The Mighty

Everyone reacts differently to their environment. In the passage from Ann Petry's The Street, Lutie Johnson's shows how she struggled and adapted with being in an urban environment. Petry uses many literary devices to show Johnson's determination. Through the usage of heavy imagery and personification, Petry shows that Johnson is capable of adapting. One of the most prevalent literary device used was personification. In the passage, the main antagonist isn't a person like in most stories, but…

The Puritans were a group of very religious people. The term Puritan were applied to two groups of people who believed they should separate themselves from the corrupt Church of England. They also believed that God has selected a certain few for salvation, but unlike other christians they thought faith was just not enough. Jonathan Edwards and Anne Bradstreet about some of the puritans ways and beliefs. Bradstreet wrote a poem named “Upon The Burning of Our House.” Edwards wrote a sermon…

The short story “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathanial Hawthorne takes place in Salem, Massachusetts. The time of the story takes place during puritan times, mostly meaning that everybody was going to end up with god if one does not sin. Sins do not make a person evil, because everybody sins, and Nathanial Hawthorne proves the theme everybody has sins throughout the use of symbolism, irony, and foreshadowing. One of the literary techniques Hawthorn uses to develop the theme everybody sins, is by…

covert operations mission carried out by the CIA, ordered by president Eisenhower. Their goal was to evict President Jacobo Arbenz from Guatemalan power. Because america feared that Arbenz was sympathetic of soviet Communism. And there was no way the mighty Americans of the first world we’re going to let the socialist soviets of the second world take over guatemala and hinder america’s stake and business in Guatemala. As well as the physical and financial benefits the gave to guatemala. It was…

I have peace only because I can rest in the knowledge that my husband loved the Lord, no doubt about it, he was a child of God and the prayer warrior of our family, a mighty man of God who was deeply loved by his family and many people around the world whose lives he…

What would you do if you were unexpectedly invited on an adventure? If you were once an unadventurous, uptight, simple Hobbit. Would you go on an adventure with complete strangers for a once in a lifetime experience? Bilbo Baggins the Main character in "The Hobbit" had to make this very decision. Bilbo should have left on an adventure for three reasons: to experience emotions, to develop an understanding of the world around him, and to discover his self-worth. The first reason Bilbo should…

An Important Theme in To Kill a Mockingbird Racism. Something that is more than obvious in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Not only was it a problem in the book, but, it was indeed, a humongous problem in reality. But that’s not all, it’s still a problem today! Harper Lee wanted to address that problem, and she showed how it was slowly killing our nation by writing a book. Now, even though this book was written a while ago, it is still known to be a truly inspiring book, and…

this demon like character. The first interaction between Beowulf and Grendel occurred in the mead hall. Grendel enters the mead hall after tearing down the doors and eats a warrior. Beowulf steps up to Grendel with no armor or weapons. With Beowulf’s mighty strength he eventually rips Grendel’s arm out of socket and keeps his arm while Grendel exits the mead hall to die. Hrothgar and his people were so thankful of Beowulf, he is given treasure, horses, and weapons. The following night Grendel’s…

In short King’s first purpose of his letter is to use rhetorical strategies such as: ethos, logos, and pathos, to refute the letter issued by his fellow clergymen. The second purpose of his letter comes abruptly clear in the third page of his letter when King declares “… last few years I have been gravely disappointed… Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.” (King 3). He uses this page to make the transition from refuting arguments to guiding his fellow clergymen…

The day is April 5th, 1892, for one day short of a fortnight I have remained ensnared within this dreary cabin, caring for my ailing son, Torsten. Much time has passed, devoid of signs of improvement. I have then come to the apprehensive conclusion that I must voyage to the towns to gather medicinal supplies. My only concern is whether Torsten can persist awaiting my arrival, only time will tell. Unfortunately, I have no choice but to venture out into the forest to embark on my thirty-mile trek…