Decadence

The graphic novel Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi, recounts her childhood and early adulthood in the time of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq war that inevitably followed. During the revolution traditionalists attempted to refine what it meant to be an Iranian in fundamentalist Islamic terms in order to go against the ways of the West. Marjane Satrapi writes this story about how Iranians tried to deal with changes in their everyday life and how it changed the way they lived.…

chauffeur's uniform, the dress gatsby gives to his party guest when her dress tears, the first sports jacket he receives when he began working for dan cody. The color yellow appears quite frequent throughout the chapters when there is a presence of decadence, evil or corruption. Gatsby’s car is yellow, the same car that killed myrtle. There is a unfavorable symbol or yellow in a sense that something bad is going to…

trading economy that accumulated massive amounts of wealth and resources. They became wealthy enough to use money on non-essential things like supporting artists and building beautiful palaces rather than fortified castles. Venice became a place of decadence and a pleasure capital. Gambling addictions became a problem for many Venetians. Venice was a multicultural environment through trade with many places like Persia, China, and Turkey. This is reflected in their cloth, rugs, furniture and art.…

him/herself. Per the authors, most people put behaviors necessitated by social and economic challenges they face. A worker with unethical attitude may be going through social and economic challenges. On the best solution to incivility and social decadence, the co-authors have proposed a two-prong approach: developing government assets and encouraging communities to play critical roles in shaping civil behaviors. The article talks about assets, not in the sense of tangible assets but intangible…

Well used imagery can be as vivid as a one million paintings. Kate Chopin uses imagery throughout many of her timeless short stories. Kate Chopin was a short story author based out of Louisiana. Chopin was born on February 8, 1850, in St. Louis, MO and later died on August 22, 1904. Throughout her life Chopin was a very well-known women’s rights activist. Kate Chopin was also very against the abuse and enslavement of African Americans. Chopin uses amazing imagery throughout the short story…

The Roaring Twenties was a decade in American history where dramatic social, political and economic change swept through the continent. This decade also known as the Jazz Age, was when flappers, jazz music, dance and extravagant parties was considered the social norm for the upper class. F. Scott Fitzgerald incorporated much of the elements present during the Jazz Age into his novel The Great Gatsby. His use of various complex literary techniques is what captures the hearts of people all over…

shows the player that it is okay to shoot other people in real life if they just come back in the game. Massive shootings are the solution from too much violent video games and role playing games. From the same article, “We also worry about the decadence of our children, the dilapidation of our future society…..”, (Kain). Since a child's mind is not fully developed and playing violent games can influence the mind that violence is tolerable if it is diverting on the screen. To finish off,…

The Second World War set aflame a world illusioned by the veil of peace put in place by the Treaty of Versailles. The genocide against Jews and Slavs, the destruction of London, Berlin, and Leningrad, and the perversion of humanity to fit a political agenda coalesced into the complete destruction of the European balance of power, and in this power vacuum arose a climate polarised by the Soviet Union and the United States. Yet the Cold War was just one of the many effects of the war that…

TITLE Amsterdam Has So Much To Offer and Entice LEAD PARAGRAPH One of the most cosmopolitan cities in Europe, Amsterdam is a hub of finance, culture, history, art and decadence. Notoriously known throughout the world for its liberal views on prostitution, drugs and general debauchery, Amsterdam is also teeming with centuries of history, galleries of unique art, creatives at the forefront of their fields and museums that are envied throughout the world. Don’t let the stereotypes of Amsterdam…

The Lascaux cave was found in 1920 on September 20th during the Nazi Occupation. The Lascaux cave was found by 4 teenage boys, Marcel Ravidat, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel, and Simon Coencas while chasing after their dog, Robot. Archeologists estimated that the cave is about 20,000 years old. The Lascaux Cave is located in Montignac, France which also houses the Montiagnic Cave. The cave was accessible for everyone to enter after World War II. About 1200 people would enter everyday to see…