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Inside The City By Clare Dunkle
Inside this book Let the sky outside awake the sky inside your mind. Sogyal Rinpoche
Clare B. Dunkle made this story easy to understand and creative thinking, One thing in this book I
will be talking about is the wonder babies. They are a huge part of the book because they are so
much smarter than regular humans. I will also talk about the dome. The dome is such a mysterious
place, because everything is the opposite of our world. There is vibrant colors, robot people and
everything is "perfect".
1) Relationships
There are lots of relationships in this book that the author needed to include to connect, otherwise
the story will not click and there will be no conflict. One that stuck out the most are Martin and
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They have duties such as voting every morning. Like one day Martin and Cassie's dad said, "We
don't talk disrespectful about voting," he went "it's the most important thing we do. People that don't
vote can't be trusted. When the time comes for job assignments to come over the computer, those
people don't get jobs, and then they can't get married. They don't fit anywhere, and no one wants to
be around them. Sooner or later, they leave the suburb, and they don't come back." (Clare B. Dunkle
24) There are other domes, because they named it hm1 so there are domes such as, hm2. It's
basically like a community that they live in. It creates the setting and the problem because they can't
live where they want to live. Some of them don't all get along. They have no real human nature or
wildlife. Everything is either a robot or artificial. Everything is very fluorescent with bright colors.
Related to all that, the trees are robots and they are very strange colors, they don't look like normal
trees. Everything is completely different from our world. They do things regularly too instead of
voting every two years they vote every day. Every one else does it and it's just normal. They do
what the president thinks is important. Which is about jobs, marriages and and the community. The
vast medal structure was painted pale blue with big white splotches wherever the square golden
skylights didn't intrude. (Clare B. Dunkle 4) Those are little white and blue robot bugs that clean
and tighten the bolts in the dome suburb, and keep it together. Therefore, the dome is one of the
most important features of the
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Shi No Numa Research Paper
Treyarch zombies first appeared in Call of Duty: World at War and quickly became very popular
when DLC#3 came out with the zombies map that brought dogs into play, Shi No Numa. In this
map, Treyarch added wonder weapons, dogs, and the four main characters, Tank Dempsey, Nikolia
Belsinki, Takeo Masaki and Doctor Richtofen, that impressed thousands. With the release of Nacht
der Untoten, the first ever zombies map, came the first ever strategies for a four player or one player
experience . Most notably, with Der Riese DLC#4 came the first part of the Call of Duty Zombies
storyline.The Treyarch zombies franchise has one of the largest gaming communities because of the
exclusive gameplay mechanics, the genius strategies , and the rich storyline that all began, at Der
Riese, featuring "the giant".
Zombies Verruct may have brought the perks, but Shi No Numa brought the Wonder Waffe DG–2,
and dogs. The innovation that Shi No Numa brought was truly something else as the four main
characters were introduced. One thing that really Shi No Numa stood out for was the Wonder Waffe,
basically a Germen super weapon that shoots lightning. It could take out 10–15 zombies in one bolt,
but has an ammo count of 14. The dogs are also very popular, so popular in fact that they are still in
the latest zombies, Black Ops II. Every 5–6 round, the light will dim and the dogs will come attack
you. They are pretty tough puppies, but do drop a max ammo when you complete the round. Also
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Once again, this game mode in Call of Duty started as a very simple zombie defense game, and as
grown into something greater that just "Pew, Pew!", it has become a fun mini game that friends and
strangers can have fun with,
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Experience : A Personal Experience In The Wonder Woman
The Wonder Woman Experience It was time to experience the movie, Wonder Woman it is. After all
the pervasive research and background knowledge I gained, the anticipation was palpable.
I made a plan to see this film with my boyfriend, Donovan. The poor guy had been begging me to
see this flick with him for what feels like months, but I thought there was no way I'd enjoy Wonder
Woman so I didn't want to entertain even the idea of it. We saw the movie on a Saturday though I
originally was going to try for Friday night, but after spending six hours doing math homework, it
wasn't happening. Fast forward to Saturday, I did some homework for other classes, went to the gym
(which was a nightmare drive due to all the tourists here for Balloon Fiesta) and hung out with my
family. The movie started around ten so that night I packed my bag to stay at my boyfriends,
gathered candy and drinks, and headed out. Upon arriving, I parked my car outside his house and we
were en route.
I found the evening to be a bit brisk, so I wore sweats and a warm hoodie. As for taking my own
items into a movie (which feels as if all the contents of my pantry are compressed into a teeny
purse), I bring my own snacks and drinks because I don't agree with the movie's prices for those
things. So, we went in with Twisters burritos, a bag full of candy, and water. It feels like one could
bring a whole meal in and nobody would say a thing (at least at dollar theatres). This west side
dollar theatre we
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How Toys Play A Role On Gender Socialization
Girls and boys both grow up being socialized on what is normal and unusual for their gender. Toys
are a prominent factor in this socialization, because they are typically presented for one gender and
are unacceptable for the other. To assess how toys play a role in gender socialization, I made a trip
to Toys "R" Us in College Station and was surprised by how the store was organized. The first thing
that went through my mind when walking into the store was to look for the Girls and Boys signs
that would indicate to me which section was for which gender. There weren't any signs though! Toys
"R" Us had their aisles organized by categories such as Arts & Crafts, Travel Systems, Learning &
Education, Bikes & Wheels, Sports, and Fun. In order ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
This indicated that cars are for boys and thus shouldn't be what peaks girls' interest. The gender
neutral toys on the other hand were marketed less boldly. These toys were more about creating and
learning. They consisted of puzzles and board games for the most part. The colors were a wide
range and if there were pictures there would usually be both boys and girls playing together. By
looking through each aisle, I was able to determine what toys were presented for each age specific
gender. The infant and toddler toys started off with not much difference and were gender neutral for
the most part. They were even in the same aisle. The toys were generally plush animals,
entertainment puzzles, and simple objects. As the ages moved up to pre–school there was more
difference in what toys were for boys and what toys were for girls. The toys for boys were more
vehicles while the girl toys were more play scenarios. This fit the description given in the textbook
that, "by the time they are 12 to 18 months old, girls prefer...dolls, cooking sets, dress–up clothes,
and soft toys, whereas boys choose vehicles, sports equipment, and tools (Etaugh & Bridges p 77)."
Though the toys were varied, they still remained in the same aisle. The major separation of girl and
boy toys began with the young school age kids. The girls' section was focused on dress up, Barbies,
and My Little Pony, whereas the boys'
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Lord Of The Flies Critical Analysis
Fear at it's Finest
As children, we are usually brought up from our parents, who teach us the ways of right and wrong.
Without their teachings and advice, where would we be now? In the novel Lord of the Flies by
William Golding, the author shows the reader throughout the story that fear is a key factor in the
storyline. Golding shows that fear could have both a negative and a positive effect on fear, you just
have to know how to control it, and yourself. Being stranded on an island, and possibly having the
chance of never being rescued can be a fearful situation. This situation can clearly cause more
trauma and fear when it has young boys involved. In the book, the boys immediately think of the
decision to elect a chief. This seems like a point towards the fact that they have no real guardian or
adult to keep things in order and keep everything under control. Without the protection and guidance
on the island that a parent would usually provide, the boys are left to fend for themselves, and they
must figure out the right from wrong on their own. By themselves the children may think it is a fun
thing, they can do what they want with no rules, but sometimes rules are a good thing even though
they're are seen as "lame" by the younger age group. Sometimes a little reprimandation is good for a
child. Young children aren't meant to live on their own until they come of age, otherwise the results
can be hectic. As you read Lord of the Flies the word viscous may pop into your
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Descriptive Language In Lord Of The Flies
The author uses descriptive language to paint a vivid picture for the reader. This allows the reader to
clearly visualize the gory scenes and deaths that occur on the island. For example, when the author
first introduces the Lord of the Flies, he allows the reader to easily visualize the death of the pig by
saying
"The pile of guts was a black blob of flies that buzzed like a saw. After a while these flies found
Simon. Gorged, they alighted by his runnels of sweat and drank. They tickled under his nostrils and
played leapfrog on his thighs. They were black and iridescent green and without number; and in
front of Simon, the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned." (Ch. 8, p. 138)
The use of simple language throughout the book makes it easy for the reader to comprehend what is
being said through the novel. The reader is not confused by old English or eloquent words that he or
she might not understand and must look up or use context clues to understand what is happening.
For example, "Yet not entirely so. They were whispering out there; and suddenly the branches were
shaken furiously at two places on his right." (Ch. 12, p. 194) The reader clearly understands that
Ralph is still being hunted and the branches around him are moving because he has been found.
The characters in the novel vary by appearance, weight, physical ability, and attitude; but they all
play a key role in the novel. Ralph, for example, is introduced as a "fair boy," who later
becomes the chief of
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Wonder Woman Research Paper
Wonder Woman is a fictional superhero that first appeared in comic books during World War II.
