Cynic

The Whole Rotten Lot An important theme in the book, The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins is the radical difference in lifestyles between the rich and the poor. The page of this book that best illustrates this concept is page sixty-five. At this point in the story line, Katniss has already been stripped from her home in District 12 and shuttled off to the Capitol to compete in the 74th annual Hunger Games. Katniss’ transition from life in District 12 to life in the Capitol is a tremendous one,…

Does money affect your feelings for someone? A romantic would argue never, while a cynic might say, “of course it does!” In The Great Gatsby, a novel about America during the 1920s, several relationships are featured. The relationships are described through the perspective of one person, a man named Nick Carraway, and it can be inferred that he believes most of the individuals are in it for the money not the love. Some may argue that Nick’s perspective isn’t reliable and that the feelings of…

he deserves. Moreover, his way of living his own life is influenced by the actual events that surrounded DiMaggio’s career and life: Another case in point is an indirect revelation of actual historical events that we must know about if we are to appreciate fully the symbolic parallels between Santiago and Joe DiMaggio, and the role of the champion in nature and society that these important parallels help define. (Sylvester 246) The issue presented by Sylvester is to be found in Hemingway’s…

or not there is a “tyranny in the womb of every utopia”, as Kapur quoted from Bertrand de Jouvenel. One thing is true, utopias are not considered as naive as they used to before. On the contrary, critics of this ideology, nowadays, are perceived as cynics, leaving the door opened for supporters of utopian socialism and similar ideologies that encourage social equity. According to the “Economics: An Introduction to Traditional and Progressive View”, Gracchus Babeuf was the precursor of…

The second book that I read this summer was Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates. The book is an open letter to his adolescent son explaining some of the experiences his son will have to go because he exist in two worlds, and Coates also shares some of the experience he went through being an African American in America. In the book, Coates shares his childhood experience of living in South-side Chicago and his battle between surviving the streets and trying to survive school. However,…

The principal thing that rings a bell when considering John F. Kennedy is his assassination, however in his lifetime, he ought to have been known more for his achievements throughout his life, than the inequity of his demise. In spite of the fact that John F. Kennedy was a decent president, it wasn’t the future he initially had planned as a main priority when growing up. In fact, John’s original plan was to pursue his passion for journalism, as poetry was one of his favorite pastimes. He once…

Written in 1939 and directed in 1941 respectively, The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler and The Maltese Falcon by John Huston are iconic in the detective genre for reinventing what it really means to be a detective in the world of literature. Their main characters are a far cry from the Sherlock Holmes and the Philo Vance type of private eye who never make any mistakes and always get the better of the villain. Instead, their detectives are gritty, hardened, and deeply flawed. However, one detective…

The Brotherhood promises the narrator the transcendence of race, but reveals the actual “best interest” of an institution, sacrificing the individual. The “best interest” of an institution, including The Brotherhood, means to sacrifice the individual and their interests, sometimes non-consensually, for the benefit of the greater plan. Disoriented, the narrator wanders the streets and almost collapses causing a woman called Mary to take him in. One night, as an elderly black couple face eviction,…

Two works have similarities, as well as difference. No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, in addition to Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles, both of theses works have different prospectives’ on fate, and free will. No Exit is based on three main characters Garcin, Estelle, and Inez all of these charters have made bad life choices in life, thus they pay for the consequences in hell. Garcin is a coward, stuck-up, lastly, he complains a lot, he feels that everyone should feel sorry for him. Estelle, loves…

Doctor Gregory House is one of the most complex characters in the history of television. He is the head of Diagnostic Medicine at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital where he specializes in infections disease and nephrology. He can be described as a cynic, narcissist who is self-righteous, sarcastic and stubborn. His biting comments, sharp wit and powerful skills of deduction create a persona that makes him look like a heartless and witty jerk. While analyzing his personality, Freud’s…