Joan Lindsay

Modern America’s increased fascination with crime dramas can be attributed to the majority’s desire to see good triumph over evil. The hunting, processing, and eventual punishment of evil evokes feelings of satisfaction in viewers, as justice is one of the moral principles ingrained in our society. In popular media, law enforcement is oftentimes presented as being insufficient in upholding justice, calling for the intervention of a hero; a figure capable of recognizing and punishing evil without

1. Summary of Sylvia Plath’s Initiation: At the start of the new school year, Millicent Arnold, a typical teenage girl, receives an invitation to join the elite and exclusive girls’ sorority at Lansing High School. Before she becomes an official member however, Millicent must demonstrate she is fit to join the sorority by finishing the initiation process: a series of ridiculous and rigorous tasks that pushes her to her limits. During a mission, Millicent discovers the nasty truth and reality of

In this essay, I will do a critical analysis of the movie “Hunger Games,” the short story “The Story of an Hour,” and Taylor Swift’s music video “Look What You Make Me Do” in terms of the use of symbolism, and the new self. The Hunger Games follows 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, a girl from District 12 who volunteers for the 74th Hunger Games in place of her younger sister Primrose Everdeen. The games itself is a competition to see who’s the strongest. The story of an Hour is a short story that describes

In the film Mean Girls, the storyline is primarily driven by the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist. The main character, Cady Heron, is both. Reasons why she could be the protagonist are that she is innocent, kind hearted, and also very smart and honest. In the beginning of the film, Cady doesn’t know how high school works. Guys such as Jason, sexualize her and she does not really understand what he’s talking about. This is where her innocence and her misunderstanding of what he said

The Outcasts, the Wannabes, and the Plastics Everyone has had their fair share of high school drama; whether it’s rude stares down the hallway, distant whispering behind the back, spreading rumors about students and faculty, social sabotage, or segregated school lunch tables. The teen drama film Mean Girls delves into the sociocultural environment of teenage academia. This two-hour film documents how Cady, the new girl from Africa, starts her first day of public school. Throughout her high school

Dexter Morgan is a praiseworthy character from Showtime’s TV series Dexter. It shows an insight into a peculiar man’s life where nothing is what it seems. Dexter by day is a charismatic blood-splatter analyst for the Miami police, a husband, brother, and a father. By night he is a cynical and gruesome serial killer who only kills people who slip through the justice system’s cracks. His intriguing multi layered personality and how he formulates to balance his unusual lifestyle fascinates the viewer

Zach Petersel, in his essay, “Here's Why Suspensions Won't Deter PED users Like Maria Sharapova,” claims that the risk and rewards of using performing enhancing drugs (PEDs) is unbalanced and needs to change. He adopts a slight angry tone in order to appeal that big-name athletes caught using PEDs don’t face major consequences. He uses this tone to appeal to readers who might also want change in this topic. This feature should be printed in The Shorthorn because it will prompt students to look at

Fictional television shows were created to entertain the public. For some television is an escape from reality were someone’s imagination can get the best of them. For others, it’s just a fictional program that has no effect in their lives, or so they think. Watching fictional television can manipulate the mind into believing that something is good. For example, the TV show Dexter tell the story of a man who is a killer but the audience wants to see him succeed. Dexter Morgan shows viewers that murder

The movie chosen for this sociological essay is a very popular movie called Mean Girls. This movie was released in 2004, directed by Hollywood star Mark Waters, and screen play written by actor/comedian Tina Fey. For those who have never seen or heard about this movie, it is about a 16 year old girl named Cady Heron who lived her normal every day life growing up in Africa where she was homeschooled. One day, her and her family moved to America where Cady was enrolled into a typical public high school

The movie Mean Girls is rated PG-13. It was published in 2004 and is a teen and comedy film. Mean Girls is about a teenage girl named Cady who was homeschooled in Africa and recently moves to Illinois. She decides to go to highschool and becomes a part of a group of girls called the “mean girls”. They are a popular group who tend to fit their name. Cady is stuck between being friends with the popular girls or the geeks. She pretends to just be friends with the popular girls to ruin their lives so