Into the Darkness

Descent into Darkness by Edward C. Raymer is an exceptional piece of work that accounts the history and aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. Raymer’s purpose when writing Descent into Darkness was to mainly depict the story of what naval divers did during the recovery process after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the hazards endured and the sometimes nearly impossible hardships they overcame, and the innovative diving techniques implemented used to salvage as many damaged battleships and naval capabilities back to fleet. The primary content also includes tense descriptions of diving after horrific circumstances, the human factors that are seldom known, and the

Who is "the flabby devil" who is "running the show'? Why is Marlow so frustrated by what he sees in Africa and by the Europeans he meets?

An important quote in 1984 is "We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness"(Orwell 25). This quote is said in one of Winston's dreams. Dreaming was the only grounds to escape for the citizens of Oceania unless you are one of those people to mutter things about what you are dreaming when you're sleeping. "He knew what it meant, or thought he knew. The place where there is no darkness is the imagined future"(Orwell 26). A spot with no murkiness was thought about a spot where individuals had opportunity, where individuals could express their feelings. Furthermore , Winston thought it implied that individuals would one day be free of the party. Moreover, it gave Winston trust in a superior future. Truth be told,

Oriana Fallaci, an Italian Journalist, once said, “ Alas, nothing reveals man the way war does. Nothing so accentuates in him the beauty and ugliness, the intelligence and foolishness, the brutishness and humanity, the courage and cowardice, the enigma.” Fallaci is trying to convey the message that wartime only reveals and highlights the true nature of man. War does not change humanity, it only exposes it’s true nature. This concept is especially apparent in World War II in which extreme acts of good and evil were committed._____ Through analysis of World War II, it can be seen that war does not shape humanity but exposes and emphasizes characteristics based on an individuals’ moral code.

Elie Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his book “Night,” survived through some of the harshest conditions mankind has ever seen. Separated from his mother and sisters at the Auschwitz concentration camp, he and his dad had to keep each other alive while they were being held captive by the Nazi’s. Elie had to manage to survive off of little food, forced labor, and other inhumane living conditions. In the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel, the main character, Elie, is affected by the events in this book by losing faith, becoming less sympathetic, and changing emotionally.

Mankind naturally encounters periods of hardship and recession. Inevitably, economies fluctuate, epidemics transpire, and difficulties within populations arise. Generally, a prosperous society overcomes these economic and sociologic barriers, as the adversary issue is surpassed and the community eventually reestablishes its accustomed affairs. However, if a society’s principal foundation commits fraudulent acts, the trust of the entire society is breached, causing an increase in incertitude and culpability directed toward the hierarchy. The result is an exponential rise in crime and deprivation, due to man’s uncertainty in his faith and guidance. During the fourteenth century, the prosperity of European civilization was curtailed after

At the Dark End of the Street is the first book to connect black women’s long struggle against rape and other sexual violence to the very roots of the modern civil rights movement. By refusing to cower in shame and remain silent because they had been raped, black women struck a powerful blow to southern apartheid. According to McGuire, “Between 1940 and 1975, sexual violence and interracial rape became one crucial battleground upon which African Americans sought to destroy white supremacy and gain personal and political autonomy.” Even though the white community responded with a virulent campaign of sexual terror, slander against black women and fervent calls against miscegenation, black women’s protests and resistance helped knock the doctrine

Piercing the Darkness a book by Frank E. Petretti has big movie potential! This book is about a little town named Bacons Corner that has found themselves caught up in a battle of spiritual warfare.(main conflict/major theme) The main characters consisting of: Sally Roe a women on the run from her dark and unfortunate past, Tom Harris a teacher that has the title of child abuser just trying to get his name cleared and get his children back, and lastly a young girl by the name of Amber Brandon that has been possessed by a demon named Amethyst. (plot/main characters) Three people you wouldn’t think to have anything in common. Well think again, their paths will soon connect and everything will make since.

Both Ridjal Noor and Penelope Lively use a multitude of literary tools in order to portray the good and bad in people in their respective stories. Both 'Anil' and 'The Darkness Out There' act as a Bildungsroman - a story that walks the reader through the influential events in a person's life; through an external context, the reader sees the growth of the protagonist to maturity and how a change in experience induces an epiphany in them, which would affect their morality. This in turn shows how good and bad they turn out to be by the end of the story. In 'Anil', Noor exhibits the moral ethic of the protagonist, Anil, and how he turns out to be a victim of evil - which could later signify him as a vector of evil.

Doubts fill their hearts, and they leave running away from the village, unsure about what to do now, but it is clear that they have disbanded. Now no one leads them, and the once great army that filled the other countries with fear, now gone in an

It seems that all humans have this underlying animalistic instinct to always come out on top of the other, by all means necessary. It’s this very instinct that can prohibit us from obtaining this ‘utopian’ society that we strive so hard to obtain. In societies like the one depicted in Drowned cities, where there is little impact from the people and the only action comes from the military or government, malicious intent can tend to rise. It’s as if it magnifies this urge, to acquire control and seek power in times of turmoil and insecurity. In Drowned cities Paolo Bacigalupi depicts what this very society would look like by putting us in the shoes of war torn girl named mahlia, living in a dark malicious time.

Dontnod Entertainment and Square Enix have recently released Life Is Strange: Dark Room, this fourth episode pressures Max Caulfield and Chloe Price to risk their lives in dire situations to uncover more answers behind Rachel Amber’s missing case. Fortunately, Max’s ability to rewind time has helped narrow down the questions into clues, but the mystical powers cannot always save lives. While folks are reminded that even the littlest changes can impact reality, piecing the final clues together will require more information from the least unfriendliest fellows: the drug-addicted Nathan Prescott, the douche-bag stepfather, and the antisocial Frank.

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Women are often perceived as mother figures who stand by their husbands no matter what type of situation they encounter. They are expected to give a perfect image to society and do not get the greater say. Eugene O 'Neill’s play, A Long Day’s Journey into the Night (1940), gives the reader a representation of a woman who is still influenced by these standard societal expectations. The character, Mary Tyrone, depends greatly of her husband and will not leave him even if she wanted to. In The Awakening (1899) by Kate Chopin, the reader is introduced to Edna Pontellier who is the complete opposite. She exposes the dissatisfaction that women feel and decides to act upon it. These two characters feel that they do not belong in the lifestyle they are given. They struggle with their identity due to their husbands’ lack of affection. As a result, marriage becomes a barrier to their happiness and individual fulfillment. The sense of displacement, marital dissatisfaction, and loss and gain of identity pushes both Mary and Edna to take major decisions in order to deal with their pain and desires.

Stafford furtively conceals the profound meaning of his poem behind a story of the narrator, who stops alongside the road to care for a deer. The genius behind poem is better understood when the superficial meaning is expressed deeply.