Life annuity

book, O Pioneers!, to express her life story by using Realistic, Romantic, and Naturalistic views. Naturalism; “philosophical viewpoint according to which everything arises from natural properties and causes, and supernatural or spiritual explanations are excluded or discounted.” The story represents Naturalism in the beginning with the land. Farmers depend on nature to keep their land fertilized and moist, to grow crops. Dry land, though, happens in real life and nature. Marie and Emil…

interpretation in The Morgue illustrates emotional tragedies experienced by the subject that are portrayed through grotesque trauma. It is evident from the nature of Andres Serrano’s work that he has a profound interest in, or perhaps obsession with, life, death and mortality. There is a tension between his photographic directness and a theatrically baroque stylization of his provocative themes that are characteristic of the artist methodology (Reimschneider & Grosenick: 2000: 458). This series…

General Tomoyuki Yamashita, known as “Tiger of Malaya” and “the Beast of Bataan,” was an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War 2. He also was the supreme commander of all Japanese forces located in the Philippines in which he would later soon be known for the most remarkable single victory of the entire (Pacific) war – the fall of Singapore. Leading the invasion of Malaya and Singapore for around two months ended with Winston Churchill, the former British Prime Minister, to…

The title I have decided to give to the section we read (164-208) is “life’s brutality” as it plays on the words of Eli’s situation as well includes the tragedy that Mr. Wilhelm or more so, Mr. Wilhelm’s family faces due to his death. The title brings to light not only the topic of police brutality but also the tragedy of losing a loved one- though Mr. Wilhelm’s infidelity leaves the question behind of how much his wife or child still love him. In the two chapters read, an insight is given…

The Outsiders A lot of people have it tough even if you don't notice it, with many hardships. Those people learn how to deal with specific things with those hardships. This theme is greatly defined in the book “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hilton because it is about groups of people who all have many different types roadblocks. From each side, the Socs and greasers, both have it pretty rough in there own ways. From death, crime, and simply just being labeled and expected to do things because of…

how poor life can be for others. Where is the hope? Suzette in New York Day women describes one aspect of life in Haiti as “In Haiti when you get hit by a car, the owner of the car gets out and kicks you for getting blood on his bumper” (Page 128). In the novel Krik? Krak!, Danticat is trying to send the message that when humans are abused, killed, and have such a poor quality of life, they find hope in symbols, superstitions, and future generations. Abuse and a poor quality of life results…

topic which is typically discussed lightly. It is sobering to think of dying and the feelings involved in this inevitable part of life. The emotive topic has been expressed through poetry. Two writers, Dylan Thomas and John Donne, specifically, have created two opposing yet simultaneously similar poems that reflect their personal standpoints on handling the end of life. These poems by Thomas and Donne, titled “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night” (page 768) and “Death Be Not Proud” (page 808),…

Not only this, his heart is so set on discovering the secret of immortality that it blinds him and hinders him from doing any sort of growing and maturing. This is where the tragic irony sets in. The reader knows that Gilgamesh’s desire for eternal life will prove unsuccessful, but Gilgamesh is hopeful. HE truly believes there is a way to escape such a horrible fate that we as humanity are doomed to; but, as in many tragedies, there is no way to truly escape one’s fate, especially if that fate…

Americans were to nature: ‘Comfort also is mine, for though I am young, my strength shall be felt over all the earth. I was born of the beautiful plant of the earth. For the dew fell on the leaf, and the sun warmed the dew, and the warmth was life, and that life is I.’ In the Seneca tribe, one of the five tribes of the Iroquois linguistic family, there is a creation story for nearly every element of nature; water is revered above all, due to the fact that the Seneca live in proximity to Niagara…

as much; as much as they believe they are plagued with the misfortune of having those people so close in their lives, the feeling is often mutual. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a novel focused on Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who aims to create life, but does not foresee the consequences. He neglects his creation as well as his family in the process, which leads to several heart breaking deaths, and leaves him with too many regrets. Shelley makes the argument through Victor’s story to say…