It’s Armistice Day, November 11th, in thenation's capital. It is a brisk day at Arlington National Cemetery. Dignitaries stand silently on the third anniversaryof the ending of World War I, watching as a single white casket is lowered into a marbledtomb. In attendance is President Calvin Coolidge,former President Woodrow Wilson, Supreme Court Justice (as well as former President) WilliamHoward Taft, Chief Plenty Coups, and hundreds of dedicated United States servicemen. As the casket settles on its final restingplace in the tomb, upon a thin layer of French soil, three salvos are fired. A bugler plays taps and, with the final note,comes a 21 gun salute. The smoke clears and eyes dry as the UnknownSoldier from World War I is laid to rest; the first unknown soldier to be officiallyhonored in this manner in American history. The United States’ allies in World War I,France and Britain, were the first countries to practice the concept of burying an “unknownsoldier.” World W...
Hi, I'm Younus. This is Crash Course Literature and today we're gonna discuss Lord of the Flies. Mr Green! Mr Green!I hate that book. You know, Me From The Past, I've beenthinking a lot about selfhood lately. Like, how is it that I am still the same technical person I was when I was 16? Because, like, my tastes have changed, my passions have changed, almost all of my cells have even changed. What is it, aside from some tiny strand of memory, that makes the me I was when I was 16 the same me I am today at 38? And then I remember.We both dislike Lord of the Flies. Right, but personal taste aside, Lord of the Flies is taught in many literature classes, so here we are. We're gonna kill the pig.We're gonna cut her throat, spill her blood... I don't know what just came over me. Probably the capacity for evil that William Golding believes lurks in the heart of every man, and also presumably every other person. But more on that in a moment. Lord of the Flies is a 1954 ...