http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/414/derek-d-miller Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:58:21 -0400 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:58:21 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/517/representing-history-in-art-spiegelmans-maus-ii By Derek D. Miller - When representing an idea, it is important to realize that a representation is much different from the original idea and can never fully grasp its complexities. It is also important to remember that it is impossible to not represent the concept one is portraying. To portray something is to represent it. The trouble in conveying a historical event is that, as an author, one has the obligation of showing the reader that the author’s representation is just that, a representation and not the original concept or the entirety of the event; nor told with absolute accuracy. Therefore, it is impossible... Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:39 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/517/representing-history-in-art-spiegelmans-maus-ii http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/512/postmodernism-in-vonneguts-cats-cradle By Derek D. Miller - “No damn cat, and no damn cradle.” (Vonnegut 66). This quote encompasses the satiric postmodern themes of absolute truth in Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle. There are several significantly strong postmodern concepts Vonnegut brings into view in this novel. First is the idea of truth, which he satirizes though the religion Bokononism. Second, is the idea of progress and how society views that progress only betters mankind, and brings it good fortune. The third concept is the concept of absolute knowledge and the idea of attaining it through science and experimentation, which relates... Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:58 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/512/postmodernism-in-vonneguts-cats-cradle http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/509/brave-new-world-and-the-threat-of-technological-growth By Derek D. Miller - The world in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World has one goal: technological progress. The morals and aspirations of the society are not those of our society today - such as family, love, and success - but instead are focused around industry, economy, and technologic growth and improvement. The citizens are not concerned with themselves as individuals; they have been conditioned to see the world as a collective and technologically oriented. This society is one which Neil Postman, the author of Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology, would consider a ‘Technopoly.’ But... Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:21 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/509/brave-new-world-and-the-threat-of-technological-growth