Eliot Ness

Torn by the inequalities and the inability to truly acclimate himself into mainstream society, Rodolfo Gonzales’, wrote the poem “I Am Joaquin” in 1967 . Rodolfo Gonzales created an epic poem that was able to convey the feelings of his community in conjunction to that of his own. What makes this narrative into an epic is the manner in which the conflict is not a solely against his self imposed identities, but instead the externalities of society, history, and culture. He places himself at the…

1. “Ralph had stopped smiling and was pointing into the lagoon. Something creamy lay among the ferny weeds.” “A stone.” “No. A shell.” (pg.15) Ralph was the one who found the shell and not Piggy. Then when Piggy tries to explain Ralph the purpose and how to use it Ralph but since he found it he took custody of it. This is a major part in the novel because if he didn’t take it then he would not be chief and the group would not split. This is connected to a book called “Animal Farm” written by…

The poem "The Unknown Citizen" written by W.H Auden, he expresses the predicament of losing individuality that the United States of America citizens face. The poem consists of bureaucratic and irony tones that illustrate the clash between government control and individualism. "The Unknown Citizen" is told from a bureaucratic point of view and they speak of an ideal man, who in their eyes is the model of the perfect citizen. The author writes this poem to emphasize the importance of our…

As one of the most prominent literary figures of the early seventeenth century, John Donne has engendered widely differing views regarding the merits of his work. His reputation stands on two distinct accomplishments: the witty, sensual love poetry of his early career and the serious, devout religious writing of his later career as the Dean of St. Paul 's. Donne 's poetry was influential enough to be considered the basis of the metaphysical school of poetry, as characterized by later writers…

Through unfitting diction, setting seems inappropriately compared in The Dumka by B.H. Fairfield . Generally, the disproportionate contradiction the moods is due to word choice is evident in the poem. When Fairfield writes, “quite still, backs rigid, hands in their laps, and look straight ahead at the yellow light” (Lines 5-7), the description of the couple differs radically with the light. To clarify, yellow light contains a warmer connotation, but the diction used to depict the people…

Humans often find themselves ignorant of time’s passage and the consequences of their earthly errors. Robert Penn Warren’s poem, “Evening Hawk,” explores this concept and presents the idea that nature, as represented by the hawk, possesses a harsh judgement of humanity and its mistakes. The opening of the poem introduces an image of a hawk to observe the passage of time and human fallacies. Warren’s use of vivid language, both literal and figurative, conveys the mood and meaning of the work as a…

not fit in because I did know what to say or how to act. Even though I was able to have fun with the rest of the children, I was afraid to do anything for fear of being laughed at. Similarly, in T. S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” Eliot utilized an indecisive, inhibited man who struggled with his thoughts to illustrate his intellectual superiority over the rest of 20th century London and how he did not fit into modern society.…

The two poems ”Why So Pale and Wan, Fond Lover?” by Sir John Suckling, and “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” by Robert Herrick, have some similarities and differences. Suckling’s poem is about a man who is being questioned about being so love sick. He is asked by an unknown person how being love sick is going to benefit anyone. It can be understood that this poem is stating that if he does not become open about loving someone, he will never benefit. Therefore, he needs to quit looking so…

“ ‘Oh. Pangloss. Pangloss! Martin. Martin! Oh. my dearest Cunegonde! What kind of a universe is this? ’ sighed Candide on board the Dutch ship. – ‘A really huffy and really detestable 1. ’ replied Martin. – ‘You have been to England. ’ said Candide. ‘Are they as mad at that place as in France? ’ – ‘It’s a different type of lunacy. ’ said Martin. ‘As you know. the two states are at war over a few estates of snow on the Canadian boundary line. and they are passing instead more on their lovely war…

The narrator of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” often changes tenses in the midst of describing experiences, which in turn leads him to contradict and weaken the credibility of his assertions. How do the shifts in tenses work with his temporal diction to characterize the nature of Prufrock’s wisdom? Prufrock appears to be temporally challenged, like Quentin in The Sound and the Fury, through his sudden changes of tense that occur throughout the poem. These shifts, often working to…