...James L. Wilson Date 2/14/12 AFAS 160D1 Dr. Yuxuf Abana Essay # 1 The value of language The Norton anthology of African American literature book, does a great job in describing the uniqueness of the early African American language, as the roots for the spiritual and the secular forms of the African American vernacular. But for one to understand the African American vernacular, one must understand how the language was created. The language of the early Africans that occupied north America was unique to only this ethical group, because they where the only forms of Africans in that time that spoke a kind of language that was broken English or formally called “Pidgin” which is known as the language of the slaves. Lets take a look at the active definition for pidgin, so we can come to a clear understanding of the word before we progress further in the paper: “A simplified form of speech that is usually a mixture of two or more languages, has a rudimentary grammar and vocabulary, is used for communication between groups speaking different languages, and is not spoken as a first or native language. Also called contact language.”(pidgin online) so contact language is the language first spoken or developed when the Africans where first In America. The language was created due to the direct result of the times being that Africans by law where not allowed to be educated or to be treated like anything other then a slave...
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...audience’s awareness of the important events occurring throughout the movie while simultaneously evoking feelings of curiosity towards the seemingly mysterious and solitary life of Charles Foster Kane. In certain scenes throughout the movie, the lack of lighting, ironically, catches the audience’s eye. The first scene where the lack of lighting really stands out takes place when the few journalists assigned to write about Kane’s death are discussing the possible meanings of his last word, “rosebud.” The first thing the audience is presented with is a room encompassed in darkness, with the exception of two streams of light pouring in from the windows, barely seeming to effectively light up the room. When the men pass by the light, all that is visible are their profiles, and a few puffs of smoke. Although Welles uses a long shot and deep focus for the majority of this scene, the audience really doesn’t get a look into where the characters are spatially located within the shot or how many people are in the room, which leaves a lingering feeling of mystery and curiosity. After a couple of seconds, a second source of light comes through from the lamp sitting on a desk, however this still doesn’t give the audience much more information. Later in the scene the camera cuts to a leveled medium-long shot of two men talking to each other, with a giant white...
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...organism that breathes life into us. The Bible relates how God intercepted the lives of people to save them from disaster and to show them a better way to live. That way was through His Son Jesus Christ. For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16). The Bible is distinct from other religious books (Towns 2007). It offers a more directional path for us to follow. The Bible is the light of the world. Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life (John 8:12)." We too can let our, light so shine that it will draw others unto God. When we encounter someone that seems to be in doubt, we should be there to give that person comfort in God’s Word, to let them know that there is hope. The second argument is the immeasurable superiority to the literature. In the ACE video Strauss...
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...Along with using light and dark imagery to address and better describe characters, Shakespeare uses it to create an overall atmosphere or mood. Mood in literature is the emotional condition present created by the piece within the setting; mood refers to the general sense or feeling the reader or audience should have. Benvolio, the peacemaker, is able to a create a happy, light mood the morning the play starts; this mood is created when Benvolio is speaking with Lord and Lady Montague about Romeo’s current issue. Benvolio says, “Madam, an hour before the worshipped sun peered forth the golden window of the east.” (I.i.120-1) This exemplifies the use of light imagery to help better obtain a calm peaceful mood; the scenery and setting are developed with light adjectives and...
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...American Gothic Literature 1. The Adventure of The German Student / Washington Irving The Adventure of The German Student consists a few of the elements which compile Gothic stories. This story tells the happenings of a young German student, Gottfried Wolfgang. Wolfgang is described as a man of good family, but also as a person who is intensely immersed in the mystical side of existence. As a student, he dedicated himself to his studies, until both his physical health and imagination have become "diseased" ("he took up a notion, I do not know from what cause, that there was an evil influence hanging over him"). His family and friends, who watched him get melancholy and morbidly obsessed with the dark side, decided to send him to complete his studies in France, in order for him to be happily influenced by "the splendor and gayeties of Paris". Wolfgang arrived to Paris in the beginning of the Reign of Terror (the French Revolution) and witnessed scenes of butchery and cruelty which gained the exact opposite of what his friends and family aimed for; He had become even more introverted and consumed with his own private, dark world of imagination. Little by little Wolfgang also becomes sexually obsessed. The quote describes the beginning of the process, while using the element of a dream state (one of the elements of gothic literature) Since Wolfgang is too shy to actually approach a woman, he gives himself over to romantic and erotic dreams, in which one particular woman face...
