Books I could not finish in 2015

In 2015 I read some excellent books and re-read a couple of my favourites (Eugene Onegin - Pushkin and Fredy Neptune - Les Murray)

However, 2015 was also the year that for the very first time I came across a couple of books that I just could not manage to finish.

'The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon' (Richard Zilmer) was one. I know this book has many fans but for me the writing was unbelievably po

Books I could not finish in 2015

Fahrenheit 451: Hero's Journey/Quest Opinions and Help

Sorry if this is in the wrong forum section :)

I bet by noticing the title of the book in question, you can guess I am a highschool student looking for help with his paper. Well, yes and NO.

I am here to 1. get help on things I am stuck on, and 2. discuss with you my opinions so far.
I am doing the hero's journey for my paper, which has to consist of these 12 steps:

1. Ordinary W

Fahrenheit 451: Hero's Journey/Quest Opinions and Help

Ulysses

Hi! Just signed in, so I wanted to introduce myself. I plan on reading Ulysses. All the way! LOL

Ulysses

An Evening at Oz

This is a first attempt at writing. The story is fictional, but based on actual people and events. I would appreciate any/all imput. I hope the story line is interesting.

An Evening at Oz

This party was going to be the coolest, hippest, wildest event that Harmonsburg had seen in forty years. I spent months doing research on the Hippie counter culture of the late 60’s and early 70’s.

An Evening at Oz

help needed pls

Hi everyone
could someone that is good in literature help me with this question.

1.Which are the main literary features of Modern American Literature and who are some of the most prominent writers of Modern American Literature?

thank you in advance :)

help needed pls

Aphorism #127 Grace in Everything.

Aphorism #127 Grace in Everything.

Â’Tis the life of talents, the breath of speech, the soul of action, and the ornament of ornament. Perfections are the adornment of our nature, but this is the adornment of perfection itself. It shows itself even in the thoughts. Â’Tis most a gift of nature and owes least to education; it even triumphs over training. It is more than ease, approaches the free and

Aphorism #127 Grace in Everything.

Last Vestiges of Love

As the sun sets in your eyes
through the clouds
strains a filtered guise
the scattered pixels from
the grainy carbon of our daliance
retreating from the horizon
left on the cerebral cusp
veiled membranes, the residual,
twilight's gray shadows
adjoined to love's last glint
from twilight's pleated folds
streams a copper tone afterglow

the vestment of ordination
that engendered doting beams
yieldin

Last Vestiges of Love

Jacob P.

Hello all, my name is Jacob. I am heavily into the genre of dark medieval, mystery, thriller, and sci-fi. I enjoy writing gut-wrenching and/or tales that will be remembered for quite some time ( at least a day :D ). Pleasure to be here!

Jacob P.

The Expanding Vacuum

Despair, fellow moderns!
Our culture grows thin and dopey and feeble,
Without lasting beauty, without lustrous rapture.
Its humanist prop-beams have rotted in place;
Its coats of discernment peel away; nor can it retain
Any depth of meaning to keep it anchored.
The waters that power its mill wheels are sluggish,
Except for those trends that in spates undercut
The better embankments; they l

The Expanding Vacuum

XiAn——A City With Many Relics

XiAn is an old city, one of the capitals of many dynasties in ancient China. Therefore, in the around, there are many relics such as Drum Pavilion, Bell Pavilion, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Small Wild Goose Pagoda, the Museum of Stone Tablets, the Tomb of the First Emperor of Qin, the Vaults of Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses, the Tomb of Princess Yongtai of Tang Dynasty and Huaqing Pool, etc.
It

XiAn——A City With Many Relics

Aphorism #126 Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in not hiding it when comm

Aphorism #126 Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in not hiding it when comm

You should keep your desires sealed up, still more your defects. All go wrong sometimes, but the wise try to hide the errors, but fools boast of them. Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is done; if a man does not live chastely, he must live cautiously. The errors of great men are like the ecli

Aphorism #126 Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in not hiding it when comm

shades drifting

my shoes are worn out
from dancing and running up hills
to sit on benches and sofas has become
my favourite pastime
in my winter cave retreat
I turn to humming childhood lullabies
or listen to the sound of water
dripping slowly from the timeless ceiling
everything is covered with rust
and mould and memories
time and again, the torch flickers
hours go limp
clocks tick backwards
silhou

shades drifting

The Death of Jakkob the Great

The Death of Jakkob the Great
written by Jacob P.

Prologue:
Twas a moonlit Tindrem that sets our location, the drunken peasants roaming the streets. The celebration of Christmas swept the lands of Myrland, causing festivities everywhere. One person, however, didn't celebrate . . . that person was Jakkob Pendragon.

Chapter One:

“Rejoice, Krampus has come!” echoed a tavern patron. Every p

The Death of Jakkob the Great

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Buy/Sell your used books with 1-click

Hell On Wheels by David Michael Joseph

This is my new Story I just had published. I wanted to share it...


The Cicadas serenaded me on a steamy, weekend night as I made my way to the pay phone, across from the Checkers burger joint. That was my usual midnight route on those Westside sidewalks. Those routines helped to kill the boredom and stagnation that attacked my restless mind. My brother’s friend John was living in Hermosa Beac

Hell On Wheels by David Michael Joseph

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Happy birthday, BienvenuJDC!

Searching for help - Waiting for Sunshine

Hey there.
Im searching for general improvements of my storys plot and expression.
I wrote a story for the mother of my dead best friend because she wanted memories of him from me.
Please dont critizise on my english. Im trying my best. My friend was english so i wrote
the story in english too. Thank you for your support.


Waiting for Sunshine
We were sitting in

Searching for help - Waiting for Sunshine

Your best book of 2015.

Another year gone by. Have you read anything good? What are your favourite books you have read this year?

Mine are.
The Lovesong Of Miss Queenie Hennessey, by Rachel Joyce.
and The Mighty Dead, by Adam Nicholson.


(I did a brief review of them on the review page.)

Your best book of 2015.

Hello

Hi All,

hope all doing well

Hello

1984 music album

Hello guys, I made an 1984 music album and thought you might be interested.
It requires interpretation, is not something to be simply listened to. I recommend using headphones, since there are some messages that are transmitted through the use of left and right.

Here is the setlist:

1 - Mindset (Ode to Oceania; Two minutes hate; Winston)
2 - Telescreen
3 - The past
4 - Making history
5 - Doublet

1984 music album

Where Do I Go to Talk about My Writing?

I hope you'll all forgive me, but I'm just going to jump right into this.

As a writer it is occassionally pretty helpful to get other people's opinions on something you've written, an idea you've thought of, etc. Not to mention it can be rather fun and exciting to tell people about your latest idea, show them your latest bit of prose, etc. But I'm always rather worried, considering how importa

Where Do I Go to Talk about My Writing?

Aphorism #123 Avoid Affectation.

Aphorism #123 Avoid Affectation.

