Society Essays

The African Americans gather together at the store to listen to Joe Louis defend his world heavy weight boxing title. The fight determines who is stronger. Everyone wants Louis to win. The interest of the black people. “The last inch of space was also filled, yet people continued to wedge themselves along the walls of […]

Brent Staples is an African American man who points out that due to his skin color and presentation people convey him as a thief or rapist. He argues about several situations in which he was stereotypically distinguished as a thug. He also talks about how he had to change his lifestyle in order to be […]

Duffy very cleverly in “The World’s Wife” gets famous myths and tales from the past and turns them around making them have a totally different meaning to their originals. Duffy refers to the women in “The World’s Wife” as victims or outcasts. Duffy modernises the poems on a contemporary basis. In this way Duffy shows […]

World war one was caused for various reasons, some greater than others. The greatest cause for war was the fact that neither sides tried in anyway to prevent war. There was conflict between the two allies for a long time. Germany had been prepared for war since 1905 when the Schlieffen plan was developed. This […]

“The Imp. .. ” is a story that demonstrates on many levels the theme of Perversity. It begins with a very impersonal, discursive tone, examining humanity’s tendency to be perverse in the style of a metaphysical essay. The language here deliberately unsettles the reader with its use of rhetorical questions and superfluous repetitions: “If we […]

In many sources the artillery had not broken the barbed wire and when the soldiers had to go over the top they couldn’t get past the barbed wire and the German machine guns cut them to ribbons. Craig mare says this and I think that his source is unbiased as it was after the war […]

The extract from ‘Strange Meeting’ reveals the British public’s scant awareness of the true horrors of World War I. In comparison to Vera’s letter to Roland in ‘Letters from a Lost Generation’, it appears that while the British public was more aware of the reality of war, there was still little understanding of the emotional […]

The poem was written in honor of her son, Major Robert Gregory, who served in the air forces during the First World War. The poem is written as a narrative, from the ‘Irish Airman’s’ perspective, documenting his final thoughts. The title of the poem gives the reader an immediate idea of the subject and content; […]

John Smith is 33 year old and he suffers from a lot of disorders. He has epilepsy (seizures), cerebral palsy (paralysis), blood circulation problems, osteoporosis (weak bones), scoliosis, chest infection and nasal polyps (build-up of mucus). John and his family has provided a care plan that is essential in order to properly look after John, […]

Ethnicity – belonging to a group that shares the same characteristics, such as country of origin, language, religion, ancestry and culture. Ethnicity is a matter of biological and historical fact and is not changed by the culture in which a person grows up. This links to the equality of individuals in the society because we […]

This essay will discuss what asylum policy is, and how it has increased levels of social exclusion in the UK, where I will use specific examples from health and housing. Though, first, one must understand the term asylum seekers which applies to someone who has applied for asylum in this country, their application has been […]

It is midnight, there are distant bangs and surprisingly the giant rats are eating away at some other soldiers’ boots. I am writing this brief diary because I don’t know if I will survive this mess. I haven’t done much in life but I want anyone who reads this to know what the soldier, Mr […]

Reviewing Steven Spielberg’s “The Empire of the Sun” allows me to approach the movie from a new perspective, as I had previously watched it. Jamie (also known as Jim) is a central character who must adapt to societal changes during wartime to survive. The plot follows Jamie, a student living in Pearl Harbour with his […]

In the poem “The Send-Off”, Wilfred Owen describes war in a graphical and technical way. Owen, having been a soldier himself, expresses his crude view about war but in this poem especially about the soldiers departure to war. Wilfred Owen used to be a romantic poet very similar to John Keats. However he then changed […]

The first World War lasted for four years and covered a broad area from the English Channel to the northern Swiss border. Although in 1914 it was expected to end by Christmas. During the onset of the war, Germany believed that seizing France before attacking Russia would avoid a two-front war. However, their flawed tactics […]

In my opinion I think that the poems, ‘In Flanders Fields’, ‘Break of day in the trenches’ and ‘Dulce et decorum est’ do teach the modern reader a variety of different things, therefore to say: “the modern reader learns little from them” is an inaccurate conclusion to draw. I think the modern reader can learn […]

The experiences of World War One are reflected in a variety of different ways. Poems are a very good source of seeing how the different attitudes from the War, are expressed. In this essay, I will analyze the mood and tone, mood, language, and attitudes of the writers in “Dead Man’s Dump” and “Exposure”. The […]

There are various key ideas that have been presented in “Rouen” by May Wedderburn Cannan. She has made a great use of different literary devices to describe her realities of war on the frontline whilst she worked as a VAD nursing injured soldiers. Regarding its wider use in exploring ideas about the First World War; […]

Several years have passed since the birth of the modernists’ typeface that had revolutionised the way typography has been depicted in the last 50 years. “What has Helvetica told you today? ” (Huswit, Helvetica Trailer, 2007) is a clever metaphor as Helvetica has and is still playing a significant role in our lives; it speaks […]

My location is at Callville Bay on Lake Mead, situated in the region between Overton and Las Vegas, Nevada. The southern region of this state experiences a pleasant spring day with sunshine and a gentle breeze. As I gaze at the dazzling blue lake, my thoughts drift towards the Anasazi – an indigenous tribe who […]

Before 1870 conditions that the hop-pickers had to live in was quite appalling. Farmers provided the very minimum necessary and pickers slept in barns, cattle sheds and pigsties. This accommodation was dirty and cramped. The very best hop-pickers could hope for were bell tents that were worn out and often not waterproof.These tents were shared […]

The notion that women only advanced in society after being given the right to vote in 1918 is, in my perspective, incorrect. The British women had to achieve a certain level of status before they could convince the government to grant them this privilege. Before this, they were aiming for equal political rights with men […]