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The U.S. National Anthem, 2005.
This essay argues that the national anthem of the United States and its imperial thinking should be changed.
1,465 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper argues that Francis Scott Key's 'The Star Spangled Banner' is an elegant and patriotic tribute to the United States, but the fact is that in our modern era, as leaders of the free world, our national anthem should not be a tribute to victory in war, which is not an acceptable message for the "leader of the free world" to maintain. The author states that, instead, the United States should adopt a national anthem that promotes (1) equality among all men and women of all races and (2) peaceful world diplomacy. The paper stresses that America's fundamental ideology of extending its powerful influence all over the globe, continuing the long-standing tradition of imperial thinking, must change if it is avoid catastrophe: Changing its imperialistic war anthem is a small but significant step.
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"Part of the problem is that this tendency of Americans to have a superiority attitude is so deeply ingrained that we are not even aware of its dangers. The perception among Americans that we have the right to interfere in other countries affairs is so fundamentally ingrained in the way we view the world that many of us are unaware of it. Furthermore, it is little things which subtly shape our views of the world - our national anthem could certainly be included among a long list of American traditions that uphold this traditional ideology. But now, as we move into the new millennium, the way in which we handle foreign affairs is unacceptable, and a change in our national anthem would be a message not only to other countries, but to ourselves, that we do not intend to support or participate in imperialistic bomb diplomacy."
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Comparing Greek Gods to "Anthem" Characters, 2001.
A comparison between characters in Ayn Rands? novella "Anthem" and the actual Greek Gods from which they derived their name from.
1,585 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 4 sources, $ 51.95
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This paper deals with how Ayn Rands? two main characters in her novella, "Anthem", compare to the Greek Gods which they got their names from. It includes detailed information about the myths of Gaea and Prometheus and a general outline of the novella, "Anthem". The paper explains why Ayn Rand chose the names of the two Greek Gods for her characters. The paper includes two pictures of the gods Prometheus and Gaea.
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"In her novella, Anthem, Ayn Rand chose the names of two very popular and important Gods from ancient Greek myths for the names of her two main characters, Equality 7-2521 also known as Prometheus or the Unconquered, and Liberty 5-3000, also known as Gaea or the Golden One. Prometheus, the Greek God, was known as ?The Rebel God?. He was the wisest Titan and the son of Iapetus and Klymene. His name means ?forethought?, because he was able to foretell the future."
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?Anthem for Doomed Youth", 2005.
An examination and discussion of Wilfred Owen's "Anthem for Doomed Youth".
1,058 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 37.95
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Wilfred Owen's poem, "Anthem for Doomed Youth," is a poem that explores the dark and painful side of war. The paper explains that this poem is interesting in that it is constructed in a traditional sonnet form, which is a form generally associated with love and the positive aspects of being in love. The writer points out, however, that the sonnet operates in the opposite way uncovering the devastating effects of patriotic love. Through irony, imagery, personification, metaphor, and other literary devices, Owen brings the sonnet to life by paralleling the experience of war with a funeral.
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"The poet utilizes irony with the very structure of the poem, which is a variation of a traditional sonnet. The rhyme scheme of the poem is ababcdcdeffegg with an iambic pentameter rhythm. While the poem may have the form of what we generally associate with love poetry, the meaning of "Anthem for Doomed Youth" revolves around anger and sorrow. It is important to note that these emotions stem from the patriotic love that is often used to sell war to men too young to comprehend the risk involved in fighting. Here the love is short-lived and pretentious at best. This irony helps the poet express his overall feeling of indignation and disgust at war."
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"Anthem for Doomed Youth", 2002.
A symbolic and alliterative analysis of the poem "Anthem for Doomed Youth" by Wilfred Owen.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper will analyze the poem "Anthem for Doomed Youth" by Wilfred Owen. By making a study of alliteration in this poem, as well as symbolic analysis of the text, we will discover what elements of poetical device are present in Owen's poem.
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Ayn Rand's "Anthem", 2006.