Wonder Woman's real name was Diana Prince and was a princess of the Amazons. She was created
by William Moulton Marston. There was also a television show about her and it influenced many
children's childhoods. This show promoted the popularity of the second wave of feminism and
women's rights and popularity. Wonder Women fought not only super villains but also forces
associated with the Axis Powers, and her villain was Doctor Psycho. Her mission during World War
II was to teach peace and love during the dark days of war. Wonder Woman had superhuman
strength, super flight, and superhuman speed. Wonder Woman is not only the symbol of a modern
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She is a role model for kids and adults of any age. For example, her television called The
Adventures of Wonder Woman, showed women that they are valuable in society and that they can
take masculine roles and do great at them. She earned respect from everyone from being brave,
responsible, and taking masculine roles no one believed women could ever take. She deserved that
respect because she fights for the safety of others and helps them during hard times and also she
worked hard to make women have value and respect. She was one of the first girls to join the Justice
League for her braveness and strength. She was the only woman in the Justice League, this league
was a group of superheroes during this time that were the most popular. Her joining this league
showed she was very brave and it took a lot of courage to do that as a woman during this time. Also,
it is an example that women should get more involved in masculine roles. She thought it was very
important for women to unite and work together to defend America from the Nazis, which she also
portrayed in her television show. She thought this because women were just as valuable as men
according to Wonder Woman and could do just as much as
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Araby By James Joyce
In the former portion of the twenty century tensions across Europe were very tense until the
assassination of Franz Ferdinand's. The assassination caused World War 1 to break out and the way
the war was fought was different than any war fought before it, trench warfare and the function of
gas changed warfare greatly. During this time, many writers were going to write in the configuration
that is nowadays recognized as the modernism which argues that life's existence is subjective,
people are not rational in thinking reality is built through personal experience. One of these writers
was James Joyce, who was from a lower middle class in Dublin, Ireland. In his little story "Araby"
Joyce shows us that at the time period that reality is ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Many peoples ' views of sin and evil are very different based on how they have been taught or come
to ascertain out. The new boy then runs on to accept his first experience with honey with his friend
"Mangan's" sister. The son is convinced she is his love, "She was waiting for us," "I had never
talked to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish
blood." He thinks of her at all times of the daylight, and totally loses his focus on all other matters.
This girl is his pure love that he protects from all evil intentions. "Her image accompanied me even
in places the most hostile to romance." "I opined that I bore my chalice safely through a multitude of
foes." The young boy may very well be in honey with the girl, but he must sweep over many great
obstacles to be by her side with himself being one of those many obstacles. Though he regards
himself as a big soul that isn't like anyone else he is willing to answer anything for his love the
audience and possibly the girl (but strange how she really understands him) attend him for who he
really is. He is like everyone else, whether he want to admit it or not he is like everyone else. The
boy and girl are supposed to be thought of as pure and innocent early on in the story. After a few
scenes into the story you soon learn that it is not the case but rather the exact
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Failure of the Legal System in Atonement, Wonder Boys and...
The code of Hammurabi, dating back to 1772 BC, is one of the oldest recorded legal codes and
reflects the early Babylonians' views of justice. The code is best known for "an eye for an eye, a
tooth for a tooth." By enumerating punishments for certain crimes the code removes ambiguity and
combined with its relatively harsh penalties, especially on lower class citizens, served as an
effective deterrent. More profoundly however, Hammurabi's code formally shifted justice–seeking
responsibilities from the individual to the state. Today, most modern legal systems are structured
similarly to Hammurabi's code with their own codified laws and listed punishments. Capital
punishment and the idea that "the punishment should fit he crime" are ... Show more content on
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It is because justice is not rigidly defined that some opt to pursue justice by means unsanctioned by
the state. In Ian McEwan's Atonement, Michael Chabon's Wonder Boys and Louise Erdrich's The
Round House the legal system fails to produce just outcomes. In Atonement one of the main
characters, Robbie is convicted of raping a young girl, when in fact he is innocent. Despite only
unsubstantiated evidence from a 13–year–old girl, he is convicted. Only after the judicial system
had failed did the girl wish to recant her former account, but by then it was too late. " If you were
lying then, why should a court believe you now? There are no new facts, and you're an unreliable
witness" (McEwan 82). In this unjust sentencing of an innocent man, Atonement shows that not
only does the legal system sometimes err, but that these errors are often particularly difficult to
ameliorate. Unfortunately this is not an anomaly. One in nine people sentenced to death row were
later exonerated showing that sometimes instead of being the solvency for wrongdoings, the legal
system can be the source (Stevenson). While Atonement showed the legal system's complicity in
some injustices, in both Wonder Boys and The Round House the legal system's failure to serve
justice can be seen. In Wonder Boys, the reader follows the protagonist through an erratic weekend
in which he engages in several unethical and unlawful behaviors. Grady Tripp (the main character),
throughout the course
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August Pullman Analysis
" Don't try too hard to be cool.It always shows,and that's uncool." – Amos Conti
The novel Wonder teaches readers things that us humans can't imagine. Like this little boy named
August Pullman in the story he is a 5th grader starting a public school. The thing is August is not an
average human being. In fact he's a very special soul. August was born with mandibulofacial but he
is always scared to see people for the reason that they will judge him.When he starts school people
bully him because of how he looks and that makes him feel worse of himself. That reason is not
right to judge. Although people change their minds about August, kids at Beecher Prep bully August
because of his appearance, herd behavior, and fear.
To start off, August's appearance is not like an average looking person in fact he's better. Why? You
may ask, well because he is unique not the fact that he was born with facial disorder. But the fact
that he is that way makes him one–hundred percent much better than anyone else. According to A
Teen and A Trolley Reveal society's Dark Side says that a young girl named Tiffany went up to
people and told them whether they would save 5 people and kill 1 or save 1 and kill 5. There was a
catch every time she went up to a different person Tiffany would change their appearances for
example if the one person that was on the right side of the track was attractive
Wonder Research and the 5 people on the left track were unattractive most chose the one person that
was
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Impact Project Reflection
Unlike the pretest where I had many days to administer my pre assessment, I only had one day to try
to get in twenty–six post assessments. My Impact project ran the three weeks leading up to fall
break and I wanted the students to be able to get through the design and building process of their
structure before I began administering the post assessment. In a perfect world, I would have waited
until the fourth week to administer it when the structures would have been completed and we could
have evaluated them for effectiveness. However, with fall break and a deadline for my Impact
project, I had to administer it the Thursday before fall break. I was only able to get twenty–two of
the twenty six students for the post test, and my data had to be ... Show more content on
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On the pretest a boy scored the highest with an eighty–three, and followed closely by a girl at
eighty–one. However on the posttest, that same boy saw a ten point decrease to a seventy–one and
the same girl only saw a one point increase to a eighty–two. She scored exactly the same on every
question, only gaining a point on the last question where she had to sort by color. On the pretest, the
girls generally either outscored or tied with the boys when it came to individual question average
scores and were pretty much split fifty/fifty when it came to the target questions and DOK
questions. However, on the posttest, the girls either had the highest individual question average or
tied with the boys. The boys did not outscore the girls on average on a single question. The girls also
carried the highest average score on all of the target and DOK groups. This has made me curious as
to why the girls saw the biggest gains and were able to outscore the boys across the board on the
posttest. Did my teaching style and the lessons I prepared cater more toward a female learning style
than a male? Was the material presented in a way that was more female
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A Comparison Of Wonder Woman And The Flash
The Justice League has always been a great team oh super heroes that saved those who couldn't
defend themselves. Although they were powerful they weren't unstoppable and this was proven
when Wonder Woman and the Flash were held captive. A team of super villains called the Black
Stain developed a toxin that temporarily takes away anyone's power. They used this toxin during a
bank heist and that's when Wonder Woman and The Flash lost their powers and were captured. Both
heroes were taken to a secret cave in the mountains were they wouldn't be traced by their Justice
League friends. Wonder Woman and The Flash have worked as a team for years, but they always
considered themselves as friends and nothing more. Meanwhile in the cave, Wonder Woman and
The Flash felt helpless without their powers. Chained ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Spark couldn't only be invisible occasionally as it drained his strength, he could also jump high and
run fast than most humans. He wasn't all that super, but that didn't stop him! One day as the Justice
League was on a mission and he was all alone he went looking for trouble because he wanted to
prove to his parents that he was special enough to defeat evil! He used his limited powers to save
and rescue civilians in a city called Kronos. After saving a few lives he felt the need to challenge
himself even more so he decided to go back to that cave where his parents first fell in love to get
revenge on the evil team who temporarily took away his parents powers and tortured them. As soon
as he got there he Spark went crazy without a plan he just started fighting everyone he saw. All the
evil villains in the cave were startled but instantly they all went up against Spark and overpowered
him. Spark was now chained on the wall where his parents first fell in love. He chuckled in the
moment and found the whole pretty
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Summary : ' The Prairie ' Cowboys '
David Graf
Professor Chris Monier
English 1010
24 September 2015 Pave the Prairie: Cowboys in Manhattan As we charge headlong into the
twenty–first century, things have changed. Sweatshops are illegal, cars are a near necessity, and
more women now graduate college than men. The post–industrial era economy is flourishing in the
United States, but not everyone is flourishing in it. All across America coalmines are empty, railroad
spikes and sledgehammers are rusting, and straw cowboy hats slowly rot. Jobs once held by 'manly'
men are disappearing and, "for the first time in American history, the balance of the workforce
tipped towards women, who now hold a majority of the nation's jobs," (Rosin 475). When faced
with the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
These rules foster a certain type of man. One who takes charge and leads, one whose primary
concern is, "Being a Man Among Men," (Kimmel 464). However, it also creates a person who
suppresses his feelings in fear of being labeled as effeminate. The stigma dictates that attributes
typically associated with women are unmasculine, so as boys turn to men, "Along the way they
suppress all the feelings they associate with the maternal––compassion, nurturance, vulnerability,
dependency," (Kimmel 469). This pattern of suppression has not changed much in recent years.
Society still enforces the idea that men should be strong and stoic, when these traits are no longer
what are needed to be successful in the workforce.
