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Through the Eyes of the Innocent Written in 1905, and first published in 1914, James Joyce’s “Araby” is the tragic story of a young, nameless boy’s first infatuation with an older neighborhood girl. He lives in a dreary world dominated by the Catholic Church. Without understanding, the boy’s great adoration for the girl quickly becomes an obsession. As the narrative progresses, the boy thoughtlessly swears to the girl he will bring her back a present from the town’s bazaar. Because of his…

The Maze Runner by James Dashner is a book you should read. It’s a book about teenagers being sent up in an elevator box (one every month), placed into the middle of a huge maze that changes every night, only remembering one thing, their name. The main character, Thomas, enters this place and becomes friends with Chuck. In this book, survival was on the minds of all the characters and allies needed to be made. By making friends, it allows the teenagers to have reliance on others to fill certain…

In the short story “The Dead,” James Joyce conveys an epiphany in a character named Gabriel who realizes his relationship is not what he believed. As the Morkan’s annual dance comes to an end, Gabriel’s wife, Gretta begins to act differently as she hears a familiar song sung by Bartell D'Arcy. Gabriel “trembling now with annoyance” as he wonders why she seems “so abstracted.” As the story progresses, Gretta confesses that she is “thinking about that song, The Lass of Aughrim.” This song reminds…

Among many thing that concerned James Madison (1751- 1836) and other protagonists of our Constitution was the control of what they called factions. Madison defined a 'faction' as "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community." Madison understood that we would always have factions and…

The popular cliché sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me has bothered me since kindergarten. Words can never hurt me? Words have hurt me will hurt me will change me will make me better and are impactful. During Ireland’s revolutionary period of ideas and nationalism it makes sense that poets and writers flourished. In class this semester we had a working definition of Nationalism meaning a devotion to the interests and culture of a particular nation; a striving force…

“The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, demonstrates how succeeding pride can eventually lead to selfishness, and narrow-minded thinking, especially with bad intentions. Since the parents were so convinced that Doodle wasn’t going to live, they didn’t have much of a connection with him. So, brother felt that Doodle was his responsibility now, and he had to take care of him instead of the parents. Doodle is unable to walk, until his brother was embarrassed that his five year old brother couldn’t walk…

The short story, “The Dead,” is written by James Joyce. In this story, the protagonist is a married man, Gabriel Conroy. He is an intelligent, influential, and introverted character. His wife is a gracious and kind woman who seems to aim to please her husband. On the outside, they appear to be a perfect, loving couple; however, the reader quickly discovers that is not the case. At the beginning, Gabriel is easily exasperated by his wife but, by the end, his feelings toward her are altered.…

In the short story by James Joyce, he presents Gabriel as a husband reflecting on his wife and how much she has changed. Gabriel is a connection to the messenger angel who is probably coming down to give a message to the wife. The author portrays him as realizing the wife is no longer the same women she was when Michael Fury gave his life for her. Also, he reveals that Aunt Julie is soon to die. This idea is presented with the use of imagery, diction, and motif. First of all, the author utilizes…

Swap the tights for a $3000 suit and the Batmobile for an Aston Martin, and voila, you’ve got yourself a hero! However, James Bond, being the egotistical character that he is, isn’t quite as merciful and emotionally driven as our everyday heroes, which makes us wonder, is Bond a hero… or not? 2006 film Casino Royale directed by Martin Campbell, is the first of the James Bond movies to star Daniel Craig as 007. Armed with a Walther PPK and a license to kill, Bond sets out on a daring mission to…

The history of free-throw; James Naismith created by a game that was non-violent. He wrote 13 rules of his game and labeled it basketball while he prepared teaching a gym class at the YMCA in Springfield, Mass in 1891. However, understanding that free throw was not called in the original 13 rules, but it was almost the same as rule number 7, that stated “if either side makes consecutive fouls it shall count a goal for the opponents.” Today, we know it as free-throw was put into place for more…