Common Man

On display in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art are two works painted within about a decade of each other. At first glance, they seem to have little in common other than the fact that they each depict four human beings. One would not expect to be able to draw a meaningful commonality between the two based solely on this, and if the viewers make their observation merely on the surface level of the works, they will not. However, the existence of these two sets of people, the essence of humanity…

communicating. Members in larger groups usually have less opportunities to voice their thoughts and opinions. Throughout this movie I observed how a group of jurors, 12 men, communicated with each other to determine the fate of an 18 year old accused young man. This movie perfectly portrayed the different stages of group development: forming, storming, norming, and performing. In the beginning of the movie the 12 men are taken into a room where all of them must find a way to communicate with…

Professor Victor Miguel Ponce (2014) defines the Tragedy of the Commons as, “a natural resource shared by many individuals, in the absence of regulation, each individual will have a tendency to exploit the commons to his/her own advantage, typically without limit. Under this state of affairs, the commons is depleted and eventually ruined.” Ashford University is currently facing a “tragedy of commons” that presently affects many students including myself. I believe it has stemmed from the…

a psychological term for the exaggeration of male stereotypical behavior, such as an emphasis on physical strength, aggression, and sexuality. Hyper Masculinity concerns the emphasis on particular character traits that correspond to what defines a man. It is evident that although masculinity is a social construct the idea of what defines masculinity has become so normalized that even before a child enters the world action is taken to ensure these traits are adopted. There are many reasons why…

What’s bad is when society tells us that being a man means strength and power, ad the expense of being allowed to feel things.” (Smith, 0:05). Toxic masculinity exists almost everywhere, in western society, as well as Nagpal 3 in the society of Afghanistan, where the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns is set. “He was a man. All those years without a woman. Could she fault him for the way God had created him?” (Hosseini, 82). Here one can…

Many people believe that man isn’t all that complicated, but it is really the exact opposite. The book Lord of the Flies and the poem “Lines Written in Early Spring” prove this exact point. Man thinks in one way and acts in another. They are capable of horrible ways of life. Both pieces of writing are pretty similar. The two works of art are quite similar in many ways. Both pieces of writing both bring across the message that men are able to make others become more civilized and savage. This…

by ash. The book follows a man and his son as they try to survive with little supply and each other. Throughout the book, the man and the boy are faced with many challenges. A frequent challenge being the people they encounter, which are often the bad guys. The bad guys are people that have lost all ties with the concept of society and are the most gruesome representation of survivors. The Road puts forth a dark and pessimistic view of humanity as shown by the fear the man has and through the…

but it involves the idea of what people in society hold important. Hammurabi’s code is an example of this idea. It provides information that if a man knocks out a tooth of another man, he must pay the loss for that tooth. Now, why is this important? This example demonstrates that the action is part of the culture in Babylonia during that time. A man was to compensate for what they did wrong (like knocking out a tooth). There are other codes that further explores this idea. In fact, Siete…

to you how The Old Man and the Sea is a story of reconciliation of youth and old age. In this story they talk about a boy who plays a large role in the old mans life throughout the book, he refers to him several times in the novel weather he is present or not around. When we first meet the boy he helps the old man unload his fishing stuff and they talk the rest of the day about the several things that they have in common one being american baseball. When the boy tells the old man that he can no…

refers to them as The Boy and The Man as it is written in third person omniscient though it often seems as if the novel was written in first person which adds to the idiosyncrasy of the novel. On the contrary The Road is extremely detail oriented which immensely contributes to the overall theme and tone of the book in addition to putting the reader in the characters shoes. The Road is a fiction piece about a post apocalyptic desolated world centered around a boy and a man trying to fight…