Jonathan Lee Riches

In the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, presents the idea that keeping the population afraid creates order, and prevents rebellion but causes the government to create bread and circuses to the people. After the fear of people's districts being destroyed, the Hunger games was created as a bread and circus to the people involving young kids to fight to the death in a generated arena. The winner that will live in peace with no problems. This is the same thing as what happened in the Roman Empire,…

Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” uncovers the laxity of British and Irish Gentry towards the increasing poverty in Ireland and the exploitation of the Irish. With its metaphors that depicts cannibalism as an acceptable solution to hunger, ‘modest’ can only be seen as an euphemism for this egregious suggestion. This satire dictates an economically insightful proposal that alleviate poor parents of their ‘bastard children’. As a result of this proposal, the outcome suggests to hinder children…

According to Oxford Dictionary of Contemporary English, satire is "the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the content of contemporary politics and other topical issues."The word satire has so many tricks, such as parody, irony; burlesque and etc .The satirist subjects are unlimited. In satirical texts, not only the content but also form is equally important. Most satires, except a few ones are socio-cultural,…

Both her work and how she works inspires the minds of many who wish to become an improvement upon society but also reaches out to those who have yet to realize their faults and dreams as well. Jonathan Yardley’s “In a Time of Posturing, Didion Dared ‘Slouching’” praises Joan Didion through his own experiences in reading her work. Yardley describes her as “a clear-eyed observer who declined to be roped in by fads” (Yardley 3) which allows Didion…

old days because the schools were finding it hard to deal with the increasing racial, linguistic, cultural, and religious diversity of the student population (Crosby and Owens, 1). In addition to that, an interview of the book, Savage Inequalities, Jonathan Kozol remarked: “Virtually every school system I visit, with a few…

In his satirical essay “A Modest Proposal” Jonathan Swift uses cannibalism as a means to mock the English government. As a whole, his essay is shocking and grotesque at first, but it is also important to the direct critique of those who are in power. When Swift wrote this essay, the population of Ireland was suffering from the effects of British Colonization. Those who were in power neglected to help the disempowered, which included the vast majority of Ireland population (Professor Makdisi).…

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The Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are some of the oldest documents that established freedom and are still in use today. It wouldn’t have been possible to write such an outstanding piece of Literature and law purely based on research. Well recognized ethical speakers and activist such as Martin Luther King Jr, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton experienced inequality in the “American dream and for the most sacred values” (King) in their time of living during segregation. With their…

To begin with, it will diminish the quantity of risky Catholics. Second, it will give the poor something to own. Third, it will build the country 's general riches, since individuals won 't need to pay for the upkeep of the youngsters. Fourth, the moms will be free of the weight of raising kids. Fifth, the new meat will be invited in bars and culinary circles. Sixth, it will improve the organization of marriage…

How does John Steinbeck present the theme of power within the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’? Within John Steinbeck’s novel, ‘Of Mice and Men’, he expresses the theme of power in a variety of ways. Many theorists argue that Steinbeck created these fictional characters to put forward the unfairness of the society; one that banishes the weak and rewards the wealthy. We discover the story of characters that we can relate to, which portray Steinbeck’s growing exasperation towards 20th Century America. As…