Dred Scott

J.D Salinger uses color within the book Catcher in the Rye to help him establish and bring out themes appropriately. Color is a good symbolic element in books because characters often go through many physical and emotional changes that color helps represent. In the entirety of the book, Holden is symbolized by many different colors because of his actions and emotions. J.D Salinger used the colors red, green, blue and yellow throughout the book to symbolize different events that took place. For…

Charlotte Bohra English II honors Brunner 2 January 2017 In Unbroken, the author Laura Hillenbrand, explores the themes of identity and redemption through the life story of Louis Zamperini. Known as “Louie,” he was famous Olympic runner, war hero, and prisoner of war (POW) during the 1940’s and 1950’s. Unbroken is about the indomitable human spirit which Louie embodies. Throughout the various episodes of his life, Louie struggles with his identity and ultimately through these struggles he is…

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, an 18th-century novel by Daniel Defoe, written in 1719, and set in the mid-17th-century, revolves around the protagonist Robinson Crusoe, an unassuming middle-class man from York, England, who’s heart desires the rush of sailing the great sea. Though the idea of sailing is opposed by his family, behind their back he travels with his friend to London from Humber in September 1651. While sailing, a storm forms, causing the ship to nearly founder. While…

In the book The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison, author Jeffery Reiman states that the prison system in the United States is designed to fail in. It fails in the sense that the rapid expansion of the prison system fails to reduce crime, and instead is meant to create an image of a criminal class to keep the middle class in check. Reiman describes this failure as the ‘Pyrrhic defeat theory,’ as whereas a Pyrrhic victory is a victory where the losses make the victory pointless, a Pyrrhic…

Lifestyle Fantasy Society accepts a way of making the younger generation think that anyone living a lifestyle filled with name brand products, fancy cars, and extremely large houses are the goals that one must achieve. On the contrary, others in society may assume that individuals not living these extreme lifestyle goals are on the lower echelons economically, but both assumptions are not true. Portraying a lavish lifestyle and possessing millions of dollars is not the same as living a healthy…

Greed, successfulness, and love are all words we as a society are familiar with. How would our perspective of these words change, knowing possessing each could, in fact bring more heartache than bliss? “The Rocking -Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence, and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson; have similar and conflicting themes/purposes that one may connect with on a personal level. In today’s society, these stories deliver the tone that proves being victorious is ideal, however, unsuccessfulness can be…

The book, Lord of the Flies, was published in 1954, and the movie, The Maze Runner, was produced in 2014. Although these two works were developed sixty years apart, they have much more in common than just being dystopian fiction. The Maze Runner, is the movie I chose for this compare and contrast essay. Throughout this essay, I will be talking about the various similarities and differences this book and movie have. The Maze Runner, was originally a book published in 2009 by author…

The book, The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, questions how two extremely similar lives have completely opposite stories. The author and the other Wes Moore grew up in the same community. One became an accomplished author, while the other ended up in prison. At what point did their paths diverge? Do we turn into “products of our environment?” What drives our judgments and treatments of others? The Author never provides answers to any of these questions. He lets the readers determine their…

The idea of the “American Dream” was first developed in 1931 by historian James Truslow Adams. In his book The Epic of America, Adams gave a through description of the “dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement”. Although this American Dream is still possible, it has become more difficult to achieve for marginalized groups such as immigrants, the impoverished and ethnic minorities. The…

Dick Gregory was born in 1932 and was a stand-up comedian, writer, and social activist. The story "Shame" is an excerpt from Gregory's autobiography. He writes the following: "Everybody's got a Helene Tucker, a symbol of everything you want." Of course, one's symbol does not have to be a who, but also, a what. My symbol is the worldwide organization of Jehovah's Witnesses (I will also refer to it as God’s Kingdom). To me, the organization represents family, love, and The worldwide organization…