Men are failing in school. While it may not be all men, as time progresses it has become apparent
that women dominate our school system when given equal opportunities to participate. Men are not
performing worse in school now compared to forty years ago, the problem is that they are not
performing better. If men found themselves with, "'their eyes glazed over,'" (Rosin 473) they once
could drop out, choose not to pursue a higher education, and enter the workforce through unionized
labor jobs that suited them much better. Today, these jobs are disintegrating, while, "Of the 15 job
categories projected to grow the most in the next decade in the U.S., all but two are occupied
primarily by women," (Rosin 475). Many men have not been able to adapt to this new world
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My Favorite Superheros
Ever since I was a little girl I have looked up to and loved superheroes. Most of the superheroes are
from Detective Comics or DC Comics for short (yes, that is Detective Comics Comics.) Nightwing
has been my favorite superhero for as long as I can remember. Obviously, Wonder Woman as well,
she is a big reason why I am a feminist. The Flash has been one of my favorite superheroes since I
was super young. However, I do not care so much for the second Flash, Barry Allen or even the
original Flash, Jay Garrick. I have always preferred the third Flash, Wally West. My favorite Green
Lantern is John Stewart. To me, all of the superheroes in DC Comics are my favorite superheroes,
but those ones stand out the most to me. Not Marvel, they suck. Nightwing. Dick ... Show more
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Soon after the adoption of the nine year old boy, he became Batman's first sidekick to use the name
"Robin." The first time I ever seen Dick Grayson was when I was around three years old in the
anime–styled cartoon titled, Teen Titans. I absolutely adored that show and I still do. However,
looking back on it and rewatching episodes, they really made him be a lot like Batman, which is fine
if you do not know the comic book character because I did not at the time. His character in the
comics is definitely different than how they portrayed him in the show. He is more outgoing than
Batman and is very sarcastic. He will talk to his enemies and distract them that way. He is not a
depressed boy in a costume trying to scare people, that is Batman. To me, Batman just does not have
any personality compared to Robin. I just wish they would have portrayed him better than they did.
Anyhow, after years of being Robin, Dick Grayson wanted to be an independent superhero. At age
eighteen, he made that happen by getting an all new suit that was all black with a blue bird on it
(unless we are talking about the original Nightwing suit because that was light
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Wonder Boys Thesis
After a long semester of waiting we finally get to watch the film that was promised to us simply
titled "Wonder Boys." I've never heard of this movie before December 3rd so I was quite intrigued
to see why my professor was so enthused by the mere thought of it. So I patiently waited (which by
the way is not a thing I do often) for the following Tuesday to come hoping that it wouldn't suck.
After two days of watching the film I was not let down, my previous pessimistic thoughts were
violently drop kicked off of the nearest tower. Not saying it's the best movie ever, but I can honestly
say that I thoroughly enjoyed this film. Following Grady Tripp through clouds of marijuana we
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So after we learn that this dog is in fact blind, which is ironic seeing as he's sees clear as day while
his owner the chairman is the only one blind to the secret affair. Tripp goes outside to snow covered
backyard, there he sees his student James Leer holding what seems to be a gun. James assures Tripp
that the gun is fake and it shoots bottle caps. Tripp gets James to come inside the Chancellor's home
with him so see Marilyn Monroe's jacket. After hearing a sound of someone coming under stairs
Tripp goes to see who it was soon after the chairman's dog bites Tripp. Hearing Tripp scream James
shoots the dog with the gun he claimed was a fake killing the dog. Throughout the movie they keep
this dead dog in Tripp's back trunk which symbolizes to me the weight or pressure keeping Tripp
from writing his next book. Tripp was unable to finish his book which tied in with how Tripp lived
his life. I don't think Tripp was the type to want to choose or take control of his own life. He was
married to a woman who he wasn't even happy being with while working as a professor which he
didn't seem to care for. He didn't do what made him happy and he left things incomplete or up in the
wind. Not sure if he really wanted to just let his wife leave or start something real with his lover he
decided to ignore those things hoping
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Feminist Criticism In The Second Sex By Simone De Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir is an incredibly influential French philosopher, writer, activist, intellectual, and
social theorist. In 1949, she wrote what is perhaps her most noteworthy text, "The Second Sex". In
the novel, Beauvoir explores the notion of femininity and the history of the relationship between
men and women, and makes the ambitious claim that "One is not born, but rather becomes,
Woman." (283) This bold statement has sparked the interest of many feminist activists and scholars,
but for one to truly understand Beauvoir's work, one must ask, what does it mean? Although this
statement is ostensibly simple, it holds great meaning and depth. Essentially, it signifies that women
are taught to be women, by their mothers and by society, and are not simply born being society's
definition of a woman. She exemplifies this on multiple occasions in her novel. In one instance, she
writes, "It is here that little girls first appear privileged. A second weaning, slower and less brutal
than the first one, withdraws the mother's body from the child's embraces; but little by little boys are
the ones who are denied kisses and caresses; the little girl continues to be doted upon..." (285) Here
Beauvoir shows that even from birth, the stereotype that girls are more delicate and fragile than
boys is perpetuated by parents treating girls with more affection and delicacy. In another example,
she states, "The boy is also brought up by his mother in the beginning; but she respects his maleness
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Colonialism In Miguel Street
Trinidad, an island ravaged by colonialism, leaving its imprints on many, notwithstanding our prized
writer, V.S. Naipaul. Miguel Street, published in 1959, is a collection of short stories about a
fictional street in Trinidad and its occupants during the 1940's. Each chapter focuses on a character
and the experience had with the protagonist, a young boy. The British flooded the island with
English literature and education, leaving many of the islanders lost in the sea of the forced external
culture. Naipaul captures the effects of this colonialism, especially so in chapter six. This chapter is
focused around a man, known as B. Wordsworth, who speaks proper English and dresses well. The
story shows us, as Beck states, "the colonized subject responding to the English literary canon thrust
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Wordsworth, like many beggars, is found outside of the house of the protagonist, only he comes
with a much stranger request. He asks to look at the bees in the grugru trees of the boy's yard. As
odd as it is, B. Wordsworth divulges in the boy that he is "the greatest poet." He spends the majority
of his days admiring with his gaze the wonders of Nature; an assortment of bugs and even morning
glories, and cries over them. We learn, from the curiosity of the boy, that the 'B' in the poet's name
stands for Black, and that his brother is "White Wordsworth" and they "share on heart." White
Wordsworth is the name given to the famed poet of the Romantic Age, Williams Wordsworth.
Seeing that he calls him 'White' based on his skin colour, we can carefully deduce that 'Black' is not
his real name. It is a name taken on by him. In the face of invasion, Black forsakes his Trinidadian
identity and embraces a new, more 'appropriate' one, based on a traditional English poet. Like his
'brother,' we see the strong admiration for Nature in
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Grapes Of Wrath Land Analysis
Steinbeck presents a connection between the land and the people who work the land throughout his
novel Grapes of Wrath. The capitalist ideology is believed to be a Monster by the farmers and
laborers, for it takes away all that matters from the people: their identity. The connection between
people and their basis of life is what the Monster takes away, and this leaves people questioning
who they truly are, but hope remains. When the time comes to leave one's land, the true value of it is
revealed. Grampa decides he "ain't a goin'" because even though the Oklahoman land is "no good" it
is still his land (Steinbeck 111). The connection to the land is through memories and history, not
because of profit. The connection is underlying in the identity of the people who live on it. The
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Due to the emergence of tractors, which the capitalist mindset perpetuates, "wonder goes out of
work, so efficient that the wonder goes out of land and the working of it, and with the wonder the
deep understanding and relation" (115). The connection that existed between the farmers and the
land cannot exist between the machine and the land. Mechanization must occur for capitalism to
prosper, because efficiency must be achieved. However, mechanization also leads to a distancing
from the true nature and difficulty of labor. Thus, the Monster eradicates all possibility of emotional
connection with the land. Due to capitalism, the pioneers of industry "forgot the land, the smell, the
feel of it, and remembered only that they owned it, remembered only what they gained and lost by
it," and therefore, it held only value in how much profit it generated (232). The pioneers who
created the Monster allowed it to dominate their mindsets, and the emotional connection that existed
prior to the industrial age was lost. Capitalism created the Monster, which created a sole focus and
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Brief Summary Of Archie's Story 'Boy Wonder'
Boy Wonder
Archie Smith was your everyday boy. But he was sad. Both his parents had died in a tragic accident
when he was just a few years old. He was later adopted by a kind family of the Smiths and there
twins, Adriana and Oliver. But he was like a sore thumb in the family of dirty blondes and hazel
eyes with his black hair and mismatched eyes his left blue and right green. Archie was happy about
having a family, but he didn't feel like he belonged.
Archie laid in his bed sleeping soundly on a cool june night. But his sleep was disturbed by the
sound of a small tinkling of wind chimes. He opened his eyes looking over the foot of his bed he
saw two small lights one blue and one Violet. Archie quickly turned away from the light keeping his
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Sexism Vs Misogyny
Lindsey,
I am not surprised at all by your findings, as it seems most people prefer a boy for patriarchal and
sexist reasons, like to continue on the family name or because they are supposedly easier to parent,
while these are all stereotypical ideas attached to gender. It is surprising though, that all of your
respondents answered wanting a boy, because like you stated, recent studies have shown this
difference has decreased in recent years, along with the belief that sexism and misogyny within
society has also decreased. I also performed this study, and although many reported that they would
prefer a boy, I was surprised that in fact many of the women preferred a girl, in which I attributed to
them as having more feminine ideals. I wonder
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The Day I Hear The Rumor
The day I hear the rumor I am 14 years old, enclosed in a bathroom stall. Its walls are light blue,
exactly the color of mold. Through a crack in its door, I can see three girls enter: heavy metal gir ls
with tremendous eyelashes. They stand in front of the mirror, speaking urgently:
"Did you hear about H.?" one of them says. "I hear she did it with Mitch and all his friends, like 12
guys at once!"
"Twelve guys?" says another. "She is disgusting!"
Th
e last chimes in. "Oh, my God, she is such a slut!" she says, drawing out the last word for effect.
