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The Romantic Period served as a breeding ground for some of America's most extraordinary authors.  Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Ralph Waldo Emerson are just some of the names that graced this Golden Era of American literature.  Great as they were, these men still lacked a significant amount of originality.  Relating their themes and structures results in little to no variation.  One author, though born into the era of Romanticism dared to expand the possibilities nineteenth - century literature had to offer.  Through works such as "Young Goodman Brown," "The Minister's Black Veil," and "The Birthmark," Nathaniel Hawthorne incorporated Romanticism into his own style.  Including ordinary men,

These authors and their two stories focuses on two completely different points of view on the world we live in. Stephen Jay Gould’s story focuses on all the good that takes place on earth and the little acts of kindness that (overtime) add up to equal or even surpass that of horrendous acts of evil. While Mark Twain’s story talks about the cruel and unusual way that mankind treats one another compared to the calm, smart, and loving acts of the animal kingdom and why they are the more “intelligent” creatures. Both authors have different outlooks on this society, but they are entitled to their opinion just like everyone else. I lean more towards the middle of both of these authors point of view on the situation.

A human mind is without question one of the most powerful and unique aspects about a person. The mind is referred to as the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences. It empowers a person to feel, to think, be creative, and have emotion. However, one vital characteristic of the mind is that it can be utilized for good or evil. A human mind is notorious for taking people into crazy thought and adventurous journeys. This can definitely be great however it could have many downsides. These mind games that happen frequently in society can lead to people becoming introverted as well as scared for what life can bring them in the future. In the zombie film Pontypool, Grant Mazzy and Sydney Briar are faced

However, as he grew older, Henry slowly began to have a worse disposition of mind, and it was often said by his friends that he seemed wholly different person in private than in public. Although he was of many strong opinions, very few of them were the result

The second element of the Renaissance, the influence its works had, is more subtle, and thus harder to observe to those with an untrained eye. Just as European society started comparing artists to Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, American writers were starting to be compared to older American writers, such as Emerson, Poe, and Longfellow. Washington Irving, another writer of this time, inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne and Mark Twain. Although Hawthorne lived at the same time as Irving, Twain became popular nearly half a century after Irving’s work was published. Such long lasting influence is a clear indication of a rebirth in literature.

Then, later he could no longer talk to the doctors. He also could easily offend someone because he was astonished that someone he used to look at as a genius, was now not as intelligent as he was. This shows how as he got smarter his values of friendship and social skills decreased, and never came back.

At first glance, you might think that authors living and writing on topics existing over 150 years apart would be so different with no chance of offering any common message. Each author lived in distinct time periods with different writing styles. Each shared different religious backgrounds and wrote for their own reasons. One had to hunt for every scrap of food, while the other was able to purchase it at the local store. The motivations, habits, and daily obstacles would be entirely foreign to the other had they ever had the opportunity to meet. Despite the separation in time, Mary Rowlandson and Herman Melville shared similar experiences in witnessing two cultures attempt to mix and live together in the same space. While the New World offered an abundance of social and financial potential it simultaneously fostered negative traits of human nature. Giving an account of the horrendous acts committed by both sides, history provides a third party telling of confrontations between American Indians with white settlers. Without a doubt, slavery caused untold controversy, but history does so again with cold facts, names, and dates. Through their writing, Rowlandson and Melville provide invaluable

Schizophrenia may be degenerative but John is nonetheless able to return to Princeton and eventually become a teacher. John experiences minor setbacks throughout the years, like when Parcher harasses him for being a coward in front of a crowd, but he also attains considerable success. A considerable improvement in John’s mental health is that he is able to discern that one stumbling block does not have to mean a tremendous disappointment (Scelfo, nytimes.com). He learns to be “kinder and more forgiving” of himself (Scelfo, nytimes.com). Also, John’s fellow Princeton professors participate in the traditional fashion of honoring of achievements by placing pens on John’s table after he is nominated for the Nobel Prize. He accepts the 1994 Nobel

One of the most interesting points made about the beginning of the play is the analysis of the power dynamics between the Master, boatswain, royal passengers, and mariners. The ship has long been used as a canonical example of drastic inequality between the qualifications of the ruler and the ruled. Just looking at the top sailor’s title—Master—one can quickly see how drastic the rule is. The sort of master-servant relationship is mapped by the master’s rule being based on knowledge of piloting which is in turn taken for granted by those less knowledgeable about the subject. In this interaction, the boatswain serves as the intermediary between the master and mariners. His role is not to be the second in command nor an equal, but sort of the engineer of the boat. Making sure that everything is where it is supposed to be under the orders of the master.

If a computer app beats you every time you play chess, is the computer smarter than you? Does your computer think?

The author introduces Mrs. Mallard as fragile and not strong regarding her health. From the text,

Some questions, such as What is consciousness, can an artificial machine really thinks? is the brain just some neurons, or there are also some intangible stimuluses which make human different from other thinking processors. These questions made some Theoreticians to look for answers. They knew our brain is somehow like a complicated computer, so they asked if a computer could think such as we do. Alan Turing, and John Searle had different opinions about the subject based on their experiments.

I have chosen to compare and contrast William and James, William comes from a high social economic environment with his two well-educated parents whereas James comes from a low social economic environment. There is a lot of crime that goes on around James’ home environment which has influenced the away he thinks about what he could achieve, saying he would like to be a robber when he grows up. James lives with his single mum who has lived on benefits most of her life, with her view of success in life is to be someone who is not on a benefit.

When Nathaniel was 4 years old, his father, a sea captain, died of yellow fever at sea. Nathaniel, his mom Elizabeth, and his two sisters were left with very little financial support, so they moved in with Elizabeth's wealthy brothers. At a young age, Nathaniel had a leg injury which left him immobile or a few months. During those few months, Hawthorne developed a taste for reading and thinking.

Mrs. Mallard is the character we know the most about. What kind of person is Mrs. Mallard? We know she has heart problems. We can tell by the description of her that she doesn’t work. She is described as you in age. Even with her heart problem, the narrator described her as having a certain strength.