Raised Fist

Introduction To Kill a Mocking bird describes the life of a family living in the 1930’s. The father, Atticus, is a lawyer and a widower. His two children, Scout and Jem along with their neighbor Dill, explore the territory of the Radley’s. When Dill arrives they share the local stories about Boo Radley, a social outcast who was said to have tried to kill his father and was locked in the courthouse basement. When he returned, it was said he would only go outside during the night; causing kids to…

time, living large some might say. But, it is this type of “living in the now” mentality that can harbor many negative consequences. This type of ideology can be seen in Scott F. Fitzgerald 's novel, The Great Gatsby, where Daisy Buchanan, born and raised in a wealthy family, wields her own version of negligence. Ironically taking place during the “Jazz Age” in 1920’s America, Daisy Buchanan ever so slowly sets up a great tragedy, for which whom will affect everyone but herself. A tragedy in…

In the short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O 'Connor, a very disoriented family of five is taking a “peaceful” trip to Florida. Although the father of the family, Bailey, is afraid of cats, Grandmother brings along her furry friend anyway; to add to this, Grandmother then begins to talk about an old house she remembers from her childhood that is believed along the way. However, it is not. When Grandmother realizes this information is incorrect, instead of telling Bailey to turn…

this question. Western political philosophy has its ties to the common law of the United Kingdom, but few people have knowledge of the “founding father” of our modern political system. Born prematurely in the English county of Wiltshire, Hobbes was raised by his father’s older brother named Francis, who was a wealthy merchant without a family. Being a bright student, Hobbes obtained his Bachelor of Arts in 1608 from Magdalen Hall, which was the predecessor to Hertford College at Oxford (Jacobson…

In 1966, Chairman Mao Zedong, China’s Communist party leader at the time, launched a social-political movement that became formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Its official goal was to change and correct the direction in which the current Communist leaders were leading China, and to preserve “true” Communist ideology. To rid all possible aspects of capitalism in the country, he shut down the entire nation’s schools and called for a mass assemblage of the country’s youth.…

For the past few months, the sports media has been embroiled in a fight over “stick to sports.” The phrase comes from a common online rebuke directed at sportswriters and pundits and players and coaches and anyone in the world of sports, really, who takes a political stance on anything that doesn’t occur on a field or a court or in a locker room or front office. The dividing line is predictable: Many jocks and traditionalists argue for a separation of church and state; many young fans say that…

History Many people would agree that Planet Of The Apes was an iconic film, which is probably why they made multiple movies and a tv show. The film was revolutionary for the prosthetics they used for the apes. The film even won an Academy Award for its makeup effort. The movie actually started out as an idea for The Twilight Zone but it was too expensive for the show to make, so they brought it to 20th Century Fox. When they brought it to Fox they had to make a quick test scene. The movie ended…

Dawn broke to an explosion of bird songs, the cacophony startling Booker awake with a disgruntled groan. Unimpressed by the early morning alarm clock, he angrily pulled his pillow over his head and attempted to drown out the noise. However, the humorous fact that the sound easily penetrated through the downy feathers brought a good-natured smile to his lips, and with a resigned sigh, he threw the pillow onto the floor and sat up. From across the room, Tom yawned loudly, a sleepy smile…

In Jesmyn Ward's "Where the Line Bleeds," Joshua and Christophe's opportunities were limited. They lived in a society where it was normal for children to not have parents in their lives. Their mother abandoned them, leaving them to be raised by their grandmother. Their father was a drug addict with nothing to his name. His mere presence was a threat to their well-being. Their furthest education level was high school which automatically eliminated quality career opportunities, leaving them with…

speaks of the idea of how black bodies danced freely in clubs even though they could be beaten in the streets. There is value in struggle, but no guarantee of survival. Coates proclaimed, “ None of us were promised to end the fights on our feet, fist raised to the sky. We could not control our enemies number , strength, nor weaponry…but what we must never do is willingly hand over our own bodies or the bodies of our friends” (Coates, pg. 69). Through out history, violence has been a common…