Tom Lehrer

The story I'd like to interpret is entitled “The Ice Palace” and it’s written by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. The author is one of the greatest American writers. His books nowadays are as successful as his own life was a failure. He wrote five novels, four volumes of short stories and a selection of his autobiographical pieces. “The Ice Palace” is one of Fitzgerald’s stories. The author reveals some problems in this story: a problem of generation gap, a problem of choice of future husband and wife,…

Tyrion Lannister: “All dwarfs are bastards in their father's eyes.”(to John Snow) Translation 1. 天下的侏儒在他们父亲眼里都是私生子。 Translation 2.全天下的侏儒，在他们父亲眼里都跟私生子没两样。 The first version is based on foreignization, as we can see, the message from source material is delivered effectively. However, it is unsatisfactory. In this scene, Tyrion was trying to encourage the bastard of Ned Stark, John Snow, the first version more like a unappreciated dwarf whining to another unlucky bastard, as a matter of fact, he is…

Huckleberry (Huck) Finn, the main character in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, had lacked the important person that every young boy needs, a father. Huck’s biological father was not a prominent person in his life, he abandoned Huck so he could carelessly drink any alcohol he could get his hands on. When he finally tried to be in Huck’s life he kidnapped him, and only came back around because the word of Huck now having a great quantity of money meant he would have an endless supply of liquor…

William Benemann had clear intent when writing his most recent novel, Men in Eden: William Drummond Stewart and Same-sex Desire in the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade. Answering the call of Jim Wilke's Frontiers magazine article suggesting the topic, Benemann set to "restore William Drummond Stewart to his place at the table," (2). Though Benemann doubts any intentional misrepresentation of Stewart's sexual history, he believes that most historians simply did not consider the possibility that he was…

Before the invention of recorded sound, ballads were a form of storytelling that was easy to remember. It was made for an audience to remember, consequently they often rhymed and sang with the aid of a tune, audiences would often join along in song or convey their opinion about the message or event in the piece. A ballad is a story, fictitious or real, usually involving an event either political, jovial or a feat of strength, virtue or heroism. When the printing press became available in the…

Huck Finn, Cool Hand Luke, and Catcher in the Rye, all have something important that are the same. There are many similar outlines of these three stories. They each state something that has common features in each of the incredibly detailed backgrounds. For example, both Huck Finn and Holden Caulfield take an adventure during the books. They both took a journey into self-discovery. You could say that Luke took that journey for himself, as well. He proved to himself and the other inmates that he…

Robert Penn Warren All the Kings' Men portrays the rise of Willie Stark from poverty to governor with the help of his right hand man Jack Burden. For a better analysis on how to do the right thing in politics through Willie Stark, Thomas Aquinas and Niccol'o Machiavelli provide sufficient evidence to support his methods of leadership. When Machiavelli stated, "Ascent to princely power by some criminal or evil conduct; and the rise of a private citizen to supreme authority in his land through…

Tom responds, "Well, if it ain't just like you, Huck Finn. You can get up the infant-schooliest ways of going at a thing. Why hain't you ever read any books at all? Whoever heard of getting a prisoner loose in such an old-maidy way as that?" The tom-foolery nearly gets the boys and Jim killed.”(Twain.chapter…

Nigger. Schools and other scholars want to banish this word from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, because they are concerned for those who are sensitive to this word. This book should not be changed in any way. Twain wrote what he wanted others to read. For him to write “nigger” 219 times should clearly mean he had a good reason to do so. Huck Finn should remain uncensored. No matter how sensitive people are, they need to see this word to remember what happened so long ago.…

The novel series, “The Leatherstocking Tales,” written by James Fenimore Cooper is based on various conflicts about Nathaniel Bumppo, also known as Hawkeye. Hawkeye finds it difficult to combine the colonial and frontier cultures, allowing his true character to take place and become evident. He uses his ordinary skills that every hero has, bringing along Chingachgook and Uncas. Hawkeye expresses the significant ways of an American hero through his moral code, generosity, and resourcefulness.…