Normality

War; a state of armed conflict between different nations or states. World War I, commonly known as “The Great War”, took the meaning of the word ‘war’ to a whole new level. The War destroyed a generation of men, physically and mentally, through it’s barbarity and failure to acknowledge the similarities between “enemies”. New technologies, nationalism, and militarism introduced an uprising of not only violence but a response in literature. Authors such as Keith Douglas and Erich Maria Remarque…

Captain Baffe accuses Thomas Hall of abusing the economic benefits of the sexes. Hall’s potential abuse after identifying as male and female and the rumor that he/she had slept with women confuses and upsets the colonists of Virginia. To restore normality in the colony, the court labels Thomas Hall’s gender and orders that he/she wear specific apparel that resembles his/her identity. The attempts to define Hall’s gender prove that sexual orientation is a vital component in Colonial Virginia’s…

As western culture progresses some odd concepts such as morality begin to lack definition. The death of God and globalization have opened many possibilities for the understanding and evolution of morality, particularly whether it is culturally relative or of some universal absolute (Nietzsche). By determining the root of morality as belief, and understanding that beliefs are culturally defined this essay will prove that morality is relative to culture. It will further go on to disprove any…

Dead Poets Society and Eveline have many similarities when comparing and contrasting the theme, plot, characters, and tone of the film and short story. Both devised a theme that discussed breaking out of the normality of the life the characters lived. The plots differed because the character in Eveline chose to stay in her suitable life, while in Dead Poets Society the characters branched out to find the things they really loved. Looking back at the characters, Todd and Eveline, displayed…

By being a woman’s rights activist, Earhart was able to demonstrate that women could set world records, fly across oceans, and pave new paths that had not even been imagined by men yet. Because of Earhart’s rebellious actions to change social normalities,…

Deviance is a social boundary. As Becker states, deviance is defined as “The infraction of some agreed-upon rule”. This may not always be the case though. While breaking a law such as committing murder is considered deviance, there are unwritten social agreements that can result in a deviance. This is possible because as Becker states, “Deviance is a consequence of the responses of others to a person’s act”. It need not necessarily be bound in legislation or formally agreed upon. For instance,…

the very same practice. In considering the evolution of his tale from kidnapping to death, the narrator touches upon important sociological concepts, including status in society and its rules, social consciousness, the motivations of suicide, the normality of action, the idea of the “organized game,” the language of movement, the notion of the looking-glass self, and the concept of the “marginal man.” With a status in society comes responsibilities. As Ralph Linton said in his essay, Status and…

Introduction Sloth bears are mostly found in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Indian subcontinent. Their inhabitation ranging from the foothills of the Himalayas to the southern end of the Western Ghats mountain range in India as well as in the island of Sri Lanka (Prater, 1965). The number of Sloth bear distributed in the Indian peninsula was estimated to be approximately 7,600 (Jaffeson, 1975). Two subspecies of sloth bear, namely Melursus ursinus ursinus and Melursus ursinus…

Miss Brill vs ‘The Man’ A first impression is said to be one of the most important moments in a relationship, yet it is most often based on little knowledge of who the person truly is. Likewise, premature judgement is made in both “Identities” by W. D. Valgardson, and “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield. Miss Brill is faced with prejudice as she is alone in the “Jardins Publiques” whereas the protagonist from identities is shot to death because of his ‘false identity.’ One's…

returned home, settling back to normality is difficult as his brother, Blake targets Ethan, trying to cause conflict between them. I detest their sibling relationship because war would always arise. Blake was being arrogant towards Ethan as he would constantly accuse him for being ‘fake.’ This would always cause them to break out into…