Category: Traditions

Diversity of Leadership in American Society The best speeches demonstrate the power of a single voice. They may be delivered by politicians, preachers, or athletes. Some such as Abraham Lincolns Gettysburg Address or Martian Luther King Jr.s I have a Dream speech, may inspire and encourage us, unite and guide us. Others, such as farewell …

Robert DonlanMrs. FletcherAP LiteratureMarch 3, 2001The Trial by Franz Kafka as an AutobiographyFranz Kafka was a very intelligent writer of his times. Kafka was born in Austro-Czechoslovakia. He was mainly a writer of short stories, and complex diaries, yet he did publish a small number of novels. The works of Kafka have been interpreted as …

Cry, the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton, takes place in1946 near the small rural town of Ixopo in the smaller village of Ndotsheni. The main character is Stephen Kumalo, a native priest who sets out on a mission to find his family. He receives a letter from a fellow priest, Msimangu, telling him his younger …

What is meant by the renouncer tradition?Before I begin to explain what exactly the renouncer tradition is, I think that it is important to give a brief outline of the religious history pre-dating this tradition, and also to acknowledge the social life at the time and its mentality.By the time that the renouncer tradition was …

It Began As a Beautiful MorningIn many stories, settings are constructed to help build the mood and to foreshadow of things to come. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a story in which the setting sets up the reader to think of positive outcomes. However, this description of the setting foreshadows exactly the opposite of …

India is the seventh largest country in the world and is comprised of twenty-nine states. This country is interesting to learn about. India is bordered by Pakistan in the northeast, China, Nepal, and Bhutan in the north and northwest, and Burma to the east. It is surrounded by three different bodies of water: the Arabian …

Mark Twain was a pilot, a comic lecturer, a humorist, a short story writer, and a novelist, to name a few of his many accomplishments.On November 30, 1835, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, otherwise known as Mark Twain, became the first man of any importance ever to be born west of the Mississippi River. He has become …

Amy Tan is a first generation American born writer who details her personal experience with the contradictory feelings and the advantages of a girl with feet in different cultures. Amy Tan uses the essay, “Fish Cheeks,” to address the difficulty of living in two different cultures for teenage girls and young women. Consequently, the essay …

ed Forces during World War II. The overall philosophy and purpose of the organizations was to allow women to support the war effort against Germany and Japan directly and independently, but without participating in warfare. The help of women in WAAC or WAC, WAVES, SPARS, WASP, and other services allowed the Army to make use …