Moe Asch

The 1930 Yiddish film, “Uncle Moses,” written by Sholem Asch and Maurice Schwartz portrays a story of Uncle Moses, a wealthy, powerful sweatshop owner who falls in love with Masha, an employee’s teenage daughter. The film greatly portrays a rich, oblivious man who struggles to find and receive love due to his narcissistic nature. In both the readings and film, it is easily perceived that Masha has a negative attitude towards Uncle Moses and is clearly marrying him out of financial and social obligations. Also, both readings and film portray the exploitive, manipulative, and narcissistic womanizer who conducts affairs with multiple women and lords his wealth and power over the people in the Lower East Side. To begin with, an example of a scene that portrays Uncle Moses as a womanizer in the beginning of the film where he is approached by a woman who sits next to him while he’s eating and tries to flirt with with him, even though her husband is clearly watching. He responds with cold replies by saying, “Leave me alone, I’m busy.” He constantly shuts her up numerous times and says, “the devil made [him] fall for [her] dimples and dark eyes.” Uncle Moses is seen talking…

In Lord of the Flies, William Golding proclaims that “society” is a made up concept that exists only to create a feeling of security. When the boys first come together, they turn to the idea of order in an attempt to find comfort, endeavouring to recreate civilization by electing a leader and putting rules into place. However, the comfort of directives are soon over ridden by the savage instincts of the boys as they begin to find joy in hunting, killing and inflicting pain. At the conclusion of…

Civilization vs. Savagery in Lord of the Flies Are human beings capable of controlling their savage nature when removed from society? In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, this is explored throughout the novel, in the way that the children slowly adapt to their surroundings. This novel brings to light the reality of human nature and natural tendencies. As shown through Jack and his increasingly violent acts. The conch has power over the children and influences their actions. Ralph feels the…

Honors Essay Prompts form The Lord of the Flies 1. Explain the symbolism of Conch shell and how it relates to Piggy’s death In The Lord of the Flies, the conch shell plays an important role on how the kids organize themselves and how they decide their rules. Piggy thought of the idea of blowing the conch to unite everyone on the island, and told Ralph to do it. The noise of the conch was so powerful that all of the kids on the island started to respect the conch and the one who blew the…

“You come for me and I’ll kick your God damn head off.” (Steinbeck pg. 62) In the story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Curley is known for lines like these. Curley is the son of the boss on the ranch, but acts as though he is the boss. Curley represents evil and Curley is all talk. As soon as we are introduced to Curley he comes off as a character that you do not want to mess with and acts rather evil. One of the first things that he says about Lennie is “By christ he’s got to talk when he…

“We've got to have special people for looking after the fire. Any day there may be a ship out there"—he waved his arm at the taut wire of the horizon—"and if we have a signal going they'll come and take us off. And another thing. We ought to have more rules. Where the conch is, that's a meeting. The same up here as down there.” In this example of leadership that shows how Ralph is able to organize rules to keep everyone in line. Also it shows how he was able to figure out and organize what needs…

Rebelling through kawaii also appears in the materialistic mindset that has grown from the cute movement. The childish mindset valued by kawaii naturally promotes the desires that children have for material things, for example toys, over less tangible but potentially more gratifying things like experiences and relationships. This makes those involved in a kawaii mindset vulnerable to impulse buys, something that companies have realized with the multitude of consumer goods produced to target the…

Carlos’s head snapped up as the door to his dorm was unceremoniously flung open, revealing a very pissed off Cecil Palmer. “Carlos.” He growled, slamming the door shut so forcefully Carlos cringed. He was breathing heavily as if he had been running, blonde hair askew and messy. The blonde man was seething, pacing back in forth in silence, hands clutching his arms. Carlos had never seen Cecil this angry before. Sure, he had seen some mild annoyance when the T.V sometimes burst into flames (which,…

Webster dictionary describes a conch as, “A tropical marine mollusk with a spiral shell that may bear long projections and have a flared lip”. Although this is the literal meaning of a conch, many objects have been used throughout literature to symbolize a larger meaning. Take The Lord of The Flies for example. In this book, a conch is used to depict a group of boys digression out of civilization as they are trying to survive stranded on an island. Golding describes the conch as “ valuable” In…

Frankie Fusco G - Block Ralph is the better leader In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Ralph is the oldest and most responsible of the boys on an island after a plane crash. His opposite is Jack who is a selfish instigator that comes off as carefree compared to Ralph who is chief. Two very different personalities arose to become leaders. At first Ralph doesn't seem like the nicest person either but he really is charismatic, when Piggy is first called Fatty Ralph recognized that…