Jean-François Champollion

Waxman, S. 2008 Finding Rosetta (ch. 2.). Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World. Times Books, N.Y. Throughout the course of this chapter Waxman overviews how antiquarianism and Europeans within Egypt had both positive and negative effects on Egyptology. She starts off by looking at Napoleon’s conquest of Egypt and the work his savants took on as they documented the great monuments of Europe. She then goes off to talk about Jean-Francois Champollion and Giovanni Belzoni whose work have both increased in the understanding of Ancient Egypt but have also had negative effects on its preservation. The author finishes the chapter by looking at the politics of possession, using Nefertiti’s bust as a prime example…

themes in honoring the gods. The epic of Gilgamesh remains one the greatest legacies of Mesopotamia attesting to the fact the epic remains one of the oldest stories written on clay tablets, with adventures of the mythological king, Gilgamesh and his friend Enkidu, having brave the trials the Gods given them, and ultimately the Gods unleashed the flood upon the world. However, no one knew how to properly translate the Egyptian hieroglyphics which lay strewn across their temple walls and pyramids…

sitcom, Bob’s Burgers has been able to successfully encapsulate postmodernist themes and aesthetics into the contemporary television sitcom landscape. Firstly, many scholars have varying definitions of postmodernism, it is generally the rejection of the modernist era. While modernism, which consisted of discovery and the urge to “understand” reality, the postmodern condition, within Bob’s Burgers, does the opposite. It takes the ideals of modernism and challenges/distorts its narrative.…

In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, Montag, the book-saver, tried to escape the world of the overwhelming technology. Social activities were replaced by inane TV shows where clowns tear their limbs apart, families are replaced by the “family” on the television, and where thoughts are stopped by deafening TV commercials. Bradbury’s vision of today seems to be precise seeing that people started to care less about each other, people stop thinking due to the overload of technological…

Although many underlying messages are prominent throughout this novel the main overlying theme is that blind acceptance of societal norms is a catalyst for the loss of oneself .This is expressed continuously by the action taken by characters throughout the novel. At the start of Fahrenheit 451 Montag seems perfectly happy accepting his occupation of destroying literature as a fireman. This false sense of happiness begins to come unraveled as Montag meets Clarisse. Clarisse helps to establish…

Wayne Dyer once said, “The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about” In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, ignorance is a common theme. From the thoughtless decisions Guy Montag realizes he has been making when he meet Clarisse, to the harsh rules the town has to destroy any literature, and the effect of burning the books has on the town people. The ignorance shown in the novel is greatly shown on page 95, due to the encounter of Guy Montag with…

The banning of books has been a terrible part of history since the beginning of printing and distributing of literature. Censorship is brought about by too much control and fear. This means that the author's freedom of expression was destroyed, their work is not allowed to be viewed. I believe that censorship should not be allowed, as many of the reasons that books are banned are silly. The reason books are banned ranges greatly; and the people who do the banning are even more numerous. Some…

The role of books in both novels is slightly different, but both come back to a general theme that is used in both novels. In both novels, the authors use books as something that provides knowledge to a community but the government is trying to suppress this knowledge. In “The Book Thief” books play a role in several different ways. Liesel steals a book which then helps to teach her how to read and write. This makes her very interested in reading new books. Liesel then starts to steal more…

The main character of Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, is Guy Montag. Montag is a firefighter, a burner of books, with very limited perspective on the flawed society he lives in. As the book progresses, Montag experiences many uncomfortable feelings as he starts to learn the consequences of his role. Montag goes from an ignorant participant to a discontented rebel. The book opens with a detailed description of Montag, his burning of a house, and his “fiery grin”. Montag describes burning…

In the book Fahrenheit 451 the quote “Stuff your eyes with wonder, he said, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories,” has a deeper meaning than what is thought. This quote represents more than just being the wise words of Granger’s grandfather. The words have a different meaning to each person who reads this novel. The inspirational aspect it has impacts me in a positive way. In the novel Granger is talking to…