Frank Norris, through the work of his novel McTeague, changed America in several ways. Norris was born in Chicago in 1870, during a naturalistic time period (The Literature Network). This novel was written with many themes that define naturalism, such as greed and lust. Social Darwinism, which can be defined as “survival of the fittest” … Read more
Who do you think of when a person says “evolution”? Charles Darwin probably came into your mind first, didn’t he? Surprisingly, Darwin is not the only evolutionary theorist, as there are two others with similarly different ideas. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Alfred Russel Wallace, and Charles Darwin all investigated this field of science. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was the … Read more
The Resistance is Dead and So Are You When the environment dramatically changes, humans are left with a false choice: accept or resist; only one of those options, acceptance, leads to survival. People often like to think that, in any given situation, there is a choice. However, when one of the options is suffering and … Read more
The evolution and primary function of zebra stripes According to ontological evidence, zebras’ background coloration is black. The white stripping appears at a later developmental phase. The development of zebra stripping can thus be viewed as an evolutionary response (Egri et al. , 2011). Any discussion regarding the evolutionary purpose of zebra stripes is inevitably … Read more
