Menagerie Social Commentary When Tennessee Williams wrote his The Glass Menagerie‚ he intended for it to correlate directly to the everyday lives of the people around him in his time. He was very successful in this aspect. The main aspect of life that Williams intended to apply to his play was the struggle of African-Americans in their everyday life. The characters’ struggles in this play reflect some of the conflicts that black people faced every day in their lives. The social commentary made in
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Why can ’t we be friends? Do the numbers 3828 (US Fatalities by Month) and 47378 (R. Smith) mean anything to you? How about $502 billion and $536 billion (in today ’s dollar) (Wolf)? They should‚ these are the number of U.S deaths and the costs of the war in Iraq and the Vietnam War. "Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die!" was once said by Herbert Hoover (Simoni). War though some people may not like to admit it‚ has shaped the United States into what we are today. War
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Furthermore‚ Nick Serpe’s article did not only show social commentary on class‚ the article also argues that TV shows explores bias towards gender in game shows. Serpe mentions‚ “Beauty pageant that collided with a high-stakes Dating Game: women were paraded on stage for a rich man‚ seen only in silhouette‚” (Serpe 269). When Serpe describes this‚ it illustrates that men sees women as lottery to choose from. This kind of show changes the way in which some of these women think‚ due to the fact that
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HIV became known in 1983‚ it was then that scientist and the government became interested in knowing where this epidemic originated from and how. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a lot like other viruses‚ including those that cause the common cold‚ but it is important to know that over time‚ your immune system will become weak as the severity of HIV increases. What HIV does is attack your T cells‚ which help your body fight infections‚ it them takes over them to make its own. A person will only
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Social Comments Sitcoms tend to be funny because the characters drown in their own stupidity‚ yet beneath the surface one might discover more than which meets the naked eye. Using humour to examine social comments is an effective technique used by sitcoms. In every sitcom‚ social comments are expressed through the types of humour they use. This can be seen by observing the social issues the episode “Lisa the Tree Hugger” is exposing‚ clarifying the type of humour used to uncover the social comment
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individuals helps those who are not as successful work harder. Ender’s Game conveys the social commentary that singling out successful individuals will encourage others to work harder with the use of imagery. For example‚ when their first battle room practice is over‚ Ender thinks to himself “[w]hy had he gone for the smallest‚ weakest‚ and possibly the brightest of the boys?” (167). Card expresses this social commentary by explaining how Ender chose to praise only Bean. When Ender only praises Bean‚ the
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Matthew Choma English 101 Prof. J. Douglas 4/9/11 Breakfast of Champions: Science Fiction as Social Commentary Vonnegut’s symbolic and satirical representation of humans as robots in his novel: Breakfast of Champions is representative of the authors interpretation of world events and conflicting nature of human beings. The renowned author often hits on significant and worrisome themes such as destruction of the planet and overpopulation. His unique and unparallel style includes outrageous
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Salem witch trials in his famous play‚ The Crucible‚ in the early 1950’s. The Salem witch trials took place in the late 1600’s in the Province of Massachusetts Bay‚ about 260 years prior to when he wrote it. Arthur Miller uses his play to make social commentary about the events that were occurring in the era in which he lived in. In the late 1940’s and early 1950’s‚ the hysteria over the sense of communism became known as the Red Scare as the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the U.S. escalated
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PUP COLLEGE ENTRANCE TEST ePERMIT FORM 1-B (Revised) September 10‚ 2012 PUP iApply STA. MESA‚ MANILA CAMPUS NAME: AZARES‚ ARLENE ALVEREZ Family Name First Name F Middle Name Gender High School: HOLY SPIRIT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL High School Address: STO IRENEO ST DONA EXT.BARANGAY HOLY SPIRIT 2ND Date of Examination: 02/17/2013 Time: 11:00 AM Room No.: W409 Seat No.: Signature of Test Administrator: 21 Examinee No.: 026296 THIS
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Children Raising Children. When thinking about today’s generation‚ all that comes to mind is teen pregnancy. In almost every high school‚ in every state‚ there is at least one teen that is or has been pregnant. In 2006‚ a study was given to sum up the average number of pregnant teens in the US. Nevada and Arizona have the most‚ averaging at about 230‚000 pregnant teens. Many years ago‚ youths were ashamed if they ended up pregnant‚ and most of the time changed schools to prevent the
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