Cartoonist

unique platform and identify themselves with the use of a symbol, the Donkey, representing the Democratic party and the Elephant, representing the Republican party. While the symbols may be 2 different animals, they were both created by the same cartoonist, Thomas Nast. While there is much…

Jocelyn Murphy, an undergraduate at the University of Arkansas, whose thesis paper was published on the school’s website, examines the use of the Bechdel test to show how women are underrepresented in films. The Bechdel Test was created by a cartoonist, Alison Bechdel, in 1985. The test is used to determine how “well-rounded and complete” representation of women is in movies” (Murphy 6). The test answers the questions: “Are there at least two women in the film who have names? Do those women…

Adolescence: it’s a period of turmoil, no doubt about it. Young adults are discovering the physical changes that accompany adulthood, constantly fighting off emotional waves of hormones, and generally experiencing puberty in all its glory. However, as intense as these pubertal changes may be, the chaos of adolescence is nothing without the fact that young adults are beginning to drastically change the way they view the world. Where before these individuals may have been concerned with simple…

In 1917, the United States of America joined WWI due to beneficial economic relations with the Allies and German advances towards the American people. In 1919, The Treaty of Versailles resolved WWI, but left Germany in tremendous debt as they had to pay all war reparations. Because Germany was struggling, the Nazis rose to power under the leadership of Hitler. Adolf Hitler became the German dictator. WWII then began as the Allies felt that the spread of fascism and undemocratic practices needed…

The Walt Disney Company Have you ever made a wish upon a star? If you have, that may be a result of Walt Disney’s 1940 film, Pinocchio, which first introduced the idea of a world full of fantasy through wishing (Fanning 80). Disney’s new world was not easily created nor successful the first few tries, but with arduous work and dedication his goals came true. Seventy- four years later, the dreams and wishes are still being kept alive through movies, attraction parks, many types of merchandise…

You are reading in the newspaper about free speech issues in the world, as it is the headline. The newspaper reads that journalists and cartoonists in Paris were the casualties in the mass shooting. The perpetrators were a terrorist group, who was known to hate America’s free speech and the ability for people to have free speech. Free speech is protected by the U.S Bill of Rights. It means that you can state your ideas without persecution. It is a common argument today that free speech should…

How America Prompted the Irish to Become White? Ignatiev’s, “How the Irish Became White,” retells the story of the past through a lens that illuminates the present. In his book, the statement “to the extent color consciousness existed among newly arrived immigrants from Ireland, it was one among several ways they had of identifying themselves. To become white they had to learn to subordinate county, religious, or national animosities, not to mention any natural sympathies they may have felt for…

For example, Junior is a cartoonist, and one of the reason he draws is because it keeps him afloat in the despairs of life: “So [Junior] [draws] because [he] [feels] like it might be [his] only real chance to escape the reservation. [He] [thinks] the world is a series of broken dams…

The American Dream is a belief that socioeconomic success is available to each and every citizen in the United States of America, regardless of belief, social class, race, gender, etc. There is undeniably an “…underlying connection between the education one receives and the resulting cultural capital that can manifest…” (Rysdam, 2012, pg. 586). Our country today places a large emphasis on creating literate citizens through education, capable of receiving and communicating ideas with other people…

“How are students supposed to learn if they can’t see a colorful data wall? How are they going to develop necessary life skills if they don’t see a class objective every day? How are students supposed to become more knowledgeable if we don’t interrupt daily studies for mandated tests?” Surprisingly, it is not lazy students complaining, but teachers that often make such sarcastic remarks. It is not only students that are irritated and aware of the problem with our school system, the teachers…