Books Essays

The definition of a family is one still being argued over by sociologists. However, for the purposes of this essay, I have chosen the broad definition of family as “a group of people who live together” The family chosen for this examination it will be argued, fit the functionalist view …

“Faces of the Enemy” follows a psychologist Sam Keen as he unmasks how individuals and nations dehumanize their enemies to justify the inhumanity of war. In Sam Keen’s documentary “Faces of the Enemy” he comes up with documentation that goes in the mind of the enemy and finds out why …

In “1984”, George Orwell paints his vision of life in an age where totalitarianism has eradicated individuality, choice and personal identity. In the context of a modern dystopia in the grip of political megalomania, Orwell raises a number of concerns in connection with modern society and the human race, while …

Functionalism and Marxism are both known to be structural perspectives, due to the fact that they concentrate on a group of people rather than on the individual himself. Although very similar the two are different in very distinct ways, in fact Functionalism falls under the sub-heading of consensus structuralism, while …

We all have goals and dreams we want to accomplish. But the pursuit of a dream based on false illusions will ultimately lead to tragedy. This is true in Arthur Miller’s play, “Death of a Salesman”, and in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, “The Great Gatsby”. In both works, the main …

When we look at the basic premise behind our founding fathers design to create our government, we are looking at democracy. We can view democracy in many different ways. The most basic principle is that we have a government that requires many different people and groups with contrasting ideas to …

John Steinbeck was born on 27 February 1902 in Salinas, California. “Of Mice and Men” was published in 1973, it was immediately successful and Steinbeck was beginning to be recognised as an author. The novel is set in Soledad, California and is about two migrant agricultural labourers, George Milton and …

J.B. Priestley was born at the end of the 19th century; in 1894. At this time, Britain and Europe had a very class conscious society. Britain was highly industrialised and governed by right wing parties either the Whigs or the Liberals. Most of the royal families of Europe were inter-related …

The composer of “Shrek” has encouraged many morals such as ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’, ‘Good always wins over the evil’ and “No good deed always goes unrewarded’. The composer of Shrek uses film techniques to convey these morals. Film techniques such as lighting, music, camera angles, setting …

In “Great Expectations”, the virtuous/vixenish dichotomy is mainly explored through Estella, one of the main female characters in the novel, and also through Miss Havisham, who brought her up from the age of 3, and Biddy, a simple country girl. Estella begins the novel as “vixenish” character, brought up by …