.... Porges short story 'The Ruum'. In this short story, 'The Ruum', is the extra-terrestrial machine that chases Jim and it is this chase, that puts all its readers at the edge of his or her chair. Arthur Porges has created an entertaining story that is very suspenseful and exciting. 'The Pedestrian' is a totally different type of story, which brings up social issues that can be debated. The point of these issues is to make the people of today think about whether what they are doing is right or wrong. Ray Bradbury's story is about a man named Leonard Mead in a city, in America who goes walking at night. In this city all the other citizens stay and watch .....

.... Romeo gets the message which is probably the most crucial human action in the play. The other example of human actions controlling the plot is Juliet. In those scenes she acts in ways which seriously affect her life and the rest of the play. First, she comes to the Friar looking for help. "I long to die, if what thou speak'st speak not of remedy" (Act 4, sc i, ll 66-67) is her attitude towards her situation. She then accepts the friar's solution and decides to take the poison. "Give me, give me! Oh tell me not of fear" (Act 4, sc 1, ll 121) are her words spoken to the friar. Her actions here are to be brave and to rush into the plan. Her actions are m .....

.... with his work he smelled the smoke from a fire. It was coming from deep in the woods. He decided to check it out and so quietly and slowly he moved towards the location of where the smell was coming from. After going through some bushes he came upon a vast clearing and found a tent on fire. Seeing this at once he ran to the tent to see if there was anybody inside and indeed there was. Without thinking twice he courageously jumped into the tent, grabbed the 2 women inside quickly and jumped out before the flames could even touch him. This daring act showed how Johnny is very brave and puts others lives’ before his own. Another example of this .....

.... live one of longevity without great glory, and therefore tries to escape his lot in life. Is it just for him to give his life for war, or should he live a life to satisfy himself? Throughout the “Iliad�, than perhaps may have been planned. “Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus’ son Achilles and it’s devastation which put pain thousandfold upon the Achaians.� The wrath of Achilles begins in Book One of “The Iliad.� Agamemmnon, leader of the Greek army, takes Achilles booty prize, Briseis to replace his own concubine, Chryses, daughter of a priest of Apollo, who was returned to end the plague put on his people by the angry god, Apol .....

.... Luther King Jr.'s "Letter From Birmingham Jail." Not only was this one of the most significant documents in the Civil Rights movement, but was also one of the most well-written, most powerful and most persuasive pieces of writing. "The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter"(King 14). This vivid comparison reflects the innate talent for writing possessed by Dr. King as well as his strong idea. By reinforcing his statement using powerful and persuasive words, Dr. King's "The Letter From Birmingham Jail .....

.... stalker, but never objectively states the diabolical nature to his character. In “Connie's Tambourine Man�, a critical essay on the story, the authors write about Arnold Friend: “There are indeed diabolical shades to Arnold just as Blake and Shelley could see Milton's Satan a positive, attractive symbol of the poet, the religious embodiment of creative energy, so we should also be sensitive to Arnold's multifaceted and creative nature�(Tierce and Crafton 608). Mike Tierce and John Michael Crafton suggest that Arnold Friend is not a diabolical figure, but instead a religious and cultural savior. On a more realistic note, Joyce M. We .....

.... Industrial. The American revolution had started in 1776 when the thirteen colonies had declared their independence from Britain, and ended after seven years of war with British recognition of that independence in 1783. The fall of the Bastille in July 1789 is the moment when the French Revolution struck British consciousness. Coleridge was only 16 at the time and celebrated the event soon afterwards in ‘Destruction of the Bastille’. Soon followed in successive events was Britain’s war with France beginning in 1793, The Reign of Terror in 1793-4 and Napoleon’s coup in 1799. The impact for the first generation after the .....

.... Song of Solomon, was inspired in part, by All God's Chillun Had Wings (Andrews et al 103). According to this folk tale, at one time all Africans could fly. Through transgressions, they lost the ability of flight. On occasion, someone would shake off the weight of their burdens and be able to fly. Only a select few held onto remnants of the memory of flight. According to a legend in Hurston, the transgression, was eating salt. The Africans brought to Jamaica could all fly. They had never eaten salt. Those who ate salt after they arrived, stayed and became slaves because salt made them too heavy to fly. Those who did not partake, flew back to .....

.... out. In turn, other colonies were created on planets other than earth. A common place to colonize in these times was Mars. A company by the name of the Rosen Association, makes humanoid androids. These androids are made to perform undesirable labor. Occasionally these androids escape and attempt to blend in with human societies. Hence, bounty hunters such as Rick Deckard, are employed by the San Francisco police department. Rick and his wife Iran, are not satisfied with there lives and relationship. They have not achieved what they sought for in life, and it seems they both feel, at least partially, that the other is holding them back. In the .....

.... Hamilton taught in schools at various locations in California. As a boy Steinbeck was more of a reader than a scholar; he was vivid reader and read a wide varity of literary pieces. Steinbeck wrote for the student newspapers at Salinas and at Stanford University. His reading background was both varied and intense, but he couldn't adjust to the disciplines necessary for a college degree, and never graduated. He had gone to college at Stanford University for five years, but also worked on ranches, and had a variety of other jobs. In the process he met friends that would later be characters in his novels. In one of Steinbeck's weaker books .....