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Pilgrim’s Progress Essay Zach Has anybody ever read an old book and been able to relate is to situations in their life today? Many old books can still relate to modern times. Pilgrim's Progress is one of those books. Pilgrim’s Progress is an old book that still relates to modern day times, and has interest to the modern day reader. Pilgrim's Progress relates to modern day times because many people still face the Christian journey. All of the bad people and distractions Christian meets are…

Iconic vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson [1941-2016] was honored in a musical celebration colored by great performances of dearest fellows from different generations. In addition to an incredible instrumentalist, Hutcherson was a master composer who left an indelible mark over the course of a rich five-decade career. Classic records like Dialogue, Components, Oblique, and Cirrus will be forever in my heart. At the time we arrived at the packed St. Peter’s Church, vibraphonist Joe Locke was reading…

It seems the older you get the more privileges you get and the more freedom you can have to do almost whatever you want. I remember when I was in elementary school my first day of third grade, it was the day I had waited for since my first day in elementary school. Every year prior to that we had recess on the boring playground meant for the little kids. The playground had a slide smaller than a wheelchair ramp going into a building. It only had two swings that were so low to the ground you…

New Historicism Look at The Great Gatsby The literary criticism of New Historicism involves analysing the world in which the work was written. No event in history was caused by only one event, instead historians have to look at the web of society in that time period. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby the politics, the American dream, and economy of the 1920s control the actions of the characters. The politics of the 1920s can shown through the Prohibitions Party’s ticket. “Still, the…

wondering if the connection between them were more than just friendship of two men. There were instances that suggests the homosexuality of both men. Charles found "that low door in the wall ... which opened on an enclosed and enchanted garden". Maybe, the enclosed and enchanted garden to which Charles had found could be the sexual tension between him and Sebastian. It could mean their rendezvous while they were at Oxford. Considering the religion of the Flyte family which was Catholicism, it…

Booked Graduation The objects that helped me go through school are books. Books fill your mind with ideas. They teach you the alphabet, teach you colors and meanings. Those are just the beginner books. For more advanced characters, some books can teach the meaning of matter and atoms, and teach how to measure volume and area. But the books I am most interested in are biographies. Biographies teach us about the natural world, teach us what plants to not even touch and what plants are safe…

Symbolism is used many times throughout literature but many people are using symbolism incorrectly. They are expecting it to only hold one meaning, well they're wrong. Set in California near the Salinas River during The Great Depression, the novel begins when two grown men come looking in search of new jobs on a ranch. In Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor and John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, both the authors use symbolism to show that it is related to an action…

of Malcolm, who is the father of Rumpelstiltskin. Fear Peter Pan is extremity resourceful, powerful and cunning. But in Once Upon a Time, his worst fear comes out before his alias (Peter Pan) emerges and when his Malcolm. Malcolm Malcolm (Enchanted Forest alias of Peter Pan) had a tragic childhood. After being sold to a blacksmith, Malcolm began to dream of a far away place called Neverland. In which there were +no rules, no worries and the best part, you get to fly. Years later…

“___________” (Gardner ##). However, in Beowulf, Grendel is perceived as a bloodthirsty monster that shows no concern for anything besides his instincts. Finally, in Grendel, John Gardner states that Grendel receives his “invincibility” when he is enchanted by the dragon. In Beowulf, however, Grendel is said to have been cursed since he is supposedly a descendant of Cain, “_________” (Raffel…

into the gully after she died. Other scenes in the two versions of Bridge to Terabithia that stayed the same were Mrs. Aarons served pancakes the morning after Leslie’s death, Janice Avery stole May Belle’s Twinkies, and Jess and Leslie used an enchanted rope to first enter the magical world of Terabithia. Though some things remained the same, many things that were mentioned in the movie were not included in the book. For example, in the movie, May Belle watched the race, Jess’s parents were…