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    big important people in everything. For example, these people exist in sports, businesses, and even poetry. The American poet, William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), was one of the four major American poets or in other words, one of the big guys. Williams always loved literature; however, he went to medical school in hopes of becoming a physician. Despite his schooling, Williams still enjoyed writing. With his love of writing and physician degree, he really had a huge effect with the style, this…

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    City, after Carlisle Indian school, where she then became an assistant at the New York Public Library. At the time there were lots of known poets roaming the streets of Broadway, and so Marianne Moore got a chance to meet a few of them, like William Carlos Williams, and Wallace Stevens. She became friends and mentors to a lot of them. She served as acting editor of the Dial from 1925 to 1929. Along with the work of such other members of the Imagist movement as…

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    use of symbolism is how authors convey their beliefs and messages to the reader and how they explicate on elements in their stories. In Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, he uses the symbolism of the fire escape to illustrate Tom’s character, Laura’s character, and his message about abandonment and escape in relation to human life. One way Williams uses the symbolism of the fire escape is to inform the reader of Tom’s character in more detail. At the beginning of Scene III, Tom appears, in…

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    In chapter 7 of Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the boys and Ralph embark on another hunt for a boar. They view a sizable boar and Ralph aims his spear into the snout. Ralph was tremendously excited and felt steadfast that he hit the boar (even though he didn’t kill it). After this event, the boys decided to reenact it because they found it humorous and entertaining, and Robert acted as the boar. All of the boys decided to participate in this reenactment, including Ralph, and they were not…

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    Zion Laoo William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, is about the struggle of applying order, leadership, and civilization when there is no higher order to answer to. At a young age children learn the basic rule of being a good citizen by learning the difference between what is right and what is wrong. Robert Fulgham’s points out this early development of order in his poem, “Everything I Ever Learned I Learned in Kindergarten.” Fulgham’s poem points out that we learn to clean up our own mess,…

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    Tom to stop using the vulgus books. The last encounter that Arthur has is with Slugger Williams. Williams said that he would beat up Arthur because he was crying. Arthur was not crying because he was upset, but rather he was moved by the passage he was reading. Tom does not agree with Williams and fights him. He does this to protect Arthur. Arthur is not big enough or strong enough to stand up against Williams. Ephesians 4:6 shows the importance of what Tom did. It states that “be angry, but sin…

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    Robin Williams Influence

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    world” - Robin Williams. Words are symbols that bring definition, form of visions, build beliefs, and impact actions. Words produce thoughts.Thoughts are energy. This energy can pick you up, or can drop you down. It changes your body, mind, and soul. Robin Williams was an important and influential figure in history that had a positive/negative impact on the world because he made people laugh and be inspired. Robin Williams was born on July 21,1951 , in Chicago, Illinois. Williams dad…

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    which slowly starts to scatter. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies presents the theme that all humans have evil inside of them and is a natural human trait. Although many people can be good, there is still evil stowed away inside of them. For instance, when Simon was talking to the Lord of the Flies, it said “‘I’m warning you...We are going to have fun on this island…’ … ‘We shall do you’” (144). In other words, the Lord of the…

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    them all; Shakespeare’s works remain to be popular in the 21st century due to their role in shaping and addressing matters yet significant today. One of the major issues in today’s world are financial issues and discrimination, clearly evident in William Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice which talks about the financial problems of a character named Antonio and discrimination of Jewish characters such as Shylock by Christian characters such as Antonio and Lancelot shown throughout the play.…

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    William Shakespeare wrote about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and 5 poems. In this play Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Don John portrays different and opposite character traits of Don Pedro. Much Ado About Nothing is a play about intertwined romantic relationships between Leonato and Hero, and Beatrice and Benedick in which other characters, such as Don John, use deceptive tactics to mislead others. Don John and Don Pedro help illuminate in the play that deception can be used to hurt…

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