World War II was an era filled with various propaganda posters appealing to many different genres of an audience. These posters contain many techniques used to persuade people and I will be analyzing them. The first poster contains two soldiers helping each other out. The text on the poster reads, " Front-Line breakdowns can lose battles" and " That's why our workmanship counts". The posters main audience was men on the field. Illustrated on the poster is a soldier lending a helping hand to an…
a cylinder seal from 3500 years B.C 3. What is written on the cylinder ? Answer : The word SALIGIA was written in a ornate calligraphy 4. What does the word SALIGIA mean ? Answer : It is a latin mnemonic invented by the Vatican in the Middle Ages to remind christians of the Seven Deadly Sins. 5. True or false, there is a hidden object in the cylinder ? Answer : True 6. What is inside the cylinder ? Answer : It’s a Faraday pointer 7. What image was projected from the pointer ? Answer: It…
The Déclaration des droits de l’homme evolved from “representatives of the French people, the National Assembly”. It was believed that the “misfortune of the French people” had effectively been caused by the “disregard” for the “Rights of Man”. (Van Kley, D, Baker, K.M, Bell, D.A, Bien, D.D, Birn, R, Kaiser, T.E, Singham,S.M, Wright, J.K, The French Idea of Freedom The Old Regime and the Declaration of Rights 1789. 1994). The Declaration not only highlights the rights of individuals in France,…
One could say that; Phillis was detached from the brutality of slavery in that time in History. This explanation clearly states the version of slavery lived is not the same as others. “The slave ship’s captain thinking she was dying; Wheatley was sold to Susanna Wheatley. The Wheatleys soon discovered her literary talent and so taught her to read and write along with their own children” (Mueller and Williams 250). Having access to history, religious writing, and a variety of literature;…
American Academy of Poets. One of Kim’s award winning poems, “Monologue for an Onion”, is written from the perspective of an onion being cut up by a person; As Kim is describing the scene with all 5 senses, and how the onion feels about the person mutilating its body, can the reader really understand the satirical and metaphorical power of her words. Suji Kwock Kim’s satire, “Monologue for an Onion” is not written about the onion itself, as the onion is…
This excerpt was somewhat the same, but also different to section 2.2. The first reading, 2.2, was quite challenging and irritating. This part of the excerpt was obvious due to the grammar in this section, which was expressed and written different than today's English. Old English and today’s English are very different. This letter was poorly written due to the run-on sentences that rarely had any periods, but did indeed have a mass number of commas. In section 2.2 the spelling was off by a bit…
The novel “Fahrenheit 451” is a story written by Ray Bradbury. It has had more than 5 million copies printed, Fahrenheit 451 is Ray Bradbury’s classic novel of censorship and defiance. This was and interesting novel that I believe to be intriguing, interesting, clearly, and well written. One of the themes I pulled out of this book was animal imagery. This novel is interesting and intriguing. I say this because the author decides to Develop this book in the years following World War II,…
Each act talks about different forms of rights within the government. Common Sense was written on January 9th, 1775 by Thomas Paine. This pamphlet was written during the American Revolution and the pamphlet was not wanting to be associated with the British because they tended to do things unfairly, so they wanted to become independent from Britain. For example, they did not treat everyone equally the main difference was between the rich and the poor. As for Daniel Leonard he wrote letters in…
The short story “A Rose For Emily” was written by William Faulkner in 1930. Fifty-three years later, the story was adaptation was adapted for the big screen based on Faulkner’s short story. The short story and the film have many similarities and differences; they compare in areas of plot and symbolism, but differ in chronological order and mood. These similarities and differences give “A Rose For Emily” the ability to be distributed in two completely different mediums, while sticking to the same…
with a tassel of the same colour". These descriptive words not only help the reader understand the subject matter more, but also affect the tone of the essay. Different types of points of views can also affect tone. “The Spider and the Wasp” was written in third person, while part of “The Death of…