Oxegen 2009 Essays

Conformity is a powerful and influential behavior that can drastically affect a society’s circumstances. The morality and wellbeing of the individuals’ in a society are shaped by the everyday traditions and customs of that culture. Shirley Jackson, an award-winning author for her works in horror and mystery, unveils the perturbing effect of conformity on a society and its people in her short story “The Lottery.” In her thought-provoking story, a village situated in a warm area of England prepares

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Purloined Letter” uses the repetition of games and numbers throughout the story to highlight the complexities of the detective story. As Dupin works to solve the mystery of “The Purloined Letter,” Poe incorporates several instances of the theme of evens and odds. Poe’s use of numbers helps to explain the complexity of the mystery and Dupin’s detective skills. However, Poe’s repeated use of evens and odds can be read as an allusion to Dupin’s plan for revenge against Minister

I am a white man, a business leader in my community in Johannesburg, and I am not a supporter of the apartheid. Apartheid, this policy or system of segregation and discrimination based on race, is simply not the answer to growing a strong society and government. We are fast approaching a new millenium and yet we still live in the dark ages of oppressive behavior within our society. While other countries have moved forward and made progress by desegregating, our nation has continued to fight against

Political and Economic Factors Leibenow (1969) traced the historical development of Liberia and the method of governance as factors in the national conflict in the Liberian society. Similarly, Sawyer (1996) observed that even the motto inscribed on Liberia’s official coat of arms, The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here, excluded the Africans who were living on the land before the settlers arrived. Such exclusions of the Africans from government employment and taxation without representation greatly

I sat in my office, nursing a glass of hooch and idly cleaning my automatic. Outside the rain fell steadily, like it seems to do most of the time in our fair city, whatever the tourist board says. Hell, I didn't care. I'm not on the tourist board. I'm a private dick, and one of the best, although you wouldn't have known it; the office was crumbling, the rent was unpaid and the hooch was my last. Things are tough all over. To cap it all the only client I'd had all week never showed up on the street

Elizabeth Bishop was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on February 8, 1911 – two decades before the Great Depression. She was the only child in the family, and her father passed away even before she turned a year old. Soon after, her mother was brought to a mental hospital. Bishop grew up not knowing her parents well and transferring from one household to another – from her maternal grandparents, to her paternal grandparents and back to her mother’s family. During the time of the Great Depression

Doll House Essay When most people see the word “exile” they might think of an individual forced away from one’s home to an undesirable place just like in Oedipus Rex, Oedipus was exiled from his kingdom, blinded and doomed. However, in Henrik Ibsen’s play, A Doll’s House, Ibsen portrays the act of exile as both a detachment from an individual and a path for self-discovery. In the play, Nora, a seemingly typical household wife during Ibsen’s time, experiences multiple self-imposed exiles,

Today I woke up pretty early for a summer day, around 7am. I walked downstairs and asked my dad if we could go fishing today. He said yes and suggested that we get ready to leave. I got my fishing pole, fishing net, and my extra fishing pole string. While I was getting my stuff my dad called his friend Jimmy and asked if he wanted to come as well. He said yes, but he will be coming later. I brought my fishing stuff to my dad’s car when I realized he brought his old fishing pole out. I asked him,

One of Connie “trashy daydreams” “Where are you going, where have you been” is a short story written by Joyce Carol Oates in 1966 about a young girl 15 year-old girl named Connie. In the story Connie is boy crazy and very into her looks. She is young and beautiful and because of this her relationship with her mother is strained with jealousy. She is left home alone one day while her family goes to a barbecue and a man by the name of Arnold Friend pulled into her very long driveway and tries to

The debate as to whether a country should have mandatory military conscription has been discussed and practiced in places all over the globe. For the United States, implementing this would have several benefits from which the country could profit on. With this required aspect, there could be a promotion to the nation’s unity in which people would have a sense of equality to one another. Also, it would ensure all receive basic skills to place themselves further within other job careers. Finally, the