From my vantage point, I can see their faces in the mirror as they talk; the way their eyes open wide
in amazement as they contemplate the horrors of what this girl has done. I 'm thrilled by their
outrage. When they finally leave the bathroom, I emerge, reeling with what I 've just heard. Twelve
guys. Impossible. So impossible I believe it utterly.
I have seen the girl they 're talking about. She 's dark and w omanly, with an air of mystery about
her that the kids in the hallway assume is sex. She is usually alone, but she always acts as if she 's
on her way somewhere, as if she 's late. I 'd never admit it in school, but I 'm drawn to her. Everyone
looks at her, wh ile I 'm a gloomy, invisible girl with a maximum of three friends, a girl whose name
nobody can remember. Beer, parties and kisses are remote. I 'm a Save the Whales activist, so
antisocial I 've convinced myself that whales are smarter than people.
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Why Are Boys Dirty
Why do boys like to get dirty? It's a mystery to so many people! Sisters and mothers and
neighborhood girls scoff at the immaturity and Neanderthal nature of the activity in which boys
partake in immersing themselves in filth. Growing up there is some kind of fascination with grime
and dust and sweat and most of all mud. Almost every boy grew up with a sand box where he could
at least get somewhat dirty.
In our youth, we boys would spend hours digging holes in the backyard, building forts in the woods,
riding dirt bikes, building dams in the rain, only to return home to the frowns upon our mom's faces
at the state of our clothes and bodies. But of course we loved every minute of it, and dreaded the
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However, the lack of rain had turned the tiny cove into a shoe–swallowing, waist deep acre of muck
and mire. Standing on the wooden platform that regularly served as a floating dock, I watched my
companion journey across this small wasteland to retrieve a fishing net, long abandoned at the
bottom of the lake. Excitement overwhelmed me when after a few steps, I saw him lurch forward as
the wet ground appeared to swallow him up to his hams. I could not resist plunging in with him, and
the next six hours were spent in this wonderland, swimming and sinking and laughing in the slime.
There is a sense of freedom and recklessness and power and rejection of responsibility that
accompanies the male as he submerges himself in the land of dirt. He finds freedom in forgetting all
cares of what his mother or father will think, so he can do what he wants. In not caring he becomes
reckless, allowing his masculine wild side to show its colors, forgetting about stained clothes, and
matted hair. He'll run free and get dirty, ignoring the consequences because he knows they are small.
He loves to get dirty so he can prove that he can survive. He wants to know that he can live in
nature and overcome it, and the dirt is evidence of his survival, similar to the way old soldiers take
pride in their battle scars. Playing in dirt has been a major way many a boy has expressed his
masculinity and
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Summary : ' Boy Wonder '
Annotated Bibliography
Aradillas, Elaine, and Kathy Ehrich Dowd. Boy Wonder, People 25 Oct. 2010: Vol. 74 issue 15: 91–
93
Boy Wonder is an article that discusses Zuckerberg's background of work with computers and his
education at Harvard. This article also discusses Zuckerberg's relationship with his friends and
family, and how much they disagree with the way the real Zuckerberg is portrayed in the movie The
Social Network. The film portrays Zuckerberg as person who is desperately trying to fit in, in a
place where elite secret clubs exist. His desire to stand out took him to invent Facebook, and during
the process he made some enemies; however, his friends said that is nothing like the jerk onscreen.
People who know Mark Zuckerberg shared that he was a workaholic and very dedicated to his
computer and math classes and these very qualities perhaps played an important role in achieving
what he was destined to become.
Bolduc, Brian. The Face of Ambition: A Harvard Grad Reviews The Social Network. 22 Jan. 2011
When Zuckergerg is dumped by his girlfriend, he gets really upset and write terrible things about
her on life journal. Moreover, at request of his friends he creates a website called "Facematch,"in
which students can rate the hotness of Harvard female students. Facematch gets more than 22,000
views in two hours, which draw the attention of two Harvard students, who asked Zuckerberg to
create a code for a new website called Harvard Connection. Zuckerberg promises to help
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A Look Into Nagy's Face Analysis
A Look Into Nagi's Face Analysis
How destructive is power? This is a question one might contemplate while reading 'A Look into
Nagi's Face'. Alaa' El Aswani depicted power's effect on a very small environment represented in the
classroom. A Look into Nagi's Face tells the story of a young boy who appears to be in the
lower/middle class. This boy went to a strict French school where the teacher would hit whoever
makes a mistake. When this happens other students would act as if they had seen nothing and the
day would just continue normally. One day, Nagi, a new rich student with French origins came to
the school and all the students became fascinated by him. He became their leader and the day the
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But he pushes me violently away and then turns to the blackboard and writes my name, and the frère
comes and he gives me ten strokes with the cane in front of the class.'
When we come to analyze the style of the writer in the story we find that he used a simple style, yet
emphasized symbolism. The writer used informal diction in order to appeal to the people and not
complicate the message he is sending. However, the writer depended largely on symbolism, which
might be difficult for some readers to grasp. The whole story is based on symbolism; the school
resembled a country, the teacher resembled the leader, the students resembled the people and finally
Nagi resembled a political party or a potential leader. When looking at it from this point of view, it
shows that at the beginning the people –students– were slaves to the teacher and even not supporting
each other, but then came the potential leader –Nagi– who gave them a ray of hope, which made
them follow him. However, the minute this leader got authority, he became a slave to power just like
the previous leader and forgot about the people who helped him reach where he is.
This story shows how power enslaves people and how destructive it could be to people's souls and
conscience. Which is stated clearly in the last paragraph if the story: 'Here I am. Tears wet my face,
my hand stings, and I turn to Nagi, who stands forever next to the frère. I keep looking at him.
Maybe he
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The Father Mccarthy
As shown when they encounter the thief with their cart, The Boy and The Father do not always
agree. We find the boy continuously fighting for the morally right, although often unreasonable,
solution for situations. The Father, has to explain, although it was once the right thing to do, it is the
wrong thing to do for the predicament they are in. The reader can sympathize with The Father as he
explains something to his kid that most fathers do not have to; that morality is not an option if your
life is at stake. McCarthy leaves the audience's mind stirring as they query some of the choices
made by The Father, by not directly stating if his decisions were the right one. One of these
decisions is not questioned until the very end, when we are
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The Separation Of What A Boy Or A Girl
Stories surround most young children in a pleasant way. As soon as they will listen to a book, they
are shown different adventures and characters that they are supposed to wish to be. When they
finally pick out books for themselves there seems to be an idea of a divide between what a boy will
choose to read and what a girl will. This anxiety is not new, but instead the product of thoughts
founded back in the 19th century. Although not as present in today's literature, the separation of
what a boy or a girl will read is still presented as if it a problem in the book market. Children's
novels began not just as tools just for the benefit of literacy, but as ideal characters to model
behavior. In the 19th century the American Sunday School Union began to create books for children
that would help develop morally (Foreman, History of Adolescent Literature). These literature
books had obvious religious themes and presented didactic lessons meant to show children the
consequences of failing to be proper. A perfect example of this kind of novel is Hubert Lee: Or How
a Boy May do Good, by Herbert Lee. The very introduction of this book announces its intentions,
"The author trusts [this book] will be read with interest, and every child will resolve, by God's help,
to 'go and do likewise.'"(i, Lee). The idea was that a novel was to not be solely for pleasure, but it
should do something to advance the children's idea of how to act in the world. This idea was
developed further to fit
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Wonder By Rj Palacio Essay
Imagine being made fun of every day in school. Imagine hiding your face in a mask. Imagine
wanting a perfect face. This was sadly the life of August. August, a boy in the book Wonder by RJ
Palacio, is not different from other boys. His face makes him look unique. Although his face might
look different, lots of kids in school think it is okay to make fun of him. Until one day he makes a
new friend, in a new school.
"She handed him his folder and pointed to the desk next to mine. Although I didn't look at him
directly, I could just tell Henry did not want to move next to me, just by the way he dragged his
backpack on the floor as he came over, like he was moving in slow motion. Then he plopped his
backpack up really high on the right side of the desk so it was kind of like a wall between his desk
and mine" (Palacio 39).
The theme of the novel is never judge a book by its cover. This was demonstrated when the
character experienced his first day of school. August's first day of school was going well until he
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I recommend the book to all girls and boys in middle school. All boys and girls will enjoy this book
because the book tells a story that all girls and boys would enjoy. Wonder teaches a lesson that
everyone should learn! Girls and boys in middle school will understand what is going on the book
better than a little kid in elementary school. Therefore I highly recommend the book to all girls and
boys in middle school. On a scale of 1–10, I rate Wonder a 10! It was such a great book to read. I
loved the story the book told. The story taught me a lesson that I will always remember. You should
never judge a book by its cover. A boy named August is unique due to his face. Kids at school think
it is okay to bully him and it is not. While reading the book I did not have any trouble understanding
the story or the word choice. Wonder was an excellent book and I rate it a
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Out, Out By Robert Frost Analysis
Both poets share the same view towards young men, they express them as careless and innocent. In
'Out,Out–' the story could represent the author's view regarding the ongoing war and how he
believes young men are not ready and don't understand the consequences of their own actions. This
is expressed in the poem by, "But the hand!, The boy's first outcry was a rueful laugh". This shows
that Frost believes that the 'big boy' does not understand the severity of what happened until it was
too late as he has been forced into adulthood. Using the word 'rueful' shows that the young boy does
understands what he has just done but only realises it once it is too late. This expresses that the
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this creates a sense of concern within the reader as the personification creates vivid imagery for the
readers. In 'out, out–' the saw is said to, 'snarl and rattle'. Giving the saw characteristics of a vicious
animal. the words 'snarl and rattle' depict the alarming scene of the youth doing a dangerous job in
the readers mind; this creates a sense of fear to the reader seeing that the onomatopoeia makes the
readers feel threatened by the saw as if a merciless animal threatening and terrifies them. The words
do this as they describe the scene and make the reader feel included in it and thus feel the danger of
the situation. it gives them a feeling that a terrible event is about to occur. The saw is also described
to have 'leaped out of the boy's hand'. Frost creates an idea within the reader that the saw is too
unpredictable and difficult to handle for the, 'big boy' not yet a man when he describes the saw to
'leap'. This once again shows the dangerous situation the character is in and it causes a sense of
concern within the reader for the character as they understand that the boy is in danger. this also
adds to my previous point that a common theme between the two points is the innocence of youths
as the reader understands that the saw is dangerous but the youth doesn't which is an example of
dramatic irony as the audience can tell something is about to happen whilst the character doesn't
know he will get
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Don T Jeopardize Men's Vulnerability To Emotion?
