The late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries (not to mention the years prior), were times of patriarchal dominance on all fronts, whether it be economic, social, or political. The lives of women were dictated by high social expectations and deeply rooted traditions regarding her role within the family, and how she was to conduct herself around others, particularly when it came to men. Not only did these societal norms hinder women's independence, but they were also oppressive, limiting speech, economic...
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Dogs were one of the first animals to be domesticated by man. For well over 10,000 years, their bond has been unbroken. Dogs provided man with companionship, protection, and loyalty for centuries, staying by their side as they moved from being hunters to sedentary farmers, and as they explored the world around them. A Dog’s History of America by Mark Derr is a fascinating book that sweeps through the history of the North American continent from the first humans to...
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One's childhood has a significant impact on that person for the remainder of their life. But to what extent? I will be addressing childhood abuse & trauma and how that relates too criminal activity and mostly focus on serial killers. There is a trend with abuse and childhood trauma and that correlating into serial killers and criminal activity. Not all abused children become serial killers; also, not all serial killers have a past of childhood abuse or childhood trauma. Still,...
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I heard a notification sound from my phone, I picked it up and saw the titles of multiple articles from my news app. One of which happened to be about human trafficking. As I looked through the article, I started to realize how much of a serious issue it actually is. It is a global epidemic that affects millions worldwide and is a one-hundred-fifty billion-dollar industry. It's also the fastest growing criminal activity of the twenty-first century. The more I...
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The fictional novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a story of adultery, guilt and sin involving a New England puritan woman and her infant daughter that was a result of an affair. The start of this American Masterpiece of literature, explains the birthing of the story told by a narrator whom was the surveyor of the customhouse in Salem, Massachusetts. This person had been in the attic of the customhouse when he had stumbled upon a manuscript dated...
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Violence is a prominent characteristic of the United States. Despite the efforts made to make aware that it is an issue that must be diminished, it has become a social norm that many are numb to. Specifically, violence has increasingly spread to children, who have now become both perpetrators and victims. According to “Children’s Exposure to Violence”, in 2014, 37 percent of children were physically assaulted and about half had been assaulted during their lifetime. In cases like these children’s...
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In the past two decades, the rates of child obesity have significantly increased in Alaska. Records provided by the State of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Obesity Prevention and Control in 2017 show that, 17% of Alaskan children are overweight, while 14% of them are obese. Some of the factors that have contributed to high rates of obesity include lack of physical activity, lack of supportive environments, and unhealthy eating (State of Alaska Department of Health and...
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One of the best qualities humans have in life is freedom, however when it is removed, life becomes something not very pleasant. Oppression of individual and collective freedom should not be included in anyone's life, but under the authoritarian power of abusive societies, the human value of freedom is only a dream impossible to achieve. When society implements such regulations and lifestyles to its citizens, there is no other solution than to adapt to those norms even if they are...
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To shove a cupcake into the bully’s face or pick the dialogue that shows pity towards him? There are several ways a player can choose to play in narrative-driven games. In this video game genre, the player is the protagonist. The player experiences the world and explores different paths through the protagonist. The player can only go certain branches due to their past choices. The player explores many moral decisions in this genre and enjoys the challenge. Games with the...
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Jealousy, commonly described as “the green-eyed monster” is a consistent theme throughout Shakespeare’s literature. It is, more often than not, the fuel that drives the plot, the tragic hero’s flaw and the main motivation for the story’s antagonist. It is the universal theme of jealousy that set the mood for most of Shakspeare’s plays, including Othello. The obvious antagonist of the play, Iago makes it clear to the audience how deep his hatred towards Othello runs. When the play opens,...
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In an era of rising poverty and inequality among many social issues; today’s high school and post-secondary students are taking initiative and educating themselves in public matters through school and any means necessary, in order to be a part of the change. Many people dismiss student activism as they think it is only relevant to changes pertaining to within the campus such as, tuition, dress code regulation, censorship. However, student involvement has proven to be a significant agent of social...
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Abstract Buckyball is the first nanoparticle discovered in the year 1985 by the trio scientists Richard Smalley, Harry Kroto, and Robert Curl. Fullerene is a powerful antioxidant that reacts with free radicals that cause cell death. Fullerenes and their derivatives have the Antiviral activity to treat the HIV infection. Brain changes occur with these proteins are β-amyloid and tau tangles. The changes in Cerebrospinal fluid and blood indicate the earliest sign of Alzheimer's disease (biomarkers) but the symptoms have not...
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In The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood depicts a feminist narrative revolving around a dystopian society where men hold dominion over women. In this society, called the Republic of Gilead, women are limited due to the extremist Christian government’s policies. The ideologies of this dystopian government are depicted through the flashbacks and first person narration of Offred, a Handmaid, whose role is to serve as a “breeder” for Gilead. Within Offred’s flashbacks, she portrays the society prior to the revolution and...
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Have you really thought about how bad social media has made more crimes easy? You will be learning the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of social media. For us adults there is identify theft, scams, and fraud, even hacking into our personal accounts. Also, how it affects our youth and how our youth puts into the crime too. Our youth is learning from everybody on social media that it is okay to cyberbully, cyberstalking, and even cyber threats....
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According to the Lexico Dictionary, censorship is defined as the suppression or repudiation of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are deemed offensive, politically unacceptable, or a threat to safety and security (Lexico Dictionary, 2019). In many countries, governments censor web content and information to protect their citizens from harmful and dangerous material, but some officials go as far as to fully ban certain websites and applications from their countries. Moreover, censorship also helps during times of rioting,...
