Racial discrimination represents an issue which damages the foundation of any civilized society – it turns people against each other and has no basis except ignorance and thirst for power. Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man” approaches this problem...

The giving of names is an attribute unique to humans. Eager soon-to-be parents ponder the dilemma of “which name will suit our unborn baby the best” even before they find out the gender of the fetus. Often, these names are chosen based on what...

America’s inability to conceptualize the possibility of sincere African American nationalism and loyalty towards the United States after WWI prompted a disillusioned community, who yearned for validation, to look towards radical politics as its...

Literature has often portrayed the motherly instincts of women in a positive yet complex light. In Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, the character of Mary shows an extreme act of motherhood when the narrator is offered a meal after becoming ill, and...

The dominant human sense is vision; an entire lobe of the brain, the occipital lobe, is dedicated to processing and interpreting visual information. Despite its importance, a loss of vision is not life-threatening due to the brain’s...

Throughout the course of history, people have struggled with the question of God. Where did He belong? How should people worship Him? Does God even exist? As time progressed, faith in God has faded and diversified. The questions surrounding Him...

Throughout the history of mankind, humanity has bared witness to a myriad of atrocious practices that have had an adverse effect on individuals despite the fact that they do not speak up against said practices. The Hunger Games perfectly captures...

In the short stories "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" and "A Party Down at the Square," authors Ursula LeGuin and Ralph Ellison depict desensitized scenes in which communities show an extreme lack of empathy to human beings receiving...