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school”, what’s your first initial thought? I don’t know about you, but “cliques” are the first thought to my mind. The media is drowning in films that portray the idea of “cliques”, but personally, I believe the film Mean Girls is the best representation of the world of cliques. Means Girls is a teen classic, and I can almost bet the majority of my generation has seen or at least heard of it. It is American teen comedy film that manifests the harsh conditions teens undergo when it comes to high…

Realization and Revolution The realization of alienated labour is a realization of the reciprocal relationship alienated labour has with private property. For private property is both the product of alienated labour, as much as it is the cause of this alienation. Marx writes that through an analysis of this alienation it appears that private property separates man from his product, labour, his life, and his fellow man: “i.e., of alienated man, of estranged labour, of estranged life, of…

In 2004, the movie “Mean Girls” was released and caught the interest of many people across the world. Teenage Cady Heron who is played by actress Lindsay Lohan, was homeschooled in Africa by her parents. When she has to move, she gets to experience public school and how it can be so cruel and divide students into their own cliques. Cady quickly finds out how her soon to be new group of friends earned the nickname “The Plastics”. “Mean Girls” is a great example of the Hero’s Journey because it…

The writing style is generally appropriate to the assignment, fresh (interesting to read), accurate (no far-fetched, unsupported comments), precise (say what you mean), and concise (not wordy). The writing style is appropriate in places, but elsewhere language is vague and imprecise. Writing style interferes with the development and clarity of the main points. Writing style makes it virtually impossible to understand…

Yomna ElShabrawy Block:D Date:Feb.4.2018 Short Story Compare and Contrast Essay The three adolescent protagonist in the stories “Muffin”, “What’s Inside”, and “Fortune Cookie” are facing huge struggles in their life. In order, “Muffin” is about a young girl named Daisy, struggling with bullying at her school. The Narrator from “What’s Inside” is put in a situation where he must stop homicide. “Fortune Cookie” is about Parker dealing with his parents divorce. At first, these three stories seem…

Growing up in Harlem in 1972 is not easy as an African American, not to mention a woman as well. “The Lesson” is a short story written by Toni Bambara that retells her adolescent years of growing up in Harlem and spending her summers learning from Miss Moore, the only woman to attend college in the neighborhood. Because Miss Moore attended college, the parents of the children see it fit for her to watch over them during the summer. She teaches the children an array of subjects, but in the story…

Nobody wants war..” (p.6). These phrases also highlight Arthur Birling's massive ego and that he is sure that the things he say will happen. Arthur’s comments about socialism and community explicitly show that he, himself is a ‘capitalist’ and society means absolutely nothing to him. LIGHTING STAGE DIR, GENRE…

The Novels a House of Mr. Biswas and Things Fall Apart, both examine the concept of Individualization in direct conflict to their each respective societies. A House for Mr. Biswas, by V.S. Naipaul focuses more on the adaptation to society, whereas Things Fall apart, by Chinua Achebe, focuses on the destruction of oneself door to Society Clash. Both the Novels, have similar themes, though the techniques used to portray it to the readers differ. The Novel, Things Fall Apart published in 1958, by…

Different “Ways of Seeing” In the essay, “Ways of Seeing,” John Berger applies Marxism to art history. Marxism is the social, economic and political theory formed by Karl Marx. It deals with class struggle and the oppression of the lower classes by the upper classes. In the essay, Berger focuses on using Marxist methodology, when he analyzes and explains an artist named Frans Hal. Berger uses Hals paintings to demonstrate the structure of social classes, and their struggles to give an idea of…

relation: the discussion of anger, in the context of Seneca and Plutarch, is about the superiority’s abuse of power to its inferior: father to his wife, children, and slaves; the Prince to his subjects. One’s anger means his uncontrollability of oneself, in case of authority, it means he fails to care himself and consequently exercise his power improperly (Foucault 374). Flattery, on the other hand, is the technique of the inferior: the flatterer gives false image to the superior as to take…