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The human condition is marked by inconsistencies, including in our behaviours and motivations. They encompass many concepts related to adversity in life and the search for identity both individually and collectively. This allows people to view the world from different …
Crash was my first choice of movie. Crash was the first movie I watched. It caught my attention because of the title. I read more about it and became eager to see the film. In the beginning of the film, …
Steven Spielberg’s Schindlers List, released in 1993, brought to the screen a very tragic and real story that had been untold ever since the Holocaust. Spielberg shows his ability to tell a story in a respectful manner, while still being …
The Birdman of Alcatraz tells the true story of a man in an American prison who becomes fascinated with birds. John Frankenheimer was the director of this 1962 film, which ran for over two-hours. Frankenheimer made a fictionalized version based …
Plath’s poetry is full of prominent themes about inadequacy as well mental anguish. Plath’s inability to believe in herself is most evident in “Mirror”, where the poet struggles with her insecurities. Plath also confronts her worst thoughts in Arrival of …
The Old Testament Bible, first book of Samuel Chapter 17 contains the story about David. It is the story about David, a young soldier who decides to fight Goliath. Goliath, a great Philistine soldier who challenges Israel’s armies to fight …
Allen Ginsberg’s poetry reflect both the time and place in which he wrote it. The term “psychedelia” does not just refer to psychedelic drugs like marijuana or peyote. It also includes any deliberate attempt by someone else to alter the …
Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury of Her Peers” was full of irony. The men were the main reason they failed to solve Mr. Wright’s murder. Glaspell wanted men to recognize the importance of women’s intelligence in solving the murder. So she …
Emily Dickinson presents death in two very different ways. “Because of my inability to stop for Death” is a lighter portrayal. The speaker is transported into death’s carriage, and then she must accept her fate. “I felt the funeral in …
America’s middle-class is rapidly disappearing. In the last few decades, Americans have been struggling to pay a living wage. This has led to many people having to take on multiple jobs in order to survive. Barbara Ehrenreich’s non-fiction book Nickeled …