Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

It was a long night for him, thinking about the directions his life could have gone had he decided to pursue professing over coming back to the Happy Valley (a sort of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf situation). Vivie, slightly larger after giving birth to the future heirs of the Happy Valley, is watching the sunrise from her balcony one morning while holding a glass of wine (it has already been a long day for her) and thinking to…

In both texts the authors present a corrupt and absurd representations of the expectations and realities of marriage. They portray the harsh truths that lie behind closed doors of what are supposed to be important characters during their times. Where Fitzgerald, presents a realistic image of American life in the 1920's throughout his novel of The Great Gatsby with the characters, like many people of that period, only care for money where becoming rich is their main objective. All of the…

Friends of people getting married often jest that marriage means “Game Over” for their once seemingly single brethren, but for Nick and Amy Elliot Dunne in Gillian Flynn’s novel Gone Girl the game doesn’t end. Like other couples, they put on a mask of their best selves to accommodate the other person in their life while dating, but their inability to be honest with each other about who they are cause a downward spiral in their marriage. Instead of shedding their masks just as most couples do…

Consumerism in critical contexts is used to describe a tendency of people to identify strongly with the products and services they consume, especially those with the commercial brands and status symbol. Andreas Eisengerich and Yoshio Miyamoto in Harvard Business Review believe that, “in Consumerism can take extreme forms such that consumers sacrifice significant time and income not only to purchase but also to actively support a certain firm or brand.”(30) The people who oppose consumerism argue…

/ American Indian oral literature / oral tradition creation stories（起源神话） trickster tales（恶作剧者传奇） rituals / ceremonies（典仪） songs / chants（曲词） Anglo Settlers’ Writings Highly religious and pragmatic - John Smith, founder of Jamestown, Virginia; Pocahontas - John Winthrop, “A Model of Christian Charity”: “… We shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us…” - William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation (1630-50, pub. 1856) - Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672),…