To the Lighthouse

Although his life ended very early, Sonny Clark was still able to make his mark on the musical community. Sonny is known for his musical works as a hard bop, jazz pianist. But like many musicians, Clark may not have had such an impact on the musical world if not for the inspiration of the musicians before him. Sonny was inspired by several musicians, and therefore, spent much of his short life jumping from state to state gathering as much knowledge and experience as he could. Sonny Clark was…

prisons are high end secure place to keep all the worst criminals off the streets. Alcatraz is sometimes referred to as “The Rock..” “The Rock” is to be measured some 22 acres and it is 121 feet above sea level. It was originally developed to be a lighthouse. In 1934 it became to be a super max prison, Its capacity is 450 people. The guard to prisoner ratio was 1:3. In March 21, 1963 Alcatraz was shut down after 29 years of operation due to the high operating costs. It is now one of the Bay…

has no value to them in a society as it is to old. John is nevertheless the heroic character questioning the utopian morals as they go against his own belief of people needing unhappiness to appreciate the beauty in life. He isolates himself in a lighthouse instead of going back to the World State because of his limited knowledge of the world inadequately allowed him to see that the civilized society is fine as it…

travel) then asks people to tell him about Ibn Batutta. Perhaps there are parts that are truly on the footsteps of Ibn Battuta’s journey (such as when Mackintosh – Smith finds the cave in China, whirling dervishes, Turkish nomads, Chinese mosque/lighthouse etc) while others might be just myth that are not related to Ibn Battuta’s pilgrimage. Thus, the documentary makes skeptical audience not totally convinced that the content was entirely related to Ibn BAtuta’s…

We are all motivated to do certain tasks in our lives. Most motivations for our own personal gain and personal wealth as a human being. In the book Beowulf, which is translated by Burton Raffel, tells the story of a young warrior who goes to a foreign land to fight a monster disturbing this village. The Anglo-Saxton code, mentioned many times in the Epic is code is loosely based off the saying; You are expected to do it, even if you don't want to do it. In the book, Beowulf helps the poor town…

control when in reality he did not. People offered to help him but he refused and said everything was alright. Eventually him and his son were out in the middle of the ocean. They were could still see lights from near by hotels and the light from the lighthouse. They saw the lights and heard the rumble of the rescue…

possibility to get an impression of all the different characters Huxley creates. You are able to be with different characters at different places, at the beginning with the director in the Conditioning and Hatchery Centre or in the end with John in the lighthouse. This has the effect that you get a really good impression of this strange world. Because there are so many personalities you can see it from different views and the omniscient narrator tells you what is going on with the characters and…

Jessalyn Nguyen Brave new world essay AP literature Period 2 In Brave New World the life of choosing a whole population over one’s ownself can be described as “barbaric” in modern times. In Brave New World John’s alienation is quite sad for us to see and read but it shapes his choices throughout the book which plays an important role in his decision making throughout the book. When Lenina and Bernard went on vacation to the island they were shocked to see how many people were poor and…

What makes someone into a hero? Is it superpowers or a cape or an awesome costume? No, no, and no, none of these make someone into a hero. People all say that heroes have to do something major to be a hero but that isn’t true. You can go out and see that someone needs help and you go help them, does that make you a hero? I say yes it does. Even though the world taught us that heroes run around in capes and costumes, the true heroes are the ones who go out of their way to do something good for…

Shakespeare lived during the reign of Elizabeth the first, a period where women wore makeup made of poisonous lead and people believed the body was composed of 4 humors, blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. Given this information it’s hard to believe that anything written during this time could possibly keep people enthralled but Shakespeare has endured the test of time. His work has been imitated, modernized but never duplicated. Love was a theme Shakespeare frequently wrote about.…