Reactionary

The exponential growth of social media has spurred the creation of a unique form of communication in today’s culture. What do I meme? The use of the Internet meme has served as a phenomenon that has changed the way people communicate and have had a notable influence on forms of cultural expression. Memes are defined as, “an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from one person to another in a culture and often altered in a creative or humorous way (i.e. images, phrases, snapshots, gifs,…

Firearms from handguns to shotguns to rifles are usually a topic you hear about on the news. It is always somehow a debate about the safety of guns. Guns kill people or guns are a basic citizens right. The Second Amendment is a part of the constitution and nobody can take that from us says the right. Some believe that the right to bear arms is outdated and needs changed, while others are so set on the Second Amendment it’s almost as if it is their religion. Some take the right to bear arms…

How Akhenaten radically altered artistic representations of royalty to influence the social order during the Amarna period. Physical art forms and the written word that may accompany them are the result of a society or individual representing itself in a controlled manner. It is for that reason that, in looking at how Akhenaten changed the Egyptian social order during the Amarna period, I will be focusing particularly on his changes to artistic representations of the royal family, and how they…

Nazi Germany was Adolf Hitler 's unsuccessful attempt to emulate the Roman Empire. While he did successfully recreate many aspects of the Roman Empire (most of which led to his ultimate failure), Hitler failed to recreate aspects that could have created a successful regime. The Nazis’ (and Hitler’s) image of the Roman Empire was nearly entirely incorrect. As a result, their recreation was a weak, distorted version of what could have been a long lasting empire. Adolf Hitler’s ill-fated quest…

In Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, Ellison uses description of decorations such as mirrors, portraits and signs to reflect and foreshadow Invisible Man’s struggle in defining himself, especially during the stages of perception and rebirth. Dubois’s philosophy of double consciousness suggests “a sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of other” and a feeling of “twoness.” At first, IM is forced to accept an identity and live a designated life when Mr. Norton claims that IM is his…

Women take on various roles in different societies. In conservative and reactionary societies, a woman’s role is generally restricted because they are only assigned with stodgy and repetitive housework, where they have no control over voicing their sentiments. On the other hand, liberal societies allow more freedom for women to engage in society. Nur is one of the few women characters encountered in the novel; a woman with scarce opportunities. In The Thief and the Dogs, Nur’s role is closely…

I visited the Tampa museum of art and discovered some very interesting and beautiful works of art. My favorite painting I came across was Lupins and Foxgloves on Indian Creek, Painted by Carolyn Brady in 1988. It was placed on the museum as a gift from the Bank of Tampa, in memory of Judith R Blanchard. It’s a watercolor painting on just plain paper. Depicting both land and sea shows how artists perceive and portray the natural world around them. From romantic depictions of the American…

usefulness and relevance of the Federal Reserve Banking System and its actions in today’s modern banking environment (Gorton and Metrick). Since the Federal Reserve was created in 1913, its mission to increase banking stability through preventive and reactionary policy while promoting economic growth in the American economy has been largely successful. However, after analyzing evidence from both papers, “Did the Founding of the Federal Reserve Affect the Vulnerability of the Interbank System to…

General Truong had a sense of unease as the Tet holiday began on 29 January. Although his intelligence staff did not think the enemy had the capability or the intention of launching a major attack against Hue, the general was painfully aware of the city’s vulnerabilities. His division was tough and battle tested but stretched uncomfortably thin throughout I Corps. Two battalions of the 3d Infantry Regiment were west of Hue, one on a routine sweep mission and the other undergoing training at…

The unethical practices of corporations like Enron and Worldcom called for a restructuring of the financial reporting system. It was signed into existence on July 30, 2002 by President George W. Bush, which was considered by many to be reactionary and perhaps rash. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is named after Senator Paul Sarbanes and Representative Michael Oxley, who were sponsors of the bill (Bumiller, 2002). It put into place many new guidelines that were both ethical and regulatory in…