Humanities Essays

Shutter Island Review

Summary of the movie. Shutter Island” is a 2010 psychological thriller that stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, and Michelle Williams in lead roles. It was directed by Martin Scorsese and adapted by Laeta Kalogridis from the novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane (Rizki, 2020). The setting of the movie is based ... Read More

Pages: 7       Words: 1683

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Movie Review on “Menace 2 Society”

Allen and Albert Hughes’ “Menace 2 Society” is a classic American criminal drama movie. The 1993 film, which depicts the struggles and difficulties encountered by young Black men in South Central Los Angeles, was released. The movie takes a realistic stance on the problems of systematic racism, crime, and poverty that plague many urban areas. ... Read More

Pages: 4       Words: 987

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Lack of Originality in the Film: Inception

Inception is a science fiction/action movie released on July 16th, 2010, directed by Christopher Nolan. The film follows the main protagonist, Dominick Cobb, a seasoned and powerful thief who can read minds. Especially capable of infiltrating the dreams of others when their mentality is at the most vulnerable stage, then stealing valuable secrets and information ... Read More

Pages: 7       Words: 1679

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Errol Morris’s Film, Mr. Death

Summary: Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. is an Errol Morris film about a horrific subject, a man’s daily life who creates and repairs equipment to execute criminals. The mousy son of a prison worker, Fred Leuchter, is in high demand as a maker and fixer of execution equipment. Leuchter justifies ... Read More

Pages: 8       Words: 2120

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Depiction of the Narrator in Bartleby The Scrivener

Bartleby, The Scrivener is a short novel written by Herman Melvin. Set in Wall Street Law Office, the novel details the story of an unnamed narrator who hires a rebellious scrivener, Bartleby, to help relieve the excess workload in his law firm. At first, Scrivener seems to be a productive employee; however, as the story ... Read More

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America Is in the Heart

The central theme of Carlos Bulosan’s memoir, America is in the Heart, is to debunk America’s professed devotion to equality and liberty with the blatant reality of a prejudiced society that practices racism against Filipinos. The American identity is inseparable from race, and Filipinos are subject to dehumanization by the white-majority populace. Bulosan contends that American identity ... Read More

Pages: 3       Words: 665

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“Jury of Her Peers,” by Susan Glaspell

The short story “Jury of Her Peers,” written by Susan Glaspell, describes John Wright’s murder investigations. In addition, the author provides the domestic context surrounding Mr. and Mrs. Wright, whereby she portrays the patriarchal system that ties women to housekeeping and family care. At the same time, the narrative exposes the relationship challenges experienced by ... Read More

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Destined To Witness Book Review

In his biography Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany, Hans J. Massaquoi narrates his remarkable life story as a mixed-race child in Nazi Germany. His parents, Bertha Baetz, a white German nurse, and Al-Haj Massaquoi, a black Liberian law student, had him in Hamburg, Germany, in 1926 (Massaquoi, 1999). Momolu Massaquoi, the Liberian consul-general to ... Read More

Pages: 3       Words: 557

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Resistance and Violence of Enslaved Person in the Narrative of Frederick Douglass by Himself

I deem it necessary for this analysis to focus on the Narrative of Frederick Douglass by Himself, which heightens the matter of violence committed against enslaved Americans. The Narrative of Frederick Douglass by Himself is written in the first person, authenticating that Douglass was the author. Douglass’s volumes aid in determining how violence affected enslaved people and how ... Read More

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Contradiction Between Religious and Scientific Worldview

There is a significant controversy between the religious and scientific worldviews. Both approaches seek to define how various phenomena occur. In all incidences, religion takes the subjective approach, whereas the scientific approach takes the objective approach. Meanwhile, both scientific and religious worldviews have a great following. Although the religious approach to describing the world has ... Read More

Pages: 3       Words: 602

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Photographing Objects As Queer Archival Practice

“Photographing Objects as Queer Archival Practice” is an article written by Ann Cvetkovich which compels an argument for the use of photography as a queer archival practice. She suggests that photography can be used in the creation of alternative archives that are in a position to resist dominant narratives and contribute to a broader understanding ... Read More

Pages: 3       Words: 631

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Petey by Ben Michelson

Petey novel by Ben Michelson, is a touching story of Petey, who was taken to an insane asylum of the state by his parents, Roy Coburn and Sara, at the age of 2 years. One doctor advised Petey’s parents that their son had an intellectual disability, and some even labelled him an “idiot” without knowing he ... Read More

Pages: 3       Words: 713

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Using Irony to Convey Warnings in “The Lottery”

Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is a short story about a small village that gathers annually to perform a lottery tradition. The lottery appears to be a benign tradition, with the villagers looking forward to it and children excitedly collecting stones to be used in the lottery. The villagers uphold the lottery tradition without questioning the ... Read More

Pages: 4       Words: 977

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The Yellow Wallpaper

Introduction Many people and groups have campaigned for gender equality and justice. Several social standards and preconceptions throughout history have limited women. In “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, women question and transgress gender roles to better or change social standards that have held them behind. “The Yellow Wallpaper” is about a patriarchal society ... Read More

Pages: 3       Words: 787

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The Concept of Orientalism

Academic research and development have led to the development of both the contemporary and renaissance concepts and lexicon, which can be used to describe life situations or explain other nested concepts or situations. The academic discipline has churned a lot of important concepts that are highly applicable in everyday human life. One of these concepts ... Read More

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