A review of the novel "Anthem" by Ayn Rand.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 80.95
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This paper studies Ayn Rand's dystopian novel "Anthem". The book is written as the journal of Equality 7 2521, a man struggling with his individuality, his will and his concepts of good and evil. The paper details the book's plot line, which is based on Equality's long and arduous -- though ultimately triumphant -- journey of self discovery. The paper shows how Equality overcame guilt, deprivation, punishment, banishment and betrayal and in the process formulated his own definitions of truth, freedom and love.
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"Ayn Rand's Anthem is a dystopian story written in the form of a journal kept by Equality 7 2521, a man born to an oppressive, backwards collective state set in a bleak unnamed place and time. This society, whose most recent technological advance is candlelight encourages conformity and drudgery and suppresses individuality and progress. Here, friendship and love, curiosity and creativity, and any display of self will or preference is punishable in the Palace of Corrective Detention. The punishment for swiping candles, alone, is ten years detention. In this world, there is no encouragement or even concept of self. "There is no transgression blacker than to do or think alone." Individuals refer to themselves as "we" and to other individuals as "they." In fact, the word "I," is not known to most, and to speak this word is the worst possible transgression. "There is no crime punished by death in this world, save this one crime of speaking the Unspeakable Word.'"
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?Anthem For Doomed Youth?, 2004.
An analysis of the anti-war poem "Anthem For Doomed Youth" by Wilfred Owen.
1,022 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 4 sources, $ 36.95
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This paper examines the poem "Anthem For Doomed Youth" by Wilfred Owen and evaluates the use and effect of literary devices and forms while also showing the interaction of explicit and implicit meanings within the poem. It also refers to the historical and cultural factors that affect the production and reception of the poem. It looks at how the poem is about the first world war where over ten million people died and was written by Wilfred Owen who served as an officer. It shows how
Owen, wrote poetry through out his war years, used his experience of battle and its aftermath as his inspiration, having experienced many horrors on the front line.
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"The intention of the different styles of imagery is used in conjunction with other different techniques used throughout the poem. The purpose of which is to firstly shock, horrify and perhaps overwhelm in the first two quatrains and then to create great feelings of sorrow in the sextet. This is achieved, as visual imagery requires more time to summon in the mind then auditory imagery with the descriptions in the sextet being more about humans and feelings they require greater time and focus, they are more personalised and so produce more distress."
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"Anthem", 2001.
An analysis of the theme of individualism in the novel, "Anthem" by Ayn Rand.
1,520 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 50.95
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This paper discusses the main theme of the novel which deals with an individual's struggle in a society that is governed by the idea of collectivism. It looks at the main character of Prometheus and how he initially rejects his individualism as a curse, through the events in the novel he comes to understand both the evil of the society and the power of the individual ego.
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"The society in Anthem is one that is controlled by the World Council. The World Council yields power so great that it does not even allow people the opportunity to think. Consider Prometheus's words in the opening of the book, "and the World Council is the body of all truth." The World Council's power is also shown in the motto that is painted on the wall of the Council, "We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE, One, indivisible and forever." We also see it in the Great Truth, "that all men are one and that there is no will save the will of all men together.""
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Ayn Rand's "Anthem", 2005.
A philosophical look at the tone of individualism in this book.
713 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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This brief paper examines the tone of individualism, which is expressed through imagery and word choice in the book, "Anthem," by Ayn Rand. The paper also refers to issues of individualism from everyday life, such as man versus government and man versus society.
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"With this dictating system, morals and ethics are recessive qualities that men do not even know exist. Rand expresses the Deep Loss of Moral Rights Imagery through the basic system in which the people live, for they are "one" in all and "all" in one (RAND 19). This explains that there are "no men" but only the great "WE," which ironically happens to be "one" and "indivisible" (RAND 19). Everyone views everyone as a whole: no individualism, conceited perspectives, or even self-pride."
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"Anthem For Doomed Youth" by Wilfred Owen, 1994.
