Underclass

Throughout all of history, discrimination has always existed in society, whether it is the poor against the rich, female against male or white against black. In the texts I have studied in class, the authors/directors have portrayed their views on the topic of discrimination. In my report I will analyse the overarching theme of “Discrimination will always be prevalent in society” present in my four texts and discuss the connections between them. My first two texts I studied were “Brave New…

‘Culture of Poverty’ with broader aspects in his statement; “The culture of poverty hypothesis argues that the demoralizing effects of long-term poverty, combined for blacks with the historically destructive effects of slavery, have created a black underclass that has experienced few realistic prospects for…

The Way the Cookie Crumbles U.S. politician, Frank A. Clark, once said, “A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he [is] meant to be” (Clark). Clark’s statement about fatherhood probably resonates with many dads; however, the title character of this novel’s father is an exception. In the novel, Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe there is an interconnecting theme of attempting to break predestination, due to intergenerational hatred. The central character Okonkwo is…

Kofi Annan, the seventh Secretary-General of the United nations once said, “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” Kofi Annan has seen firsthand how an education can change the life of those who live from day to day in his countless hours of service in places such as Nigeria, East Timor, Lebanon and the African Union. And while his comments pertain to the people who he encountered while working in third world…

The story of Peter and Wendy can be read through many theoretical lenses. While looking through each lense, specific details and hidden meanings can be picked out and critiqued to demonstrate different meanings of the story. Looking at Peter and Wendy through a feminist lense, the intentional and unintentional representation of patriarchal norms and values are shown (Tyson, 448). While looking at the same text through a deconstructive lens, the meaning of concepts is very ‘slippery’ and also has…

The Axeman of New Orleans is said to be one of the most bloodthirsty, psychotic, manic murders in American history. He was horrific he is compared to London’s famous Jack the Ripper. His reign lasted from May 1918 to October 1919. He filled the city of New Orleans with horror and fear for over a year. Regardless of the massive amount of evidence left at the crime scene, the technology at the time was not advanced enough for him to be caught. No one knows what truly happened the day the Axeman…

marijuana (“America’s War on Marijuana.” 2014). This instigated a massive amount of research, which linked the use of marijuana with violence, crime and other socially deviant behaviors. These crimes were primarily committed by "racially inferior" or underclass communities. By 1931, twenty-nine states had outlawed…

America during the 1950s was introduced to a new type of genre of music, rock and roll, which infiltrated society in either negative or positive way - an issue which is debated by scholars Altschuler and Oakley in Taking Sides. Their positions are controversial, Oakley states and affirms that while rock and roll brought juvenile delinquency up in the American society, it in fact was not a major enough movement to dismantle America’s traditional family. Although on the other hand, Altschuler…

Brendan Fraser, an American-Canadian actor who has portrayed several different roles in his time, once proclaimed that “darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos.” Fraser’s statement reveals that in order to reach redemption, one must face darkness in his/her life. Though darkness can be hard to conquer, one can make the conscious decision to overcome it by venturing on a chaos filled journey that will ultimately pave the path to redemption. This is the case in…

As technology has gotten better and more console varieties have come out, video games have become a huge part of people’s lives. Over sixty-five percent of households in the U.S., play video games. The average time spent people use playing video games is around eighteen hours per week. Though this is the average, there are larger percentages, especially close to the teenage years and younger. What is so off turning about this though, is that there are beneficial educational learnings within…