Mark Haddon

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…

Joseph Campbell defined myth as "other people's religion." However, he also said that one of the basic functions of myth is to help each individual through the journey of life. The Hero’s Journey is a pattern of narrative identified by Campbell. All stories consist of common structural elements of the twelve stages that composed in The Hero’s Journey. Star Wars, by George Lucas, is an excellent movie. This movie is filled with original and mythic patterns. The ideas represented in the film are…

famous, rhetoric. Which is mainly seen in the words: ambitious and honorable. "But Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an honorable man."( Book 3, Act 2, line 95-96) The word honorable is meant to mock Brutus. By using it in a sarcastic way, Mark Anthony questions whether Brutus is truly honorable."The noble Brutus hath told you Caesar was ambitious."(Book 3, Act 2,line 86-87) With the word ambitious, Anthony shows the true nature of Caesar. As with the last word, it is used…

In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the novel is about a gang of boys who live a hard life, but are always there for eachother. The setting takes place during the 1960’s in a small neighborhood on the south side of town. The main characters in this book are Ponyboy who tells the story, Darry a brother of Pony’s, Sodapop another brother of Pony’s, Dally a tough guy, Johnny a scared, quiet boy, Two-Bit a talker, Steve a tough guy, and these boys are called the Greasers because they live on…