What is the summary of the poem "No Men are Foreign" by James Kirkup?

Kirkup's
1966 poem "No Men are Foreign" focuses on the commonalities between all people. The
poem's speaker states of foreigners:

They, too, aware of
sun and air and water,

Are fed by peaceful harvests, by wars long winter
starvd.

We are all united, the poet says, by sharing the
same planet, as well as by work, by sleep, and by love. The speaker does not identify himself
with any nationality, tribe, or group: he could be anyone from anywhere reaching out to fellow
humans and expressing what we all share. This may reflect the fact that Kirkup, although
English, did live in various parts of the world, including Asia and America.

The poem becomes an expression of anti-war sentiment as it states:

whenever we are told

To hate our brothers, it is
ourselves

That we shall dispossess, betray, condemn.

When Kirkup ends the poem with the line:

no men are foreign, and no countries strange

he echoes John Donne's idea that "no man is an island."
We are all one, bonded together in a common humanity.

Today we would most
likely use the word human or humankind instead of "man" or "men" (also, we
tend to call people from other parts of the world not foreigners, but internationals), but
Kirkup means to include all genders in his poem. His simple, straightforward language makes a
clear point: since we are all one, we should try to get along.

What is the tone of Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum"?

's "
" is one of his many Gothic short stories. As with most American Gothic literature, the
tone (or mood) of the story is one of the primary elements that make it Gothic. In this story,
prisoner of war is in a torture chamber. Due to the first person point-of-view, the
audience...

What are the differences between Julia and Winston in their understanding of the Party? Part 2

cares more
about having fun and enjoying her life (her little trists with all her man-friends) than she
cares about bringing down the Party.  If fact, Julia thinks 's ideas about rebellion and his
faith in the Proles is a silly waste of time.

Winston is obssessed with the
past (the paperweight,the old songs, books, pens, inventions) and the beauty of the way things
were before the Party took over and subjected everyone to their overly controlling rules and
laws.  The Proles, to Winston, are an excellent example of this.  They are free enough to sing
and enjoy life beyond the stifling control of the Party--it is with these people who can love,
sing, move around and speak with whomever they please that Winston puts his faith.  They are the
ones who will rebel and overthrow the Party.

They both rebel in their own way,
but they do not have the same ideas about how that should occur or what should happen once the
Party no longer exists.

From Into the Wild, who was Chris McCandless?

A vigorous
debate broke out in the early 1990s over the question of who Chris McCandless was. This debate
helped inspireto expand his popular 1993 Outside Magazine article on
Chris's death into a best-selling book. As readers argued about Chris's death, two factions
emerged: those who thought Chris was an arrogant fool who went into the wilderness unprepared
and deserved to die, and those who understood Chris as a sensitive visionary whose death was an
unfortunate byproduct of following through on his idealsideals that made him deliberately reject
some of the precautions he was condemned for not taking.

Krakauer falls
openly in the latter faction: he writes the book out of his identification with and sympathy for
Chris and his quest. He presents Chris as an idealistic, if angry, young man searching for his
identity. His Chris is a passionate reader of writers like Tolstoy and...

What does the singing prole woman symbolize and represent for Winston and Julia?

The singing Prole
woman fromhas a number of
symbolic meanings forand .

First of all, she
symbolizes
fertility. This is shown clearly by her physical description, like her

"mare-like buttocks," which makes Winston question how many children she has
given
birth to. Winston comes to the conclusion that although she has been
"blown up to monstrous
proportions" by the number of children she has
birthed, she is a beautiful woman.

In addition, the Prole
woman also symbolizes freedom. This is shown most clearly by
the fact that
she is singinga pastime which the Party does...

What is the most intellectual religion today?

This is a
question that is difficult to answer. With that said, I would say that the most intellectual
religion in the world today is Christianity for several reasons. 

First,
Christianity has been around for a long time. For this reason, there has been much reflection
and study. Many of our best universities have been started by Christians for the study of
Christian theology. 

Second, Christianity also encompasses much of Judaism,
which actually predates Christianity and is also very intellectual. From one perspective,
Christianity has taken some of the best intellectual fruits of Judaism.

Third, Christianity has shaped the modern world - even from a global
perspective. 

How can you tell that Jem is concerned about his father in chapter 14? Cite a specific quote from the text to support your answer.

In
this chapter, rumors are beginning to swell around town concerning 's defense of Tom Robinson, a
black man on trial for rape. The threat to the reputation of the family greatly concerns Aunt
Alexandra, and this causes some friction between her and Atticus, her and the children, and then
Atticus and his children.

responds with disrespect to one of Aunt
Alexandra's questions in this chapter, and this leads to Aunt Alexandra telling Atticus that he
needs to let Calpurnia go.

, the older and wiser sibling, pulls Scout aside
and asks her to try to find some peace with their aunt. Scout is ruffled and asks her brother if
he's trying to tell her what to do. Jem's comment shows his growing concern for their
father:

He's got a lot on his mind now, without us
worrying him ... It's this Tom Robinson case that's worrin' him to death

Jem understands that Atticus is in a precarious position. He is
trying to protect his children and Calpurnia. He is trying to maintain peaceful familial
relationships between his sister and his children. And he is trying to defend to the best of his
abilities an innocent black man despite the overwhelming dissatisfaction of the majority of
townspeople. Though he maintains his composure at home, Jem realizes the worry Atticus carries,
and this statement shows that he perceives how complex Atticus's position is without Jem and
Scout adding to the angst.