Frederick W. Smith

Trances and Dreams Complicating Desire & Blackness in Jean Toomer’s “Esther” Jean Toomer’s “Esther” is a bildungsroman text that follows the light skinned protagonist, Esther, through four distinct ages in three chapters. “Esther” is full of magical realism coupled with female desire which is often expressed through dreams, visions, and color. From the beginning, the reader can contrast Esther with Karintha, Louisa and other female characters in Cane. Esther is not desired by white or black…

The Invisible Hand can be used to describe benefits that were not intended, because of their actions. It basically means that, what you do pursuing your interest can benefit others more than what you meant it to. Invisible Hand can also be described as self-regulation on the market, so people can profit without anybody interfering. It is most often used to work on the free market, consumers going for lower prices and entrepreneurs going for the highest profit. I do agree with this, because even…

different perceptions of the incident to give more depth to the feeling the passengers had when they hit something The author did this to make a broader explanation of how it felt when the titanic struck the iceberg. One of these perceptions were Frederick Fleet’s Fleet was a lookout for the titanic. They did not worry about passenger problems The lookouts were the eyes of the ship and this night Fleet had been warned to watch particularly for icebergs.Later Fleet saw an…

Mental illness was a seldom talked about topic in the 1960s when Sylvia Plath penned The Bell Jar. In the essence of her book Plath shows the already present gap between someone's mind and their body and how depression, or any mental illness, can widen the space even further. Symbolism pertaining to the gap is described when main character Esther Greenwood uses objects and metaphors as representations of her depression. The story follows Esther from the onset of her illness all the way to her…

Though Adam Smith was not an economist, he is often known as the “father of modern capitalism.” In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith described an ‘Invisible Hand.’ The phrase was introduced as a force that helps the supply and demand of goods in the free market to reach equilibrium. Smith suggested that when everyone works for their own interest in a free market, the economy will thrive. He assumed if the government would leave the community alone to buy and sell freely among themselves, the…

John Smith sought adventure. William Bradford sought freedom. Both men had adventurous lives. But John Smith is still better. John Smith was born into a farmers family. He didn’t want to be a farmer, he sought adventure. So, he ran away to become a sailor at thirteen. His parents stopped him, however, and shipped him off to become a merchant boy. John quit at age sixteen, shortly after his father died, and his mother re-married. He became a mercenary, and became a good soldier. When the war he…

“He has won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother” (Orwell 298). Is it true victory, or has he just lost the most important battle? Winston has finally completed all three stages of becoming pure. He will soon be killed and taken out of his misery. The reader can only hope that the secret he had to keep hidden, even from himself, will reach the surface of his mind before he dies. Winston is the beacon of hope throughout the story. He shows that one can have his own ideas even when The…

I have long been fascinated by the way politics and economics influence individuals and how decisions made by political leaders can change the course of history. I am intrigued by the historical development of political and economic thought, as evidenced when studying the history of China. Milton Friedman’s Capitalism and Freedom provided me perspective on the connectivity of economic and political freedoms needed to strengthen democratic institutions. I also enjoyed Thomas Piketty’s Capital in…

Winston's consumption of victory gin occurs throughout the whole duration of the novel, but holds great symbolic value. In part one, Winston describes the taste of victory gin, “like nitric acid, and moreover, in swallowing it one had the sensation of being hit on the back of the head with a rubber club.” (Orwell. 5-6) Gin, along with other forms of alcohol can be used for many reasons, to feel good, or even to forget. The symbolic value within victory gin in part one shows how Winston wants…

Laissez-faire benefitted Americans by promoting hard work and progress. Laissez-faire allowed corporations to basically have complete freedom in the market place. This lead to social darwinism in America. The idea favored those who worked the hardest. It was how some of the richest men of the time made it. It was also what lead to the vast majority of Americans working as laborers. However, this was theoretically their place. They didn’t work as hard so surely they didn’t deserve to be part of…