Pop culture refers to the traditions of a particular society or a group of people. In America, pop culture is usually associated with the entertainment industry, which varies from music, art, fashion, and literature to film, television, and radio. A majority of people consume products from these sources which has a significant impact on them. However, pop culture has contributed...
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My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk showcases the miniaturist tradition, in Istanbul during the 16th century Ottoman Empire, which navigates the fine line between Western and Eastern art, and that of art and religion. The novel also touches on societal problems that stem from the beginning of westernization starting from the Ottoman art style. The novel is about the...
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Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science Phineas Gage ( a railroad construction foreman ) has a mishap that will change his life until the end of time. Phineas was a well-known foreman around his area and very much respected for doing dirtier work for everyone else. The interdependence of him and his team was to blast...
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What is a Metaphor? Metaphor is derived from the word Metapherein which means to carry over or to transfer. Definition: One of the most frequently used forms of figurative speech in English is a metaphor. Therefore, the metaphor can be said a form of figurative speech. It is defined as a rhetorical device in which a word or phrase, for...
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When I think of the word Innovative, I think of words such as ideas, creativity, imaginative, truth, and originality. I believe being innovative as a writer is being able to create creative, original, thoughtful, content that readers can relate to or experience as they read the story. A piece of writing that can help a reader make connections to characters...
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I read 'The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, a mix of Fantasy, Young adult, and Greek mythology. This book is set in the 21st century and is about a kid named Percy Jackson son of Poseidon – the lord of the ocean. After he and his companion, Grover the satyr, arrive at Camp Half-Blood, he is sent on a mission...
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Norse Mythology Thesis: Norse mythology is one of the most famous folklore because of its origin, history, learning, etc. Mythology comes from ancient Greek mythos (story of the people) and logos (word or speech). Mythology is a rich collection of folklore or myths coming from different cultures traditions or religions. A myth is a story presented as something that occurred...
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Social control monitors the actions of individuals in society by using rules, regulations, and standards to create stability. Stability is created through governing cultural opinions, behaviors, and life circumstances. In the novel Brave New World, the author Aldous Huxley describes the various forms of social control used by the state to regulate society functioning without key elements such as family,...
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In My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok, the main character, Asher, is born a Hasidic Jew with devoted religious parents. Since childhood, he was placed in a difficult situation where he was torn between following his religious views or pursuing his passion for art. Being a Hasidic Jew means abiding by the Torah and adhering to the lifestyle...
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In the Hunger Games film, Katniss Everdeen is praised as a female heroine who has penetrated the Capitol's patriarchal wall and defied their traditional gender norms. The dystopian nation of Panem is divided into the Capitol, populated by the rich, and the 12 Districts, in which each is responsible for the production of a trade. The Capitol is a corrupt...
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Individuals experience childhood in various conditions and as they develop, their environment impacts them from numerous points of view. In Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, she is a 10-year-old who lives in Iran that has encountered groundbreaking occasions, for example, the Islamic Revolution which happened in 1979, and the Iranian and Iraq war in the 1980s. Marjane utilizes these occasions and showed...
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Introduction In the realm of children's literature, Sharon Creech's Walk Two Moons stands out as a poignant exploration of grief, identity, and the journey towards self-discovery. Published in 1994, this novel intricately weaves together the stories of Salamanca Tree Hiddle and her friend Phoebe Winterbottom, through a narrative framework that is both complex and accessible to its young audience. By...
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Introduction Books were always important to me as a kid and grown-up. I liked to imagine myself within the story to escape the boring mundane world. Like many others, I grew up with the Harry Potter series, and later as a young adult I read the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It is important for young people that they can...
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The Gladiatorial Combats were arguably the most anticipated form of entertainment within the Ancient Roman era and were greatly favored amongst the majority. However, it would be inaccurate to state that the Roman form of entertainment was liked by all when in reality it received a significant amount of criticism from individuals such as Ancient writers and the Stoics. The...
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In the novel Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, the amount of symbolism is abundant as the narrator goes through a journey of hardships and self-discovery. One key symbol in the novel is a briefcase which becomes arguably his most valuable possession throughout the novel. Without his briefcase, he would not have experienced the realization of his purpose in society or...