The more merit, the less affectation, which gives a vulgar flavour to all. It is wearisome to others and troublesome to the one affected, for he becomes a martyr to care and tortures himself with attention. The most eminent merits lose most by it, for they appear proud and artificial instead of being the product of nature, and the natural is always more pleasing t

Aphorism #123 Avoid Affectation.

...until shiloh comes....so..who is shiloh? Gen 47:28-50:26

PARASHA: "VaYECHI (and he lived)

GEN 47:28-50:26.....................1 KINGS 2:1-12..................1 PETER 1:3-9

Shabbat shalom to all, hope that all is well. With this Parasha study, we finish the first book of the Torah, B'reisheet, and we will begin studying "Shemot" (Exodus) We see the final days of Jacob, he dies at the good old age of 147, (wouldn't it be nice if we could live that

...until shiloh comes....so..who is shiloh? Gen 47:28-50:26

Returning member after a long absence

Just saying "Hi" after being away. I was just wondering if anyone is interested in the Diana Gabaldon series "Outlander". She is an outstanding writer even if her genre is not one of your liking.

Returning member after a long absence

untitled

And what about those,
The bricks at your feet,
Elling all over the place,
Titanic tesserae
In rose-sooty hues,
Rough-surfaced and speckled,
Dense sawtoothed waves
Lapping their bounding shores,
Surrounding more tranquil
Sahara-toned squares.
The overall theme
Must be "islands and ocean,"
Right-angularized
To express an ideal.

untitled

Aphorism #122 Distinction in Speech and Action.

Aphorism #122 Distinction in Speech and Action.

By this you gain a position in many places and carry esteem beforehand. It shows itself in everything, in talk, in look, even in gait. It is a great victory to conquer men's hearts: it does not arise from any foolish presumption or pompous talk, but in a becoming tone of authority born of superior talent combined with true merit.[URL="http://feeds.f

Aphorism #122 Distinction in Speech and Action.

short story screenplay

Story chapter 3:
(It is another day at Kings highschool. The bell has rung and students are heading to class. Virgil is walking to class with Drake who has his nose buried in a newspaper.)
Virgil: I’ve been meaning to ask, but why are you of all people reading a newspaper?
Drake: To know my fortune of course. I’m reading for the horoscopes.
Virgil: Seriously? You actually believe in those thin

short story screenplay

Is Christmas Dying?

i ask the question because my observation of the last three or four Christmas periods has seen a marked falling off of Christmas iights, front door wreaths and other artifacts usually associated with the season.
Similarly, there was this year a definite lack of frenzied activity in supermarkets and other retail outlets. Shopping has been a doddle compared to a few years ago when trolleys full of

Is Christmas Dying?

WHEN THE GUNS WERE SILENT (A Christmas tale from WWl)

WHEN THE GUNS WERE SILENT by Rabbi J. Ben Avraham

The British soldiers slowly made their way across no-man's land. It was the first time in a year that the Germans weren't shooting at them. It was an eerie silence, so unlike warfare

It all started at midnight, the Christmas Eve Truce. It was accepted by the top brass that all units on both sides, would respect Christmas. Both Ge

WHEN THE GUNS WERE SILENT (A Christmas tale from WWl)

Christmas 30 years ago on the Sudanese-Ethioipan Border

Today, I can't help remembering my Christmas 30 years ago, in 1985, half a lifetime ago. I was living and working in the Ethiopian refugee camps in eastern Sudan during the Great Famine of 1984-86. I was put in charge of the public health and sanitations programs at the Fau refugee camps managed by the International Rescue Committee (IRC, a U.S.-based NGO). When I returned from the Sudan, I wrote

Christmas 30 years ago on the Sudanese-Ethioipan Border

Tell me I don't know.!

You told me that you fell in love,
Like Romeo to a Juliette,
to be a Rama to Sita..

Was it her fetching face.?
her catching voice.?

You said you wanted a kindred spirit.
to haul you in altruism,
and to hold you in benevolence.

Was it a simple glance,
a notion,
or a chemical
flashing through the nerves.
Tell me I don't know.
What love is I'll never know.

Like Sita & Rama
dar

Tell me I don't know.!

I write better when I'm feeling blue

The sun hid behind the clouds today,
and from my bed I could tell
the second heaven had awakened
a watery assaulted.
I could hear the rain mocking
the tires of cars as they sang
their lyrics against the surface
of the road.
I peered sleepily out of my window
and seen an asphalt truck repairing
a hole in the street, umbrellas waving
side to side in cadence with the wind,
kids splashing

I write better when I'm feeling blue

Dickensian.

On the BBC on Boxing day. A mish mash of dickensian characters in a single drama. So why was Miss Haversham jilted? Who killed Jacob Marley? (My money's on Bill Sykes!) If it's no good you can still play a which book is s/he in drinking game.

Dickensian.

Aphorism #120 Live Practically.

Aphorism #120 Live Practically.

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not it is wise to affect ignorance. Thought and taste change with the times. Do not be old-fashioned in your ways of thinking, and let your taste be in the modern style. In everything the taste of the many carries the votes; for the time beingone must follow it in the hope of leading it to higher things. In t

Aphorism #120 Live Practically.

Christmas Future, or another Blast from the Past?

Forgive me for another holiday "re-posting," but this one is so old maybe yours truly can get away with it!
I'm not primarily an SF writer, but this one emerged after speculating what would happen if the War on Christmas is successful. I'll try to post a new holiday story or two before the Season ends, unless I get run over by a reindeer. Wassail!


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Christmas Future, or another Blast from the Past?

Forecast

I feel like a prisoner inside my own head
Why can't I sleep when ready for bed?

My feelings are mixed all over the place
I'm not really happy it shows on my face

Moods that are changing time after time
I'm just like the weather today's not so fine

Forecast

Christmas 2015 # 9

ARE YOU WEARING A CHRISTMAS WAISTCOAT?

Are you wearing a Christmas Waistcoat?
Oh yes it’s a real crowd pleaser
But waistcoats are all rather Dickensian
It makes you look like Ebenezer

SHE HAD A VERY FRUSTRATING CHRISTMAS

She had a very frustrating Christmas
Such was the impression she exuded
Apparently the gift from Ms Summers
Was labelled “batteries not included”

THE BRUSSELS

Christmas 2015 # 9

Aphorism #119 Avoid becoming Disliked.

Aphorism #119 Avoid becoming Disliked.

There is no occasion to seek dislike: it comes without seeking quickly enough. There are many who hate of their own accord without knowing the why or the how. Their ill-will outruns our readiness to please. Their ill-nature is more prone to do others harm than their cupidity is eager to gain advantage for themselves. Some manage to be on bad terms with all,

Aphorism #119 Avoid becoming Disliked.

The Broken Spirit

The Broken Spirit

Can you not move?
Can you not speak?
There are errands to run
And people to greet.

I cannot move.
I cannot speak.
There's a hole in my chest
Can you not see?

