Everything Is Illuminated

claiming its dogmas held the answers we craved. Published in 1794 in Songs of Experience, William Blake’s “The Tyger” uses a critical and questioning speaker to reject the church’s teaching and revive our quest. This being his most popular poem, everything about it invites the readers to reconsider their stance on what they’ve been taught about the world. The speaker invites his audience to take a more critical stance on the Church’s teachings. From the very first line, the reader knows the…

On Friday November 13, I had the pleasure of seeing one of Moliere’s most famous theatrical comedies, Tartuffe, performed at the University Theatre of Cal State San Bernardino Ronald E. Barnes Theatre. In the play, Orgon, a wealthy Parisian patriarch falls under the influence of a hypocrite named Tartuffe. Luckily, Tartuffe’s antics do not fool the rest of the family or friends. In order to show Orgon how terrible Tartuffe really is, his wife Elmire, takes matters into her own hands. She…

She eventually gets everything she ever wanted, but has no one to share her glory with. Through Carrie the theme is illuminated through her growth, conflicts, and tone to show all you are willing to risk and the changes you see in yourself from achieving the american dream. Carrie is able to grow from her experiences from being dependent on men, to being independent. In the beginning she is lost and poor and then meets Drouet, he gives her money and power, but she does everything he tells her…

Saturn’s rings. She felt a warm glow spread through her whenever she held his hand, which surprised her because for as long as she could remember, her hands had always been cold. “That’s Mars, that dot there, and there’s the Big Dipper.” He showed her everything with a flick of his chin considering he couldn’t move much else. She had a love for…

“Light is like water,” I answered. “You turn the tap and out it comes.” This excerpt from the short story, “Light is Like Water,” displays the optimistic attitude that the children obtain, regardless their current location. The story, written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, was published in December of 1978. Amid the publishing of the story, many Latin American writers incorporated political views into their literary works. Marquez strayed from the politics and mainly focused on magical realism as an…

read: “Heather, is this a joke on what everyone is saying about Jesse?” These characters stood out as if the text was in bold font. The joy my heart had felt slowly deteriorated. I could hardly respond after knowing well what had happened. That day everything changed. The dream ended, the happiness was put to a halt. It made me realize how one moment all might be well, but in the next instant so much can go wrong. March eighth had felt like what could be the opposite of the all-amazing National…

you if you open. your trap?...Well, you keep your place, Nigger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny (Steinback,81). This example is Curley's wife calling Crooks the n-word and saying that she can blackmail him and get everything taken away from him. Racism is still a thing that takes place in today's times for people of…

Aristotle was conceived in 384 B.C, in a residential area called Stagira. Amid the time when Greek Civilisation was busy instructive and social unmistakable quality, where numerous awesome Scholars, Scientists and Mathematicians masterminds indicates and imparted their perspectives and hobbies into the overall public. Aristotle entered Plato 's foundation of governmental issues, Plato was a man with incredible scholarly thoughts. What 's more, soon his understudy turned into an exceptional at a…

motivation for many characters in the story, rather than a defeat. When hearing the phrase, “the Deathless Man” I often correlate that with fear and avoidance, so I was surprised to recognize a more pleasant side to death, which the Deathless Man illuminated. During the grandfather’s first meeting with the deathless man, we are able to see the fear that comes over the grandfather. He does not yet know that the deathless man, formerly known as Gavran Gailé is…

Every artist has their own interesting background. Each piece they make has its own story. How it was made and the thought that is put into it making this piece of artwork. Even the obstacles that the artists may overcome can give the piece’s life and make them unique. The artists that I picked from the blog were James Castle and Andrew Wyeth. The pieces that I picked from each artist were one of the pieces ‘Built Environment’ made by James Castle and the piece ‘Evening at Kuerners’ made by…