Peter Sutcliffe

‘The Truman Show’(1998, directed by Peter Weir) is a film about Truman Burbank(Jim Carrey), a man living in a world entirely constructed for him. Truman is the star of a reality TV show - but he doesn’t know it. He was orphaned as a child and therefore taken in by the TV cooperation and put in a world where everything is a set, everyone he meets is an actor, and every object holds a camera; through which his entire life is broadcasted to the rest of the world. I found this story to be very…

The play “Equus” by Peter Shaffer and the short story “Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka both demonstrate alienation in the two main characters. Alan Strang in “Equus” becomes isolated from society and his family because of an extreme passion for horses, while Gregor Samsa in “Metamorphosis” is a character who has inherently isolated himself his whole life and he somehow becomes more isolated when he turns into a bug overnight. Both Alan and Gregor go through their estrangement in strikingly similar…

Utilitarianism began as a movement in ethics of the late eighteenth-century primarily associated with the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham. The basic principle of Utilitarianism involves a calculus of happiness, in which actions are deemed to be good if they tend to produce happiness in the form of pleasure and evil if they tend to promote pain. As such, the philosophy is said to derive from the classical concept of hedonism, which values the pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain. The…

Power is a recurring idea in Lord of the Flies by William Goulding, whether it be power from the conch, created out of the idea of hope and the idea of having order in the midst of chaos, or the sow’s head, which was motivated by fear. The conch was with the boys on the island from the start. When they landed on the island, Piggy discovered the conch and Ralph used it to summon any other boys on the island. From holding the conch at the start, Ralph was decided as the “leader.” The rules were…

Apostle. John lived in Galilee in the small city called Capernaum, Zebedee was his father, Salome who is believed to be the sister of Mary was his mother and James was his brother. John and James with their father Zebedee together with Andrew and Peter were both partners as fishermen at the sea of Galilee. The map is located in Northern Palestine. The culture in Galilee had a tradition of political autonomy. The northern traditions that go into the Hebrew Bible are informed by this political…

A hero is perceived in multiple ways. Heros are admired for their achievements and noble qualities. Jesus and Charlemagne embody these noble qualities that give them recognition as heros. The noble qualities that Jesus and Charlemagne share are courage and humility. Through these qualities, Jesus and Charlemagne strengthen their followers views on Christianity. The development of Christianity through Jesus largely contributed to Charlemagne’s enhancement of Christianity through in empire…

Morality through happiness, while preventing pain, is the major concept of John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism. In this edition of his writing, Mill talks about Utility’s “greatest happiness principle” and the logic that flows behind it. The critical ideas that come out of Utilitarianism is the idea of happiness as as the end moral goal and that Utilitarians recognize sacrifice for the greater good. The main objective of this essay is to figure out whether it is moral for a person to take the…

For this project I was able to interview Ms. Natacha Altenor (a.k.a. Ms. T) who is a K0 teacher at Mission Grammar School in Roxbury, MA. I work alongside her and a few other students from Emmanuel from 3pm – 5:30pm on Tuesday afternoons at the elementary school’s after–school program. The students I work with range from three years of age to six years of age. When I first started this volunteer work, I immediately noticed the interesting dynamics between Ms. T and her students (scholars). It…

Songs are one of the most powerful expressions of a writers emotions. The lyrics flow leaves a map of the thoughts the writer is pouring out for all to hear. The song “Somewhere Only We Know” by Keane gives a nostalgic feeling of growing up and leaving a carefree life behind. This transition is hard for everyone who come upon it. Keane stresses this with his words, allowing every listener to hear that it is harder than anyone believes to give up the life they once knew. He shows the agony one…

As the great Mr. Spock said, “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” This is essentially what utilitarianism is. You’re maximizing the “utility” of each of the parts of a whole. It is a form of consequentialism, which means that whether the action is justifiable or moral is dependent on the consequence of the action. This particular form of consequentialism just states that the best moral action to take would be one that maximizes utility, whether it is on an individual or group…