Demonization

In the article The New Cold War Is Already More Dangerous Than was its Predecessor was written by Stephen F. Cohen, he states that there are several reason why this New Cold war is far more dangerous than the previous that lasted for 45 years. His statement is very true. This is true because there are many people that are saying that the the tension between Russia and the US are high and they are declaring a new Cold War. People in the US are starting to fear Russia and there are several issues…

movement to spread communism from Russia to the United States through the infiltration of our democratic system as evil. Since McCarthy wants his audience to side with the in group, they are automatically against the out group, which may lead to the demonization of that…

Settle 3 The use of cannabis as a medicine began in 2737 BC (Earleywine 26). All over the world marijuana had been used for many medical purposes: Emperor Shen Neng prescribed it for many ailments. These treatments grew more popular in all of Asia and down the coast of Africa. Religious uses developed in certain sects of Hinduism in India. By the 1500s, some Europeans had mentioned the plant’s medicinal use. In the 1842, Irish physician William O’Shaughnessy published medical experiments…

dogma concerning “god-given” rights, with the following proclamation: “[all people] are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights...” This claim supports the sense of entitlement and necessity of rights that is necessary for the demonization of the british…

To raise American’s aversion and anger to the enemy, the demonization technique was widely employed by the propagandist. In the poster The Sower, the author, Thomas Hart Benton, analogize the Nazi as a death sower. In the image, a half naked man, who is short but strong, is dispersing skulls, a symbol of death that…

Charlotte Wood's novel, The Natural Way of Things provides a critique of its dystopic civilization as well as the wider society it developed from. The human condition includes a disconnect between internal thoughts and external behaviour when faced with challenging situations. Wood demonstrates this fallibility through her protagonists Verla and Yolanda, by exposing their internal reflections and external behaviour on sexuality, judgement and the importance of community. Wood's novel provides…

The general argument made by Silvio Laccetti and the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board in their work, Pro/Con: Should we Celebrate Christopher Columbus , is whether or not we should continue to celebrate Columbus Day. Silvio Laccetti claims that we should still celebrate Columbus Day. He writes, “He was also a great explorer, an intrepid adventurer, a man of fervent faith and a defiant leader who blazed a path to the modern world” (para 9). In this passage, Laccetti is suggesting that Columbus…

Mexican-American woman in Southeast Texas, I often face different types of prejudice, stereotypes, and racism. As a young girl, it was rather difficult to feel comfortable with who I was, even though my ethnicity was something I could not control. The demonization of immigrants through the media has a huge effect on how my community sees me. I live in a community where my culture is highly fetishized, yet no one seems to genuinely care about what is happening to Hispanics. Coming from a…

park reflected the fear that many Americans harbored during this time, and these fears were undoubtedly enflamed by government propaganda produced by the Committee on Public Information. The person who made this sign was likely reacting to the demonization of German Americans that was common in government propaganda, and this sign acts as yet another form of propaganda. The sign reinforced government propaganda because the placement in a public space meant that Americans were almost always in…

Throughout history, wars start for no reason other than a greed for something more than what a country already owns. It appears as though everyone always wants more than they have and never seems to be content with what they own. At this moment Luidegast’s warriors arrived on the field. They had clearly seen what had passed between the two outposts, and, just as Siegfried was about to lead Liudegast away, they charged at him, thirty strong, whereupon the hero defended his mighty captive with…