Identifying the Mentor role of Merlin within Gandalf Merlin’s traits as a mentor are on display in later works by authors, such as Malory, who has Merlin serve as King Arthur’s mentor. Geoffrey of Monmouth does not make explicit use of Me Continue Reading...
Preserving the Wilderness through Non-Intervention Harm or Help Nature? In 2014, the Wilderness Act turned 50. The act was introduced to "Establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the permanent good of the whole people, and for other Continue Reading...
landscape studies pioneer, John Brinckerhoff Jackson, studied the contemporary landscape - common, everyday places where we live, work and play - for the clues it provides to American culture. In 1964, the American Congress passed the Wilderness Ac Continue Reading...
Safety of participants; 2. Welfare of participants; and, 3. Quality of course offerings. Critical Issues The critical issue facing this enterprise is the need to provide a rigorous and challenging survival course while ensuring that its features Continue Reading...
A petroleum geologist against drilling in the area writes, "For all practical purposes, the refuge is utterly pristine. It also encompasses an area 26 times larger than Yosemite National Park, almost nine times the size of Yellowstone" (Herndon). Wh Continue Reading...
Arts and Humanities in Rosseau's Second Discourse And Other Pieces Of Work Arts and Humanities in Rousseau's Second Discourse and other Pieces of Work In the second discourse, Rousseau changes progress and decries imprisoning in men, in a fabricate Continue Reading...
madness in two works, "The Yellow Wall-Paper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and "A Wilderness Station" by Alice Munro. Specifically, it will discuss how the central characters exhibit some form of madness or refusal to live in reality. It will explor Continue Reading...
dawn of the nineteenth century there were approximately sixty million buffalo roaming the North American great pains; but by the end of the century, there were less than one thousand. This empirical fact, perhaps more than any other, grants a certai Continue Reading...
Delta Autumn," William Faulkner tries to show us southern racism through the eyes of a septuagenarian white man from Mississippi. He also introduces some perspectives on the erosion of nature and the annual tradition of hunting. Delta Autumn is one Continue Reading...
Jean Batiste Day. Even poets added to this creation of a national hero in Jacques Cartier. One thing we might note for Gordon's writing is that he used quite a lot of French quotation and commented on it, but never supplied the translation. Having Continue Reading...
Young Goodman Brown Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" is a strange and unsettling story of a young man who travels through a wood overnight and allows his experience to change him forever. There are many themes in this short story, includi Continue Reading...
As Canada has become less wild, many of these obstacles have been recognized by writers to exist internally, as Atwood says: "no longer obstacles to physical survival but obstacles to what we may call spiritual survival, to life as anything more tha Continue Reading...
Richard Le Gallienne, however, shows a Khayyam who may have liked to look at the stars but was far more contented to find peace and happiness in this world than in the next: "Look not above, there is no answer there; / Pray not, for no one listens Continue Reading...
After all, these things do not necessarily bring me much spiritual pleasure when I consider their presence in my life. What is important is my family, my friends and moments like this when I can take in the beauty of the world around me. I should do Continue Reading...
panther, by Reiner Maria Rilke and Travelling through the Dark, by William Stafford, are two poems about wild animals and the effects of human kind's interference into their existence. In the case of Rilke's poem, the interaction is intentional: the Continue Reading...
Women in Aztec Creation Compare and Contrast Women in Aztec creation story and women in the Book of Genesis (The Holy Bible) creation story Compare and Contrast the women in Aztec creation story and women in The Book of Genesis (The Holy Bible) cr Continue Reading...
And "civilized" also means being corrupted by rampant economic temptations and in the process, ruining the land; and the narrator goes to great lengths to show that she "...wishes to not be human," which is a linking of "guilt and self-knowledge," Continue Reading...
According to Phillip Rosen in Narrative Apparatus, Ideology: A Film Theory Reader, "The syntagmatic is comprised of the rule-governed relationships among signs present in an actual, concrete signifying "chain" such as a sentence; it is the realm of Continue Reading...
Supertramp' is McCandless' literary alter ego. In his writings, McCandless portrays himself as a kind of spiritual pilgrim in the last, pure place on earth -- the Great White North. Writing under a different name allows McCandless to distance himsel Continue Reading...
It is what we know, because that which we understand from the experience of the vision quest finds no words to express it, and if we cannot express it, hear it said, we question and fear it. But we continue to long for the escape, to shed the body l Continue Reading...
