Jonathan Harker

warm breath that lands so softly on the cheek from the face to face eye gazing, these are the beginnings of erotic moments that can lead to a lifetime of love. In the epic of “Gilgamesh” translated by Foster and the biblical story of David and Jonathan in “The Men of Color Study Bible”, we learn about their first encounter, their ongoing relationships and their tragic ending. While both works are well known to many readers, their relationships within each…

“A Modest Proposal” is an extremely complex piece of literature and satire. Written by Jonathan Swift, the same man who wrote Gulliver’s Travels, however this work is considerably different from Gulliver’s Travels. Swift’s more popular full length novel is a story about the human condition and the interactions among people. “A Modest Proposal” is noticeably different and, without the proper background, perplexing work due to its subject matter. It handles the complex interactions between the…

1.The proposer or the Speaker of Jonathan Swift: A Modest Proposal, appears to be the kind of person that is very sober and serious, and who I imagine to be very monotone. He explains all of the information very thoroughly and works hard to explain his reasoning. He sort of seems to deviate around the topics whilst explaining his logic. He displays intellect while narrating A Modest Proposal. In my opinion, he seems to really know how to make a great argument. He seems very detached throughout…

Connell is giving his pre-performance speech as I look around the Pursuit of Excellence stadium in Marshall, Minnesota. All I can focus on is the huge crowd that seems like it expands every time I look back at it. We line up to walk onto the field—it’s our turn to preform our show for the judges. I walk onto the field anxiously feeling the first break of nervous sweat drip down my face. I scan the field- there are judges everywhere, I become very aware of what’s happening. The announcer comes…

If poets use language as musicians use musical instruments, Swift’s works would be a soundtrack of unpleasant, dissonant noises. Jonathon Swift, the premier satirist in English literature, does not poeticize the human experience with romance and beauty. He litters his poems, Description of a City Shower and The Lady’s Dressing Room, with filthy imagery and grotesque satire. The unconventionality of Swift’s poetry may be explained using his Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift. He begins this poem on…

The coach utilises the command, submissive and co-operative coaching styles across the three sporting levels, 10-11 year old children, U20s local club team and NZ Olympic athletes. The command style is strongly focused on coaches who like to “make all the decisions” and the “role of the athlete is to respond to the coach’s commands” (Martens, 2004, p. 30). With this coaching style it is portrayed to be one sided, the coach tells the athlete what to do, where to be, and how to do it so there’s no…

By discussing the conflict between the ignorant and the enlightened, the narrator wishes to make the audience realize the absurd conditions one experiences upon living an ignorant lifestyle. The narrator dramatizes how the ignorant act, and labels them in a disdainful tone, and writes the poem to force others to confront their blindness. He uses language such as “quick to follow any voice they can find” (2) to show how the blinds’ lost and needy lives. The narrator observes in third person, not…

Satire is a form of writing that makes use of humor, irony, and exaggeration to criticize a group of people’s views about a certain topic that is going on in the world. Satire has been around for a long time, but it has kept the same general aspects throughout all of time. Even with the 2,000 year-gap and differences in writing techniques and technology between “The Acharnians” and Stephen Colbert’s “The Word: Armistice,” both works utilize satire and have a very similar way of presenting it to…

Fire destroyed most of London, the English Parliament enacted Penal Laws, the Boston Tea Party occurred, and the American Revolution began. Meanwhile, writers of the Restoration Era, such as Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, focused their writings on the trend of satire, verbal irony, and also parody. Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope wrote in the Restoration Era. The Restoration Period began in 1660 when King Charles II took the throne. The Restoration Period lasted from 1660 to 1785, most…

The thought entered my mind and it was at that moment I knew I had to do it. I was just so mad at him, no one can treat my friends like that. I was not even sure if I could pressure myself into doing this, but somehow I knew what I had to do. About a year ago a new kid joined my baseball team. His name was Blake. Within a few weeks Blake and I became great friends. We would hang out after games and go bike riding after school, we did a lot together. A few weeks later we were doing drills. Coach…