Political cinema

1. Thoreau is characterized as "The Now Thoreau" because of the cultural context in which the play was written. One of the fundamental driving forces of the drama is how Thoreau believes that the Mexican- American War is wrong and while he cannot stop governmental policy about it, he can voice his own dissent against that which he considers to be morally wrong. The play's historical context of the Vietnam War is not accidental. Lawrence and Lee believe that "the Now Thoreau" can speak to a…

based on the actions that unify a person's soul. This makes a city appear to be an agent, "it is not just a place to live, but rather a kind of agent which performs actions and so has a life and a history. And we can see the same three parts in a political decision" (Korsgaard 105). Plato believes that reason is used so people can be well-functioning agents. He says that when people have decisions to make, reason has to come in and choose which desire or appetite is best to act on. Then, the…

Jean Jacque Rousseau, one of the great philosophers of the French enlightenment, was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and raised by an aunt and uncle, after his mother died days after his birth. At the age of thirteen he was apprenticed to an engraver, but ran away three years later, eventually becoming the secretary for Madame Louise de Warens, who influenced his life and writings. In 1742, Rousseau went to Paris, where he became a friend of Denis Diderot, a French philosopher and the writer of…

Dustin Wonch P.4 Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Notes from Underground is one of the most influential pieces of fiction in Western European history. In Notes from Underground, there is a Underground Man that mentions a fake place called the Crystal Palace where “every possible question will vanish in the twinkling of an eye, simply because every…

The Road to Equality “There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity” (The Grand Budapest Hotel, 2014). This quote sums it all. We are turning into violent creatures fighting each other for wealth and power. But did humans forget that they are born special, they are distinguished by their intelligence, their feelings, and their sense of solidarity. The human race is failing to remember that all the 7.2 billion people living on…

1.) Thoreau’s journals, within “American Earth” by Al Gore, consolidates numerous themes and materials revolving around environmental writings. Sequentially he starts out contemplating that even after one dies they will live on through nature. He then continues to elaborate on the beauty of nature and how humans take it for granted. This is evident when he’s describing men that have grown ignorant to sounds of nature, “silence audible,” as he calls it. Why? The modernization of society, causing…

Prompt: Do you agree or disagree with the following: “Evil means justify honorable ends.” Using your knowledge of the text, write a well thought out analysis relating to the quote. In Catch-22, the definition of terms such as ‘evil’ and ‘honorable’ are as warped and contorted as possible. As a result, there is an unethical solace found in the ruling of the bureaucracy, who, as stated in the journal prior, are the clear antagonists. Lead by Colonel Cathcart, the sinister ruling states that…

Since the introduction of cuneiform in acient Mesopotamia, writing has been used to spread information, document events, and to keep a history of important events within civilazations. However, text has also served the purpose of entertaining the imaginations of the masses with artistic compositions such as elaborate stories, thoughtful poems, and wimsical plays. The Romantic literary period of American literature is an example of a time in which innovation and originality aided in producing…

Leo Tolstoy once said, “An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person’s main task in life- becoming a better person”. Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” demonstrates many different many different qualities and faults through one character, and his name is King Oedipus. Arrogance is almost like the plague in Thebes, in that it is affecting almost everyone and is spreading rapidly. Arrogance is one of the main flaws in Oedipus Rex and in…

Plato also explains how individuals and the Forms are related through the Allegories of the Sun and the Cave. The world, he says, is split up into two realms: the visible and the intelligible. The visible realm is made up of everything that is tangible and able to be perceived by our humanly senses. The intelligible world is made up of the Forms or in other words, the abstract, unchanging absolutes like Goodness and Beauty that exist in the universe. They are objects of wisdom that possess…