Escape from Alcatraz

When many minds read the same passage of writing it is hard to decode a perception that would be the same. Some authors write in this style so you can see yourself in the story and relate to the writings on a personal level, causing you to dig deeper into the story and really have a fuller understanding of the material. While reading Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne, my final take away was most likely different than others because I placed myself in the shoes of Good Brown and saw…

viewed her own birthmark as hideous but rather a compliment. Aylmer shockingly thought otherwise, depicting the mark as an imperfection to an almost perfect woman and communicates with his wife about the thought of possibly having it surgically removed from her face. Georgiana had never thought about removing her birthmark as she rather found it beautiful which evidently makes her rather upset that her husband does not see the same beauty as she does. As the days of their marriage roll through…

something. They hope they will one day be extraordinary so they have to trust in themselves. They have to have faith; they will get there one day. Then they will love what they do each and every day. However, what happens when they let someone take that from them? They give in to temptation. One author who brilliantly interprets this image is Nathaniel Hawthorne…

Dissension and Destruction of Arthur Dimmesdale The obligation or responsibility imposed on a person in whom confidence or authority is placed could be broken by those who are charlatans and ingenuine. These are the type of individuals the reader will encounter in the American classic The Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts the conflict between outer appearance and inner reality through the internal dissension of the character Arthur Dimmesdale who struggles with day to day life while…

is essential to end segregation and racism (King, Jr. 13-14). King defines a tough mind as one that is able to think sharply and decisively and make realistic judgments (King, Jr.14). Having a tough mind gives one the ability to discern what is true from what is false on their own instead of blindly accepting what they hear (King, Jr. 14). For example, Hitler took advantage of people by recognizing their softmindedness and appealed to their emotions to mold and control them without logic or…

In “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” Martin Luther King Jr. addresses eight of the most respected clergymen in Alabama about their inaction and failure to support a movement that they should. King also points out that the white moderate, who say that they agree with him, have become too comfortable in the current system and because of that do not truly want the change that they call for. One of King’s biggest grievance with the white moderate and clergymen that he addresses is that they are not…

have different plots, types of characters and conclusions. However, it is possible to make a comparison and find both similarities and differences in these stories. Events in the Young Goodman Brown took place in 17th century. The young, pious husband from Salem went through the forest to a mysterious meeting. He was temporally accompanied by a mysterious man who appeared to be the Devil or a powerful demon. The…

Comparison between “The Crucible” and “The Scarlet Letter” “The Scarlet Letter” written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “The Crucible” written by Arthur Miller are two pieces of literature written around the same era. They were written in the early days of the Massachusetts colony. Both of the pieces of literature have many similarities including the theme, setting, conflicts, and some major plot elements. But the two pieces of literature are also very different. They both use have a common theme…

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's story, “The Minister’s Black Veil”, there are several themes, but the most ordinary and prominent is that everyone has secrets and sorrows hidden from others. In the story, the main character, Reverend Hooper, is a minister in a small Puritan community in Milford. The minister is described as wearing two folds of black crape, which entirely conceals his facial features other than his mouth and chin (240). This veil symbolizes many things, but most people assume that…

of the village. “But the strangest part of the affair is the effect of this vagary, even on a sober-minded man like myself. The black veil, though it covers only our pastor’s face, throws its influence over his whole person, and makes him ghostlike from head to foot. Do you not feel it so?” “Truly do I,” replied the lady; “and I would not be alone with him for the world. I wonder he is not afraid to be alone with himself!” “Men sometimes are so,” said her husband. …. “Why do you look back?” said…