I see nothing
It's all in your head
Here are your orders
Get out of bed

[RIGHT]~How can I communicate
The sorrows of my soul
When this passive expression
Is left

The Broken Spirit

Night Guard

This is a short story I have polished over some time, but I know it can always be improved upon.

Description: A Campus Security Officer reflects on his life during an isolated night.A mysterious phone call puts him on the path to death.

Night Guard

“Don’t talk to that girl,” a deep voice of a security guard spoke from the darkness.

“

Night Guard

Silas Marner's accent

Can anyone place Silas Marner's accent? He is clearly from the north of England. He sounds like he is from around Manchester way, but I cannot identify any closer than that. To give an example of his speech, here is a bit from chapter 16:

[I]"Yes, I could do it, child, if you want a bit o' garden: these long evenings, I could work at taking in a little bit o' the waste, just enough for a root o

Silas Marner's accent

What's the last movie you turned off in less than five minutes?

The Walk, which I tried to watch last night. I like Joseph Gordon-Levitt very much, and the movie even looked cute, but his attempt at a French accent was so murderous I had to bail. Mind you, I think I actually got more than five minutes into it--most movies nowadays, it's two minutes and I'm out.

What's the last movie you turned off in less than five minutes?

Five Fantastic Short Stories

Hi Everyone,

My short story collection is free until Thursday. If you like dark comedy or sci-fi, I'd suggest picking it up while it still costs ya nothin'! :smile5:

You can find it on Amazon under the name Five Fantastic Short Stories.

Merry Christmas to all, hope you enjoy.

-Patrick

Five Fantastic Short Stories

Christmas 2015 # 8

ARE YOU WEARING A CHRISTMAS DRESS?

Are you wearing a Christmas Dress?
The big red ribbon is particularly pleasant
I’m itching to pull at that bow
So when do I get to open my present

DO YOU KNOW WHAT SANTA BRINGS

Do you know what Santa brings naughty
Boys and girls so they are not excluded?
It’s not coal anymore so don’t think that
It batteries, labelled "toy not included"

RUDOLF

Christmas 2015 # 8

Aphorism #118 Acquire the Reputation of Courtesy;

Aphorism #118 Acquire the Reputation of Courtesy;

for it is enough to make you liked. Politeness is the main ingredient of culture,--a kind of witchery that wins the regard of all as surely as discourtesy gains their disfavour and opposition; if this latter springs from pride, it is abominable; if from bad breeding, it is despicable. Better too much courtesy than too little, provided it be not th

Aphorism #118 Acquire the Reputation of Courtesy;

2015 Final

Please vote for the story you like best by December 31st.

2015 Final

January '16 Reading Poll

Please vote for the book you would like to read in January by December 31st.

January '16 Reading Poll

Farewell my ...

Where have you been,
I’ve been asking myself for years,
Scratching my chin,
And dropping a thousand tears.

Will you ever find your way back,
After you made everything black,
You can gasp all you want in my ear,
Know that I can’t hear.

Am I the only one suffering from paralyze,
Standing face to face,
Begging your photo to stop looking me in the eyes,
I’ve closed them just in case.

Farewell my ...

The unwanted flower

Long ago , there was a little village , its residents believed that everything had a soul , the rocks , the sun , the trees and even the land had souls .
The residents led quite ordinary lives with no worries . They were having such a great time in the village , waking up to God's morning star , that glowing medallion in the blue calm sky above them . And sleeping while listening to the soothing

The unwanted flower

On the First Truly Cold Day

Sparrows shiver
in the ivy.
Street people shiver
on the grate.
Dried leaves shiver
on the beech-boughs.
Schoolchildren shiver
playing recess games.
The whole landscape shivers—
Universal vibrations
That deeper deep freezes
Will stiffen and still.

On the First Truly Cold Day

Aphorism #117 Never talk of Yourself.

Aphorism #117 Never talk of Yourself.

You must either praise yourself, which is vain, or blame yourself, which is little-minded:it ill beseems him that speaks, and ill pleases him that hears. And if you should avoid this in ordinary conversation, how much more in official matters, and above all, in public speaking, where every appearance of unwisdom really is unwise. The same want of tact lies in

Aphorism #117 Never talk of Yourself.

Referring Back to Myself

Sometimes I wish I was a terrible person.
Sometimes I wish
I was the person I hate.
The person smoking weed in broad daylight,
as if society exists outside of themselves
as if they have special privilege to where
they can’t just smoke weed at night in a park
like normal people.
The person who calls people out on their ****
who expects society to conform to the

Referring Back to Myself

Flogging the Dialectical Horse

Dear all,

Posted a version of this in the sadly abandoned Philosopher's Place; thought I might have better luck posting it here:


G.W.F. Hegel (may his surly bones rest in peace) invented (or, rather, was the first person to acknowledge) the dialectical nature of processes, whether of thought (epistemology and logic), history or ethics. The dialectic, according to Hegel, is not merely a ph

Flogging the Dialectical Horse

The Thing-in-Itself

The prota is a paranormally gifted 18-year-old girl, living in a secret PSI-education camp of the CIA.

***

Listening to music and reading books in my fully air-conditioned apartment makes me at times forget the horrorchip in my brain. Nevertheless it gets on my nerves that somebody could erroneously press the pain button.
This evening—it´s the third day after my trip with Selena—I d

The Thing-in-Itself

Introduction to an un-named idea

Hi all. Not really sure where to start as this is not my typical approach to creativity. I don't read, I have never written neither. The only reason I am starting now is because I have had the same idea in my head for the past decade, and I need to free up some space by jotting in down. Creativity helps me to, lets just say it keeps demons at bay. My kind of production is usually in the form of mu

Introduction to an un-named idea

Christmas 2015 # 7

ARE YOU WEARING WHITE TINSEL?

Are you wearing white tinsel?
Tied amidst your lustrous curls
It makes you look so beautiful
And more like an angel than a girl

THE DAUGHTER OF ONE OF SANTA’S ELVES

The daughter of one of Santa’s Elves
Was out of control and a bit of a prancer
So he sent her to college in Lapland
To stop her from being a pole dancer
But she soon dropped out of colleg

Christmas 2015 # 7

History of Pern (Dragonriders of Pern series)

Since I've begun reading the books in the Dragonriders of Pern series, I've loved how well thought out the history of Pern is! You don't seem to get histories well thought out like that in many other high fantasy books. It's a great idea how she explained how humans arrived to Pern. Personally, I find that it makes the story a bit more interesting to know such a thing. The fact that the dra

History of Pern (Dragonriders of Pern series)

Joseph and his brethern, "a renewed relationship" gen 44:18-47:27

FAMILY REUNION FOR JOSEPH AND BRETHERN, "HEARTS RENEWED" (GEN 44:18-47):
PARASHA: "VaYIGASH" (and he drew near)

GEN 44:18-47:27.................EZEKIEL 37:15-28.................LUKE 6:9-16

We are approaching the climax of the reunion between Yosef and his brothers, "Y'hudah
approaches Yosef and really pours out his heart to him, Remember that Y'hudah will be the blessed tri

Joseph and his brethern, "a renewed relationship" gen 44:18-47:27

His story is history

Long, long ago, before
you and I were born,
there was this baby
you see.
He was born in Bethlehem,
in a humble little manger,
"tis written he came to
set the captive free.

