1) This is a passage in which I am highlighting the cyclical nature of war, previously using George Orwell’s fictious “1984” and balancing that out with this passage: However, actors anchored more to reality such as American diplomat George Kennan agrees with this concept, noting in his book American Diplomacy that; “some Americans are already … [Read more…]
Quote – “These were not really my creations, they did not contain my history; I might search in them in vain forever for any reflection of myself. I was an interloper; this was not my heritage” – James Baldwin (from Scott Newstok, “How to Think Like Shakespeare”, 146) Comment – When reading Newstok’s “Of Freedom” … [Read more…]
As I am currently a Junior taking this class I have not and am not taking “Citizenship” as a course. I look forward to enrolling in the class for next year, my first semester of Senior year, but as of now I can not speak to the relevance of Nussbaum to that class. However, with … [Read more…]
If one were to attempt to market the Humanities, focusing on its instrumental value as the main concept to be sold, one might end up in the field of collaboration or comparison. Both Clune and Brody discuss these ideas, as when one is trying to become more established or step into the forefront of people’s … [Read more…]
I really enjoyed “On Beauty and Being Just” by Elaine Scarry, as the book swept you up and carried you along a winding but rational journey through the ages to think about that which most people have rarely thought about; what is beauty, why is it that way, and what can it teach us? As … [Read more…]
Mourning Picture, Adrienne Rich “…shadows, crystals, ceilings, meadows, globes of dew…” “…visible and invisible, remembering and remembered…” The poem expresses very contradictory, two-sided concepts, such as dark and light, which I believe capture the essence of the painting of the same name by Elmer. Why does Rich choose to put this poem, and therefore Elmer’s … [Read more…]
1)https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PBsKJlPqzhHxEvZEax7plvyo9HlGOa6Kl74Fel4KJS0/edit From: English 110 (Freshman) This essay discussed ways and methods to enter into a “discourse”, specifically the science discourse of Biology. I talked about mentors, the full-scale immersion of saying, doing and being, and speaking/writing in the correct format. I believe I could rework this essay into working with the discourse of Political Science … [Read more…]
My ideal eventual job would be either a defense attorney working as part of a team for a large firm or a relatively meaningful position in a county or state-level prosecutorial office. However, for the purposes of this exercise, I will be focusing on a job I might want to obtain in a few years … [Read more…]
Simon During, in his piece “What Were the Humanities Anyway?”, places the field of the Humanities in the past tense in order to analyze and distill it down to its central components. In the name of this crusade, During lays out five different means of interpreting the school of thought, relaying each’s origins, basic principles … [Read more…]
Describing the Humanities to someone who is unfamiliar with them is a rather intriguing task. I believe that the best way to go about doing so would be to capture the essence, or the soul, if you will, of the discipline or discourse. As During touches on, and as I have read and heard countless … [Read more…]
