"Body Ritual among the Nacirema," written by anthropologist Horace Miner, is a satirical and thought-provoking essay that critiques Western cultural practices by presenting them through the lens of an imaginary tribe called the Nacirema. The essay challenges readers to examine their own cultural practices and biases by portraying them as strange and exotic rituals. The Nacirema culture, described in the essay, is a fictional society that lives in North America. Despite its fictional nature, the essay cleverly mirrors various aspects...
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Judy Brady's essay "Why I Want a Wife," published in 1972, is a powerful and thought-provoking piece of feminist literature. Through the use of satire and rhetorical devices, Brady presents a scathing critique of traditional gender roles and societal expectations placed on women within the institution of marriage. The essay is written from the perspective of a wife who outlines all the reasons why she wants a wife of her own. This rhetorical strategy immediately draws attention to the unequal...
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Introduction In the non-fiction book 'Fast Food Nation' by Eric Schlosser, the author explores the dark underbelly of the fast food industry, uncovering its impact on various aspects of society. Through his use of rhetorical strategies, Schlosser effectively conveys his message and elicits emotional responses from readers. This essay examines the rhetorical tone employed by Schlosser in 'Fast Food Nation,' analyzing the use of language, imagery, and appeals to persuade and engage the audience. Powerful Language: Schlosser's use of powerful...
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Chapter 4 of "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser delves into the fast food industry's marketing strategies and their impact on children and teenagers. This chapter, titled "Success," highlights how the fast food companies aggressively target young people and the consequences of their marketing tactics. The chapter begins by exploring the history of marketing to children, tracing it back to the early 20th century when companies recognized the potential of children as a consumer market. Schlosser describes how the fast...
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Chapter 3 of the book "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser delves into the history and development of fast-food restaurants and their impact on American society. This essay provides a summary of Chapter 3, highlighting the key points and arguments presented by the author. In Chapter 3, titled "Behind the Counter," Schlosser explores the emergence and expansion of fast-food chains in the United States. He begins by discussing the McDonald's corporation, tracing its origins back to the McDonald brothers and...
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Introduction In literature, foreshadowing serves as a powerful technique employed by authors to provide hints or clues about future events in a narrative. John Steinbeck's classic novella, "Of Mice and Men," utilizes foreshadowing extensively to hint at its tragic ending. The title itself, drawn from Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse," serves as an early indicator of the challenges and setbacks faced by the characters in the story. Foreshadowing through the Title The title's allusion to Burns' poem, specifically the...
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John Steinbeck's classic novella, "Of Mice and Men," is a profound exploration of friendship, loneliness, and the pursuit of the American Dream during the Great Depression. Through the lens of a dialectical journal, where readers interact with the text by recording their thoughts and reactions, one can gain deeper insights into the themes and characters of the novel. Entry 1: "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't...
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In Alan Moore's graphic novel "V for Vendetta," adapted into a film by James McTeigue, the concept of fate looms large, weaving its threads through the narrative tapestry. As the story unfolds in a dystopian future Britain, fate becomes a central theme, guiding the actions of characters and shaping the trajectory of events. In this essay, we will critically analyze the portrayal of fate in "V for Vendetta," delving into its implications and complexities. Fate as a Driving Force: At...
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The concert that I attended this semester was my cousin Hailey’s middle school choir concert on Wednesday, December 4th, 2019 at 7:00 PM at North Laurel Middle School. The performance took place in the gym. The concert being in the gym made it so easy to hear the choir member’s voices and the audience could take in the lyrics. My cousin is in the 7th grade, therefore she only performed 3 songs total. The first song she performed was, “America...
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Beloved, classified as a historical fiction and a gothic horror story demonstrates Toni Morrison's skill in penetrating the unconstrained unapologetic psyches of numerous characters who shoulder the horrific burden of slavery sins. Morrison chooses to marvel that slaves were brutalized beyond endurance. Slavery is a condition in which one human being is owned by the other and is considered as a property of his own by law who was deprived of most of the rights which ordinary people have. In...
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Yes, the performers were believable, given the requirements of the play because both Nora and Torvald have been very much prepared to play the round of life and marriage similarly as they do. Nora in a high-voiced, practically jazzed execution style as the protected 'lark' spouse who (she comes to acknowledge) was 'given over' from father to husband, never confronting life all alone. What's more, Torvald—continually controlling, kidding about Nora's juvenile ways—plays the straight-bolt man of the house, a legitimate,...
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There are Five questions required to answer to complete a self-reflecting report: In this subject, what concepts or ideas you are reflecting on? What aspects did you find interesting or challenging? Has it changed the way you think or confirmed something you know? What else do you need to find out? Are there any further questions? How will you incorporate these concepts into your future professional life? Accounting for decision-making subject is covered by 6 Modules each module provides different...
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The Titanic is a romantic drama with a love story film of Jack Dawson played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Rose Dewitt Bukater played by Kate Winslet. Released in 1997 in the USA directed by James Cameron, this movie is the highest-grossing film that has earned millions and is more valuable, great love, happiness, exciting, emotional viewers all over the world. The Royal Mail Ship Titanic is the most famous ship in the history of the 20th century According to the...
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The Road Not Taken by Frost, this title implies the loss risk of human life. The Road that the speaker didn't take, is quite something within the textual content of the literary composition, this title hints that the literary composition is regarding lost chance, complexities of decisions, no longer in reality deciding on the path it is modern-day and new. Moreover, the title brings out the theme of the literary composition within which one and all at the equal stage...
