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People aways say don 't judge a book by its cover, but if you think about it book covers are very important. Book covers need to be intriguing to the reader to make the reader want to read the book. Throughout all of my schooling have found that most of the books I need to read have horrible covers. You have to ask yourself, Will I even read this book? Or does this cover make me what to read this book? I believe that when you buy something you have to have a personal connection to enjoy it fully…

When biologists look to determine whether two organisms are of the same species, one of the things they often look for is whether or not these these organisms can mate and produce fertile offspring. If they can, then they are considered to be of the same species. Humans are no different; however, when it comes to the actual act of sex, so much more goes into it than the simple ability to produce offspring. Sex involves an attraction, a connection, a spark, and, as Diaz and Alexie point out, it…

What is the Art of Rhetoric? The art of rhetoric is the process used to persuade an audience to the speaker’s point of view. The Art of Rhetoric is found in many places: magazine, advertisements, documentaries, politicians’ speeches, comercials, and whenever a teanager is trying to get out of trouble. The art of Rhetoric is made up of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. First, Ethos is the credibility of the speaker. The audience needs to know why they should trust what the speaker is saying. Ethos…

In this paper I argue that in Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury is able to allow the reader to see into Montag’s emotions through his analogy of the darkness that literally surrounds Montag to the darkness that Montag feels, which is made by his creation of the atmosphere, usage of syntax, and his use of tropes. Atmosphere is the first thing most notice in the selected passage from Fahrenheit 451 because of the way it mirrors Montag’s emotions. Bradbury also varies his syntax in way that enables him…

The perfect example of an anglo-saxon poem that displays true actions and duties as an epic hero would be Beowulf. Throughout this epic poem, Beowulf encounters many challenges that he manages to overcome in order to save his people. Beowulf is called upon to defeat 3 monsters, which is Grendel, his mother and a Dragon. During these battles, Beowulf displayed his knowledge, honor and courage in all 3 battles and obtains the honor of being called a hero. The hero, Beowulf had gotten word that it…

According to the world renowned author Ernest Hemingway, a hero is “A man who lives correctly, following the ideals of honor, courage and endurance in a world that is sometimes chaotic, often stressful, and always painful” (Miles). Who is a chaotic and stressful hero in your eyes? Wolverine? Deadpool? These characters relate to Frederic Henry because they are not traditional heroes. An average day in any of these heroes shoes are almost the complete opposite of normal. All of Hemingway’s…

In our enormous world, powerful beings are sculpted by artists and authors of all sorts to express the exquisiteness that is heroism. In the epic poem The Odyssey, the main character Odysseus faces multiple trials consecutively, in an attempt to reach his homeland Ithaca. During these trials, he also demonstrates a very obvious and apparent heroic nature, which is seen throughout the epic. From an objective standpoint, there are several cases from the beginning to the end where he develops his…

Beowulf survives as one of the oldest poems in world literature. Originally written in Old English, the story of the long poem focuses on the epic and tragic hero, Beowulf. More specifically, the poem focuses on the three major battles the warrior fights. Each battle increases in difficulty while also testing different aspects and skills of Beowulf himself. While Beowulf’s three battles maintain the universal theme of the ongoing fight against good and evil, they also reveal attributes of…

Beowulf is considered the oldest epic poem in the English language, and the earliest piece of indigenous European literature. In the 19th century, Beowulf was written in Old English, the language of the Saxons. This epic did not have a title originally, but began to be referred to by the name of the Scandinavian hero, Beowulf, with heroic sources and virtues as the primary focus. Both the hero and the story are fiction even though historical elements run through the poem (Snell 1). There have…

Ethos, pathos, and logos were used throughout the whole letter but Martin Luther never knew which method worked. Martin Luther King Jr.was intelligent to use all three methods to persuade stubborn men. The provincial clergymen of Birmingham had written a letter to Martin Luther King Jr. to express their opinion about the segregation problem. Martin Luther King Jr. decided to respond back and by persuading them into wanting the “outsiders” help with segregation. In the Letter of Birmingham…