Ferus Gallery Essays

In the movie Fight Club, we are led to believe that the story itself contains various meanings and impacts for its viewers to grasp. In the beginning, one possible meaning that can be inferred is based on the effects of consumerism in society that dictate one’s worth, self-image, and identity. The narrator's desire for materialistic possessions founded on his belief that “the more one has, the more enriched their life would be” drastically impacted how he viewed himself. His view of having the most

Originally written as a short story published in 1957 and first performed in Paris,France at the Odeon Theatre, Rhinoceros remains one of Eugene Ionesco’s most commonly produced plays. The popularity has not worn off since and there are many criticisms that can be applied to Ionesco’s work, such as biographical criticism and New Historical criticism. There are many parallels of Ionesco’s biography in his fictional story created in Rhinoceros. The play is also used as a mirror to reflect the society

Distrust What kind of society do you live in? It may be peaceful, fun, relaxing, or maybe a little sad caused by a recent event. But, could you even imagine living somewhere where you can’t trust one living thing around you? So much fear and distrust that would lead to hate, violence and maybe even murder. This is very uncommon in the present day, but in Rod Serling’s “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”, this was their reality. In the 1960’s version, it was about a group of neighbors constantly

Imagine a piece of glass with waves of color being swung on the bottom of a pole, moving like a skirt being twirled. That is the image that glassblowers instill in people’s minds every day. Molding glass to make it look like ruffles on a fabric. Glass artwork can range from vases, windows, ash trays, and even bongs. All around is glass. A cup, window, and a vase are examples. However, glassblowers take a type of sea glass called cullets and place them into a kiln, a heating machine that has a hole