Okay, okay so here's a
gist of history,
follow closely and
please pay attention.
This baby was special
by all accounts-
he was conceived
immaculately,
I shan't fail to
happily mention.

He waxed older-
go

His story is history

What is the point of themes?

Hi! I registered really just for this one subject which somewhat puzzles me, and I figured a literature forum like this is the best place to start from.

I'm trying to understand what value people consider literary themes to have. Especially formal critique of literature, or any fictional medium really, seems to put a lot of emphasis on themes; I get the impression that a lot of people feel that

What is the point of themes?

Aphorism #115 Get used to the Failings of your Familiars,

Aphorism #115 Get used to the Failings of your Familiars,

as you do to ugly faces. It is indispensable if they depend on us, or we on them. Thereare wretched characters with whom one cannot live, nor yet without them. Therefore clever folk get used to them, as to ugly faces, so that they are not obliged to do so suddenly under the pressure of necessity. At first they arouse disgust, but gradually

Aphorism #115 Get used to the Failings of your Familiars,

Mask

Once I saw a man who looked very familiar.
When I looked at him he looked like a normal happy guy.
But then I noticed something about him. Something that most people probably miss.
I saw past his fake smile and confident posture.
In his eyes I noticed an extreme sense of despair.
Not the sort of sadness that one has when they lose a loved one or let someone down.
This was the sort of sadnes

Mask

Hello!!!

Hello everyone. I am an Italian university student. I am writing my thesis on the American slang in literature. I have just found out this forum and would love to know more about this topic. I would be glad if you could give me some tips. Thanks in advance. Maria:smile5:

Hello!!!

Who Was... ?

Who was that guy
I knew back in prep school?
Best friends we were then.
His parents preferred me
And said so at dinners,
Shame-facing us both.
And who was that other—
A roommate, a romper—
Who teased me at midnight:
A game in pajamas.
He nettled me, hoping
I'd throw back the covers
And smother him deeply.
And more whose names vanish
As soon as I hear them
In echoey chambers
Remote

Who Was... ?

Christmas 2015 # 6

ARE YOU WEARING A CHRISTMAS JUMPER?

Are you wearing a Christmas Jumper?
Well its contents look rather bumper
The flashing lights I should mention
Are not needed to attract my attention

CHRISTMAS PICKUP # 6

When you’re on the pull
If you want to break the ice
Say something funny
Or say something nice
Be complimentary
Or just lie in your endeavour
Be devastatingly witty
Or say so

Christmas 2015 # 6

Aphorism #114 Never Compete.

Aphorism #114 Never Compete.

Every competition damages the credit: our rivals seize occasion to obscure us so as to out-shine us. Few wage honourable war. Rivalry discloses faults which courtesy would hide. Many have lived in good repute while they had no rivals. The heat of conflict gives life, or even new life, to dead scandals, and digs up long-buried skeletons. Competition begins with belittl

Aphorism #114 Never Compete.

Avoid Great War - Have Connection with God and Mercy for People.

Peace be on you......Actions of various terrorist groups like ISIS brutalities has frightened common people and anti-Islam people have found chance to speak against Islam.


Some people think there are other religions too which contain harsh teaching but their followers either do not practice these religions or have changed them. So they admit change in text. But in the case of Quran, it has to

Avoid Great War - Have Connection with God and Mercy for People.

A Poe expert we can have on our podcast?

Hi,

Chilling Tales is a new podcast starting out in January on Podcast One and we were hoping to get in touch with one in time for Poe's birthday. Anyone know a professor or other expert who has been known to appear on these? I'm afraid our budget is fairly limited so this will have to be gratis.

Thank you for your time!

A Poe expert we can have on our podcast?

Hi I was just wondering if you could make recommendation for my coursework? Thanks!

By the way it's about a young kid who's in a drug den. Happy reading!

I woke up, not knowing where I was. Above me was a small, hanging light, only the filament exposed, the protection of the glass shattered. The room was filled with smoke; glass shards from windows that had been shattered lay on the ash-covered tiles, mattresses laced with blood and tar were planted next to each other vertical

Hi I was just wondering if you could make recommendation for my coursework? Thanks!

The Complete History of Humanoids (Excluding Humans)

The Complete History of Humanoids
(Excluding Humans)
Volume 1: Orcs
Forward

Before we get started let me tell you a little bit about myself. My name is Perseus Elmore Adrax. I was born in the village of Dunford in the Red Hills in the year 323A.D.E. (After Devine Extinction). When I was eighteen I moved to Valiant City where I studied magic at the Barracks. After being a stude

The Complete History of Humanoids (Excluding Humans)

Finished reading it

Hello everyone!

5 days ago I finished reading 'Great Expectations'. It was excellent.
I liked the plot, the way it is written, the descriptions of the characters; in a word, I liked everything about it.

One of the characters I really liked was Herbert. I liked it when he called Pip 'Handel,' besides he was very kind-hearted. What do you think of him? Do you like him?

Finished reading it

Happy birthday, MarkBastable!

...wherever you are. Hope you have a great day and that the writing's going well. If you see this, do check in!

Happy birthday, MarkBastable!

Silas Marner as a schoolstudy book

I had not heard of Silas Marner until a couple of years back. Looking at this list, I gather it is one of the books often studied at GCSE level (school exams for 16-year-olds in the UK). The books in the list are Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Frankenstein, Great Expectations, Jane Eyre, Lord of the Flies, Of Mice and Men, Pride an

Silas Marner as a schoolstudy book

Aphorism #112 Gain Good-will.

Aphorism #112 Gain Good-will.

For thus the first and highest cause foresees and furthers the greatest objects. By gaining their good-will you gain men's good opinion. Some trust so much to merit that they neglect grace, but wise men know that Service Road without a lift from favour is a long way indeed. Good-will facilitates and supplies everything: is supposes gifts or even supplies them, as cou

Aphorism #112 Gain Good-will.

Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore

For those who have read or are well versed in Murakami's Kafka on the Shore, what are your thoughts for a paper thesis along the lines of this: "Murakami uses western iconography of Johnny Walker and Colonel Sanders to characterize modernization and the ambiguity of apparitions."

This is just a starting point and the thesis will most likely change by the end of the first draft paper. Tha

Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore

December eighth

I'm put to mind of December eighth long ago
because it was a day I had to fight the fight
for my very life.
It was a day I lost my cushioned home
for caring arms to nestle in.
It was a day I first heard a recognizable voice,
un-muffled now, yet echoing joyfully
through my ears, and my scaly eyes
beheld an alluring spectrum of colors
canvased against a dark silhouette.

