The Adventure of the Final Problem

and is therefore the “creator” of the society. His old age and physical position above everyone else on the stepladder further reinforces this idea. Then, Vonnegut portrays God’s reaction to the society through the old man’s reflection on Wehling’s final acts: “He knew that he would never paint again. He let his paintbrush fall to the drop-cloths below. And then he decided he had had about enough of life in the Happy Garden of Life, too, and he came slowly down from the ladder. He took Wehling’s…

Frozen! One of the best animated movies of 2013. It included everything anyone would want to see in a movie and so much more. From the opening of the movie a very calm mood was set that really set the plot for the entire movie. After the opening scene it shows Anna climbing on her sister asking her to go play. After giving in to a non-deniable beg, Elsa and Anna take off the picture room to have a snow fest which soon turn bad after Elsa strikes Anna in the head with her powers leaving Anna…

by leaves. They are still in yellow color. It indicates that nobody has used the roads up to that time. The poet wants to take the first road on another day. He comes to the decision of taking the second road. The decisions taken in life are often final. There is no turning back. The poet tells this with a sigh that what will happen later with his choice. He has selected the road which is less travelled. That is the difference between the first road and second road. There is an adventurous…

Considered a controversial novel from the moment of its publication, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been accused of being racist and prejudiced repeatedly for over a hundred years. Written by famous American author Mark Twain, the novel portrays the American South before the Civil War. The novel points out, through satire of a society that embraced slavery, that racism is still a problem in an antebellum South. In the novel, a runaway slave named Jim travels with an adolescent companion,…

in “The Final Problem” he declares: “There is no one who knows the higher criminal world of London as I do” (471). His ability to identify with the dark underside of the metropolis requires him to be acquainted not only with the criminals who populate it but also with…

The idea of space exploration is a trending topic with those who have a fascination with the “Final Frontier” (otherwise known as space). Some people believe that humanity should invest into programs that benefit the idea and efforts of space exploration to make it a reality. They believe that humanity's expansion into space would benefit mankind with all the knowledge and possible materials we would gain from its expansion ; they believe it’s well worth the investment and would return profit…

way back from the Trojan war, Odysseus encounters many problems due to which held him back. After overcoming all these problems, Odysseus comes home to his wife and son. During his twenty year journey home Odysseus does not successfully complete the Hero’s Journey. What is the Hero’s Journey? The Hero’s Journey is a pattern of narrative identified by Joseph Campbell that appears in various types of storytelling. It describes the typical adventure of the…

learning disability or disciplinary problems, and who appear to not be able to learn, may instead opt out of the system and rather put their intelligence and creativity elsewhere, outside of school. In the story, “The Tattooed Man”, Kohl starts off by telling us, the readers, before anything can be accomplished, teachers need to challenge the hopelessness that is felt by students. He stresses the importance of creativity, as well as imagination and adventure within all students, and believes…

Marching band showed me one of the most important parts of my life. Marching band teaches people. With Mr. Beach as a director, one learns more than just how to march and play an instrument. It all started three years ago with five people in a loose section. To preface this story, I need to explain instruments. I found myself playing mellophone in marching band. The mellophone resembled a bigger trumpet and used by French horn players. Flugelhorns also look like trumpets, but they share the…

In Zora Neale Hurston’s, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie Crawford, the main character of the novel embarks on a journey of self discovery, independence and self understanding. She enters several marriages and her universal expectations for each grow as she learns from the last. Though she has three serious relationships, Janie does not ever have her desires fully met, even with the one she loved most, Tea Cake. Janie spends much of her life in search of her happiness to find in the end that…