The Rape of the Lock

“Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face, but their own” (Swift). Jonathan Swift, a satirical writer during the eighteenth century, made an excellent metaphor revealing that satire is written in such a way that the author exposes only what they want the reader to know. This same metaphor will reign true even today in modern satirical writing within the structure, tone, and what the writings are used for; dependent upon the point of view, I personally…

and Human Rights in Africa: Cases from Malawi” by Adam Ashforth and “Rape as Weapon of War in the Eastern DRC? The Victim 's’ perspective” by Anna Maedl. For each my peers and I have different reactions to what the author is trying to say in their perspective. In Adam Ashforth article, I disagree with the idea that witches do not exist in real life. Also with Anna’s article I believe women should be treated with respect, rape isn’t something normal that should be happening to women in everyday…

campuses have brainwashed you and your parents believing you inevitably safe and you possibly are not Enjoying class and earning a degree has never had a security issue? Or has it? College campus has lately been danger zones in the recent years involving rape, assault, robbery and feeling unsafe in a learning environment. Security on campus has become a serious issue but is perceived as hidden or lost cause. Officials are looking into making solutions to make campuses and universities more…

The Stanford Prison Experiment and the Abu Ghirab stories are both similar and yet different. The forms of abuse experienced in both cases were unimaginable and dehumanizing. No one should have to experience these kinds of treatment at any time in their lives. In both stories, persons experienced forms of psychological, emotional, verbal, physical, and many other forms of abuse. These individuals were dehumanized, tortured, humiliated, pressured, suffered aggression, harassed and coerced. They…

Stasiland is a non-fiction narrative authored by Anna Funder that entails the life, in East Germany, of both victims and members of the Stasi and the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It explores the life ‘behind the iron curtain’ through personal anecdotes and interviews. Via Funder’s investigation it becomes apparent that only some of the victims of the Stasi have not fully recovered and that many of their inflictions can be attributed to influences other than the Stasi. Anna’s first…

effective, Thomson decides to grant that the fetus is a human being in order to argue that in extraordinary cases like rape or life risk for the mother, abortion is morally…

Characterization; The main character in the book, except the boy is the father of course. He does at all costs to protect the boy, even killing another human being, since he believes that he is chosen by God to protect the boy. He is deeply suspicious and paranoid by other individuals and their intentions, unlike his son. He grows sicker, his sickness is shown thru his persistent cough, and his bloody spit. He dies at the end of the novel, next to a stream in a clearing in the woods.…

Women in China were once executed for killing abusive spouses. Over time, the sentences became lighter. In Mrs. Li’s case, her husband abused her by grabbing her hair and hit her head against the wall, stubbed cigarettes on her face and legs, and even lock her out of the house at night. He wasn’t done with abusing her, so he decided to sexually abuse her. One night Mrs. Li’s husband came home in a drunken state and threatened to kill her with an air rifle. She then grabbed the rifle and slammed…

Angela Sciarappa Paper type A 10/14/25 Wes Craven and Ingmar Bergman This paper is supposed to be an analysis of a key filmmaker who has been informed by and influenced by earlier creators of film. For my film maker I chose Wes Craven and for his influence I chose Ingmar Bergman. Wes Craven is widely known around the world as the creator of the infamous horror characters Freddy Krueger and Ghost face from Scream. He of course created many other films other than the gruesome tale of Krueger…

wrongdoers: We lock them up in cages” (Jacoby 2). By including “humane” and “enlightened” only to compare them directly to “lock[ing] them up in cages”, Jacoby points out the irony in how flawed the justice system is. However, he loses this persona that he seeks to be humane to and protect criminals when he goes on to characterize criminals that get out of prison as “more ruthless and savvy than when they entered” on the same page. Although he does end by citing statistics of inmate rape and an…