Spectacle

Technology has been one of the most important discovery for mankind and with each passing day its entering our lives a bit more. Today it is almost at the center of our lives mostly through the social media. But what social media actually is? When we hear the term social media the first think that comes to our mind is platforms like Facebook or Instagram. But to understand the real meaning and function of it we can say that social media is a web-based communication system that helps people to…

That Poor Girl and how he Killed her is a play with a social message around a girl named Alyssa Long, a girl who is presumed raped and killed by a mysterious figure named Felix Amaya. The audience however is made aware during the play’s plot that this death is a farce created by Alyssa’s brother Connor and her friend Bianca. The rest of the play deals with both Alyssa and Felix’s sobering interactions and also the twisted social reality in which Alyssa’s friends attempt to deal with the loss of…

So reports The Evening Mail in their daily coverage of the Marrs murders. Ashburton’s traumatic recollection demonstrates the power that the murders had on the individual; not only through inspiring “powerful sensations of horror and guilt” (Critchley and James 36), but specifically in their ability to resurrect past experiences of otherwise unfathomable violence. The murders have a similarly evocative effect on Thomas De Quincey. His works are steeped in violence and a preoccupation with…

Part of my interest in researching memory and pop culture in American History is its connection to the domestic and military policy of the present. In other words, it is not just distinguishing people’s feelings/memories/emotions about a particular historical subject from the actual history (what people believe about their history versus what is actually true about that history), but also the impact of those feelings/memories/emotions on the formation of current government, both local and…

Intersectionality is an outline that recognizes the interlocked nature of social identities and systems of oppression. It recognizes that individuals hold multiple identities and that these identities intersect to shape their experiences of privilege and oppression within society. Intersectionality highlights someone's experience of discrimination or privilege that isn't solely determined by one aspect of their identity but is influenced by the combination of various social factors such as race,…

Theodore Roosevelt is one of the most iconic Presidents in United States history, as well as one of the most important. His famous toothy grin and steel rimmed spectacles are instantly recognizable, as are many of his famous quotes. He is also known for his many achievements, from creating millions of acres of national parks to busting over forty monopolous corporations. He almost always kept a friendly and courteous disposition. His success and popularity were no doubt influenced by his…

As we all maybe be aware that World War II was a war fought by the United States and it’s allied to end the Nazi military occupation of some European countries like France and Poland and to stop the massacre of Jews by the Nazi German forces under Adolf Hitler. It was in this period in which the United States was trying to close the nuclear technology gap between it and Germany. Therefore, in other for me to get some bases understanding of what happened at that time, watching the Atomic was the…

The “Jazz Age” was a time in United States history when people used their tremendous wealth and carefree lifestyles to forget the times before them while others suffered under the weight of the great war. F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays this inconsistency in his novel, The Great Gatsby, through symbolism to show the gap that separates the classes. Fitzgerald 's use of the green light, the billboard, and the books in the library adds layers to the plot and enforces the theme about wealth and the…

Could you imagine living in a world without science? Or even more, could humankind lives without ethics? If no, according to W. Golding in his novel “Lord of the Flies”, the man would be savage first without the intellectual that enlightens his life and second without the moral that helps respect the rules. In the novel, Piggy and Simon represent respectively the cultural and the spiritual side of human. These two characters are considered as outsiders because their acts and thoughts are totally…

this time two suited frogs and a giant Santa Claus, while digitalized naked girls danced between rainbow traces. The power of the song had captivated us from the balcony and beyond; finally I felt like more than just a spectator of a Flaming Lips spectacle. Before closing the show with an overly forced encore of “Do you realize??“ (the Mexican crowd cheering during its lyrical reflections of death) , the band performed my favorite song of the night, “A Spoonful Weighs a Ton” off their 1999…