Shunning Emotions Jeopardizes Men's Vulnerability to Emotion Stop crying, boys don't cry is the
most common phrase typically used by parents when raising their little boys to become true men,
yet what the parents do not acknowledge is that they are also teaching them to shun their emotions.
Shunning their emotions can cause psychological harm to the individual by making them believe
that their emotions must be concealed from everyone around them. Remarks such as don't be a sissy,
take it like a man and boys have to be tough aside from implying that they must not show negative
emotions also implies a negative connotation toward women. Although it may seem like most
research is done in where more positive emotions are regarded to the physic of the man than
negative emotions not much has been focused on how keeping negative emotions to themselves
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"Depression in men can often be hidden, overlooked, not discussed or acted out" (Brownhill,
Wilhelm, Barclay & Schmied 2005) this because of the stereotype imposed on men and their
inability to portray their emotions to others. While parents believe that teaching their sons to be
tough young will help them better adjust to peers in school they are also emphasizing that when they
grow up they should be dominant and look for ways they can portray that. This leads to men doing
things that he might not want to do, but feel has no other option because if done otherwise he will be
judged and even bullied by other men around him who were also raised with the same mentality.
This paper will place focus on the hardships that men face when trying to live by the stereotype of
men being
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Compare And Contrast The Boy Who Could Turn Into Things...
The two stories The boy who could turn into things and Wonder are pretty similar in ways and are
different in some ways. Both stories are made up and are made to teach us about bullying and to
entertain us. But if look deep in them you will see that both stories (the boy who could turn into
things and wonder) actually have some common things. In both stories the author teaches us making
friends can only be done after you accept yourself for who you are. In the book the boy who could
turn into things stuart baum the author shows us accepting yourself will help you make friends.
Brian is a lonely overweight kid who has too small clothes and wears glasses. In the beginning of
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Auggie is the main character who is deformed and is starting in at a real school. In the beginning of
the story Auggie is a kid who is homeschooled because he is afraid to go to a real school because of
his deformed face. In the middle of his story Auggie joins a real school and makes a few friends, it
starts off with everybody is afraid of him until summer comes and sits next to auggie on the first day
of school. This action by summer surprise all the kids. At the end of the story auggie is starting to be
liked by the other kids and hangs out with them and laughs with them. At the end of the story auggie
get bullied by some older kids and something really bad happens. This drops auggie's acceptance
level by a ton. This lesson was a good lesson to this story is, Accepting yourself will make a big
difference in your life and other lives. Both of these stories teach us accepting yourself will make a
big difference, The book the boy who could into things is a shorter book and teaches us in a subtle
way. The book Wonder is a long chapter book for older viewers than the boy who could turn into
things this book tells us the claim in a proper form for all the older viewers. Both authors show us
the importance of accepting yourself. Accepting yourself is one of the hardest thing to do especially
you are like Brian or Auggie. But in both stories they accept himself and their life takes a good turn
for the right
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Wonder Woman Short Story
The Wonder That the World Has Yet to Truly Uncover... For centuries woman has fought valiantly
to step out of man's shadow. In a world where the most powerful nations were built on ideas of
patriarchy, social injustice, and inequality, the fate of women, as well as other underrepresented
groups, looked rather bleak. However, wherever inequity lies, it can also be expected for hope to
rise. The story of Wonder Woman follows Princess Diana, later to be known as Diana Prince, as she
leaves her world to enter man's. Diana comes from a hidden paradise island by the name of
Themyscira. The island was created by the Greek gods for the Amazonian women as a sort of safe
haven from mankind and their evil doings. No men were allowed to step foot there. Diana was the
daughter of Hippolyta who was the daughter of Ares and ruled as the Queen of the Amazons. When
Steve Trevor, a United States intelligence officer, crashes his plane near Themyscira and needs to be
healed and returned home, a tournament is held to decide which Amazon will be chosen for the job.
After a series of tests, Diana is chosen to not only return Trevor but also help bring peace to
mankind as they are currently engaged in World War II. Wonder Woman is described to be as
beautiful as Aphrodite, wise as Athena, swifter than Hermes, and stronger than Hercules. She will
use her plethora of gifts and powers to become arguably the most powerful heroine in the history of
American comics. With that being said, it is
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How Does Society Have Gender Roles?
Growing up, kids are subconsciously taught how to act, what to wear, and what not to do. From as
early as elementary school, girls are afraid to partake in gym class activities in fear of not being as
athletic as the guys. Boys are pressured to constantly show their masculinity, by hitting each other in
the genitalia, or fighting other boys. Why is this? Why does our society have gender roles?
Everyone is taught their gender roles at a very young age. We have all been conditioned to think,
and act a certain way, because of the predetermined "rules" we, as a society, make up on our own.
We are taught to take on our gender expectations at an early age. Young girls play with baby dolls,
and ponies. Adolescent boys play with toy bulldozers, and nerf guns. This shows parents
conditioning their children to like certain things when they are older. Young girls are "supposed" to
play with baby dolls, because one day they will be expected to take care of a child. If a young boy
plays with a baby doll, their parent would take it away from them, because it is not what boys are
expected to play with. It is seen as too feminine. If a young boy wants to play with baby dolls and
wear a dress, then he should. It is the same case if a young girl plays football with boys, or hunts,
she is labeled as a tomboy. This is because she is not doing the stereotypical activities that young
girls do, for example, play with Barbie dolls or play house. In adulthood moms are expected to stay
home, and
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Theme Of Discovery In The Alchemist
Where Does the Path of Self–Discovery Begin?
"Who am I?" A question we often ask ourselves while trying to discover what we were meant to do
here in this world. Who exactly, are you? Well, that is a journey that you must undertake yourself,
just as a shepherd on the path to fulfill his Personal Legend once did. In Paulo Coelho's novel, The
Alchemist, a young boy sets out on a journey. It is a journey of adventure, courage, and most
importantly, self–discovery. During his quest to achieve his Personal Legend, Santiago encounters
many significant people and endures multiple experiences that are not only essential in adding to his
knowledge of the Soul of the World, but to his knowledge of his own soul, too.
Throughout his voyage, Santiago encounters a variety of people who all teach him something
different about achieving one's Personal Legend and fulfilling one's destiny. Early on in the novel,
while Santiago is attempting to read a book in Tarifa, an old man claiming to be the king of Salem
approaches Santiago. Melchizedek is the first person to encourage Santiago to pursue his Personal
Legend. The old king plays a critical role in the story, encouraging Santiago to begin his journey and
introducing him to the ways of the world. In many ways, Melchizedek is the first step Santiago
takes towards accomplishing his Personal Legend and discovering who he really is.
After traveling for some time, Santiago settles down at a crystal merchant's shop in Tangier for a
year. The crystal merchant is an important friend to Santiago, but he also teaches him about the
dangers of not pursuing your Personal Legend. The merchant's dream is to make a pilgrimage to
Mecca, but he does not want to make the journey, fearing change. He thinks that if he made the
journey, he would have nothing left to live for after. By observing the crystal merchant, Santiago
realizes it would be foolish to not try to pursue your Personal Legend. From the crystal merchant,
Santiago learns that you should never give up and settle when you can always improve and do
better.
Finally, after a long journey, the boy meets the alchemist, a wise and powerful 200–year–old man
living in the desert oasis. The alchemist takes Santiago in as his student, and
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Examples Of Prejudging In Mean Girls
Judging That guy over there is mean, much meaner than those girls in Mean Girls. That guy over
there probably abuses his girlfriend, hits her more times than boxers in a ring. But that guy over
there is nice, once I talked to him, and put the absurd concepts out of my head, that guy over there
became my friend, that guy over there is like family, his name is Carlos; he is nice, considerate, and
a great person. This occurrence was eye opening, prejudging is a global phenomenon that puts the
worst of details in our naïve minds to make us only see the corrupt in people. In sequence,
prejudging is a biological inheritance derived from ancient ancestors that once ruled this world, but
lived in constant terror of outside their comfort.
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Gender Roles In Gender Socialization
Girls and boys both grow up being socialized on what is normal and unusual for their gender. At a
young age they are given the idea of what is expected of them based on whether they are male or
female. Toys are a prominent factor in this socialization, because they are typically presented for
one gender and are unacceptable for the other. To assess how toys play a role in gender
socialization, I made a trip to Toys R' Us in College Station and surprisingly found that the gender
beliefs have changed quite a bit since I was a child in the late 90s to early 2000s. The first thing that
went through my mind when walking into the store was to look for the Girls and Boys signs that
would indicate to me which section was for which gender. There weren't any signs though! Toys R'
Us had their aisles organized by categories such as arts & crafts, travel systems, learning &
education, bikes & wheels, sports, and fun. In order to determine what aisle may be targeted to one
gender, I looked at what types of toys were in the aisles and what were the dominant colors in each
aisle. The aisles I assumed to be for girls were filled with lots of pink while boy aisles had darker
colors such as blue, green, orange, and dark purple. The majority of girl toys were composed of
beauty sets, dress up, and dolls whereas boy toys were super heroes, Legos, tools, and vehicles.
