John Kerry

Pride and Prejudice It is no secret that Jane Austen was an appreciator of nature, considering it is a frequent theme included in many of her works. Austen’s heroines generally admire and love nature, and often take long strolls to appreciate the charming landscape they reside in. However, although her descriptions of the picturesque countryside are elegant and pleasing, they are intended to serve as more than just a backdrop for her characters to develop their storylines. Austen additionally…

The Scarlet Letter, an overview of the Puritans taken up and treated by Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet letter is a Gothic Romantic novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850. The novel is a historical fiction in a historical setting Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony, of the 17th Century depicting a story of a woman named Hester Prynne who gives birth to an illegitimate child and her punishment for her sin. According to the views of Nathaniel Hawthorne on the Puritan society, he portrayed…

This quote in Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, emphasizes the bond between George and Lennie, the two protagonists of the novella. From this point on, the two attached their dreams to each other for the sake of a better future. Because they attached their dreams to each other, in the end their goals were not achieved. Just like how you attach an unrealistic dream of living happily and possibly creating a family with Daisy, George and Lennie create an unrealistic dream attaching each…

The Alter Ego of Jack Worthing “The Importance of Being Earnest (also called A Trivial Comedy for Serious People)” is a play written by Oscar Wilde in the late 1890's. Although it is comedy, it is also a social satire and it has some serious themes hidden in its lines. The themes here address Victorian social issues. In in the late 19th century, in the Victorian society, the life was not very easy. People were divided in social classes and there was a strict code of morals which people from…

Ever been accused of something that you didn't do? During the year 1692 to 1693 The city of Salem helds the witchcraft trials. In "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller, The people of Salem were falsely accused of witchcraft due to Abigail Williams and many girls who say that they had seen people with the devil.Many of the people were hunted or stoned due to having connections with the devil. So Judge Danforth came to town to cleanse the town. But Judge Danforth just wanted to get out there and whoever…

Three Bags Full is a murder mystery novel by Leonie Swann, which follows the tale of a flock of sheep detectives on the mission to find their shepherd's murderer. The novel begins right at the point - George Glenn, a shepherd residing in the Irish town of Glennkill, is found dead on his pasture with a shovel driven right through his corpse. Led by Maple, the smartest sheep in the herd, the flock decides to try and solve the murder in the name of justice. Two days after the murder, a shepherd…

The theme of nature is portrayed heavily in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Nature is used to show the freedom or/and exclusion in characters such as Hester, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth, and mostly Pearl as its symbols such as light/darkness, religion and the forest act upon them. This nineteenth century romantic novel portrays themes of Puritan religion that are contrasted profoundly with nature. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the comparison of light and darkness to expose both the good and evil in…

I have chosen Nestlé (Malaysia) Berhad as the business organization that I would analyze in this assignment because Nestlé Group is a vast and very well known organization in the world. The tagline of the organization, “Good Food, Good Life” clearly implies that Nestlé is a people-oriented organization that is committed to understanding its consumers’ needs and delivering the best products to improve the quality of its consumers’ life throughout the world. The assignment will cover the history…

A Space of Mind There are an infinite amount of thoughts and ideas in every human walking the earth, some widely accepted and written, but an innumerable amount never seen or heard. Rebecca Solnit's essay, “Aerobic Sisyphus and the Suburbanized Psyche” is a critical piece of work focused on walking and the decline of such through the age of industry and modern technology. In my personal opinion I agree with Solnit’s arguments of the decline in social activity and purpose for walking. In many…

Locke and Rousseau contract greatly regarding inequality. Their theories present different origins of inequality, different notions of whether people agree to it, and different ways in which it should be regulated by political society. According to Locke, there is no limitation on the inequality that may exist within a government. To question his theory, let us assume the following conditions: 1. The legislature legislates according to the best interest of its citizens. 2. The government…