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Human rights are an issue throughout the world, causing social injustice to people of every ethnicity and gender. Our response to the violation of human rights needs to be held to the utmost importance. Two speeches that provide examples of injustice and calls for change are “The Perils of Indifference” by Elie Wiesel and “On…

Kurt Vonnegut – Plays the function of himself in the first chapter, as he tries to acquire a clasp on the Dresden book he feels the demand to compose. Appears on occasion in Billy Pilgrim ’ s narrative as a reminder that he was so at that place. Besides appears once more at the terminal,…

In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, the author chronicles his own story as a holocaust survivor who endures many hardships during his time in the concentration camps. One theme that Wiesel incorporates throughout the novel is dehumanization. Kapos, SS Officers, and even Jews themselves behave in ways that dehumanize the prisoners around them. They…

The gothic period came apparent from a style of writing with elements of death and horror.  Edgar Allan Poe was one of the first writers to foster the genre of detective and horror. Poe’s writing had a crucial impingement on the Gothic Period. This can be perceived through the usage of punctuation, sentence structure, calculated…

Discrimination happens when a man or woman experience negative or uncalled behavior for their race, belief, national starting point, incapacitated or past status, or other lawfully ensured qualities. I have been victimized race and gender. In my view, racism happens mostly to women and in my case, is a main consideration that bargains friendliness in…

Shakespeare’s work is undoubtedly the most popular and well known literature of all time. The fact that his work remains popular today is interesting, as many of his themes tend to verge on old fashioned, some even verging on offensive, especially by today’s standards. Specifically, Shakespeare’s Othello provides a few questionable themes. The most prevalently…

In Toni Morrison’s novel, Sula, many deaths has occurred which impacted society and their decision to how they want to handle each person’s death. The novel uses the duality of apathetic and sympathetic to compare society’s reaction to the different deaths that took place in the bottom land. Society was more drawn to a specific…

“Midnight in Paris” is a film written and directed by Woody Allen describing the enthusiasm, seduction, commitment and sense of belonging towards a contemporary city. Gil Pander, the protagonist visits Paris with his fiancée Inez on a business trip. Gil becomes obsessed with the beauty of Paris and believes that he can artistically perform better…

In today’s educational system, the use of Shakespeare as reading material has begun to dwindle. This is mostly due to people believing that the themes and ideas portrayed throughout the Shakespearean work are old, outdated, unrelated to the modern world. However, one of the biggest stories in politics and media nowadays are the ideals of…

The common theme of revenge is portrayed throughout one of William Shakespeare’s most famous play’s known as Hamlet. In the story of Hamlet, there are multiple characters that could possibly take on the role of a villain, adding to many of the tragic and dramatic parts of the story. The most obvious evil character being…