James T. Kirk

In T.S. Eliot’s “The Hollow Men,” Eliot details and laments about the meaninglessness pitiful existence of men, whom he describes as hollow, and the overall decline of contemporary society. The characterization of the hollow men perfectly fits many of the characters who exist in the world of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Indeed, both authors explore the innate emptiness of human life and the ignorance of humanity to its emptiness throughout their literary pieces. Such ignorance causes…

T.S. Eliot “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (1917) is a poem that uncovers a man, named Alfred Prufrock, who not only has an unproductive and bleak life, but also has a lack of willpower and boldness to change that life. The poem is not entirely about love, it is a collection of the fragmented thoughts of a man with very low self-esteem and his inability to express his love to the woman the poem is addressed to. The poem is basically about this older man, Prufrock, who is distressed by…

vocational training and economic self-reliance (Johnson,NP)”. The technique Washington used worked because he lived his life prioritizing education, leading to future influential people, basing or contradicting their beliefs off of his, and finally . Booker T. Washington’s civil rights policy that blacks should work their way up to undeniable equality…

T.S Eliot’s poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” theme is centered around a man who died an unfulfilled life. “And will it have been worth it, after all?” This statement poses the dilemma for the man in the poem, will the choices he made as a preadolescent up to being an old man have been worth it. From passing women to cheap one night hotels, “And will it have been worth it, after all?” T.S Eliot uses a lot of imagery and metaphors in order to write “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.”…

Phineas Taylor Barnum was Born on July 5, 1810, in Bethel, Connecticut and was a natural salesman, peddling lottery tickets and Cherry rum to Soldiers as a young boy around the age of 12. As a young man Barnum moved to New York City and got into a variety of businesses including newspaper publishing and running a boarding house and much more.. Barnum hated working with his hands so instead he made his fortune using his mind and using the gullibility of the public in his favor by almost tricking…

Journal #10 In the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot show some great and true statements about how love can or lust can have a person feeling cowardly. According to Google dictionary Cowardly mean “in a way that shows a lack of courage.” The main theme I got from this poem is how he is trying overcome his fear to gets the woman attention. In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” the speaker also shows how it may take time for a man to go and approach a woman whereas…

In Remembrance of Aggie Fausnaugh (1929 – 2016) The Agnes H. Fausnaugh Endowed Scholarship Fund is a bequest from Aggie Fausnaugh, Ohio Wesleyan, to her beloved sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Aggie Park attended Ohio Wesleyan University where she became a member of Rho Chapter in 1946. It was that same fall that Aggie met Hal A. Fausnaugh, a member of Beta Theta Pi and her future husband. From the moment she met Hal, she knew he was the guy for her. Kappa was another great love of Aggie’s life.…

In the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” T.S. Elliot uses a depressing tone to express a meaning of don’t put off the important things when you’re young because you may run out of time before you get to them. T.S. Elliot uses his choice of words to build the characterization of J. Alfred Prufrock, an old and lonely man who is reminiscing on the past, regretting not doing the things he needed to. All throughout the poem, T.S Elliot uses questions to build the characterization of J.…

In 2008, 17-year-old Samantha Elauf was denied a job at Abercrombie & Fitch in Tulsa, Oklahoma after she wore a hijab, a headscarf, to her job interview. Heather Cooke, the store's assistant manager became concerned that Elauf’s headscarf would interfere with the store's “look policy,” which does not allow any headgear, and promotes the retailer's brand by having their salespeople, or ‘models’ wear and advertise their clothing. Cooke was unaware that Elauf was a practicing muslim who wore her…

This one is a Metaphysical poetry. It deals with new actuality. By new actuality meaning the new findings in 19th century. This Piece instead of metaphysics deals with actuality, for there are no references and abstractions. The unknown anonymous speaker in the poem is a lover who scrutinizes the very aspect of love. He starts the poem by implying that the love he holds is “rare” and “strange” because it was “begotten by Despair, Upon Impossibility.” He continues by saying that for him only…