Analysis Of Alan Mccluskey 's ' The Wasp Habitus '

We are told the familiar story of how elite rule decayed and a liberal society arose as a society that was individualistic, egalitarian, entrepreneurial, and voluntary, However, Appleby makes everything seem fresh and anew in these pages, as the combination of out-of-the-way stories unearthed from the autobiographies as well as Appleby's own insight puts the familiar story in a vastly different light. I was especially intrigued by an argument she made about the new careers that became available in post revolutionary America. The unprecedented reality to rise in the world brought a new kind of generalized identity in to the world. Whether they made their way in publishing, preaching, the military, art, commerce, or among any number of many different paths, their stories all took a common form: They all wrote about the anticipation of opportunity that was awakened in a society overflowing with new opportunities. people rose to these expectations early in life, often bypassing youth altogether, although they did tend to receive help from a fellow patron. More often than not, these people felt that in the end they had done it themselves, looking up at others rising in the world around them. It is because of this that they had become to think of themselves as a type, that they were the sort of person whom succeeded through hard fought personal effort, as Appleby herself states "A kind of freemasonry of the aspiring took shape," (p.127). And it was this type, that defined America starting with this

Black No More and “The Negro Art Hokum” give important insight into how George Schulyer views race and identity, the importance of essences, and his stance on racial anti-essentialism. Black No More does clearly challenge Schulyer’s ideas in his essay that race in the way it is construed in the U.S. is not a meaningful essential part of who a person is because although our main protagonist Max Disher was able to be white in appearance thus being able to fit into white society, in essence he was still a black man and found his social kinship with members of Harlem’s black community. Essence makes a person who they are in conjunction with their physical racial attributes. In some cases who a character is on the inside does not always match up with their outward appearance, as in Black No More with Disher’s white skin and his black mentality.

In past times, racism and economic injustice headline the many problems that present themselves to society. Some people accept the horrors that appear with the issues while others take actions to change the issues for the better. August Wilson reveals that in his play Fences.” Written in 1957, Wilson’s play portrays an African American family during the time of the civil rights movement who struggle to reach the self-proclaimed American Dream in the United States (Wilson 963-1018). The protagonist, Troy Maxson, is influenced by Wilson’s stepfather, David Bedford (Martin and Downing). During the civil rights movement, African Americans carried few to no rights as an American citizen, presenting controversy to the world of political science and economic power. Wilson also contributes to the theory of Marxism in Fences. Introduced by Karl Marx, Marxist Criticism paints an identical picture of the way society reveals itself in the twentieth century. “Marx’s main interest was in economic power and the ways in which it disguised and manipulated.” (Schakel and Ridl 1455). Wilson incorporates those views into his play Fences. Wilson also reveals his intake on the views of Marxism. “Today I would say that the conflict in black America is between the middle class and the so-called underclass, and that conflict goes back to those who deny themselves and those who aren’t willing to (Lyons 1024).” The author believes that African American struggle contributes to the theory of Marxism.

Matthew Frye Jacobson’s Whiteness of a Different Color offers innovative insight into the concept of “race” and the evolution of “whiteness” throughout American history. Jacobson focuses his analysis on the instability of racial identification over time and how race has been created and perceived throughout different stages of history. He states in his introduction that “one of the tasks before the historian is to discover which racial categories are useful to whom at a given moment, and why” (p.9) and while he is successful in some respects, his analysis is somewhat incomplete in providing a full scope of the power relations that created, altered and maintained racial identities in the United States. While Jacobson offers a detailed

Edward Taylor’s Upon Wedlock, and Death of Children and Upon a Wasp Chilled with Cold are similar in their approach with the illustration of how beautiful and magnificent God’s creations are to humankind. However, each poem presents tragic misfortune, such as the death of his own children in Upon Wedlock, and Death of Children and the cold, enigmatic nature of human soul in Upon a Wasp Chilled with Cold. Taylor’s poems create an element of how cruel reality can be, as well as manifest an errant correlation between earthly life and spiritual salvation, which is how you react to the problems you face on earth determines the salvation that God has in store for you.

By the fall of 1944, half of the ferrying division’s fighter pilots were women. WASPs made three-quarters of the domestic deliveries of all domestic deliveries of fast fighters.

According to Eiseley “we cling to a time and place because without them Man is lost, not only man but life” from his essay “The Brown Wasp”. The characteristics of an essay implies the significance of human existence which is tied to the place and time by comparing the situation of wasps to human life.. He also shows that human and animals sometime act that nothing has been changed and they cling with the thing that they know strongly. By contrast White’s “ Once more to the Lake” an autobiographical essay represents time in a flashback memory of his childhood life and glorifying it . The author has noted “It is strange how much you can remember about places like that once you allow your mind to return into the grooves which lead back. You remember one thing and that suddenly reminds you of another thing”. Both the author

Near the turn of the century, as decades passed by in a prejudiced America, where to be black was to lose all dignity, an emerging provocative spirit of liberation eventually catalyzed a period of great change: a period of enlightenment known as the 1960s. Slowly but surely, black pride began to restore as differences in morals between successive generations caused societal changes. Capturing the essence of black struggles prior to -and during- this dynamic period of change, August Wilson wrote the play Fences, a generational story about Troy Maxson, the son of a black sharecropper father. Highlighted by the play’s title, a particularly important motif of Wilson’s work is the concept of “fences” regarding how they both “trap things in”

