Essays on Death Page 15

The book “Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business” by Neil Postman provides in-depth analysis and exploration why television and show business negatively affect our socialization. Postman pays special attention to the influence of television on the generation X which is the product of television nanny. As the author argues,…

America’s reliance on media-driven entertainment, even at the expense of others’ well-being, is expected. Boxing serves as a prime example of this phenomenon. Night after night, eager spectators fill arena seats in anticipation of an unforgettable fight. While not all attendees back the same competitor, they share a common purpose: witnessing a knockout. The true…

The American Dream featured most prominently in many literary works during the post-WWII era. It mainly concerned how the working-class people of America put up a rigorous fight to achieve their goals with regard to education, employment and a better living in general. In literary domains, many authors, both from American as well as Afro-American…

Is death penalty a deterrent for crime offenders? Opinion. Death penalty is commonly being argued among each other if it is a right act upon a crime offender. However, there is a death penalty practising in many countries worldwide including Malaysia . Currently, many countries have completely abolished the death penalty and a number of…

Class, Death and Vietnam: A Review of Christian Appy’s Working Class War. University of North Carolina Press, 1993.             The American involvement in the Vietnam War remains an important issue in American politics. This is because it takes into itself executive powers, Congressional oversight, the American role abroad,  popular opinion and, as this review is…

One literary element that authors carefully select is point of view, because this signifies the way in which a story gets told and refers to the type of narrative. In the novel, Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Marquez chooses first-person narrative to present his readers with characters, dialogue, settings, and events….