Jonathan Larson

“Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own” (Swift). Such beholders, as Jonathan Swift astutely emphasizes, are intended, through guidance of satiric narrative, to recognize social or political plights. In some satires, as in Swift’s own A Modest Proposal, the use of absurd, blatant exaggeration is intended to capture an indolent audience’s attention regarding the social state of the poor. Yet even in such a direct satire, there exists another

Even the most cursory analysis of "Letter From Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. and "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift reveals glaring differences between the two essays. Surprisingly, a side-by-side comparison also yields many similarities between the two works. The most obvious similarity between the two essays is the overarching theme of the subject matter. In both essays, the writers address deeply-entrenched social injustices. For example, in "Letter From Birmingham Jail"

Throughout the Victorian era, a woman’s sole purpose was to marry, produce children, keep the house clean and have dinner on the table by the time their husband returned from work. They were restricted to working tedious jobs at minimum wage until they were married and were not allowed to receive a real education. Once married, a woman was expected to become a fulltime mother and house wife tending to the needs in the home on command. All these lovely skills were that of the traditional Victorian

"A Modest Proposal” a Political Statement Mouth-watering, scrumptious, and delicious are a few words that come to mind when you think of Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal.” His satire on the conditions of life in 1729 was to draw its readers to serious discussion on the distressing matters that plagued their society. His extreme and sarcastic response to the treatment of the ever-growing poor population of Irish families, by the rich English landowners, was to bring to light a matter that they

The two classic movies Dracula and Frankenstein both have very different stories from one another but the similarities between the two movies is the characteristics of their main characters. The main idea between the two movies is that they are both fascinated with creatures which are Count Dracula and Frankenstein’s monster that are irregular, dangerous, and abnormal from others beings in their movies. Frankenstein’s monster as well as Count Dracula both cause hazard to the other characters in

--- Ms. Miller’s glare at him stilled his temper momentarily. “I know that this must seem frustrating to you, James,” she said, more kindly than he had expected, “but you need to understand that this is all part of it. Keeping you from knowing is part of what you have to endure. You’ve gotten used to being undressed in front of the girls and have been undressed around the home all the time, and it’s hardly embarrassing for you anymore. They know that. So this is intended to be uncomfortable for you

The Blood Sucking Behavior of Hirudo Miguel Soto Professor Folkerts Pepperdine University 23 April 2014   Abstract Hirudo are well known for their blood sucking, fluid feeding behavior. The purpose of this experiment was to get a better understanding of Hirudo’s blood feeding behavior; more specifically, the study was designed to answer the question: how do different volumes of blood affect Hirudo’s thirst? By soaking a sponge with different volumes of cow blood and measuring the time it took for

In order to determine what behaviors would be effective in inspiring James to be productive, James’s supervisor needs to make select a coaching style that would be most effective in encourage James to develop his skills, knowledge, and capabilities. According to Aguinis (2013), there are four different coaching styles: driver, persuader, amiable, and analyzer (p. 233). The driver style describes a tactic that entails the coach taking a directive approach to coaching the employee (Aguinis, 2013

It was a warm, sunny day in Tampa, Florida when my carpool buddy Christian and I were walking from his car to the Plant High School Club Rowing Team Boathouse on the Palm River for one of our six rowing practices a week. We were walking when I heard one of the coaches announce, “FIVE MINUTES!” That meant five minutes until we began our warm up stretches. I got dressed, stretched, and went on a one mile warm up run with my teammates. After the run, the coach normally announces that days lineups.

of Dracula are depicted as evil and monstrous, while the pure and chaste women are displayed as strong and heroic. The character of Mina Murray, whom starts the novel as a young school headmistress that is engaged to one of the novel’s narrators, Jonathan Harker. Throughout the novel, Mina is depicted as the ideal Victorian woman. Take what Dr. Van Helsing says of Mina in chapter fourteen, She is one of God 's women, fashioned by His own hand to show us men and other women that there is a heaven