“The Yellow Wallpaper” is a parable of women’s oppression and a narrative of one woman’s descent into madness under patriarchy. In this narrative, Charlotte Perkins Gilman highlights the oppression of women in the 1890’s and the complexity of mental illness using symbolism, extended metaphors, realist expression, Gothic elements, and synesthesia. Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” draws […]
Nadeem Aslam’s Maps for Lost Lovers explores the troubled, disadvantaged lives of Muslim, Pakistani immigrants who have settled in an English town that they have renamed Dasht-e-Tanhaii, or “The Wilderness of Solitude”. The novel focuses on the lives of Kaukab, a devoutly Muslim woman, and Shamas, her more liberal and gentle, although imperfect, husband. Shamas’ […]
Ring! Ring! Ring! The sirens are what you hear go off when a bank is robbed. Usually, a burglar is caught stealing money. What do his actions say about his character? People might judge it as poor character, but the burglar could simply be desperate for getting money for his family that is striving to […]
The simple art of crossing, exhibited by Gregor Mendel’s dexterous play with mere varieties of peas, has been practiced to lay out the mischief of probability. The unpredictable nature of this branch of math seems to deceive all but one. With Mendelian genetics, probability, which takes genetics’ treacherous role of weather, has become easily dealt. […]
There is no such loss than that of humanity. One of the most common and popular stages of genocide is dehumanization. Dehumanization is when one group denies the humanity of another group, and makes the victim group seem subhuman. In this stage of genocide, there’s hate propaganda vilifying the victim group, members of the victim […]
Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, was charged for sexually abusing two Swedish women, and while he was in court this past week, his colleagues were at work to finish the project of Openleaks. Many people worked with Julian Assange to create Wikileaks and reveal information using hundreds of thousands of cables. Since Wikileaks was […]
Every year, thousands of greyhounds, calves, and cows suffer agonizing deaths due to the unjust and cruel practices of dog racing and rodeos. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or ASPCA, states that nineteen greyhound tracks are open and operating in the United States today. Greyhounds are forced to race around […]
As I walk through the depressing halls of my school, I see kids burying themselves in their lockers. Avoiding the kids that are getting bullied, so they don’t get bullied. So they can still be cool, like seriously, what the heck is wrong with you? But that one person that feels the pain of being […]
Middle ages, came about from all of the Barbarian attacks which led to the western part of the Roman Empire falling. Yes, the eastern part was happy but I’ll come back to that later. It’s very hard to believe that such a great empire as Rome came upon it’s end, but there was indeed a […]
We could begin by invoking Robert Fagle’s translation of Sophocles’ 2nd Choral Ode of Antigone, in which he states “[n]umberless wonders terrible wonders walk the world but none the match for man” (381-82). What quality of the human being makes her so unique to the vast universe that she places herself in and as the […]
From the gradual transition of my childhood to my teenage years, I have grasped a few important concepts of the world. The first is to grasp at any opportunity that presents itself. The second is that the most common factor in determining a person’s success is by the amount of things he or she owns. […]
Stop! Your favorite band is coming to town! Get up and go buy your tickets, get supped up and ready to go! But before you do that, make sure you’re aware of the different kinds of show-goers. They’re everywhere at a show, from the unprepared ones to the angry ones. This will be your guide […]
Raw Materials by John Salhus is an exotic piece. The artist definitely has his own style that’s completely unique to him. The way he uses a group of logs and boards and drapes a waterfall over it is quite stunning. This picture really jumped out at me with its simplicity. There were many others like […]
George Mallory was once asked, “Why do you want to climb Mount Everest?” He answered, “Because it is there.” Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. Standing at 29,035ft. It is part of the Himalayan Mountains. It stands between Nepal & China. I don’t think the mountain is as bad as everybody says. Many […]
The Beatles maybe the best band ever. The four Beatles are John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. In the summer of 1957 the Quarry men were setting up in a church when another member of the band introduced Lennon to Paul McCartney. By February 1958 Lennon was moving towards rock’n roll. This […]
