At the Mountains of Madness

For years man has desired to eliminate proverty from this world and has speculated for generations on how to create a model society. Currently, there has been a substantial amount of scrutiny that has been given to Africa, with myraid advocates pushing for billions of intercontinental aid. Many econcomists are questioning how effective the aid is on relieving Africa from it’s penniless communties and underdeveloped framework. There’s astounding evidence that reveal that the foreign aid given to…

Alright, this time nothing’s gonna stop me from this. Guess who was my first thought after I saw this task. Bingo! Heath Ledger’s Joker. For me, The Dark Knight is not just another ridiculous superhero story, like ‘Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice’*, but the whole philosophy behind. When people are young (yea, just like I’m turning 81 tomorrow), they all praise the Batman. When they get older and start to analyze some facts, they come to the conclusion that it was the Joker who was a real…

ability to capture war’s most grueling moments grants him the opportunity to shoot in many war-torn areas such as Beirut, Sri Lanka, Kurdistan, and Uganda. Mark’s first experience of war is in Beirut. He describes the fighting in Beirut as, “Total madness” (119). During a battle which Mark is photographing a boy runs to Mark looking to him for help. Mark is in no position to help the boy and soldiers are closing in so Mark hides in the doorway of a building, “I duck down into the doorway, cover…

Effective Use of Similar Writing Styles What would Kiran Bhatraju, author of Mud Creek Medicine, a story about a woman’s struggle for health care reform, have in common with Susannah Cahalan, author of Brain on Fire, an autobiography about her month of madness? Well, both Bhatraju and Cahalan write their respective books using evidence from external sources to tell a story. Bhatraju uses Eula Hall’s testimonies and stories to explain the major impact Eula had on health care reform while Cahalan…

“Money: The Strength In Evil” It is more likely for a person to get struck by lightning than to win the lottery. And even if a person were lucky enough to win, nearly 70% of all people that win the lottery go bankrupt within a few years. In The Pearl written by John Steinbeck, Kino and Juana, local village people, get lucky enough to find the pearl of the world, but unfortunately their son Coyotito gets extremely sick and they have to try and sell the pearl to help him. In the book, the pearl…

One of the best modern day adaptations of the Divine Comedy is the movie Seven. In this Dramatic Mystery, John Doe, a serial killer, carries out horrific murders based on the concept of contrapasso from the Divine Comedy. The Divine Comedy is referenced several times and seems to be the source for the serial killers seven murders as each relate to a deadly sin. From the opening credits to the seventh day of the film, the movie replicates Dante’s use of symmetry: the number seven refers to the…

wanted his men to kill the two “Viet Cong” boys as revenge for a fellow soldier's death. While not explicit, Caputo’s order was heavily implied. As horrible as the experience was, Caputo grew as a person from this experience. He struggled with the madness of Vietnam on a personal level. Compare this theme of personal identity with one of the themes in Hiroshima: community survival in the face of mass destruction. The survivors of Hiroshima had to band together to take care of themselves, the…

Since the Elizabethan era and centuries before that, the timeless theme of love has been a universal motif in pop culture of the ages. From Shakespeare to Bruno Mars, love is an inspiration to poets, songwriters, and artists of all eras. William Shakespeare, a 16th century poet and playwright communicates love as a common theme throughout his works. Some of his most popular pieces include Sonnet VXIII, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet. The first two lines of Sonnet XVIII, “Shall I compare thee to a…

Of us” (157). No longer is Ralph afraid of the beast in the jungle, in the ocean, or even on the mountains. He has, like Simon, realized that the beast is in all of them and that “there’s not much between [them] and the Horrors underneath” (Snow). He has learned to fear the beast from within. Golding carries a very negative view of the human nature. To…

1916 to 1922. Founded by a group of World War I refugees, its name came from a nonsense world. This art movement protested the madness of war and wanted to denounce authority and shock people. Jean Arp, the founder of Dada’s goal was to exploit the irrational. He believed that anything could be art, which was very distant from all previous art movements. His work, “Mountain, Table, Anchors, Navel,” consisted of free forms, and an overall simple piece. Marcel Duchamp a French artist and prime…