Abstract This paper considers Judge Pyncheon as the main character of Hawthorne's "The House of the Seven Gables," particularly in relation to the novel's main theme. The paper discusses the novel's ensemble cast of characters.
From the Paper "Nathaniel Hawthorne's romance "The House of the Seven Gables" is unlike most works of literature in that it truly features an ensemble cast of characters who all play a significant role in the plot and the articulation of Hawthorne's main theme. Indeed one could make an argument for any one of the characters as the driving force behind Hawthorne's narrative."
Abstract This paper charters the political career of ?Colonel? Edward Mandell House and in particular his time as the trusted advisor to Woodrow Wilson. It looks at how House played an important role in the peace process at the end of World War I and how he was the American representative for the surrender of Germany, before arriving at the Paris peace conference as Wilson's personal representative. It discusses how he tried to secure a future for Germany with concessions made to the French outside of the limits of power and guidelines that he had been given to him by Wilson thus compromising Wilson's position.
From the Paper "Although Wilson and House were close, House remained an accomplished and ambitious political operator. He had been observing Wilson, and had concluded that Wilson's methods of doing things was not quick enough or ultimately going to solve any problems. He was also very passionate about the league of nations, and felt that Germany should not be treated to harshly, he said that "if the conditions we impose upon Germany are unjust, it will simply mean the breeding of another war". As house began to listen to all sides of the argument over the Rhineland. He took onboard all sides of the argument, and was eventually able to come up with a solution that would be acceptable to all sides, and eventually decided to give permission for the French to create a Rhenish republic, at least until they were able to rebuild militarily. House tried his best to address this issue, by suggesting the now infamous "demilitarisation of the Rhineland", which was to happen in three stages."
Abstract This paper explains that Medal of Honor winner, Colonel George "Bud" Day, who served America in three wars during his 34-year military career, survived 67 months of captivity during Vietnam War. The author points out that Day, having more than 50 combat awards, including the Medal of Honor, is the most highly decorated officer since Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The paper relates that, like ancient Athens, modern America pays tribute to those who have paved the way for the lives we lead today, many at the expense of their own lives.
Table of Contents
Introduction
A Heroic POW
A Life Worth Living
How Day's Heroism Continued after the Air Force
Conclusion
From the Paper "During the second week of his escape, Day started to hear the nearby sounds of American artillery and helicopters. In the darkness of night, he continued his journey until the base camp was in sight. He was afraid to approach the friendly fortress during the darkness because he knew the defenders might mistake him for an enemy, so he lay down in the jungle to await dawn. Shortly before the sun rose, he looked up to see a North Vietnamese soldier pointing an AK-47 rifle at him. Attempting to escape, Day was shot in his left hand and thigh. A day and a half later, he was recaptured and returned to his original prison camp."
Abstract This paper reviews one of Marquez's many short stories, "No One Writes to the Colonel". The paper, using examples from the text, reviews the main themes, characters and statements in the story. The author also puts allusions and hints from the story into historical context.
From the Paper "Throughout the story, we see the colonel steadfastly sticking with a routine. He goes to check his mail every Friday and takes the rooster for trials at a local pit. The rooster is cheered like an icon or idol would be and everyone expects him to win the big upcoming fight. Colonel believes that in the absence of his pension which he knows he will receive one day, there best chance of survival lies with the rooster winning the fight. His wife however remains skeptical and shouts "and meanwhile what do we eat?" (181). to this, the colonel calmly replies "Shit" (181). "
Abstract The following paper focuses on how Hawthorne develops symbolic significance for the house, the portrait of ColonelPyncheon, and the old family deed in order to legitimize his ending. This paper uses text analysis to identify key issues raised by Hawthorne, and then questions how these issues are resolved.
From the Paper "The ending of Hawthorne's The House of Seven Gables seems like a concession to most readers? desire for a happy ending. Hawthorne seems to abandon his morbid threats of an inescapable family curse, the radicalism of Holgrave, and his disdain for Hepzibah's notions of aristocracy in order to bestow his "good" characters with the traditional fairy tale reward ? money and marriage. Hawthorne states his moral in the preface of his novel, expressing a desire to expose "the truth, namely, that the wrong-doing of one generation lives into the successive ones, and, divesting itself of every temporary advantage, becomes a pure and uncontrollable mischief". This idea of a moral curse is continuously emphasized throughout the narrative, but then apparently becomes mollified by the resolution. Have Hawthorne's characters truly succeeded in escaping their curse? Or does Hawthorne's ending put an optimistic light over a much darker message? "
An essay showing the binary structure Nathaniel Hawthorne created in his work "The House of Seven Gables" and what he is trying to say with this literary style.
