Jamestown, Virginia

In Virginia Woolf’s The Death of the Moth, Woolf explains that she has pity for the moth as it makes its final struggles before death. Woolf observes the moth’s last attempt to right itself, exerting its last “fiber of energy”. She felt pity for the creature as it moved once more before turning stiff. One reason Woolf chose to use several contrasts within the essay is to express the relationship of the moth to the world. To the moth, the world is of incomprehensible size. Being such a small…

The union had an advantage in geography. In the south, there was no other land surrounding their land, there was only water. The union used this to their advantage. They used a blockade strategy which was when they surrounded the land and prevented goods, troops, and weapons from entering the southern states. Abraham Lincoln announced that they would be using this plan on April 19, 1861. The Union first traveled down the Mississippi River into New Orleans and gained control of the Mississippi…

Remember the Titans (September 2000) is a movie that will forever be known as a great. It’s not just a basic movie about football, it’s much more than that. It’s a movie that proves that even though times get rough, it’s possible to overcome it. This movie shows various forms of sociological issues in Alexandria. Discrimination is very evident throughout the entire movie. The white community does not want anything to do with the black community nor do they want to be around them. They do…

The South would also gain a vast amount of POW’s as the fighting was taking place inside their territory. Neither side was prepared for the vast influx of prisoners that would soon swarm both sides. Both the North and the South scrambled to find places suitable to make into POW camps, and transformed many training bases into makeshift POW camps. The problem was that this was barley good enough for a temporary solution when the prisoners began piling up. With the first few victories in Tennessee…

In the poem “The Lesson of the Moth,” both the moth and the cockroach have their own philosophies on how life should be lived. I believe in the moth’s philosophy. I believe beauty is everything. Like the moth, I would prefer to have a shorter life filled with beauty and happiness than to have a long life full of fear causing me to avoid everything and never being able to experience anything fun or getting to see true beauty. The moth lives an exciting and short life, and he was able to see what…

Virginia Woolf demonstrates the universal struggle between life and death in "The Death of the Moth". Observing the moth, Woolf sees that is trying to accomplish something unattainable by going into and out of a windowpane to get outside. Virginia Woolf sees the moth in another context that recognizes the moth not as insignificant and in demand of pity, but as a small creature of the world. The moth symbolizes the wonder of life and death by being used as an example of the simplicity of life,…

Appalachia is a ticking time bomb! This is because the coal mining industry is on a constant downfall. The failing coal mine industry has brought about many new ideas to try and improve the economy. In the past the Appalachia was a very thriving economy it is like our modern-day Atlanta. Every and anyone need or used coal in some way shape or form. This kept all of the people in Appalachia having a job. But as the time went on the use for coal has dropped. People are reverting to alternate…

Death is inevitable. It is an inescapable, daunting, truth which most living species dread in life. The feeling of uncertainty and pain evokes fear among people. Two similar essays, “The Death of a Moth” and “The Death of the Moth” both accurately depict the nature of life and death in a descriptive and detailed manner. However, each author establishes their own purpose by approaching different stylistic choices and rhetorical strategies. While Dillard expresses that death serves a purpose,…

Remember the Titans is an American sports drama film based on the true story of a high school football team in 1971 at T.C. Williams High School in the city of Alexandria, Virginia. However, it’s much more than just a movie. In this film, it shows how T.C. Williams High School succumbs to integration and the racial issues and tension that follow with it. The movie focuses on African American coach Herman Boone and the difficulties of leading a football team comprising of members of both races.…

Race discrimination has become a huge problem. The issue isn’t as bad as it was in the 1900s, but it is still bad. Remember The Titans and Hidden Figures are both movies about race discrimination and how everyone accepts each other for who they are and not their skin colour at the end. But, the way both movies portray the racism is completely different. Characters, symbolic moments and the main idea are what will be the focus. These three topics will explain how race discrimination was back then…