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life but it also symbolizes becoming astray and then finding one’s way through life. The ocean is a boundless space isolating the boys from all they once knew about the world. But after Simon dies and gets washed out into the sea, the ocean symbolizes all good getting washed away, getting replaced by evil. Simon becomes the good bygone and Jack becomes the evil washing over. But the island and the ocean aren’t the only symbols in the book. The water current flowing backwards, that deceives many into

In The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal, a wounded soldier asks Simon for forgiveness for a terrible crime he committed during the Holocaust. He is on his deathbed, and asks a nurse to bring a Jewish person to him. The nurse brings Simon and Simon doesn’t forgive him, instead walking out without saying anything. After reading The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal along with multiple essays responding to it, I believe Simon should have forgiven the man because he was manipulated into thinking what he was

Upon the Burning of our House, July 10th, 1666 was written by Anne Bradstreet, America’s first published poet and a famous Puritan writer. The poem is about Bradstreet fleeing her house after she wakes up and discovers that her house has been engulfed in flames. She begins to mourn the loss of her personal items but quickly scolds herself because she believes God has created a home for her in heaven. As Bradstreet takes her mind off losing her earthly possessions, she realizes that she must dissolve

An elegy, a poem written in honor of a deceased. It mourns the death of an individual through looking at the bright side. It can release stress because of all the emotions that could not be held in anymore. This can be clearly portrayed in Anne Bradstreet’s Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House and Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in Country Churchyard. Both of the writers have feelings of depression. The writers bring up subtle comparisons between the poem and themselves. The arising

Simon Weisenthal was a renowned Nazi hunter and Author. He was born on December 31st, 1908. He lived a heroic life and died on September 20, 2005. I am just here to explain his tales and misfortunes. Simon started off by being born in the Ukraine, but his parents soon packed up and took him along to Argentina. Growing up he did well in school and graduated from The Gymnasium in 1928 and applied to the Polytechnic Institute in Lvov. Turned away because of restrictions on Jewish students, he went

scores by famous musicians who topped billboard charts and differed in their inspirations of how the music was created to capture certain moments in the films. First film music to be discussed is The Graduate film scores which have famous tracks from Simon and Garfunkel such as, “Scarborough Fair” which uses primarily string instruments and reflects on the struggle of the main character perfectly by showing how he has conflicting decisions on how to regulate himself in the various relationships. “The

In the book The Color of Water, the author, James McBride not only takes us through his own journey, but also gives us a perspective on the life of his mother, Ruth. James’ admiration for his mom reflects throughout the story while showing the readers the growth and development her character experienced as she went through life. Ruth McBride-Jordan endured many heartbreaking hardships throughout her life, but nevertheless, had an innumerable amount of cheerful and zestful moments. She grew to be

LEFT SIDE- Venezuela has a storied history. During 1522, Venezuela was colonized by the Spanish. Than later in 1811, Venezuela was included as a department of the federal republic of Gran Columbia. Than in 1830, Venezuela became a free country. During the 1900’s, Venezuela dealt with government turmoil, being dominated by military strongmen until the mid-20th century. Some of Venezuela’s geographical features include the Maracaibo lowlands lie in the north east and llanos and the Orinoco Plains occur

Owen Meany, a Mystery Every high school in America has cliques. Groups of like-minded individuals who band together and form what is known as high school. There are stereotypical cliques, the jocks, punks, cheerleaders, brainiacs, and more that could be found anywhere and everywhere. It is hard to fit in sometimes because not everyone fits into the molds of these groups. That is how John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany is. This novel does not fit the stereotypical mold of most genres, but it does

Anne Bradstreet in her poem, “The Author to Her Book”, elaborates on the true struggles of the publishing process that writers may experience in their writing careers. Through a unique perspective, Bradstreet introduces the narrator of the poem as a writer with a “deformed” piece of work, which is compared to a mother with a child with deformities; both of which are exposed to the public eye. Though the use of an extended metaphor, Bradstreet in “The Author to Her Book” compares a defected piece