Looks are deceiving when it comes to appearance versus reality. Things are not always as they appear to be in real life. To many human beings, wealth can be mistaken as happiness and happiness can be mistaken as wealth. People become obsessed with the idea that along with wealth brings carefree happiness. However, ironically this can lead to ones failure. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the misperception between appearance versus reality is thoroughly demonstrated throughout the whole

Although she is not the only character in the novel, who is represented as a typical gothic character. Her doomed lover, Heathcliff deputizes the right values to be seen as a true character dressed with the characteristics of gothic style. His personality is far more complex than his lover, Catherine’s. He embodies the tragical, anti-hero, whose being is quite mysterious, though his existence can be questionable. He was found on the street by Mr. Earnshaw, which is not a typical everyday story of

Tangled Love written by Maya Adili FADE IN: EXT. AT THE STEPS OF THE HEALTH CENTER - DAY It's cloudy and windy on a Tuesday evening. My friend Stephanie and I were hanging around with our friends Bryan and Noah around the campus of the school. We sat down at the steps of the health center and started chatting. CARA Hey guys what do you think about the lock down practice today morning. STEPHANIE It was hilarious. It happened during my English class. Everyone was surprised and then someone screamed

In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, we follow our protagonist, Janie, through a journey of self-discovery. We watch Janie from when she was a child to her adulthood, slowly watching her ideals change while other dreams of hers unfortunately die. This is shown when Jane first formulates her idea of love, marriage, and intimacy by comparing it to a pear tree; erotic, beautiful, and full of life. After Janie gets married to her first spouse, Logan Killicks, she doesn’t see her love fantasy happening

It has long been said that money can’t buy happiness, but still people continue to use it’s acquisition to try to make themselves happy. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, the title character struggles with this realization. The book is set in New York during the ‘Roaring 20’s’, a time famous for its parties and lavishness. The book examines the attitudes toward money within the upper particularly through the lense of the new-money title character, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby dedicated his

Roberto Clemente Baseball Player All-star, hall of famer, and major league baseball player are three attributes that describe Roberto Clemente. Many people know the Roberto Clemente was a baseball player, but he was so much more. As a well known baseball player, Roberto Clemente inspired Americans that they shouldn’t judge baseball players by the color of their skin. He left a lasting legacy as one of the best right fielders in major league baseball. The origin of Roberto’s early life of baseball

During the roaring twenties, money was one of the most glorified objects all over the country. The Great Gatsby is a novel that was written about the era of fun, the 1920’s. The historical fiction novel was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald to show the glorified time of the 1920’s. Throughout the novel, the effects of wealth are shown through all of the characters, some more than others. Tom and Gatsby in particular are greatly affected by wealth and income and it alters their characteristics drastically

An Analysis of Bruce Springsteen's 'Thunder Road' In everyone's life, at some point in time, there exists a certain, natural craving for something. The longing can only be described as the desire for something more, or perhaps the desire for an adventure. Bruce Springsteen undoubtedly was either at a point like this in his life, or at least had this in mind, when he wrote the song Thunder Road. This is a song that first reads like a scenario playing out between him and a young woman named Mary. Upon

Throughout our history we have had many tragic events and some of these events caused a very large amount of people to die or be mistreated. There were lots of people letting these acts be permitted because of their ignorance and pure hatred. The act of genocide and the extermination of groups of people happened because people were not speaking up against intolerance, hatred and propaganda. During the holocaust 6.3 million Jews died because of Greed,Hate,Silent Majority,and Propaganda, leading to

Dear J. Alfred Prufrock, the great Greek philosopher, Socrates, once said, “I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing”. It is in my opinion that Socrates summarized you life in the one line. Prufrock, your writing is divine genius, but it is clear to see that you are facing the most pure and overwhelming questions concerning the very folds of the universe all at once. Not to discount the valid earthly problems of everyday life. As in betwixt your elegant lines containing the