There wasn't a huge selection in gender neutral toys, but the ones offered were more on the
educational side. Most of the
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Comparing Stevie Wonder's Life And Music
Stevie Wonder is one of the greatest known musician, singer, and performer in the United States and
throughout the country. For most the first thing that comes to mind about Wonder is the fact that he
is blind, but there is much more to his story. The journey that he has made to get where he is now
may not be known by many. Wonder has had his share of struggles and hardships to overcome and
has persevered through them all. Not only is Wonder an amazing artist, his personal triumphs are
inspiring and place him a step above the rest.
Stevie Wonder was born as Stevland Hardaway Judkins in Saginaw, Michigan on the 13th of May in
1950. He was born four weeks early and was placed in an incubator directly after birth. He lost his
vision just a few hours after birth due to getting too much oxygen in the incubator. This permanent
loss of sight he had was a condition called retinopathy of prematurity. Wonder was more aware of
sounds and music due his sight loss. His mother left his father and moved to Detroit with him and
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His partner Glover had a cousin named Ronnie White who was in the group "Miracles" with
Smokey Robinson. White and one of the other members of the group heard the two play and they
were very impressed. Soon after Wonder was auditioning for Berry Gordy and was then signed for
Motown Records while he was eleven years old. So many were blown away by Wonder's ability to
sing and play numerous instruments that he was given the stage name Little Stevie Wonder. Not
long after being singed he released his first number one hit in 1963 called "Fingertips Pt (2)" which
reached number one on the charts. Within the next year, he was in his first movie and its sequel in
which he sang the song "Dance and
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Essay on Pre-K Observation
I observed in the preschool class for two hours, there were a total of 12 children in the class Most of
the kids that are in the preschool class were four years old, but there was one five year old. When I
first arrived at the preschool, the kids seemed very shy towards me and they did not seem like they
were very sociable. I was a stranger to them, and I would have to guess that all of the children were
experiencing a little bit of stranger anxiety. I talked to the teacher about how the children reacted to
all "strangers" She said that the children often become very uneasy. As I sat down to observe the
children, I noticed one thing right away. The boys in the group were very wild and rambunctious,
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some of their reactions were hilarious. I noticed that one child jumped around and screamed that "he
was here, he was here," and another child was looking around the room trying to find the
leprechaun. Overall, I found that most of the kids seemed to have beliefs based on what they sensed
to be true, rather than on what would be logic or rational. Language development between the 4 year
old children was amazing. There were some grammatical problems that I picked up on throughout
the observation. The five year old girl was very good with sentence structure and words. I did notice
a lot of the four year old children struggled with prepositions, suffixes, and prefixes. I few sentences
I heard were, "he sitted down on me," or "she hitted me with the beaver. I noticed a lot of imitation
in the children. I guess I was an adult model for some of the children. I noticed that one child
followed me around the room one time when I went to go to the bathroom. He did not go into the
bathroom, but I did notice that everything I did when I walked back to the room, he did. The two
twin girls that I observed came over to me and started asking me questions, like "what's your
name?", what are you doing?" when I answered the question the two girls would repeat everything
that I said. I guess that would be a form of imitation. I also noticed imitation between the kids
themselves.
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Lust Leads to Death in Mann's Death in Venice Essay
Can lust lead to your death bed? Aschenbach is known as the main character in the novel "Death in
Venice." He grew up in a rich background where he had the fame, wealth and money. Aschenbach
was born the son of a career civil servant in the justice ministry, while his mother was the daughter
of a music director. Aschenbach had his life planned out; he was very accurate and organized. Even
in his youth, he set out a goal for himself. He envision to live an old age and to continue to produce
great literature. "He was practically still in high school when he made a name for himself. Ten years
later he learned how to keep up appearances to manage his fame from his writing desk to produce
gracious and significant sentences for his necessarily ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
As a reader, I can assume that his death awaits him in Venice, that the lust and desire that he
possesses of traveling to Venice might be the cause of his death because somehow I feel as if the
title of the novel seemingly gives it away.
Arriving at Venice, he promptly checks into a hotel. Making himself comfortable in the drawing
room, he takes his time to examine his surroundings and the people with whom he will be
vacationing with. The hotel guests are an international mix. He notices 3 adolescent girls and a boy,
yet his attention is quickly drawn to the boy who is about 14 years of age. Achenbach noted with
astonishment that the boy was "perfectly beautiful" (Mann, 2004, p.1855), as he went on observing
and describing the boy's entire feature. "It was a face reminiscent of Greek statues from the noblest
period of antiquity; it combined perfection of form with a unique personal charm that caused the
onlooker to doubt ever having met with anything in nature or in art that could match his perfection."
( Mann, 2004, p.1855). From this point on, I began to question his sexuality because to me, it seems
that he has homosexual tendencies. Furthermore, any reader can conclude that he envies the boy. In
Achenbach's mind; the young boy reflects the perfect image of happiness. Something he never felt
deep within. Achenbach never got a chance to enjoy his childhood. Most of his childhood days were
gloom since it was spent
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Brief Synopsis Of The Movie ' Wonder Boy '
A baby who fell to earth in a capsule with the ability to fly is brought up as a human and becomes a
famous magician, but a jealous rival threatens to reveal his secret.
BRIEF SYNOPSIS:
During the 1950's, a space capsule falls from the sky right through the roof of the barn belonging to
THURL WONDER II and his wife, LIZZY. Inside they find a baby boy wearing a metallic diaper
and a gold ring on his toe. They decide to adopt him as their own, but are surprised when they learn
he can fly. The baby floats away whenever he gets excited. Thurl and Lizzy decide to keep it a
secret. They fear if anyone found out they would do experiments on the boy. He becomes known as
WONDER BOY.
Wonder Boy hides his secret from his friends, especially MARGARET, who he has a crush on.
However, bully rival, TOMMY, who also has a crush on Margaret, sees Wonder Boy fly. Tommy
threatens to tell Wonder Boy's secret, but Wonder Boy makes Tommy promise not to tell anyone.
Later, Tommy finds the capsule inside the barn, but when he tells his parents, the capsule is gone.
Thurl hid the capsule, making Tommy look like a liar.
Wonder Boy is fascinated with Magic and Murrison the Magnificent. Wonder Boy decides that
when he grows up he's going to be a magician.
His mother, Lizzy, tells Wonder Boy that he has a special gift, but he shouldn't let anyone know. She
gives him the ring with unearthly engravings. It 's his family heirloom. One day he can give it to his
own child. She also advises Wonder
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Inside the Dome: An Analysis of Relationships in Wonder Woman

  • 1. Inside The City By Clare Dunkle Inside this book Let the sky outside awake the sky inside your mind. Sogyal Rinpoche Clare B. Dunkle made this story easy to understand and creative thinking, One thing in this book I will be talking about is the wonder babies. They are a huge part of the book because they are so much smarter than regular humans. I will also talk about the dome. The dome is such a mysterious place, because everything is the opposite of our world. There is vibrant colors, robot people and everything is "perfect". 1) Relationships There are lots of relationships in this book that the author needed to include to connect, otherwise the story will not click and there will be no conflict. One that stuck out the most are Martin and Cassie. They stick together ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... They have duties such as voting every morning. Like one day Martin and Cassie's dad said, "We don't talk disrespectful about voting," he went "it's the most important thing we do. People that don't vote can't be trusted. When the time comes for job assignments to come over the computer, those people don't get jobs, and then they can't get married. They don't fit anywhere, and no one wants to be around them. Sooner or later, they leave the suburb, and they don't come back." (Clare B. Dunkle 24) There are other domes, because they named it hm1 so there are domes such as, hm2. It's basically like a community that they live in. It creates the setting and the problem because they can't live where they want to live. Some of them don't all get along. They have no real human nature or wildlife. Everything is either a robot or artificial. Everything is very fluorescent with bright colors. Related to all that, the trees are robots and they are very strange colors, they don't look like normal trees. Everything is completely different from our world. They do things regularly too instead of voting every two years they vote every day. Every one else does it and it's just normal. They do what the president thinks is important. Which is about jobs, marriages and and the community. The vast medal structure was painted pale blue with big white splotches wherever the square golden skylights didn't intrude. (Clare B. Dunkle 4) Those are little white and blue robot bugs that clean and tighten the bolts in the dome suburb, and keep it together. Therefore, the dome is one of the most important features of the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 2. Shi No Numa Research Paper Treyarch zombies first appeared in Call of Duty: World at War and quickly became very popular when DLC#3 came out with the zombies map that brought dogs into play, Shi No Numa. In this map, Treyarch added wonder weapons, dogs, and the four main characters, Tank Dempsey, Nikolia Belsinki, Takeo Masaki and Doctor Richtofen, that impressed thousands. With the release of Nacht der Untoten, the first ever zombies map, came the first ever strategies for a four player or one player experience . Most notably, with Der Riese DLC#4 came the first part of the Call of Duty Zombies storyline.The Treyarch zombies franchise has one of the largest gaming communities because of the exclusive gameplay mechanics, the genius strategies , and the rich storyline that all began, at Der Riese, featuring "the giant". Zombies Verruct may have brought the perks, but Shi No Numa brought the Wonder Waffe DG–2, and dogs. The innovation that Shi No Numa brought was truly something else as the four main characters were introduced. One thing that really Shi No Numa stood out for was the Wonder Waffe, basically a Germen super weapon that shoots lightning. It could take out 10–15 zombies in one bolt, but has an ammo count of 14. The dogs are also very popular, so popular in fact that they are still in the latest zombies, Black Ops II. Every 5–6 round, the light will dim and the dogs will come attack you. They are pretty tough puppies, but do drop a max ammo when you complete the round. Also the perks, Jugger–Nog(more health), Double Tap ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Once again, this game mode in Call of Duty started as a very simple zombie defense game, and as grown into something greater that just "Pew, Pew!", it has become a fun mini game that friends and strangers can have fun with, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 3. Experience : A Personal Experience In The Wonder Woman The Wonder Woman Experience It was time to experience the movie, Wonder Woman it is. After all the pervasive research and background knowledge I gained, the anticipation was palpable. I made a plan to see this film with my boyfriend, Donovan. The