History and memory are intertwined as one cannot exist without the other, yet it is the representation of the past, which can influence our personal perspectives and ideas. The relationship between the two is evident within Mark Baker's novel Fiftieth Gate and Pablo Picassos painting Guernica, throu...
Linda was originally from the brave new world who later on went in a journey to the Indian reservation with the company of the Director, during a storm Linda got lost and the Director assumed she was dead and never came back for her, leaving her trapped in the uncivilized reservation with a baby inside her womb, that baby was John. ...
Having been dead for almost 400 years, the air that is continuously blown into his head isn't strung from himself, or even his works for that matter; it derives from these commonly accepted notions that the masses are told to believe, and like good lap dogs, they all stand in line with their mouths wide open; readily ingesting whatever is being fed to them, regardless of what it is, or what they might be missing out on....
The poem "The Visitor," by Gibbons Ruark has a direct title which immediately introduces the concept of an outsider "The Visitor" who comes to the household for a specific time to undertake a specific duty. Though there is no specific rhyme scheme visible, the poem is written in such a manner that i...
The Napoleonic Empire came into existence following the coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor of France at Notre Dame in 1804. The frontiers of the ancien regime had been expanded up to and beyond France's natural borders, with the momentum of expansion following in direct correlation with the pace of France's military conquests under the leadership of Bonaparte himself. The 'Great Empire' is often referred to as a single entity embracing French controlled Europe, but territories were in fact separated depending on the levels of French control. Territory ruled direc...