The Masses

is a symbol to many; however, to each individual the meaning of the symbol could change drastically. In The New Colossus, by Emma Lazarus, the statue is seen as a maternal figure who nurtures the undesirables of the world; the tired, poor, huddled masses and homeless. She stands at her post illuminating the traveler’s path to the “golden door” (Lazarus). Pat Mora’s work, Immigrants, doesn’t directly reference the Statue of Liberty, but I believe that the statue makes a great visual…

Position Paper The author in the source is making a statement on how dictatorships are the most effective form of government. The statement makes arguments only for the practical side of a dictatorship, whilst conveniently ignoring how a dictatorship can be damaging to a country and its citizens. When a country is run by a dictatorship it’s people's voices are ignored as well as their rights and freedoms to further the ideologies of a single individual who runs said country. Dictators are…

In Lord of the Flies, the “bigguns” always had control and a higher title than the “littluns”. The younger children were almost hypnotised into believing anything the older children on the island said. Gaining this control came from the older boys on the island giving the younger children a feeling of protection and ability to survive. In society, a similar event takes place in the form presidential election along with other government positions. For example, when an individual runs for…

The American Revolution and the French Revolution were very large events that shaped their own countries and affected the whole world. Being only eight years apart from the signing of the Treaty of Paris (which officially ended the American Revolution) in 1783, to the start of the French Revolution in 1789, they are very much integrated with each other. There are many similarities between these events, and just as many differences. As the causes and effects of these events are explored, it…

To the Communist Party Congress of the U.S.S.R.: As a member of the Russian Communist Party, it has recently it has been brought to my attention that the Communist Party Congress of the U.S.S.R. intends on banning the circulation of a recently published novel in the U.S.S.R. The book in question, We, written by Yevgeny Zamyatin, is merely a piece of fiction. This book entails the journal entries of a man living in a futuristic society where the government is ruled by the One State, whose…

(a) It is obvious that the media plays its role on what we perceive today. Our moral values are most rooted in society’s standards and our culture of what is seen as the norm. Mass media is forms of communication to a large audience, it can be equated to our television, newspaper, radio, the internet and social networks. For over a few years now the internet and social networks have become our major source of mass media today. How we communication and how we receive information has shifting…

celebrated in the languages actually spoken by the people, not in Latin which many in attendance did not understand. On November 14, 1962, the council approved these reforms and other related ones, which have had a massive effect on the way masses are carried out today. Masses are much less devout and are treated more as a communal discussion in which the priest can speak one on one with the congregation, and even casually joke with them. There were other subtle, yet notable changes as well such…

Individuality is the greatest threat to a utopian society, if one person doesn’t like the way the leader is running the show, then why should you continue to follow their lead? This is the problem I tackled in my final project, as I produced a seminar that was telling students from a fictional institution how to run their utopian societies in a way where they could eliminate or control individuality. Of course their are many different ways to see a utopian society, sometimes it is optimistic,…

Throughout the course of history, the individual has always been the driving force of progress and innovation in any society. As a result, the importance individual became the primary focus of the prominent 20th century author Ayn Rand. Best known for her novel Atlas Shrugged, Rand rose into relevance in the middle of the 20th century as an outspoken critic of communism and the founder of the philosophy of objectivism. Being born during a tumultuous time in Russian history, Rand’s early life…

As the era of instant gratification and innovative technology comes to an all time high, NFL teams have recently hopped on the bandwagon and taken advantage of social media as an instant way to inform the masses. Social media platforms are not only used as outlets to collect statistics on their favorite teams, but now an effortless way to acquire tickets and information on upcoming events. Sponsorships and TV-time consistently representing the overwhelming preponderance of revenue acquired in…