John Taylor Gatto

In “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, the Mariner fails to see the beauty of nature, people, and God, and his broken relationships with each results in his feelings of unhappiness and emptiness. The Mariner shoots the Albatross, a bird that has kind intentions of befriending the Mariner and his crew. His rationalizes for himself and his crewmates that the Albatross brought fog to the ship and it would have been difficult to continue on their voyage. Truthfully, the Mariner is unthinking and does…

Twain the Romantic Twain was many things as a writer- a satirist, a truth-teller, a critic- but he was not a romantic. The romantic era, in its heydey, was a time of literature dominated by grand ideas and mystic visions. Though many others joined this fantasy-ridden trend, many authors were critical of the romantic ideas that often lacked realistic properties. Mark Twain, the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, was one of these critical authors. Through that particular piece of…

RTHMC Rough Draft The novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry focuses on a black family named the Logans living in Mississippi in the 1930’s. They have to fight through segregation and the other hardships of being a African American in this time period. The definition of courage (provided by dictionary.com) is “the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.” One of the characters who displayed the courage is Uncle Hammer. Uncle…

I found The Rime of an Ancient Mariner interesting because it was a story within a story. It started off with a guy going to his wedding and he gets stopped by this oddly looking Mariner who started telling him a fascinating story. He first tells the story of how he shot down and Albatross which he later finds out it is bad luck and recognizes the sin he just committed. The Mariner wears the Albatross around his neck as a sign of guilt weighing him down realizing that they are stuck with only…

The Rime of The Ancient Mariner by S.T. Coleridge is an eerie and supernatural tale of crime, punishment and repentance. The Mariner commits a crime at sea by killing an Albatross, and what follows is a bizarre line of events to punish the Mariner and the crew for their crimes. Morality plays an important role throughout the poem to inform the readers perception of the Mariner's actions. Symbolism is used to help support moral elements of the story and add depth to the narrative. Lastly the…

Frederick Taylor provides a good example -- first he was inspired by Henry Towne’s paper in 1886, later he shared his own ideas through papers before the ASME, and still later as ASME president he funded Morris Cooke to study the administrative effectiveness of the ASME (which no doubt influenced Cooke’s career in governmental service organizations). The reasons for activity in professional organizations should be evident to any real professional, but this question can be used as a springboard…

Chaudhari SOC-100 Journal Entry 5 Sudhir meets Ms. Bailey in her office which is rundown, but she rules with power. Ms. Bailey asks Sudhir whether if he’s going to study White people while studying Robert Taylor. Sudhir is kind of confused because most of the people living in residence are black. But when Ms. Bailey asks that question then Sudhir realizes that she meant people in the institutions outside the homes. Sudhir begins to understand Ms.…

Friedrich Schlegel, a German poet, defined romanticism as, “literature depicting emotional matter in an imaginative form”. Romanticism was a movement in literature that was popular during the 18th century that primarily focused on the individual through imagination, freedom and emotion; feeling was valued over emotion. Edgar Allen Poe and Longfellow are two well-known writers who incorporated romanticism in their works. The romanticism traits of imagination and awe of nature are depicted in…

Coleridge allegory, Ancient Rime of the Mariner, explores religion in this story through integrated Christian motifs .The story tells of a man on a voyage who through an impulsive and heinous act changes the course of his life. Throughout the plot, the mariner experiences an internal struggle regarding the crime he committed, killing an Albatross which was perceived as a good omen. In order to gain redemption, take responsibility and understand the consequences of his actions. The mariner’s…

19th-century Romanticism was a literary, artistic, and intellectual movement characterized by its emphasis on emotion, individualism, and the love of life. The Romantic hero is a literary archetype that serves as a personification of these ideals. The protagonist of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, is a prime example of this archetype. Throughout the book Holden is strongly portrayed as an isolated individual, caring more for his own personal views than the paradigm.…