WIT

one of the most incredible and influential writers in American literature and his influence is still very transparent today. He was also a riverboat pilot, journalist, lecturer, entrepreneur, and inventor. Mark Twain explored the American soul with wit and a sharp eye for the truth. He became one of America's best and most beloved writers. Samuel Langhorne Clemens was the sixth child of John Marshall and Jane Lampton Clemens.…

featured in films. They incorporated the surrounding landscape into the design pf their homes. 6. When did “postmodern” architecture emerge and how was it different than modern architecture? Postmodernism emerged in the late 1960s with an emphasis on wit, ornament, an historical reference. It was different from modernism by its core design. Modernism has typically a one dimensional/perspective scale. 7. How did these houses reflect the “social utopia” and the “personal…

The items in life that people have for free, may be overlooked and seen as unimportant, when really those are the things individuals will end up missing if they were ever taken away. In The Devil and Daniel Webster, Daniel fought for Jabez Stone’s freedom from the devil, after Jabez had already sold his soul. Daniel realized “For it was him they’d come for, not only Jabez Stone” Daniel shouts to the devil, “You shall not hate this man”(Benet 313-316). Daniel acknowledges how much his freedom…

expanded its offering into clothing, jewelry, watches, shoes, stationery, eyewear, fragrance, tabletop, and gifts. In every time zone and on every continent, Kate Spade New York is a global lifestyle brand offering aspirational luxury with a clever wit and playful charm that is distinctly our own.” (Kate Spade & Company) Between the amount of buyouts and selling back and forth of the company, it is interesting to analyze the different and alternating operations and procedures that Kate…

trouble and grew up watching his successful samarium father train people. At the age of about 13 he got his first kill using only a wooden sword by entering a tournament and then later decided to leave his village at the age of 15 with nothing but his wits and his saying that stated “win at any means”. Miyamoto Musashi then fought in his first battle at the age of about 17 against Tokugawa Ieyasu army in the battle of Sekigahara and managed to survived after the loss of his troop so he decided…

with Odysseus and Penelope, than with Dido and Aeneas in the Aeneid. Despite being apart for so long, Odysseus and Penelope remained faithful to one another due to their strong mental connection. It is the commonality of their minds and their kindred wits that demonstrated the homophrosyne between the two. This is exhibited when Penelope tested her husband’s knowledge of their immovable bed (Homer, Book 23). Throughout the Odyssey, the book stressed the importance of mental connection over…

Vivian’s Bearing is a fifty year old professor of English Literature. At the beginning of the play, she portrays herself as an extremely intelligent woman of wit, full of knowledge, and you can imagine her a force to be reckoned, teaching one of her college classes. She is without family, and seems as though that her life’s purpose has been her work, much of it spent studying the poet John Donne and his ideas of mortality. She values intellectual pursuits and research over all else, and her…

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the nurse is that person. The nurse is funny, caring, and a friend to all. The nurse is funny because she says “ yea,” quoth he, “ dost thou fall upon thy face? Thou wilt fall backwards when thou hast more wit, wilt thou not, Jule?”. This is a story that the nurse tells us about Juliet when the nurse is talking to her mother about Juliet.(1.3.56-58). She also says “an honor? were not I thine only nurse , I would say thou hadn't sucked wisdom from thy…

He becomes tempted by his darkest thoughts, with a bottle of pills in one hand and a bottle of alcohol in the other--he is ready to end everything. When the landlord knocked on his door for eviction, his plan of self-destruction is foiled. At the wits of his ends and nowhere to go, Alan decides to go for a walk--across the country. Only taking the barest essentials, Alan manifests a plan to go the farthest place he can on the map from Seattle, Washington--which leads him to Key West, Florida.…

Heroes are all over the world characterized by their skills, wits, and minds; such is the case for James Show, a hero in a waffle house. The most obvious sign of heroism by Show is courage. Another telling display was willingness. In turn, this would mean he would also be an opportunist. Amid it all, he is a fast thinker. Without a doubt, James Show - being courageous, willing, an opportunist, and a fast thinker – has all the characteristics of a hero. Most outwardly seen and spoken of are…