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Growing up in Harlem in 1972 is not easy as an African American, not to mention a woman as well. “The Lesson” is a short story written by Toni Bambara that retells her adolescent years of growing up in Harlem and spending her summers learning from Miss Moore, the only woman to attend college in the neighborhood. Because Miss Moore attended college, the parents of the children see it fit for her to watch over them during the summer. She teaches the children an array of subjects, but in the story…

The Novels a House of Mr. Biswas and Things Fall Apart, both examine the concept of Individualization in direct conflict to their each respective societies. A House for Mr. Biswas, by V.S. Naipaul focuses more on the adaptation to society, whereas Things Fall apart, by Chinua Achebe, focuses on the destruction of oneself door to Society Clash. Both the Novels, have similar themes, though the techniques used to portray it to the readers differ. The Novel, Things Fall Apart published in 1958, by…

Different “Ways of Seeing” In the essay, “Ways of Seeing,” John Berger applies Marxism to art history. Marxism is the social, economic and political theory formed by Karl Marx. It deals with class struggle and the oppression of the lower classes by the upper classes. In the essay, Berger focuses on using Marxist methodology, when he analyzes and explains an artist named Frans Hal. Berger uses Hals paintings to demonstrate the structure of social classes, and their struggles to give an idea of…

In “Rendering Unto Caesar,” Lawrence W. Reed questions whether Jesus was a socialist. Socialism is defined as the want to redistribute the wealth in the country through central planning and government involvement. One of socialism’s main characteristics is that it is involuntary. Different verses are mentioned, such as. The Good Samaritan story is often used as an example to prove that Jesus supported government welfare, yet it seems that this is more of an example of the importance of helping…

Once upon a time, there lived a very beautiful, blonde named, Tiffany. Tiffany was the “Queen Bee” of her high school in Kansas, Buckner Hall, captain of the cheerleading squad, dating the quarterback, all the stereotypical things you could imagine about a popular cheerleader in highschool, fit in her life. One night, the cheerleading squad thought it would be funny to break into the school’s drama center and vandalize a few things as part of an initiation for the new freshman. As Tiffany and…

Whenever I learn about communism or communist countries, I always end up asking the teacher or other classmates whether or not communism is bad. To truly come to the decision whether communism is good or bad you have to first understand what communism is. A communist government is an economic structure that promotes the establishment of classless society based on common ownership of products. Communism in its own is political theory derived from Karl Marx in which all property is publicly owned…

Since the day Margo Roth Spiegelman moved into the house next door to Quentin, he has grown fond of her. Whether it be her cute shoes or outfit, everything she did seemed perfect to Quentin. As they grew up, Margo became very popular at school while Quentin became a nerdy and introverted loser who only has two friends, Radar and Ben. The night before Margo left Orlando, she asked Quentin to help drive her around to plot revenge against her friends. After completing her to do list, she takes him…

Throughout history, there have been multiple ways to govern a nation. Starting as early as the Ancient Greek system of democracy to the fearful monarchs who ruled Britain, different forms of government were set based upon the people who founded their nation. Although there have been a vast majority of harsh and unusual forms of government all over the world, one of the most cold-hearted forms of government was communism. Communism is responsible for causing the deaths of millions of Europeans…

The Hunger Games is an entertaining and a bit of sadness movie for the people who enjoys sad and action movies. The Hunger Games that took place in Panem that is in North America was about two major characters that people would know that were Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen and Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark these two actors are well known around the world. One day Katniss Everdeen was walking outside when her little sister Primrose or short for Prim Everdeen was being chosen to compete…

The development of using a media like youtube for adverts is an extremely new outlet. Through Marx, we can see this new outlet as advantageous for the bourgeoisie and ultimately the capitalist economy. In Marx’s critique of the political economy a term he uses is ‘mode of production’. Mode of production is a combination of the forces of production and the relations of productions. Marx would classify that we still live in a capitalist mode of production, with the relation of productions still…