Political cinema

John Steinbeck was a communist during the Great Depression. Communism is the idea that the working class shall rise up, in order to establish a society of all people equal in wealth and power. Steinbeck wrote the book Of Mice and Men. Of Mice and Men takes place in the Salinas River Valley, California. The story follows the journey of two ranch hands during the great depression. Ranch hands are people who move ranch to ranch working during the season to help ranches. In his novel, Of Mice and…

History of Dolce & Gabbana Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are two Italian born artist that begin the Dolce & Gabbana empire we know today. Through groundbreaking achievements and outwardly approach to the taboos of society, these two men established what sex, glam and fashion had in common, the people. In the early 1980s two colleagues turned partners created a brand that represented their lifestyles while including and rooting for the outcasts of society. The two men worked with one…

This essay will be answering “To what extent has Nelson Mandela followed Machiavellian Political philosophies?” and the word extent means here being two sided. Machiavelli was an Italian Renaissance political philosopher and statesman, secretary of the Florentine republic, who is well known for his legendary work The Prince which made him known as a disbeliever and a dishonest cynic. Nelson Mandela who was a non-white nationalist and was the first black president of South Africa, in the 1990’s…

How does inequality form from a society created to treat men equally? In Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Rousseau describes society as a gathering of people who leave the state of nature, to achieve their common goal through the rule of the higher power. The state of nature allows men to live equally with one another, where there is no authority leader. However, when men decided to form a society they gave up their rights of freedom and handed it over to a person of authority.…

concentrate on his plans as a whole. He tried to conquer lands but could not be there for his people. He was obsessed with Greek culture and ignored his slaughtering on the Macedonian people. As a king he concentrated on military tactics more than political. Indeed, Alexander did die young, so he did not have a chance to lost battles or right the wrong of his…

The article “America Wasn’t Built for Humans” written by Andrew Sullivan, was quite an interesting read. With living in a society that seems to be more divided by the day, it is difficult to wrap around a conclusion as to how our society has pushed to such polar opposites. Throughout this article Sullivan brought up many ideas relating to this issue and how our society has naturally shifted through the idea of tribalism. Throughout the following paragraphs I will reflect on how I agree with…

primarily to 18th and 19th century Britain, is known for its focus on laissez-faire policies and pragmatic liberalism (Staff, 2015). As a Classical economist, Ricardo was a strong proponent of free trade, voicing his concerns in both the economic and political circles of London. Additionally, Ricardo’s formalization of numerous economic theories earned him both wealth and fame, as he is included among the ranks of other influential classical economists such as Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, and…

Plato, a classical Greece philosopher, is a pivotal figure in the field of philosophy and political thought. What does remain of his work today continues to be influential and relevant. Along with his teacher, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato laid the foundation for Western Philosophy as we know it. “The Allegory of the Cave”, from The Republic, is a dialogue between Socrates and Glaucon. The allegory serves as a prime example of an enduring thought experiment demonstrating a facet of…

I believe a majority of the people in this world have some sort of consensus to what free will is and that is the ability to make choices. To my beliefs, free will is the sense in which individuals can consciously think to themselves on what they want to do, whether that is getting the fish instead of chicken for dinner or deciding to run for president. Even though we have the option to always make the right decision, we often make the wrong one, this agrees on the principle that we do not have…

A proverb stated by Martin Luther king Jr., “ The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy”. This is saying is to claim that a man will not show his true abilities and talents during contented times but during the hardships and embroilment times. I agree with the quotation about adversity from the Roman poet Horace, in that adversity has a way of triggering capabilities from dormant,…