Matter of France

Time and Money Works of literature are often changed and shifted by different forces affecting the author. Many short stories are a product of their time, meaning that they are influenced by the culture and socioeconomic conditions of the time during which they were created. Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace” is a prime example of this. By examining this story through a Marxist lens, the reader can get an idea of the social and economic forces of this time period that affect the story. “The…

The streets of France, they may as well be the only thing that lives past this time. Everything and everyone else will come to an end sooner or later. It is just too chaotic in this country. All this self-proclaimed “servant of the people”, Napoleon, has done for us is creating more disorder and injustice. He came into picture some time after the Reign of Terror and Robespierre. Before his uprising, France used to be somewhat abysmal and a place where anyone could die for a small “mistake” at…

In the beginning of the film, we meet an 18 year old, French born Muslim girl. Her and her family live in the outskirts of France, which is home to many immigrants. Her parents came to France from Morocco. She is a top-achieving student at her school. She has been rigorously studying for her test she must take to attend upper level school. She is passionate about her studies, and plans to do great things with her education. We begin to learn, in this film, that hate crimes against Muslims were…

Pride is the state of holding one's self or another in high esteem. In the short story “ The Necklace” the main character, Madame Loisel, learns the role pride plays in her life. Although she lived in the upper middle class, Madame Loisel felt she was poor and became unsatisfied with her life. She wanted the world and all its riches and believed she deserved better. Being so hungover in what she didn’t have or what she couldn’t have she lost sight in how good her life already was. She had so…

be your second choice? France.” - Thomas Jefferson. One of the globes oldest nations with rich history and profound traditions, France has become a world renowned location for its unique fashion, art, cuisine, and architecture. France is the second largest country in Europe. Located between Germany and Spain, the country measures to be 212,935 square miles. France is mostly covered with flat plains and is punctuated with mountains and ridges. The climate in France is generally cold in…

France, the country known for its art, love, and food. France has a broad history filled with war and peace. Since France is such a big country with much history, this essay will mainly focus on one city. The city is known as The City of Lights. If you cannot tell already, this essay will be about Paris, France. Paris is an ancient city founded in the 3rd century (300 BC to 201 BC) by the Parisii, a Celtic Gaul Tribe. Nothing much went on after the Parisii settled Paris until the Battle of…

world. Not only during World War Two but also in many other occasions, people from the four parts of Britain welcomed refugees and sheltered them under their arms. Zygmut Bauman refers to history as well but he has a negative point of view on the matter. He claims that humanity has always been moving, this is not something new. Migrants have always sought for a better future. “… waste producers of yore … used to seek and find global solutions to problems they produced locally” (Bauman, p. 32).…

Sweden’s pro-immigrant consensus has led Sweden to become one of the main countries in Europe accepting refugees into their country. However, during the last decade the large number of incoming asylum seekers from Syria and other countries has caused controversy. The unemployment rates in Sweden, as well as the far-right, anti-immigrant party election polls rates, have increased significantly during the past few years. Sweden has become divided between those who want the welcoming consensus to…

Eradicating the veil has been part of the agenda of some secular countries like France. In 1989, controversy broke out over the veiling of French female students which led to the suspension of Muslim girls. The justification of such action was that the act of hijab was unacceptable for French public schools which had a long history of secularism. Such political moves against the hijab have only intensified, according to Leila Ahmed, “relevance to the issues being debated in Muslim societies…

insight to the life of a bomber pilot during World War 2 and the first and only atomic bombs ever used during war. “ Never give up. No matter what,” said Louis Zamperini. I feel like this quote literally describe his life and how he never gave up no matter what and how that made him survive through ordeals that killed many others he survived by never giving up no matter the situation. “ A minute of pain is worth a lifetime of glory,” said Louis Zamperini. Louie used this mostly in his running…