"Schlesinger's Canon Vs. My High School's Canon"
.... curriculum.
At my high school, I feel as if I received this type of education. The
teachers encourage students to read not only standard English literature, but
also to study the great writers of other ethnicities. My high school is a
private college preparatory institution in San Francisco. Some authors whose
works we read in our English classes consisted of Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Jane
Austen, Ovid, Maya Angelou, Chaim Potok, John Steinbeck, Amy Tan, Chinua Achebe,
and C. S. Lewis.
This curriculum is not at all what Schlesinger claims to be the current
"American literary canon: Emerson, Jefferson, Melville, Whi .....
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Comparison Of Karl Marx And Matthew Arnold
.... is, I said, our
besetting danger; often in machinery most absurdly disproportioned to the end
which this machinery" (23). Arnold believes his culture is "more interesting
and more far-reaching than that other, which is founded solely on the scientific
passion for knowing" (21). Arnold believed that culture dealt with perfection;
as he stated in "Sweetness and Light", "Culture is then properly describe not as
having its origin in curiosity, but as having its origin in the love of
perfection; it is a study of perfection" (21). Arnold also says that culture is
the endeavor to make the moral and social characteristics of individual .....
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Why Are American Afraid Of Dragons?
.... slowest. It is even considered sometimes the most boring form
of home entertainment. In only five hours, a telespectator can go through about
four stories while reading them would take on average four to six days. Because
it only takes a mere couple of hours to view a film on television, one is left
with more time to take care of greater responsibilities. Now, you decide
which media is more appropriate for your tight schedule.
It is true that the American population doesn't read enough, but they do use
their imagination. To say that Americans do not use their imagination would be
saying Americans don't dream. Dreams ar .....
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The Trip To Halawa Valley
.... Paul's brother Anthony, Schwartz shows that once he made the
decision to join the Hare Krishnas there was no turning back, even if that meant
not communicating with his parents anymore. Schwartz also uses Paul's other
brother Eric. When Eric announced that he was gay, his parents had to make the
tough decision to either support or not support his choice in sexuality.
Schwartz develops the characters very fast, but in doing so makes the
story move faster. Throughout the story the characters are being developed
through the thoughts of both Lois and Jim. They talk about their kids and how
one of them died at age 11 due to a br .....
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The Yellow Wallpaper - Journey Into Insanity
.... a slight nervous condition. Even when a
summer in the country and weeks of bed-rest don't help, her husband refuses to
accept that she may have a real problem.
Throughout the story there are examples of the dominant - submissive
relationship. She is virtually imprisoned in her bedroom, supposedly to allow
her to rest and recover her health. She is forbidden to work, "So I . . . am
absolutely forbidden to "work" until I am well again." (Gilman 193). She is not
even supposed to write: "There comes John, and I must put this away -- he hates
to have me write a word." (Gilman 194).
She has no say in the location or dec .....
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African Literature: In The Cutting Of A Drink And The Return
.... me think about my grandma and all the wonderful things she
has done for me. The speakers aunt is an old fragile woman, "hoe-broken palms"
and "scrawny ribs." But she is also a very hard worker and loving person. Both
these things remind me of my grandma. My grandma may be old and fragile but she
is still a very hard working and loving person. My grandma is always up at
first light doing household chores or working in her garden. Many times we have
to force her to go inside, so she won't be exposed to the hot sun for to long.
I can't count the number of times my grandma has made my bed, folded our clothes,
washed our dishes, .....
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Ah, Woe Is Me
.... under
which the blacks (the native Africans) live perfectly. The blacks nearly have no
rights and must accept being oppressed by the whites. Sarah is only one of many
poor blacks who only just manages to earn a living by working as a servant for a
rich white family (the narrator). Slavery does not exist anymore, but it can be
difficult to distuingish the life of a slave from that of a native African in
the 50's except from the fact that they do after all get paid for their work.
Sarah is very concerned about her children getting a good education. She
probably wants them to have a better life than she has had so far, and w .....
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Analysis Of The Astronomer's Wife
.... says "I think something has stopped the
elbow", because this phrase was one of the few things that a man has ever said
that Mrs. Ames has understood. After the plumber has descended into the ground
before the scene, Mrs. Ames is the only one left. She spends the entire
duration of this scene sitting on the grass, silently thinking and revealing her
thoughts to the audience.
During her course of thinking, Mrs. Ames makes the important discovery that
there is a whole race of practical people like herself, men and women alike.
She knew that "when her husband spoke of height, having no sense of it, she
could not picture i .....
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Beowulf And His Pride
.... The
people accepted him as a deserving warrior and permitted him to do what ever he
needed to rid them of Grendel. Beowulf wanted to fool Grendel into thinking
that he was sleeping so that Grendel would try to kill him, but instead Beowulf
would terminate him. That night Grendel did come and fell right into Beowulf's
trap. Beowulf had Grendel in his hands, but no matter how strong Beowulf was
the demon escaped missing only an arm. Grendel would soon die in his lair
because of blood loss, but Beowulf was unhappy that he could not stretch
Grendel's body on the floor. However, he still hung Grendel's arm, just to
show .....
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Beowulf
.... them off the earth. He says, "They have seen my
strength for themselves,/have watched me rise from the darkness/of war, dripping
of my enemies' blood/I drove five great giants into chairs, chased/all of that
race from the Earth." (246-250) Beowolf proves his strength to others and to
himself.
In his fight with Grendels' mother Beowolf proves many things. An example
of Beowolfs heroism is when he is battling her. "That mighty protector of
men/meant to hold the monster 'till its life/leaped out ..." (366-367) Beowolf
is described as the "protector" of his people and proves this by defeating
Grendels' mother. She had recent .....
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Beowulf: Short Story
.... to their respected ruler. The monster lived in a gigantic cave which
was a ten-minute walk to the edge of town. It was rumored that when the Filth-
Sammich swallowed you, you were slowly digested over a week or two. The beast
also made it clear that it had powers beyond the forces of nature that allowed
him to mentally witness the actions of anyone within the borders of Ventaria
simply by thinking about it. With this in mind, townspeople were obedient and
compliant towards the wishes and demands of the Filth-Sammich.
Warriors that were still loyal to their deceased king, had developed a
secret signal that the Fi .....
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