“Who are ‘you’? How does your sociology vita – race or ethnicity, class, gender, family history – affect your answer?” (Jefferson). In our society, we tend to define ourselves of who we are, but we often do not realize that our race and social status plays a role in how others view us and vice versa. Margo Jefferson’s “Scenes from a Life in Negroland” gives an insight on this concept. We define race and ethnicity as a certain group of people that share common backgrounds, such as Caucasian, African American, Native American, etc., and status as where someone ranks in society, whether it is the upper, middle, or lower class. Jefferson gives numerous incidents from her childhood that deals with how people perceive them based on that they were African Americans thriving in life, especially during a time of racial tensions in the 1950’s. The essay also provides examples when they, in turn, looks at others in her life based on their social status and race. Based on her experiences, the way people see and define who someone is in society is affected by that particular person’s race and status.

In 2015 researches netted a new species of spider wasp in southern China that was later named the Bone House Wasp. The Bone House wasp is black in color and measures about a half inch in length. Currently this species of wasp is only found in the Gutianshan National Nature Reserve located in Southeastern China (Communications, S.O.). Even though many people find wasps to be a nuisance they still serve a rather important role in ecosystems across the globe. Like all wasps, the Bone House Wasp is a pollinator and provides a crucial service in pollinating its habitats plants and flowers. This wasp also feeds on the spider and insect populations in its habitat, effectively controlling the population size in that ecosystem. Along with discovering

A person's identity is never the same, in comparison to the many people that view that person. This is something that the narrator recognizes but does not fully understand. While at the University, the narrator was only a petty "black educated fool" in the eyes of Dr. Bledsoe. At the same time, Mr. Norton (a white trustee of the university) saw the narrator as being an object, who along with his "people, were somehow closely connected with [his (Mr. Norton's)] destiny." (Ellison 41) To the members of the Brotherhood, the narrator is only what they have designed him to be: someone who "was not hired to think," but to speak only when ordered to do so by the committee who "makes [his] decisions."

This gave rise to a musical show where Jewish performers disguised themselves with black paint and performed on stage to jazz music and in turn redefined Jewish identity and reinvented jazz music. Most attempts at showing us a relationship between ethnic loyalties and accepting of a new cultural identity. It conceptualized the issues Jewish immigrant’s experiences between their assimilation into a new culture from their Jewish culture because it created a problem with “whiteness”. It was almost as having a double personality. One personality which was far more accepting than the other that was based on racial divides. It was more of creating an identity and the stage gave way for Jews that was looking for acceptance. The danger of being essentialized locked into an unwanted racial definition was clear without control over his or her identity an American Jew was subject to the illogical and dangerous whims of racial science and public persecution (Most,

In his paper “The Fate of the Other in Tony Kushner's Angels in America”, Omer-Sherman argues, referring to the opening eulogy by the rabbi: “Opposing the self-effacement of Jews as they transform themselves from ‘strangers’ into bland citizens, the rabbi indicates prophetically that the genuine home of Jews is always in an exiled place” (18). In essence, this statement can be applied to individuals entrapped within society at large, remorsefully witnessing their own true identities smothered under the crushing weight of norms and stigmas (Reynolds, 2010). The ones who suffer the most are those in the minority; therefore, it is incumbent on the self to do whatever it takes to be perceived as a member of the majority (Reynolds 2010). One such example is Joe who, in order to be a proper believer and a member of society has repressed his true identity due to which he feels dead inside and as “a

In this paper, I will discuss a play by Athenian playwright Aristophanes, The Wasps. First, I shall give a brief overview of the The Wasps. Then, I will examine the courtroom scene of the play and argue that Philocleon is not an impartial juror. Next, I will discuss generational gap in Athens. Finally, I will conclude the paper with my outcome of the investigation of the conflict between Misocleon and Philocleon.

This essay examines the question ‘To what extent does the use of diction highlight significant themes of self-realization and existentialism in Kevin Halligan’s The Cockroach?” The essay first off addresses the influences on the poet, Halligan himself, which would have led him to encounter trials and tribulations in his life. The idea of a journey, a process of learning is established further on. The concept of self-realization is then linked into how this poem is a perfect mirror of the real life situations that every individual encounters on a day-to-day basis. The theme of existentialism is latter put to question and its correlation to the life of Halligan himself is discussed. The essay then continues to talk about how the diction of the poem is hugely detrimental to the way in which the message is decoded or perceived by the person who reads the poem. A first read analysis then discusses the most important structural aspects of the poem and talks about how it is influential to the tone as well as the language present. Specifically detailed analysis is provided regarding the usage of diction along with the mirroring themes of existentialism and self-realization. Comparisons between a regular individual’s life and that of the mere cockroach from the poem itself are drawn. The next part of the essay discusses how a metaphoric usage of words has given new meaning and changed the way in which a simple sonnet such as The Cockroach itself is perceived.