Orgy

amongst the Londoners and tried not to suffocate. I cannot tell if this subway trip can be classified as an out-of-body experience, solely because I was so acutely aware of the amount of human bodies next to mine. It was like a horrible, depressing orgy in which the entire city of London was forced to take part. Reid and I were accidentally groped by no less than fifteen people. The whole train ride was a series of mumbled apologies. It was unavoidable – hands were everywhere, and no one had…

This class is is titled “Revolutionary Russia, 1900-1921”. The fact that it spans 21 years of history in the title, as do many books written about this age, show just how complex the revolution was. This paper may be focused on the events that acured in February of 1917 but the social and political changes the effected Russia happened over many years. Many say that they are continuing to this day but that is a topic for another paper. The question posed for this paper is, was the autocracy…

materialism is inevitable. Pretty much ever since one’s first birthday, he or she is surrounded by toys and other new things, “most of our ‘holidays’ have become highly materialistic, and the biggest of all in our society, Christmas, is an absolute orgy of materialism” (Snyder 1). Spoiling one’s kids is not necessarily a bad thing, either way kids are going to be informed and directed towards always wanting more. Advertising is always subliminally in American’s lives, such as clothing brands on…

Rob Zombie “Metal is like a lifestyle. Everything else seems like I like it for a week, I lose interest. But metal, metal fans love it forever.” That is a quote from the Zombie himself. Who is Zombie?(simple) Well he is the singer of White Zombie and now Rob Zombie. About the Band Rob didn’t do very well in school besides art. (1)Art is what he was passionate about and still is today.(1) Alice Cooper, Steven Spielberg, and Stan Lee were his role models.(3)White Zombie is the band Rob started…

rather it benefitted themselves. Popes and Priests often lived unethical lives, going against their teachings. “The abodes of the clergy were often dens of corruption. It was a common sight to see priests frequenting the taverns, gambling, and having orgies with quarrels and blasphemy. Many of the clergy kept mistresses, and convents became houses of ill fame. In many places the people were delighted at seeing a priest keep a mistress, that the married women might be safe from his seductions”…

“Eadmer’s Account of Queen Edith-Matilda” was a part of collected document from Medieval England 1500-1000: A Reader edited by Emilie Amt. Her document was edited from Edmer’s History of Recent Event in England: Historia Novorum in Anglia. This book was published by Geoffrey Bonsanquet, who translated Eadmer’s book from Latin to English. This text describes Queen Edith-Matilda’s trial. It is our job as a historian to analysis the document to understand conception of history. Too understand and…

{Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World emphasizes the destructive outcomes of being unable to find a medium between wanton immorality and rigid moral standards, as well as the dangers of a perfect society.} Brave New World is set mostly in a futuristic, utopian society called “The World State” (Huxley, Brave New World 3), in the year “A.F. 632” (4). In this society, babies are mass-produced in identical batches and “decanted” (9) from bottles instead of born, and sex is used for pleasure and…

their happiness, but there are only few that have ever dared to stand up against this. The citizens and the Utopian society are a direct symbol of a sinful world. Often living in sin appears to be a much happier way of life. The story states, " If an orgy would help, don't hesitate. Let us not, however, have temples from which issue beautiful nude…

in August. You whined about how Christmas was going to "take over or overshadow Thanksgiving" Now you have no excuse. And for the record, yeah Christmas is supposed to overshadow Thanksgiving. One is about our being Thankful and diving into a food orgy. The other is about the Incarnation of God. And before you get upset with me about Thansgiivng, please read last week's post. I'm al for celebration. The "official" beginning of The Advent season got me to thinking though. What is it that…

Brave New World and Gattaca are two forms of text which explore similar ideas. Brave New World is a novel written by Aldous Huxley and published in 1932, Gattaca is a film directed by Andrew Niccol and released in 1997. The two texts promote similar ideas, in which modern society will morph into a dystopic and inhumane world for the sake of stability. One of these ideas is that genetic manipulation will lead to a dystopic society, in which those genetically disadvantaged will be discriminated…