Green.
It is the colour of life, rebellious against death grey’s destruction of pure industrialization
—the flora that embraces the giggling children scurrying around in the adventure-filled park under the bed of blue skies.
It is the army that protests against the vicious sullying of diamond-clear water
—the voice that challenges those who slaughter the throats of air-giving trees, […]

In “There Is No Unmarked Woman” Deborah Tannen argues that society had made female the “marked” sex. Whether it be of clothing style, the way a name is written (marital status), or make-up, no matter which way one is carried out, the action tells a story to the audience—the world. For example, if a woman […]

In “The Feminine Mind”, Mencken breaks down the makings of a man, and describes how not-so-great the strong, superior, heroic, intelligent male really is. A woman’s intuition, according to Mencken, allows for an “accurate perception of reality.” Women feel compelled to be with men because they are pathetic as a child—a baby. The former sex […]

The general argument made by H.L. Mencken in her work, “The Feminine Mind” is that men in and of themselves are pathetic beings. More specifically, Mencken argues that people parade around in an ever-going charade that exults men despite the fact that women hold great power in the mere possession of their intuition. She writes, […]

1.    The prince complains that his sister exaggerates. He tells the princess that she claims that situations are worse than they really are. Surely that people suffer, but never as much as she makes them out to be.
2.    Everybody suffers, whether they are a mere smith or a king. People complain so loudly about a […]

Why I Want a Wife
1.    My first reaction to the article was that of amusement. I mean I thought, “Hm, a female writing about why she wants a wife? Interesting.” Though that was what I thought initially, at the end I of course saw the point. I didn’t necessarily agree with everything she said, but […]

Crito: Quick! Come away! Come away from the angry crowd championing the rights of animals. They are an angry mob to say the least.
Soc.: On what basis do you believe that animals are not equal to us humans? Is it on the basis of intelligence?
Crito: Aye, it is.
Soc. Do you not believe that we, as […]

1.)    Explain the first sentence. A happy life, in many respects, is a good life.
2.)    Explain what Russell means by “In fact the whole antithesis between self and the rest of the world, which is implied in the doctrine of self-denial, disappears as soon as we have any genuine interest in persons or things outside […]

When it came to the analysis of Thomas Brown’s Graff template of Singer’s “Animal Rights”, our paragraphs matched in the analysis of the author’s concepts. When it came to the point-of-view paragraph, however, Thomas’s different from opinion from mine. He believed that indeed, animals are being treated too cruelly (such as the monkey being boiled […]

The general argument made by Peter Singer in his work “Animal Liberation” is that animals should be treated more humanely. More specifically, Singer argues that today as a society people are guilty of practicing the form of discrimination known as speciesism. He writes, “If there is no moral justification for ignoring suffering when it occurs, […]