Within the years 1346 and 1352, a lethal epidemic swept throughout Europe at an alarming rate. Centuries later, the pandemic was named the Black Death. This title originated from a mistranslation of the Latin expression 'atra' meaning both 'black' and 'terrible'. Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which originates in areas with vast numbers of wild rodents, the three strains...
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Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula was written during the late nineteenth century and is commonly classified as a horror novel. Further analysis, has brought to light the buried symbols and themes of sexuality that the novel holds within it. As Dracula was set in Victorian culture, it is shown to encompass all the beliefs and prejudices of the society, especially regarding...
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Within the past few decades, the world has become more connected than ever before. It is easier than ever to pick up your phone or get on your computer and be able to talk to someone on the other side of the world. With the change in transportation, there are flights available that can put you on a completely different...
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Germany and its immigration policy “It's just obvious you can't have free immigration and a welfare state.” (Milton Friedman) Nowadays, there are about 272 Million migrants worldwide according to the official statistics made by the United Nations. After World War II Germany together with France and the United Kingdom became the major immigration destinations in Europe. Today, about 15% of...
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Many different conflicts arise throughout the world. I wanted to focus on one that takes place in the United States. Police Brutality is a major issue in America and I feel most passionate about this topic. There have been many incidents that have left America in shock. Creating division in our country because of the different stances on this issue....
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Dystopian Literature's function stems from the fear that a utopic change can cause a dystopian future. Novels such as Orwell’s “1984” and Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” present this concern over the present of their novel’s time but also for the present of modern readers. Both Atwood and Orwell reflect the conditions of their time in their creations of totalitarian governments....
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Ever heard your parents say, “If your friends jump off a cliff, would you jump off too?” Of course, anyone in their right mind would say no. Conformity is a behavior by socially accepted conventions. Something we all find ourselves doing, whether it’s buying those pair of shoes that you can’t afford, but everyone else has, or even becoming a...
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“Ordinary citizens in ancient Egypt lived and worked in much the same ways as the average European of the eighteenth century, more than 4,000 years later, but ate better and enjoyed more variety in their food.” (Brier, Hobbs 1) Honey and grains were a big part of ancient Egyptian life. The Nile was especially important to the Egyptian diet because...
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In ancient Egypt, respect was not based on gender. It was based on their social status. This means that women could enjoy a majority of the luxuries men could have as well. With this being said, they took on roles that could be deemed influential and very important. During this time, they also enjoyed rights that were economic and legal,...
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The book “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins is a fictional book that describes the horrendous state of the current society. The author uses metaphors to describe the class distinctions in society as well as the opulence and extravagance of the rich. Follows a young girl named Katniss Everdeen. She lives in a futuristic nation called Panem, which is run...
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Speaker The Author, Steve Jobs, Jobs, is the -Co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive of Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios, accumulating over 1.2 billion in net worth. Purpose Jobs' mission in sharing his anecdotes is to encourage Stanford graduating students and people, in general, to follow their hearts, do what they love, and strive for greatness, and to remind them...
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Methodology I was interested in finding out people’s perspectives on cultural appropriation and if they recognized it. Using Perry’s (2002) and Rodriquez's (2006) methods as an example, I observed as a participant and jotted down field notes of their expressions. Qualitative methods were used to conduct this semi-structured in-depth interview with 4 heterogeneous candidates all aged heterogeneously, ranging from thirty...
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At its heart, Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games exposes a world in which control is brutally enforced into all parts of society. The government uses harsh, unfair policies to change people’s view of them and maintain power. Her novel discusses these ideas through inhumane punishments, division and surveillance, and the fear and deceptions people are led to believe. The people...
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The term culture, according to Raymond Williams (1983) is one of the most complicated words in the English language (87), despite that he proposes three definitions. In the first one, he implies that culture can be used to refer to a ‘general process of intellectual, spiritual, and aesthetic development’ (90). A second usage of the term suggests a particular way...
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The Gonzo journalism style, a journalism style that sees the journalist go against the common expectations of objectivity and write himself as a part of the story. The style was popularized by the famous journalist, Hunter S Thompson, who, other than creating the movement, was also known for writing a number of novels, some of which have been adapted onto...
