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Ordinary Courage by Joseph Plumb Martin tells of one of the little-known perspectives of the American revolution: the soldiers who fought during the war. Within his recount, Martin describes his encounters with the British, and how it lead to a moment of bonding between the opposite sides. However, these moment of bonding were illusive in the greater scheme of the war. Martin continues his narrative by the bonding relationship that the war caused between him and his fellow troops and the…

Introduction One might think that it’s not very likely that two novels written approximately 66 years apart would have much in common. In this essay I have digged deep to find similarities between Animal Farm (by George Orwell, 1945) and Shatter Me (Tahereh Mafi, 2011). Totalitarianism a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.1 Is shown in both books, in Animal Farm it is the pigs on the farm and in Shatter Me it is shown…

In The Time of The Butterflies The novel, “In the Time of the Butterflies,” by Julia Alvarez shows a persistent amount of courage with the main characters. The background of In the Time of the Butterflies is mid-20th century Dominican Republic under the dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo and the story of the Mirabal Sisters. The Dominican Republic is ruled by a fascist dictator named Rafael Leonidas Trujillo or El Jefe, who runs and ruins everybody life who do not listen. The Mirabal…

Power and control drives people to do irrational things. Once someone gets a taste of power, they realize the control that they have and they start to abuse power. In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, this is shown when Napoleon realizes how easily he can control the farm and how quickly he starts to mistreat the other animals. While Napoleon is wrong for taking control like that, the other animals make it easier on him. They believe that Napoleon is doing the best thing for all of them,…

Cansu Aydoğdu Aydoğdu 1 Res.Assist.Vahit Yaşayan AKE 108(02) May 23, 2016 ‘‘It is Only After We Have Lost Everything That We Are Free Free to Do Anything.’’ Tylor Durden and The Narrator in Fight Club. Fight Club is a novel written by Chuck Palahniuk and it’s film version available too which is directed by David Fincher. In the film, protagonist is the narrator and his imaginary…

In both of the films, I Walked with a Zombie from 1943 and George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead from 1968, race and Vodou play a large factor in creating the elements that compose the zombies of the stories. I Walked with a Zombie addressed the complications of white power by representing slaves working in the sugar industry as nothing more than mindless zombies, being manipulated by the white race to conform to their will. Night of the Living Dead also incorporated a wide range of racially…

On August second, 1776, fifty-six men signed a piece of paper that would change the course of the nation’s history; The Declaration of Independence. One of the most famous signatures on the Declaration of Independence is the one belonging to John Hancock, as it was more predominant than the others, as it was larger and so drew the eyes of the population as the threat of war loomed over the colonies. Those who courageously signed the document were knowingly putting their lives and the lives of…

The Queen, is a 2006 British drama film directed by Stephen Frears, in which the movie is centered on the response of the Royal Family regarding the death of Princess Diana and gives a glimpse into the struggle as Queen Elizabeth (Helen Mirren) tries to balance the family’s need for privacy and the public’s demands for an overt display of mourning. The premise of the essay is that media is a powerful tool and has the ability to influence the public’s views and opinions, thus setting an agenda…

There is this game called “Mafia” that many people have certainly heard of if not played themselves. Basically how to play is there is a storyteller who secretly assigns a role to all of the players involved. There are two groups of people. There is the Mafia and the “innocents” (Wikipedia). The Mafia are the “killers”and the innocents are the ones who are able to be “killed” (Wikipedia). After the groups are picked, the rest of the game is up to the storyteller to navigate. In order for…

I chose the literary text “A Brave New World” which presents a high technological society that uses all possible means to condition and controls the masses in order to achieve social stability. Furthermore, I wrote about “How Shakespeare was an influence in John’s life” because in that way we can know how this influence in his self-esteem, attitude, romanticism, real feelings and beliefs. In addition, how he could be himself no matter what other people thought or said about him. I chose a blog…