Abstract This essay examines the binary opposition evident in the characters in Nathaniel Hawthorne's story, "The House of the Seven Gables". The paper explains that Hawthorn'es message, that posterity would benefit more from a strong set of plebeian values and ideals than from patrician inherited gold, was conveyed through his structured use of binary opposition in his characters.
From the Paper "With the Revolutionary War only sixty-eight years removed, aristocratic thinking is being challenged by the new democratic mind-set. During this turbulent, yet exciting, growth spurt in American history, Nathaniel Hawthorne publishes The House of the Seven Gables (1851). His masterful use of binary characters subtlety argues for the wholesomeness of plebeian democratic values rather than keeping the patrician aristocratic power structure. Hawthorne creates several characters that are in binary opposition to one another. Among other themes, these characters represent the theme of the rise of the plebeian over the ashes of the patrician."
Abstract In this article the writer studies the character of Colonel Joshua Chamberlain as portrayed in the movie "Gettysburg". The writer describes Chamberlain as an unlikely, scholarly and militarily untrained college professor-turned-soldier, who exhibits strong traits of authoritative leadership. The writer maintains that Chamberlain possesses excellent traits of leadership in war and that as the movie "Gettysburg" depicts, Colonel Joshua Chamberlain's leadership style was an authoritative one. The writer concludes that Chamberlain's personality, as Jeff Daniels plays him in "Gettysburg", is both reflective and more contemplative than those of any of the other principal military figures depicted in the movie. Further the writer notes that Chamberlain is also a man of action when he has to be and a very brilliant and successful one.
From the Paper "It was Colonel Joshua Chamberlain's particular leadership genius at Round Top, in fact that, historically speaking, as well as within in the movie Gettysburg, arguably turned not only the Battle of Gettysburg, but the Civil War itself into a victory for the North, rather than for the South as it probably otherwise would have been. Chamberlain's most remarkable instance of leadership, nerve, and heroism, in the Battle of Gettysburg, and as shown within the movie Gettysburg, took place at Little Round Top. Chamberlain and his men had been sent there, by Colonel Strong Vincent, to defend Little Round Top's southern slope. But from there, nothing at all went as planned, and Chamberlain had to thing fast, and with enormous resourcefulness."
Abstract The paper investigates if "Karain" by Joseph Conrad and "The Daughters of the Late Colonel" by Katherine Mansfield fall into the category of timelessness. The paper identifies the elements of relevance in both works and posits that Mansfield's work is more symbolic in terms of oppression, while Conrad's contains more concrete elements of connection to the modern reader. The paper therefore concludes that both authors have the potential to be truly timeless.
Outline:
"Karain" by Joseph Conrad
"The Daughters of the Late Colonel" by Katherine Mansfield
From the Paper "Some pieces of literature are simply timeless. Among these might be counted the works of Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare. Although their settings are in a different time, populated with characters of different dispositions and status in life than contemporary people, they nonetheless include universal themes that appeal to readers even today. Poverty and love are but two of the general themes that might be found often in the works of these two authors. These themes provide the basis for connection and identification. Some authors do not achieve this sense of universal and timeless appeal. The question is, do "Karain" by Joseph Conrad and "The Daughters of the Late Colonel" by Katherine Mansfield fall into the category of timelessness? Perhaps the fact that these stories are still widely read answers the question. Specifically, I believe that there is a good balance between the specific, time-centered paradigm and the universal in order to provide readers with a fulfilling experience."
An analysis of the dangers in society as depicted in "The Daughters of the Late Colonel," by Katherine Mansfield and "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess.
Abstract The paper examines "The Daughters of the Late Colonel" by Katherine Mansfield and "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess and highlights how they reflect social concerns of the time in which they were written. The paper discusses how "The Daughters of the Late Colonel" warns against a society that is overbearing toward women while "A Clockwork Orange" warns against a lack of morality. The paper therefore shows how both stories illustrate the dangers of extremes regarding individuality and encourage a healthy balance for a productive society.
From the Paper "Art reflects life and, as a result, it represents human nature. Whether we are reading a realistic story in or a futuristic story, we come into contact with characters that make us think about the past, the present, and the future. Two stories that illustrate this point are "The Daughters of the Late Colonel," by Katherine Mansfield and A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. These two stories reflect social concerns of the time in which they were written. "The Daughters of the Late Colonel" represents a patriarchal era when women were not allowed much freedom. Josephine and Constantia become victims of their late father and his overprotective ways. They are victims of their environment because the world in which they live encourage women to be dependent upon the men in their lives. They are so codependent on their father that when he dies, they cannot function normally."