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Artists are crossing cultural lines with music. When they break these limits and take on classes from different societies, fans wonder if artists are celebrating cultural appreciation or cultural appropriation. Cultural appropriation is the point at which an individual takes components from another culture without paying tribute to their realness and worth. Post Malone, Ariana Grande, and Bruno Mars, all...
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Life is a mixture of sweet and sour. It is full of various events and experiences which all days we come across in our life are totally different. In life, people always say that time is money. However, I would said that time is more precious than money as money lost can be recovered, but not the time. There goes...
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In this excerpt, Othello is watching Desdemona sleep and repeatedly telling himself that he has to go through with killing her. Othello uses the pronouns “i” and “me” to show that he is taking credit for all he is going to do. He will not state what his reason is but promises to not ruin her beautiful skin by cutting...
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Feld asserts that the intellectual rights of, That Was Your Mother, should have been collectively held by Alton Rubin and his band the Twisters (35). Unfortunately, it is Paul Simons who enjoys the intellectual property rights of the production. Indeed, because of cultural appropriation, it has become difficult for people from minor cultural groups to claim an infringement of intellectual...
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To begin with, the science fiction dystopian adventurous film, The Hunger Games, directed by Gary Ross, inspired a novel, written by Suzanne Collins. Published in 2008, The Hunger Games was one of the first novels in the sequence, where it presents to the readers and audience a future dystopian society, where a government that's overpowering controls the people and resources...
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The internet has been considered as a threat to traditional media, prompting traditional media players to invest online to defend their core business. According to Sindile Gubedu , people are more addicted in digital media compared to the print media. The rapid increase in digital media usage has led to a decrease in the popularity of other media sources especially...
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Rhetorical Analysis on “In gun control debate, the logic goes out the window”. This article talks about how the former president of America Barack Obama decided to take drastic action on the gun control measures and how Sen Dianne Feinstein introduced a ban on weapons. In the Aristotelian rhetoric model, Logos means to reason with your audience using proof and...
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What are the main factors and determinants that can explain the change and the variation in Egyptian women's political role? · Literature review: The literature review is divided into three main parts; the first part is about the literature written about women in ancient Egypt, the second part is about the literature of women in modern Egypt and finally, the...
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Introduction: Gender segregation is a powerful phenomenon of childhood. The extent of its occurrence depends on interactions arranged by adults for children and therefore cross-cultural and within-culture situational variations make a great deal of difference in the amount of interactive contact male and female children have with one another. (Macooby, Jacklin, 1987). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, Gender is...
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Douglass employs the idea that there are two different forms of Christianity, one real and one fake, which he illustrates in the text using rhetorical appeals such as logos through the characterization of the Auld family, pathos using strong diction such as ”master” and ”sanction”, and ethos through an ethical paradox that is Mr. Covey. The Christianity of the slaveholders...
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Believe it or not! We all conform. Conformity is compliance with socially accepted standards. Even though we believe that all of our thoughts and actions are self-made, there was an initial influence that was bestowed upon us by others that makes us think that way. For example, while growing up in an African-American household, The only type of music playing...
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Donald Trump was never a credible leader. He formally became the President of the United States of America on January 20, 2017. He was an agent and used to come to unscripted TV dramas. While Trump lost the mainstream vote by an edge of 3 million, he won the appointive vote in a presidential challenge which, as indicated by the...
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Identity theft and misuse a significant effects of social media on cybernetics. Most social media platforms do not concentrate much on their user privacy. Besides, most social media platforms require their user to enter some of their confidential information to sign in. A significant number of users are ignorant about how the info can be relevant to cyber criminals. Hence...
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Cultural exchange across various continents has become a common occurrence in the current world of progressively rampant globalization supported by rapid advancements in technology and transportation. This cultural exchange has, however, received a lot of criticism in recent years. The phrase cultural appropriation is commonly used and adopted to summarize this surge of cultural exchange disapproval. Cultural appropriation also termed...
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Brazil is an immigrant country with immigrants from all over the world, so it focuses on many religious beliefs in the East and West. Brazil used to be a colony of Europe and Portugal. Portugal believed in Catholicism. Later, Brazilians began to believe in Catholicism. Therefore, Catholicism is Brazil's most important religious belief, and some people believe in Christian evangelicals....
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