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Against Prognostication by Jeffery ThomsonJust like the American inspirational speaker and life coach, Iyanla Vanzant says, "Parents are teachers, guides, leaders, protectors and providers for their children". This affirmation is way more intricate than what it seems like. All the difficulties a parent can have are portrayed in the poem "Against Prognostication," by Jeffery Thomson, who depicts a father who is against prognosticating his son's future. One question that immediately arises is why is the speaker so determined to oppose prognostication? Though, after reading the first stanza, one can perceive he is in an inner struggle with his emotions when he emphasizes that he has "not yet" prognosticated his son's future. From this very small section it is possible to deduce that he is currently dwelling in uncertainty, he does not know if the solely action of thinking of his son's future is right or wrong. He fears to become a controlling parent, but even more, he fears to fail as a guide and as |
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Colonial Material Culture DevelopmentThere were three colonial regions of the Colonial America. They were called New England, the Middle Colonies and the Southern colonies. These colonies were quite distinctive from each other. This essay will also focus on how they differentiate from the Modern World. The colonies of America material culture consisted of food, clothes and their shelter. For their food it will be what they ate, how they cooked it and how they ate the food. Their clothes is what colors they wore, the quality of the clothes and the reasons for wearing certain clothes. For their shelter is what it was made of, what sort of style and what their shelter represented. Each of these materials of the colonies cultures will be related to Modern America such as if it still has some sort of effect and is relevant. The region of New England has very simple food and the way they prepare their food is done quite simple as well. Their food consists of boiled meats and bread. The cooking methods were quite plain. The New |
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The Benefits of SwimmingAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death for children ages 1 to 14 years, and the fifth leading cause for people of all ages. Swimming is great because if you know how to do it you can it can save someone's or your own life. That is its biggest advantage. It also has other benefits, more physical than life saving, but pretty awesome otherwise. Swimming is a full body workout. When swimming, you are using your arms, legs, and your core. Your arms and legs are used to propel you forward or backward while your engaged core, which includes your abs, back, and booty, keeps you straight which will in turn keep you afloat. Swimming is good for your heart, its and aerobic sport so it gets your heart pumping and ge |
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Global Warming and Natural DisastersGlobal warming is a conqueror we must not kneel to but rise to. Global warming has increased since the 20th century due to industrial revolution. It leads to catastrophic events like climatic changes, warmer temperatures, and rising sea levels. The carbon dioxide level in the climate today is greater than at any point in the most recent 800,000 years (Kunzig 2013). These are only signs of the worst to come in the future. Humans have not been making any changes to their lifestyles, political systems have been handicapped in the face of this issue, and the impact of global warming has been increasing year after year. The world needs to address global warming more seriously because of drastic temperature changes, rising sea levels, and more frequent and severe natural disasters like floods. The inhabitants of Earth have been selfish, and have been burning fossil fuels for their own needs without thinking about our planet or the future generations. These activities have substantially incr |
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Congress as a Force Against InjusticeAs we all know, the United States is a mixing bowl for different races, cultures and ethnicities. For decades Immigration has been an issue that has not been properly appointed. Unless the American people demand and push Congress to action, they will continue to set aside the possibilities of new Immigration reforms and policies, despite having the power to make a change. With millions of undocumented immigrants living in the United States, they live in constant fear of deportation. Immigrants are unable to receive benefits or pensions given to citizens and permanent residents. Much less able find jobs or be hired. The issue of immigration is something we've dealt with for decades, being that it affects all parts of the country not just one state. Injustice is occurring in the Southwestern border, where an excess amount of local law enforcement is being used against those crossing the border as well racially biased crime sweeps. Nationally, undocumented latinos are looked down upon by some, just because they are unable to have higher paying jobs than the rest leading to the lack of financial stability. Those who cross the border leave their country in hopes of b |
