Mark Bauerlein

The scenery around me was so jaw dropping I almost forgot about all the little pinches I was getting. They were just a pinch, like a needle but it hurt so bad. Nothing like I ever experienced before. The city was filled with people not bugs!! Tamara finally asked, “Why are you itching and swatting all over?” I said, “I’m being attacked by some weird insects.” “It might be mosquitos, gnats, or just plain bugs.” Tamara said. I had no idea what those were but I didn’t want to sound like a…

similarities and differences in the plot. One major difference that I noticed right away was that there was no story within a story during the play. In the story Mark Twain approaches Simon Wheeler about Leonidas W. Smiley, but instead he is told a story about Jim Smiley. During the play, I noticed that they didn’t even mention Simon Wheeler or Mark Twain. The play didn’t even include the main, outer frame of the story. Although the outer frame might have been thought of as unnecessary to them,I…

A Morally Ambiguous Character in “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” In “The Outcasts of Poker Flat,” Bret Harte introduces a morally ambiguous character. In this story, a group of improper people is exiled from Poker Flat, and they face several difficult situations. Mr. Oakhurst, one of the exiles, steps up and acts as a leader. Throughout the story, Mr. Oakhurst portrays good characteristics despite the fact that he is exiled for being a gambler, which helps convey the idea that everyone has…

with Caius Cassius and other conspirators. The story ends with Brutus having Strato hold out his sword as Brutus runs onto it to kill himself from the fear of being captured by Marcus Antonius’s Army. This leads to the belief that Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony) is the main villain…

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar has catastrophe in more characters than just Caesar. William Shakespeare presented Marcus Brutus in a way that closely followed the example of a tragic hero. He came from noble birth, had a fatal flaw and suffered a great tragedy. He also fits into Shakespeare’s variation of tragic heroes, by giving Brutus complexity, internal conflict, and using choice over fate. Brutus’ ultimate goal is fulfilled in part by his actions. Brutus thought his cause to be honorable, and…

People who perform actions for the good of their country deserve to be treated with honor and respect instead of those who perform actions out of pure jealousy. The two characters from Julius Caesar, Brutus and Cassius, uphold honor to their cause in completely different ways. Both men join the conspiracy with different motives. The character's personalities differ in the sense that one wants to help their country while the other wants to help himself. Brutus and Cassius both agree to join the…

In Mark Twain’s book,titled Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck is the main character who faced many different situations, some good and some bad. He also struggled with understanding Christianity and its benefits, which Twain mostly dismissed in the book.Firstly, Huck struggled with prayer; in Chapter III, he asked for a fishing rod, which he did receive, but without hooks. He concluded that prayer is ineffective until Chapter VIII, when he obtained bread in the river that was intended to find…

Introduction In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck has many superstitions. Superstitions are beliefs or practices that try to explain and determine the unknown. Some superstitions Huck uses his own opinions to determine if he thinks they are true. Other superstitions he believes in because his surroundings tell him they are true. Many of the story's superstitions are similar to today's superstitions. A Hair ball can tell the future Jim tells Huckleberry that a hair ball can…

The document Life of Saint Antony of Egypt is a letter which tells the story of what it sounds like: St Antony’s life and piety. It was written by Athanasius, who was the bishop of Alexandria at the time. He expounds upon Antony’s piety and turns even what some might consider faults into some of Antony’s greatest virtues. For example, as a boy, Antony refused to learn to read, preferring to remain ignorant. Much of the world’s population may think this to be simple laziness. Here was a boy,…

In my compare and contrast essay I am going to talk about Mark Antony and Brutus's speech and Julius Caesar's funeral. I am going to compare and contrast of what they talk about in both of their speech's. In Brutus's speech He talked about how much he loved Julius Caesar even though he did kill him, but Brutus was his friend. so he talks about his love for Julius but he talks about how he has to kill him, because he is gaining too much power of Rome. That brings up the topic of him…