Savagery, by definition, is the quality of being cruel or fierce. The establishment of the group of hunters shows that, us humans, can be cruel to other living organisms if it means the survival of our kind. Jack, the leader of the hunters, started to show his under savagery that lies underneath when he says, “All the same you need an army-- for hunting. Hunting pigs--” (LOTF…
“A book about dead bodies is a conversational curveball. It’s all well and good to write an article about corpses, but a full-size book plants a red flag on your character” (Roach 14). This statement, from the novel Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach, proves how a story needs to be extraordinary to stand out and make an impact. This novel and the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell both are examples of proof for the following statement: “A story must be exceptional enough to…
Utopian Synthesis Rough Draft The idea of society becoming a utopia, or becoming perfect, has always been desirable to the members of the human race. If humans lived in a utopian society, people would survive in perfect harmony with each other, and many of the social problems plaguing human beings in this very day and age would vanish. Over humanity’s short course, there have been many to observe the effects the pursuit of such a society has had on the minds and the desires of people. The…
How has the Party impacted the role of the traditional family? The Party is an overpowering force that controls all aspects of human life that greatly changes the definition of love, loyalty, and friendship within a family. When Winston begins to express himself and acknowledge the corruption within the Party. He notices the modification on traditional family, that kids “turned against their parents” by spying on them and reporting their deviations ( Orwell 133). The traditional family made of…
Africa; “one of the darkest places of the earth” (Conrad pg.6) where there is “cold, fog, tempests, disease, exile, and death” (Conrad pg.7) around every corner and from where no one has returned. Humans need other humans to keep them accountable. Without accountability a person loses all restraints, is driven by his natural desires, and civilization is ultimately lost. Although the job of the Europeans who go to Africa to collect ivory is to humanize the natives, the natives prove to be more…
As humans, are we all going to judge a person? Yes, it is in our nature to take how we see a person and automatically assume we know the person’s background or life situation, but in reality, looks are only skin deep and we can’t truly understand a person until…
It was Albert Einstein who said that the only way to live life was as though everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that I am able to walk from my bed and see the sunlight through my window. A life well lived is a life which has affected many other people in positive ways, but also a life in which dreams and goals are sought after with no fear or hesitation. A well lived life is also one that has been done with good intentions and positive perspectives. Life is weird. We can plan, and plan…
are times when the line between male and female are distorted. Unusual hormone exposure may cause peculiar fetal development. Individuals may be born with uncommon combinations of female and male physical features. There can be a biologically born human being that has both female and male reproductive organs and the parental figures decide which gender they would like for it to be assigned. This can cause that baby later in life to feel like there is a piece of them missing. Which may be a…
Different individuals have different views on the true nature of humans whether it is that individuals are born naturally evil or innocent. A great example of one’s ideas on human nature is William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies. The author of the novel shares many ideas on human nature with an enlightenment philosopher, Thomas Hobbes. Hobbes idea on human nature correspond with Golding’s ideas through his writing. Hobbes believes that humans are born with a natural evil and will grow…
This method claims that humans and animals are able to be trained in every specific way if they are subjected to positive reinforcement and rewards. The chapter reminds us that encouraging reinforcement works better than the negative one. There many psychologist and psychiatrist…