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This year we perused preeminent works, From The Odyssey to Lord of the Flies.Every piece of literature boasts its perks, We discerned them all by the year’s demise: Recall the victor of the Odyssey — Odysseus, with gallant demeanor.And to wrest from the monarch sovereignty, Brutus potently slayed the king, Caesar. Homer and Shakespeare had adept brains, Yet Lee …
You cannot touch me, but I am always here; I am indecent and I control your actions. What am I? Your arrogance. In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, a group of conspirators murder Julius Caeser, the potential future king of Rome. They are led by Cassius, whose underlying motives are his envy, thirst for control, and …
I look sharp, I am charismatic, and people follow my orders blindly. What am I? A leader. In the allegorical novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a group of British schoolboys is stranded on an uninhabited island where they are forced to survive. Though the boys attempt to create order, they ultimately fail disastrously without adult …
1. When during a season do clear social distinctions become highlighted? Tribal Councils, where players must vote one person off of the show and eliminate their chance of winning $1 million, are the most obvious times during which social formations can be seen taking shape. The alliances that people stick to, the discussions directly prior to …
As I scroll through articles about school shootings, I am struck by their headlines. “Another shooting, another gun debate. Will the outcome be the same?”; “Do we love our guns more than our children?”; “After the 18th school shooting of 2018, have we not had enough?”. Following everything that has happened, I am appalled by …
I finished My Beloved World over a week ago when I was on a plane ride to Aruba, but I have been putting off writing a review because, frankly, I am not quite sure where to begin. Nothing that I write will do this book justice. My Beloved World is a memoir by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. It …