No One Writes to the Colonel Essay

female, rich or poor, or religious or nonreligious. Slaveholders, masters, and overseers, both male and female, acted savagely toward their slaves. Frederick Douglass (1845/1995) in his autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, writes about when the overseer Mr. Gore shot a slave named Demby because Demby was trying to relieve some of the pain in his back from receiving a scourging by jumping into a creek (p. 14). No compassion is shown to the slaves by Mr. Gore. Douglass (1845/1995)

example from the text that shows Emily’s social awkwardness comes when Faulkner writes, “The day after [her father’s] death...she told them that her father was not dead. She did that for three days” (265). The only person Emily has a relationship with at this point in the story is her father, and when he dies it leaves Emily with nobody in her life. She refuses to accept her father’s death because of this, but with no one there to try and help comfort her she keeps telling herself that he is not dead

out. Emily had told them that Colonel Sartoris said that she has no taxes even though the Colonel has been dead for several years(539-540). In the beginning, Emily is not secretive at all and the town knows her. This is when her insanity was starting to appear. Emily believed that although there were no records about the Colonel dismissing her taxes, she still had no taxes. She also did not know that the Colonel was dead, telling the officials to go see the Colonel. Later in the story, she had become

time trying to encourage myself to pick up the book and read at least a little bit at a time. Luckily for me, I was not the only one struggling, many of my classmates and strong leaders were suffering from the firm grip of procrastination, even John and Sam, who everyone wanted to look up to for support. Since I was not the only one on the lonely boat of failing Colonel Dobson, it brought both comfort and fear. Ever since I stepped foot in Colonel’s classroom, I had the strongest urge to show him

comes when Faulkner writes, “After he father’s death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all” (264). Emily keeping to herself and away from anyone after these two events shows that she doesn’t know how to interact with other people. The fact that her “sweetheart” suddenly deserted her also raises some concerns in regards to her social skills. Another example from the text that Emily was socially awkward occurs when Faulkner writes, “He [the Negro] talked

Power is without a doubt the one thing that divides people from one another. “Catch-22” (book) relates tremendously to the thought of power in the wrong hands. Many characters’ abuse this to their own self-greed to achieve their own personal goals. Without paying attention to how it could affect the environment around him or her. The setting of the book takes place near the end of World War II, the characters in the story are mostly soldiers and officers during that time. High-ranking officers

role is passive in the “The Colonel”, a poem about a colonel who enjoys overpowering the innocent during the El Salvadoran civil war. According to John Mann, who wrote about the historical context of this poem, the poet Carolyn Forche writes about her visit to a military officers home in El Salvador alongside her friend. The colonel being nameless perhaps symbolizes in the poem how he would only like being perceived to be a military man and not a friendly host. The colonel does not allow his guests

Equality: Inclusive of All “Give ‘em hell fifty-four!” Edward Zwick’s 1989 film Glory, starring: Matthew Broderick as Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, Denzel Washington as Private Silas Trip, Morgan Freeman as “gravedigger” John Rawlins, and Andre Braughter as Private Thomas Searls -- is a Civil War portrayal of the courage and sacrifice displayed by the 54th Volunteer Regiment of Massachusetts. From the infancy of their inception in Boston, through the carnage they endured at the Battle of Fort Wagner

Douglass writes a persuasive narrative expressing his emotions,

knowledge that one have, as by reading, observation, writing or talking. Many people have acknowledged the benefits of studies in lives and that is one of the reason why the education system exist. Studies have lots of advantages, but if people both study and apply it to their lives, the knowledge that they have would last longer and give more benefits to them. In “Of Studies,” Francis Bacon points out about the importance of studies and how it is useful in practical application. In “The Colonel,” Michael