John Paul Jones

There are opposite ends of every spectrum, and a happy medium in the middle. The combinations are endless; too hungry and too full, too hot and too cold, too bright and too dark, etc. The same goes for human traits; while some are more important than others, the balance is more often than not off. A lucky few are gifted with the perfect amount of each trait, sitting right between the poles. Tom Stoppard shapes Thomasina, the one character with the perfect balance of thinking with her brain and…

Elizabeth proves herself being a fallible heroine from the very beginning of the story. Her quickly made opinion of Mr Darcy shows an example of hurt pride leading to deep prejudice. The moment she decides to despise Mr Darcy is important for the plot as all the following mistakes are based on this particular one. Mr Bingley tries to convince Mr Darcy to dance with Elizabeth but Darcy does not feel attracted to her and his comment about Elizabeth being “tolerable, but not handsome enough to…

Canterbury Tales Essay The Sergeant of Law has one of the best or at least one of the better tales out of all the stories in the Canterbury Tales. His story follows a woman and her ability and will to keep faith through certain hardships where it could be questioned. Out of all the stories this is one that seemed to really tale a tale all from the imagination, with a meaning. Other tales had bashed other members of the travel party, or had just been hypocritical to the story teller and their…

John White Dr. Mills English 121-117 5 October 2015 Drinking Poison? I remember when I first heard about it. I was living in Provo Utah at the time and I had seen several picket signs that had been thrust into the lawn outside of Utah Valley University. Each sign painted an eerie picture as it contained an image of a skull and crossbones within a water droplet leaking out of a water faucet. Beneath the haunting image was a caption that read, “We are drinking poison!” There was a small group…

1 / 4 Jim Jones: Cult Maniac 909 people's corpses lie lifeless in a religious colony known as Jonestown. They lie lifeless from the cyanide tainted kool aid ingested through their bodies (Donnely 271). The man at fault for this is a crazed, religious leader by the name of Jim Jones. He was responsible for the cult-like community of Jonestown that was riddled with abuse and secrets that changed the lives of the many who died there. Jim Jones, who was an American religious cult leader, was…

The Lodges want to support Archie’s dad, Fred Andrews, to run for mayor. However, Archie doesn’t want his dad to be involved with the Lodges’ business, so he avoids campaigning with his girlfriend, Veronica Lodge, because he felt like that the Lodges are controlling both his dad and himself. He also told Jughead about the secret that Hiram Lodge has already purchased the town’s diner, Pop’s. He hopes that Jughead can help him by exposing Hiram’s plan to the public. However, Jughead refuses…

Can a prideful and judgmental person cause a major effect upon their own self? It is considered natural among many people to be conceited or to have a critical point of view of someone without getting to know them better. These two characteristics can bring consequences which can make people avoid them based on their attitude, which can result in not finding their true friend or in this case love. In Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy have very set ideas…

Pride and Prejudice is a classic romance novel written by Jane Austen. It takes place in the 19 century in England. This time period was all about where families ranked socially and how well their children married. Marrying well was key to their social standing, because marriage was a way to gain wealth and also gain connections. However for Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy this is difficult, because while Mr. Darcy is quite rich, Elizabeth is not. Marriage is a pivotal move in a man’s life and it…

Pride and Prejudice is a representative of the realistic novel. It undeniably plays a significant role in the history of British literature. The author, Jane Austen is one of the greatest women writers in the world. The novel shows vivid and complicated relationships between characters and reflect the importance of marriage for women in the early nineteenth century. Austen mainly depicts two disparate marriage attitudes between Elizabeth Bennet and Charlotte Lucas. The story is set in a society…

Jane Austen uses Elizabeth’s wit, aptitude, and humor to show the contrast between her and Women in the Regency era, It was important for Jane Austen to do this because the literary world had never seen something like this before. Austen writes Elizabeth as a character who is cunning and smart. “There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” She possesses beliefs that were not commonly seen…