Gaston Leroux was born on May 6, 1868 in Paris, France. He was the son of a store owner. Leroux was raised in Normandy where he spent most of his time on the coast. He loved sailing and unloading the herring catch. As a child, Gaston loved writing verse in his free time. He was educated at the College of Eu, a Normandy grammar school, and he received his degree in 1889 (Perry). Leroux studied law in order to please his father, but when his father died, Leroux refrained and began to pursue a career in writing. Leroux received an inheritance when his dad passed away, but he wasted it on drinking and gambling within a period of a year. After he had spent all of his money, Leroux began to write novels in 1909. By 1927, he has already produced two dozen newspaper serials, many shorter works, and seven plays (Gaston Leroux).
Although Leroux was best known for his novel Phantom of the Opera, which was published in 1911, it didn’t attract a lot of attention at first. Gaston spent a lot of his time at the Palais Garnier opera house. That was where he got the idea to write this story. The opera house consisted of twenty-five hundred rooms, some being used as dungeons. It also had a huge chandelier and an underground lake. Leroux claimed that the underground levels and the mysterious lake were an ambience for a mystery book. That building linked Gaston’s life with his book. Although there were not a lot of similarities between him and the book, there is one more besides the opera house. The other connection that Leroux’s life had to his book was a chandelier accident.
There were many occasions in history wherein the French and English Canadians have clashed but the first major historical event to tear the relationship into pieces was the Northwest Rebellion. The French Canadians regarded the Northwest Rebellion a noble cause and Louis Riel a hero who stood up to protect the rights of the French-speaking Métis. The English saw the rebellion as a threat to Canada's sovereignty and Riel as a traitor.
O’Connor consciously constructs both Julian Chestny and his mother to participants of convergence and yet incapable of coalescence because of their distortion of self and reality, in part because they live in a world that supports this pretense. From the outset of the story, O’Connor builds an inane world through Julian’s limited view. Julian and his mother set out into a sky of “dying violet,” the start of their journey to reduction marked by the ending of a what should be a beautiful bloom—this imparts an uncanny sense of foreclosure to a beginning (406). Here, O’Connor already portends that their style and approach to building
The Iliad is the story of hundreds of Ancient Greek heroes and kings seeking to take the fabled city of Troy. They embody the values that the Ancient Greeks valued. The charismatic Odysseus, the mighty Achilles, the wise Nestor, the royal Agamemnon all take part in the Iliad. The heroes pursue personal glory on the battlefield. Glory to them, is more valuable than their families, their lives, and form the very basis for their existence. The invincible Achilles, mightiest of the Achaeans, chooses to withdraw from the fight due to a loss of glory. Glory, the intangible, almost untouchable thing that even the mightiest of heroes sought. The idea of glory is the temptation of man, it leads them in an endless cycle of conflict and struggle, and for only in conflict can glory be found. Achilles willingly lets hundreds die due to an insult to his honor, and a loss of glory. The noble soldier Sarpedon, wishes for peace but fights for glory. Dolon marches off in a quest for glory, but is nowhere near ready.
Honor is an overarching theme in the book, often influencing the actions of many of the characters. One of the beliefs of ancient Greek society is to honor those above you, mostly the gods. Those who honor the gods by obeying them are rewarded. In book 1, Athene comes down to Achilles and asks for his obedience. He replies, “If any man obeys the gods, they listen to him also” (1.218). Achilles shows that honoring the gods will in turn help him in the long run, this is one of the reasons honoring the gods is so valued, and expected. Another part of the culture surrounding honor is the respect for the dead. This is shown not just in the elaborate funerals, exemplified in the cases of both Patroklos and Hektor, who both had long mourning periods and elaborate ceremonies and rituals performed, but also in the interaction between the winners and losers in battle. One example from The Iliad is Achilles’ respect for those he had slain in the beginning of the story. When Achilles killed Eetion, he “did not strip his armor, for his heart respected the dead man, /but burned the body in all its elaborate war-gear” (6.417-418). Achilles honored the dead by respecting the man and his symbols of
The introduction of O’Connor’s piece is told from a third person point of view. The narrator implies from the very beginning that Julian’s mom is racist because she will not ride the buses alone at night since they have been integrated. She then shared that Julian, the main character, is her son; she relies on him to take her every Wednesday because reducing class is her only
For instance, when Agamemnon strips Achilles of his war prize, Agamemnon puts the duty regarding his activities on Zeus and Destiny. He says, "the god finishes all things" and he guarantees that "Fancy" ensnared him. Additionally, when Achilles contemplates regardless of whether to draw his sword against Agamemnon, Athena gets him by the hair and cautions him against battling with Agamemnon. Plainly, Achilles does not accept accountability either for his indignation or for his not murdering Agamemnon. Truth be told, neither Achilles nor Agamemnon perceives a moral obligation regarding their passionate and physical reactions, despite the fact that both men are on the edge of viciousness. To the Homeric saint, an outside power starts activity and thought — henceforth, moral obligation is not an issue for a legend 's choice to take after the manages of an outside
There are many authors in this world, but there are also many legends. Legends who changed the face of literature. One of these legends was none other than Ernest Hemingway. Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21st, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois. He was born to a physician and former opera performer named Clarence and Grace. Hemingway showed a talent in writing when he was in high school. He wrote for the school’s newspaper and yearbook. After he graduated at the age of 17 in 1916, he began his writing career as a reporter for a newspaper called, the Kansas City Star. After he worked as a reporter for six months, he dropped out because he wanted to join the U.S army during World War I. But because he failed the medical test, he joined the American Field Service Ambulance Corps in Italy. Unfortunately, while he was delivering supplies, Hemingway was wounded, which ended his career as an ambulance driver. Because of this, he spent lots of time in hospitals and met a nurse named Agnes von Kurowsky, with whom he fell in love with. Sadly, she didn’t return his feelings so Hemingway was heartbroken. This incident inspired him to write one of his well known books, “A Farewell to Arms”. Like this book, many other of his famous works came to be because of incidents in his past. His pieces of literature started to be known and read worldwide which provided him a route to become one of the most celebrated authors of his time.
Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in a small community of Oak Park, Illinois. He was the second child out of six, with four sisters and one brother. The area Ernest grew up in was a very conservative area of Illinois and was raised with values of strong religion, hard work, physical fitness and self-determination. His household was a very strict one that didn’t allow any enjoyment on Sundays and disobedience was strictly punished. Ernest’s father taught him good morals and values that he if he followed that he would be good in life. His father also taught him to hunt and fish around the Lake Michigan area and to love nature. The family would spend their summers in the wilderness and their winters back near Chicago. For the rest of his life Hemingway remained an avid fisherman and never lived far form a fishing hole. The outdoors is where he created a lot of his work, and a place where he got a lot of his inspiration from.
The rooms where the action of a story takes place are also very important. Some the rooms used in the book are bedrooms, the dining room, the parlor, and the enclosed garden patio. The first room we see inside of this old house is the garden patio. This room is interesting because the smell from the patio is always associated with the title character. Felipe looks for her in this garden; he smells the patio plants in her hair. Symbolically, the garden can be associated with the mind, with the unconscious, or it may give you clues to your own inner state. The plants, flowers, and fruit found in the garden may also enhance t...
Imagine the Paris home of Orgon, who meets Tartuffe at church and is completely taken in by him...so much so, that he foolishly not only invites this relative stranger, Tartuffe, to live in his home, but also promises his daughter (Mariane) in marriage to the man, though she has promised her heart to Valère.
Having heard that with each language one learns, the next becomes easier, I have always through that learning languages does something incredibly beneficial for the brain. Research on the subject seems to indicate that in fact there are plenty of benefits of multilingualism spawning the phrase “the bilingual advantage.”
Firstly, having opportunities to learn new languages are one of many benefits from relationships between people from different countries. Most countries have their own language, so it is essential to learn another language in order to build relationships with people from other countries. For example, I only know how to speak Vietnamese before coming to United States. However knowing that I need to establish new relationships when I come to United States, I must learn English. Knowing English has benefited me greatly because I am able to communicate with other people at school. More importantly, I have more advantages and opportunities when applying for jobs by knowing more than one language.
The Phantom of the Opera centers on the Paris Opera House which has over time become the Phantom’s domain. Upon the news that the opera house has been bought and is under new ownership, the Phantom demands that the new owners honor the “agreement” he has established with the previous owners and that the fifth opera box is kept empty for his use and that his salary of 20,000 francs per month is honored. The Phantom also demands that Christine, whom he has secretly been giving singing lessons to, replace Carlotta Giudicelli, the opera company’s prima donna. He also warns that if his demands are not met, that the opera house and the opera company will need to pay the consequences. Though the origins of the Phantom are unknown to the general population of the opera house, Madame Giry knows more about the Phantom than she lets on. It is later discovered that Madame Giry helped the Phantom escape a life of abuse from a freak show and that she hid him at the opera house where she was studying ballet. It was during Christine’s and the Phantom’s singing lessons that he began to fall in love with her and came to be obsessed and protective of her. The return of Christine’s first love, Raoul, threatens to tear Christine an...
Learning a second language takes a lot of effort and time. But once you do, it brings many benefits and opportunities for you. Some researchers have shown that is easier for children to learn a second language (SHERRILL, 2014). However, it does not mean that adults can’t learn it. On the contrary, there are many adults who start learning a new language during adulthood. The first benefit is that you will have better jobs prospective. Companies are looking for qualified employees, and people who can speak another language are one step ahead from those people who can’t speak another language. Another important factor is that companies that are looking for making business abroad will prefer employees that
Acquiring a second language has its fair share of benefits and difficulties. Although one may agree that learning a new language is a waste of time, studies have shown that there are great benefits that come from trying to learn a new language. Some benefits include brain development, improvement of first language, provides better career opportunities and etc. Its not easy learning a new language, some difficulties that people might face are language difference, transfer from native language to foreign one, and implications in the classrooms. That is why learning a new language is a good idea, it provides great benefits, and although is has some difficulties, people can learn more if they are able to get passed them, and it also distinguishes the difference between language acquisition and language