Henry James

A critical passage can reveal a great deal about a book. In Henry James’s “The Turn of the Screw”, there a quite a few critical passages. One that is particularly critical is the passage where the governess is conversing with Mrs. Grose before the governess meets Miles, Flora’s brother: “You will be carried away by the little gentleman!” “Well, that, I think, is what I came for--to be carried away. I’m afraid, however,” I remember feeling the impulse to add, “I’m rather easily carried away. I…

In the essay “Notes On ‘Camp’,” Susan Sontag in 1964 tried many ways to define the word “camp”. In the movie “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” directed by Robert Aldrich in 1962, two sisters in a love-hate relationship fight with each other. The term “Camp”, can be applied to the movie largely because Jane and Blanche both odd and different and. Surprisingly, Bette Davis did not win an Oscar for best actress as she convincingly portrayed one of the oddest characters in this movie. There are a…

Thoroughly Modern Millie depicts a story that takes place in the 1920, about a woman, Millie, who has a goal to find a job as a stenographer in the city of New York. She plans to be a stenographer to a wealthy businessman so she could eventually marry the man. Within the time that Millie spends in New York, she becomes friends with Dorothy, an orphan who check into the Priscilla Hotel. We learn that Mrs. Meers, the owner of the hotel, secretly sells her guests, into white slavery, and that her…

Three different authors wrote about slavery , these authors are James Henry Hammond , william lloyd garrison , Abraham Lincoln . they all wrote about why they thought slavery was wrong . No compromise with the evil slavery , this article was written by garrison . Garrison felt like slavery was wrong because the whites referred to the blacks as animals . They used the blacks as slaves to do what they wanted them to do . In fact slavery he stated several reasons such as , “Then discriminate…

Ernest Hemingway’s story “Hills Like White Elephants” is a perfectly simple story on the outside, but when you delve into the depths you uncover hidden meanings, symbols, and a tense situation. As Alex Link, a student from York University, explained, from an onlookers’ point of view there is very little that occurs between the two protagonists. Link describes the encounter as: “a couple has drinks at a train station in Spain and argues about something rather vague” (Link 66). To the untrained…

Both “the open window,” by Saki, and “the monkey’s paw,” by Jacobs, are structured in parts; and each of these parts correspond to an occurrence during the story. Saki and Jacobs also both introduce ghosts during the climax of the stories- however in the Monkey’s paw we never really find out if the ghost is real, and in the Open window, we explicitly find out that the ghost is not real. Finally, both Saki and Jacobs make use of powerful language to instill fear in the reader and pull them…

Ernest Hemingway's usage of symbolism that is found throughout the short story “Hills Like White Elephants”, adds on an important significance to it and makes a big impact on the story, whether you are able to catch it or not. The outcome of grasping onto the symbolism he gives us can put several different meanings to the interpretation that ends up being revealed to you. Elephants are more than just a huge and strong, plant-eating mammal, especially in this short story. Elephants, across the…

As a Special Forces Soldier, we are often in positions where we are working with other nations. Our actions can cause political implications, both good and bad. It is important to conduct ourselves in a professional manner and be aware of the effects that our decisions can have. The Special Operations Forces (SOF) Imperatives are the foundation for conducting Special Operations and can serve as a guide to ensure success for our missions. In the book, The Ugly American, there are many examples of…

Let’s have a chat Ernest Hemingway has made a short story where two people try hard to evade a certain topic. This topic the character discuss will forever change both of the characters life for the better or for worse but a slight problem with this Ernest doesn’t give the reader a good idea on what is exactly is going on but only gives the reader a weird title to suggest that what the character are talking about is a very Tough subject. The main theme in this story is communication and the…

Emperor Qianlong recognizes the efforts made by King George III to send diplomatic mission. He is happy that the mission was sent on the anniversary of his birthday. In return for him being so nice, the emperor will meet with the embassy at a banquet with many gifts to give. He then goes on to talk about the conflict of trade with China. The request to trade conflicts with his dynasty and it isn’t able to be accommodated. He says that the Europeans were allowed to live at Peking but they had to…