Edgar G. Ulmer

Carter Godwin Woodson’s 1933 “The Miseducation of the Negro” investigated, but also addressed many social and economic problems African-Americans were facing in 1933, but are also still facing in 2016. In this book, Woodson focused on the role that Negros play in a country and society that is no longer dependent on their labor, referencing back when Negros were enslaved and forced to work on plantations. The text opens with Woodson discussing the process of miseducation but throughout each…

Jonathan Swift was a highly satirical writer who often openly criticized politics and political issues. Due to the time they were published, their politically-focused themes, and the base from which most of his writings were inspired puts Swift and his works resolutely in the Neoclassical era. Even after the end of the period in the late eighteenth century, Swift’s work continued to influence writers and stories world-wide, even to present day. The Neoclassical period lasted from 1660 to the…

In The Time Machine, by H.G Wells, Wells’ view of humanity is shown as the Traveler advances into the future. When he reaches the year 802,701 AD, he encounters two different species of what seem to be the humans of that time period. The Time Traveller names these two species “Eloi” and the “Morlocks”. Both of these represent Wells’ view of humanity that will form as time advances. Although they are both organisms of the future, the way they live their lives are very different. The Eloi are very…

The Harding Administration During President Warren Harding administration, there were many political scandals that took place. The Ohio gang as they came known to be, were a group of politicians and leaders that were endorsed by Harding himself. Ohio gang would commit several financial scams underneath the nose of Harding. ignorance would mark the downfall of his reign in the office. Many people believed he was behind these scams while others believed he was oblivious and incompetent.…

The Interwar Era was a time in where the American people experienced extreme highs; a time of recovery, optimism, luxury, and ease followed by a time of homelessness, hunger, fear, and dependence. Post WWI, there was an all-embracing shift from war to peace. This Interwar Era shift was predominantly seen in government and political reform, industry and the lives of workers, lifestyles and newly accepted social norms, and continued racism and segregation between blacks and whites. The…

Introduction H. G. Wells has long been considered the father of the science fiction genre with the publication of his first book, The Time Machine in 1895. This novel details a narrator’s travel through time. The unidentified narrator tells of his voyages through time to house guests of various professional backgrounds except one of religious background. To explain, there is not a minister or priest situated among the house guest. This essay will address the absence of religion in the novel…

In the United States the system of government is unique from the rest of the world. For the last one and a half centuries since the death of the Whig party and the rise of the Republican Party has caused the country to be dominated by the two party system making a legitimate third parties all but eliminated from the political process. The limitation of third parties has created the climate for interest groups to thrive. One of the most famous interest group is the Cato Institute. Throughout this…

The majority of the court’s opinion was presented by Justice Lewis Powell. In their analysis they concluded that the Baldus Study did not establish the clear intent of racial discrimination in the plaintiff’s case. They claimed that McCleskey failed to prove that any participating member in his case acted in a discriminatory manner against him. They concluded that discretion is crucial factor in the criminal justice process. Due to the critical need for discretion the plaintiff would have to…

Rashaun Richardson February 17, 2016 In the story, “Shooting an Elephant”, the narrator is contradictory in his feelings, by supporting one set of people, the Burmans, but serving another, the British. The reader infers that he can’t decide who to fight for because in the text the narrator explains the treatment of the Burmans by the English, but then tells the treatment of himself by the Burmans. For example, the narrator states that the treatment of the Burman prisoners were…

best of options. For example, “Garfield’s lack of judgement was revealed when he replaced Edwin M. Merrit with William H. Robertson; this also showed that Garfield acted as a spoilsman” (Doenecke). Also, “although Garfield’s secretary of state, James G. Blaine, delt with foreign policy in a nonchalant manner, Garfield was heavily dependent on him.” Garfield probably should have used better judgment when considered whether or not replacing Merrit was a good idea and should have chosen who based…