I no longer had to rely, and

December eighth

Aphorism #111 Have Friends.

Aphorism #111 Have Friends.

Â’Tis a second existence. Every friend is good and wise for his friend: among them all everything turns to good. Every one is as others wish him; that they may wish him well, he must win their hearts and so their tongues. There is no magic like a good turn, and the way to gain friendly feelings is to do friendly acts. The most and best of us depend on others; we have t

Aphorism #111 Have Friends.

A limerick of a black sheep

I have never seen a black sheep before, but I know one
he was a rejected soul once his adolescent years had begun
All he ever fancied was to find his place in his family
but was cast to the wind as an Autumn leaf free-falling from a tree

Why was he treated as the odd child, he had yet to understand
though he grew up with that mentality even unto the stature of a man
another oddity was even

A limerick of a black sheep

Christmas 2015 # 5

ARE YOU WEARING A CHRISTMAS SWEATER?

Are you wearing a Christmas sweater?
Well this season just keeps on getting better
It’s not that I like novelty knitwear
But I can ogle your chest and you won’t care

CHRISTMAS PICKUP # 5

When you’re on the pull
If you want to break the ice
Say something funny
Or say something nice
Be complimentary
Or just lie in your endeavour
Be devastatingl

Christmas 2015 # 5

Just want to say hello

Hello

Just want to say hello

A World Gone Mad

A World Gone Mad


We are living in a world gone mad
Turning things from good to bad


Fighting wars that never end
Killing, Laming peoples' friends


Blaspheme the blame into God's name
We really should all be ashamed


Let's change this mess into success
Help each other Goodnight God Bless

A World Gone Mad

Aphorism #110 Do not wait till you are a Sinking Sun.

Aphorism #110 Do not wait till you are a Sinking Sun.

Â’Tis a maxim of the wise to leave thingsbefore things leave them. One should be able to snatch a triumph at the end, just as the sun even at its brightest often retires behind a cloud so as not to be seen sinking, and to leave in doubt whether he has sunk or no. Wisely withdraw from the chance of mishaps, lest you have to do so from the reali

Aphorism #110 Do not wait till you are a Sinking Sun.

Help with rounding off the edges please!

When the last bell…

Rings of purple tiredness under eyes
from late-night working
and caring. Not over
until the last board….

Wiped tears from under reddened eyes
where care has etched
deep lines. Not over
until the last chair…

Stacked high with books and papers
full of coiled ideas and fluttering
understanding. Not over
until the last book…

Marked by the smiles of

Help with rounding off the edges please!

On beauty

Beauty often dwells in youth. At sight of a charming girl, everyone will exclaim, "My eyes! What a great beauty!" The male stare with a thrill of admiration; the female gaze with a sigh of envy. Wherever she goes, she becomes the focus of the attention. Men all yearn to win her heart; women all feel a regret unable to stand in her shoes. A glance or a smile from her makes the stingy e

On beauty

What question would you ask a post room 101 Winston Smith from 1984?

Basically title, I thought this could be pretty interesting. Ill start off, my first question would be what he thinks is the status of the war at the moment. What would you ask the brainwashed new Winston Smith?

What question would you ask a post room 101 Winston Smith from 1984?

Aphorism #109 Be not Censorious.

Aphorism #109 Be not Censorious.

There are men of gloomy character who regard everything as faulty, not from any evil motive but because it is their nature to. They condemn all: these for what they have done, those for what they will do. This indicates a nature worse than cruel, vile Indeed. They accuse with such exaggeration that they make out of motes beams wherewith to force out the eyes. They

Aphorism #109 Be not Censorious.

What is "Hanukkah" all about? what are we reminded of?

GENESIS 41:1-44:17.................2 CHRONICLES 7:1-11.......JOHN 10:22-33

A SPECIAL HANUKKAH PARASHA, (yet making a connection with this week's Parasha, "Miketz"

We start out with the dreams of Yosef, but where does Hanukkah come in? well, later it does, it leads up to it, sort of.. Dreams and visions are 2 ways in which G-d speaks to us, other than through the Torah and the Ruach

What is "Hanukkah" all about? what are we reminded of?

"Just From This Week"

Quote:

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just imagine what it’s like to be an American Muslim living under these threats and attacks.

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"Just From This Week"

Aphorism #108 The Path to Greatness is along with Others.

Aphorism #108 The Path to Greatness is along with Others.

Intercourse works well: manners and taste are shared: good sense and even talent grow insensibly. Let the sanguine man then make a comrade of the lymphatic, and so with the othertemperaments, so that without any forcing the golden mean is obtained. It is a great art to agree with others. The alternation of contraries beautifies and sustain

Aphorism #108 The Path to Greatness is along with Others.

Detectorists...

Speaking of wonderful series, I just watched the very clever and charming Detectorists on Netflix. Highly recommended.

Detectorists...

River...starring Stellan Skarsgard...

Just finished watching this six-part series on Netflix and boy is it good. Get thee to your nearest Netflix-enabled device and watch for top notch acting and writing.

River...starring Stellan Skarsgard...

Not so Joyful

Not so Joyful

Who the hell do you think you are?
Riding around in a stolen car

That's not going to get you far
We are going to tell your ma and pa

Prison's not a pretty place
It'll wipe that smile right off your face

Pack it in before it's too late
Or we'll take you through those prison gates

Just who the hell do you think you are?
Riding around in a stolen car

Pack it in yo

Not so Joyful

Spring and Solitude

In my mother's garden
(of dead hydrangeas
and drying geraniums)
calm and abandoned,
I've been waiting
for the blue butterfly
that landed on my arm
(while I was alone
smoking my last bowl
yesterday at high noon)
as though to tell me
we could go somewhere.

Spring and Solitude

Aphorism #107 Show no Self-satisfaction.

Aphorism #107 Show no Self-satisfaction.

You must neither be discontented with yourself--and that were poor-spirited--nor self-satisfied--and that is folly. Self-satisfaction arises mostly from ignorance: it would be a happy ignorance not without its advantages if it did not injure our credit. Because a man cannot achieve the superlative perfections of others, he contents himself with any mediocr

Aphorism #107 Show no Self-satisfaction.

Use of Suspense in Dragonflight

One thing I've noticed in Dragonflight is that McCaffrey is very good at building up suspense and keeping the reader on the edge of their seat! She seems to be able to build up the scene just right, then suddenly release critical information. An example of this would be when Lessa and Ramoth accidentally jumped between times to Ruatha. Little hints were dropped that something was off

Use of Suspense in Dragonflight

A book to read / Help!

Hello, guys, i'm new here! I make some efforts to study english as a second language and looking for some literature to read. Hope You will help me with it.

I'm kind of lazy person, a bit not self-motivated, not self-assured and not enough organized, still looking for a hobby that will turn into a satisfying profession providing enough income to leave the job i'm not fond of. In a few words i'm

A book to read / Help!

