Essays on American Culture

When kids receive their first football it is a memory they never forget. The memories of passing the ball and learning to throw the perfect spiral for the first time stick with many people forever. While football as a sport is iconic, the ball itself...

Anime started off rough, unlucrative due to the costly and inefficient way they made it, however the Japanese government helped fund and build the industry from the ground up through propaganda during World War II, and after the war, America also opened up many doors...

Arguably, music is basically a combination of sounds, vibrations, and tones which have been linked together to come up with rhythm which contains within it a mixture of energies. In this regard, we can clearly see that music is more than just a combination of...

The global reception of Japanese cultural exports has reached a new demand in the modern era of production and consumption. In the case of Japanese animation, or better refer to as “anime,” has found its way to the U. S. since 1960’s and has become...

Anime has been a part of American pop culture, since the 90s Anime has had an effect on American society. Some popular Anime that are well known in American pop culture are Dragon Ball and Pokemon alongside many more. Anime has influenced many aspects of...

In Anglo-Saxon times a hero can more often than not be described as a loyal warrior willing to sacrifice his life for his kingdom. Since Anglo-Saxons lived in tight communities of various sizes, they often had to battle warriors from other communities. Strength and willingness...

“And the most terrifying question of all may be just how much horror the human mind can stand and still maintain a wakeful, staring, unrelenting sanity” (Stephen King). The late twentieth century was a time of racism and bigotry as the civil rights movement was...