Everyman

The process of discovery enlightens and educates individuals with fresh, meaningful ideals about the physical and spiritual world, whilst also reshaping an individual’s perspectives of the world, themselves and others. Two texts which explore this dynamic of discovery is Simon Nasht’s documentary Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History (2004) and Khaled Hosseini’s novel The Kite Runner (2003). Nasht’s documentary uses Frank Hurley’s expedition into the Antarctic as a vehicle to convey one’s…

Kendrick Lamar is a widely recognised American rapper and songwriter from Compton, California. His music is notorious for its diverse range of musical genres and exposure of the socio-political struggles that African-Americans face growing up in America. Through the study of Section80 (2011) and How to Pimp a Butterfly (2015), this essay will explore the ways in which Kendrick Lamar uses his music to express socio-political issues, and if his rise to fame effects this. Lamar’s first independent…

As I was watching the documentary titled Bonhoeffer, by Martin Doblmeier, there were so many connections running through my head from past lectures and even readings. Bonhoeffer was a documentary created in the regard to the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German theologian. Most of the work and actions done by Bonhoeffer was pertaining to World War I, World War II, the Nazis, Adolf Hitler, and of course, his religious beliefs about the German church. During this documentary, Bonhoeffer worked…

The question whether the primary purpose of prison is to educate or to punish is an extremely controversial issue, which is widely discussed nowadays. In current society, all people know the function of prisons and also know it is not a good place. From ancient times to the present, almost every major ancient civilization treated the prison as a place to detain prisoners and kill criminals. In these early times, prisons were often used as temporary detention places before being sentenced to…

To make changes in the world, people have to be willing to accept that they need to make changes within themselves and their communities first. There are awful things that happen every day and it only takes one person or a couple of people to stand up for what is right. The leadership style that brings these concepts together is transformational leadership; a style in which a leader works with others to identify a change, create a plan, and make the change a reality. Transformational Leadership…

Naik, the central theme of Raja Rao’s short story, “The Policeman and the Rose” is man’s quest for self-realization…..The policeman who arrests everyman at birth and who is identified with him is his ego-sense, the idea of private individuality superimposed by every person upon his inner self (the Atman), which is really Brahman within man” (Dhawan 116 -7). Here the protagonist is God manifest in…

To say one is a democrat, is often an action without thought, but when said thought is applied, whether or not one are a democrat becomes a question much easier asked than answered; there is a great deal of thought that must go in to giving that question an educated response. Kristen Ross goes against the societal grain, and expresses that for various reasons she is not. Her essay gives a well research explanation as to why she feels such a way, providing the reader with valuable insight on her…

Four Films: How Spielberg Starts a Movie Steven Spielberg is one of the most celebrated directors of our time. Nobody can match his unique, friendly, magical, and epic style of telling a story through the film medium. He captures our attention through action, suspense, humor, and dialogue for the full length of every feature film through his exceptional understanding of the language of film. But every brilliant filmmaker gets inspiration from somewhere. Spielberg himself tells of how…

Throughout the history of America there has been many documents written and speeches given that helped to make our country the way it is today. These speeches and documents go as far back as the Revolutionary War and are as current as the Cuban Missile Crisis. Many of these documents or speeches were given in a time of conflict within America. Some brought people together in a time of need, while other set a new precedence for the government. All of these were given by influential people of…

since Pi must do these everyday tasks to live, it became part of his daily routine and he began to tolerate such a change. In addition to adapting his ways of survival, Pi’s attitude towards animals also changed to correspond with his situation, “The everyman Pi is naked before a superbly engineered predator--he needs to establish dominance.…