Rooftop

Zinc and slate against my thighs,
a metal sky above me, low,
forbidden, lurking,
if I stretch my ungloved hands,
I reckon I could harvest
all the citrine gems, the golden beryls,
fire opals, amber stones
concealed behind these autumn clouds

The red brick chimney in my back
discharges central heating fumes,
and it feels almost friendly,
like a lukewarm handshake
from a perfect stranger

While I

Rooftop

The Incas are a myth

You may have heard someone talk about the Incas and how with great military strength they managed to create a huge kingdom covering a vast amount of territory. I'm sorry to say but that is in fact false. You see scientists only created the Inca theory because it was far more believable than what actually happened and they thought that the general public wouldn't be able to understand. You see in t

The Incas are a myth

exciting new underground classic on Shakespeare

If you're looking for the most original, exciting and dynamic treatment of Shakespeare, you'll find it in:

HAMLET MADE SIMPLE AND OTHER ESSAYS and
UNREADING SHAKESPEARE

both from New English Review Press


Enjoy!

exciting new underground classic on Shakespeare

‘Spell’ binding – A review of the novel ‘Clues of Chaos’

“Evil surrounds everyone, but not everyone is able to confront it.” – George A. Kos

Author Gary Caplan’s new book ‘Clues of Chaos’ is set in an ancient continent known as Eidelon. The land of Megalos faces multiple threats to its citizens and property from numerous enemies. They unleash spell weavers and night crawlers upon the land to harm the people. A master wizard trying to uncover the murd

‘Spell’ binding – A review of the novel ‘Clues of Chaos’

Aphorism #106 Do not parade your Position.

Aphorism #106 Do not parade your Position.

To outshine in dignity is more offensive than in personal attractions. To pose as a personage is to be hated: envy is surely enough. The more you seek esteem the less you obtain it, for it depends on the opinion of others. You cannot take it, but must earn and receive it from others. Great positions require an amount of authority sufficient to make them

Aphorism #106 Do not parade your Position.

Why?

Why?

Why did I take the very first drink?
I didn't enjoy it. Now that's what I think

Made me feel poorly was sick in the sink
I spent all my money and made the house stink

It's not bloody funny when the room starts to spin
They said 'Here have another and feel like a King'

When I woke the next morning I thought I was dead
I'd pissed in the wardrobe and fell out of bed

M

Why?

The Rat Race

The Rat Race

Get ready to go you're in the rat race
We're going to destroy this beautiful place

Fishermens', boats lay still in the bay
The fish are all gone I'm sorry to say

Rays from the sun can burn anyone
Can you not see what we have all done

Sheds full of food just rotting away
While children are starving on this very day

Where are the jobs? They've gone too
Wh

The Rat Race

David

Hi I am a newbie and just giving this thing a try. Love anything to do with books reading and writing them. It is blowing a real gale outside and I am bored.

David

easy

if everyday was a flower
i would have a colour each
to compliment the feast
of air see and earth
nature likes it fair
but since everday is I
against all odds
and why
i have a word a day
to let me in for say
to deliberately play the may
to comply to my way
those who join me say
it is worth everier pen
a thought is best applaud
when aired in and out of roar
that way happy will sore

easy

Aphorism #105 Don't be a Bore.

Aphorism #105 Don't be a Bore.

The man of one business or of one topic is apt to be heavy. Brevity flatters and does better business; it gains by courtesy what it loses by curtness. Good things, when short, are twice as good. The quintessence of the matter is more effective than a whole farrago of details. It is a well-known truth that talkative folk rarely have much sense whether in dealing with

Aphorism #105 Don't be a Bore.

Shakespeare Book to Review

Hi, everybody! There's a kool, no-holds barred treatment of Shakespeare that seems to be hovering just under the radar:

Vol 1, Hamlet Made Simple and Other Essays
Vol 2, Unreading Shakespeare

both from New English Review Press

Be the first on your block to get acquainted with the finest and most original exposition of Shakespeare since AC Bradley.

Good luck!

Shakespeare Book to Review

TWAS THE FIRST NIGHT OF HANUKKAH (a funny holiday poem)

TWAS THE FIRST NIGHT OF HANUKKAH

Twas the first night of Hanukkah, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The menorah was placed in the window with care, in hopes that our evening visitor would soon be here.
Mama in her kerchief, and I in my Yarmulke, had just settled down for the 8 nights of Hanukkah.
When up on the roof top there arose such a

TWAS THE FIRST NIGHT OF HANUKKAH (a funny holiday poem)

Happy birthday, Pensive!

No need to be pensive today. Enjoy!

Happy birthday, Pensive!

Punishment of children in Silas Marner

There was a bit in chapter 14 in which Dolly Winthrop advises Silas to punish Eppie when she is naughty, either by smacking her or locking her in the coal hole. I was bracing myself for something quite unpleasant. However, Silas cannot bring himself to smack the child, and when he closes her in the coal hole for 30 seconds, she seems to enjoy it. After that, he gives up on the idea of punishing he

Punishment of children in Silas Marner

The Hatred in Your Eyes

The hatred in your eyes is rather scary;
Your urge to decimate makes sadists wary.
That you can steal the spotlight gives us jitters,
Like choking down a bottle full of bitters.
The foam that limns your lips is noxious spittle,
An acid with the power to belittle
And shrink each note of patience into meanness,
A shriveled raisin shameful in its leanness.
Your rants are merely drumrolls of s

The Hatred in Your Eyes

An Avoidable Tragedy

(a true story)

Why did she run the bus off the cliff? A bus packed with passengers. Why
did she take away so many lives with her? The life so dear to the individual.

She was a bus driver running between small towns in the mountainous region
of west China. People hold that women are not suitable to be bus drivers.
How can a petite woman drive such a big vehicle? It was man's job.

An Avoidable Tragedy

Hello guys...

I like to read a lot but I don't write much either. But today, i just cant stop writing, even though I have an exam tomorrow.
So, I guess I'm an amateur who loves to have a review to her infrequent posts...ciao.

Hello guys...

Christmas 2015 # 4

ARE YOU WEARING A CHRISTMAS TIE?

Are you wearing a Christmas Tie?
Well my next question is why?
Because it really is quite unpleasant
Let me guess it was a present

BAD SANTA # 4

Bad Santa is a bit of a perve
And his special seasonal wish
Is for you to jingle his bells
So you get a White Christmas

CHRISTMAS PICKUP # 4

When you’re on the pull
If you want to break the ice
Say

Christmas 2015 # 4

Who are the main supporters of the Conflict approach?

What or Who?

Who are the main supporters of the Conflict approach?

An Essay

Do any of you have a copy of the essay"Beyond the Cult of Fatherhood" by David Osborne ? I had a book with the essay in it, but we're moving and I think it may have been trashed. I tried to find a site with a reprint but they all cost money, and I'm strapped for funds right now. If one of you could post a link to a FREE PDF I'd really appreciate it.

