Half-Life

Process of growing up Through the process of growing up many people gain knowledge and go through the loss of friendships and relationships. Robert Frost, one of the most favored and honored American poets during World War I depicts through two poems a trend that shows how one grows up and adapts to their surroundings. He is able to promote a colloquial, restrained language that implies message instead of just revealing it through strong verbal language of hidden messages within the text. Both…

imagery as a figure throughout the novel Frankenstein is symbolic of both human progress, as well as the dangers of human invention, which helps to give the novel its own source of life, energy and suspense. In using light as a literary figure, Shelley creates an analysis of the definition of life, concluding that life is not simply the operations of the physical body or the sum of its parts; a more vital principle must first be included. The pattern of lighting imagery Shelley uses reflects…

Do you ever go and sit out in nature to marvel at its beauty? Many poets spend much of their time in nature because it provides solitude and tranquility. Two poets, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, wrote many poems about their time spent in nature. Emerson and Thoreau were close friends who shared many ideas and wrote about similar subjects, but their approaches to their experiences differed significantly. Emerson observed nature rather than lived in it. He experienced nature in…

many generations to follow. Frank O’Hara was known for his works being “spontaneous acts, revised minimally or not at all, then scattered generously, half forgotten.” (Norton 506). O’Hara was a complicated and imaginative poet that became a focal point of mid 1900s literature due to his relatable topics and his lack of fear in exploring his personal life. His legacy is still as apparent today as it was during his lifetime. Frank O’Hara was born to parents Russell J. and Katherine O'Hara, in…

especially by the Queen. Prime Minister Blair wants to keep his job, so he has to persuade the Queen to give the people reassurance that everything will be all right by delivering a public address and having her give what they wanted: the Royal Flag at half-mast and visit a memorial of the late Lady Diana. Eventually, the Queen gave in to the people’s demands because of something Prime Minister said to her. He told her that if she did not deliver a public address before long, the Crown may be…

To put it gently, life sucks. One cannot “suck out all the marrow out of life,” as Thorough proposed, because, contrarily, life sucks the soul out of everyone. In the end, every man gets battered and beaten until he barely stands and eventually collapses. Similarly, this theme of eventual demise resonates throughout the novel Candide as well as throughout the National Geographic news article “The Afghan Girl Revealed” as both show the change of a person over a course of strenuous events. In…

Chris Langan, whose environment and childhood caused his failure later on in life. As a child Langan grew up in a household where his dad was a deadbeat alcoholic, and he didn’t have hardly any money. Although, he grew up a very gifted and intelligent child, this lead him to get a full ride scholarship to Reed University. Sadly, due to an error on a financial aid form, he had to drop out of his university. After a year and a half of working construction, Langan enrolled in Montana State and did…

remembers Olivia’s name,” (Russell 9). The adult in their life right now could not help them through the tough time, and they think the only person that will help them come to accept her death is Olivia. They lack a teacher, guide, and a parent. Whether the boys come to accept Olivia’s death, the reason they believe they would find her is because they have not been informed otherwise. Wallow does not want to live with this guilt for the rest of his life. “What if all the Olivia-ness has already…

Lilac was the first god. She was the creator of all life and everything in the world. Lilac had become lonely and created the other gods like Zeus and Poseidon. She wasn't known because after her she had created the main 2 gods they over ruled her. Lilac had plotted for months to take back her power. Lilac had been acting weird. She asked all the god for a sample strand of their hair. This was all part of her plan to kill all the gods. Zeus was suspicious so he ordered the messenger god Hermes…

Rough - Shock is a strange feeling. I find it’s best described by colors and sounds, not dissimilar to the way most things are described. If your life were a painting, would it have vibrant, spectacular colors swishing and swirling across the entire canvas, or would it have light pastels, boxed and cut into stacked, organized sections? Assuming that you will change, as all people do, (though maybe not at the same pace) do you think you’ll be able to recognize your own hues in 30 years? What…