Point Pleasant

dreadful, or unpleasant. However, the underlying meaning of Death is the exact opposite in this poem. The narrative subject of the poem finds herself to be immersed, and too involved with the humdrum of everyday living. From the subject’s point-of-view, the character Death is a like a civil gentleman who interrupts her in order to remove her thoughts of everyday living. The poem is not meant to portray Death as something evil, but rather as someone civilized and…

Utilitarianism is one of the most addressed ideologies in ethics. Blackburn explains this ideology as: “It concentrates upon general well-wishing or benevolence, or solidarity or identification with the pleasures and pains or welfare of people as a whole” (Blackburn, 86). To expand on this quote, the basic goal of utilitarians is to have the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people in a society. (Blackburn, 82). It focuses on actions that are morally right and forward-looking. When…

theme, to developed the major purpose in the story. She also uses this because it delivers many main points to the story. Right from the start of the short story, the author states, "The man had a round, self- satisfied face, with glasses on it; the woman was fadingly pretty in a big hat. The author used this because it was describing the main characters and gave a verbal description and to a point which is to exaggerate. This wasn't the only caricature the author used in the short story, she…

A Jury of her Peers by Susan Glaspell. This story was from the point of view of Mrs. Hale. It is in third person, although we hear mostly Mrs. Hale’s thoughts. I would consider this a drama. The story was about a man that was murdered (John Wright) by his wife, and how her friends judged her guilty in their minds, before she even went to trial. Mrs. Wright hung and murdered her husband because he killed her bird, which was very precious to her. When Mrs. Wright was questioned by Mr. Hale,…

Muir states, “In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” It’s interesting to notice that a simple walk can encourage a man to be inspired by the beauty that nature offers. From seeing nature through the point of an essay and seeing nature through the point of a poem, John Muir, and William Wordsworth created two different pieces that express their connection between man and nature. With the use of tone, imagery and diction, John Muir's essay, Calypso Borealis and William…

relationships towards the end of his life creates sympathy, proving further Howard’s claim that despite Esteban’s nefarious acts, the reader retains sympathy for the “old monster.” The forgiveness Blanca and Pedro Tercero shows exemplifies Howard’s point. Even Blanca and Pedro, after Esteban causes them endless distress, forgive him. Esteban has successfully healed his…

Reading "History of the Personal Computer" It was a pleasant spring morning to sit out on the porch and read chapter 3 and 4 from the course material. Much of this history I had either lived through in the 70's or been exposed to at the Intel Museum's Santa Clara California. As I understand it, the Museum was started as a place to put all of Gordon Moore stuff. In chapter 4 the story of Wazniaks and Jobs early years, was also amusing. I read the same story about the blue box in the early…

recent West Point junior high concert because they had good diction, they sang all of the correct notes, and they kept their eyes on the conductor. First of all, Carol of the Bells was sung by West Point Junior Highs Madrigals. When they sung it, they had very good diction. You could hear every word that they said loud and clear, and it sounded amazing a Capella. When you sing a song, it is nice to have good diction. If not, then it would be a bunch of mumbles, which isn't very pleasant.…

“The History boys” by Alan Bennett is a play that depicts different educational styles, which give divergent points of view of the 1980s scholastic system. “The History boys” mirrors the progressions in instructive approach and procedures under the government of Margaret Thatcher, and promotes many problems about the way of training and information that stay vital even for today’s education. During Thatcherism, league tables were introduced to allow parents to see how local schools measured up…

artwork represents her growth throughout the story because at the start of the story her art was bad, not very detailed, dark, gloomy. At the midway point of the story her artstyle improved, her art was ok, average, but it was still gloomy and sad but was slowly gaining life. At the end of the story Melinda’s artwork is full of life, happy, detailed and pleasant to look at and it really shows how she has grown not just as an artist but as a person as well. Melinda’s artwork represents her…