Victims of a Meaningless Show of Force Language Analysis: In the article "Victims of a Meaningless Show of Force" the author uses language to express her point that police firing on two polar bears was unacceptable behavior and as the author says " Continue Reading...
unnamed narrator of Naguib Mahfouz's short story is looking for a man Zaabalawi, what Zaabalawi represents to him, what Zaabalawi wants from him and what the illness is of which the narrator complains. Also, we will discuss how Mahfouz describes eac Continue Reading...
The problem that exists in attempting to better understand elder care abuse from a clinical and social perspective, is that there are not enough studies relative to these contemporary times from which to gain insight in order to benefit a clinical Continue Reading...
Man vs. Nature in "To Build a Fire" While man would like to believe in his strength and wisdom, there are times when he must comes to terms with the harsh reality of his weakness. In Jack London's short story, "To Build a Fire," we see mankind in pe Continue Reading...
Sangster, DeLillo, Nature and God What is the opposite of Nature? There are a number of different answers we could give in playing the game of finding an antonym. We are accustomed to speaking of "nature vs. nurture," but "nature" here is a shorthan Continue Reading...
" "We tried to call you." "Why didn't you return my call?" For some reason, not for lack of trying, I nearly always forget to charge my cell phone. It is not that I am anti-technology. I spend too much time on my computer and Internet. There is somet Continue Reading...
However, Pharaoh's heart was heartened and he refused. Because of this, Aaron was instructed to lay down the rod in front of the Pharaoh and it became a snake. The pharaoh then ordered his sorcerers to throw down their rods and they also became snak Continue Reading...
American National Character (history) The Ongoing Search for an "American National Character" This assignment asks the following pertinent and challenging questions: Is it possible to find trends amongst so much diversity? What characteristics are Continue Reading...
Introduction Victor and his creature are opposing forces that struggle because of their conflicts throughout Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein. Conflict is the dominant theme of the novel—one that Mary Shelley herself experienced in her Continue Reading...
" The narrator of the film asks: "What's this war in the heart of nature? Why does nature vie with itself, the land contend with the sea? Is there an avenging power in nature?" Because it is a war film set during the Battle of Guadalcanal, the film e Continue Reading...
The setting is perhaps one of the most famous in the entire Biblical narrative: the side of the Red Sea, a crowd of fleeing Hebrew salves anxiously looking over their shoulders at the approaching army of the Pharaoh. According to rabbinical commenta Continue Reading...
This is the Jealous God that Huston carries throughout his film as a representation of Godly power. This view also raises many associated questions; such as the fact that God must also have been the originator of the snake. In this section and in t Continue Reading...
A sea of buildings would cover the Island of Manhattan, and the iron tentacles of urbanization would extend outward over hundreds of square miles, even into distant Riverdale in Westchester County - the once rural site of Wave Hill. The picturesque Continue Reading...
Crazy Horse and the Western Hero Crazy Horse, believed born sometime in 1838, was a respected member of the Oglala Sioux Native American tribe and is noted for his courage in battle. He was recognized among his own people as a visionary leader commi Continue Reading...
Morality in the Ancient Mesopotamian Saga of Gilgamesh as Translated by David Ferry) "Who is the mortal that can live forever? The Life of man is short. Only the gods can live forever. Therefore put on new clothes, a clean robe and a cloak tied with Continue Reading...
Civil War and Grant The Civil War in the United States can be considered as the darkest moment in its relatively young history. (Mitgang, 2000) His Gettysburg State of the Union Address is perhaps the shortest in history; but the depth of meaning an Continue Reading...
Religion Historical Purpose of Romans 11 Exegesis of Romans 11 Israel Not rejected A Remnant is Left Warning to the Gentiles The Eventual Blessing of Israel The Epistle to the Romans: Chapter 11 It seems that there is more writing about Roman Continue Reading...
Moreover, the master for indentured servants had an obligation to feed, clothe, and educate them. While indentured servitude was substantially different from slavery, it was sufficiently similar to allow the initial transition to chattel slavery wit Continue Reading...
Raymond Carver When one is seeking a bright, cheerily optimistic view of the world one does not automatically turn to the works of Raymond Carver. The short story writer - whom many critics cite as being the greatest master of that form since Ernest Continue Reading...
Strength Through Words: Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatley While their lives were vastly different in many ways, Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatley are two poets that share the experience of writing through some of life's most difficult circums Continue Reading...
