Younger Brother

asserted that he gave his children particular first names so they wouldn't need center names. This may be the reason she has an uncommon spelling of her name. Her brothers called her by the moniker “Swes” a German word for “younger sibling.” Most of her friends called her “Kate.””(Katharine Wright) How did Katharine Help her Brothers When her brothers moved their test flights from Kitty Hawk, NC and started perfecting their powered flying machine at Huffman Prairie just outside Dayton, Ohio,…

dystopian futuristic society, or normal modern day life, you could see the theme present in each book. In the beginning of 1984 by George Orwell, Winston has a gut instinct not to trust Big Brother, but Big Brother controls him. His every move is being watched through Telescreens and any act against Big Brother is punishable by death. He wants to escape this control but he would get caught so he’s trapped, he has to remain loyal and do as he is told. In It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned…

True Grit was originally created in 1969 by Hal B. Wallis and starred the world famous, John Wayne. Many years later is was remade by the Coen Brothers in 2010. The remake featured a very popular actor, Jeff Bridges. The roles played in the remake act, walk, and talk a lot like the original. For the most part, they even look alike! The Coen Brothers stuck to all of the original roles and didn’t add a single one. The way the directors of both movies go about the violence and humor in both are…

as shown in 1984. As George Orwell reveals what happened to Wilson, the one man who took a stand when it was too late, “But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother” (1984). Wilson’s stand becomes nothing and the proper authorities deal with him and eliminate his individuality, which he could not hope to conceal, and he is left as just another mindless and fearful citizen under Big…

stories this concept does not seem to be present. In today’s world, most values remain the same. However, one clear difference stands out. Particularly the idea of self-preservation and personal advancement is portrayed negatively within most of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. However, in the modern area most cultures would…

are often composed of archetypes, which can be described as a prototypical example of a character. A good example of an archetype in fairy tales is the “knight in shining armor.” In the original fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, written by the Grimm Brothers, there…

The Grimm Brothers, Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, were German scholars that became renown for their collection of short stories called “Grimm’s Fairy Tales.” Growing up with the death of a parent and the battle against poverty, the brothers grew together raising younger siblings and developed interest of German literature. Later in life while attending a university and beginning research, the brothers studied medieval literature in belief of it benefitting the study of Germanic mythology. After…

the life of a blind protagonist, Homer Collyer. Although Homer discerns darkness in a negative connotation, darkness can only be seen and sight is not the only sense for humans. Thus, blindness does not replace the senses or disconnect the Collyer brothers from the world. In a passage on page 159, Langley Collyer’s theory of replacement enables Homer to explore the advantages of his disability which include interacting with the world in a different perspective to maintain his valuable memories,…

impacts that these two men were going to make. Little did anyone know that soon Orville and Wilbur, the Wright brothers, would transform the world forever, making what seemed impossible, possible. Wilbur Wright was born April 16, 1867 in Millville, Indiana. Orville Wright was born August 19, 1871 in Dayton, Ohio. Reuchlin and Lorin were their two older brothers and Katharine was their younger sister. All five siblings were the children of Bishop Milton Wright and Susan Koerner. The Wright’s…

war, and the remarriage of her mother, a calm and reserved woman, she moves to the military camp of his stepfather, an authoritarian and sadistic general who kills everyone who stands in his way without any mercy and the future father of her younger brother. In the forest nearly the camp she finds a labyrinth inhabited by a mysterious faun who hails her as a princess from another world and he reveals to her that his mission is to help her return to her true home. In order to return to her…