Lighthouse

Reagan Schatz Ms. Slagle English White 1 January 17, 2017 Definitional Analysis Essay Many events in the 20th Century such as Industrialization and a Great War brought out the opinions and concerns of several authors about the future direction of society. Authors, George Orwell and Aldous Huxley both used literature to form a dystopic novel to describe what they saw as society’s ignorance about the path they were on for the future and what it would be like if they continued in this…

Victim, he notices, to a wayward shot, the capsule pops open without a fuss. Out he slides a moist scroll of thick parchment, branded with countless speckles of ink. Holding the document in his palm feels almost completely encompassing, like a lighthouse in the middle stormy ocean. It reads as…

Through all this mess Luc had decided to actually join the football team. Tryouts had been on a Saturday Lexi and Shimmer had gone with him. Monday evening before their first class Luc went to the locker room to check the coach’s board to see if he made the team. Not only had he make the team he was first string offense fullback. And practice was every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, before his evening classes, with games on Saturdays. Being true to their word their parents made Lexi and/or…

A Person Needs To Be Like A Team Time flies, it’s almost time to look back upon the old days and look at my footprints on the way to grow as a writer and as a person. Thanks to this ENG1430 writing course, I finished my strongest and relatively weak essay; I grasped a most basic key as a writer with the help of my professor and classmates, and what’s more important is that I learned to enjoy loneliness in this freshman year. As far as I am concerned, the summary and response essay is my…

Since humanity first began to work together and build communities, a raging debate has waged on— should emphasis be placed on the rights of the individual, or the society? Those that allied with the latter molded a belief system known as collectivism. While seemingly ideal at first glance, in practice, the belief often leads to the loss of individuality amongst the citizens. Often, advocates of such a belief regard the individual as the hindrance of the state’s common good. Huxley 's "Brave New…

The Turn of the Screw had a slew of questions arising from the many mysteries twisted amongst the plot. One of the most intriguing characters was the main character, the new governess. An unnamed governess was sent to watch Miles and his little sister Flora at the Bly Estate after the previous governess suddenly disappeared. She arrived when it was just Flora and the housekeeper Mrs. Grose. Flora was an angelic beauty, always well-behaved and even volunteered to show the governess around the…

It is becoming vital to prepare for this impending crisis of a zombie apocalypse. Establishing a plan for survival in a zombie apocalypse can vary depending on the person’s primary needs, but it is necessary to be informed of, and also understand the fundamentals. In the circumstance of the walking dead obtaining food and water, gathering weapons, and finding shelter are all crucial to survive. First and foremost, Food is vital for overall health and necessary for providing vigorous energy…

Enheduanna (~2300 BCE): Enheduanna was the daughter of Sargon of Akkad, the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire in Ancient Sumeria, approximately 2300 BCE. She is the largely credited as being the world’s first named author; she wrote numerous poems, psalms, and prayers which lay the foundation for later Hebrew psalms and the Homeric Hymns of Ancient Greece. Enheduanna served as High Priestess to the Akkadian Empire, and was charged with the responsibility to maintain the city’s temple complex…

True potential and greatness are often clouded over by insecurities. Plagued by timidness and inhibitions, it is easy for admirable qualities such as intelligence and ambition to be overlooked and kept hidden in the shadows; this is precisely the case for Chiyoko in Yukio Mishima’s novel The Sound of Waves. An interesting character who represents neither the purity and goodness of protagonists Shinji, nor the negativity and wickedness of antagonist Yasuo. Falling somewhere in the middle, Chiyoko…

R.L. Stevenson Born in 1850, Robert Louis Stevenson grew up in Edinburgh where his father was a well-respected lighthouse engineer. Stevenson almost followed his father’s example, studying engineering at Edinburgh University, but at twenty-one decided to become a writer. His early works consist of essays and travel writing, his first book, An Inward Voyage (1878), describes a canoe trip to Belgium and France. Despite his success with this style of writing and having been a writer of fiction…