Tallis Scholars

The complexity of the human mind is very hard to understand. McEwan’s Atonement, is a novel beginning in 1935 when Briony Tallis, a thirteen year old girl commits a crime that sends Robbie Turner, an innocent man to jail. Consequently Briony seeks redemption and atonement throughout her live, initially during WWII and later in the late 1900’s in a form of a book that Briony writes of Robbie Turner’s and Cecilia Tallis’s undying love. On the other hand, DeWitt’s The Sisters Brothers, is a story that takes place in the Old West during the late 1800’s. The Sisters Brothers, is written from Eli Sisters point of view. Eli Sisters and Charlie Sisters are hitmen that work for Commodore, a underworld lord. Commodore assigns the Sisters brothers to assassinate Hermann Kermit Warm. On…

In both Plato’s “Apology” and Emerson’s “The American Scholar”, the two authors focus on a similar topic: the characteristics and examples of a man thinking. Emerson discusses the American Scholar, also known as the “man thinking”. A “man thinking” is rare in a community. This individual is one who thinks outside of the norms and is not easily influenced by society’s common beliefs. In Plato’s Apology, Plato presents Socrates whose actions allow us to believe that he is an example of a “man…

Non-violence is a powerful ideology and approach for social change that refutes the use of physical violence. But why choose non-violence over violence? The usage of nonviolence involves peaceful active behavior within the midst of conflict. At its core, nonviolence embodies respect, and even love, for one’s opponents. The practice acknowledges and utilizes the importance of dialogue without the utilization of physical threat or coercion in negotiating and problem solving. Also histories records…

Thomas Tallis Although he was one of the greatest composers of the renaissance not is much known about thomas tallis's personality or his personal life at all for that matter. It is said that he was a happy man. Thomas was born about 1505, he lived in england where there was much controversy over the christian faith. Kings could demand the faith they believed in and it swung protestant, catholic and protestant again. they also desired divine music for their daily worship and this is…