Liberty Bell

*brrrrrrzt* The bell rang, signalling the beginning of class. I was late, again. My class was on the whole other side of the school and I had yet to go to my locker and get my books. Oh, I was so screwed. I guess it's not really my fault, though. It wasn't me who had insisted on stopping at Starbucks which was on THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN before school. 'Thanks, Marce. I appreciate it.' I thought to myself. I sprinted down the hallways, glad that no one was there at the moment to prevent me from…

"The Bells" is a heavily onomatopoeic poem by Edgar Allan Poe which was not published until after his death in 1849. It is perhaps best known for the diascopic use of the word "bells." Poe talks about different types of bells. Silver bells, golden bells, brazen bells, and iron bells. The different types of bells indicate the changes that happen in his life. In stanza one Poe talks about silver bells “What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy…

Life in “The Bells” Can life can be dissected then labeled by “bells, bells, bells”? Poe’s famous poem, “The Bells” is a highly symbolic masterpiece, that perfectly illustrates Poe’s concepts of the stages of life, as well as his dark and pessimistic outlook, and descent into depression. Through his varyingly dark diction, symbolism relating to aspects of life, his specific layout of the poem, Poe elucidates his shifting attitude towards the sound of a ringing bell. In “ The Bells” a range of…

Three…Two...One… Beep...Beep...Beep. My day starts off my my alarm clock waking me up at 7:20 and I press the snooze button so I can get an extra five minutes of sleep. Three...Two...One Beep...Beep...Beep turn off my alarm. I looked at my phone to see what time it is and it is 7:20. I stretch my body so I can get out of bed and then I rub my eyes to get the eye bugger out if I have any. Then I hop out of bed and put on my sandals. I open my door and walk down the stair slowly. While walking…

there is stillness again as the poem continues with “a bell hung ready to strike.” It is as though the bell is frozen in time by the word choice. The author uses the words “hung” and “strike” out of any other words. She could have said that the bell was frozen in place instead but chooses to say “hung ready to strike.” Previously, the interpretation of the cave was that it was a temple or a church for worship so the bell could be the church bell. Bogan uses the word “hung” which can also mean…

Your lips brushed against mine dispassionately as you shrugged your bag onto your shoulder and head off to your next class. I turned down the corridor rushing for no other reason than to get away from the lonely feeling that kiss gave me. My class doesn't even start for another hour and all the other people I know here are more your friends than they are mine. I guess that's what happens when you date such a social boy and you are not even a social caterpillar let alone a butterfly. I hurry…

When I first arrived at Starbuck everything was going well. I was turning in my work and it was fine until one day I was speeding through the locker hall and I accidently bumped into Emma. I apologized but she just walked away. So I got my things from my locker and went back to class. That's when Carter, Emma's sister walked up to me and asked me "Did you punch Emma?". I said "Well I accidently pushed her". Then he got in my face and said "You jerk, Karma will get you. You didn't accidently push…

English philosopher, political economist, and liberal John Stuart Mill published one of his most famous works in 1859: On Liberty. Mill explores the innate and given liberties of people, analyzing what is the extent in which society or government has valid reasons to exercise power over its people. He argues that the individual should not be under the jurisdiction of society or government if their actions are not harming anyone but themselves. The only time society or government should involve…

of political situations. Liberalism argues for human rights, parliamentary democracy, and free trade, while also maintaining that all such goals begin within the state. Liberalists want to focus more on the individual’s liberty, while realists will sacrifice an individual’s liberty for the stability of the community. Most time liberalists…

affected by factors such as God, the British, or even just simply the fact that Paine described the reasoning to get the colonists to fight in such an expressive way. Throughout this piece, Paine’s goal was to persuade the colonists to strive for liberty. To support his argument, Paine utilizes religious beliefs, descriptive language, and the recognition of the counter argument. To begin with, the author points to religious beliefs to demonstrate the relation God has on the colonists…