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The future of the United States, according to Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games novel. Is filled with bleak, rigid and never-ending misery. In other words Suzanne Collins picked a world in the future. Formally North America but now called Panem that has many dystopian properties. Dystopia can be best defined as a society or world. As…

The Balcony scene takes place in a private, secluded garden that is surrounded by walls. These walls are symbolic as they represent the barriers between Romeo and Juliet and they are high which represents the dangers they are facing by seeing each other against their families’, the Montague’s and Capulet’s, wishes. The Balcony scene is…

Was Hamlet insane? Scholars have debated this question ever since Shakespeare presented this play to the public. Although I am not a scholar, I believe that there is enough evidence in the play to suggest Hamlet had been sane. He may have been depressed and angry however this was due to the treachery and betrayal…

George Orwells, The Animal Farm, depicts how power can corrupt society. If one person receives too much power, one will most likely lead up to dictatorship. To exemplify this idea, Orwell uses a farm to represent a society and the animals inside to portray the people. Orwells use of the pigs and animals are also…

The Muslim south, where the minority Muslim population is concentrated, is made up of about nine ethnic-linguistic groups: Tausug, Maranaos, Maguindanao, Samal, Yakan, Sanggil, Badjao, and Molbog. Jama Mapun Woodcrafts produces Okil or okir (wood carvings) that are best represented by brass works, where one sees a rare blending of the aesthetic, the utilitarian, and…

What defines graffiti? Graffiti is described as any form of writing on any surface. In that case, would drawings made by cave men be classified as graffiti? If so, what distinguishes them from modern graffiti that alters the world’s perception of it? Why is graffiti illegal? Is graffiti a form of art? Can something classified…

Art Deco is a classic art movement that started out in the early 1900s  but this style started to recede after only  thirty to forty years of existence. But Art Deco ended with a big bang because during its last years in the 1930s-40s, several notable works were generated by artists that are still admired…

The story of self-discovery is narrated by Nick Caraway in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Nick attends a number of Gatsbys parties along with many other people who thrive off of rumors and gossip. As partygoers, Owl Eyes and Klipspringer represent two extremes of character: Owl Eyes portrays the very fewincluding Nick who…

Film photography has always been an integral part of my life. Capturing angles and details that are always overlooked by others gives me the sense of uniqueness, given that I can see things that others can’t. Not to mention the vintage and ancient aspects of film photography is something that I feel has become of…

Here in Canada, we do not have the death penalty as punishment. Our judicial system shows mercy even to the worst of criminals by sparing their lives. Yet even to this day, in some countries like the USA, the death penalty still exists for some cases. It is truly shocking that we still do not…