Deep within the Rangrim Mountains of North Korea, hidden from the watchful eye of the world, lie some of the most atrocious human rights violations that have ever existed. North Korea’s labor camps are built around a twisted ideology that encourages the infliction of pain as a routine activity. The careful dismantlement of these camps […]
It is common knowledge that today’s youth make up words, most of them being silly combinations such as frenemies (noun; friends who are actually enemies), chillax (verb; to relax while chilled), and staycation (verb; to vacation for a long period of time in the same location). One word that nobody seems to remember, however, is […]
James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man documents how Stephen’s experiences with sensual and ethical awareness, Irish politics, language and religion lead him to understand and define both his identity and aesthetic theory. From the very beginning of the novel, Stephen expresses his thoughts in a stream of consciousness. He often […]
Theodore Roosevelt calls one of my favorite historical speeches “The Man in the Arena”. Theodore Roosevelt was very popular and well known even today. At the very least, you must know him to the extent of the teddy bear being named after him. For a better understanding of his speech you should know that he […]
Capital Punishment has been a part of the United States justice system for as long as our democracy has existed. Capital Punishment has evolved from the clearly barbaric forms such as hanging by the gallows to the supposedly “civilized” forms used today, mainly electrocution and lethal injection. However, while many people maintain that the death […]
Imagine this it’s a fresh new start and what do you do? Forget your mustang pass! Now if you have to use the restroom you can’t. So, you are sitting in class and all of a sudden you have to use the restroom. You go up to ask the teacher and she say’s “mustang pass […]
The holocaust is one of the most tragic events in history. During World War II, over six million innocent Jewish people were murdered by Nazis because they felt racially superior to the Jews. Today, in museums across the country the lives of the people that died in the holocaust are celebrated on a specific day […]
What You Want Right Now Did you know there are 27,468 public high schools in the United States? Right now, What do you want to do in life? What do you want to do in the future? Or what do you want the best of your four years of High School to be like? Well […]
The innocence of millions of kids shattered to pieces the moment their beliefs are changed from plain blank and white to all the possibilities. Santa the once beloved Christmas figure- who would have known- is now the cause of all the kids rebelling from their parents. The moment we find out that Santa isn’t real […]
Darwin is considered the “father of evolutionary biology.” He published, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection in 1859 in which he makes many contributions to the field of evolutionary biology. A few of his contributions are variations within species, evolution as gradual change over long periods of time and natural selection […]
Have you ever heard the expression, “You’re nuts?” This phrase has been around since the beginning of time, and has given nuts a negative name. The denotation of the word is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough shell around an edible kernel. This dictionary definition has evolved into the everyday connotation of dreadful, […]
He stood at the ledge, heart beat rapid, adrenaline pumping. As he peered over the edge, wind hammered against his ears, whipping his hair and shirt. He felt smothered. He cautiously stepped back and began biting his already gnawed nails. Life twinkled in his eyes for the first time in months. Many thoughts flashed though […]
Ever wonder where cocaine came from in the 1970s and early 1980s? Well there was a man behind it (including a couple others), but we’re just going to focus on this one man, George Jung. He was an ordinary man, just like any other person in the world. His occupation though was…unique, a moon curser […]
George Orwell, who wrote Animal Farm, went to Spain to fight for the Spanish government in the Spanish Civil war. While there he was in a Trotsyist outfit. He then witnessed Stalinists (acting under direction from Moscow) seizing, imprisoning, and killing many of his fellow Trotskists, all under the pretense of insuring the success of […]
Bunraku is type of puppet performance that is rather larger than usual puppets. These Japanese puppets are sometimes reaching life size taking at least three to four puppeteers to maneuver it. Each of the puppeteers controls a certain part of the body of the puppets such as the legs, arms, and facial features. Puppeteers will […]
