Allen Mendler

Knowledge exists in various forms. A person can gain knowledge simply by watching someone’s actions. For example, witnessing a powerless person getting help, the witness learns the importance of aiding people, which is one's ability to think for oneself and others; thus, it is true power. In fact, in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, the use of hands shows one’s ability to think and act for oneself and others as Chief Bromden can put his thoughts, and thus his resistance, into action

The standards of obscenity and what is and is not protected by the First Amendment has evolved as the fields of literature and art have expanded. In 1956, the headlines were filled with mentions of Howl being fought about in court. Howl, a poem written by Ginsberg, is focused on the “outcast” groups of American society such as the mentally ill, members of the LGBT community, and drug users. Originally, he did not intend for the poem to get out to the public due to the references from his own life

There is no question that Walt Whitman had the most significant influence on American literary history. Along with Emily Dickinson, Whitman represented the Romantic literature era of American literature. Whitman is known for his distinctive poetic forms and free verse. Whitman’s most popular work Leaves of Grass influenced many future writers that came after him to follow his writing style. The richness that Leaves of Grass left behind had such a huge impact on American writers of many different

B00714952 Beat Literature and Culture ENG317 ‘The penchant for innovation and experimentation, so apparent from lifestyle to literacy form, was born of a desire to reinvigorate and indeed revolutionize American culture.’ How accurate is this assessment of Beat literature and culture? The beats became a popular literary movement in the 1950s and 1960s when writers who shared a distaste of American virtues of progress and power began experimenting with their writing styles trying to revolutionize American

An atomic blast ended World War II and ushered in the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. As the fear of communism spread and Joseph McCarthy stepped into the role of “Grand Inquisitor” for the House Committee on Un-American Activities, Americans wanted to take up life where it had left off before the war years when they had job security and happy marriages. Young people were expected to receive a successful education, begin work, live principled lives, marry, and have children

In “The Book Thief” Death comes in as the narrator of the novel. The first time he saw the book thief, he says, was on a train. The next time he saw her was when he came for a pilot who had crashed his plane. And the third time was after a bombing. He associates a color with each sighting: white, red, and black, the colors of the Nazi flag. Death then begins the story. Liesel, her mother, and her brother Werner are traveling on a train to Munich when Werner suddenly dies. Liesel and her mother get

I used to think that dolls were nothing except perfect little pieces of glass. I didn’t really care for me as much as my mother did, but soon enough...every look, every word, every sound started to run my life. It all started on September 11, 1962 on a sweet seemingly perfect day, there were no clouds to be seen and I was sitting inside in my little black and gold chair that I got for my birthday. I would sit in the chair and stare out the window waiting for my mama to get home. I sat there for

Annie Hall is a 1977 American romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a screenplay co-written by him and Marshall Brickman. Charles H. Joffe who was Woody Allen’s manager at that time produced the film and the film’s director played the leading male, Woody Allen, as Alvy "Max" Singer, who is a hostile man who tries to figure out the reasoning for his failure in relationships with the film's female lead, who is played by Diane Keaton. Annie Hall is not seen as a traditional romantic film

Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, wherein he roamed fields and riverbanks by day and night. He wrote his first novel written at the age of eleven. He also kept extensive diaries and newspapers. His parents, Leow and Gabrielle immigrated separately from rural Quebec to New Hampshire. His family French-Canadian dialect of Joual is used in their home. French was the first language to Kerouac. He was educated by Jesuit brothers in Lowell. He said that, he decided to become a writer at

see a whole new life , you can become part of something new, even if it’s only for a few minutes , poetry is a safe space , a place you can express all your feelings without being judged .In poetry you will say things you will never say out loud. Allen Ginsberg said:” poetry is the one place where people can speak their original mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is know in private. Therefore I conclude that there are a lot of different purposes of poetry and that though poetry