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Throughout this course we have studied many theorists and I believe that some of their theories on society and social relations are applicable. Karl Marxs dialectical materialism, Emile Durkheims mechanical and organic societies, and WEB Dubois race relations theory all can be related. Social theories can be helpful, though, in the quest for justice, for…

The novel relates the tale of a young man working for a prominent newspaper in Manhattan by day, while visiting many bars and nightclubs during the night. He manages to accomplish this through the help of his use of cocaine, to which he is powerfully addicted. Throughout the novel McInerney employs the use of the…

I loved the movie. Interesting and exploratory, which held my attention indefinitely. Telling the story from so many points of view was intriguing, simply that everyone had different facts to contribute that ultimately tied together to complete the picture. It is both easy and hard to say why this movie was philosophical from my novice…

In this sense, the faithful followers of the Bhagavad Gita find ways to reach this state within its chapters. Through advice of the ‘lord’ Krishna, followers use yoga and meditation to obtain a pure karma and self-realization for a better life after reincarnation. Yoga is used to better ones senses for the purpose of purification….

Women in Heart of Darkness Women seem to be categorized into a separate group, serving as supplements to mens actions, characters and behavior. All of them seem to live in the realm of their own, built on the idealistic conception of the surrounding world, governed by fair rules and laws. The two women Marlow encounters…

Gold In Grendel Gold has many different uses. In John Gardners novel Grendel, it is used as a motif to symbolize different aspects of a character. Though it has a constant meaning throughout the novel, it also differs according to each character. Gardner uses gold as a symbol of majesty as well as protection, greed…

He is an angry man and is happy to take down everyone around him to get what he wants: revenge. It is in Act 1, Scene 3, that he devises his evil plan. Here we can see inside Iago’s mind. It is easy to see that his primary motivation is jealousy: jealousy that Othello may…

Descartes was an intellectual trail-blazer during the European Enlightenment of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. He pioneered a radical movement which shook the traditional foundation of philosophy to expose widening cracks in previously unquestioned logic. Descartes warned the masses that what they had been raised to believe was knowledge may have been based upon flawed…

An undeniable statement by all, philosophers or not, is that our earthly life will one day cease to exist and every living individual will one day meet their death. A simple definition of death would be the complete annihilation of one self, where the life or awakeness one would feel in their brief life would…

The American dream has been a dream of being able to grow to fullest development. ..Epitomizing the democratic ideals and aspirations on which America had been founded, the American way of life ..developed for the benefit of the simple human being of any and every class.” J.T. ADAMS – The epic of America (1938) Playwright…