poor guy had been begging me to see this flick with him for what feels like months, but I thought there was no way I'd enjoy Wonder Woman so I didn't want to entertain even the idea of it. We saw the movie on a Saturday though I originally was going to try for Friday night, but after spending six hours doing math homework, it wasn't happening. Fast forward to Saturday, I did some homework for other classes, went to the gym (which was a nightmare drive due to all the tourists here for Balloon Fiesta) and hung out with my family. The movie started around ten so that night I packed my bag to stay at my boyfriends, gathered candy and drinks, and headed out. Upon arriving, I parked my car outside his house and we were en route. I found the evening to be a bit brisk, so I wore sweats and a warm hoodie. As for taking my own items into a movie (which feels as if all the contents of my pantry are compressed into a teeny purse), I bring my own snacks and drinks because I don't agree with the movie's prices for those things. So, we went in with Twisters burritos, a bag full of candy, and water. It feels like one could bring a whole meal in and nobody would say a thing (at least at dollar theatres). This west side dollar theatre we ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 4. How Toys Play A Role On Gender Socialization Girls and boys both grow up being socialized on what is normal and unusual for their gender. Toys are a prominent factor in this socialization, because they are typically presented for one gender and are unacceptable for the other. To assess how toys play a role in gender socialization, I made a trip to Toys "R" Us in College Station and was surprised by how the store was organized. The first thing that went through my mind when walking into the store was to look for the Girls and Boys signs that would indicate to me which section was for which gender. There weren't any signs though! Toys "R" Us had their aisles organized by categories such as Arts & Crafts, Travel Systems, Learning & Education, Bikes & Wheels, Sports, and Fun. In order ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This indicated that cars are for boys and thus shouldn't be what peaks girls' interest. The gender neutral toys on the other hand were marketed less boldly. These toys were more about creating and learning. They consisted of puzzles and board games for the most part. The colors were a wide range and if there were pictures there would usually be both boys and girls playing together. By looking through each aisle, I was able to determine what toys were presented for each age specific gender. The infant and toddler toys started off with not much difference and were gender neutral for the most part. They were even in the same aisle. The toys were generally plush animals, entertainment puzzles, and simple objects. As the ages moved up to pre–school there was more difference in what toys were for boys and what toys were for girls. The toys for boys were more vehicles while the girl toys were more play scenarios. This fit the description given in the textbook that, "by the time they are 12 to 18 months old, girls prefer...dolls, cooking sets, dress–up clothes, and soft toys, whereas boys choose vehicles, sports equipment, and tools (Etaugh & Bridges p 77)." Though the toys were varied, they still remained in the same aisle. The major separation of girl and boy toys began with the young school age kids. The girls' section was focused on dress up, Barbies, and My Little Pony, whereas the boys' ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 5. Lord Of The Flies Critical Analysis Fear at it's Finest As children, we are usually brought up from our parents, who teach us the ways of right and wrong. Without their teachings and advice, where would we be now? In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the author shows the reader throughout the story that fear is a key factor in the storyline. Golding shows that fear could have both a negative and a positive effect on fear, you just have to know how to control it, and yourself. Being stranded on an island, and possibly having the chance of never being rescued can be a fearful situation. This situation can clearly cause more trauma and fear when it has young boys involved. In the book, the boys immediately think of the decision to elect a chief. This seems like a point towards the fact that they have no real guardian or adult to keep things in order and keep everything under control. Without the protection and guidance on the island that a parent would usually provide, the boys are left to fend for themselves, and they must figure out the right from wrong on their own. By themselves the children may think it is a fun thing, they can do what they want with no rules, but sometimes rules are a good thing even though they're are seen as "lame" by the younger age group. Sometimes a little reprimandation is good for a child. Young children aren't meant to live on their own until they come of age, otherwise the results can be hectic. As you read Lord of the Flies the word viscous may pop into your ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 6. Descriptive Language In Lord Of The Flies The author uses descriptive language to paint a vivid picture for the reader. This allows the reader to clearly visualize the gory scenes and deaths that occur on the island. For example, when the author first introduces the Lord of the Flies, he allows the reader to easily visualize the death of the pig by saying "The pile of guts was a black blob of flies that buzzed like a saw. After a while these flies found Simon. Gorged, they alighted by his runnels of sweat and drank. They tickled under his nostrils and played leapfrog on his thighs. They were black and iridescent green and without number; and in front of Simon, the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned." (Ch. 8, p. 138) The use of simple language throughout the book makes it easy for the reader to comprehend what is being said through the novel. The reader is not confused by old English or eloquent words that he or she might not understand and must look up or use context clues to understand what is happening. For example, "Yet not entirely so. They were whispering out there; and suddenly the branches were shaken furiously at two places on his right." (Ch. 12, p. 194) The reader clearly understands that Ralph is still being hunted and the branches around him are moving because he has been found. The characters in the novel vary by appearance, weight, physical ability, and attitude; but they all play a key role in the novel. Ralph, for example, is introduced as a "fair boy," who later becomes the chief of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 7. Wonder Woman Research Paper Wonder Woman is a fictional superhero that first appeared in comic books during World War II. Wonder Woman's real name was Diana Prince and was a princess of the Amazons. She was created by William Moulton Marston. There was also a television show about her and it influenced many children's childhoods. This show promoted the popularity of the second wave of feminism and women's rights and popularity. Wonder Women fought not only super villains but also forces associated with the Axis Powers, and her villain was Doctor Psycho. Her mission during World War II was to teach peace and love during the dark days of war. Wonder Woman had superhuman strength, super flight, and superhuman speed. Wonder Woman is not only the symbol of a modern woman but ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... She is a role model for kids and adults of any age. For example, her television called The Adventures of Wonder Woman, showed women that they are valuable in society and that they can take masculine roles and do great at them. She earned respect from everyone from being brave, responsible, and taking masculine roles no one believed women could ever take. She deserved that respect because she fights for the safety of others and helps them during hard times and also she worked hard to make women have value and respect. She was one of the first girls to join the Justice League for her braveness and strength. She was the only woman in the Justice League, this league was a group of superheroes during this time that were the most popular. Her joining this league showed she was very brave and it took a lot of courage to do that as a woman during this time. Also, it is an example that women should get more involved in masculine roles. She thought it was very important for women to unite and work together to defend America from the Nazis, which she also portrayed in her television show. She thought this because women were just as valuable as men according to Wonder Woman and could do just as much as ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 8. Araby By James Joyce In the former portion of the twenty century tensions across Europe were very tense until the assassination of Franz Ferdinand's. The assassination caused World War 1 to break out and the way the war was fought was different than any war fought before it, trench warfare and the function of gas changed warfare greatly. During this time, many writers were going to write in the configuration that is nowadays recognized as the modernism which argues that life's existence is subjective, people are not rational in thinking reality is built through personal experience. One of these writers was James Joyce, who was from a lower middle class in Dublin, Ireland. In his little story "Araby" Joyce shows us that at the time period that reality is ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Many peoples ' views of sin and evil are very different based on how they have been taught or come to ascertain out. The new boy then runs on to accept his first experience with honey with his friend "Mangan's" sister. The son is convinced she is his love, "She was waiting for us," "I had never talked to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood." He thinks of her at all times of the daylight, and totally loses his focus on all other matters. This girl is his pure love that he protects from all evil intentions. "Her image accompanied me even in places the most hostile to romance." "I opined that I bore my chalice safely through a multitude of foes." The young boy may very well be in honey with the girl, but he must sweep over many great obstacles to be by her side with himself being one of those many obstacles. Though he regards himself as a big soul that isn't like anyone else he is willing to answer anything for his love the audience and possibly the girl (but strange how she really understands him) attend him for who he really is. He is like everyone else, whether he want to admit it or not he is like everyone else. The boy and girl are supposed to be thought of as pure and innocent early on in the story. After a few scenes into the story you soon learn that it is not the case but rather the exact ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 9. Failure of the Legal System in Atonement, Wonder Boys and... The code of Hammurabi, dating back to 1772 BC, is one of the oldest recorded legal codes and reflects the early Babylonians' views of justice. The code is best known for "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." By enumerating punishments for certain crimes the code removes ambiguity and combined with its relatively harsh penalties, especially on lower class citizens, served as an effective deterrent. More profoundly however, Hammurabi's code formally shifted justice–seeking responsibilities from the individual to the state. Today, most modern legal systems are structured similarly to Hammurabi's code with their own codified laws and listed punishments. Capital punishment and the idea that "the punishment should fit he crime" are ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... It is because justice is not rigidly defined that some opt to pursue justice by means unsanctioned by the state. In Ian McEwan's Atonement, Michael Chabon's Wonder Boys and Louise Erdrich's The Round House the legal system fails to produce just outcomes. In Atonement one of the main characters, Robbie is convicted of raping a young girl, when in fact he is innocent. Despite only unsubstantiated evidence from a 13–year–old girl, he is convicted. Only after the judicial system had failed did the girl wish to recant her former account, but by then it was too late. " If you were lying then, why should a court believe you now? There are no new facts, and you're an unreliable witness" (McEwan 82). In this unjust sentencing of an innocent man, Atonement shows that not only does the legal system sometimes err, but that these errors are often particularly difficult to ameliorate. Unfortunately this is not an anomaly. One in nine people sentenced to death row were later exonerated