Man on the Moon: The End of Day

Rip, who is a Dutch villager, enjoys to spend time by himself in the wilderness or to hang out with friends. He is not much keen on working, to his wife’s dismay. One day, to escape from his wife’s nag, Rip decides to wander into the mountains accompanied by his dog only. He meets some strange characters and falls asleep after drinking a lot. Appalling changes take place when he wakes up: his beard is a foot long, his…

was extremely judgemental he was persecuted as a horrible person. Mayella Ewell: this is a woman who had very little freedom and was poor yet she did something in society that was seen as unbearable “she kissed a black man” (pg. 272). Mockingbirds Boo Radley: scout says in the end of the book “handing boo over to the law would be like killing a mockingbird” (pg.282) the reason this is stated is because Boo is not a bad person only made out as one by miss maudie claims. But is actually a…

Sheppard, George washington williams, and many others. King Leopold’s Ghost explores topics such as social class, manipulation, slavery, religion, and wealth in order to enrich your knowledge of what really happened in the Belgian Congo. For a poor man living in Europe, the Belgian Congo was a place of hope. The Congo was a place of adventure and a place to acquire power and…

up by a herd of wild horses as they galloped to the river bank. She then describes the next morning, saying “I watched you at the edge of the river, washing your face, your bare chest beaded with bright water, and knew how much we needed this, the day ahead with its calm lake we would swim in, naked, able to touch again. You were so beautiful.” The song “You Are The Best Thing” by Ray LaMontagne portrays just how much he loves his significant other. This can be seen in the lyrics “And baby, the…

Why are the people just gazing off into the distance and being mute? It seems as though the man in the woods that Ibn talks to is talking in a code language filled with metaphors and symbolism. What does it all mean? Will Ibn ever make it to Gebel since he did not complete his training? When Ibn reaches the Land of Gebel and stares at it in…

running and attempting to hide from the other greasy characters that were trying to hurt them by going into the lake and using it as a cover under the woods and night sky. The protagonist realizes the “dead man rotating to expose a mossy beard and eyes as cold as the moon” (Boyle 286). A man that has lived the life of evil is dead floating around the cesspool of a lake. At first, he was shocked to see a bobbing corpse so close next to him and so after he moved to a different location when he…

Ugly, I’m damn repulsive. My entire face is covered with acne. I’m only nineteen yet look like a fifty year old. Sick, I was an invalid child. Most of my early days were spent on a small bed in one corner of the room. The slightest cold would confine me, the scanty rain would render me rickety, the feeble heat would freeze me feverish, but everything changed when I entered teenage. No illness anymore once I turned thirteen. I was festive to be finally out of the fucking fissure.…

The moon hung high in the sky. A perfect silver disk, bleaching the land into a ghost-like replica of daytime. Its supine rays endowing the island with an eerie glow, it seemed to radiate a cold majesty, its beauty bordering hypnotic. The name Ariel sprang unbidden to mind, she seemed to resemble the moon in every way possible. Her eyes cold and distant. Her skin pale, almost devoid of colour. I stared at the long winding stairs, the polished wood shone in the soft light of the chandelier above,…

inconspicuous. Most men also assumed that women just stayed at home tending to domestic work. This provided a great alibi to women traveling across the country. They were assumed to be at home working and few would check on their whereabouts. Virginia Moon used the veil of visiting family to travel across the country (Fitz). She would travel to Ohio, where she was born, to gather supplies to bring to wounded troops in the South. She owned a large plantation in Virginia, but no one questioned her…

Black Elk Speaks is a personal narrative that encompasses an autobiography of Black Elk’s life as a holy man and healer coupled with the tribal history of the lifestyle, and tough challenges that Native Americans faced during the westward expansion movement of white settlers. In the beginning of the book unravel the first unique cultural practice of the Lakota people. That is, before telling his story Black Elk invites Neihardt (the author of the book) to smoke with him the red willow bark in…