Hometown Glory

I am from Lynn a place where there are different people surrounding you. I am from Lynn a place where everyone is accepted I am from Lynn a place where you can either get your education or face the streets I am from Lynn where the shots are silent and the tragic becomes nothing the next day The streets of Lynn are stereotyped as “ghetto” because of the drugs, the gangs and the low income we have in the community. There are used needles, condoms, and cigarello wrappers on the ground But, the…

Life is short, so live it before it 's too late. Even though this saying is cliche to an extent it is the truth. I support this statement one-hundred percent. Personally, I have seen individuals live timid and unhappy. I could never understand the reason for this. Recently there was a poem I read that showed me that life is more than the obvious. The small things that are intangible are more important than the things that show. “The Sandhill Cranes Of Nebraska”. Gave me insight to someone 's…

The Second World War homefront is one theme in film whose treatment has differed over time; this is most evidently illustrated in the two films Since You Went Away, directed by John Cromwell in 1944, and Hope and Glory, directed by John Boorman in 1987. Since You Went Away was produced by David O. Selznick in 1944, and in addition wrote the screenplay for the film, originally based on the novel by Margaret Buell Wilder, Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from his Wife (1944). The release…

businesses mindlessly purchase land to build on, not caring about the resident’s opinions. Instead, they are tearing down farms so that there’s more room for skyscrapers. For example, the singer in My City Was Gone talks about how their hometown is no longer its former glory. “My City,” he says in Document A, “...reduced to…

If I hold out here and I lay siege to Troy, my journey home is gone, but my glory never dies. If I vonage back to the fatherland I love, my pride, my glory dies… true, but the life that’s left me will be long, the stroke of death will not come on me quickly. (9. 497-505) In the Greek and Trojan cultural it’s best to be known for kleos instead of just being…

rule. He was a very influential nationalist because he was just one man who raised an army, unified Italy, and did it out of loyalty for his country. Garibaldi’s country was under the control of other countries for the majority of his life. His hometown, Nice, was under the command of France when he was born. This and many other things molded him into a nationalist hero. Garibaldi was raised in a family involved in coastal trade. It was in his family business when he learned how to sail and…

from the voiceover of the film helped me grasp the meaning and moral message of the story. It wasn’t only a tale about a man who encountered great hardships and how he survived them, but it shows this man seeking fame and glory for almost two decades to finally realize his true glory is to be happy with the fortunes and family he had already. It’s message is to be happy with what you have because seeking something you can’t get, like immortality, only brings you misfortune and…

Cambridge Hinds Personal Response Paper The Opposite of Nostos Achilles is one of most known heroes of ancient Greek literature; he is one who chooses glory over coming home. By killing Hector, the prince of Troy and it’s greatest soldier, Achilles is the strength of the Greek army that won the war. “Kleos” over “nostos” is Achilles’ choice and his fate, even after Troy is defeated. The idea of leaving home and not coming back for some perceived greater cause can be applied to many literary…

To An Athlete Dying Young This poem talks about a well known runner that returns to his hometown. He had just won a race and the town was celebrating his victory by carrying him through the town. Then, in the second stanza, it’s showing that this famous athlete died at a young age, and describes how the townspeople carried him through the town during the best time of his life, then carrying him through the town for the end of his life. It’s describing how little life gives to people and no…

A Soldier’s House In Ernest Hemingway’s Soldier’s Home, a man named Krebs finally arrives home two years after World War I ended, only to find that everyone has moved on. The question this story brings up is what the reader makes of Krebs’ behavior. On one side of the debate, Krebs’ adamant dismissal of his mother accompanied by his disinterest to find work comes off as a childish and almost infantile disposition. In contrast to that, Krebs’ secretive nature and inability to move on from the…