Gauntlet

In the town square of a small village, two men are having what looks like a heated conversation. One of the men is doing all of the talking while the over man looks like an abused puppy. The first man, the one in charge, spits on the second and screams at him because he insulted the first man. The second man begs for mercy while the first pulls out his knife and slices at his stomach. He continues slicing him eight times until the second man is on the ground yelling. The first man then continues…

Music has had a profound influence on religion, politics, foreign policy, and pop culture throughout the years. Frequently, we credit rap and hip-hop for having such a positive impact in the world of politics and social standing; however, there isn't much analysis on the influence that southern rock has had in the molding of white, southern identity. White supremacy and white privilege are among some of the most sensitive topics in America. While some are unwilling to admit they exist all…

Analysis ” Antisocial personality disorder is a psychosocial theory that is often referred to as psychopathy…Those that live with Antisocial Personality Disorder frequently lack empathy and tend to be heartless, sarcastic, and condescending towards the feelings, rights, and sufferings of others. They may have an exaggerated and egotistical self-appraisal and may be excessively narrow-minded, self-confident, or boastful. A personality disorder is an enduring pattern of inner experience and…

C.S. Lewis, a well known author, once said, “Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.” Throughout medieval literature tales of knights, maidens, and dragons are painted. Throughout these stories a bold imprint of chivalry is shown in stories to Inspire and excite the reader. The code to knights was more then a code or a story, but a law. And due to…

In consideration of the Intended and her destructive naïveté, it is salient to also examine the presence of Kurtz’s “barbarous and superb” mistress (Conrad 175). For, as Chinua Achebe argues in the essay “An Image of Africa,” the Congolese woman is the “savage counterpart to the refined, European” Intended (6). While the white woman exists to represent civilization and its idealistic ignorance, the novel’s only female racial “other” symbolizes the wilderness and its dark truths. Via Marlow’s…

Rufus, displaying how one’s situation in life never dictates one’s quality of life. In Kindred, Nigel is always searching for ways to better himself and is never content with the status quo. Through this, Butler seems to metaphorically throw down the gauntlet for the upcoming generation, challenging them to replicate Nigel’s maturity and aptitude for learning. Although Nigel presents many attributes which one should strive to emulate, the most resonating aspect is the example of rising above…

In a world of savagery, murder, and destruction, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness consistently emphasizes the importance of honesty as one of humanity’s few remaining virtues. However, this is a virtue limited only to man himself, as women are perceived as inherently “out of touch with truth” (Conrad 113)…. In this manner, it is to be argued that not only is woman’s naïve dishonesty a product of man’s debilitating assumption about the weakness of femininity, but that it is also this naïveté…

1963 – 1973 A Decade of Disillusion The era that I chose to write about was from 1963 to 1973. I felt that this was the decisively time period in America history. The 60’s were ushered in riding on the coattails of the 1950’s and was felt would carry on the hopes and dreams of the post-WWII economic growth which America was enjoying . The 1950’s ideas of bliss in suburbia with dinner promptly at 6 and of a mother doing housework in pearls were about to be shattered by the events of the…

It isn’t a question that people pretend to know what they are doing a lot of the time. In other words, they “fake it ‘til they make it.” Not only is this a common occurrence in everyday life but it is also a common theme of The Road by Cormac McCarthy. The Father in The Road is the key example of faking it ‘til you make it by giving a false sense of hope to motivate and push his son to keep going, he taught his son to follow in his footsteps, and contradictory to how you would think the story…

Joseph Campbell's "Monomyth" consists of 17 stages that every hero goes through. Campbell says, “The usual hero adventure begins with someone from whom something has been taken, or who feels there is something lacking in the normal experience available or permitted to the normal members of society. The person who takes off on a series of adventures beyond the ordinary, either to recover what has been lost or discover some life-giving elixir. It's usually a cycle, a coming and a…