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Adam Smith Adam Smith was a Scottish political economist and philosopher. He has become famous by his influential book The Wealth of Nations in which he details the first system of political economy. At the age about fifteen, Smith proceeded to Glasgow university, studying moral philosophy “the-never-to-be-forgotten” Francis Hutcheson. Adam Smith argued about the trade of goods between countries. Like for example if England produces goods of wool at lower cost than he can trade with France…

John Smith lived a life that we could only experience by watching a movie. After his father died Smith packed up and left jump starting his life of heroism, and chaos. He experienced a sea-battle and being captured countless times. Even though he was the youngest amongst the other leaders it wasn’t his age that made him different it was his experience, “John Smith was also the most travelled, the most experienced, and the most educated – at least in the practical training more relevant to the…

This excerpt from Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar describes the main character’s feelings that madness separates her from the outside world. Referring to those feelings as the “bell jar,” Plath explores the themes of reality, sexuality, and femininity. Plath also creates a tone of hopelessness and gloom as the main character battles with suicidal depression. Esther Greenwood is full of academic promise and ambition. She should be thrilled with her progress towards her career, but she feels…

“You’re a Smith, we’re different,” is what I was always told by my father. Despite its personal meaning, it has never escaped me that it is an oxymoron. Smith is the single most common surname in the United States- there is nothing different about it. However, being a Smith, or more accurately being Neal Smith’s child, is probably what has haunted me more than any of the other ghosts in my life. If I had to be branded with a letter in the same fashion as Hester Prynne of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s…

subsistence farmer. The socioeconomic philosopher-giants Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith, and Karl Marx all have their own polarizing understandings of the influences of food production and food prices on human population and food prices on human population patterns and well-being. This essay will examine each man’s perspective individually and at times compare them with reference to sociological states like poverty for additional…

After reading the textbook, the modules, and listening to the blues, there is definitely a different sound to each artist, time period and type of blues. I enjoyed all the selections for their unique characteristics and respect for the music and its artists, however there were some types that I preferred. Of the blues selections provided in the modules Keb Mo’s blues song “Am I Wrong” was by far my favorite. I believe that I prefered this blues songs over the others was for its upbeat feeling…

The Immeasurable Impact of Sylvia Plath "Her voice, once she found it, was too strong, too strange, not to have struck a note of challenge, her life too brief and intense not to have been packages as that of yet another doomed female genius." (Katha Pollit) Sylvia Plath is a controversial female writer that is still being speculated over to this day, shrouded in mystery and known to have met an abrupt and painful end. One simple thing cannot be refuted: she continues to offer a voice for women…

Erick Martinez Block 2 English III 9 May 2016 Love or Hate? The way 1984 ended was unexpected yet seemed to mark and affirm the importance of the book's message. At the end of the novel Winston loves Big Brother. It is the indoctrination that he suffers that makes him accept Big Brother. This was all because of O'Brien who tortured Winston and O'Brien who also made Winston give up Julia. After he was forced to betray Julia, and sees her later, he realizes his love for her has been destroyed.…

American author, Ralph Ellison, once wrote, “When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.” In The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, the main character Esther is left at loose ends when the novel ends as to whether or not she will be released from a mental institution. As the reader follows Esther’s descent and ascension from her mental illness, it is wholly unclear as to what will become of her at the end; however, it is heavily implied that Esther is released from the mental hospital because of the…

“I Can’t Swim” by Elliot Moss composed in 2015 outlines mental illness in a lyrical way. Throughout the song, the narrator illustrates how mental illness has affected their overall wellbeing. The mental illness being illustrated within the song is depression and enables the listener to comprehend that depression is not constantly displayed outwardly. Hence, allowing the listener to see that within one’s mind there is a great internal conflict due to depression. Elliot Moss’s lyrics to “I Can’t…