Doom

territorial space and tight framing convey McMurphy as a Christ-like leader as he rebels against society. McMurphy is seen as a strong, powerful leader through the omissions of scenes where the listener views McMurphy as powerless with a sense of impending doom. McMurphy is a symbol of freedom and individuality as he goes against the nineteen-fifties conformist culture that did not accept those who are…

Parents Against Bad Books In Schools or PABBIS is one such group. It is not all doom and gloom, fortunately, there are groups of booksellers, librarians, publishers, teachers, writers, and citizens that are fighting against those who would ban these books. "Muggles for Harry Potter is fighting for the right of students and teachers…

President Nixon will forever be known as the only U.S. President to resign from office. All the President’s Men is written by the Pulitzer Prize winners for the investigation of “Watergate”: Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. The slippery slope to doom President Nixon began on June 17, 1972. The Democratic National Headquarters was burglarized overnight at the Watergate complex; hence, “Watergate.” The authors of the book were the only journalists at The Washington Post covering the scandal. At…

Something tragic happens in their childhood and this results in the hero having noble intentions. Superman’s parents sent him to Earth prior to his home planet Krypton’s impending doom and Batman’s parents were murdered in front of him. But looking at popular villains such as the Joker and Dr. Octopus, they typically have unique stories that involve rejection from society, chemical explosions, mutations, and other wild happenings…

Starting all the way back to 2000 BC the Germanic Tribes, who were mostly located in Northern Europe, began to scatter across the Central and Eastern areas of Europe. In these regions we find three significant Germanic tribes that formed German culture; the High Germans, the Saxons and the Franks. Because there was no written language of the Germanic Tribes, we utilize three Roman sources that encountered the Germans by war, traveling, and religion. Gaius Julius Caesar, Tacitus, and Christian…

The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (240-260) In the black, volcanic plain of Mordor, the Dark Lord, Sauron, forged his most powerful weapon in the fires of Mount Doom. Only there could it be destroyed. In The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien, Frodo and Sam must trust the foul creature Gollum to lead them to Mordor. With each step, the burden of the ring grows heavier and heavier for Frodo. In this…

Ah, finally. Act V. With it being the conclusion to the play, this Act is full of examples of fate and destiny being used. After all, the Elizabethans loved their plays to be all wrapped up at the end of it. Regardless, interestingly enough the characters resist fate the most in this Act, yet fate acts strongest in it as well. It’s first seen with Romeo hearing of Juliet’s “death” in Scene i, and torn apart in grief speaks of how he will resist fate and strive to be with Juliet. The issue is…

In the beginning, there was water. A fact that has greatly affected the ancient world as shown in the tales of Gilgamesh and the biblical tales of Genesis chapters six through nine. With such a memorable symbol as water, it would be easy to assume that the two tales are pretty similar maybe even identical. However, after reading both it was an easy conclusion to find that both are more different than similar. “Lay upon the sinner his sin.” (Gilgamesh, 28) Quite a memorable quote from the tale of…

How does Claudia Rankine’s portrayal of James Craig Anderson’s murder in situation 3 of chapter 7 and “The Slave Ship” by J.M.W. Turner sheds light on the systemic racism and dehumanization of black individuals throughout history and in America, and what impact does this have on broader themes of race, violence and identity in modern societies? Claudia Rankine's "Citizen: An American Lyric" and J.M.W. Turner's painting "The Slave Ship" both serve as powerful critiques of systemic racism,…

Gatsby wanting to swim in the pool suggests that he is still clinging on to his dream. Nick understands that without his dream, Gatsby cannot exist, and this is how he recounted his last thoughts. In Gatsby’s final moment, he stares upon his inevitable doom realising that once he…