Through his poetry, novels, plays, essays, and children's books, he promoted equality, condemned racism and injustice, and celebrated African American culture, humor, and spirituality. ... Hughes attended Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio, but began writing poetry in the eighth grade and was selected as Class Poet. ... When funds for continuing college dried up, Hughes dropped out with a B+ average and moved to Harlem at the height of its golden era; all the while he continued writing poetry. ... One of his favorite pastimes whether abroad or in Washington, D.C. or Harlem, New Yo...

• Word Count: 2112
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Owen's depiction of war is always negative, and the impact of his poetry is reduced by that persistent criticism. ... Although Owen's depiction of war is always negative, his persistent criticism increases the impact of his poetry. ...

• Word Count: 1373
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The relationship between Good and Beauty as well as Life and Art in ThePicture of Dorian Gray In my essay I am going to examine how appears in The Picture of Dorian Gray the question of "Beauty- and, what is strongly related to it especially at Wilde, the question of art. I refer to some of his former writings especially to The Decay of Lying (In Intentions, 1891) which has a conceptual similarity to the novella. I look into the connection between Beauty and another complex aesthetic concept, the concept of Good. I will examine Lord Henry's character as the "Seducer-. One of the mai...

• Word Count: 2278
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Though not in the first class of Shakespeare's production, it stands next to them, and is perhaps the finest of his historical plays, that is, those in which he made poetry the organ of history, and assumed a certain tone of character and sentiment, in conformity to known facts, instead of trusting to his observations of general nature or to the unlimited indulgence of his own fancy. ...

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Do not be mislead by the deceptive title - the front was anything but quiet. And though All Quiet on the Western Front may appear, at first glance, as a novel committed to revealing the senseless horrors of modern warfare with an extraordinary fierceness - indeed, it partly was - beneath the grap...

• Word Count: 1278
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The two published the book, Symbols of Transformation, this book covered topics such as the stages of life, instinct and the unconscious, the relationship between the ego and the unconscious mind, and analytical psychology to poetry (in which Jung was the founder of) (Gannon Webpage). ...

• Word Count: 1758
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Tupac Amaru Shakur will go down in history as a rapper who always lived up to his wild reputation. He rapped about gunfights, rough sex, gang rivalries and "Thug Life," and was arrested, jailed, shot and later killed over the same issues. Known as a gifted rapper and a brilliant lyricist, Tupac was...

• Word Count: 1619
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The poems are presentations of a contradiction between innocence and experience, two areas of life through which we all must pass and are, in initial appearance at least, very similar to the genre of late eighteenth-century children's poetry, in terms of theme, title and simplicity. ...

• Word Count: 1564
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mike Emme, a seventeen year old drove a bright yellow "67 Ford Mustang. Mike worked really hard to restore his car. Mike being a gifted student was happy, helpful, and had a bright future. Mike being a kind man, he ordered a brand new transmission for his mustang, but he canceled it and bought two used ones from a salvage yard instead, so one of his friends could have his car up and running too. Mike was a very smart man; he learned how to remove a tracheotomy tube from his handicapped niece, he also learned how to sign to her. ...

• Word Count: 2207
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School