Mark Knopfler

In Norman Maclean’s A River Runs Through It, Norman seemingly does his best to help Paul escape a cycle of alcoholism and risky behavior. Norman continues to take Paul fishing in the hopes that Paul will change, yet in his heart, Norman believes “[he] could not help him” (Maclean, 6). This passage calls into question Norman’s method to getting through to Paul. In fear of overstepping his boundaries, Norman is never able to have a meaningful conversation with his brother in order to truly…

Parody: an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. In his book A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court, Mark Twain parodies the bland narrative of classic medieval stories by allowing the protagonist Hank Morgan to get within breathing distance of literary tropes then turning them on their head resulting in an interesting tale of what would happen if the manager of a weapons factory got teleported to 7th Century Camelot.…

Through the characterization of the Ewells, one can find evidence that the family is rather coarse, and do not particularly care what others think of them. The first clearly pronounced trait depicted by the Ewells is their general coarseness. This trait is evidenced first by the manner of the character Burris Ewell. He has lice crawling through his hair, and is utterly unperturbed by this fact. He is covered in dirt; he is in fact the “filthiest human” Scout has ever seen (Lee 31). He does not…

comprehend the death itself. In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Mark Antony has to fill these dreadful shoes and take the first step in the right direction after witnessing the murder of his closest friend, Julius Caesar. In act three Antony stands in front of the group of Plebians after they have just listened Brutus, the conspirator’s, reasonings as to why Caesar needed to be killed. The crowd originally agrees with Brutus, but once Mark Antony uses his powerful speech devices, the commoners…

“Endless Summer” Rhetorical Analysis In the short story, “Endless Summer” by Rick Bragg he explains how the season of summer, favored by children, is “truncated” by those who “do not know how sweet it is to feel the mud mush between their toes”. In Calhoun County, Alabama the boy in the story is said to be wasting time playing in the mud but the way he sees it kids now are the ones wasting their summers away. Kids now already are deprived of their whole summer by having to start school in…

Two Ways of Viewing the River When Mark Twain starts his career as a riverboat captain, he is enthralled and captivated by the grandeur of the Mississippi River. He is aware of the hidden dangers lurking beneath the water’s swirling surface, but his first impressions of the river’s majestic beauty clouds his perspective. Twain eventually recognizes that the river, although beautiful, was a dangerous, treacherous waterway with no compassion for people or the boats that traveled its route.…

After comparing Brutus and Antony's techniques of persuading the crowd using ethos, pathos, and logos, it is obvious that Brutus is the more persuasive speaker. Both Brutus and Antony used ethos trying to persuade the crowd who the best persuasive speaker is at the funeral speech. One example from Brutus is, "Believe me for mine honor and have respect to mine honor that you may believe." He is trying to make them to respect him and believe him so that he will be proven to be the best persuasive…

Film director, Franklin J. Schaffner, in his historical movie, “Patton,” reinterprets the speech delivered by U.S. General George S. Patton using George C. Scott as the leading actor. Patton’s purpose is to deliver a speech that motivates the Third Army to die to fight for America. He adopts a forthright and sincere tone towards the Third Army, but a derisive tone towards the enemy, in order to dehumanize the enemy and motivate the Third Army to kill without mercy in the name of victory. Patton…

Scene 1 of Act 4 begins with Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus making a list of the men that are to be hunted down and killed as punishment for Caesar’s murder. The men they are writing down are not only people unrelated to the three men, but their kin as well. Next, Antony tells Lepidus to go fetch Caesar's will so the men can rework the will and change certain legacies. This is ironic because Antony just told the common people all these things that they would get from Caesar’s will and now it is…

Transcending Biology Jim Casy’s growing understanding of humanity throughout The Grapes of Wrath illustrated the novel’s greater theme that kindness is a very powerful force. After initially mourning the fact that he grew more distant from tradition, Casy became firm in his new beliefs. He believed that people should act for the betterment of humanity, a family much older and greater than any single person. Later on, Casy put his beliefs to practice by sacrificing himself for the sake of others…