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An epic hero is one who breaks the mold of a normal human being; he or she fightsagainst all odds to come out on top and often wins just when things are looking very hopeless. Epic heroes know to keep going and never give up. They often go on important quests and travel to the…

One of the most important parts of a story is the setting. Setting includes not only place but period as well. In Homer’s short story, The Odyssey, the surroundings change frequently; however, the story takes place in Ancient Greece. This is vital to every aspect of the story because, if it were changed to any…

“Son-1e bad things are good”. Romeo and Juliet, The Outsiders, and The Scarlet Ibis all have this theme in common. Death is a factor in all of these stories. The sadness written by the authors can be seen as happy too Death is a sad thing no matter what. But it can be happy too….

Some people could argue that the narrator in The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe was completely insane. Other’s would argue otherwise. However, one looks at it, it all depends on how “Insane” is defined. The layman’s version of the term is to be “in a state of mind that prevents normal perception, behavior, or…

In Edgar Alan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” the narrates shows several clear signs of insanity. This short story could be described as a man who kills someone and then vents by writing down what happened to convince himself he is sane. In the story he feels the need to explain to the reader that he…

The idea of reason vs. intuition is often seen in literature, but some literature depicts it differently than others. The Black Cat, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Scarlet Letter all have a character that becomes obsessed with “justice,” and their struggle with justice primarily depicts the struggle between reason and intuition. While the characters in…

I am going to compare Sunrise over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers and Mother to son By Langston Hughes.Sunrise over Fallujah is about a guy named Robin Aka “birdy” and he was sent to iraq and is the civilian affairs Battalion. As they are trying to secure and stabilize iraq. And doing so they will…

The two stories that I have decided to analyze are “Trumpet Player” by Langston Hughes and “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin. In “Trumpet Player,” Langston Hughes describes an African- American man who is playing the trumpet. Throughout that poem, he uses several words and metaphors to engage the reader into what the trumpet player is…

“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” is a poem that utilizes legitimate parts fr`om not only late yank history at the time, but also world history from the acquaintance of human advancement with the culmination of subjection. Langston Hughes cautiously copied back experiences restricted to not only blacks and whites, but any race at any rate…

Dry September by William Faulkner is a story set back in the early 90s in a small southern town. The story revolves around how Minnie Cooper, a lonely and unhappy woman is apparently raped by a black man, known as Will Mayes and how a group of men overreact to the situation and jump to…