An analysis of the 1917 anti-war poem including form, imagery, sound, word choice, metaphor, theme and irony.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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"Wilfred Owen?s poem, ?Anthem for Doomed Youth? (1917), is a sensitive expression of the sadness and futility which arise as a result of the death of young men on the battlefield. This theme stemmed from Owen?s own experiences as a soldier on the frontlines during World War One. In order to express his theme, Owen mixes the sad, calm images of a funeral with the chaotic, explosive images of a battle. The poem was written in the form of an Italian Sonnet, and thus it has fourteen lines which are divided into an octave (eight lines) and a sestet (six lines). The rhyme scheme of the poem is a/b/a/b/c/d/c/d/e/f/f/e/g/g. As in most sonnets, the rhythm of ?Anthem for Doomed Youth? is based on the accents and pauses of iambic pentameter. In other words, each line has five beats, and each beat utilizes the pattern of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed..."
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Salinger and Rand, 2006.
A comparison between J.D. Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye' and Ayn Rand's 'Anthem'.
1,476 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper takes a look at the theme of the individual versus society in the work of Salinger and Rand. The paper discusses how in both books, the protagonist is a talented and articulate nonconformist who cannot fit into current societal constructs of identity, and wishes for an alternative venue in which he can express his true self. The paper uses the example of the normal, adolescent isolation and angst of the character, Holden Caufield, in Catcher in the Rye" and the abnormal anthem of pain of the character, Equality 7-2521, in "Anthem".
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"Holden's likelihood of eventually becoming integrated into adult society is underlined because he does possess strong ties to his family. Although Holden spends much of the novel of The Catcher in the Rye wandering, he is always wandering to somewhere--eventually back to the apartment of his mother and father. Although Holden criticizes his brother, he clearly loves his sister, and dreams about being the title catcher in the rye, who saves children from feeling pain. "I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff--I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all." (Salinger 173) Even Holden's sister Phoebe, a child herself, criticizes Holden's fantasy as crazy, noting how simplistic and stark it is, compared with the moral complexities of the adult world. The world, the book suggests, is not nearly as 'us versus them' as Holden's adolescent viewpoint suggests. Although Holden dislikes his current place in society, change is inevitable given the nature of the aging process. But Equality 7-2521's society stifles such familial feelings that allow persons such as Holden to come to terms with their difficulties. Equality is raised in an impersonal setting, a nursery with no fathers or mothers. "
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World War I Poetry, 2002.
An examination of how World War I poetry changed as the war developed through a review of William Butler Yeats' poem "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" and Wilfred Owens' "Anthem for a Doomed Youth".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper examines the poetry of World War One and how it changed as the war dragged on. The author notes the optimism and patriotism of the prewar years, and compares it to the poetry of the war's last days, which spoke only of disillusionment, hopelessness, betrayal, and despair. William Butler Yeats' poem, "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" and Wilfred Owens' haunting "Anthem for a Doomed Youth" are emphasized, for they reflected the horror and futility of war, and spoke for the millions of young soldiers who had rejected the mindless patriotism of 1914 and had come to understand the hellish reality of inevitable death in battle.
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Owen and Tennyson on War, 2009.
This paper compares and contrasts the poems, "Anthem for Doomed Youth" by Wilfred Owen and "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Tennyson.
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The paper examines the poems, "Anthem for Doomed Youth" by Wilfred Owen and "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Tennyson. The paper specifically compares and contrasts the attitudes of the poets towards death in war.
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"In his poem The Charge of the Light Brigade, Alfred Tennyson praises the brave soldiers ("When can their glory fade, O the wild charge they made") and celebrates the glory of war despite the fact that this attack was an error. But he does not show directly to the reader the reality of the slaughter by using euphemisms like "into the valley of death", "into the jaws of death" and "into the mouth of hell".
"The reader has not the time to realize what is happening because he is carried along by the rhythm of charge of the poem : "Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward..."
We can see the courage of the soldiers who, even if they know that the orders are wrong, are loyal to their country and chiefs and carry it ("Not tho' the soldier knew Some one had blunder'd"). This obedience of the British soldiers front to death is quite amazing : without considering the danger of the situation ("Their's not to make reply, Their's not to reason why, Their's but to do and die") they go "Into the jaws of death". Unhappily, though they are heroes, we can see that they are killed very quickly ("while horse and hero fell...")."
