John Frame

In 1986, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off premiered on the silver screen, telling the comedic story of a boy who skips school one day to spend a day with his best friend and his girlfriend in downtown Chicago, Illinois. Written, produced, and directed by John Hughes, this film is one of his most famous cult classics. In relation to the film’s plot, the title is as straight-forward as it can be. It includes the main character’s name and the activities he partakes in during the movie. The idea that “a…

John Bowlby was born in London on February 26, 1907. He came from an upper middle class family, was one of six children, and, as was common at the time, was raised by a nanny. His father was a surgeon, who at one time acted as a doctor to the king 's household. His father served in World War I, and was knighted for his service to the king. Bowlby never developed a close relationship with either of his parents. When Bowlby attended university, he demonstrated an aptitude for academics. He…

William Blake’s five-stanza poem “The fly” tries to see humanity in a fly. It narrates the poet’s act of thoughtlessness in brushing away a fly which leads to the contemplation of the act and its implications, which further reveals the essence of life as “thought is life” and the lack of it, death. As the stanzas proceed from observation，contemplation, and conclusion to revelation and liberation, I get an understanding of Blake’s philosophical system. In my essay, I will argue that Blake uses a…

powerful manipulator of the mind. The idea of loneliness as a manipulator is very apparent in two stories about adventure. Despite bearing some superficial variances in setting, the unifying theme of loneliness between the short story Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, and the film Castaway, directed by Robert Zemeckis, couldn 't be more striking. The theme of loneliness is evident in in both pieces yet they have differing views about being alone. On one hand, there is a main character,…

September 8, 2004, CBS’ program “60 Minutes” aired a story reporting that President George W. Bush’s preferential treatment from the Texas Air National Guard allowed him to go AWOL during the Vietnam War. Not only did the report claim that Bush abandoned his war duties, but that he also left to pursue a political career instead. 1The story was led by news anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes who were accompanied by other journalists. Rather and Mapes had found holes in President Bush’s…

Of Mice and Men (1937) by John Steinbeck is a very engaging novella which focuses on two main characters, George Milton and Lennie Small, who are chasing an impossible delusion of the American Dream. Their journey to reach this dream is laborious and problematic but when they finally progress to their goal, complicated problems arise which lead to the inevitable ending of Lennie 's death. The ending is destined to occur due to how it is important to show the author 's intention by showing how…

Of Mice and Men is a novella written by John Steinbeck in 1937. The novella is set during the Great Depression and focuses on two migrant workers, George and Lennie. George is small and intelligent while Lennie, is mentally disabled with a tremendous strength that he is not capable of controlling. The two are the total opposite but have managed to form a “family” together. Due to Lennie’s mental disability, George has taken on the role of being Lennie’s caregiver and guardian. The two find their…

From the cover of the book Revolutionary Characters: what made the founders different, one can be mistaken to think that the book only features revolutionaries from the Victorian era. Far from it; historian Gordon Brown examines individuals whose contributions in the past have, continue to, and will in the future shape the world’s thinking. The cover shows a man on a white horse seemingly looking behind him where there is a semblance of a battleground. The horizon behind the horse rider shows…

These criticisms provide important context for the pamphlet campaigns of 1796 because it expanded the growing divide between the proto parties, and set a precedent for openly criticizing the highest elected officials in the public platform of print. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were both the subject of scathing attacks on their character and governing ability after the election officially began in the Fall of 1795. A brief review of these Founding Fathers political careers provides a…

founding fathers, multitudinous examinations of each battle, as well, as economic, political and Atlantic based histories of the event. Despite all this academic scrutiny debate about the very nature of the event remains, and various viewpoints on how to frame the Revolution will prove to be points of contention for the foreseeable future.…