The play, by J.B Priestley, was set in 1912 because the author wanted to give an audience a better understanding of the contrast in social class and hierarchy, which was split into Upper, Middle and working class, compared to what they had in 1945, when the play was written. Additionally, by setting it during The Edwardian era, the assemblage is able to observe the domineering Capitalistic views which is the heart of Arthur Birling’s philosophy.…
Would Huckleberry Finn fit in on Kwajalein? No. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Huck is taken in by the Widow Douglas, and she tries to teach him good manners and to “civilize” him. Huck rebels against this and disobeys her at first but then he doesn’t mind it. Huck’s father, an abusive drunk, returns and takes Huck away from the Widow. His father beats him and locks him in their cabin and Huck decides that he is going to run away. Huck leaves on the river and finds Jim, a runaway slave and they continue on a journey together. They float down the river and meet some good people and some not so good people and get into a lot of predicaments that show their morals and their personalities. Huck is very rebellious in nature and does not like to follow rules; he is also worldly and always surrounded by crime. I believe that Huck would not fit in on Kwaj because most “Kwaj-Kids” are well behaved and sheltered, which Huck is not.…
When Christopher Columbus and his soldiers came ashore, carrying swords, the Arawaks were the tribes that run out to their village to meet them, where they were very excited, but at the same time surprised to see these strangers on their land. As Christopher Columbus and the voyagers did not come to the island with good intentions. The Arawaks were naive peoples who like to share and believe in generosity. So, they exchanged everything they had only because they were impressed with the brightens of the glass and hanks.…
Other than dealing with the elitist society, the story also displays many features of modern literature. The main character’s obsession for material items and desire to gain wealth was another aspect of the story that made it very modernist. At a young age, he thought he was too young to work as a caddy and strived to obtain greater wealth. This was one of the main qualities of characters in the Modernism time.…
Nathaniel Hawthorne challenges love’s true power in his novel The Scarlet Letter, a tale of adultery, sin, repentance, and emotion. Living in a Puritan colony in the 1630s, Hester Prynne had been separated from her husband on their journey from Europe to America. During the 3 years of separation, Hester had an affair with a secret lover, and a child was born. The colony realized what she had done and immediately convicted her of adultery and punished her by requiring her to wear an embroidered A on her clothes. Ironically, one of her punishers was Arthur Dimmesdale, with whom she had the affair. Hester had to face the community’s judgement every day and she developed a demeanor to help her get through. However, her new attitude eventually affects her true personality both positively and negatively.…
In addition to this Priestley gives the impression that Mr Birling is a man who doesn’t really like socialists as he speaks negatively about ‘Bernard Shaw and H.G. Wells’ and thinks of them as ‘cranks’ implying that Mr Birling is a capitalist. Also Mr Birling seems to be a rather sycophantic character as he seems to be creeping up to Gerald, the audience might get this impression as when he speaks to Gerald he always seems to be dropping hints about how ‘there’s a…
“With the increasing value of the world of things proceeds in direct proportion the devaluation of the world of men. Labour produces not only commodities; it produces itself and the worker as a commodity” (p. 32). He shrinks in comparison to the world of objects that he created but belong to capitalism.…
Karl Marx: the German philosopher with his works the communist manifesto and capital, provide a bitter critique of capitalism.…
6. The film elaborates and mocks ideological justifications for capitalism. What were some of the claims for why capitalism is so good? What problems do you see with those claims?…
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, selfishness is an noun meaning “ arising from concern with one's own welfare or advantage in disregard of others” (Merriam-Webster). By this definition, all tyrants are selfish because they rule with their own personal gain in mind and have no interest in their people. This is seen in both in the story Animal Farm by George Orwell and in North Korea. The citizens of each institution live in terror underneath their tyrants: the pig Napoleon in Animal Farm and Kim Jong Un in North Korea. As a result of this selfishness and fear, tyranny is a terrible thing for all people. Because it makes people worry not only about both their own physical condition and starvation but also…
Accordingly, it’s the primary goal of this brief article to differentiate the concepts of self-interest and selfishness: to praise the concept of self-interest as the catalyst of moral action, therefore worthy of admiration; and thus to admonish selfishness as the instigator which often leads to immorality and inconsiderate hedonism. Consequently, containing these two sentiments from one another in order to redeem the term self-interest and to specify its appropriateness becomes an intellectual…
In contrast, Karl Marxl reasoned that workers would be broken by any capitalist, or factory owners, because he believed that a capitalist system provides an advantage for the rich and a disadvantage for the poor. The rich would get richer and the poor would get poorer. Furthermore, the “capitalist” is always in a better position to negotiate a low wage for his workers, he argued. One of his notable and more arguable theories claims that the value of a good or service is directly connected to the amount of labor required for its production. Interestingly, Karl Marx also had his own drastic, political ideas that were far away from those of Adam Smith’s.…
Certain men just don’t get started till later in life. Like Thomas Edison; I think. Or B. F. Goodrich. One of them was deaf. I’ll put my money on Biff” (Miller 18). Thomas Edison was a lucrative businessman and inventor. In fact, some people consider Thomas Edison to be one of the greatest investors of America. He was born on February 11, 1847, but did not become the successful inventor of the light bulb until October 21, 1879. Furthermore, BFGoodrich had his fair share of success of in the business world and was known for being an industrialist in the rubber industry. He success reached beyond boundaries and he went on to discover his own company, the B.F. Goodrich Company, an aerospace manufacturing company. This company is still around today, but most people recognize it as the Goodrich Corporation. Biff is around the same age as these men were when they attained their success. Willy becomes so infatuated at an early point in the play with his delusional version of the American Dream that he compares his son with arguably the two of the greatest businessmen the country has ever seen. From this point in the play, Willy’s relationship with Biff gets more strained until it reaches the breaking point and results in more arguments between the family. Willy’s corruption is to blame for these arguments as well as Biff’s initial…
successful person from a non working class. His insights provide information that factory workers are…
2. The basic themes of this piece aimed to show the damage that free market and the revolutionizing of production by the owning class has done to society. He expresses the buildup of the Proletariat, urging them to stick together to later overthrow the Bourgeoisie. He later goes on to clarify some common misconceptions such as determining socialism from communism, “petty communism,” and the…