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The Tragedy of War, 2008.
A review of three poems, Stephen Crane's "Do Not Weep, Maiden, for War is Kind," and Wilfred Owen's two works "Anthem for a Doomed Youth" and "Dulce Et Decorum Est."
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This paper discusses the harsh and unbecoming realities of war by reviewing three poems. The author summarizes two works of Wilfred Owen, "Anthem for a Doomed Youth" and "Dulce Et Decorum Est", as well as Stephen Crane's "Do Not Weep, Maiden, for War is Kind." The paper explains how both Owen and Crane use irony in their poems to describe war and describes the similarities that these poems have - premature loss of life and that there is nothing glamorous and exciting about war. The author advocates that these poems can serve as cautions to the seriousness or war and conflicts.
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"In the end, these poems all describe men who die too young. Many times, men die for causes that are not even relevant to them; or sign up for a war in a disillusioned state. They often think war is glamorous and exciting; even a death in battle is exciting. However, they fail to realize the seriousness of being injured, the despair that they cause their loved ones, or the fact that death may come slowly and quite painfully. It is apparent that these poets all understood that war is serious, and that there is nothing kind about it. Therefore, these works all serve as cautious warnings to the seriousness of war and conflicts."
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Anti-War Literature, 2005.
This paper compares two anti-war authors: German playwright Bertolt Brecht in "Mother Courage and Her Children" and English poet Wilfred Owen's "Anthem for Doomed Youth".
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper explains that German playwright Bertolt Brecht and English poet Wilfred Owen were both deeply personally impacted by war and both felt the need to express their anti-war sentiments and beliefs in their work. The author points out that, in Owen's anti-war poetry, war has destroyed an age of innocence; he express frustration about (1) innocent soldiers hardened by war and eventually killed in many cases, (2) the attitudes of civilians back home and (3) the way many simply ignored the tragic nightmare of the war. The paper relates that Brecht's perspective on war is similar to Owen's in that he is very anti-war; however, his perspective differs because he does not view civilians as ignorant but rather as interested in prolonging the war for their profit.
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"Owen's poem appears to be inspired by the many deaths of soldiers he saw each day in the trenches of war. He starts the poem off, describing innocent young men being sent to war like cattle are sent to slaughter. He abandons his original views of war as heroic and glorious, and describes it as one large funeral where young soldiers are not given a proper goodbye. Instead of the typical church bells that are sounded when someone dies under ordinary circumstances, there are only the sounds of gunshots when a soldier dies, he writes."
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The Legacy of Queen, 2002.
A comprehensive essay about the rise and fall of one of the greatest rock bands of all-time: Queen.
3,730 words (approx. 14.9 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 103.95
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With a career spanning over 20 years, and a string of hits that remain sporting event anthems, Queen still remains one of the most beloved rock bands of all-time, even after the tragic death of Freddie Mercury over ten years ago. This essay discusses everything a person could want to know about this legendary group. Within the essay you'll find the humble origins of the four band members in Britain, their struggle to get noticed by the public, their eventual rise to super-stardom, and the eventual tragic death of Freddie Mercury at the hands of the AIDS virus. It also includes a bit of post-Queen information on the surviving members of the band and what they have been up to in the years since.
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"Throughout rock and roll history, Britain has produced some of the most important and revolutionary acts. There?s been the controversial bad boy genius of the Rolling Stones, the front-running of ?glam rock? by David Bowie, and of course the unparalleled skill and style of the Beatles. These artists, along with many others who have come out of Britain, have made important political and social statements with their music that captured the hearts and minds of their generations and beyond. However, one of Britain?s most legendary acts often didn?t have very much to say at all in terms of politics, or trying to revolutionize the music industry. Instead, this group focused on becoming what is arguably one of the best disposable pop groups ever, and one of the greatest bands at performing true ?stadium rock.? This group was Queen, and they were embraced as one of England?s most cherished bands (probably second only to the Beatles), while even finding moderate success in America as well."
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