Centuries

In the twentieth century, mental health was not regarded with the amount of importance as it is today. People did not prioritize mental health as much as it is today, often resulting in the overlooking of people struggling with mental illness. Albeit this, over the past decade, mental health has become and increasingly supported and viewed issue and topic of resolution, most specifically among youth. Nowadays, there are many services, ideas and places to go for help with mental illness and the…

Dystopia has been a recurrent theme of popular and literary fiction since way back in the eighteenth century. Gulliver’s Travels (1726), Jonathan Swift’s restraining satire that’s been Disney-fied in the well-liked thoughts into a Lilliputian jape; in fact, the novel’s a lot shadier, posing a harsh appraisal of various portions of modern society criticized of by the Anglican Swift A slightly later, but also prominent, text has got to be Samuel Butler’s Erewhon, first issued anonymously back in…

first started talking to him, They Skype when they get a chance to and talk about when they’re going to meet in person. One day they did meet up in person and from that day on Anna and Thomas started officially dating. The idea of dating in the 21 century is different from the older generation’s concept of dating.…

Over the centuries, women’s duties or roles in the home and in the workforce has changed for the better. “ Pride and Prejudice” is based specifically in the early 19th century, where women did not have many options for their lives, and were often seen as an ideal. Not only was it an admirable story of lost and found love, with an eventual lighthearted ending, the author informed the audience how society was during the time. During this historical time period, women had limited roles. Roles in…

Charlotte Gilman published her short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” in 1892 in an attempt to draw attention to not only the danger of the Rest Cure but also to shed light on the treatment of women throughout the late nineteenth century. Women during this time were instructed to remain within their traditional gender roles which typically included tending to the home and children. As Rula Quawas explains, women were only believed to be happy if they adhered to qualities that included “piety, purity…

his chapter on Railroads and Patent Furniture, a much different scale is addressed, that of the train interiors, their spatial arrangement, and their mechanics . Not only is the train made available to the public in North America in the mid-19th century as a vehicle to get from point A to point B, but they are made comfortable of all riders, regardless of what social class they are in, the design of the train cars themselves aspire to be comfortable to everyone for the duration of their trip.…

and right from the “get-go” feeding and clothing children while trying to keep them in line all day. The latter half of the day spent cleaning the house and cooking a meal in preparation for the husband to return. During the early years of the 19th century women were expected to be proper and hold themselves with respect. They were not encouraged to pursue an education, their only role was to “play house” and be a mother, Margaret Sanger wrote evidence of this prejudice, “Woman’s role has been…

American society has always been a dynamic and constantly changing one. The Cult of Domesticity and Republican Motherhood were prominent ideas in the 18th and early 19th centuries that encouraged women to stay home and perform menial tasks. This notion of separate spheres between men and women began to be contested as the 19th century progressed. Beginning with the Seneca Falls convention in 1848 and continuing throughout the Gilded Age, society’s views on women were challenged. Culminating with…

“Her name was Atabei. She was born 1690 coming out with a loud scream but a smile on her face. Her story really began in 1696 when she was 6 years old. All her life she was known as the gorgeous girl who didn't know it. She had these amazingly cool eyes that were a mix of green and blue that was almost grey. Her skin was as soft as a baby's. It was pure Hatian skin with no imperfections. Every guy in her town Corail, wanted to be her husband. Atabei’s town Corail was small with a couple hundred…

It is immensely easy to get distracted in the modern world of technology. Technology companies sprinkle new devices around every corner, boasting new features and forms of entertainment with every new release. With millions of games, movies, TV shows, and books right at our fingertips, technology threatens the life of human interaction, communication, and even relationships. With each passing day, we rely more and more on the technology that seems to consume our lives. Technology is wonderful…