Promiscuity

Book Portion: Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World may seem far fetched from today's society, but the reality of various Huxley predictions is very real. Huxley satirizes the use of genetic engineering by showing how various aspects of it in the New World State have led to inequality in social castes, dysfunctions in intelligence, and unwanted predestination. There are four different castes in Huxley’s Brave New World, and all of them are very different. “The shorter the oxygen.”(14). This…

Week 2, Paper 1 Jonathan Lowen “Over the last several decades, historians and sociologist have devoted increasing attention to the phenomenon of social control – the mechanism by which powerful groups consciously or unconsciously attempt to restrain and induce conformity, even assent, among less powerful but nonetheless threatening segments of society. Laws, institutions such as schools and prisons, medical policies, informal gestures of approbation or displeasure, even forms of…

Make Me Proud is a song created by Drake, featuring Nikki Minaj. The lyrics of this song can be analyzed through a feminist perspective. Drake begins the first verse by highlighting both positive and negative female characteristics in a provocative fashion. He continues with this approach throughout the song, contradicting the way that he celebrates women with opposing points of view, and then manipulates the song lyrics to also define those contradicting characteristics in a positive light. The…

Andrew’s inability to properly cope with the guilt from his family’s death is the second step that leads to his complete madness, and in due course his demise. Drinking used to be his escape – from the war, and from the reality of Dolores’s breakdown. “[It allowed him to] ignore all the signs/ ignore [the concerns everyone] told him” (Lehane 118). After the catastrophic event, he gives up drinking perhaps to honour his wife. This leaves his mind clear and able to comprehend his role in their…

An evaluation of my writing strengths and weaknesses: My views on my own writing abilities change frequently. Some times I am under the impression that I am a relatively skilled writer for my limited experience, and then other times I feel I have know ability whatsoever, and should stop writing. Not stop entirely, but to not write anything I would have others read. I ordinarily do write with the intent mainly for myself, but some times I am in the mindset that I would like others to read my…

Freedom plays an essential role in success and happiness. Without freedom, maximum potential cannot be reached. What do authors try to achieve by showing this? Does lack of freedom drive people over the edge? Readers are forced to decide for themselves through underlying questions, symbols, and themes. Both Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 portray the effects of a society without freedom through these themes: the incompatibility of happiness and truth, the role…

We just finished watching the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Korea. I was inspired by watching people like Mikaela Shiffrin, Red Gerard, Sean White, and the United States Women’s Hockey Team represent our country and lead us to victory. I find it no small coincidence that we’ve been asked to examine Simon Kuper’s essay, where he asks the provocative question: “Why do we still watch the Olympics?” This article was published in the sports column of the Financial Times, and it was created for…

Iago notices Roderigo’s love for Desdemona and access to useful wealth; Cassio’s prior friendship with Desdemona and tendency to lose control when drinking; Desdemona’s flirtatious nature which could be a sign of sexual promiscuity; Othello’s jealous nature. Iago seizes upon these flaws and develops plans to bring everyone else to ruin. Iago states that he waits patiently for his machinations to mature, “How poor are they that have not patience!/What wound did ever heal but…

various women, fancy cars and clothes, and “shooting up someone’s block”. These lyrics encourage young black men to be gangsters or thugs, rather than a business man. The women of the Hip-Hoop culture such as Nicki Minaj, portray a lifestyle of promiscuity and help to promote the exploitation of women. Her lyrics and music videos encouraging young African American women to believe that unless your nails are on “fleek”, you have long hair, a big butt, and you “pop that thang for pimpin’”. You…

Hart Crane was born July 21, 1899 in Garrettsville, Ohio was a poetic genius who was driven, and hampered, by his self-destructive personality. His alcoholism, sexual excesses and volatile behavior gave him the illusion of personal stability and lead to his greatest poems, but also brought his tragic doom. Cranes poems, though not always autobiographical, can be understood by looking at the occurrences in his turbulent life. Crane acted as his own worst enemy. The feeling, mood, style and form…