Stranger in a Strange Land

This inability isn’t surprising. Matt had been born and bred in apathy and continued the tradition. He was from a highway town that stayed alive on fast food joints and motels for motorists passing through to get to places more interesting. These towns cling to life on the interstate and they bloom and wilt on the whim of the Federal Highway Commission. In the cars zooming by, his hometown invoked a Midwestern nostalgia of simpler times and better people but on any closer examination these…

He admires her from afar, which is behavior that is definitely condemned in his society. Equality starts to develop feelings for this beautiful stranger, and gives her a little nickname in his head, the Golden One. Day after day Equality spends time marveling at the Golden One, and every moment that he spends just in her presence, his love for her grows. Eventually, Equality gains the courage to…

This essay will discuss Catherine and Heathcliff 's development as characters through the two key settings of the Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights. Focusing on their characteristics of pride, anger, passion and resentment which are developed through the key factors of love and the Heights chaotic and dangerous nature. This will be contrasted to the civilised representation of culture in which the Grange exemplifies. Catherine relationship with the Grange began when she was mauled by a…

the book, “The Alchemist” Santiago, the main character, does go through the stages of a Hero’s Journey. The first step in the Hero’s Journey is the Call to Adventure (Dulong). This is when the hero is introduced the possibility of a journey. In the land of Andalusia, Santiago is a content shepherd with a quiet and peaceful life. Puzzled by a recurring dream, he seeks the advice of a Gypsy woman who is known for interpreting dreams (Coelho 11). In his dream, he sees a child playing with his…

“BOOKER, YOU RUN, right quick, and go tell Homer he has to go fetch Mr. Jared. Tells him, Miss Lorelei done moved in and says this is her home now,” instructed May-bell. To May-bell’s shock and horror, there was the distinct rustle of silk organza coming from the doorway behind her. Her whole body went rigid with fear and her heart was thumping against her ribs with such force that she thought it would burst out of her chest and plop right down at Miss Lore-lei’s feet. “I’m sure Mr. Anderson,…

Jamestown” by David A. Price illustrates the journey and struggles of John Smith and the other English settlers coming to Virginia and starting a colony. The of challenge of communicating with the Native population, and learning to survive in a foreign land. The meeting and relationship between John Smith and Pocahontas, which involves her saving his life twice. It continues on after John Smith is sent back to England, and tells the story of Pocahontas, her capture by the English, and eventual…

1. I love the provocative question asked about the difference between force v. persuasion. And what a nicely formed question. One of the many things I find in my everyday life teaching the kids the difference between argumentation and debate. And just as there is a difference between those two, I believe that there is a stark difference between force and persuasion. Socrates certainly was pleading, but in that mind set, is that more of a persuasion? One might even debate that manipulation…

Two distinguished authors, Richard Rodriguez and Lucille P. McCarthy, discuss important aspects of reading and writing throughout their essays. Rodriguez’s “The Achievement of Desire” and McCarthy’s “A Stranger in Strange Lands: A College Student Writing Across the Curriculum” emphasize lessons and teachings related to reading and writing. With this being said, both similar and different ideas are discussed by Rodriguez and McCarthy. First, one main similarity includes the idea that one must…

Upon speculation, I noticed that she was dressed in a conservative manner – draped in linen cloth. This gave off the impression that clothing in general of respectable woman served to conceal them from the eyes of strange men, those who weren’t their husbands. My mind wondered off to the many festivals held on the streets of Sparta – whereby woman of all forms paraded their bodily features. There was nothing shameful in doing so because Spartans knew that nakedness…

Introduction: The life and works of Lewis Carroll: Charles Dodgson, born in 1832 to Charles Dodgson (a clergyman) and Frances, in Daresbury, England, took the pen name, Lewis Carroll. Lewis has ten other siblings as well. “He told his brothers and sisters stories, made up games and wrote magazines with them,” (Woolf, Pg.1) says Edward Wakeling, having spent 12 years annotating Dodgson’s diaries. Lewis apparently loved to entertain children, and they loved him as well.. At eighteen, Lewis…