Alter-globalization

As Stiglitz (2002: 79-80) has highlighted, the social costs and poverty conditions of many developing countries increased with neoliberal policies and practices. The social discontent has been manifested in the spread of anti-globalization movements since late 1990s, such as the World Social Forum, the Indignados and Occupy movements, or more recently the anti-TTP movilizations. As a common factor, all these movements converge in its criticism to transnational corporations and the negative social and environmental consequences of their economic…

Most people have probably been told that they look exactly like someone else. However, there are over 7.4 billion people in the world, so there is an extremely small chance that someone looks exactly like you. The German term for “double goer,” a doppelganger is someone who looks exactly like you, and they don’t always have a positive influence on their counterpart. Though the topic of doppelgangers has been debated for many years, people haven’t exactly found out the chances of finding your…

past of many events, still unknown to us, but along with that, he is wise beyond years. “You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ‘em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change.” (Page 101, Lee) His physiological understanding of the world he lives in, has made him into a role model among the town, which in return, has been given much respect as a natural born leader, leaving him ‘powerful’. Arthur Radley, arguably…

Alaskan Neverland Peter Pan, the high flying fairy tale character, and Chris McCandless, the subject of Jon Krakauer’s book Into the Wild, seem completely different. However, the two protagonists are very similar in many ways. Chris and Peter may seem like conflicting characters yet they share many similarities such as, both have an alter ego, both experience issues with family and both embrace the idea of ultimate freedom. These traits reveal that one cannot attempt to stay young forever.…

From the beginning of her short story, “Seventeen Syllables,” Hisaye Yamamoto establishes the split personality of Rosie’s mother, Tome Hayashi. Having recently taken an interest in haiku, Mrs. Hayashi, under the pseudonym Ume Hanazono, increasingly spends her time writing and perfecting her own haiku. Mrs. Hayashi’s subsequent inconsistency as a person does have consequences, changing the dynamics of the Hayashi’s family life. Yamamoto effectively renders Mrs. Hayashi split into two separate…

1. John makes a scene while leaving the hospital because he sees how every one of the people crawls all over soma and loves it so. He hates this soma because 1) it is killing his mother, and 2) it is a disgusting kind of thing to rely on. He wants them to realize their insanity and come to grips with real life, and how life should be, without drugs. 2. Mustapha Mond is similar to Don John in that they both have power which feeds their ego. They both have the mindset that everything is in their…

I struggle academically in the start of high school mainly because I made the decision to hang out with a clique of people that diverted my focus in school and ultimately led me to creating an alter ego. I came into high school as a recent valedictorian graduate and suddenly I was doing poorly in school. Deeply inside I truly cared about my studies; however, I had to depict an image as if I trifle school in order to fit in the group. My home school and my community are located in a infamous…

engulfed the free-spirited, rebellious nature. Fight Club was instigated by Tyler Durden as a way to vent the frustrations and anger. This representation of the development of the disorder is fabricated. Although it shows that society nature of consumerism had a physiological effect on people, such a change is unreal. As the article states “The personality state [is] created to defend the self against abuse and injury” (Gillig 2009), which may have been caused during childhood. Therefore it is…

watching Shirley Temple with her Suyuan, Jing-mei begins to dream up a wondrous vision of her future self. “I picture this prodigy part of me as many different images... I was a dainty ballerina …I was Cinderella stepping from her pumpkin carriage with sparkly cartoon music filling the air. In all of my imaginings I was filled with a sense that I would soon become perfect” (Tan 1). Her description is filled with sentimental diction which reflects her naïve excitement and whimsical hopes in…

Sam wanted more drugs, more fame, more money. This shows how no matter how people seem, they can always be living a double life which can turn out for either the best, or for the worst. To conclude, through the ironic and satirical style of writing, Oscar Wilde continuously makes fun of the upper-class lifestyle. The views on marriage are displayed constantly through the play. Jack and Algernon are seen to be always debating on whether proposal is a matter of ‘business’ or ‘pleasure’, or if the…