The Stoop

imbalance that reason and make him go insane (Moore, Bolland). Gordon is the perfect example of a choice because instead of going insane and taking up revenge as the Joker had done, he requested the Joker be “brought in by the book,” and refused to stoop down to the Joker’s level (Moore, Bolland). He chose to be good and not succumb to the Joker’s evil temptations, showing how choice could make a person good or evil and even though choosing the right path was more difficult for Gordon, it was…

Home is “another country, a mother tongue, a relationship-- “It’s possible to live within the ambit of a person not a country”-- an organization or political party” (Gready). Exile, on the other hand, “is strangely compelling to think about but terrible to experience. It is the unhealable rift forced between a human being and a native place, between the self and its true home: its essential sadness can never be surmounted…” and is “a potent, even enriching” experience (Said). While in The…

It Could Have Been Me There are many things I regret in my life that I have done at a young age because of negative peer pressure from people that I grew up with, people who I thought wanted what was best for me, family, ones who could have the same opportunities that I have now, but finally I received my wake-up call realizing that I wanted know part "I didn’t have heart for it" as he would say, in a joking manner. For my brother it wasn’t the case it was too late to turn back, it was too late…

The Treatment of Slaves in America People have been treated poorly all throughout American history, especially black people. Back when slavery was around, white men had black people for slaves. Slavery started when the British brought slaves from Africa over to Jamestown Virginia in 1619 to help in the production of crops. Only the fittest African 's were chosen to be slaves and taking them away from Africa left Africa in trouble. It ended in 1865 when President Abraham Lincoln abolished…

They spent weeks preparing it all even down to making the bunting I had told them that half the money was for the school and the other half they could use to buy something for the den Well they done really well they made enough to buy a children’s karaoke machine and with all the pennies thy Had been putting into the bucket they had £100 for the school We had a great holiday when we went to Florida with Jo-Ann Tony and her 4 younger boys we stayed in a villa with them for 2 week Wally was…

“Family albums help to define a personal identity and locate its place within the social order and to connect person to others”. This quote by Gary Okihiro does not simply describe the functions of a photo album, in many ways, it describes the underlying purpose of Asian American literatures. Asian American literatures serve as “verbal snapshots” which allow the readers an intimate entry into a world “suffused with optimism”, a world imprinted with “despair”, and, most importantly, a world which…

One is often taught to ask for forgiveness beginning at a young age and is taught that if they do something wrong, then asking for forgiveness will help make it better. Revenge and forgiveness often times interfere with each other. When something goes wrong, someone wants revenge and someone wants to be able to forgive or ask for forgiveness. In William Shakespeare 's, Hamlet, it is shown that King Hamlet’s death, causes many to want revenge, while the others ask for forgiveness. A similar story…

IMAGINING THE APOCALYPSE: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON AMERICAN AND THIRD WORLD DYSTOPIAS - NIRZARI PANDIT Dystopian imaginings in literature, particularly literature of the 20th and 21st century, reflect both global as well as national predilections depending on the immediate social realities most imminent to their authors. While this need not necessitate a convenient bracketing of dystopian works into distinct dystopian themes that may quite appropriately be labeled as fitting into a…

I remember when Donald Trump first announced his political run for office. He built his campaign on the slogan: We’re going to Make America Great Again, “reinforced” by his bold claim of “building a wall”. When Trump got down into the weeds with Megyn Kelly during the first Fox News Republican debate, I sensed Donald Trump was a proud and arrogant man. I went on my own campaign against him; making phone calls, writing emails, calling news agencies and talk shows, posting madly to Facebook —…

In October of 2015, the RISD Museum showcased the work of two Turner Prize winning artists, Martin Boyce and Luke Fowler: Boyce’s work as a four-month exhibit of primarily sculpture and Fowler’s as a single screening of his film All Divided Selves. The two artists are contemporaries both living in Glasgow, but their similarities go beyond generation and nationality; they both present everyday reality in a way that makes us question our assumptions, while suggesting undertones of fear and…