Articles Written By: dandb551

Berlant’s article titled “The Predator and the Jokester” explain the relationship between the two figures and how they both are able to wield power; a predator creates exploitable situations and is able to maintain control over them through the feeling that they “control the interactive space and that they’re unavoidable,”...Read more …

Hobbes’ piece is about comedy that hinges on the superiority theory, saying that we laugh at the misfortune of others and derive entertainment from feeling superior to other people. Kant proposes that “Laughter is an affect that arises if a tense expectation is transformed into nothing,” a statement which is...Read more …

Throughout the course of this quarter, I feel as if I have learned so much more about the relationship between race and feminism. Prior to this course I had what now seems like a very basic understanding of these topics, and now have begun to truly develop my competency with...Read more …

The pieces of travel writing by both Jonathan Franzen and Jenny Diski were different from all of the other works that we’ve read so far this semester. Whereas other pieces seemed like they were more focused on the traveling aspect, these pieces are more focused on the personal and emotional...Read more …

Traveling, the short story by Grace Paley, is about a time when Paley’s mother and sister rode the bus during the 20s and refused to move up from the back of the bus, despite the fact that “‘It’s for them’–waving over his shoulder at the Negroes, among whom they were...Read more …