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The Role of Environment on Minority Identity

November 17, 2020

  Transcript: The concept of civilization has almost always involved examples of smaller cultures assimilating to larger cultures not willingly, but forcefully. When there is a large group of people who act as the majority, they typically hold the power … Read more

Never Lose Hope

November 17, 2020

In Hemingway’s, “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”, he paints a story of a little café with two waiters, and an old man ordering drinks. Throughout the story, the two waiters engage in a dialogue about an old man sitting at the … Read more

The Powerful Nature of Desire – A&P by John Updike

November 17, 2020

  The 1960s were the beginning of what would be a complete upheaval of the “sexual mores” that the moralists of society had established throughout the Baby Boom era. As these sexual norms began to be dismantled, sex began to … Read more

A Flock of Feminists: “The Story of an Hour”

November 17, 2020

  Following the Civil War and the emancipation of slaves, American women were inspired to advocate for their own personal freedoms. Women’s organizations were founded to promote suffrage, employment opportunities, and property rights for women. However, others still argued that … Read more

The South is Wilting | An analysis on A Rose for Emily

November 17, 2020

In 1860 the American South seceded from the Union to preserve their Southern way of life this consequently caused the American Civil War. After years of fighting, the South lost the Civil War and fell into the Reconstruction era lasting … Read more

Selfishness: The Root of Emptiness

November 16, 2020

Chris Hewgley Selfishness: The Root of Emptiness The “Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving is a short story about a poor man, Tom Walker, living outside of Boston. Tom is found by the devil and the devil bargains a … Read more

The Encompassing Cage of Oppressive Gender Roles on Women

November 12, 2020

By: Mary Catherine Ellington   During the late nineteenth century, women experienced adversity in various aspects of their life. Women were viewed purely as homemakers and pillars of familial life and suffered from the constraints of their marriage and proper … Read more