… of my self as being alone with my thoughts. Sometimes you have to get away and think about life and its ups and downs. But then again, in today’s world can one really ever be completely alone and free? When looking over Donne’s assertion, “No man…

… Mexican village of Tepoztlán lies due south of the capital of Mexico City. It is not a remote area and the people who dwell there are not untouched by humanity. They actively participate in their nation’s laws and government. However, an anthropological…

… Budd is filled with the question of religion. Melville seems to be stuck on the idea and mystery of Christianity and the thoughts and views around it. He seems reluctant to totally believe the ideas of Christianity yet cannot fully reject the tradition…

… Hangman and “The Pardoners Tale” are in some ways similar and in some exceptionally different. They are similar in the human trait of selfishness and self-centeredness. In both stories the person or persons are defending their lives for that…

… who has the guts to stand up and make a difference in the world. These people are often criticized for there work, but often prevail though it. Just as Christopher Columbus had done in the 1400?s, He proclaimed that the world is round, not flat,…

… to bring a gun to school. Why would they? Because people were prejudice against them because other students thought they were “losers”. Moral: You shouldn’t dislike a person because they aren’t like you. Many phrases from the book show injustice…

… of men. They have varied reasons for this. One is a maternal instinct. This is displayed in the literal mother-son relationships of Aphrodite and Aeneas, Thetis and Achilles, and the protective instinct that Athene displays in Book 3 of the Iliad…

… Fight for Social Justice The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were difficult time, from the end of the civil war to the beginning of the industrial revolution, the moments in that era reflected an unsettled and constantly changing…

… V. S. Naipaul began his extended travels and subsequent writings inspired by those travels. A Bend in the River (1979) results from such an undertaking. The story in A Bend in the River depicts how an emergent African nation struggles…

… is caught between the two very different worlds of reality and illusion as represented by Stanley and Blanche. Blanche, a gentle woman without a real sense of actuality, and Stanley, the down-to-earth husband, were in a constant struggle over Stella’s…