Resolute

is infested inside of Dick. After all, the picture of hair spread all over walls covered with blood from the gunshot to which he is referring is not only gruesome— it’s inhumane. Who in their right mind could say such an unfathomable thing with a resolute, humorless, unwavering face and be completely serious? Through Capote’s inclusion of this single remark, Dick becomes someone who lacks rationale, who is encompassed in dark thoughts, and who should be feared by all those around him. By quoting…

The criminal justice system responds to fees paid to the agency or organization, which the crime is affiliated with our government system. These government duties entail upholding an investigation (generally done to see if any admission of guilt occurs). Then once the investigation is signifying the next step is to formally charge of the suspect (execution of charge are delegated for further examination). Then the final process is to set the tone is actually established by making the first…

A simile is the figure of speech used to compare two things using the words like or as, and so on. In the Iliad, Homer uses a lot of similes either to explain the character, or to explain the situation explicitly. The above simile is from book 16, titled Patroclus Fights and Dies. Patroclus knows a large number of the Achaeans are struggling to survive on the ship: some of them hit by arrows and others run through with spears. Achilles, a great warrior, could save them if he goes in war but he…

he finds out that he will not be defeated by anyone born of a woman, or until the trees surrounding his castle get up and walk. At this point, Macbeth is fully convinced that he is nearly invincible when the Witches tell him, “Be bloody, bold, and resolute: laugh to scorn/ The pow’r of man; for none of woman born/ Shall harm Macbeth...Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care/ Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are:/ Macbeth shall never vanquish’d be until/ Great Birnan wood to high…

Literature has told many stories, from the dawn of creation to post apocalyptic societies, shaping the minds and societies of all. Literature also tells the story of what society values and ideals, their struggles and triumphs. Old English literature is no exception. Another way in which all stories, share something in common is the idea of a hero and his deeds. An example of this idea of the hero is seen particularly in the story of Beowulf. Beowulf exemplifies the ideas of an Anglo-Saxon…

World War II: The Great War, Versailles, and Hitler When World War I ended the American attitude toward Germany was one of apathy and resolution. This ,coupled with the shared shrewdness and vengeful demands toward Germany inside the Treaty of Versailles, as well as Hitler's increasingly isolationist and Aryan views of the world and power, led to the catastrophe that was World War II. Even before the end of World War I, the American populous felt that anything German- music, food, language-…

The perfect picture, one that painted for the universal group of college students across the world. The expectations for us is to finished high school, next enter a university and be complete within no later then five years with our BA or BS, assuming we will have a perfect career after this and live the happily ever after. This is not even remotely close to the case. Many graduated students do not get this “perfect pictures” society is expecting of them. Rather, many of college student, find…

One of these was his (resolute)strong will. Throughout his life, he experienced chronic pains from gunshot wounds, smallpox, tuberculosis, and other intestinal diseases. However, Jackson fought hard, never letting his ill health triumph over him, much like he did to anything or…

The novel, Emma, by Jane Austen tells the story of Emma Woodhouse and the love drama in the small village of Highbury. It takes place in the early nineteenth century England, where the young adults of this town are looking for suitable spouses. Emma finds herself meddling in the love affairs of Ms. Harriet Smith and matching making a potential suitor to a sweet, candid but rather dense lady. Contrary to Harriet, Emma is an intelligent, pretty and well-a-do empress of Highbury’s social scene,…

The Communist Manifesto was written in 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. In the book they explain what communism is and how the concept came to be. It is split into four sections to help explain the different aspects of the Communist party’s ideas and goals. The Manifesto opens with, “A specter is haunting Europe—the specter of communism,” (14). Marx continues on to explain that all of Europe has begun to align themselves together against Communism. Therefore, the Communists have come…