The Trumpeter of Krakow is written by Eric P. Kelly. It is about the adventures of a Ukrainian family finding a new life in the Polish city of Krakow. They are charged with a great task. This is their tale. The book starts out in “[L]ate July of the year 1461.” (Kelly 7). On the road to Krakow, we find our protagonist, Joseph Charnetski, his father, Pan1 Andrew Charnetski, and his mother, who we never hear the name of. There, a man who calls himself Stefan Ostrovski of Chelm asked if he could buy their pumpkin. They refused and went on to Krakow. When they arrived, Joseph explored the town and saved a girl from a mad dog. We later find out that her name is Elzbietka and she lives with her uncle who is an alchemist. They offered Joseph and
Lina Vilkas is a fifteen year old girl who is the protagonist of this story. She was taken, by the NKVD, from her house with her mother and brother to exile. Later in the story she meets Andrius and falls in love with him. She marries him after the war while moving from place to place. Andrius uses his misfortune as a fortune to help others. He takes care of Lina and her family as best he can. Nikolai Kretzsky is a young NKVD officer who helps Lina and her mother even after Lina insulted him. Mr Stalas is a Jew who is deported with the other people. He wanted to die with dignity. He is often referred to as The Bald Man. He confesses that he was liable for the deportation. Janina is a starry-eyed young girl who likes to help others and to talk to her "dead" doll. When few selected people are brought to the North Pole for more suffering, dozens of people die from cholera and pneumonia. Lina however, survives and manages to save Jonas and Janina with the help of Nikolai Kretzsky.
After those heartbreaking years of deaths, Simeon heard of the mormons and became very interested. He named his son Mosiah after the Book of Mormon and it’s people was born on February 19, 1837. The same day, his twin Anariah was born that day but died a few hours after birth. Betsy, who was a healthy child was born March 22,1838. At the time, Simeon’s brother James came to Simeon’s home as a missionary of the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints. He preached them and Simeon and his wife was baptized by him on April 15,1839. But that wasn’t enough for Simeon. He wanted to see the prophet Joseph in person, and maybe even offer his services to the church. In June 1840, he set off to Nauvoo on foot which was a 500 mile trip. There he saw the prophet Joseph Smith. Simeon was set ap...
Chopin, Kate. ?The Storm.? The Norton Anthology. Ed. Nina Baym, et al. New York: 1999. 1612-1615
“There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage… between compromise – even calculated risks – and irresponsibility and capitulation” (Ehud Barak). Sarajevo was a city under siege by the Chetniks. People who resided in Sarajevo during that time became prisoners in their town. They had to compromise something to live. Whether it was their humanity for safety or their safety for integrity. By giving up something, their moral compass was breached and it shifted over time. Some people became assassins, killing the innocent, some became a spectator witnessing others being butchered and doing nothing, while others thrived during that intense siege. No matter where one came from, or however valiant
(Hook). The Cellist of Sarajevo, written by Stephen Galloway, is a fictitious piece of history that follows the lives of three diverse characters in the Bosnian War that takes place in the mid 1990s. Galloway’s writing style exhibits exceptional imagery that traps readers into an authentic representation of war. It is all accomplished with an effective use of the third person omniscient limited point of view to dive into what it feels like to live in a wartorn time period. However, his organization can leave readers confused due to his unclear use of time, and often leads them to ponder what point the character Kenan is at during the novel when comparing him to the other main character, Arrow’s, timeline.
“The Cellist of Sarajevo,” by Steven Galloway captivates my attention like no other novel. The author starts the novel with a metamorphic sentence about a bullet. Throughout this book, the author creates thought-provoking ideas, captivating my attention even more. This story portrays a city under siege. The story is truly vivacious in terms of people who have endured through hardships. The title of the story may not show much information about the story itself. Subconsciously, the author decides to highlight paraphernalia from each chapter about the cellist.
The facilitators of this website have posted Chopin’s Bayou Folk in it’s entirety. This book contains 23 of Chopin’s short stories / essays. It is an exceptional representation of Chopin’s writing and the variety of style she accomplished.
Kate Chopin lived from 1851 until 1904. She was born Katherine O'Flaherty and was raised in post- Civil War St. Louis by parents who were on the upper end of society. She married Oscar Chopin, moved to New Orleans, and had six children. After her husband died, Chopin moved back to St. Louis to start her writing career at age 33. She incorporated many taboos about literature into her writing. Some of these taboos were female sexuality, struggles, and triumph over the stereotypes that had been placed on them over the centuries. She was a very popular writer until 1898 when she wrote about even more controversial issues in Awakening. Many people felt that her views were very feminist and her previously loyal fans quickly rejected her writings, causing her to not attempt to write anything more.
As author Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well” (A Quote). The journey to find meaning and purpose in life is often found to be the greatest struggle one will endure, causing one to question his or her own identity and what it means to thrive instead of merely survive. In The Cellist of Sarajevo, written by author Steven Galloway, the war-torn city of Sarajevo sets the scene as Arrow, Dragan, and Kenan search for their identities in the most horrifying of circumstances. As the men on the hills lay waste to the city and her inhabitants, the main characters are committed to their own
Chopin, Kate. “The Story of an Hour.” An Introduction to Literature. Eds. Sylvan Barnet, William Burto, and William E. Cain. 15th ed. New York: Longman, 2008. 193-199
Chopin, Kate. “The Story of an Hour”. The Seagull Reader: Stories. Ed. Joseph Kelly. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2001. 65 – 67.
“The Storm” is a short story written by Kate Chopin in 1898 and published in 1969.
In Chopin’s lifetime, he totally wrote twenty seven fabulous piano etudes (three of them were without opus numbers) which were abstruse piano playing technique and valuable artistry. For most pianists, it is not an easy work to deal with these pieces well since they require the pianist to grasp the exquisite piano playing technique. How do we train our fingers more flexible to apply to these works? After all most pianists are not talented as Horowitz, so we have to go through some tough practice and the best way is practicing Czerny’s piano etudes.
Chopin, Kate. "The Storm" .The Complete Works of Kate Chopin. Louisiana State University Press. 1969. Print.
Joseph as an individual started as a lost, depressed individual with no insight on what is happening in his life which leads to constant flashbacks to his father. The loss of Joseph 's father pointed out the feeling of how many children across this world might feel especially in places where conflict and war are still existent. This story did have a little bit of the plot focused on racism but the idea of being new and unique dominated the