Essays on American Spirit

General Introduction to the church

History of the Church is seen to encounter many challenges. The early church had its roots on cemented on strict and stringently followed biblical beliefs. With time, evolution and civilization began to encroach the church values and systems. The church initially, did not believe in earthly riches, entertainment, politics, and honor. The acceptance of such in the church consequently brew divides in the church, and people started accepting and interpreting the Bible in different ways. Hence, congregation members began to cocoon in line and cohorts of what they believed was right. As declared by Jesus, “no one can serve ...

Every American will forever feel the impact of the September 11, 2001 attacks. It is a hallow feeling that still resides in the hearts of us all. In the brief moments it took to execute the attacks, our lives changed forever; we realized our country was not impervious to outsiders, nor were we impervious to pain. It was a day that shook us to our core so deeply that we still hear echoes of the screams in the streets. The tragedy was insurmountable; in a matter of hours all of our lives changed forever. Though nothing will ever be the same, we ...

The novel At Fault, published in 1890, brought its author, Kate Chopin, a great deal of attention and appreciation from critics, especially for the impressive realism with which she built her characters. Some were extremely powerful and bold, too bold for that time, like the protagonist, and others were very straightforward, uniquely American, like the half-black half-Native American, half-black Joçint. The mythical and historical association of Native Americans to nature is livelier than ever in Chopin's character, who has no desire of following the path set for him by his father and is drawn to the woods. He ...

W.E.B DuBois, the souls of the black voice

Introduction

W.E.B DuBois was a black racial activist against racial discrimination and brought all that in light in the books ‘souls of the black voice’. He critically looks at the problems of being black while living among the veil. The book was chronologically written at a time when racial discrimination was rampant and very obviously so. It was also a time when black men gained access to education and sought to become empowered.

He presents the struggles of black men in America who are torn apart from the usual activities of the world around them ...

SUMMARY OF NEIL POSTMAN’S AMUSING OURSELVES TO DEATH

ABSTRACT In Neil Postman’s book ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’, there has been a comparative analysis of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Author Postman has focused on proving that it is the Brave New World which surpasses Nineteen Eighty Four in terms of more realistic prediction of how human civilization shall end up being ruined by things as well as technologies we love. This short essay aims at summarizing the two chapters of this book, namely ‘The Medium is Metaphor’ and ‘Media as Epistemology’.

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Introduction Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves ...