Joseph Brant

Heart of Darkness written by Joseph Conrad is a fantastic novella and the author’s famous work. Primarily, it has gained its popularity due to the unique and interesting plot, which entices the readers. Specifically, the main story of the book revolves around the voyage down the Congo River and describes the peculiar adventures and events that happened with the captain of the ship and his brigade during their trip. In addition, besides the thrilling plot, the composition is known for the unusual…

Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness spins a dark contrast between two different worlds. These worlds being the civilized life of Europe against the savage wilderness of colonial Africa. Running parallel to the contrast in worlds is the contrast between Kurtz’s lovers who he has taken up in each of the world 's. The lines of gender and wilderness in The Heart of Darkness are somewhat blurred as the protagonist time and again personifies wilderness into a living, female role. This serves to be…

An Analysis on the Humanistic Qualities of Droids Creativity in the world today seems to become more extravagant and more intricate every single day. It is clearly seen in the context of books and movies, but it also seen in the development and growth of technology. Technology not only shows humanity’s creativity, but has completely engrossed today’s society because most everything in the twentieth and twenty-first century involves robotics. Most people see technology as a service to them, but…

The Importance of Sentiment in Morality In this paper, I will argue that David Hume’s argument on morality is more persuasive than Thomas Hobbes’ argument due to the nature of sentiment that everyone carries. One of the key problems of Hobbes’ argument is that it assumes that everyone is unitary. Hobbes explained the State of Nature and the way people would react to it in a way where all the actors involved would make the obvious--rational--choice, however, this is not the case. Not all…

the definition and concept of citizenship within our class and other Social Studies Education classes here at Teacher College. The common discussion in all of these classes has been, what kind of citizen are we trying to prepare. Joel Westheimer and Joseph Kahne in What Kind of Citizen?, discuss three types of citizenship that come out of social studies instruction, those are personally responsible, participatory and justice oriented. According to Westheimer and Kahne these are the types of…

By definition, entrepreneurship is the activity of setting up a business or businesses, in response to a need or opportunity seen in society. Now, some people view a small business and entrepreneurial venture as the same thing, however they are completely different. A small business by definition is an independent business having fewer than 500 employees that do not engage in any new or innovative practices and has a low impact on its industry. Then, an entrepreneurial venture is when an…

Everyone in life has their own purpose. That purpose is in the form of a career. My purpose is entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is a person who organizes and manages any enterprise. Pertaining to entrepreneurship, I chose this career for many reasons. The biggest reason is that I have always enjoyed business related classes. Classes such as accounting, economics, and business and management. Another reason is because being an entrepreneur means you’re a leader. I want be a role model for the…

1940’s until the early 1950’s America was run by fear. The second Red Scare was running through the streets of America, an effect of the Cold War. A person could be found a Communist with little more than hearsay against them. A senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy, and the head of the FBI at the time, J. Edgar Hoover, would become infamous for many questionable treason trials and guilty verdicts. The 1957 movie 12 Angry Men focuses on the Judicial System of the United States and reassures…

Heart of Darkness, a novel by Joseph Conrad, is about Marlow, a European going to the Congo to work for an ivory company to find one man, Kurtz; he has been out of sight for a while when the reader first hears about him. This book expresses views on both imperialism and racism. Although there is not a lot of substance to the book does not mean it is not worth anything. Heart of Darkness shows the reader events and facts about the Congo one should know to really understand it. Shows how bad the…

Howard W. Campbell Jr. How does someone distinguish a person’s real identity from the person they are pretending to be? In the novel Mother Night, Kurt Vonnegut creates Howard W. Campbell Jr. who is a Nazi and an American Spy. In the introduction of the book Campbell states, “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be” (Vonnegut v). Campbell pretends to be a Nazi and his propaganda become well known around the world. He sits in an Israeli prison awaiting his…