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...their batteries last longer. Literature Review There are many different uses for Double A batteries and all battery manufactures want their batteries to be the longest lasting. There have been many tests done by the manufacturers of batteries and independent companies. The Power Stream Company tested the discharge rate of different batteries. They used the CBA II Battery Analyzer to test the discharge rate of each battery. The batteries they tested were Radio Shack Enercell Plus, Duracell Coppertop, Energizer Titanium, Energizer Max, Eveready Gold, Energizer Lithium and the Power Stream 2000 mAH Rechargeable. The Radio Shack Enercell and the Duracell Copper top were the two best batteries. The Radio Shack Enercell was best at a high discharge rate and the Duracell Copper Top was best at a very low discharge rate. The Bit Box Company tested over forty different brands of batteries. They used their own engineered constant load testing device. That was connected to a laptop computer which would graph the results of the test. It could test several batteries at one time. They used batteries from name brand manufacturers to discount store brands. The graph below shows the results of the test. Experimental Design Steps Two Double A batteries will be inserted in a Princeton Tech head lamp with a halogen bulb. The head lamp will be turned on and timed until the headlamp no longer shines light. 1. Test two Double A batteries with a volt tester making...
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...Massengill 2 November 2015 Langston Hughes American literature would not be what it is today if it weren’t for the fine work of many poets. Poetry is known for having an extensive amount of symbolism that cuts right to the point. One great poet who was never afraid to say what he felt was Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes was a great African American poet who changed the ways of poetry with his sheer authenticity. Langston Hughes wrote many famous pieces of poetry. Some of his most famous poetic pieces are Not Without Laughter and Modern Black Poets: A Collection of Critical Essays.His first poem was published in 1926. He has also written many pieces of prose. Hughes won the Harmon Gold medal for literature for his first novel in 1930. He wrote two children’s poems that express his style in a format that children can understand and enjoy. His main poet influences as a young man were Carl Sandburg and Walt Whitman. He edited two anthologies wrote one, too. He wrote Montage of a Dream Deferred, which is inspired by his love for jazz. This poem is the length of a book. He also wrote wrote The Negro...
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...in the Theory of Forms to prisoners chained in a cave, unable to turn their heads. All they can see is the wall of the cave. Behind them burns a fire. Between the fire and the prisoners there is a parapet, along which puppeteers can walk. The puppeteers, who are behind the prisoners, hold up puppets that cast shadows on the wall of the cave. The prisoners are unable to see these puppets, the real objects, that pass behind them. What the prisoners see and hear are shadows and echoes cast by objects that they do not see. where humans are depicted as being imprisoned by their bodies and what they perceive by sight only. In the Allegory of the Cave Plato plays with the notion of what would occur if people suddenly encountered the divine light of the sun, and perceived “true” reality. In other words, what would happen if people actually embraced philosophy and become enlightened by it? In the beginning of the Allegory of the Cave Plato represents man’s condition as being “chained in a cave,” with only...