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Impact of the Wright FlyerPrior to the year 1903, the turn of the century had brought about an astounding new invention, Henry Ford's Model T. Although more convenient than its predecessor, the steam engine locomotive, or train, it was considerably less reliable in terms of cross-country travel. However, it was not until the last decade of the second industrial revolution that the train would soon become outdated. After several failed attempts at constructing an aerial mode of transportation, Orville and Wilbur Wright successfully flew their Wright Flyer in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. December 17, 1903 was a turning point not only in the way of transportation in the years to come, it immediately resounded with success in areas of flight schools and contracts with the military. Within a few years of the first successful test flight, the Wright brothers began a flight school at Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio; there they trained and produced 119 certified pilots within six years of the start of the program. It was not long after that the Wright brothers' pioneering in the field of aviation attracted the attention of the military. Inevitably military contracts ensued and the Wright brothe |
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Foreshadowing in Romeo and Juliet"Doubt thou the stars are fire. Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt the truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love" (Shakespeare quotes hamlet). Romeo and Juliet were born and destined to fall in love and then die.Their families ensiled this fate through the feud they withheld with one another. This story ends in a tragedy, unlike many others with makes it distinguishable and why it is also so well known, this isn't a love story, but a story of violence and tragedy.Shakespeare uses foreshadowing to portray Romeo and Juliet's fate which helps the reader understand the plot points that are to appear. They were not able to escape their destiny, but by using foreshadowing shakespeare helped us understand why. In the lines "I fear, too early: for my mind misgives some consequence yet hanging in the stars shall fearfully begin his fearful date with this night's revels and expire the term of a despised life closed in my breath by some |
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Decriminalization of Cannabis in VirginiaCannabis is the legal term for what most of the general public refers to as marijuana or weed. Everyone has their own position of marijuana and some understanding of what it is or what it does. What many fail to understand is the legal burden the simple drug can have on a state and its taxpayers. Today in the United States, 17 states and the District of Columbia have decriminalized cannabis ("States That", 2015). Those states realized the problem and did what they had to do to put an end to the mess cannabis caused in their state. The state of Virginia has yet to come to this realization and make a change. Every year cannabis accounts for tens of thousands of arrests. Not only do those arrests affect the person arrested, but all the citizens of the state. Because of that, everyone who resides in the state of Virginia is a stakeholder in this argument. This problem has to do the fact the people are uneducated about these matters and don't know they can speak up to the governme |
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Intellectual Property Infringement of 3D Printing AnalysisWhen Clayton Christensen, professor at Harvard University, coined the phrase "disruptive technology", he was speaking of a process by which a product or service takes root in the bottom of a market and slowly rises, displacing established competitors (Disruptive Innovation). Enter 3D printing, a technology with endless potential, both good and bad. So what exactly is 3D printing? Michael Weinberg, in his article, aptly titled "It Will Be Awesome If They Don't Screw It Up", simply states that a 3D printer is "a machine that can turn a blueprint into a physical object." This is intriguing for a number of reasons: there is no supply chain required, there is no need for a team of researchers and developers, and no pesky lawmaking bodies to navigate. Herein lie the problem and the focus of our paper: 3D printing could be an intellectual property nightmare. 3D printing, especially in regards to intellectual property law, poses a number of issues. It is importa |
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Derain's Turning Road and Benton's HaystackAfter visiting the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston for the first time, I observed many interesting works of art representing various time periods. Of all the paintings that I saw today, two landscaped pieces seemed to stick out in my mind; Andre Derain's The Turning Road and Thomas Hart Benton's Haystack. Though these two art works are similar in subject matter, they clearly reflect the different styles and time periods of their artists; the abstract Derain being a Fauvist and the more realistic painter Benton representing the American Scene style as a Regionalist. Andre Derain became an accomplice to the well known Henri Matisse who founded the expression of Fauvism in 1905. Fauve, meaning "wild beasts" in French, was a movement driven by "a desire to develop an art that had the directness of Impressionism but also had the intense color juxtapositions and their emotional capabilities (964)." The Fauves expressively used vivid colors as the "conveyer of meani |
