Puppet on a String

Although there is no documentation of the life of Nan Braymer, his poetry reflecting the helplessness and vulnerability of the public during the middle of the 20th century proved sufficient fuel for the fire surrounding the Vietnam War. In the poem, “Five Day Requiem for Vietnam”, by Nan Braymer, an American soldier reflects on the normalcy and habitualness of immoral actions in war while contrasting war resentment with war continuity, ultimately conveying a desperate tone by forcing readers to…

Fitzgerald demonstrates that cash can degenerate a man. Set in elegant Long Island in the 1920s, Fitzgerald is by all accounts contending that in American life, as in his novel, cash oftentimes debases one's qualities. It transforms them into puppets on a string. Money controls their next move , and with only a look into the life of extravagance they never need to clear out. A normally held principle among individuals from all eras is that diligent work will at last prompt riches and thriving.…

Agency from the gods’ perspective Gods are believed to have plenary agency however, this is not the case. This is shown in an argument that Zeus and Hera have over the destruction of several cities of the mortal world (4.35-85). Their mismatch, therefore leads us to question the scope of the agency that god’s posses, and what they have control over. Agency is found in two different forms: the power to control events and the control of one’s actions. Zeus, the most powerful god in Olympus, has…

One of the most iconic and used phrases in the English language is, “Revenge is a dish best served cold.” English speakers learn it from a young age and continue hearing it for years to come; it permeates well-known pieces of literature, articles of media, and quite a few lectures from parents and guardians to their young ones. But how often to people really think about what the phrase means? Is it conveying that one can only truly find revenge if they have “cold” hearts, or does it mean that…

Thawing the Snow Queen; Feminism in Science Fiction Here’s the truth, women hate being society’s puppet; so Joan D. Vinge snipped her strings in the novel The Snow Queen. This author made Science Fiction into a tool. The genre allows controversial issues to be stripped and placed into a different setting; it probes the reader to reflect on his or her own beliefs--maybe even challenge those perceptions. Which is why Feminism could ripen under the pages of its wings. That ideology of equality…

As soon as your kid learns to string sentences together, she will start creating and telling stories in a manner that might even surprise you. Of course she doesn’t know how to put events in the right sequence or weave a story that has a well-developed beginning, middle and a catchy ending. Yet she continues to knit stories, intertwining what she sees happening around her with the imaginary world that exists in her mind. You can encourage your little storyteller to enhance her skills and make…

The English writer David icke once said, “The greatest form of control is when you think you 're free, when you 're being fundamentally manipulated and dictated to. One form of dictatorship is being in a prison cell and you can see the bars and touch them. The other one is sitting in a prison cell but you can 't see the bars and you think you 're free.” Media is everywhere today, every house has television and internet, everyone has a cellphone, information is constantly being thrown at people-…

Yet, Lady Macbeth is the one who manipulates Macbeth like a puppet on strings in the play, her means and actions pushing Macbeth to work towards his prophecy. Lady Macbeth wishes for her husband to take the throne, and maybe motivated by the witches’ appearance, she goes into a soliloquy, as if chanting a spell. She calls…

Breaking Bad follows a Shakespearean tragedy because the bad or evil lies within a person rather then the universe pulling strings to fulfill the prophecy. Walt is his own worse enemy. In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare we are given a prophecy that Macbeth will become king. However, we are left wondering if Macbeth would have never met the witches would he have committed all the acts of violence in order to become king? Many may argue that this element could be fate because Macbeth had…

The Slave Ship: A Human History written by Marcus Rediker is a painful eye-opening novel, embodying the many truths at a life at sea. This testament to a time when Anglo-American slave ships subjected countless numbers to the hatred and terror of the world, aims to eloquently prevail the provocative stories behind it. Rediker recreates this world by using personal accounts and seafaring records to reproduce the feelings and emotions that challenged life and death along this rigorous journey.…