Life Essays

During the prohibition era of the 1920’s, if one wasn’t an enemy of Alphonse (Al) “Scarface” Capone, was he, in many eyes, a hero? Due to his savvy street smarts and the corrupt rebellion of the decade, Al Capone was not only a popular commentary of the time, but is …

In January of 1735, Prince Sado was born to King Yongjo and Lady Sonhui. With the birth of the heir, the future of the throne was secure. Due to King Yongjo’s impatience to formally establish him as the Crown Prince with legal status, he was moved to Choson Pavilion, which …

John Fire Lame Deer is a Native American who has been raised in two completely different worlds. One being a world of animistic beliefs tightly binding Native American communities and the other being the capitalistic world of the European-American. John Fire Lame Deer participated in a popular rite of passage …

Does fate play an important role in the lives of young love? Often, because youths’ lives are controlled and guided by their parents’ hands, certain situations are out of their control. Many aspects of Romeo and Juliet’s lives were complete acts of fate, and fate was largely responsible for the …

The hypodermic syringe model is a theory of media effect on audience. The term is used to describe interaction between the media and public belief, offering the concept of people becoming affected by the information ‘injected’ into them through their information medium. (For example, television viewers would have their minds …

Human suffering is universal and inescapable. When there is joy, there is pain waiting to happen. When there is pain, an individual always tries to escape it. Humans are faced with hardships in life, and along with those hardships come emotional distress and pain. Humans attempt to understand the reasoning …

J.D. Salinger gives Holden a realistic voice and perspective that the reader can identify with. We are able to understand how Holden has come to view this world of his through his past experiences and reactions to life’s situations. He is a very unique character that doesn’t exactly fit into …

In High Tide In Tucson, Barbara Kingsolver touches on many aspects of living and the nuances that make life worth living. Her series of essays depict many situations found in life with a new light of clarity. In her essays, she is able to draw from her experiences to teach …

In his argument “Should This Student Have Been Expelled?” Nat Hentoff is against the expulsion of Doug Hann from Brown University. In the letter to the editor Vartan Gregorian says Brown University has never expelled anyone for free speech, nor will it ever do so. Hentoff opposes Gregorian saying that …

The Epic of Gilgamesh, the first and most important epical writing of Mesopotamia, narrates the efforts of finding fame and immortality of Gilgamesh, the king of the city of Uruk, and the advancement of friendship between Gilgamesh and the steppe man, Enkidu. Fame and immortality were the aims of Gilgamesh …