Herman Boone

David Foster Wallace and Herman Melville use word choice to establish their ethos as they demonstrate pictures of disorder, while law is not present. “This is Water,” by David Foster Wallace was a commencement speech given by Wallace at Kenyon College on May 21, 2005. It later became an essay that was first published in a book by “Little Brown and Company” in 2009. “Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street,” is a short story written by Herman Melville, that was first published in 1853.…

An Essay on the Major themes in Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick' Moby Dick by Herman Melville has proved to be a remarkable piece of art. Perhaps this is because Moby Dick is so ambiguous that each reader closes the book at the end with different understanding of its meaning and message. Understanding the major themes in the book can help the reader understand the book better. Themes in literature serve as guides to readers. However each individuals interpretation of the themes will vary. This…

In John Knowles’ novel, A Separate Peace, Gene feels as if the world has been lifted off his shoulders when he finds out that Finny has come back. Gene feels less guilty about what had happened to him now that he is back and is able to see that Finny is alright. They do avoid talking about what had happened. Gene helps him out with little things such as making his bed but tries to not overwhelm his as much since he does not want him to feel helpless. Gene is now constantly worrying about…

The Ocean "The Ocean" written by Nathaniel Hawthorne was published in 1833. This poem describes the ocean and the symbolism that the ocean has. Being written over a century ago, this poem still describes the ocean as it stands today. The ocean is a very difficult place to conquer. It is always changing and is never the same. Hawthorne demonstrates these attributes to the ocean throughout his poem while giving in to a deeper meaning. Nathaniel Hawthorne is a very well-known author. One of…

In Herman Melville’s short story, “Bartleby,” the narrator explicitly expresses the abnormality of Bartleby’s features by illustrating Bartleby to have machine-like characteristics. The narrator establishes the fundamental depictions of Bartleby as soon as they start to interact with each other through their work. The narrator always interacts with Bartleby when he is working, which reveals that Bartleby lives off of his work. Similarly to how Bartleby’s life and soul is figuratively pulled out…

Herman Melville writes of the eccentricities of man and the nature of humanity in his short, concise story Bartleby. The fictitious story is narrated by an unnamed lawyer giving his account of the strange scrivener Bartleby. Though the lawyer knows Bartleby for such little time, Bartleby becomes an enigma to him. The isolation and suffering Bartleby dwells in stuns the lawyer. Bartleby’s puzzling personality, or lack thereof, leaves the lawyer in a constant state of debate. His thoughts are…

I read the book Moby Dick by Herman Melville. It is about a whaling adventure, particularly the adventure of Ishmael. Ishmael is a young man who went on many different ships. He went on these trips for many different reasons, but he is going on this adventure mostly because of the thought of the big whales. Because of this thought, he ended up in New Bedford, where he found out the ship he wanted to be on had already shipped out. He had to stay in that little town before he could get a ride…

Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick has long suffered from popular misconceptions surrounding the novel. Despite its near universal acclaim as the “Great American novel,” the work still struggles to find its way into the curriculum of any academic level below that of college. While I concede that teaching Moby-Dick in the high-school classroom is problematic, it seems that bringing it into a community-college syllabus is a bit more feasible. Though community-college students may often present challenges…

The Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville and the Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin both demonstrates the theme of freedom. In Bartleby the Scrivener, Melville shows that Bartleby is protesting against the authority and refuses to perform duties. On the other hand, in the Story of an Hour, Chopin shows that Ms. Mallard is grieving over her husband death and realization that she is free from the restraints of marriage. Both authors use theme, symbolism, and character to convey the meaning of…

A Satanic Novel Amongst the Fo]: Analysis on the themes of the banned Moby Dick Moby Dick has been one out of the plethora of books that have been affected by public disagreement concerning “community values.” In reviewing the novel it is present that there are various themes that can greatly influence the idea, however these themes should provide but character to the novel. Additionally, Moby Dick is but a few of Melville’s works that concentrate their origins to the ocean. .From his…