Armageddon

using someone who comes out ahead, as the “winner”, and someone who gets left behind, as the “loser”. Money, power, and social standing are among the most common traits utilized in Vonnegut’s work to portray someone’s status. Through essays in Armageddon in Retrospect and Look at the Birdie, Vonnegut proves that these three common traits ultimately reflect whether someone is a “winner” or “loser”. In “The Unicorn Trap”, Ivy claims fantasizes over the possibility of one day owning the worn…

The Pinch: A Tale of Jewish Self-Determination Steve Stern weaves a mystical-historical tale of “The Pinch”, a small area in the north of downtown Memphis populated by Jews. Stories within the story, a theme begins to rise: although life may appear as preordained or on a certain trajectory, one can chart another course. It is the theme of self-determination. Subsequently, as a reader of Steve Stern’s book, one is taken back and forth in time and given detailed background stories about…

The comic book, Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons is filled with numerous aspects of deconstruction from each character to the overall story to the layout of comic. One character that tears apart the traditional superhero is Rorschach. He is far from the traditional superhero in many ways such as how he became a superhero, his physical appearance, his costume, and his methods. These traits are either over emphasized or deemphasized by Moore to break the mold of the traditional superhero.…

These Christians would have raised the cross as a banner against Saddam, Hitler, or Mao. There are church members who wanted to use preventative war to stop communist china from making atomic weapons before they could use them to endanger the United States. They would also advocate landing marines in Iraq before the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) got a strong foothold. Such anticipatory actions are based on the notion that our cause is consistently good, while that of our enemies is…

minimum wage will cause more people to be out of a job. However, these principles are just a theory. In reality, economies are not as clean cut and simple as they appear. Some may believe that increasing the minimum wage will ultimately lead to Armageddon. On the other hand, raising the minimum wage would have many benefits like helping out so many families get out of poverty. Based on all my research, I have concluded that raising the minimum wage would not lead to unemployment, but will…

Drew Chapman writes both for television shows and novels, and produces television shows. He also directed and wrote a movie called "Standoff" that came out in the late 1990s, and starred Robert Sean Leonard and Dennis Haysbert. He is the author of a series of novels featuring Garrett Reilly. Drew Chapman wrote his very first novel when he was in the fourth grade, and to this day, it is unpublished. He has also written for and executive produced "Legends", a show that aired on TNT, and an eight…

In the early 1970’s, the world was completely shaken by a cult group known as “The Family”. Manson was born on November 12, 1934 to Kathleen Maddox and Walker Scott, and picked up the Manson surname from his stepfather William Manson. From an early age, sources say Manson had an unusual ability to dominate others.This claim was later supported by his assembly of “The Family”, and the influence he had over his followers. While this group did not have any immediate religious connections, they…

When interviewed about the detonation of the first atomic bomb, Robert Oppenheimer, stated that witnessing the event brought to mind a quote from a Hindu scripture: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds”. Numerous stories throughout history have been centered around the idea of internal human darkness, including the 2004 film Hellboy, directed by Guillermo del Toro with cinematographer Guillermo Navarro and supervising art director Simon Lamont. The film follows its namesake, a demon…

Katy Perry, Ariana Grande, Drake, Eminem. When people hear “pop,” they immediately think of these celebrities; not completely wrong, but the concept of pop culture has more profound meaning. Pop culture defines and reflects the contemporary society and people’s values, ideals, or even fears—fears that they might lose the race. Recent global economy has driven many employers out of jobs because of the competitiveness—and more people are in verge of losing jobs. Not only the adults feel the…

Social contract theory concentrates on the innovation of the laws and states, and the impact states or controlled communities have on an individual. All types of social contract theory can eventually come down to this: the aspiration for security, or well-being, requests for satisfaction through a common compliance. This common understanding changes the human domain from the natural, primitive state, into a composed society. In spite of the fact that the idea of the social contract is…