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Saving Santa Clara Pueblo PermacultureFor centuries the Tewa Pueblo People of Santa Clara Pueblo have unknowingly been practicing permaculture out of necessity to provide food, water, and shelter for their families and the community at large. Within the past three generations there has been a dramatic loss of sustainable living amongst the Tewa people. We are forgetting what it means to be Tewa Indian from Santa Clara Pueblo. By forgetting and neglecting how we once were able to sustain our lives, we are unintentionally damaging our own bodies, community, and traditional culture. If we continue to sustain our lives through unsustainable ways our carbon footprint will be to deep to undo. We must began to make planes, and take action on how we can sustain ourselves more eco efficiently in order to preserve Santa Clara's traditional culture and the livelihood of the people. The Santa Clara people came from the Puye Cliff Dwellings around 1550, Puye is about 10 miles away the current pueblo. Santa Clara ancestors lived at Pu |
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Psychological Theories of DreamsDreams are subjective experiences during sleep, consisting of complex and organised images that she temporal progression (Farthing, 1992). For decades, dream investigators have tried to demystify the phenomenon of dreams and a number of theories have been established with no definitive unifying theory still. This essay aims to compare and contrast the functions and dreams of two contemporary theories of dreams: the threat simulation theory (TST) posited by Anitti Revonsuo (2001) and the information-processing theory (IPT) put forth by Rosalind Cartwright (2010). TST adopts the evolutionary perspective, namely the idea of natural selection, whereby in the context of a dangerous ancestral environment, organisms adopt characteristics that increased the probability of the species' survival. Hence, the TST of dreaming posits that dreaming, as an existing surviving trait, having been passed down, must serve some adaptive and useful function. TST argues that dreams simulate the dangers and |
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Social Policies and WelfareThe main issues addressed within this essay are; a brief history of when the concept deserving and undeserving poor first emerged, the deserving and underserving poor, informal carers and welfare provisions also evaluate three different issues which affect the delivery of social policies and practices which are; Rationing provisions via the eligibility criteria and the strengths and weaknesses of this. Multi agency working and the strengths and weakness, also will discuss the case of Victoria Climbie and Baby P. Lastly the personalisation agenda and the strengths and weakness of this and a conclusion. The 1942 report on Social Insurance and Allied Services, known commonly as the Beveridge Report was an influential document in the founding of the welfare state in the United Kingdom, Beveridge observed the lifestyles of the public and identified five "Giant Evils" in society: squalor, ignorance, want, idleness, and disease. In sight of this: public housing was introduced to combat squal |
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Jane Eyre and the Postmodern Era"If she were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness; but one really cannot care for such a little toad as that." (Bronte, 2010) This quote was directly taken from a novel by Charlotte Bronte entitled Jane Eyre. The terms 'Plain Jane' might be familiar and relevant to be related to the quotation before. As 'a plain Jane' can be related to a woman or a girl who is unattractive which also portrayed the main character of this novel, Jane Eyre. So, this paper will aim to discuss the important issues that have been portrayed by Charlotte Bronte. The next objective is to relate the important issues with the world nowadays. Lastly, to raise awareness about some of the situations that are closely related to the present age and to improve the people understanding of the issues that have been mentioned in the novel. Among the question that will be raised is "Are these issues still relevant in today's world?", "Is it important for everyone to kn |
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The Lottery - Literary Analysis"The Lottery," was published in the New York Yorker on June 29, 1948, by Shirley Jackson. It was the first short story that she wrote that received widespread attention by readers. "The Lottery," is a very twisted story. It's about a town where there is a tradition of a lottery, that decides which town member will be stoned to death that year. In the short story, "The Lottery," Jackson uses the black box, Old Man Warner, and Tessie Hutchinson as symbols to show that humans will blindly follow meaningless traditions. The black box is the box that the names are picked out of for the lottery, every time the lottery takes place. It represents the tradition of the lottery and the illogical sentimentality of the villager's loyalty to it. The black box was mentioned several times in the story, in detail, and people did not want to get a new box even though it was shabby and worn out. Towards the beginning of the story the reader is told, "Mr. Summers spo |