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Fire can be used as a weapon of great destruction as well as an opportunity for new beginnings and life. Throughout the novel, it serves as a symbol of ruin as well as rebirth. The firemen use fire as a weapon to both destroy books and the homes of those who possess them. We can see within our own history...
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“For they do not look through to the soul, nor have a keen eye for virtue, but they stop at the outward excellencies of the body and admire daring, and strength, speed in running, and size, and consider these as fit qualifications for the purple robe and diadem” (Goodreads). In this quote, Anna Coleman portrays how society views others and...
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The dystopian novel “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins illustrates different battles the civilians of the society experience throughout their lives. The novel portrays how the Capitol dominates twelve districts economically and mentally. The districts are deprived of the standard lifestyle because the Capitol takes in all the wealth; it also brainwashes the citizens of Panem into thinking that the...
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Good writers read. It's that simple. Without the ability to comprehend what the author wrote then there’s no way to retain valuable, outside information. In his essay, “Reading to Write,” Stephen King gives his advice to students studying to be writers, promoting that constant reading can improve your ability as a said writer. His essay uses various strategies to emphasize...
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Slavery by Another Name challenges the notion that has been displayed in history books throughout the decades that after the Civil War, slavery was outlawed, and all African Americans were freed. Journalist Douglas Blackmon emphasized the extent of the cruel injustices placed upon former slaves as well as their future descendants. White people were still seen as superior and organizations...
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Jesmyn Ward's novel, Sing, Unburied Sing, is set in the fictional town of Bois Sauvage, near the Mississippi River delta, and ". . .stinks like possums or armadillos smashed half flat on the road, rotting in asphalt and heat. […] It is the smell of death" (Ward 6). The novel reveals how past trauma and racism continue to affect families...
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‘Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry’, is an interesting story written by Mildred D. Taylor. A story of courage, love, and pride, are the three words displayed on the front cover and are also the three words most people would describe in this story. The story is an award-winning best-seller book and is definitely a must-read book. The story displays...
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Rime of the Ancient Mariner rests firmly on the philosophical mindset of the Romantics. Coleridge's lines in this poem are steeped in Romantic philosophy, the importance of love, love for humans, birds, and animals, and the dangers of rational thinking. Coleridge was one of the founders of the Romantic movement, a literary movement that developed in response to the Enlightenment...
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What is considered to have beauty? Defining if an individual, place, or thing has beauty is debatable. A person may find a rose beautiful, but for another, it is not. To possess beauty, it is not necessary to enter into specific standards, since deciding what is truly beautiful depends on the feelings and perspective of each human being. Equally, many...
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A man who is virtuous and has many sympathetic traits, a person with flaws people would consider fatal, a person wounded by experience: that person is a tragic hero, and a tragic hero is perfectly shown by Shakespeare's Othello. Othello’s past is the reason he is the way he is today, his past is the reason he is considered a...
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Shakespeare presents Ophelia in Hamlet as nothing more than a reflection of societal gender restrictions. This is shown in Ophelia`s easily manipulated and innocent nature which Shakespeare seems to think is indicative of a woman`s nature. Ophelia is often taken advantage of by the male characters of the play. She isn`t useful until a man needs her, and when she...
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Imagine living in a state of constant suffering, belittlement, control, and alienation. That is what life is like for the men in the asylum throughout the novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest”. Nurse Ratched runs the psychiatric ward with an iron fist. Her emasculating power over the patients forces them into submission and constant unease. The so-called “Big Nurse”...
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When an individual is exposed to an environment that is destructive to their existence, they will have no choice but to associate their struggles with their identity. In the novel, Night by Elie Wiesel, the reader can observe that Eliezer is a dynamic character who experiences a drastic change in his identity throughout his journey for survival. Eliezer is a...
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One of Naruto’s famous sayings was “Real strength is not what you have when fighting for only yourself. When you have something special that you want to protect, only then can you become truly strong!” (Lina, 2015). This is one of Naruto Uzumaki’s famous inspirational quotes throughout the Japanese series Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, and Boruto. During the series of Naruto...
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In Suzanne Collins’s dystopian novel “The Hunger Games”, she portrays a post-apocalyptic world in which 12 Districts in a nation known as Panem are oppressed by the rich ruling class in a city known as the Capitol. In societies such as these, great heroes are needed. One such hero is the protagonist of the novel: Katniss Everdeen. She is quite...
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