Social Issues Essays

In Homer’s Odyssey, the women are portrayed in many different ways, some are said to be wise while others are cruel, but many are treated differently from the opposite gender. One of the women in the story, Penelope, was portrayed as very wise but because of her gender she was …

Most of the land in the Chesapeake region during the 1600s was part of a plantation, plantations which were a major player in the shaping of the society both economically and socially. Plantations slowed the growth of cities and hindered the development of an advanced economy. Few merchant class folk …

A street child is a young person, under the age of fifteen, who lives and sleeps in the streets, whose family ties are broken and who can’t or won’t return home. Street children live in the streets without their families. Each child has to learn how to survive alone, since …

Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Ghandi are both two revoutionaly men. Racism was and is a problem in todays and yesterdays culture. These men fought for equal rights of all men and women, no matter the color or origin. This paper will compare the two men not competitivly but as a …

In John D. Donahue’s the “Devil in Devolution” he recognized many faults between the state and federal governments. He spoke on the issues of same sex marriage, divorce, environmental regulations, and legalized gambling. I can’t say that I agree with everything that was in the article. There are a lot …

From its humble beginnings in 1776, the United States has been a bright beacon of equality, whose light has attracted millions of immigrants from all parts of the world. Yet, this heavily sought equality is still a fleeting ideal, an ideal not enjoyed by a portion of our population. These …

Sunset Song, by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, is the story of a young Scottish peasant girl, Chris Guthrie, and her development from childhood to adulthood in the small farming village of Kinraddie. The principal theme of the novel is that of change. This is depicted through the eyes of Chris Guthrie …

For my study on deviance, I will consult the fictional motion picture “Instinct”. Using Labeling Theory as my central perspective, I plan to identify just what is defined as deviant about the film’s main character, Dr. Ethan Powell (played by Anthony Hopkins), as well as how the individual’s society controls …

Wealth is powerful when it is obtained by someone, but even more powerful when it is not. When people are striving for riches they tend to put that need above everything else. People will go through all sorts of difficulties and obstacles to make it in life. Striving for wealth …

Bernarda Alba conveys an array of distinctive characteristics, however it is her stubborn conservative nature that enables the illustration of the oppression of women created by equivocal Spanish traditions in Lorca’s dramatic play, House of Bernarda Alba. The character of Bernarda becomes acquainted with readers through the method of indirect …