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The United States of America is a country unlike any others, in which the people have the maximum amount of freedom citizens can have. Before this freedom was established a man named Patrick Henry was tired of not being free from the British so he gave a speech. In the speech to the Virginia Convention by Patrick Henry, he realized that we needed to be free and pitched the idea of fighting and going to war to receive this freedom, to the people of the convention which eventually led to…

friends are the fairytale of life… they’ve been there since once-upon-a-time and will stay there until happily ever after.”- Unknown. My best friend and I compared to Spongebob and Patricks are very alike, they're like brothers and we’re like sisters. This is my opinion on how I think my friendship is. SpongeBob and Patrick in my opinion are how how people and their best friends should strive to be. They are always so supportive of each other’s ideas, even if they are a little iffy about it.…

Southern Gothic literature is a writing style unique to American literature in that it uses supernatural, ironic, and unusual events to reveal and examine the values and character of the South. Sothern Gothic authors use certain elements as tools to explore social issues and reveal the cultural character of the south. An example of this work is A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor. It is a deeply disturbing tale about a family trip to Florida gone wrong. O 'Connor 's work in A Good…

“Soldier’s Home” tells the story of Harold Krebs, a Marine who returns home from World War I. While Krebs does not struggle from physical damages, he does suffer mentally. Harold Krebs struggles with post traumatic stress disorder and trying to figure out what he wants in life. The characters and incidents in “A Soldier’s Home” are factual to Ernest Hemingway’s own experiences because like the main character, Harold Krebs, Ernest Hemingway also struggles after returning home from the war. First…

Relationships and experiences shape an individual’s sense of belonging. To what extent is this view represented in your prescribed text and ONE text of your own choosing? Introduction An individual's sense of belonging is fundamentally shaped by two key factors - relationships and experiences. Belonging is an inherent human need in which we strive for acceptance and security through others. A sense of belonging is vital for our survival and existence, as it reinforces our…

It is fascinating to watch what happens when people can become convinced they are right, even when they are wrong. The video documentary, Right Between Your Ears, explores how people from different walks of life came to the extraordinary belief that the world would end on a given date, took a public stand for it, and how they coped when nothing happened. Those included were a stock trader with a young family, a philosophy student about to graduate, and a retail manager. This documentary is not…

In Hills Like White Elephants Ernest Hemingway describes a couple’s decision on whether or not they should have an abortion. The man wants the abortion while the woman is being pressured and going back and forth on whether or not she wants the abortion. Ernest Hemingway uses symbolism, introduces modernism, and uses the setting as a means to compare the life or death decision and the topic of abortion as a whole. Hemingway starts off by describing the setting. The couple is sitting at the bar…

Earnest Hemingway; the interesting man with many different roles. He was born in 1899 in Illinois and started his career of writing at the young age of seventeen while working at a newspaper office located in Kansas City. Hemingway wrote many different novels, including his most famous works: “The Old Man and the Sea”, “To Have and Have Not”, and “The Sun Also Rises”. Earnest Hemingway was an important part to American Literature because of his unique writing style about very unique ideas. An…

Ernest Hemingway’s writing was often influenced by his own life. During his life Hemingway struggled with his masculinity. In his Nick Adams stories the theme of masculinity is explored. Nick, like Hemingway, struggles with the constant need to be masculine. In these stories, Nick avoids the topics of his future and the war because of his need to be masculine. These topics inspire fear and the feeling of inferiority in Nick and masculinity includes neither fear nor inferiority. This is…

Hills like white elephants is a story of a couple waiting at a train station in Spain. The couple is facing a significant life changing decision; should the women get an abortion or keep the child. As they are communicating the conversation remains very vague and unreassuring. The couple never goes into detail of the abortion. Making the theme of this story: Clear communication is significant to make life decisions without creating doubt. Hemingway expands on this theme by using symbolism, Point…