Essays about Culture Page 57

After the establishment, the French Republic, leaders of revolutionary France chose to do away with the Gregorian calendar created by the Catholic Church centuries earlier in favor of adopting a new one. They eliminated most religious holidays, changed the length of the seven-day week to ten days, renamed the months in accordance with the seasons,…

Campbell Soup Cans is a renowned artwork by the well—known artist Andy Warhol. This artwork gained immense fame in the early 60’s that has not been alleviated till date. It marks the high point of the artist’s career and is recognized around the world as one of his signature artworks This was a key transitional…

Our fashion industry has evolved to one of fast fashion due to our increasing consumerist habits. Our generation seems to be constantly wanting more and more although we may not necessarily need all the goods we possess. However, consumerism comes with a cost. Fast lashlon has a disastrous effect on our environment. takes away jobs…

As Halloween approaches, I fondly remember my struggle in choosing a costume. There were so many options! To help me decide, I thought back to when I was nine years old and decided to dress as a cheerleader. This reflection made me consider wearing the same outfit again. However, I realized that as an adult,…

Trying to describe this still, silent place, of an undetermined age, crisscrossed by invisible paths, entails reconfiguring it and revealing its spatiality through movement and human presence. Merely being there would limit one to absorbing the space’s story to participate in it is to take action. In her videos, Elise Leclercq invites people who are…

The Hunter and Gatherer era triggered the use of gender roles in our society today. This is because when the Hunter and Gatherer society first developed it created the power of gender roles; symbolizing that men have more power than woman. This was a negative effect on our world today because this has carried throughout…

Literature has always been the mirror of me human psyche. It can be interpreted in various ways to understand perspectives and social trends. In today’s changing world, where citizens are fast awakening and realizing the importance of fighting for equal rights, it has become essential to understand the role of women in literature and how…

I am sure that if you were to ask yourself “who is the most influential person in the world today” Emma Watson isn’t someone you would name off hand. In fact, some may even question “who is this Emma Watson?” I would find this reaction entirely reasonable and understandable. She had grown up on the…

Every year when the fall season comes around, Halloween does too, People prepare for the festivities by decorating their homes with spooky, haunting decorations. Everyone that participates wears costumes of all sorts. Some costumes are fun, scary, orjust ridiculously unique I question Halloween as a holiday. It serves no extraordinary purpose. It also contradicts several…

Oppression and fear are essentially always present to some extent in a totalitarian regime as shown in the story, “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut. The people’s freedom is bound by the objects that they are obligated to wear under the rule of their government. Such objects are used to restrict the people “from taking unfair…