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Introduction A series of discriminatory events have brought attention to cultural appropriation in fashion. Many major fashion houses (Gucci, Prada, Dior and more) have been accused at being at the forefront of such appropriation. Cultural appropriation as defined by Cambridge Dictionary states that it is “the act of taking or using things from a culture that is not your own, especially without showing that you understand or respect this culture” (Cultural Appropriation). Cultural appropriation is often used in academia to...
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Thesis Statement: ‘Body image is the perception that a person has of their physical self and also the thoughts and feelings that result from that perception. These feelings can be both positive and negative, and are influenced by both individual and environmental factors.’(PSYCHALIVE,2019). I believe that the media has negatively impacted women's body image. Traditional and Contemporary Media's Impact on Body Image The ideal of what is deemed as ‘beautiful’ has changed over the years. Previously, the ‘ideal female body...
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It is against human nature to be indifferent to public opinion, especially when those judgements evaluate one’s stature in society. Reputation is a tremendously significant theme for the female characters in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The novel describes the intertwined lives of several middle and upper class families living in England during the late 1800s. In this time period, women had zero means of providing for themselves, so it was absolutely vital that they maintain a respectable peer opinion....
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From trying to cash a check at the bank, to mowing lawns, to sleeping in the college dorms or even coming home to an apartment building, there are numerous stories of African-Americans being harassed. Women, men, and even children going about their daily lives only to be intruded by strangers provoked by their presence and this provocation often ending in police involvement. Advancement in technology has made it easier to capture these incidents and reveal how African-Americans have become targets...
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a form of computer which has the ability to think for itself and perform tasks that usually require the intelligence of a human such as: speech recognition, decision-making, visual perception and translation between languages. However, there is a common misunderstanding that there is just one type of artificial intelligence. This is not the case. There are actually 3 different types of artificial intelligence: ANI, AGI, and ASI. ANI, or Artificial Narrow Intelligence is the weakest kind,...
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In a world where money is king, advertising has become the seller’s best friend. But has it become the buyer’s worst enemy? Some studies suggest that we are exposed to as many as twenty thousand adverts per day. Some of these are subliminal, and most people won’t pay attention to more than one percent of all the ads that they see. But that still leaves an astounding two-hundred adverts seen by every person, every day. Adverts are everywhere. Anything that...
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‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere’ Introduction The issue of serious/violent juvenile crime may be a very complex one, warranting a judicious approach to be adopted to effectively address the competing interests of those juveniles, the victims (especially women and girls), which of public safety. The gang rape on 16 December 2012 has triggered a nationwide debate on a variety of issues, one among them being the quantum of punishment for juveniles involved in heinous crimes. The Juvenile...
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Introduction Social action is the method process in social work . it is a very essestial social practice for the transformation /change or improvement /development for the community in a positive way ,so social action we can be say that it is a type of action that are practiced in a community work process that this action try to change the community setting and functioning into a better way and make a healthy community life also in preventing the good...
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After the World Wars when minorities returned from serving their countries, they had realized that nothing change. Minorities veterans still received unequal discriminative treatment triggering a rise of civil rights movements during the time between 1950s – 1965s calling it “The Decade of Prosperity and Protest.” Many historical leaders arose during this decade such as Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Betty Friedman. Among those leaders was Malcom X who was a civil right activist that advocated black pride...
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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee develops Atticus as a complicated character who refuses to abide to his society's norms. On one hand, portrayed as the valiant protector of Tom Robinson, his outstanding moral qualities set him far apart from others of his time. In contrast, he also distinguishes himself from others by his wishes of a gradual social change in Maycomb, though he desires minimal conflict whenever possible. What possible motivations could ever produce such striking...
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Artificial intelligence -- it’s in just about all the technology we use today. It’s in your phone, television, on your laptop, your tablet -- it can even be in your refrigerator! But as AI continues to advance and grow, people have started to question its capabilities in both positive and threatening lights. The hypothetical threat artificial intelligence (AI) imposes on today’s society should not be menacing and only creates new opportunities that push our society towards a positive, more efficient...
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Jane Austen's narrative technique is a unique phenomenon. Her use of irony, along with realism and social commentary have earned her spot among critics and well known writers. Pride and Prejudice, first published in 1813, is one of the finest fictional creation of Georian era. Pride and Prejudice, is a novel of manners which includes sub genres such as satire, Realism and Domestic fiction. Pride and Prejudice being novel of manners deals with customs, behaviors, habits and expectations of certain...
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Over the years, advertising has never failed to draw public attention. With the development of technology, advertising has become one of the most integral parts to improve the sales of businesses. Performing an effective advertising is important for businesses to create brand equity, maintain the brand loyalty and achive success (Keller & Kotler, 2016). It is true that advertising is a form of marketing which reach the viewers through various traditional media such as TV ads, newspaper, or modern media...
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Ray Bradbury creates a hedonistic society in his novel Fahrenheit 451. His characters are careless, easily entertained, and concerned with nothing more than leisure; anything that might lead to thought or discussion is not only banned, but completely illegal. Because of this, organized religion is molded into something that the ‘family’ can use for entertainment without fear of offensive feelings. Bradbury’s frequent allusion to the Christian Bible and use of religious imagery shows the importance that the author places on...
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Prepared or not, the Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the fast-growing technologies taking over the world. Currently, many devices can be interlinked to communicate with each other through a network, from smartphones to robots, smart homes to smart healthcare and smart security to smart agriculture. “Morgan Stanley via British Insider intelligence estimated that there will be more than 75 billion active IoT devices by the end of the year 2020, which will require 7 active IoT devices per...
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