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In the short story Shirley Jackson, she wants to show the banalization of violence illustrated by a macabre and at the same time banal ritual. The story takes place in a small village, on a clear morning, June 27th, where the whole city, but not only it, chooses its members by chance, who must be sacrificed by stoning. This ritual is part of community life. As the Author says, 'The lottery was conducted by Mr. Summers, who had the time...
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I attended a music concert held at the Manhattan School of Music at 8:00 pm Friday, November 08. The concert was directed with various types of music using many instruments. The environment was penetrating as the concert hall was about the dimensions of an average home living room with about 45 people in the spectators. The concert was separated into two main parts with an interval of 15 minutes among the parts. In this concert report, I would like to...
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The books read in class: All Quiet on the Western Front (by Erich Maria Remarque), and Things Fall Apart (by Chinua Achebe), are books that both demonstrate the different reasons why people engage in wars. People engage in wars for reasons such as their want to display patriotism, many others believe it is the right thing to do, and the last few do not know. As we come to understand through these two readings, there are many cases where two...
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Being considered one of the most recognizable poets within American poetry Robert Frost offers the rhetorical question in his work “The Road Not Taken” (Poets.org). If I were asked about what the poem is about, I would reply in several words it is about life, choice, and regret. Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” speaks both about the inevitability of choices in our lives and their consequences, which are most typically revealed in regret and justifications as a way of...
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The painting Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair (1940) by renowned Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo, invokes a feeling of emotion and gives off a bold statement with its perfectly constructed expression. A Spanish song lyric sits at the top of the canvas, draping the portrait below. Translated to English, it reads: “See, if I loved you, it was for your hair, now you're bald, I don't love you anymore.” Centered in the middle of the frame, Kahlo sits at attention, with short...
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For my concert report, I attended “Rigoletto” at the Long Center for the Performing Arts. I attended the one on Thursday, November 14th, at 7:30. We had at least briefly discussed Rigoletto in class so I understood the basis of the plot that goes on during the opera before attending. However, I still conducted a little bit of background research to discover a couple more interesting things about the opera itself. Without further ado, I will go ahead and get...
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Then Rose came back 84 years later to recapture the story about her lifestyle aboard the Titanic by telling the delightful story to her granddaughter and friends, explaining to them how it used to be the first sight of Jack that helped her fall hopelessly in love, and she then endured to discuss with them her battle for survival. With knowing that the Titanic was once the largest and most luxurious transferring object ever built through the hand of man,...
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What would it be like to situate Gandhi in today's pragmatic times? Would the Gandhian way of life have any value in this “developed modern civilization,” Gandhi was critical of? This has been shown with a touch of humor in Raj Kumar Hirani’s film, Lage Raho Munna Bhai. The movie beautifully answers these questions, by locating Gandhi in popular culture. The movie, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, strives to revive the values and principles of Mahatma...
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Coming from a time when the Vietnam war was as it were fair wrapping up, however, the bad dream of the Cold War appeared to be moving theatres, from the blanketed greys of central Europe to the ruddy aridity of the Centre East, All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) could be a convenient antiwar film, directed by Delbert Mann and maybe a change of a prior 1930’s adjustment of the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, which Nolan utilized as...
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Outline of the Story Kite Runner(2003) by Khaled Hosseini often reads like a fable, a parable of love, friendship, and above all redemption. Though it would be naive to limit the novel and its themes to just these three facets, Kite Runner is a lot more. The history of a troubled and savaged nation is told in miniature. The rise of an extremist group that would take control over the war torn and rugged land and above all a poignant...
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One of Zinn’s main points is that we will always be reminded of the violence and wrongdoings of the past (Zinn 2003, p. 9). Part of the reason is that we cover atrocities with other information that is all about the glory. It is easy to say that these wrongdoings are justified because it was necessary for progress. Zinn does not want us to criticize Christopher Columbus for the terrible things he has done because the damage has already been...
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Brave New World was written in 1931 by Aldous Huxley an English writer and philosopher. A world that’s under control by the Government, where citizens lost their freedom, however, were granted pleasures instead. They cannot know the truth as they were brought up not knowing and still they don’t want to know the truth anyway. The truth and their happiness are incompatible within Brave New World. The author uses characterization, symbolism, and motif throughout the novel to support his views...
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Even though it was written 174 years ago, The Raven remains one of the greatest and most iconic works in the history of literature. This poem has impacted many pieces of work such as stories and movies from Poe’s time to the present. From the beginning of the narrative, Poe deliberately and skillfully draws the reader into a somber and pensive world. It’s obvious that as the story unfolds, Poe slowly descends into the depths of madness. As this is...
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A string quartet performance can pack a concentrated punch of joyful music. It might involve a deeply meditative moment or the exhilaration of four stringed instruments in soaring flight. Jax Cello Quartet concerts at Jacksonville University by two dynamic string quartets delivered all of the glory of this concentrated telepathy in repertoires that spanned the graceful minutes of the intense flutter of contemporary works. On November 18th, the Jax Cello Quartet brought all of their strings to a concert performed...
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People often use music without borders to describe the popularity and breadth of music. Spain is a nation that can sing and dance very well. The Spanish are born with the blood of art. Therefore, they do have their unique features in music. Naturally, some Spanish international singers have emerged and led the unique 'Latin' style of today's music scene. In addition, both the full national colors of traditional Spanish music, Spanish or classical music with European romantic, have a...
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An unnamed man’s journey through the Yukon forest is an example of the ultimate test of determination and having the will to live. While traveling by himself with only a dog for company, the man thinks back to when an old man advised him against ever going out on the trail in temperatures below -50 degrees. The temperature now is much more frigid than what he was advised against. However, being the self-confident man that he is, the traveler continued...
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