William Cuthbert Faulkner‚ Mississippi born author‚ took stage upon the winter of nineteen fifty to accept his Nobel Prize in Literature of nineteen forty-nine because of "his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel". Despite having dropped out of school at an early age and only completing a single year in college‚ Faulkner’s career as a writer is well credible through awards not limited to the Nobel Prize for Literature. Some of which include two National Book
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Silas Deane‚ son of a poor blacksmith‚ was an ambitious man. After his first wife died‚ Deane married the granddaughter of the former governor of Connecticut. A thriving businessman‚ Deane entered politics. He was on Connecticut’s Committee of Correspondence and as a delegate to the first and second Continental Congress. On September 22‚ 1789 Silas Deane booked passage on a ship‚ the Boston Packet. While with the ship’s captain‚ Deane suddenly complained of dizziness and stomach pain. Right away
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Faulkner’s speech was short. He introduces his main point at the beginning of the second paragraph‚ “Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it.”.He was speaking in 1950. The Cold War between the United States and the U.S.S.R. had begun. Both sides were building more and more atomic weapons. The U.S.S. R. was building enormous long-range missiles to deliver the atomic warheads anywhere in America. The U.S. had short-range missiles
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Figures of Speech in "The Tiger" by William Blake In the poem "The Tiger"‚ the author‚ William Blake‚ is describing one of the most powerful and beautiful creatures and praising God’s work in the process by using symbols and different figures of speech. The figures of speech that are used are alliteration‚ metaphor‚ and anaphora. By using these certain figures of speech‚ Blake brings the focus to those things that he is so in awe of. Now‚ Just to give a quick background to the author‚ we go
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The special occasion speech I chose was Serena Williams. The speech she gave was a speech of award acceptance. The speaker spoke while maintaining eye contact with the crowd which helped them see her as trustworthy and maintain focus on the message that she wanted them to get from her speech. The movement she used was that she raised and presented her trophy to show what she had accomplished. Her voice was loud and she smiled‚ showing that she felt happy and grateful. Her speech was also inspiring
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Well good evening. Allow me to briefly introduce myself. Address me as Sir Mills Barrington‚ born 18th of April 1623 in London‚ England. I like to consider myself a man of importance‚ sophistication‚ wealth and knowledge‚ with a strong belief in God almighty. However‚ I have a little story to tell‚ a story that many find hard to believe. I tell you fellows‚ knowledge can only take you so far. For what I experienced exactly 10 years ago‚ my intellect would be of no assistance. For the abnormal‚ the
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Four Things to Like About To Sir‚ With Love The inspirational movie To Sir‚ With Love has many morals and values which‚ were taught in the movie. It changed the lives of all of those students who were in his class room. The movie has many important parts that really stand out to me. The top four spectacular things to like about this movie is how Mr. Sir cares about his students‚ the lesson being taught‚ the boxing match‚ and the party the student threw for Mr. Sir . These four scenes were the
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Morris‚ AP Literature The Awakening Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a poem that enlightens readers by being well written‚ usage of language‚ and by giving glimpses of a more illumining reality. As the story unfolds I came to realize there is an ongoing symbolic death and re-birth of Sir Gawain. His symbolic death and re-birth is used to provide meaning to the writing beyond what is actually being described and to enhance the poem. Part One foreshadows Sir Gawain’s death when he volunteers as
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December 2nd‚ 2012 English- In the epic poem‚ Sir Gawain and The Green Knight by an unknown author‚ several characters break rules stated in “The Rules of Courtly Love” by Eleanor of Aquitaine. The biggest rule breakers are the lord and the lady. They break these rules through their words and actions. Two of the several rules that the lord and lady break are “Marriage is no real excuse for not loving” and “He who is not jealous‚ cannot love” The first rule in “The Rules of Courtly Love” by Eleanor
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Your assignment is to pretend you are a modern Sir Thomas More in the United States of America. Just as Sir Thomas More highlighted problems with European societies in Book I of Utopia‚ you are to discuss current problems with American society today. Remember that More discussed unfair punishment for crime‚ a corrupt socio-economic system‚ the greediness of kings‚ and distrust in technology. He also closely analyzed the corruption of advisors to the king. These were all significant problems in 16th
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