Essays about Culture Page 322

A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry, explores the concept of the American Dream. Each main character in the play has their own unique vision of a better life. Despite the challenges they face, the play emphasizes the significance of holding onto one’s dreams. Walter, in particular, serves as an illustration of someone…

Ang Kambas ng Lipunan This is the first time I’ve watched this movie. At first I thought it would be nothing but a boring educational short clip movie featuring the greed of humans slowly getting worse. However, the opening of the film showed Joey Velasco painting his famed “Hapag ng Pagasa”. At the beginning of…

Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, emphasizes the despair ordinary people must endure before they achieve self-knowledge, highlighting how Janie‘s zeal overcomes all of her initial misfortunes allowing for her to evolve into a character with a deeper understanding in regards to the woes of life. Janie is able to transform into…

Since the beginning of the nineteenth century, and maybe even before then, religious congregations have been struggling to maintain relevance. And although the United States may statistically be a predominantly Christian affiliated nation, there is no national religion. With the emergence of mega churches and television evangelists in the 1970s and 1980s, it may be…

The concept and theme of heroism is arguably the centerpiece of most western literature. Concepts of heroism are clearly evident in later Greek, Roman and Christian literature such as Oedipus the King, Lysistrata, the New Testament Gospels and the Qur’an. Readers often associate the term hero or heroism based upon a character fighting for a…

In Homer’s composition, The Odyssey, the roles women play are very significant. The best examples of the true nature of women occur when Odysseus encounters Circe and Calypso. These two characters illustrate the thoughts and feelings of how women how a woman feels and how they think. As the quote states, Circe and Calypso illustrate…

Abstract Confucianism and Daoism are Chinese philosophies that existed long time ago and have always guided the Chinese. Although the two have different origins, they unite in cultivating good behavior in the society. They promote unity together with harmony amongst the people and encourage cooperation. This paper is going to compare and contrast the two…

He may work in his arenas’ business but his laziness burned it to the ground. In order to salvage what he lost, he scammed various people for their money, including his own family. John took money out of his own business to help but things continued to get worse. He started stealing money from his…

According to the doctrine of the mean, in order to be a good person, one must achieve the “golden mean.” This means that virtue is attained by acting between the extremes of excess and deficiency. For instance, in a time of war, a soldier can either act rashly or cowardly, but the virtuous action lies…

Introduction The object clause of the Memorandum of the company contains the object for which the company is formed. An act of the company must not be beyond the objects clause, otherwise it will be ultra vires and, therefore, void and cannot be ratified even if all the members wish to ratify it. This is…