… not have envisioned director Francis ford Coppola’s version of his work. Coppola transformed a story of a man sent to Africa to find a missing trader to the story of a Vietnam soldier sent to kill a rogue marine. He did so without damaging the spirit…

… since it was banned in America after it's first publication. John Lennon's assassin, Mark Chapman, asked the former Beatle to sign a copy of the book earlier in the morning of the day that he murdered Lennon. Police found the book in his possession…

… to the people because as people we want to know what is going on in the world we live in. That is all the news was too, it was a tool used to keep the public informed. Now, the news is used for advertising, to exploit people, and even a forum to…

… of experimentation and stretching of the novel. The novel often proved plain, familiar, and uninviting because of the strict adherence to common life. Novelists were inspired more so by poets and playwrights than other novelists (Romantic Period, The).…

… and discrimination is prevalent throughout literature and it is no accident. Racism in literature stems logically from the experiences of the authors and the treatment of minority’s. Throughout Braided Lives, there were many short stories that…

… speech rights are currently a hot topic in the news for a wide variety of reasons. People are abusing the Internet and putting things that have no business being on there, for example such things as child pornography, bestiality, and S & M photos and…

… Is it a blatant attempt to guide the reader’s reaction to keep interests high? Or do entertainment corporations trying to make a profit overrun today’s news? Should there be certain standards of journalism in news today? To answer these questions,…

… during the 1920's. One such example is Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby. There is much color symbolism in this novel, but there are two main colors that stand out more than the others. The colors green and white influence the story greatly.…

… An intellectual adult influence is essential for youth while growing up and learning what is “wrong” and “right” in society. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, it is seen many times that Atticus is the influence in Scout’s life. She…

… day Colombia to central Chile, and had about nine to ten million inhabitants, yet in 1532 Francisco Pizarro and a meager 62 horsemen and 102 foot soldiers conquered the empire. Pizarro was able to conquer the Incas not only because of his cunning…