The Coming of Rain

October 21, 1995 Engl 302 James Joyce’s “A Little Cloud,” depicts the world through the eyes of an Irish working-class man. It is a story about one man’s failure to achieve his dreams and aspirations. The narration and setting work…

The Fable of Marriage

September 28, 1995 Engl 302 The first thing the reader notices in Isak Dinesen’s story is the title. “The Ring,” is exactly that, an allegory based around a wedding band and what it represents: marriage, magic, or the object itself.…

Knowledge Shall Forge the Path to Destruction

December 12, 1995 E 302 Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, transcends the realm between Gothic horror and scientific fact. Its “ultimate message concerning man’s relationship to the acquisition of knowledge and things brought into being out of that knowledge” is a…

Anthro 350 Exam Essay

March 9, 1997 Anth 350 Question One Languages become related when they develop near one another and have common traits in their constructions. Languages that are related share common traits in sound, grammatical structure, and spelling– and in most cases,…

The Search for Truth

April 18, 1997 Anthro 303 In humanity’s search for knowledge there are three areas in which we have yet to agree within the anthropological field of study. These areas being the concepts of religion, magic, and myth. There are so…