Dry September is the story of a mob organizing itself in a Mississippi town with an aim toward lynching a local black watchman, Will Mayes. Mayes is accused, albeit unclearly and with evidence to support the claim, of having committed a nebulous slight against a white woman, Minnie Cooper. Led by local bigwig John McLendon, the mob is soon incited out of control and hangs Mayes without bothering to learn what actually happened.
An inspector calls J B Priestleys play an inspector calls leaves the impression on the audience no matter what their political views are that everyone should take responsibility for their own actions The play was set in 1912 and it leaves a cliff hanger for the audience as they make their own opinion on who is responsible for Eva smiths death as the phone rings announcing an inspector is on his way J B Priestley crafts a character with selfishness and self centered emotions through the characte
The theme I will be focusing on is faith in Zeitoun by Dave Eggers is a book that illustrates one mans faith when faced with a disaster The book is set in New Orleans and the surrounding United States during August September and October 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast Zeitoun the main character of the story is a devout Muslim who strongly believes in a God He was brought up in Syria a country with a reputation of stubborn people He believes that everything happens for a reason an
Civil Disobedience Civil disobedience is a public nonviolent political act contrary to law usually done with the aim of bringing about a change in the law or policies of the government The idea of civil disobedience is deeply rooted in our civilization with examples evident in the life of Socrates the early Christian society the writings of Thomas Aquinas and Henry David Thoreau and theIndian nationalist movement led by Gandhi The many occurrences of civil disobedience throughout American histo
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
Johnathan Ronald Reuel Tolkien is one of the greatest British writers that the world has seen Better known by his writing name J R R Tolkien he has written many novels in his lifetime One of his most famous series of novels you have probably heard of Lord of the Rings However not many people know that Tolkien set the scene for Lord of the Rings with a novel called The Hobbit or There and Back Again Tolkiens novel The Hobbit was published in 1937 for the first time while he waited some time to w
Ulysses which may be the most brilliant novel in English was written by James Joyce in 1922 It is a very complicated book because there are allusions to other literary books such as Homers Odyssey Shakespeare or even the Bible The book is divided into 18 chapters and each one represents one hour from 8am until 2am of June 16 1904 Joyce as an excellent tenor said he can justify every syllable of the book There are three main characters Leopold and Molly Bloom and Stephen Dedalus The whole book i
Sympathizing with a Terrorist The initial reaction of an American reading Alan Moores V for Vendetta may not be hmm their fascist government seems immensely similar to our own government Why is this Is it because the American government has directed its public away from this thought After all the United States is the self proclaimed greatest democracy on Earth The government in V for Vendetta can be seen as more than just a criticism of the British government at the time it can also be seen as
The Crucible is not a powerfully dramatic play Do You Agree The Crucible written in 1950s set in Salem North coast of America the play is based on events that occurred during the Salem witch trials between February 1692 and May 1693 When Miller wrote the play most Americans believed in The American Dream everyone has the chance to be happy successful and rich if they worked hard The US were in the middle of the cold war with the Soviet Union a communist country but some people thought that the