Goths

“What’s up, Dracula?”- Sneered a group of bulky football players as they passed Aleister, a Goth, on the hallway of Frederic highschool. The black clad, pale as a moth teenager kept walking by with his head down, unaffected by the sneering from the walking hulks. Lost their interest, the footballers kept going on, not before reminded Aleister how much of a weirdo and loser he is, then quickly went back to their usual topic: sports and girls. As Aleister was walking to his locker, he heard their…

IV By Chuck Klosterman There are so many inquisitive people living around the world. The majority of them usually don’t have an insight on what happens on Earth. In the book IV, Chuck Klosterman interviews many people and makes some commentaries about American culture. The book is divided into three sections; “Things that are true”, “Things that might be true”, and “Something that isn’t true.” Klosterman wants to separate these articles so he can give the audience an interesting perspective of…

Question 3: Throughout this semester, this class has really pushed me outside of my comfort zone and made me aware of and question some of the gender differences that I have ignored and/or accepted throughout my life. It is clear that men, specifically wealthy, white men, still manage the world that we live in today. With the recent election, I have been thinking about how gender affects our society. The theory that has stuck out to me the most is Lorber’s A vs. not A ideology. I have…

everyone was wearing black from head to toe with the exception of a few girls who had white or red hair. I saw a mixture of Victorian-like clothing (that incorporated smooth fabrics and lace) and leather (pants or jackets) with spike studs. Many of the goths there were wearing white or red contact lenses that mimicked cat eyes. Tattoos, and body piercings were very common among those that attended the nightclub, along with spikey bracelets, and choker necklaces. Many of the gothic members (men…

In the article "Goths in Tomorrowland" Hine talks deeply about the hypocrisy from adults in our society. The adults who judge teens are the ones who raise them and they 're the people who will one day replace them as regular adults working regular jobs and cohering to societal…

Linkin Park, the goth rap aesthetic has been adopted by different artists in different forms and is as much of a form of expression for these artists as their music. Hip-hop has been a stage for new trends and styles to emerge from and flourish since its inception, from the flashy Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five to A$AP Mob shaking the rap game up with the biggest merger of music and fashion ever that is still…

In present-day times, "Goth" has been used to describe a unique subculture with its own style of music, fashion, and aesthetic. The dark, often gloomy Goth symbolism was influenced by Gothic fiction, particularly horror movies. Forget the association of the word "Gothic" to dark, ghostly pale people wearing black lipstick and fishnets. The original Gothic style was actually developed to bring happiness into people 's lives, and especially into their churches. Gothic style developed in Europe…

‘Schindler’s List’, directed by Steven Spielberg in 1993, is a hard-hitting and gripping film that deals with the key issue of persecution and war. It is a shocking account of the Nazi’s and the Jews during the oppressive era of WWII and by using various, effective cinematic techniques such as camera angles, lighting/colour and sound/music, Spielberg grips the viewer with numerous shocks and twists throughout. The film follows the main character Oskar Schindler as he encounters the realities of…

At first glance, Oskar's disloyalty to his wife Emilie and the fact that he has a wife, a mistress, and a girlfriend might seem like a relatively unimportant part of Schindler's List. Schindler’s disloyalty is very easily interpreted as a background context for the book, and for the purpose of giving Oskar personality traits. Disloyalty is obviously a bad characteristic, but it’s possible we could empathise with Schindler now, because he is a flawed person, which is realistic and gives him a…

1. The book Prisoner B-3087 was based on the time period during the holocaust. An example of this in the book was in chapter nine. “ The Nazis snatched me up one day when I was at work .I was still working at the tailor shop in Krakow ,hoping that it would save me from deportation.” Another example of this book being written during the holocaust was in chapter 16, “In a large empty room we were ordered to undress and pile our striped uniforms in a corner.” and “They whipped us and beat us again…