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The National Honor Society (NHS) is a model of distinction in character, leadership, and service, in addition to academics. Its illustrative high school students are chosen after a rigorous selection procedure that seeks for those who best exhibit the ideals embodied in the organization’s four pillars. These pillars provide a framework that promotes holistic development,…

An Inspector Calls John Priestly was born in Bradford in 1894. Priestly had grown up into his father’s circle of socialist friends; he saw women and men, rich and poor, all working together. After the First World War women returned to being housewives, the typical life that the perfect woman was expected to lead. This…

Every society is different. They each have their own customs, habits and way of life. In the Chrysalids there are many unique societies, each and everyone different, particularly the Waknuk and Sealand societies. The Waknuk society is packed with problems humanity has strived to leave behind. Meanwhile, the society in Sealand has overcome these problems….

Some people believe that money, family or any other importances are necessary to them. Others believe that dreams are necessary to them. In the play A Raisin in the Sun, both characters Walter and Beneatha have dreams that felt were important/necessary to them as food and shelter. Walter Lee Younger, one of the main characters…

Old Major was a stout-looking boar of twelve years of age. He was wise and benevolent. He was highly regarded by the other animals on the farm. It was Old Major who, one night, dreamt of a world where all animals were equal and Man was no more. He told his dream and visions to…

William Harvey (1578-1657) was an English physician who is credited with being the first to correctly describe in detail the systematic circulation and properties of blood being pumped around the body by the heart. Harvey’s discoveries led to further research such as research into the study of embryology which had an impact on society that…

            The word tattoo comes from the Tahitian term tatu, which means, to mark something (Bellis, 2009). Tattoos are done by inserting ink into the skin to create a mark, a sign, or a drawing. During ancient times, tattoos were done for the following purposes: to serve as symbols of status and position, symbols of…

Social Dominance Theory is a theory based on oppression and group based hierarchy structures. The question it asks is why society organizes as these hierarchies. It is not just focused on extremes, but more on the delicate forms of discrimination and oppression that people go through and are faced with in their everyday life. With…

The world we live in today is governed by different sets of rules and regulations almost everywhere we turn. From when and how we brush our teeth, to how we drive our cars, our world is in a way, very predictable. This is all due to the social structure that resides in our society and…

Antonio Gramsci, author of the Prison Notebooks and 500 published letters that were written to friends and family, was born on January 22nd 1891 in Cagliari in Sardinia. He is arguably one of the most influential political philosophers in the field of Marxism since Karl Marx himself. Antonio Gramsci was the fourth of seven children…