The Looking Glass Wars

and as far as the government is concerned, unwelcome visitors. When their lives intersect, we see several clashes between different systems. On the micro level, we see a clash of class. Walter is a professor with multiple homes. He likes a nice glass of wine, and listens to classical music. His peer group…

fulfilled his duty with the greatest enthusiasm and your grandfather’s letter was published, with his permission, alongside his obituary a few days before his death. “On the night of December 31, 1899, Adam stood at the windowsill, gripping it tightly, looking at the flakes that were falling from the heavens. “‘None of them are alike,’ said your grandfather. He spent a good hour at the sill with Adam, standing with a newfound strength beside him. We all stayed up that night, watching the…

ingrained to seek out their personal interests while disregarding others. In short humans are all about the “me, myself and I attitude” however, people will conform to societal rules as long as everyone else does, because they are tired of fighting “the war against all” (p.15). Locke, Montesquieu, Voltaire and Rousseau also posited that…

The first, and most hotly contested question, that modern scholars ask about Heinrich Schliemann’s archaeological legacy is whether or not his findings at Hisarlik and his claims about Homer’s Troy are the result of lies. On May 31st, 1873, Heinrich Schliemann wrote in his excavation journal that he had found a large cache of gold and briefly described a few of the objects. Beyond that, there was no thorough account of what Schliemann found until much later. Once Schliemann finally revealed what…

A) Some of the words that Canaday used to characterize Picasso that I thought were the most significant were that Picasso was decisive, dynamic, and relentless. These three descriptors stood out to me because they can be used to describe not just Picasso himself, but how his work developed over time. The constant growth and changing of styles that Picasso underwent throughout his artistic career, much of which can be considered dynamic and against the grain, was truly remarkable. Canaday’s use…

displayed in daily life in the world, but it is also displayed in works of literature. Such works of literature that include prejudices, stereotypes, and misconceptions, are To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. The main characters in the three core texts experience outward influences from their…

Treading The Current I see a river which is clear as glass on a winter morning and reflects what is around it. It is deep, but by looking at it most people think it is shallow and unchanged. I feel like that river. Most people look at me and believe I am bratty or they think that my parents give me anything I want, instead of realizing how deep my thoughts and actions are. Many new classmates think that I am hard to talk to, because I walk around with a straight face. I also mirror my friends,…

He turned a little sideways in his chair to drink his mug of coffee. At the table on his left the man with the strident voice was still talking remorselessly away. A young woman who was perhaps his secretary, and who was sitting with her back to Winston, was listening to him and seemed to be eagerly agreeing with everything that he said. From time to time Winston caught some such remark as 'I think you're so right, I do so agree with you', uttered in a youthful and rather silly feminine voice.…

The Invisible man Invisible man is something we do not hear on a daily bases. The man who change everything with his power will be shown through the actions he decides to make during the novel The invisible Man by H.G Wells. We are shown how great of a writer Wells is. We can recognize the theme of power in the actions of the invisible man has made throughout his novel. In The Invisible Man, Wells exercise the symbolism of power and self-control to develop the theme of power. Power is…

In modern times, social and humans rights have become a priority of focus for many humans comparable to the amount of importance they put on economic and foreign issues. In 1969, this longing for rights for humans transferred to equal rights for homosexuals when a police raid occurred at a gay bar in New York City (Conference). This triggered a riot and provoked a movement that sought to end the discrimination against LGBT’s. LGBT stands for those that are: lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender…