that uses symbolization to help readers understand the narrator’s emotions and feelings towards her partner. Visual and tactile imagery used within this poem help explain the meaning of the poem. The theme is longevity and the true meaning of a relationship. In “First Poem for You,” Addonizio creates a fictional character…

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    Of Mice and Men is a famous novel written by John Steinbeck. It was published in 1937. This novel is about two young men named George Milton and Lennie Small who move to a ranch to work during the period of The Great Depression. These two displaced men go through several situations at the ranch but still hope to work their best. Disenfranchisement is clearly presented in the society of this novel using gender and space through literary theories such as Foucault and Feminism. Steinbeck creates…

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    Thoreau’s use of dark imagery and extended metaphors in Walden illustrates his seclusion from society to ultimately convey his journey as an individual through life. In the passage, Thoreau supports his argument with the use dark imagery to reinforce his individual preference of living in contrast to the rest of society’s. He prefers to live in his cabin in the woods, while everyone else lives in places similar to the village he visits. He explains that he “set sail from some bright village or…

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    Hipter Culture

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    What Defines a Hipster? According to Bjørn Schiermer (2014, pg. 169), the term hipster originated in late the 1940s, and “was a term for the decadent connoisseurism and over-refinement of late black jazz culture”. Schiermer also imparts, in an interview with Laurie Taylor, that the “hipster culture is no traditional subculture, it’s less uniform” (Taylor, 2014; Schiermer, 2014). Schiemer also voices the culture explores and appreciates what previous generations did not (Taylor, 2014; Schiermer,…

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