… how you really feel about something but were afraid they would not like your opinions? Is there such thing as free will (Howe 8)? These are both questions that the characters of The Adventures of the Blue Avenger and The Gospel According to Larry…

… has at some time experienced dis-crimination on a large scale. Asian immigration as well has been the subject of discrimination within American society, most notably the Chinese and the Japanese diasporas. For a long time, both of these groups have…

… or are genuine reasons compulsory to evoke such feelings? All of John Donne's verse, his love sonnets and his religious poems, can be distinguished by a blend of passion and reason. However, the reasons for his poems are essential to completely…

… on I am rinsing off the sidewalk. Water Conservation? Please? Just a little bit? Maybe? The sprinklers showering the grass, the children running under the water with squirt-guns and water balloons waging war on each other, the car being washed…

… is it clear that only through the use of literary elements are we able to see how truly great a story is. In this particular short story, similes, point of view, and plausible plot, help to make the story extremely likeable. It is as if this story…

… and ideals for the greatest ruler. Whether the ruler gain control through trust, being unseen but assertive or through force, rulers must know how to keep their people in line. Kongzi believed in maintaining control by having the people of a rulers…

… plays would have to be, ¡°Romeo & Juliet¡±. The congratulatory success that he received was tremendous, and so many of his works were made into movies. His play Romeo & Juliet was re-created in 1997, starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Claire Danes as the…

… to two different, but large, well known families in Verona, Italy. Romeo belongs to the Montague family and Juliet belongs to the Capulet family. In this play these two families are portrayed as enemies. Until the end of the story tragic events happen…

… Even tragic heroes have to deal with fate. Is someone capable of escaping his or her fate and can still be considered as a tragic hero? It may not be easy to defy the gods, but it can be done. In Oedipus the King, the main character, Oedipus, runs away…

… the its past. Before the recent establishment of the Republic of Russia, the land was controled by Soviet rule. However the Soviets within themselves were also fairly young as a governement. The Beggining of communist rule started around 1917, but…