The Equalizer

The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, is a relatively short work about a man who dedicated himself to working for the benefit of his family. This man, Gregor Samsa, awakens to find himself having changed into “some sort of monstrous insect” (Kafka 21), unable to properly communicate with anyone. Gregor’s life is shown to be one of isolation and alienation, and pure devotion – to his family. His work of being a travelling salesman leaves him alienated from his co-workers due to his frequent time spent

Stated by Foer, “Soccer isn’t the same as Bach or Buddhism. But it is often more deeply felt than religion, and just as much a part of the community’s fabric, a repository of tradition.” (How 1). Soccer is an influential sport which is more often than not taken more serious throughout the world than in the United States. Within the region of Europe soccer has influenced the people in varying ways, such as changing their perspective on immigration of foreigners. This change of perspective is due

In 2004, 77% of graduates with bachelor’s degrees or more grew up in middle class or upper class households and 64 % of middle class or upper class households were white. (The Washington Post). Horace Mann referred to education as the “great equalizer”, but in today’s society the institution of education encourages inequality (qtd in Sadovnik 241). The public schools with students scoring the lowest on national tests and having the highest dropout rates are the same schools that are in America’s

the stopping of a behavior, the stopping of expressive movements and of physiological movements and processes…It is a departure, a decease, a negativity to the unknown…a departure without a return”(Levinas). Regardless of belief, death is the one equalizer common to man. There are countless stories attempting to illustrate or explain both the feeling and the nature of death given many various outcomes, fortunate or unfortunate. One point remains consistent through all of them: death is inevitable and

The deaths of his parents, sister and brother, all taken by tuberculosis, lead to Edgar Allan Poe’s obsession around the subject of death. This obsession enterprises historically ingenious writings, that did not just scare the reading population by inducing a death at the climax or tying in a death to create a gasp worthy ending. Poe’s historic greatness was his ability to use death as a catalyst, not an end. His stories, specifically short stories, strengthened the idea that the end of a life

People are under immense societal pressures when making decisions; friends, coworkers, and family members input their opinions on what they believe is best. This external force exerts pressure on them to conform to their ideas. In addition to others imposing their opinions, people can impact others through tragic events such as a death in the family. These can test their core values and cause them to re-evaluate their ideologies. In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Hamlet’s father dies and his mother,

Gaspar de Vega, “councilor in architecture and artistic matters” for Phillip the II of Spain, visited Paris in May of 1556 while searching Europe for architectural inspiration (p. 45). The report on his single day in the city was brief: “I didn’t remark a single notable building and the only interesting thing about the city is its size” (p. 45). In 987, Paris became the capital of France and the residence of the royal family (p. 6). However, the city was plagued by violence and war for centuries(p

The subject of “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut is equality. The theme of this short story is that society should make an effort to value individuality and fairness, in which everyone receives what they need to prosper, instead of universal equality. The forms used to elevate this subject and theme are point of view, syntax, characterization, irony, and humor. The point of view in “Harrison Bergeron” is third person with limited insight. The focal character is George Bergeron, the titular character’s

During its economic liberalization in the late 1990s, China restructured its fiscal system, shifting the civic spending burden from the central government to provincial authorities. By 2015, 85 percent of national expenditures occurred at the local level. As China’s economic emergence sped modernization, the central government asked provincial leaders to grow their localities, maintain social stability, and provide for workers, all while taking on the spending onus themselves. This implausible list

Background/History Ethan Marcotte, a developer, and a web designer helped Responsive Web Design become what it is today. In fact, the origin of the name, Responsive Web Design, can be traced directly to Marcotte. In his book from 2011 simply titled Marcotte, he wrote about how he discovered Responsive Architecture. This architecture consisted of moving structure and color-changing walls, properties of the architecture that were previously viewed as constraints but are now part of Responsive Web Design