Essays about Culture Page 13

Culture is not a simple term to define, especially without limiting it. However, it is necessary to narrow the word in order to better understand it. Culture refers to “shared patterns of behaviors and interactions, cognitive constructs and understanding that are learned by socialization.” With this definition, it can also be inferred that culture directly…

In writing a historical narrative, it is easy for the historian to fall into a singular view and perspective of a given historical event their own. Due to historians being nearly exclusively male, up until the modern era, a vacuum was created lacking perspective and understanding of the view of women. Gender history challenged these…

In the passage Utopia, by Sir Thomas More, More uses characters to speak about this fantasy world that he tries to pass off as a real place, in order to express his feelings about how his country of England is running. In the story, Thomas More creates this main character, also by the name of…

The Call of the Wild, a novella written by American author Jack London, features Buck, a Saint Bernard mix that was stolen from his home in California and sold to be a sled dog in Alaska during the Klondike gold rush. While in Alaska, Buck goes through many masters, most notably, Hal, Charles, and Mercedes…

Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the…

Sophia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides follows the lives of five young girls- the Lisbon sisters-as they deal with puberty, their parents, and suicide. The movie is told from the perspective of five neighborhood boys who go to school with the Lisbon sisters. They tell the story from their perspective, sharing with us their confusion and…

“To be free, a man must first be free of his brothers,” stated Equality on page thirty-eight. Yet, are we ever really free? Some people believe the answer is “yes,” that one day we will finally be one with ourselves and our thoughts.Others say “no” is a more truthful answer because we will always be…

Anthem, a book about self-discovery and enlightenment, has many significant scenes that help push the story forward and create the intended mood. One of the most momentous scenes is between pages 51 and 53 when Equality 7-2521 sees the man burning on the pyre for speaking the unspeakable word of the unmentionable times. As Equality…

In the book Anthem, Ayn Rand describes a utopia where individuality is forbidden. All citizens live mundane, highly structured lives. The governing Council constantly teaches that men exist for the sole purpose of serving their fellow brothers to benefit society as a whole. Yet, one man, Equality 7-2521 defies these widely upheld beliefs. Equality discovers…

In the novel Anthem, Ayn Rand writes about a future that takes place in a backwards totalitarian society. She believes that economic progress depends upon freedom and advocates individualism, meaning that every man is an individual and has the same rights as everyone else. On the other hand, the novel portrays collectivism where the individual…