Philip Burne-Jones

The ability to read and write is essential for a human being in this world, yet it remains a privilege. The illiteracy rate around the world is high and there are many people on this earth that have never been given the chance to read and write. Whether the cause of this is war, poverty, or culture, the world is not where it should be today in terms of how many people are literate. This information was told to me constantly as a child and I believe knowing this shaped me into being the…

In book 9 of Plato’s Republic, Socrates describes the character of a tyrant. All men, Socrates admits, have a lawless and beastly nature. This darker nature displays itself during dreams, while the rational part is sleeping. “Then the wild beast within us, gorged with meat or drink, starts up and having shaken off sleep, goes forth to satisfy his desires; and there is no conceivable folly or crime a man may not be ready to commit.” The difference between tyrants and other men is that tyrants do…

Fences Literary Analysis Jack Kelley P.1 In the play Fences, a fence itself symbolises what the family wants for each other and how certain characters want to live their lives. Rose, the main character’s wife, wants the fence because it makes her feel secure both physically and mentally. While Troy, the main character, wants it because it gives him control of his territory. The fence to Cory, Troy’s son, is a thing that would be both physically and mentally blocking him from his true…

Fences symbolize different things for each character. To Troy the fence symbolizes a boundary separating him from his two lives, to Rose it represents something that holds her family together and to Cory, it represents the internal conflict he has about which side of the fence he wants to be on. Through the book the characters grow and learn more about what the fence means to them. The fence to Troy represents a seperation between his two lives. On one side of the fence there’s Rose who requires…

“A women is unstoppable after she realizes she deserves better.” – Anonymous. In the drama, “Fences” the relationship between husband and wife is one to inspect. Rose and Troy are a couple that do not always see eye to eye, yet Rose always looks for the best in him. Even toward the end, although Rose is wants nothing to do with Troy she still takes in his new daughter. A similar relationship can be seen in the short story “Sweat”. The relationship between Deli and Sykes is far from perfect. Deli…

Jimmy Page formed The Firm with former Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers, and John Paul Jones returned to producing ("The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum."). Jones release a soundtrack album named "Scream for Help" in 1986. The band has sporadically reunited several times since their disbanding. They performed together in 1985 at Live Aid, with Phil Collins and Tony Thompson…

Song lyrics have always been more poetic than people tend to give credit, through their imaginative and emotional style of expressing the author’s intents yet allowing each listener to add their own experiences into the interpretation. Recorded in 1972 and released in 1973, Led Zeppelin’s “The Rain Song” displays the bands creative genius in producing a ballad that has stood the test of time. At the suggestion of Led Zeppelin drummer, John Bonham, following a discussion with George Harrison…

“She’s a dreamer. A doer. A thinker. She sees possibility everywhere.” - Anonymous. For the past week I’ve done a lot of thinking about the American dream and what that means to me. This semester in school we read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald which is set in the 1920’s ; the American dream back then was all about money, who could throw the biggest party, have the best clothes, drive the best car rather than morals values such as hope and the pursuit of happiness. Now, almost a century…

The administration of the interest inventory gives the assessor the opportunity to get to know the student as a reader and individual. Two interest inventories were given that provided various pieces information, from the student’s hobbies to her feelings about reading. Before the administration of the inventories began, the student was told the inventories were just a way for the administrator to get to know her more as a reader and that they would assist in choosing reading passages for the…

Ironically, the author August Wilson did not name the play because of the building of the fence in Troy’s backyard. There is a significance to this title as it relates to Troy and Rose specifically. The characters’ lives serves as a literal and figurative representation for the building of the fence. They represent the relationships that are bonded and broken due to the building of this said fence. The characters create “fences” in their lives. Instances include the things that Troy wants to…