Sarah Vowell

American culture can be summed up into one word, discrimination. From the time Europeans first came to the Americas, prejudice has been a part of the life in the Americas. In 1492 Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas, and found it to be easily conquered and the people taken advantage of. Slavery was a part of colonial America, written into the Constitution of the United States, remained legal until 1865, and the state of Mississippi did not officially abolish slavery until 2013. Civil

We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws and there will be no one left ”- Sarah Vowell. A prophecy is made when Oedipus, the main character in Oedipus Rex, is a baby which leads his parents to leave him to die on a mountain where he is saved and given to another kingdom.The prophecy says that Oedipus will murder his father and marry his mother. The play follows Oedipus during his rain of Thebes when a plague starts affecting Thebes in horrible ways and

They Might Be Giants throughout their career have been an incredibly subversive band. While many band’s highest charting singles might be about the perils or joys of love, They Might Be Giants’ biggest hit, 1990’s “Birdhouse In Your Soul” is sung from the perspective of child’s nightlight, musing on its job and on the evolution from lighthouse to nightlight. Their only two Grammy’s have been won for “Boss Of Me” and “Here Come The 123s”; the theme tune to “Malcolm In The Middle”, and an educational