Essays on Politics Page 51

One of the first lessons I learned in studying soc 104 is that a macro sociological approach looks at large-scale social processes, while a micro sociological approach looks at small-scale interactions within society. This peaked my interest and as I developed my knowledge on the topic, I developed a deeper understanding on the relationship between…

In this paper, I will be talking about how everything is political through theatre. A lot of people do not realize that most plays have a huge political story. Even though, some plays are very entertaining, a lot of playwrights add elements of political themes. For an example, it could be from citizenship, LGBT, feminists,…

Joseph Conrad’s novel Heart of Darkness could be said to be written during a period of change, as the world was transitioning from the end of the Victorian age into the beginning of the modern age. This novella is considered to be one of the greatest fictitious writings in the English language that follows the…

One of the most critical freedoms in any democracy is the freedom of speech. The freedom of speech enables individuals to express themselves, relate with others through communication, access trading opportunities using online platforms (ex.ebay, amazon…etc), receive and disseminate information (Freedom House, 2018). According to the dictionary, the freedom of speech means the legal right…

Nationalism and patriotism are two different words and ideologies that one can misunderstand or mix, with both words mostly being used to mention a general love of one’s country. People think they have the same meaning and concepts. These two words may have shared a special sense in the 19th century, but they seem to…

“Liberalism is a political-economic system, then, is defined by its emphasis on individual freedoms over collective equality and on the power of markets over states” (O’Neil, 2013, p.89). Liberalism assumes that individuals are best suited to take responsibility for their own behavior and well-being.  Adam Smith used “liberal” in a similar sense in The Wealth of…

The book starts off with Jones heading to bed. After Jones heads to bed the animals meet up at the barn. A pig, named Old Major, tells them about a dream he had that animals live a great life and free from the humans. After that meeting Old Major soons dies. After the Major’s death…

The historical book I selected to read for my critical analysis paper was the published autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, it was extremely entertaining. This book was revised by Frank Woodworth Pine and Illustrated by E Boyd, and the first release date was August 4, 1995. It was extremely entertaining how the book was broken down…

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and “The Gospel of Wealth” by Andrew Carnegie were written in a response to increasingly hostile social class tensions. While addressing this issue, both authors express significantly different ideals for society as well as the means to attain them. Karl Marx believes that the proper, common good is the…

We’ve all heard the saying “a house divided cannot stand” is it possible this famous quote by Abraham Lincoln in 1858 was actually inspired by our founding father Benjamin Franklin in 1754? In 1754 one of our founding fathers illustrated one of the first ever political cartoons. Benjamin Franklin’s physical context of his cartoon was…