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...shoe is not only a design, but it's a part of your body language, the way you walk. The way you're going to move is quite dictated by your shoes” just an evident of how intricate a shoe is-in yourself and in the eyes of the people around you. Going back to history, in societal belief, the person with a high-profiled has an identity of having polished-leathered shoes in his/her feet. At this modern era, everyone has its decision whether to use shoe polisher or not, something that diminished the gap between the so-called high people and lower ones. Shoe polish used to polish, shine, and waterproof leather shoes or boots to extend the footwear's life, and restore, maintain and improve their appearance (thefreedictionary). Shoe polish had been widely used even before the twentieth century, during the medieval times, dubbin- a waxy product, was used to soften and waterproof leather but did not made the leather shine until they tried to mixed the beeswax and lanolin as bases that until now major company of boot polish is using. Another historical file, the popularity of shoe polish paralleled a general rise in leather and synthetic shoe production, beginning in the 19th century and continuing into the 20th. The World Wars saw a surge in demand for the product, in order to polish army boots and contributed to its fame all over the globe. Focusing to our study, we will use the banana peel extract and coconut husk ashes in making true our research. Coconut is the fruit of the most economically...
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...Thesis: William Shakespeare in “That Time of Year” metaphorically compares his fading youth with the time of year when the last leaf falls, when the sunsets and vanishes away, and finally as a fire that has consumed all that has fed its flame. I. Quatrain 1: A time of year. a. When the last leaf falls. b. Winter comes and the warmth is gone. II. Quatrain 2: Sunset. a. The day begins to end. b. Night comes. III. Quatrain 3: The fire. a. Resting on a bed of ashes. b. The flame is consumed. IV. Couplet: The lesson “To love that well which thou must leave ere long.” Conclusion: Shakespeare presents the problem of diminishing youth, and likens it to the end of the year, then to the end of a day, and finally to a fire smoldering out. Each quatrain adds perspective in light of the other to bring about the right emotional response needed for Shakespeare to present his theme. Shakespeare’s Metaphorical Comparison of Fading Youth in “That Time of Year” William Shakespeare in “That Time of Year” metaphorically compares his fading youth with the time of year when there are a few leaves left on the tree, when the sunsets and vanishes away, and finally as a fire that has consumed all that has fed its flame. He resolves the sonnet with a lesson in the end “To love that well which...
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...The True Demise of Myself Lets take a journey through the mind of a man who is torn between his “id” and “superego.” In the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart,” by Edgar Alan Poe, a man cannot choose between right and wrong. Through the psychological theory I can prove how a man is torn between his “id,” “ego,” and “superego” and to proud to show his true identity of being a psychopath. The man is portrayed as the narrator and has taken on two identities one as a loving and caring man and the other is a psychopath. The “id” will take over his “ego” only to be taken over by his “superego” and eventually taken back over by his “ego.” Our journey starts with the young man, the narrator, telling us his story. The young man is a caretaker of an old man who is really old and has a diseased eye. In “The Tell-Tale Heart” the young man starts out by loving the old man very deeply. He takes care of his every need, until one day “ the old man’s eye fell upon him and his blood ran cold”(Poe 2). The young man then turned to his narcissistic ways and it changed the way he felt about the old man whom “he loved so dearly” (Poe 1). In “ Explanation of: ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ by Edgar Alan Poe,” which was rewritten by an unknown author, it explains how the narrator is a “paranoid schizophrenic”(pg. 1). The article explains how Edgar Alan Poe was obsessed with “death, madness, and troubled human relationships” (pg. 1). The narrator is definitely a man caught between normality and psychopath. Further...
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...Dustin Isais Professor Shakir American Literature I 29 September 2013 The New [World] Testament It's quite clear based on the literature of the day that the exploration of and expansion into the New World was seen as the ultimate epic of Christendom for 17th century Europeans. The ideation of the New World being an exotic land inhabited by savage natives guarding precious metals and herbs permeates colonial literature without question. Further, letters and journals of explorers like Thomas Hariott and John Smith along with colonists such as William Bradford and John Winthrop illustrate the unsettling mentality these people brought with them into the Americas. The depiction is of a self-important people driven by a misconstrued ancient text and motivated to fulfill their purpose as the chosen people of the sacred Bible. The commonality throughout the literature of settlement and exploration is purely driven by European hermeneutics and the persistence on becoming the antitype of the types present in the Bible. The New World ideation begins with Thomas Harriot's propagandistic A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia.Harriot wrote optimistically and full of awe despite reocurring issues between the English and the natives of the New World. In fact, the escalating violence and rising tensions between the two is rarely mentioned. A misleading and cryptic sentence alluding to the less-than-peaceful circumstances reads, “And although some of our cmpany towards the...
