Monday, December 3, 2012

Proclamation to the German Nation

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The theme for this reading is restitution. When Hitler gave this speech, it was 14 years after they had lost World War I. The country felt l...
Monday, November 26, 2012

The War Prayer by Mark Twain

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The theme of this reading is double entendre. The church congregation prays one thing, but they don't realize what they are actually pra...
Monday, November 19, 2012

Rudyard Kipling, The White Man's Burden (1899)

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The theme of this reading is facetiousness. As I interpret it, Kipling's poetry appears to be mocking the "white man." I could...
Monday, November 12, 2012

Report on Committee on Children in Manufactories

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The theme of this reading is cruelty. Children during this time period were treated poorly in the work environment. They were forced to work...
Monday, November 5, 2012

Thoughts Upon Slavery John Wesley Published in the year 1774

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The theme of this reading is "appealing." Not in the "attractive" sense of the word, but instead to make a serious or ur...
Monday, October 29, 2012

Condemnation and Recantation of Galileo

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The theme of this reading is submission. Galileo was required to submit to the church and tell them that everything he had discovered was a ...
Monday, October 22, 2012

Raimon de Cornet (14th cent troubadour) Poem Criticizing the Avignon Papacy

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The theme of this reading is criticism. The author points out everything that the papacy is doing wrong, and asserts that the motivation is ...