Franz von Holzhausen

The primary source is a song. This is unique because it was created for purposes that don’t need censorship. It was most likely meaningful to the creator of the song, not something that he was told to create. It is important to analyze the tone and melody of the song, along with the lyrics and any rhetorical devices such as repetition and figurative language. The song sounds like a folk song. The melody repeats itself throughout the song. I can hear strings in the background, and another…

In the poem, “Out, Out-” by Robert Frost, the speaker shifts from a peaceful tone to a dark tone. At the beginning of this poem, a young boy is sawing wood. As he is working, his sister calls him in for dinner. The boy gets distracted and cuts his hand on the saw. A doctor came to the boy’s house to see if he would be able to help him, but the boy’s hand was already off. Slowly, the boy died and his family immediately went back to work. This event shows how quickly things can change. To…

The Gecko It leaps into the hot, humid, unforgiving jungle of New Caledonia... An adventurous boy, Jacob and his mom, Sara traveled over the many obstacles to finally be able to go to New Caledonia to catch and study the largest gecko in the the world the Giant New Caledonian gecko. After arriving, they set up camp in the jungle and started to search. The unforgiving jungle and its complement of bugs were bothering them to the point that they had to return to camp and zip themselves in their…

Existentialism is the belief that you are in control of your choices and fate. It is centered around the idea of finding the purpose of your life through different experiences and accepting the consequences of your actions. In the novel, The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka uses an odd situation to express existential views. The short story reflects on the story of the Samsa family and how they respond to the transition of their son’s/ brothers transition into a vermin. Gregor Samsa is an existential…

Metamorphosis Symbolism In the story “Metamorphosis”, by Franz Kafka, Gregor Samsa’s father throws an apple at Gregor’s body, the apple causing him pain symbolizes the relation between Gregor’s physical and emotional struggling. Before the catastrophe of the apple being thrown took place, Gregor possessed signs of suffering, as for when he initially woke up and realized he was a bug Gregor had sharp aches and itches on his left side. His job before the transformation caused Gregor some…

Frasier is a television show and the recipient of several Emmy Awards. The show is a spin-off of Nielsen favorite Cheers written by David Angell and Christopher Lloyd. It is set in Seattle, the story of pretentious psychiatrist Frasier Crane (longest-running character in a live-action sitcom) who has moved from Boston to Seattle and taken a job as a radio psychiatrist at the fictional radio station KACL. Most of the action revolves around Frasier's womanizing and premarital action, struggles…

In the novel Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar there is a bully named Chad. He bullies a kid named Marshall and Marshall’s friends name is Tamaya. Chad is a bully in the beginning of the book, but later changes in the book. The theme that is shown throughout the novel is that People can change. Sachar introduces this theme idea when Tamaya learns about how Chad is not treated well at home when they are in the woods. Chad reveals that he is not loved at home when he says “‘ I bet you and your family have…

100 (1851) composed by Franz Liszt is the sixth in the cycle of thirteen symphonic poems written during his time in Weimar. The composition was inspired by the tale of Ivan Mazeppa. During his studies in Paris, Franz Liszt became familiar with the works of Victor Hugo and Lord Byron, both of whom wrote poems inspired by the legend of Ivan Mazeppa. There were many attractions…

In the book A Child Called “it”, by Dave Pelzer, the person I like least in this book, other than the abusive Catherine is Dave's dad, Stephen. From the beginning it was very clear that Dave's rolemodel was his father, Stephen. Stephen was a hardworking fireman, who loved his family. In the beginning of Dave's abuse story, Catherine would not abuse him in front of his father, so the times that Stephen was home Dave would follow him around as protection. “ Whenever he went to the garage to work…

Many stories are often changed to different mediums or forms to convey similar ideas. By doing so, the ideas may be conveyed in different ways. For instance, the novella The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, was rewritten into a graphic novel by Peter Kuper. Both the novella and the graphic novel have many similarities, including the theme of family duty. However, they differ in the way they convey this theme. The two different writing styles of the novella and the graphic novel impacts how the…