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Human Sexuality in Purple RainThe word sex has long been used to interpret several different ideas/notions/ meanings/concepts. Some of which can be seen as contradictory. The first being the act of two people coming together physically to engage in sexual intercourse. The second is a way of separating and labeling organisms into two separate groups; male and female. Although these are varying interpretations, it can be agreed upon by all that sex plays a major role in the media today. Shame directed by Steve McQueen follows Brandon, a 30 year old advertising executive living in New York City who struggles on a daily basis to deal with his hidden sex addiction. The film Purple Rain directed by Albert Magnoli highlights "The Kid (Prince)" and the struggle of an aspiring singer to make it in the misc industry. He quickly learns that it requires more than pure talent to make a name for him. Like the word sex these two films follow very different story lines, but after further examination "The Kid" |
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Behavior Analysis - First Lives ClubThe internet can cause a fusion of the online and the offline self. With certain weak or impressionable personalities, this effect can be more severe. In Margaret Atwood's, "First Lives Club," Marla's personality becomes so closely related with the online world, that she actually believes she is Mary Queen of Scots, and ends up killing her friend who turned out to be Elizabeth the first. What could have caused that tragic end? The concerns regarding the connection between onling and offline lives are challenging the notions of what constitutes a real experience. Marla was influenced by Sal, Cleopatra in her past life, to join the PLAYS site. At first she was skeptical about joining the site. However, when she saw Sal´s fiancé, Marc Antony, or Bob in the real life, she thought it would be a good idea to join in the game so she could date someone. Her pliable personality finally led her to g |
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Film and NovelBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie, the film and the novel both have a different ending. The novel ends with the seamstress leaving the village for the city, while the film ends with Ma becoming a violinist in France and Luo becoming a dentist in Shanghai. The whereabouts of the seamstress are unknown in both the novel and the film. The film's ending does not alter the readers' view of the seamstress because the boys do make it out of the village, thus the idea of the seamstress, "abandoning," them can be debunked. The seamstress is most probably successful in the future, just like Ma and Luo. In the end, the film shows the flooding of the town, which creates a greater significance for the townspeople, especially Ma, Luo, and the seamstress. Although Dai Sijie might have created more of a satisfying ending for the film, the novel is more detailed and provides better insight of the characters. The, "satisfying ending of the film," is not necessary because th |
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Transitioning from High School to CollegeFor young people switching from high school to college is a very important step in students' lives due to the enormous change they have to undergo in order to be successful at obtaining their degree. This essay will discuss the similarities and the differences between the academic material taught in both institutions, life for the student and other relevant factors that might affect the student either positively or negatively. The biggest difference between high school and university is that one is mandatory and the other one isn't. In most western countries there is some sort of minimum compulsory attendance to high school. In the United States it is mandatory to finish high school at an approximate age of sixteen. Going to college is totally optional but the majority of people choose to, around 63% of graduating high school students enroll in a university. However many students decide to get a degree even though they do not want to because they either think it is necessary or otherw |
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Fight Club and ConsumerismIn, "Fight Club," director David Fincher tells the story of a self-conscious insomniac who tries to find solace in IKEA catalogs and support groups, although he doesn't actually suffer from the prerequisite diseases. When these stop working for him, he creates his own support group with his, "friend" Tyler in the form of a club where men meet weekly to beat each other senseless. Although this movie is just as violent and action-packed as its title might suggest, "Fight Club," also serves as a critique of modern consumerism, suggesting that freedom from the constraints of a consumerist society can only be achieved by experiencing true emotion. When the audience is first introduced to the Narrator, he is a slave to consumerist society. This can be seen when he describes his apartment and the diegetic descriptions appear over every piece of furniture, (Prmaggiore and Wallis, Film). He admits that these items define who he is as a person, and he believes that with each new purc |