Thank you.


Motherof8

An Essay

untitled

The intervals slink by us,
Undetectable is their tread;
In their wake: a twinge of woe,
A comma-pause of dread.

Within the basket-weavings
Our livelihoods sweat out,
The caged and frightened captive
Whimpers: "Let me out!"

untitled

He Tells Me

“They have to take cars from the 50s and repair them with any sort of scrap they can find lying around”
He tells me
as we watch a TV show episode that explores culture in Havana, Cuba.

“It was really scary riding in the taxis because it feels like they could break down at any moment”
and he tells me about how the trade embargo
ruined the Cuban economy. How they are
just starting to recover

He Tells Me

Aphorism #103 Let each keep up his Dignity.

Aphorism #103 Let each keep up his Dignity.

Let each deed of a man in its degree, though he be not a king, be worthy of a prince, and let his action be princely within due limits. Sublime in action, lofty in thought, in all things like a king, at least in merit if not in might. For true kingship lies in spotless rectitude, and he need not envy greatness who can serve as a model of it. Especially

Aphorism #103 Let each keep up his Dignity.

Im interested in writing story' for my own enjoyment and just wrote my first one.

Feed back would be appreciated since its my first story.

The baron of Refrew

This ship, oh she was strong.
Carrying us quit far.
Bringing us fine ladies and gents from the land of the poets, headed north in the Atlantic.
We were a good crew
to her
the Baron of Refrew,

We are devoted, Even now on this calm eve September 1823.
Shalt she be put down 3000 fathoms beneath the sea.
To

Im interested in writing story' for my own enjoyment and just wrote my first one.

Aphorism #102 Be able to stomach big slices of Luck.

Aphorism #102 Be able to stomach big slices of Luck.

In the body of wisdom not the least important organ is a big stomach, for great capacity implies great parts. Big bits of luck do not embarrass one who can digest still bigger ones. What is a surfeit for one may be hunger for another. Many are troubled as it were with weak digestion, owing to their small capacitybeing neither born nor trained f

Aphorism #102 Be able to stomach big slices of Luck.

The Time Machine, H G Wells

While reading other posts on the H, G Wells The Time Machine and reading the confusion from some people about the story line, i would like to just mention that if you read up about the author H G Wells, how he grew up during the English Victorian Industrial Revolution era, the Novella of the Time Machine will make more sense. there is significance to issues such as disease, social status, and dist

The Time Machine, H G Wells

A strange destiny for joseph, son of israel (gen 37-40)

: PARASHA "VaYESHEV" (and he settled)

GENESIS 37:1-40:23...............AMOS 2:6-3:8................ACTS 7:9-16

The story continues, but this time, the spotlight is on "Yosef" the second to the youngest of Israel/Jacob's family. The first thing we notice is that there is family rivalry amongst his sons. There is always somewhat of rivalry, and jealously when one son is preferred over

A strange destiny for joseph, son of israel (gen 37-40)

Hello Could someone please help me find a story I read

Hello
I ask for your help to assist me in finding the original short story I read around 1990
It is non-fiction I read in a magazine.
The story is about about a woman and her husband that live in a condo on Central Park, Manhattan
I believe it is call 'Halloo Lady" or something close to that
The woman sees a homeless woman living under umbrellas on an easy chair across the street in the park

Hello Could someone please help me find a story I read

George Elliot day course

I was reading the prospectus of the University of Oxford's Department of Continued Education in the canteen of the science park where I work, when I noticed this one day course on George Elliot. I fancy that. However, I am a little concerned about the recommended reading. I have read Middlemarch and I am currently reading Silas Marner

George Elliot day course

Emma and the free indirect style

According to Jane Austen expert, Professor John Mullan, Jane Austen invented this, although it seems not to have been immediately recognized as something new. Apparently this is a form of narration that combines the bias of the unreliable first person narrator, with the omniscience of the third person n

Emma and the free indirect style

Christmas 2015 # 3

ARE YOU WEARING A CHRISTMAS CARDIGAN?

Are you wearing a Christmas Cardigan?
Please tell me you’re wearing it for a joke?
What do you mean it’s comfortable?
Are you that Val Doonican bloke?

BAD SANTA # 3

Bad Santa is a bit of a perve
So naughty girl when he comes into view
It won’t be candy cane in his pocket
He’ll be really pleased to see you!

CHRISTMAS PICKUP # 3

When you’

Christmas 2015 # 3

Aphorism #101 One half of the World laughs at the other, and Fools are they all.

Aphorism #101 One half of the World laughs at the other, and Fools are they all.

Everything is good or everything is bad according to the votes they gain. What one pursues another persecutes. He is an in-sufferable *** that would regulate everything according to his ideas. Excellences do not depend on a single man's pleasure. So many men, so many tastes, all different. There is no defect which is

Aphorism #101 One half of the World laughs at the other, and Fools are they all.

Wuthering Heights...?

Hi,

So I read Wuthering Heights... What an odd book.

First off all, why did Bronte make pretty much every single character not likeable? I mean, even the two central characters, Cathy and Heathcliffe (I mean, I think they were... Not Cathy so much because she was dead for the second part of the book, but anyway...) were disgusting. Heathcliffe - well, I think that that is pretty self-explanator

Wuthering Heights...?

Driven to Distraction

Two couples—two husbands and their wives—had just been served their brunchy
cocktails and were discussing the issues of the week.
“You would not believe,” said the fresh-faced brunette, “what this one did last Thursday.”
“I’d believe it,” said the skinny (nearly emaciated) man in jogging attire. He and the
object of the forthcoming tease had been friends since freshman year in college.
“Don’t

Driven to Distraction

Aphorism #100 A Man without Illusions, a wise Christian, a philosophic Courtier.

Aphorism #100 A Man without Illusions, a wise Christian, a philosophic Courtier.

Be all these, not merely seem to be them, still less affect to be them. Philosophy is nowadays discredited, but yet it was always the chiefest concern of the wise. The art of thinking has lost all its former repute. Seneca introduced it at Rome: it went to court for some time, but now it is considered out of place th

Aphorism #100 A Man without Illusions, a wise Christian, a philosophic Courtier.

Cloud Atlas

I just finished Cloud Atlas, and find myself pleasantly blown away. Have you read it? What say you?

Here's my "review" I posted on Goodreads:

I don't read much contemporary fiction because, for the most part, it pales in comparison to older, mightier literature of the canon; and as I find myself "reading against the clock" (to borrow Bloom's words) it's hard for me to expend my precious r

Cloud Atlas

Aphorism #99 Reality and Appearance.

Aphorism #99 Reality and Appearance.

Things pass for what they seem, not for what they are. Few see inside; many take to the outside. It is not enough to be right, if right seem false and ill. [URL="http://feeds.feedburner

Aphorism #99 Reality and Appearance.

