Megan BurbageHow does The Hunger Games Criticise American Society?Released in 2008, The Hunger Games novel and Hollywood adaptation are criticisms of modern American society. But what exactly does it…Apr 1, 20183Apr 1, 20183
Megan BurbageWhat Probably Happened to James after ‘The End of the Fucking World’Warning: This article contains spoilers.Mar 18, 2018Mar 18, 2018
Megan BurbageWhat is Hitchcock’s The Birds really about?To many filmgoers, Hitchcock’s The Birds is a wholesome and simple adaptation of a du Maurier novellette. However, no art form is produced…Sep 25, 20179Sep 25, 20179
Megan BurbagePunishment and the Self in The Truman Show, The Scarlet Letter and The Shawshank RedemptionIn psychoanalysis, fiction is perceived as an expression of the imagination and, therefore, of the subconscious. Cinema, particularly, has…Sep 25, 20171Sep 25, 20171
Megan BurbageDo American War Poems Support or Subvert the War Effort?Artistic forms such as poetry and songs can often provide illuminating insights into both the civilian and military perception of their…Sep 25, 2017Sep 25, 2017
Megan BurbageTranscendentalism vs 19th CenturyThe nineteenth century saw one of the fastest economic and industrial advancements in the history of the world. In 1800, the US population…Sep 25, 2017Sep 25, 2017
Megan BurbageWhy Volunteer?Open any tabloid and you’d be forgiven for thinking that, by 2034, everyone under the age of 24 will descend into jobless misery — an…Sep 22, 2017Sep 22, 2017
Megan BurbageAmericanisation in JasmineSociologist Ramanju Ganguly proposed that the term globalisation is derived from ‘global’, meaning “quantification of all spheres of life…Sep 14, 2017Sep 14, 2017
Megan BurbageDystopia and Changing SocietyDystopia, represented by the political and philosophy outlooks of the texts, differs and evolves across the century, alongside the various…Sep 14, 2017Sep 14, 2017