Gentleman

Gordon Wood’s outlook on the term of “Republicanism” must not be looked at as the adjective that we as society view it as today. However, should be looked at as a verb during the period of the Early United States. Republican principles is what actively destroyed the monarchical society festering in the early colonies. (Wood Pg. 95) Republicanism isn’t a form of government during this time; but a way of life or a system of values used to counter the monarchical culture and change its subjects…

Characters Within the short story “Under the Radar” the main characters are Steven Reeves, protagonist, and Marjorie Reeves, antagonist. Steven Reeves depicts a round character. He, a college graduate, married Marjorie at a young age and is committed to his job. Steven lacks intelligence in the common sense category. For example, he was naïve about Marjorie’s year-long affair with a man he idolized. Steven also displayed some callous feelings toward Marjorie which, turned into a violent scene…

I once had an encounter at work with an elderly foreign woman at the hospital. As I was introducing myself to an emergency department patient to bring them to radiology, this elderly woman nonchalantly walks into the patient’s room. I assume she is a friend of the patient, but I quickly learn that the patient has no idea who this elderly woman is and is asking her to leave. All the while, the elderly woman is speaking to us indiscernibly due to her heavy accent. So I excuse myself from the…

A summary of this short story 'The Cask of Amontillado' is about a gentleman called Montresor who elects to strive for revenge against a young man named Fortunato. Montresor claimed Fortunato gave him an abundance of injuries that he suffered for a long time. Montresor then tells him that he had a thing of Amontillado wine but isn’t sure that the wine is legit. Montresor guides him throughout the family mausoleum whilst tempting him about the wine and then buries him alive Montresor, the key…

Prompt 1: In the beginning Esperanza thinks girls and boys live in different worlds. I think this was because her brothers wouldn't speak to her outside the house therefore, she thought that was normal with all boys and girls. She also became upset when the girls began to talk to the boys and hang out with them. Her thought was girls should hang with girls and do girl things and boys should do boy things. She felt like Nenny was too young to be her friend, but since she was her sister that…

Furthermore, Atticus is seen as innocent. He was a gentleman who always treated people with respect and kindness like Boo Radley. He was also seen as a role model to not only his children, but also the town of Maycomb. Atticus Finch was one who treated black people equally and respected them. For an example, he was responsible to take on the case of Tom Robinson who was convicted of raping Bob Ewell’s daughter Mayella. After he accepted to take on this case, he was called a “nigger-lover” (108)…

Blog post #4 This chapter was really interesting. I like how Emma doesn't want to go to her trip with Ndoli , because she feels better alone. The book caught my attention when she started talking to the lady in the house that used to be their neighbor and Emma was talking more about her mother, and the book was really sad at that moment. She explains how her mother died and she was so thankful that she survived. Then she walks to her old house where she grew and was with her mother and it's…

As Shaw intentionally utilized the protagonist to exhibit the transition from the proletarian to the upper class, he used the character of Alfred Doolittle for the according purpose whilst expressing his perspectives towards the class system. Depicted as an archetype of a working-class man, his name ‘Doo-little’ incarnates the typecast perception of the middle class towards the lower class – lethargic, futile, and ‘undeserving’. Doolittle inveighs against the concept of class division,…

from such fees, historians believe this is mostly due to his amazing skills and maybe a little to do with local common financial hardships of the people of that time. It was around this same time Johannes would meet a gentleman named Peiter van Ruijven, Mr. Ruijven would become a benefactor of Johannes and would come to buy most of the paintings Johannes would later come to paint. Johannes’ family would come to rely on the financial support of Peiter van Ruijven, his money would become very…

Snow drizzled down in soft spades. Its feathery weight, balancing lightly upon the dry dirt. Scout Finch postulates the thought that the world was ending. Maycomb County, Alabama hasn’t experienced snow since 1885. Ideally, a novel and its film compliment each other, which occurs with To Kill a Mockingbird. Nonetheless, the film can carry out things that novels can't, and reverse. Moreover, film has limitations that a novel doesn't. From book to film, the trial focus changes the overall message…