Hometown Glory

Have you ever wondered what led to Adele being a huge success? Well, based on Adele’s childhood stories you would think that she would be the last person to be famous. Adele has accomplished incredible things that many people wish to do someday. From her humble beginnings as a child with no musical background to winning 15 grammys and most recently being asked to perform at the Grammy’s, Adele is truly one of the most impressive and accomplished singer there is today. Adele’s full name is…

Odyssey, chapters eight and nine, and Vyasa’s The Mahabharata, In the Beginning and The Ring & the Well, are primary forms of epic poems telling the grand tales of Ulysses and Drona, respectfully. Both authors tell of divine deities of the culture, glory of war, justice, and power. Two historically revered epic poems, the Odyssey and The Mahabharata, espouse very similar yet also very different values of status and heroism that provide insight into…

Daisy's personality. Toms personality is large, loud, and overwhelming. While Daisies personality is and elegant and sophisticated one. In the novel a huge library is described. This library is an example of Tom’ endless quest to return to the former glory he once had. The room that Daisy and Jordan Baker are sitting in is an example of Daisies personality. The room is quite simple, yet decorated to an elegant atmosphere. “When we first meet her, Nick spends more time describing her voice than…

Pythagoras was the original philosopher, and is rightly seen as the father of the greatest of the ancient thinkers as his ideas and discoveries brought light and understanding to a world of darkness and ignorance. In the late 500s BC, Pythagoras, a man who would be destined to influence and change both the ancient and modern world, was born in the Greek city of Samos(Douglass). Being raised in a wealthy family, Pythagoras grew up surrounded by different forms of education that varied from music…

Peace is one of the most important concepts that many people around the world long for. However, during World War I, propaganda in Britain and other countries meant that many soldiers were ecstatic to join the war and serve their countries. After gaining first-hand experience himself, Wilfred Owen’s “Disabled” exposes the calamity of war, by contrasting a generic disabled soldier who is young and naive before the Great War, when he was “whole”, and after losing his legs (and possibly arms) in…

advantage. He no longer fears the day of his time to die comes. He knows that he has completed his job and does not attempt to glorify his death. However, if he lives, he knows that the task at hand comes before his life, The most authentic men know that glory is truly insignificant in the long run. For example, Wilson believed he was incapable of surviving the first skirmish against the Confederacy. Later, he learns that he is capable of much more. Wilson had become much more mature and had…

soldiers can feel excluded and have atrocious memories about war that they still regret, they emotionally connect with them. A common story of a soldier coming back home after war, begins with the welcoming of the soldier by the people in the soldier's hometown. However, the story of Norman Bowker is different than this common story. While telling the story of Norman Bowker, Tim O'Brien states: “and most of Norman Bowker's other friends were living in Des Moines or Sioux…

spitting her plea with an unique flow on the dance-punk number. 86. Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance Nothing sounds so 2006 than Alex Turner’s exclamation about how “there’s only music so that there’s new ringtones”, yet his theme of scummy hometown residents is still every bit relevant today. Like most of Arctic Monkeys’ début Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, closer A Certain Romance brings universal ideas about your lively neighborhood and staple them to a perfectly crafted…

shocking. Didion says the winds make people depressed and sometimes the winds make people go crazy. The way the Santa Ana winds are described makes me not want to be anywhere near the people that are affected by the winds. Unlike the Santa Ana winds, my hometown, Parkdale, Oregon, has weather and an environment that is much more enjoyable. In the summer, Parkdale is busier than usual. The environment around Parkdale consists of dense woods, spread out houses, big mountains, hidden creeks,…

city was settled Kumalo headed home to Ndotsheni. When he arrived his faith seemed to come back, as if the city of Johannesburg, in all its terrible glory was satan and it had stolen the one good thing he had to hold onto, his faith. “There he prayed for the chief, and for the restoration of Ndotsheni.” (Pg. 267) After Kumalo returned to his hometown he began to pray again, for everything that needed to be recovered or helped. Clearly, Kumalo had…