Have you ever regretted a decision that you’ve made earlier in life? In the “Spoon River Anthology "written by Edgar Lee Masters‚ there are many themes. They include guilt‚ peace through death‚ life‚ equality‚ and regret. My favorite theme for the “Spoon River Anthology” was regret. There are many epitaph that would be classified under the theme regret. My favorite three include; Chase Henry‚ Hod Putt‚ and Julia Miller. The first of these three‚ Chase Henry‚ explained the theme regret very
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The Norton Simon Museum My recent visit to the Norton Simon Museum was very different than any previous experience I have had with modern art. With only a semester’s worth of knowledge under my belt‚ I was most definitely in awe‚ and thoroughly entertained‚ to say the least. Although inspired by many‚ I chose to analyze two works with very similar subject matter‚ by two German Expressionist artists. I compared a piece entitled‚ "Bathing Girls"‚ painted by Franz Marc‚ to the similarly titled "Bathers
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John was a regular contributor to the Sydney quarterly magazine. Through his press ties‚ his poetry and literature became better known than that of most poets of the era. John produced his first poetry anthology in 1896‚ titled: the song of brotherhood and other verses. John produced another anthology in 1897 titled: sweetheart mine: lyrics of love and friendship. The year 1900 saw John marry Winifred Odd. In 1902‚ John returned to the university of Sydney‚ as the librarian’s assistant. He was
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Life Ain’t Always Easy: An Analysis of the Themes in Spoon River Anthology Spoon River Anthology gives us a clear and detailed reminder that life isn’t always easy. There aren’t many people in here that didn’t have it rough in some way. However‚ while struggling to maintain focus in the process of reading such a depressing book‚ I tried to find the “bright spots” in it. To me‚ these were the people that did have it rough or were forced into a difficult situation but in the midst of it they managed
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Fight Club is a 1999 American psychological drama film adapted from the 1996 by Chuck Palahniuk. The film conveys a powerful message about the worth of man and his decline in society over time. It follows the life of the narrator that struggles with insomnia and feelings of inadequacy as he tries to find his purpose in ife. In the beginning the film creates a feeling of sympathy for the Narrator. With dim and gloomy lighting‚ the movie has scenes showing the day-to-day life of the Narrator. The
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Fight Club Reader Response The movie Fight Club is based around a concept articulated by Tyler Durden to a lost generation’ of men as‚ "You are not your job. You are not how much you have in the bank. You are not the contents of your wallet. You are not your khakis. You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake". This ideology represents a counter-culture to the typical American pop culture and creed. As demonstrated throughout the movie‚ this revolution’ is a fight against the widely accepted
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soul‚ 11. Your soul takes fire‚ 12. And in the conflagration of your soul 13. The evil of the world is lighted up and made clear-- 14. Be thankful if in that hour of supreme vision 15. Life does not fiddle. When viewing over Spoon River Anthology written by Edgar Lee Masters‚ various monologues came into consideration for further analysis. Although these numerous monologues were considered its speculation would became discarded when I read “Jonathan Swift Somers”. The words of “Jonathan Swift
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Living In The Shadows “The hunger for attention is the enemy for self-love” (Mbiaka). In Chuck Palahniuk’s novel‚ Invisible Monsters‚ a story unfolds of how one person may conceive disastrous decisions in order to get the attention she desires. Shannon‚ the protagonist‚ is a woman who becomes full of her own vanity. She lives an unfortunate life‚ being involved in an accident that makes her jaw become completely torn off of her face. The accident that happens to Shannon is an achievement that allows
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"Fight Club" seems to be a critic movie about modern capitalistic society and consumer culture‚ but actually the movie can’t provide fundamental resolution‚ eventually helps capitalistic society preserve the present order. In my opinion‚ "Fight Club" is insincere movie which pointed out numerous social problems and ended up without a sense of responsibility‚ just passed the buck to the audiences. I am able to find evidences during the movie. First‚ "Fight club" raised a lot of broad questions
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Fight Club is a potent and diabolically sharp novel that was beautifully written by Chuck Palahniuk and adapted to the silver screen by David Fincher. A story masterfully brought together by mischief‚ mayhem‚ and ironically soap. Fight Club is the definition of a cult classic because the issues dealt within the movie touch so close to home. The novel was written in 1996 and quickly made it to the silver screen in 1999. In the film Fight Club‚ the real name of the protagonist (Ed Norton’s character)
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