Books VS. Movies: Is Consistency Key?

Book to movie adaptations are typically expected to follow the book plot fairly closely, keeping the characters, story line, and title. In our Humanities Core class we have been learning about the wonders of magical realism and its use in the book Women without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur. According to Merriam Webster dictionary magic realism …

The Land of Opportunity

What makes the United States a place people from all corners of the world dream of? Opportunity, freedom of speech, religion, assembly, the list goes on. The “American Dream” as people call it, is a chance for people immigrating to the U.S. to achieve better living than they could in their home countries. Immigration has …

Will we ever Get Out?

Throughout the history of empire, the idea of race has played a critical role in separating people into groups. How man categorizes people into groups, whether it be based on skin color or cultural background, is a natural tendency. In our Humanities core lectures, we have been discussing the topics of race and race craft. …

#MarchForOurLives

Since the beginning of empires, there has always been people who have gathered to resist their powers. In our humanities lectures we have been discussing how Gandhi and Savarkar were powerful figures in political resistance to the British empire and the ideas of colonization. Though both of them supported different paths of resistance, they both …

Caliban vs. Black Panther

Think of the actors you typically see in any movies. Action movies or superhero movies. I think of white male lead roles, Captain America, Thor, Spiderman, Iron Man, the list goes on. However, it is nice to finally see some change in the media. A film adaptation of the beloved superhero, the Black Panther. A …

To Join the Dark Side

It seems to be appealing to many people to join forces with people who seems like-minded. However, it doesn’t always work out to be beneficial for both parties. Sometimes, it doesn’t matter how positively they present their side, the consequences that come with it outweigh the good. In our humanities core lectures we have been …

Disney: The Empire

Empires seek to grow. Whether it be expansion of land or of their knowledge, empires want to accumulate power. In our humanities course, we have learned about several empires that have come to power by taking over surrounding lands, and traveling to conquer others. Empires such as the Roman empire, which acquired mass amounts of …

Should We Be Enlightened?

What would the world be like without arts, knowledge, ruins? These topics and ideas that stem from them are what make up our modern society. Everyone has different views on different subjects and that is what makes out civilization so diverse. Especially living in the 21st century, with so many ways to make your ideas …

Women: Then vs. Now

It took thousands of years for women to be considered even remotely equal to men. The United States didn’t approve women’s right to vote until the 1920’s with the nineteenth amendment. Throughout history it seems women are thought to be less than men—that men are superior. In our humanities course we have been reading the …

“Kneel” against the Empire

The first amendment in the Bill of Rights states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” This …