Moon Essays

The Yellow Wallpaper uses symbols to show the hardship that women had to endure to fight oppression. By showing these hardships, we gain the knowledge that we don’t always make the right decisions. We believe that we are giving people freedom when in turn we are oppressing them even more. Gilman uses symbols throughout her […]

On July 20, 1969, the world witnessed a remarkable achievement that would forever change space exploration and technology. As Neil Armstrong took his famous first step on the moon, he uttered the now-famous words, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” This historic moment went beyond national pride and became a […]

The Whole of the Moon by Duncan Stuart follows Kirk, who is diagnosed with cancer and struggles to maintain a positive attitude at the beginning of the novel. His doctor Dixon informs him that he has cancer in his left Femur, causing Kirk to feel devastated and angry. He finds it challenging to perform simple […]

Stonehenge is a symbol of mystery, endurance and strength according to Geoffrey Ashe in his Britannia Article Stonehenge. I t is a place that provokes questions. Nowadays a busy motorway and other main roads pass very near and it is in view for a long distance in the flat landscape of Salisbury plain. I t […]

In the class we saw the Movie (Space Cowboys), this story is In 1958, four hot shot test pilots seem certain to be the first men to go into outer space. However, the back-stabbing leader of their organization disbands them to prevent their involvement in the then forming NASA and labels them as non-team players. […]

Some historians suggest that although A Trip to the Moon was among the most technically innovative films up until that time, it still displays a primitive understanding of narrative film technique. American film scholar Ken Dancyger writes, “[The film is] no more than a series of amusing shots, each a scene unto itself. The shots […]

A Midsummer Night’s Dream was written around 1595-6 and within it there is much opportunity for reference to Shakespeare’s contemporary world and life.The play’s title, for example, refers to an old English holiday custom on the night of “Midsummer’s Eve” or summer solstice on June 23rd. On this night English men and women would tell […]

The 1996 action Sci-Fi film Independence Day, with Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman, is directed by Roland Emmerich. Its plot is straightforward and resembles other sci-fi movies such as War of the Worlds and Mars Attack: Earth faces potential destruction from alien invasion and must retaliate. Advanced technology aliens pose a threat of […]

Space Exploration started 6 decades ago, when in 1957 with the launch of the first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union on October 4th of 1957. But it was, later on, 4 years later when the Soviet Union sent the first man ever on space, Yuri Gangar in 1961. Since then, Space Exploration hasn’t […]

Apollo 13 and Gladiator take place in vastly different time periods, separated by over two thousand years. Apollo 13 is set in the 1970s, while Gladiator is set during the brutal times of ancient Rome, before Christ. Apollo 13 and Gladiator have distinct genres. While Apollo 13 recounts a factual account of a failed lunar […]

Langston Hughes’ essay, “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain,” explores how young African American artists strive to distance themselves from their own identity. They do so by refraining from addressing racism and avoiding themes that highlight the distinctions between black and white individuals. In paragraph 12, Hughes asserts that these young artists hold the […]

•The majestic ball of fire made its dramatic entrence, signalling the start of brand new day. •The morning sun cust its brilliant rays across the land, creating a masterpiece. •A silvery mist cloaked the land as dewdrops, glistening on blades of grass gradually rose in the horizon. •The glorious glow from the sun lit up […]

According to F. R. Leavis, as mentioned in Montgomery et al’s “Ways of Reading”, a novel must possess specific qualities such as complexity, aesthetic unity, literary language, subject-matter, and canonical status to be considered a literary “classic”[2]. John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” exemplifies all these attributes and is regarded as having intrinsic value. In […]

Before the arrival of the Spaniards and other foreigners in the Philippines, our ancestors had already established our own literature, which is an integral part of our heritage. These ancient literary works provide a glimpse into our customs and traditions through folk stories, plays, and short stories. Additionally, our ancestors developed their own unique alphabet, […]

Filipino inventor Roberto del Rosario is asserting his rights to the invention of the Sing-Along-System (SAS), which ultimately led to the creation of Karaoke, a term from Japan that means “singing without accompaniment”. Del Rosario also created other inventions such as the Trebel Voice Color Code (VCC), the piano tuner’s guide, the piano keyboard stressing […]

The Space Race was considered an informal competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to see who could make the furthest advancements into space first. The Space Race involved exploring outer space with satellites and sending men to the Moon and bringing them back safely. The Space Race effectively began on October 1, […]

During the Apollo 13 mission, Commander Jim Lovell became famous for saying “Houston we have a problem” when they were approximately two hundred thousand miles into their journey to the Moon. Commander Lovell was accompanied by Command Module Pilot Jack Swigert and Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise onboard. As per Houston’s instructions, they activated the […]

In both Patricia Grace’s short story It Used to Be Green Once and in Nino Ricci’s short story Going to the Moon, the mother figures to the protagonists are caring and outgoing, but differ on their ability to comprehend specific situations. First and foremost, the characters that act as the mother figures in the short […]

Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, symbolically portrays the idea of fairness in a society. She is the one in charge of lowering the capacity of a bright and intelligent person to the level of a normal and unaware being. In the beginning of the story, the reader is given a picture of the world […]

In his poem, ‘With how sad steps’ Sydney is addressing the issues of love together with rejection and depression. He has adopted a Shakespearean sonnet form, which immediately indicates that the poem is about love. It is apparent from the first line that the speaker in confiding in the moon. The speaker is expressing his […]

A Place without People A place without people can be hard to imagine and out of our imagination because it hardly exists in this world. In this world people are everywhere but it’s beyond our imagination and you can even find them in the most unexpected place for ex, Top of the mountain, in caves, […]

Introduction In this article, Eudora Welty describes her first experiences of reading. She says that her family produced the best environment for her reading. This is because the parents encouraged her to read, and they bought books that she read. This made her develop a deep love for reading; she pursued this passion, and she […]