Human Fear

And again
I divert my eyes to my phone
when there is nothing left to say to him.

These wet sidewalks,
a cold wind falling out of the clouds.

This human fear
of the uncontrollable.

And he presses the up-arrow
on the thermostat.
Says he always hated this cold—
the way we keep to ourselves
and hide inside of our coats.

He tells me that he loves penguins—
the way they huddle

Human Fear

Hello

Hi all! Does anyone like Hitchens?

Hello

my opinion

the book was okay. it was upper level thinking and I think it might have been a little much for a sophomore class. I also think that orwell predicted quite a bit correctly and I feel like if I was a bit older I would be able to understand it and appreciate a little bit more. the idea with the telescreens I think is pretty accurate, it might not have exactly happened in 1984 but times are changing

my opinion

Your Story (Flash)

Your Story
By Alex Lamy

Listen! You are what there is. You are what is real! There is nothing else. It is not by chance you are reading this. For you, there is only fate. It is your choice to forget who you are for awhile and pretend you are someone else. This happening is a dream, a drama playing out in front of you. You have as much control over your choices as the main character of

Your Story (Flash)

Disappearing Threads?

What is with the disappearing threads lately? I can't say that this moderation strategy is likely to motivate many members to continue posting only to find all their efforts wiped out a day later.

Disappearing Threads?

An example of Blank Verse

"Beggary,shame ,death ,scandal and reproach
For you I'll hazard all. Why ,what care I?
For you I'll live and in your love I'll die."
-Thomas Heywood

An example of Blank Verse

Overall thoughts on 1984

Some thoughts about the books overall and whether or not the book is appropriate for High School students.

First, I do not believe the book is appropriate for most students at a 10th grade level. Most students at this level have not yet learned the ability to entertain a thought without accepting it.
They are too quick to accept Orwell as being correct in most or all aspects.

Many go into

Overall thoughts on 1984

1984 Final Thoughts

After reading 1984 i have a few thoughts that i would like to address.
-This book is a good book, not because of a riveting story (which is really doesn't have) or because of its in depth characters (also non-existent); its a good book because it serves as a warning for the future and even the present. Orwell opens our eyes to the problems with technology; mainly our societies lack of p

1984 Final Thoughts

What makes a good poem?

It's the beauty in the words, in the content? Why some people's name last and others not? Poetry is just expression with words? I read a lot of confessional poetry these days.

What makes a good poem?

hello fellas ..

i wish to write a short but fine line,saying hello to all you members ...
:wave:

hello fellas ..

This tune amuses me more

O, my storable attire, whom I consult
All seem in trouble had never comfort
I am fatigued to bear once more
If no hilarious soul how could disport
I for this year not welcome saying" boo"
My stage has much painted through
To these notions I must be not blamed
Years make me more cozened too
Your face lighted up near my grave
As a shadow looks like a sticky wave
In my ocean, I painted

This tune amuses me more

Aphorism #98 Write your Intentions in Cypher.

Aphorism #98 Write your Intentions in Cypher.

The passions are the gates of the soul. The most practical knowledge consists in disguisingthem. He that plays with cards exposed runs a risk of losing the stakes. The reserve of caution should combat the curiosity of inquirers: adopt the policy of the cuttlefish. Do not even let your tastes be known, lest others utilise them either by running counter

Aphorism #98 Write your Intentions in Cypher.

Looking Back

"1984" by George Orwell is overall an excellent novel. The constant use of foreshadowing is easily one of the greatest literary devices in the novel, even being used in one of the first paragraphs when Winston examines the ominous Ministry of Love.
Not trying to beat a dead horse here :beatdeadhorse5:, but how "1984" is becoming increasingly relevant in today's world is stunning; hopefully there

Looking Back

The significance of 1984 in the world today

1984 was a thrilling, attention-grabbing, and eye-opening piece of dystopian literature. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in a book that has you continuing to turn the page, and enjoys veering off the “normal path” to learn more and also change the whole storyline. 1984 is an eye-opening book because our society is getting closer and closer to the society that exists

The significance of 1984 in the world today

An editing question

Professor Barnet noted that in Act 1, scene 7, Mac says: "Prithee, peace! / I dare do all that may become a man; / Who dares no more is none." He goes on to inform us that since the time of Samuel Johnson, editors have replaced "no" with "do:" "Who dares do more is none." It seems to me that Barnet chose this passage as an example because he found it interesting. It also seems that Macbeth is

An editing question

Help finding old poem

My great-grandmother used to recite a poem to my Grandmother, who is now having difficulties remembering it. Can anyone help me find this poem?

Here is what she can remember.

Mommy and I made a garden,
at least we planted the seeds.
The man with the horse came along first of course,
And did things a good garden needs.

(Then something about someone else making a garden and mommy

Help finding old poem

Black Friday/Cyber Monday, etc. How many of you are spending money?

[SIZE=4]Thus far I have saved tons of money during these huge sales events...by not buying a freaking thing! :lol: But seriously...
The temptation is always there, of course, although now that I am older, most of the time there are far fewer material things I want, and even the impulse to buy a few trinkets is generally way less than it once was. Now it's larger ticket items I have t

Black Friday/Cyber Monday, etc. How many of you are spending money?

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Hello :) I am new in this forum . Well , I am Faith . I am fond of literature , and I am a student in third year of Anglo Saxon studies at university . I have the pleasure and happy to be one of the members of this forum guys . Hope we will enjoy exchanging knowledge together :) :* <3 . To tell you , I am an ambitious person and I want to be a historian one day , why not ! .

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Novice

Good day people
Am new here needs fruitful friends who I can benefite from and verse varsa

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Novice

Ghosts - The dreadful ending

Reflecting on my own marriage, I have just seen Ghosts in a new light.

The Young Captain Alving and Pastor Manders once had, like youthful Oswald, a full measure of the joy of life. Mrs Alving’s sterile subservience to duty drove the captain to syphilitic adventures and ultimate emptiness. Looking for a better life, the young Mrs Alving flees to Pastor Manders who, like her, puts

Ghosts - The dreadful ending

Aphorism #97 Obtain and preserve a Reputation.

Aphorism #97 Obtain and preserve a Reputation.

It is the usufruct of fame. It is expensive to obtain a reputation, for it only attaches to distinguished abilities, which are as rare as mediocrities are common. Once obtained, it is easily preserved. It confers many an obligation, but it does more. When it is owing to elevated powers or lofty spheres of action, it rises to a kind of veneration and

Aphorism #97 Obtain and preserve a Reputation.

Mixed Signals

There is nothing left to say.
I could tell you about how his eyes
never meet mine and yet I go into his room every day.
I could tell you about my body
leaning against the wall as he
sits in bed
watching The Walking Dead.
I could tell you about the woman
that breaks his hard face
into a smile— rolling onto the pillow/
knocked over from laughing too hard—
and I watch her rub his arm
as

Mixed Signals