Essays about Culture Page 57

No matter how many times I hear the different stories out there that have to do with Thanksgiving, it is still a bit confusing for me, only because I feel that no one really knows the truth about Thanksgiving. In the mean time I will write what I know, not what I feel. Each year…

The good times are endless with the Halloween festivities. There is not one thing that could be boring about it. The trick or treating, spook walks, and movies with friends would be enough although there is still a mountain of fun things to do, You know Halloween is around the corner when spooky decorations start…

How many people have heard their grandparents tell them never to break a mirror? Who remembers the games of elementary school, when children dared each other to run under a ladder? Who really believes in seven years of bad luck? It seems that these trivial sayings have been passed down to each successive generation, only…

Edgar Allan Poe‘s 1846 “The Cask of Amontillade” has syntactic versatility. Poe writes with irony, both dramatic and verbal he foreshadows to Fortunato’s inevitable death; the use of line breaks; tag names; as well as mirroring the two characters themselves All of these literary techniques come together to create one of the most well-known horror…

Throughout Geoffrey Chaucer‘s The Canterbury Tales, the relation between youth and old age is one of divergence; there is always a clear contrast between them, both externally and internally. However, their oppositions are not wholly consistenti whilst in some tales the young people humiliate the elderly, in others the old characters possess higher wisdom, which…

The story “Everyday Use” written by Alice Walker, a famous African American author, is a story where the whole meaning of the story is completely dependent on how different these two sisters are. Often time children raised together in the same household, then logic may dictate that these children will most likely have a similar…

When it comes to gang rivalry, the word “family” doesn‘t usually come to mind, but S,E. Hinton’s The Outsiders brings up the crucial point of who really are your close ties. Between the Curtis Brothers to the Greaser and Soc families, their differentiated values are surprising. To begin, the Curtis Brothers are held together not…

According to Horace, obstacles that people face continually are the constituents that mold a person’s character. From financial hardship to devastating misfortune, Horace argues that adversity cultivates the development of a strong personality, which would not have been awakened in favorable circumstances. While hardships may deal a significant toll to one‘s life, Horace’s assertion is…

Media, in all its forms, is a means of communication that can never truly convey thoughts between minds. To clarify, a medium has to overcome obstacles (sensation and interpretation) to reach the intended recipient. Plato, in his work Republic, discusses the inherent problem with the medium as it connects individuals to their ideas but also…

The French Revolution, lasting from 1789 to 1799 can be described as an age of varying emotions. Ranging from wars to Robespierre’s Reign of Terror and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, it could be described as a bloodied erat During this Lime, Voltaire 7 one of the men of Enlightenment — wrote Candide, a satire…