Mark Bowden

All responsibility must come with external stimuli in the form of fault. An example would be Julius Caesar. Caesar was at fault for besieging the city of Rome and ruling over the Roman Republic as a dictator. His decision led to the death of hundreds but also caused the Roman Empire which emerged and spurred a period of learning and technology like nothing before. This question may be complicated but does wrongdoing in the world lead to our greatest Triumphs? This question is explained by…

The Plot: The overall story recounts the adventure of a rebellious only known as “The Kid” and eventually “The Man”. He was born in Tennessee and lived with an alcoholic father who is likely the reason why he ran away at 14. Bouncing around here-and-there he eventually finds himself in Nacogdoches, Texas. At as arrival he finds himself in the midst of a religious revolution against Reverend Green who was accused of crimes that include bestiality and pedophilia. In this town in Texas he drinks…

In a world where there lived a city where they ban your favorite TV show. A duo of friends that are named Brandon Nguyen and Sponge Lob Circle Pants that are 13, try to find out why and try to make the rules fair. Brandon Nguyen who is smart, helpful, talented, humble, and determined. Sponge Lob Circle Pants who is smart, weird, and determined. They find many things bad about this city where the government makes everyone have a bad life. These 2 boys try to do as many things as possible to try…

As the first to utilize "history," Herodotus merits Cicero's title, "father of history." no doubt, this child of affluent privileged folks did not have the basic demeanor toward his sources that would be the sign of the later antiquarian. Intriguing tales of the wars between the Greeks and the Persians discovered their way into his pages whether he could confirm them or not, but rather he does at times support and tag certain things as gossip. According to his citations, he more likely than not…

The Tragic Hero in Julius Caesar The drama Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is a tragedy. A tragedy is a drama that ends in the downfall of the main character. In Julius Caesar, Brutus, who is an honorable figure in ancient Rome, the setting of the play, betrays and kills his friend Caesar for the good of Rome. This event leads people to seek revenge and eventually ends with brutus’s death. I believe that Brutus is the tragic hero in Julius Caesar because his character follows the…

During the time of Huck slavery was a huge topic of the time. Should they really be free or not? Twain represents the topic of Freedom through the Mississippi River but also symbolizes the confusion Huck feels about helping Jim gain this freedom through the white fog. Twain also symbolizes the mob mentality going on at this time through Col. Sherburn and the lynching mob. One of the biggest symbols for freedom in Huckleberry Finn is the Mississippi River. Before embarking on his journey, Huck…

John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath fought major backlash from critics and battled grievances from offended readers on its way to becoming immortalized in literary history among the greatest works of all time. The Grapes of Wrath, at the time of its publication, was disliked by many Americans, who had lived the tumultuous lives portrayed in the book, but with age has become a prized, frequently-referenced description of life following the Dust Bowl. This essay follows The Grapes of Wrath along…

Title and Author: A Separate Peace, by John Knowles Setting and Historical Context: 1942-1943, World War II; Devon School, New Hampshire, Vermont (Leper’s home) Major Characters and Descriptions (external, internal, motivation) [3-5 characters]: Gene Forrester: narrator, protagonist of the novel, thoughtful, intelligent, competitive, has a love-hate relationship with his best friend Phineas (“Finny”), adores and envies Finny, insecure, uncomfortable with his own self Phineas (“Finny”):…

The authors of “A History of Rome” write about Nero in a rather concise and conservative view. The authors paint a different picture of Nero than Tacitus and Suetonius. Tacitus begins the story of Nero’s reign with the murder of Junius Silanus by his mother Agrippina the younger, projecting how Nero’s reign mirrors its malicious beginnings. Suetonius gives a detailed account of Nero’s ancestors, writing anecdotes of their horrid deeds, and describing them as irresolute, arrogant, cruel,…

James Baldwin (1924-1987) is one of the most prominent African America writers during the fifties and sixties of twenty-centuries in the United States. He is an African America and also as a writer, and his footprints spread all over the world, in that case, it makes the most of his works are always exploring the identity of African America. “Go Tell it on the Mountain” is such an example work for identity, as one of the famous classic novel in the African America’s history, it is known as the…