The Quiet Man

Plot: An apocalypse destroyed civilization as man has known it. The world now ashy, grey, and desolate. A man and a boy walk a long, winding road. The boy will never know the world before, as the man--his father--and him do not speak often during the story. Walking the road, the ocean becomes their destination. Many dangerous scenes unfold on their journey as well, either finding them, or they finding it. When starving, they take extreme risks that they would normally not, such as breaking into…

boys and girls. We are preparing them for their role in society. For males, you must gain power and never lose any no matter what. For women, you must be submissive to males because they determine your position in society. As women, you have to keep quiet and be a follower, not a leader. However, men are taught to be leaders first and never followers. This bias, explained by Kimmel plays a role in how we function as a society. It is not until we have a “politics of inclusion,…

mother or the women in your life. Women are not the description of whom the latest graphic rap song is depicting them to be. Let me put her value in a another context for all of the future men of our culture. The word women comes from a word “Wombed Man” which means she is your counterpart but not equal in every way. This does not decrease her value it simply mean we have different strengths. Men are physically stronger than women, which means we must learn to control our aggression and…

Those of the pacifist nature are no better than the oppressors. Pacifists in reality are the worst of all. Sipping their poison of complacency while others suffer the punishment. The greatest sinner is not the one with the whip of oppression, it is the man with the power to end torment and no desire to do so. Gender roles are no less an evil than sex trafficking or…

is uncommon in most Asian cultures. For instance, the female protagonist is the one who drinks alcohol while the male is serving her. This reflects the impact of the IMF crisis on modern Korea and challenges the traditional stereotype of the role of man and…

Social inequality is a matter of the prejudiced external classification of minority groups, and the idea of where those minority groups fall in the social class. These groups can include: women and the working class. Influential ancient Chinese philosophers, Confucius and Lao Tzu have two distinct perspectives on the treatment and social classification of minority groups. First, in the Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu advocated for feminist ideas supporting equality among both men and women; through The…

The Harsh Realities of War War is an unchanging human interaction that has been present in history for as long as humans have. Although every war has its own mitigating factors that started them and are fought by different people, the abstract concept of war has yet to change since humans fought each other with sticks and stones. Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried provides specific insight into the effects War had on the soldiers of the American Alpha Company in the Vietnam War and…

Loneliness Faces All Throughout John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, he illustrates the journey George and Lennie have throughout a significant part of their lifetime. Throughout the novel, many characters, including George and Lennie, are facing lonesome and they struggle to deal with it the noble way. Furthermore, many of the men are alone because they have no relatives left and they isolate themselves from everyone else around them. Having no relatives and isolating themselves can affect…

Loneliness is a recurring theme that is in the story, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, all throughout the story. It shows through the characters by having no friends and always getting in trouble searching for people, being black and having to be separated from everyone, and by getting your best friend killed and having no one there. The three main characters chosen were Curley’s wife, Crooks, and Candy. A message of loneliness emerges through several key characters, including their efforts in…

they want” Woods response to the English presence (Wood, 5). The Europeans saw the Indian men as weak and lazy, they saw themselves superior to them because of their desire for a better life. The gender roles for the Europeans for the Indians were quiet reversed. According to LeClerq a Native, he states, “ Why risk your life and property every year…and least fortunate of the world” Leclerq responds to the French (LeClerq, 7). LeClerq believed it was not necessary to try new things and venture…