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segregated “white” church, eventually bringing it down to pieces with his strength and perseverance. Subsequently, Jesus Christ, initially mounted atop a cross on the concrete walls of the church, is freed. The liberation of Jesus serves as a literary jab by Hughes to the hypocrisy of religion during the Jim Crow period of America. The most significant line of the scene is by Jesus himself: “You had to pull the church down to get me off the cross.” The godly figure Christ is shown as being…

First of all we have to think of the Canterbury Tales in a certain context, these stories are being told in the passage of a Pilgrimage to Canterbury. We see that these characters all live in the same world interacting with one another, but they all have different points of view in several topics. “The pilgrims are represented as affected by a variety of destructive and restorative kinds of love. Their characters and movement can be fully described only as mixtures of the loves that drive and…

Float Like A Butterfly Sting Like A Bee I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.” Great words from late-passionate Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali is a former (deceased) boxing champion and civil rights activist. Known to be one of the most significant celebrated sports figure in the 20th century. Also influenced millions around the world to never give up on their dreams. Muhammad Ali’s Impact inside and outside the ring redefined boxing as more influenced throughout decades. One…

It was 1868 in England, as it rained a horrific scene was plastered off of the road, a crashed carriage off the side of the road. The driver and mother have been killed on impact only the father John Joestar and the baby Jonathan Joestar survived. A man called Diego Brando comes and rescues the two from the brink of death. Twelve years later Diego Brando dies from sickness, and as consolation, the Joestars adopt Diego’s son Dio. Dio puts up a calm face as he exits the carriage carrying him. As…

Kingsolver is correct about America’s degrading basic survival competencies but comes off as a pretentious wide eyed idealist which leaves the reader reluctant to admit that she is right. Why? The argument presented by the text is compelling with examples of children who associated the dirt of growing food with something that is unsanitary or unsafe to consume. She further alludes to what we now call the “Purell Generation”, people so afraid of bacteria and germs they neglect or ignore the…

The controversial bill “Pastor Protection Act” has gained House approval and is now on its way to the Senate for a final vote. The “Pastor Protection Act” aims to protect clergy ministers who refuse to perform wedding ceremonies for same-sex couples if the rite goes against their religious beliefs. The bill was filed in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling last year which gave gay couples the right to marry, according to Palm Beach Post. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Scott Plakon…

The Power of Words in Marge Piercy’s “Barbie Doll” “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me!” This sing-song chant has echoed across school yards and classrooms in America for generations, often in retaliation of carelessly thrown phrases from bullies and friends alike. Despite its adamant positivity, the message proves to be less than reliable. No matter how many times the phrase is repeated, there is no escaping the fact that words do indeed hurt. In “Barbie Doll”—a…

is in response to Hamlet’s growing desire for revenge. Hamlet uses this moment to bring his mother and uncle's betrayal back out in the open once again (3.4.33-34). Hamlet uses this moment to make a jab at his mother and uncle for getting married after his father's death. Hamlet not only takes a jab at his mother and uncle but also at Polonius. Hamlet says, “Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell.I took thee for thy better. Take thy fortune” (3.4.36-37). Hamlet gives most or all of the…

Through the phrase “those who attacked you,” Hamid makes a subtle jab at the irony of innocent Muslims often being grouped with the select few that felt compelled to harm America (168). The bitterness in Changez’s tone hints at an Anti-American sentiment, and because the history is depicted exclusively through Changez’s…

The story “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde is a very political play that satirizes the beliefs in the Victorian Era, a fine example of the strict conventionalism would be the character Lady Bracknell. The lady of the house was like every upper class mother in the Victorian Era. She was looking for a man with a wealthy title and family, however, the man Gwendolyn loved was not very wealthy and had no title or family. Due to Lady Bracknell’s lack of knowledge on the man, she…