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...Subaltern’s Love Song Paper Robert A. Powell ENG 125-Introduction to Literature Ms. Maria Rasimas December 14, 2012 Subaltern’s Love Song Paper I have chosen to write my paper on John Betjeman’s poem “A Subaltern’s Love Song.” This poem is a humorous look at a romantic relationship from the poet’s point of view, who is ultimately the speaker as well. It is a satire and an imaginative work, which I will elaborate on further in the paper. I will cover the analytical approach on this poem, evaluate the meaning of it and discuss how it captured my interest. The poem is actually a satire because he wrote it about a woman who he really was in love with in real life and ended up being friends with for over fifty years. Satire is the literary art that calls attention to the difference between what a particular thing should be and what it actually is. It can also be the way a particular person should behave and how that person is actually behaving. The writer of satire exaggerates or criticizes such conditions, but blends ridicule with gentle humor. This often intends to encourage change or improvement (Clungston, R. W. 2010.) He also uses imagination in this poem by the way he shapes the setting of the poem. Imagination is the human power that shapes artistic expression; it enables a writer’s work to become an expression of meaning in our world and allows readers to engage in identifying with...
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...to represent their values, fears, beliefs, and expectations, these objects take on meaning specific to that group. For example, the cross is an ancient archetypal symbol. When cultural groups adopt it, the meanings become both universal and specific. For most cultures the cross holds spiritual significance; hence its archetypal meaning. For Christians the cross takes on specific representation of Christ’s crucifixion. Nuance – These objects take on symbolic meaning in the work in which they appear. Modern writers often create their own symbols by repeatedly using the object in meaningful ways. For example, Golding used the conch shell to represent order and governmental control. NOTABLE ARCHETYPAL SYMBOLS, CHARACTERS, AND STORY PATERNS Characters: Hero (Epic, Classical, Romantic, Realistic, Anti-Hero) Outcast, Scapegoat, Trickster, Platonic Ideal, Monster, Temptress, Star-crossed lovers, Clown/jester, Prophet Story Patterns: Rite of Passage/Initiation, Creation, Fall, Expulsion, Death & Rebirth, Journey, Quest Symbols: (Archetypal symbols have duel nature and are often objects that we find in nature) Water, Fire, Wind, Earth, All colors, Snakes, Birds/Flight, Trees, Gold, Iron, Silver, Sun, Moon, Cross, Seasons Why study myth & symbols? 1. They enrich our encounters with art & literature as we discover the layers of meaning they hold. 2. We understand the values of cultures different from our own and at the same time discover...
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...Meghan Harriman American Lit. Before 1865 Mrs. Gailey 16 October 2012 The Influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson is a man who is widely known to have influenced and changed American literature. From the beginning Emerson separated himself from other authors is his diverse style of writing that is seen in his book Nature and other essays and poems. Many believe that Emerson was the most inspirational figure that made his essays also made with the most optimism and confidence that draws in American’s support and Europe’s. I believe that he shaped American literature into what it is today. Without him and his influences on Transcendentalism and American literature I do not think that individualism would have taken place. I believe that he did transform the 19th century for the better. Before the 19th century American literature was some say to be bland and boring. Not many authors were well known because they did not intrigue their readers. Before the 19th there was Unitarianism which is the belief in one God and not three, it also is not Christian. Transcendentalism took over Unitarianism and that was when Emerson came into play. Emerson believed in individualism, non-conformity, and the harmony between man and nature. He never intended to be known as a philosopher but emerged as one though his most popular writing. Nature is about Emerson describing his Transcendental philosophy. Transcendentalism, being focused on nature, god in nature, and belief of...
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