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Mark Twain: “The Damned Human Race” The essay “The Damned Human Race”, written by Mark Twain may be a direct prophecy of current day society and shows that the human race between then and now has not changed in its’ animalistic behaviors and vicious path to mere destruction. For centuries we have thought of ourselves, not as mammals, but as humans, a superior race that has evolved past that of our sister species. Mark Twain uses a lot of irony, satire, and an unsubtle attempt to use a scientific…

Audiences feared television programs would expose the private sphere of the home, a place of moral sanctity and family to the public sphere, which was considered crass and sinful. Vaudeville shows were notorious to be boorish and outlandish, therefore was refined to the public, a place conceived to be masculine. Conversely, the home was an area of rest, family and femininity, implicating entertainment was more muted…

Dido’s complete “breakdown” when Aeneas leaves Carthage is perhaps the most memorable aspect of her character, which is fairly disturbing from a feminist perspective (and in general). Aeneas is scolded by the gods for wasting time in the city, and covertly prepares to leave; Dido somehow senses this, and begins to “[rave] and run wild,” to the point where Vergil describes her, in one translation, as “devoid of soul.” (4.300-4.301) This section of the text can be viewed as an extended comparison…

How does Fitz present the moral corruption of the 1920s? Fitzgerald criticizes the moral corruption of 1920s society in in the text ‘The Great Gatsby’, as one of materialism, frivolity, and hedonism. The theme of moral corruption is reflected in numerous ways, which Fitzgerald is inherently criticising through his portrayal of materialism and frivolity in upper class characters of the novel, and the symbolism of location. This links directly to the themes of the American Dream, mass consumerism…

The film industry had many changes take place in Hollywood during the 30’s such as the transitions to sound, color, and a new code of conduct emerged. The Hollywood Production Code is also known as Hays Code. It is a series of guidelines created by motion pictures in order to restrict explicitly in filmmaking. Producers believed they were responsible for spirality and morality of people all over the world when they made films. When the industry transitioned from silent films to talking pictures…

Common decency didn’t seem to exist east of the White Knife river. Was it something in the soil that prompted the Boltons and their kin to treat others with such disdain? As of yet, all Alysanne had done was eat and be married in her husband’s company. It baffled her that he could not even manage to muster the energy to put on even a ruse of chivalry. She had half a mind to stay seated right where she was and wait for him to announce himself to her properly, but this was not her home… not yet.…

Despite the most recent attention to gender identity, other identities besides cisgender have existed for a long time. It was not until recently that I and plenty others have really been exposed to other identities openly. Our society as a whole is becoming more accepting and open to throwing out the age-old thought of everyone being cisgender and narrowing the dozens of gender identities into only two. It is becoming increasingly imperative that as people move away from the binary gender…

The vermin is gone. How could I have been such an idiot? That vermin, that hideous insect was never my brother. Perhaps it was my brother at some point, but slowly, and slowly Gregor faded away. At one point it seemed human. Maybe it seemed to be my brother, but eventually the human part of my brother disappeared, or perhaps he forgot about his humanity, because he got used to his newfound animalistic nature. One thing I’m sure is that dead vermin isn’t my brother. My brother would never let our…

have been informative, humorous, direct, and complete idiotic satire, let’s just say that if the emotion exists there was some political spin added and then shared as a Facebook meme at some point over the last eleven months. Not only are the memes crass in nature, there are some that are flat out face palm worthy. You can see by the examples in this essay that these sorts of posts also bring the atrociously defensive and viciously aggressive behavior that others discharge as facts when in…

Peter Ustinov, an English actor, had once said that “comedy is simply a funny way of being serious” (goodreads.com). Comedy is often utilized as a sort of crutch and platform to highlight issues- be it people’s problems, the insane global climate, or to express the absurdity of it all. Great comedians always have a point to make, and George Carlin makes a point to castigate the custom of offering help after the death of someone and the concept of human rights. In George Carlin’s special, “It’s…