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“The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it,” said the late, great comedian George Carlin. Many Americans are just starting to wake, dazed and confused, from a century long slumber, induced by the sedative of hope that allowed those already in positions of power to…

My collage contains a few of the feminists throughout history that I love and respect. Unfortunately, however, I could never fit all of them into just one collage. Along with the pictures of women I chose, are common phrases or stereotypes associated with women throughout history. These are a testament to how much we have…

The Great Gatsby is a novel that was written by the author F. Scott Fitzgerald. Mr. Fitzgerald was a novelist from The United States, he also wrote short stories, and he was a screenwriter as well. during his lifetime he had a total of four novels and one hundred and sixty-four short stories. The researcher…

In the 16th century, a councilor to King Henry VII called Sir Thomas More wrote a book called Utopia, making the look and workings of a functioning society where everyone was elated or content. Utopia is a location where there is no conflict because everyone is content with what they have, a place where necessities…

William Shakespeare’s Sonnets is a collection of 154 poems that are delicate yet powerful in their ever-intimate tone. It is unknown whether Shakespeare wrote the collection of sonnets in an auto-biographical form or if they are merely fiction. Regardless of the intention, it cannot be denied that the collection of sonnets takes on a tone…

Malcolm Gladwell depicts the fantastic virtuoso of Christopher Langan, right now known as the sharpest man in America. Langan has an IQ of 195. His virtuoso makes him an exception since he emerges such a great amount in contrast with whatever is left of the world. Notwithstanding, has that virtuoso aided Langan be effective in…

In today’s society, we are realizing that everything we do, there is no guarantee that it’s protected. The government is quite scrupulous of what we look at on the internet or what we do on a day to day basis. To CNN, as years go by, we are losing control of our digital privacy. They…

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the author explores various universal themes that readers can relate to. One theme that stands out is the distinction between ignorance and naivety. This distinction is evident when the character Scout, a young tomboy, narrates her own story. Through Scout’s perspective, we are introduced to Boo Radley,…

On the surface, Shakespeare’s work Hamlet is simply a tragedy of a son seeking revenge for his murdered father; however, the complexity of the work arises with the portrayal of acting, which blurs the lines between a character’s appearance and true intentions. The deceptive facades that Claudius, the King of Denmark; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, old…

As a matter of fact, in these lines, he states how love s blind, and how it can make people do crazy things. But is it actually love that Romeo feels for Rosaline? It appears that it is not love that Romeo feels for Rosaline, but lust. Furthermore, it seems like Romeo does not know…