Abstract This paper begins by tracing the early life of this colonel in the federal army during the American Civil War, from his birth to his rise as one of the greatest military minds in the history of war. The paper also explores some of his war tactics and strategies, looking at why they made him into one of the most hated men in the Southern United States.
From the Paper "General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Army of Virginia, once said, ?War is Hell.? Due to the aging Napoleonic style of war still in use during the American Civil War (and even throughout the First World War) and the continuously increasing development of deadly technologies, war had become even more bloody and ferocious than ever before?a sanguine exchange of soft lead. During the mid-eighteen-sixties, a time rooted in great brotherly hatred, one man took front and center in the South's animosity. From his humble beginnings in Ohio, William Tecumseh Sherman became the most hated man in the Southern United States because of his total war tactics and his "refus[al] to sentimentalize the killing and pillaging required for victory"(Barney)."
Abstract This paper will report on the book "Texans, Guns and History" by Colonel Charles Askins and reveal what the book is about and how it was written as a history on guns. By analyzing the different aspects of this book, we can see how the history of guns in Texas has been an integral part in the study warfare in general for United States. The aim of the author is to use the relevance of guns, as pertains to history and this will be explained here.
Abstract The paper explicates the ways in which the female protagonists of "A Rose for Emily" (William Faulkner), "Hindus" (Bharati Mukherjeeand) and "Astronomer's Wife" (Kay Boyle) overcome the stereotypes that society cast on them and the effect it had on them. The author of the paper concludes that the female characters of the above mentioned stories are the direct opposite of the women of their own times.
From the Paper "According to some sources she was a strong, willful woman who after her father's death had completely retreated into her past. What's worth mentioning here is that she was happy being there i.e. in the past. Emily was clearly suffering from denial - she was unable to come to terms with her father's death and then Colonel Sartoris' passing away and so she continued to harbor the illusion that they were still there for her (especially Colonel Sartoris). She refused to let anyone threaten her imaginary world and so remained adamant about taxes when the new Board of Alderman approached her."
Abstract A paper which analyzes two stories, "The Birth Mark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, about a dedicated scientist who marries a beautiful woman who has a physical defect, and his fanatical desire to remove this flaw, and "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, a story sometimes regarded as symbolic of the changes in the South during the representative period.
From the Paper "Thus, throughout the story, the author has painted verbally the portraits of a tragic woman, Emily, which through his images; one observes her transformation from a virginal victim to a manly murderess to a corpulent dead body. Faulkner, however, also expose the interior density through external appearance, using both imagery and structure by putting together along with dispersed image and information throughout the story to amalgamate and interpret the diverse shades of Emily's character.
Furthermore, at the end of the story, the author contrasts the pictorialization of a kind Emily resting peacefully on her funeral with a plain image of love and loss, a strand of iron-gray hair resting on the yellowed pillow of an weak and powerless bridal bed. This haunting image is the final pen stroke murmuring the tribute of her tired and worn out."
Abstract This paper describes the battle of Wilson's Creek, which is often overlooked when recounting Civil War skirmishes. The writer includes a complete order of the battle and identifies several notables in this battle, among others - Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon and Colonel Franz Sigel.
From the Paper "On the edge of the meadow"was a low rail fence; the Rebels rallied under the shelter of it, and, as if by some inspiration or immediate change of orders, they broke it down in places and started for our artillery. As they got nearer to us, their own artillery ceased firing, because it endangered them. When they got close the firing began on both sides. How long it lasted I do not know; it was probably 20 minutes. Every man was shooting as fast, on our side, as he could load, and yelling as loud as his breath would permit. Most were on the ground, some on one knee. The foe stopped advancing.?(Bearss, 109) That's the way it was on August 10, 1861, as seen through the eyes of a soldier from Kansas in Union service. The field of battle is silent now, broken only by the occasional tourist, school group, historian, or Civil War reenactment group camped on the site. Now administered by the National Park Service, the area known as Wilson's Creek National Battlefield was the site of some of the most savage fighting on American soil up to that time. The carnage of Shiloh, Antietam, Gettysburg, and Cold Harbor were still far in the future."
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Abstract This paper explores the movie "Apocalypse Now" and centralizes on the idea of what it took to survive in Vietnam. The paper discusses the trip down the Mekong River Captain Willard takes.
From the Paper "Apocalypse Now is a movie set in Vietnam during the war. It is about a man sent by the United States Army on a classified mission down the Mekong River to kill one of their own. Much of the movie takes place on a boat called a patrol boat riverine or PBR. The Army is accusing the man that Captain Willard is sent to kill of murder. They have told Captain Willard that the man he is to kill, Colonel Kurtz has gone crazy and taken things into his own hands. This is a huge problem for the Army because they cannot have unconventional warfare in their ranks."
