The Primal Urge

The exaggerated nod reminded Booker of a Bobblehead doll, the comparison bringing a smile to his lips. When he stood up, he was surprised to find his legs were shaking, and it took a moment for him to steady himself. Tom’s leap of faith had suddenly made him jittery, the unexpected onset of nerves wiping the grin from his face. It was as though his whole life had led to this one moment in time, and he stared down at his lover, his pupils dilated, the jet-black voids all but obscuring the brown…

George Bernard Shaw once said “There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart 's desire. The other is to gain it” (Man and Superman). Within Margaret Atwood’s (1985) dystopian fiction The Handmaid’s Tale, desire is shown to be a omnipresent aspect in the theocratic military dictatorship of Gilead. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, desire can be defined as “a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen” (388). Within this novel, desire is…

Golding’s Lord of the Flies explores this idea through a group of British schoolboys who crash-land on a deserted island. They quickly compensate for the lack of adults by electing a chief, Ralph. However, a group of boys led by Jack succumb to their primal instincts and decide to become hunters. Soon enough, most of the boys follow their example, including Roger, who grows to be particularly cruel. Ralph and Piggy, who have a deep appreciation for rules, reject this practice and attempt to…

Deviance is a social boundary. As Becker states, deviance is defined as “The infraction of some agreed-upon rule”. This may not always be the case though. While breaking a law such as committing murder is considered deviance, there are unwritten social agreements that can result in a deviance. This is possible because as Becker states, “Deviance is a consequence of the responses of others to a person’s act”. It need not necessarily be bound in legislation or formally agreed upon. For instance,…

Throughout the novel, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the main conflict exists between three distinct social classes: the old-money, the new-money, and the no-money. Tom and Daisy Buchanan descend from old-money and, therefore, felt as if they should inherit certain rights. They believe that their birth gives them power, similar to the idea of divine right. New-money is represented by the character Jay Gatsby. While the source of his money is originally unknown, it is obvious…

Corporate transparency Opening case study: Apple In the early 1970s, Xerox developed world-changing computer technology, as well as the mouse and the graphical user interface. (Modern GUIs include Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.) One of the devices was called the Xerox Alto, a desktop personal computer that Xerox never concerned to market. A decade later, several Apple employees, including Steve Jobs, visited the Xerox PARC research and development capability for three days in exchange for $1…

In the essay “Just Walk on By”, Brent Staples uses his own experiences to elucidate how countless females distance themselves from him because they want to be safe. Staples writes, “My first victim was a woman--white, well-dressed, probably in her late twenties. I came upon her late one evening on a deserted street in Hyde Park, a relatively affluent neighborhood in an otherwise mean, impoverished section of Chicago. […] She cast back a worried glance. To her, the youngish black man--a broad six…

Chris Ahmad Phil 116 Paper #1 Human embryos are organisms in early stages of life, typically the first to eighth week of development, and are created by the fertilization of an egg with a sperm. In terms of the argument at hand, early embryos are of interest (14 days after fertilization). They can be obtained in numerous ways and are useful in many types of research, especially medical treatment, due to the fact that they are a source of pluripotent stem cells that are able to divide into many…

In August of 2015, The American Heart Association partnered with the FDA to create a commercial commonly known as the “Real Cost-- In the Way,” ad. This commercial calls for viewers to stop smoking. The ad demonstrates that the targeted audience for anti-smoking ads has shifted from the adult smoker to the all too common teenage or young adult smoker. As the target audience changes, one may wonder the reason for this change, and how one would go about making such a change. The answer is by…

4 MONTHS LATER… The threesome that Libby formed with her boyfriend Kendall and his best friend Nico was like something out a dream. She had never felt so pleasured in her entire life. Nico brought out the animalistic, primal side of Kendall. Before Nico, Kendall was way too unsure and shy in bed. Once Nico came around, Kendall turned into a more aggressive version of himself which Libby loved. A child hood rivalry sparked competition between her two men. They constantly battled over who would…