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Criminality and Law in GoodfellasIn this essay I will be considering how Martin Scorsese's, Goodfellas (1990) presents a naive attitude towards crime and its relation to violence through the main character, Henry Hill's view on the mafia. I will be using examples from a specifically selected clip from the film of Henry, in his younger self, who at that age, is intoxicated by the power, money and material gains that 'the life' could give him, but doesn't yet realise the deceitful nature of the mafia - the excitement you have, and the big bucks that go along with that, mirrored by the threat of death at any time, even at the hands of your own friends or family. In American cinema particularly, it is a claim that there is a common preoccupation with crime and criminals. Criminals are portrayed as anti-hero's. This can mean that even though they are the bad guys, we instantly like them. The ideological awareness of American gangsters is challenged in Goodfellas. Gangsters are the bad guys so, we are expected not to |
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Power and Authority in Of Mice and MenAn individual has the potential to utilise and enact on power and authority based off certain circumstances, thereby prompting either a pernicious or positive outcome. John Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men published in 1937, exemplifies the thematic element of power thoroughly through its various forms and the manipulation of them whereby, as a result, causes individuals to comply or think in accordance to their superior (s). The possession of psychological power has the ability to enrich a person's influence on others. The prevalence of this notion is explicit throughout Steinbeck's entire work as the abstraction of this plays a fundamental contribution to the occurrences within the plot. Of Mice and Men protrudes the power of psychological ascendancy where several characters in the novel, most notably Lennie, fall victim to the intellectual influence of their authoritative figures. Visual imagery amalgamated in, "Then he replaced his hat, pushed himself back from the river, |
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Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonMany people in the world get judged and singled out for being outspoken about their beliefs in society. It is one thing to think about criticizing, but it is another to write about it and get it published. One of these authors is Laurie Halse Anderson, who wrote the famous book, Speak. Several people influenced her to write about problems in modern society, specifically high school. This book impacted people throughout the world, since they saw a more inside view of what modern day high schoolers have to go through. Laurie Halse Anderson had multiple people that influenced her life, and the main two were her father, Ronald Frank, and her second grade teacher. When Anderson was a little girl, ironically, she struggled with reading and writing and didn't like English at all. But in second grade, Anderson's teacher changed her perspective completely. She taught her how to write haikus and explained that she could write how she was feeling in them and then when someone else read it they w |
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Social Media is Taking OverSocial media is absolutely everything to society nowadays. Kids cannot go a single day without checking their Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. It is clear that our generation is coming to the point to where they need to feel accepted by their "followers". The social acceptance on the internet is what kids are worried about nowadays. Forget actual communication face to face, they have completely ruled out that option, so now, the kids of this generation are sitting in their rooms, and not socializing. That is exactly why our generation is corrupt, considering we never speak other than through a computer or cell phone screen. In all honesty, the generation that is technologically based has declining social skills. I mean think about it, if you were to sit in a room or in a house for 60% of the day, staring at a computer or a cell phone without talking to anyone other than your family members, your social skills would rapidly decline as well |
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Pregnancy, Abortion and the Right to LifeInfants don't have a decision on whether they should live or be aborted in their mother's womb. If a woman chooses to prematurely end her child, the child can't do anything about his or her life being taken away from them. Their entire future is annihilated. A mother slaughters her unborn child, yet she's not charged for homicide. "There were 1.21 million abortions performed in the United States in 2008, the most recent year for which data is available. This amounts to 3,322 abortions per day."(Jones) It is because health problems with the mother or the child, rape or incest, or just because the baby's unwanted. An excess of infants are consistently murdered from abortion, if a lady does not need a child they could simply put it up for adoption, or find another way to give the child a better life instead of destroying it. Abortions should be illegal in most cases because abortions deprive a child of his or her right to life, put women's lives at risk, and allow people to esca |
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