Cruel and Sorrowful War War is cruel and sorrowful no matter in which country and at what time The Vietnam War began in 1955 and did not end until 1975 In the Vietnam War it exacted a huge human cost in terms of fatalities Estimates of the number of Vietnamese soldiers and civilians killed vary from less than one million to more than three million Vietnam War casualties World War I was a major war centered on Europe that began in the summer of 1914 and ended in November 1918 In World War I more
Plot summary The protagonist a boy called Paul Crabbe is taught piano by his teacher or maestro Eduard Keller Paul does not like his teacher at first but by the end of the novel has grown to appreciate him dearly Paul learns the limits of his own musical ability through Keller but he also grows to understand himself and Keller enough to write the novel Additionally he has a loving relationship with his sweetheart Rosie This book deals with the main idea of contrasts as well as other themes Cont
J B Priestley wrote An Inspector calls at the height of his powers as a playwright The plays purpose put over a pro socialist message to the audience The writer does this by using dramatic devices to convey his concerns and ideas to members of the audience It is a political drama aimed at the upper and middle classes since they were the most likely to see the play The message from the playwright is that each person in a community all have different responsibilities within society that we can al
T he year is 1775 and social ills plague both France and England Jerry Cruncher an odd job man who works for Tellsons Bank stops the Dover mail coach with an urgent message for Jarvis Lorry The message instructs Lorry to wait at Dover for a young woman and Lorry responds with the cryptic words Recalled to Life At Dover Lorry is met by Lucie Manette a young orphan whose father a once eminent doctor whom she supposed dead has been discovered in France Lorry escorts Lucie to Paris where they meet
An Eye Opening Proposal In A Modest Proposal by author Jonathan Swift is an essay that uses satire to make its point A satire is a literary work that attacks or pokes fun at vices abuses stupidity and or any other fault or imperfection He adopts the persona of a concerned economist who suggests that in order to better combat the poverty and overpopulation of Ireland the children of the poor be sold as food to the wealthy As a result he argues not only will the population be reduced but the inco
Wuthering Heights Emily Brontes haunting novel Wuthering Heights tells a tale fraught with obsession revenge heartache and ultimately grief Heathcliff a man who as a child was adopted into a wealthy family falls in love with Catherine the daughter of Mr Earnshaw the man who adopted him Mr Earnshaw becomes quite fond of Heathcliff and grows to love him even more than his biological son Hindley Life is good for Heathcliff until everything changes with the death of Mr Earnshaw Hindley inherits Wut
What is the difference between nature and culture Does Confucius theory that When nature exceeds culture we have the rustic When culture exceeds nature then we the pedant really exist In Emily Brontes novel Wuthering Heights we see that the universe is made up of two opposite forces Nature and culture Bronte was concerned with the meaning of life She focused on her characters roles in the universe in which everythingalive or not intellectual or physicalwas animated by one of two spiritual princ
Every novel needs an overly eccentric character to add a splash of color and spontaneity to the plot In the case of Wuthering Heights Heathcliff is that character But instead of a splash of color Heathcliff adds a shroud of darkness He may be spontaneous and eccentric but unlike the common person his mind is twisted and his actions are evil Throughout the novel he is portrayed as a madman Brought up as an adopted child from the streets Heathcliff always had a strange and unnatural disposition A
Come saints and sinners hear me tell how pious priests whip Jack and Nell The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass was published in 1845 by Frederick Douglass The book is his autobiography of his life as a slave Douglasss autobiography depicts the brutality of slavery and the violence to which slaves were subjected to Violence was an everyday occurrence on plantations slaves would be whipped for disobeying orders not working fast enough and some time they were whipped for no reason at al
Jane Eyre Compare and contrast essay Everyone throughout life meets people who may or may not share the same feelings or characteristics as them Either way these people can sometimes have a profound effect on ones life This can happen even when one is trying to avoid certain people Jane in the book Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is a person who did just that often because she judged them unworthy of her attention Sometimes in spite of this a relationship has budded between Jane and another chara