Sympathizing with a Terrorist The initial reaction of an American reading Alan Moores V for Vendetta may not be hmm their fascist government seems immensely similar to our own government Why is this Is it because the American government has directed its public away from this thought After all the United States is the self proclaimed greatest democracy on Earth The government in V for Vendetta can be seen as more than just a criticism of the British government at the time it can also be seen as
V for Vendetta Dystopian futures in society often spring from conflict in society This often results in a vision of an authoritarian or totalitarian government and the resulting conflict that the two forms of government cause The graphic novel V for Vendetta written by Alan Moore is no exception This novel was also adapted into a movie In the process of adaptation the directors of the film version attempted to maintain the overall characters and anarchist themes of the graphic novel however the
Freakonomics Economics Meets Journalism Freakonomics is a book that analyzes practical issue of the World as we know it today through the eyes of a rogue economist and a journalist Steven D Levitt who is the economist does not necessarily enjoy the math of economics but rather the stories that come from certain data He loves to pinpoint and analyze unusual data to come up with answers for some of the wildest questions we can think of like What do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers Have in Common
In To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee tells the story mainly through Scouts eyes of the events that led up to Jem breaking his arm when he was nearly thirteen The reader follows Scout through the novel and sees how she matures and develops and also how Jem matures and develops often shown by Scout being puzzled about the way he behaves Having given the reader a history and context for the novel the author introduces key characters including neighbors such as the Radleys Mrs Dubose Miss Maudie and
T S Eliot writes very deliberately including just the right details and organizing the poem so that each phrase and section is arranged in the most effective way possible The following passage is from Eliots The Waste Land There is shadow under this red rock Come in under the shadow of this red rock And I will show you something different from either Your shadow at morning striding behind you Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you I will show you fear in a handful of dust 25 30 This passa
Things Are Not Always What They Seem The underpinnings of Shirley Jacksons famous post World War II story The Lottery demonstrate that the work is far greater than the sum of its parts The date of the lottery its location and the symbolic or ironic names of its characters all work to convey a meaning that is even more disturbing than the shock created by its well known ending namely that despite assurances during the late 1940s that it couldnt happen here a microsomal holocaust occurs in this s
The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara is not just a spirited story about a poor girl out of place in an expensive toy store it is a social commentary The Lesson is a story about one African American girls struggle with her growing awareness of class inequality The character Miss Moore introduces the facts of social inequality to a distracted group of city kids of whom Sylvia the main character is the most cynical Flyboy Fat Butt Junebug Sugar Rosie Sylvia and the rest think of Miss Moore as an unsoli
Arthur Miller was born in New York on October 17th 1915 When his fathers business failed the family moved from Manhattan to Brooklyn Miller had neither the money nor the grades to attend college His athletic abilities exceeded his academics Miller worked for two years to save enough money to be able to attend the University of Michigan He worked at night as an editor of the Michigan Daily to be able to pay tuition Miller began writing plays at this time and won multiple awards for his achieveme
Conflict brings out the worst in people Most of us consider ourselves pacifists and try to avoid conflict whenever possible However circumstances and chance often intrude themselves into our idyll and draw us into situations where we are faced with conflict The philosophers teach us that it is precisely such events where the steadfastness of our characters is put to the test and our better qualities are revealed History however has proven quite the opposite as humans when in fear often instead
In the novel Lord of the Flies a group of British boys are left on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere Throughout the novel they have conflicts between civilization and savagery good vs evil order vs chaos and reason vs impulse What would it be like if the boys were replaced by a group of girls In the novel Lord of the Flies a group of British boys are left on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere Throughout the novel they have conflicts between civilization and savagery good vs evi