Graham Greene

Susan Cain, graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law and former Wall Street lawyer, published her book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking on January 24, 2012. In Quiet, Cain exposes the importance of introverts. Earlier that month, on January 13, 2015, Cain published an article entitled “The Rise of the New Groupthink.” The article is Cain’s book Quiet tremendously condensed. A month later, Judith Warner publishes a book review of Quiet entitled “Inside Intelligence.”…

economic state. In “The Destructors,” by Graham Green, Greene shows the reader the effects of the war nine years after it ended. He uses a gang of children and an elderly man to convey that children raised within a poor and violent time, become violent and desensitized, but kids will be kids, no matter what. The reader does not have to be a historian to piece together the picture that “The Destructors” takes place in a time of poverty for Great Britain. Graham Greene gives subtle hints that…

Insecurities of the past linger about in humans and become toxic if they cannot be dealt with or alternatively let go of. In The Destructors, by Graham Greene, he explores the remnant of the broken structure in England post World War 2, and significance England’s former legacy in rebuilding post war. After the Second World War the foundations of society were almost completely decimated. The family structure was inexistent for the middle class, as parents had to slave away in an England that…

God created us, in the beginning, to be perfect. But because of man's human nature, we have sin in our lives, hearts, feelings, consciousness, and everything. We ruined it, because we wanted more. In the short story, "The Destructors" by Graham Greene, there is a group of boys who seem at first to be nothing but a harmless little gang causing a little trouble here and there. The story is set right after World War II when there were bombings that caused a lot of destruction and the families…

portrayals, male characters are rewarded for self-control and the control of others, aggression and violence, financial independence, and physical desirability. Many characteristics of the alpha stereotype are demonstrated through the character of David Greene who is played by Brenden Fraser in the movie School Ties (1992), directed by Robert Mandel. As the film progresses, Mandel creatively applied several narrative, symbolic and technical elements into representing David’s masculinity. The…

Without money, an empire cannot manage its colonies. Following the French and Indian War, the British faced high amounts of national debt. As a means to fix its financial debacle, Britain emplaced a mercantile system upon the American Colonists, which forced them to only conduct trade with the British Empire. With the goal to increase its revenue, Britain additionally placed multiple taxes on the colonies. Therefore, to unshackle themselves from the unjust taxation and parliamentary acts of the…

The Patriot, a film directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Mel Gibson, was released in the year 2000 and showcases the belief that when the people have the unity and determination to fight for what they believe in they can defeat even the strongest of armies. The historical fiction film follows a South Carolinian by the name of Benjamin Martin, a man who fought in the French and Indian War and now wants a quiet and peaceful life with his family on their plantation. With his wife dead and his…

Catherine Moore Barry Catherine Moore Barry also known as Kate Barry was born on October 22, 1752 around Spartanburg, South Carolina to Professor Charles and Mary Moore. Kate was the oldest of ten children. At the age of 15 Kate married Andrew Berry. The newlywed couple moved to Walnut Grove, South Carolina, where the couple began their family. They had three children together. Meanwhile her husband Andrew Berry joined the colonist in the war against Great Britain where he became a Captain in…

“I have long feared that my sins would return to haunt me, and the cost would be more than I could bear.” is a quote from the movie “The Patriot” starring Mel Gibson as Benjamin Martin, Jason Isaacs as Travington, Heath Ledger as Gabriel Martin, and Joely Richardson as Charlotte. Directed by Roland Emmerich and produced by Dean Devlin. Distributed by Columbia Pictures in 2000 as CD format. The story takes place in South Carolina about one year into the American Revolution, 1776. A widower named…

My favorite relative is my Pap. He weighs a solid 170 pounds and is in very good shape for his age. Even though he's older, you would never guess that he's 60, which he just turned on July 17th. He's always at the gym working out, or with my family and I. It's not just his outgoing personality but the way is fun and how he still is very energetic. He has a mustache and always tickles us kids with it when he kisses us. I can always tell it is him by the way he walks, his legs curve out a bit and…