Strange Fruit

happened. For example, if Milton did not imply that women are not as smart as men (which they are, of course), Eve would never have made the decision to seek out temptation, and she would not have been tempted to eat the fruit, which means she would not have convinced Adam to eat the fruit, essentially just meaning that the cause of the Fall can be blamed on Eve's extreme ignorance. Surprisingly, Eve seems to do, say, or think all sorts of things that make us want to blame her for the fall.…

“Mayhem is everywhere,” according to All State, an insurance company, with a clear message in their advertisements: use us because your insurance provider will not protect your items to the extent that we will. All State has a series of ads where a man plays “Mayhem,” a character used to sit in for extraordinary, but possible, disasters while simultaneously narrating them with dark humor. The best example of All State’s Mayhem commercials is their 2013 Super Bowl Commercial, Mayhem Forbidden…

Stranger in a Strange Land, written by Robert A. Heinlein, is set in a future United States where organized religions are politically powerful. The book opens up with a ship returning from a trip to Mars with an interesting passenger, Michael Valentine Smith, the son of crewmembers from a previous voyage to the planet. He was born on the ship twenty-five years ago and raised by Martians until he came to Earth. The story focuses on Michael’s adaptation to humans and their culture. In Stranger in…

The story Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein describes the life of a modern day “prophet” who is born in a spaceship during an expedition to the planet Mars. His name is Valentine “Mike” Smith and although his life was short it was extraordinary. When he is 25 years old he is returned to his people on Earth and begins to live a life unlike any other. He learns how normal humans act and discovers how horrible humans truly are and believes that he can cure humanity using his martian…

Have you ever felt where you didn’t belong somewhere? Samuel Zemurray didn’t belong where he was living in Selma, Alabama. Samuel had to start his life from scratch. He had to work multiple jobs and he only earned one dollar a week to support his whole family. Samuel Zemurray should be awarded for overcoming the best obstacle out of everyone. He was very poor and he was Jewish, so people didn’t give him a lot of jobs, so he didn’t get a lot of money and he overcame it by seeing opportunities…

Bananas: The Economy’s Favorite Fruit “Bananas are thought to have originated in the jungles of Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines in Southeast Asia where many varieties of wild banana still grow. They were spread across Asia by travelers and brought to Africa by Arabs where they were given their present name, derived from the Arabic for finger (Fairtrade).” Bananas were first introduced to the United States in 1876 at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of America where they were sold…

Introduction In tropical countries mango is usually titled as king of fruits because of its exotic flavor and smell. Myanmar is one of tropical countries that produce mangoes. Among thousands of varieties, Sein-Talone is Myanma Original mango species, which is best of the best among its varieties. We started exporting it to Singapore and received positive market responses. Since our first international market expansion is quite successful, we plans to export to another new market, Korea, which…

Greed is a common influence on characters seen in literature. Its effects can vary from causing slight tension to destroying lives. The pieces Frankenstein, “The Bloody Chamber”, “Goblin Market”, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and The Importance of Being Earnest all use development to display the effects of greed on both the individual experiencing it and on those close to him or her. Frankenstein, a novel written by Mary Shelley, describes the life of Victor Frankenstein, a mad…

different aspect of Dr. Jekyll. In Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde he uses Jekyll and Hyde to demonstrate his idea of humanity’s dual nature. Further, following Jekyll and the other characters, indifference and inaction, Stevenson outlines his idea that crime is a choice, and those who chose crime will face the consequences. Dr. Jekyll personifies humanity as curious being, that ultimately eats the fruit, and is cast out of the garden. Hyde is an example of…

In this essay I will be looking at the strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde written by Robert Louis Stevenson in January 1886. In this novella a well-respected Dr Jekyll struggles with his dual nature and the undesirable reputation of his pleasures in an upper-class Victorian society. I will explore the ways that the author, Robert Louis Stevenson, presents different types of power and its effect over man. I will compare this text to themes of power in poems such as Medusa, My Last Duchess and…