showing that sometimes instead of being the solvency for wrongdoings, the legal system can be the source (Stevenson). While Atonement showed the legal system's complicity in some injustices, in both Wonder Boys and The Round House the legal system's failure to serve justice can be seen. In Wonder Boys, the reader follows the protagonist through an erratic weekend in which he engages in several unethical and unlawful behaviors. Grady Tripp (the main character), throughout the course ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 10. August Pullman Analysis " Don't try too hard to be cool.It always shows,and that's uncool." – Amos Conti The novel Wonder teaches readers things that us humans can't imagine. Like this little boy named August Pullman in the story he is a 5th grader starting a public school. The thing is August is not an average human being. In fact he's a very special soul. August was born with mandibulofacial but he is always scared to see people for the reason that they will judge him.When he starts school people bully him because of how he looks and that makes him feel worse of himself. That reason is not right to judge. Although people change their minds about August, kids at Beecher Prep bully August because of his appearance, herd behavior, and fear. To start off, August's appearance is not like an average looking person in fact he's better. Why? You may ask, well because he is unique not the fact that he was born with facial disorder. But the fact that he is that way makes him one–hundred percent much better than anyone else. According to A Teen and A Trolley Reveal society's Dark Side says that a young girl named Tiffany went up to people and told them whether they would save 5 people and kill 1 or save 1 and kill 5. There was a catch every time she went up to a different person Tiffany would change their appearances for example if the one person that was on the right side of the track was attractive Wonder Research and the 5 people on the left track were unattractive most chose the one person that was ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 11. Impact Project Reflection Unlike the pretest where I had many days to administer my pre assessment, I only had one day to try to get in twenty–six post assessments. My Impact project ran the three weeks leading up to fall break and I wanted the students to be able to get through the design and building process of their structure before I began administering the post assessment. In a perfect world, I would have waited until the fourth week to administer it when the structures would have been completed and we could have evaluated them for effectiveness. However, with fall break and a deadline for my Impact project, I had to administer it the Thursday before fall break. I was only able to get twenty–two of the twenty six students for the post test, and my data had to be ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... On the pretest a boy scored the highest with an eighty–three, and followed closely by a girl at eighty–one. However on the posttest, that same boy saw a ten point decrease to a seventy–one and the same girl only saw a one point increase to a eighty–two. She scored exactly the same on every question, only gaining a point on the last question where she had to sort by color. On the pretest, the girls generally either outscored or tied with the boys when it came to individual question average scores and were pretty much split fifty/fifty when it came to the target questions and DOK questions. However, on the posttest, the girls either had the highest individual question average or tied with the boys. The boys did not outscore the girls on average on a single question. The girls also carried the highest average score on all of the target and DOK groups. This has made me curious as to why the girls saw the biggest gains and were able to outscore the boys across the board on the posttest. Did my teaching style and the lessons I prepared cater more toward a female learning style than a male? Was the material presented in a way that was more female ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 12. A Comparison Of Wonder Woman And The Flash The Justice League has always been a great team oh super heroes that saved those who couldn't defend themselves. Although they were powerful they weren't unstoppable and this was proven when Wonder Woman and the Flash were held captive. A team of super villains called the Black Stain developed a toxin that temporarily takes away anyone's power. They used this toxin during a bank heist and that's when Wonder Woman and The Flash lost their powers and were captured. Both heroes were taken to a secret cave in the mountains were they wouldn't be traced by their Justice League friends. Wonder Woman and The Flash have worked as a team for years, but they always considered themselves as friends and nothing more. Meanwhile in the cave, Wonder Woman and The Flash felt helpless without their powers. Chained ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Spark couldn't only be invisible occasionally as it drained his strength, he could also jump high and run fast than most humans. He wasn't all that super, but that didn't stop him! One day as the Justice League was on a mission and he was all alone he went looking for trouble because he wanted to prove to his parents that he was special enough to defeat evil! He used his limited powers to save and rescue civilians in a city called Kronos. After saving a few lives he felt the need to challenge himself even more so he decided to go back to that cave where his parents first fell in love to get revenge on the evil team who temporarily took away his parents powers and tortured them. As soon as he got there he Spark went crazy without a plan he just started fighting everyone he saw. All the evil villains in the cave were startled but instantly they all went up against Spark and overpowered him. Spark was now chained on the wall where his parents first fell in love. He chuckled in the moment and found the whole pretty ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 13. Summary : ' The Prairie ' Cowboys ' David Graf Professor Chris Monier English 1010 24 September 2015 Pave the Prairie: Cowboys in Manhattan As we charge headlong into the twenty–first century, things have changed. Sweatshops are illegal, cars are a near necessity, and more women now graduate college than men. The post–industrial era economy is flourishing in the United States, but not everyone is flourishing in it. All across America coalmines are empty, railroad spikes and sledgehammers are rusting, and straw cowboy hats slowly rot. Jobs once held by 'manly' men are disappearing and, "for the first time in American history, the balance of the workforce tipped towards women, who now hold a majority of the nation's jobs," (Rosin 475). When faced with the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... These rules foster a certain type of man. One who takes charge and leads, one whose primary concern is, "Being a Man Among Men," (Kimmel 464). However, it also creates a person who suppresses his feelings in fear of being labeled as effeminate. The stigma dictates that attributes typically associated with women are unmasculine, so as boys turn to men, "Along the way they suppress all the feelings they associate with the maternal––compassion, nurturance, vulnerability, dependency," (Kimmel 469). This pattern of suppression has not changed much in recent years. Society still enforces the idea that men should be strong and stoic, when these traits are no longer what are needed to be successful in the workforce. Men are failing in school. While it may not be all men, as time progresses it has become apparent that women dominate our school system when given equal opportunities to participate. Men are not performing worse in school now compared to forty years ago, the problem is that they are not performing better. If men found themselves with, "'their eyes glazed over,'" (Rosin 473) they once could drop out, choose not to pursue a higher education, and enter the workforce through unionized labor jobs that suited them much better. Today, these jobs are disintegrating, while, "Of the 15 job categories projected to grow the most in the next decade in the U.S., all but two are occupied primarily by women," (Rosin 475). Many men have not been able to adapt to this new world ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 14. My Favorite Superheros Ever since I was a little girl I have looked up to and loved superheroes. Most of the superheroes are from Detective Comics or DC Comics for short (yes, that is Detective Comics Comics.) Nightwing has been my favorite superhero for as long as I can remember. Obviously, Wonder Woman as well, she is a big reason why I am a feminist. The Flash has been one of my favorite superheroes since I was super young. However, I do not care so much for the second Flash, Barry Allen or even the original Flash, Jay Garrick. I have always preferred the third Flash, Wally West. My favorite Green Lantern is John Stewart. To me, all of the superheroes in DC Comics are my favorite superheroes, but those ones stand out the most to me. Not Marvel, they suck. Nightwing. Dick ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Soon after the adoption of the nine year old boy, he became Batman's first sidekick to use the name "Robin." The first time I ever seen Dick Grayson was when I was around three years old in the anime–styled cartoon titled, Teen Titans. I absolutely adored that show and I still do. However, looking back on it and rewatching episodes, they really made him be a lot like Batman, which is fine if you do not know the comic book character because I did not at the time. His character in the comics is definitely different than how they portrayed him in the show. He is more outgoing than Batman and is very sarcastic. He will talk to his enemies and distract them that way. He is not a depressed boy in a costume trying to scare people, that is Batman. To me, Batman just does not have any personality compared to Robin. I just wish they would have portrayed him better than they did. Anyhow, after years of being Robin, Dick Grayson wanted to be an independent superhero. At age eighteen, he made that happen by getting an all new suit that was all black with a blue bird on it (unless we are talking about the original Nightwing suit because that was light ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 15. Wonder Boys Thesis After a long semester of waiting we finally get to watch the film that was promised to us simply titled "Wonder Boys." I've never heard of this movie before December 3rd so I was quite intrigued to see why my professor was so enthused by the mere thought of it. So I patiently waited (which by the way is not a thing I do often) for the following Tuesday to come hoping that it wouldn't suck. After two days of watching the film I was not let down, my previous pessimistic thoughts were violently drop kicked off of the nearest tower. Not saying it's the best movie ever, but I can honestly say that I thoroughly enjoyed this film. Following Grady Tripp through clouds of marijuana we witness his affair with the Chancellor of his university, meet ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... So after we learn that this dog is in fact blind, which is ironic seeing as he's sees clear as day while his owner the chairman is the only one blind to the secret affair. Tripp goes outside to snow covered backyard, there he sees his student James Leer holding what seems to be a gun. James assures Tripp that the gun is fake and it shoots bottle caps. Tripp gets James to come inside the Chancellor's home with him so see Marilyn Monroe's jacket. After hearing a sound of someone coming under stairs Tripp goes to see who it was soon after the chairman's dog bites Tripp. Hearing Tripp scream James shoots the dog with the gun he claimed was a fake killing the dog. Throughout the movie they keep this dead dog in Tripp's back trunk which symbolizes to me the weight or pressure keeping Tripp from writing his next book. Tripp was unable to finish his book which tied in with how Tripp lived his life. I don't think Tripp was the type to want to choose or take control of his own life. He was married to a woman who he wasn't even happy being with while working as a professor which he didn't seem to care for. He didn't do what made him happy and he left things incomplete or up in the wind. Not sure if he really wanted to just let his wife leave or start something real with his lover he decided to ignore those things hoping ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 16. Feminist Criticism In The Second Sex By Simone De Beauvoir Simone de Beauvoir is an incredibly influential French philosopher, writer, activist, intellectual, and social theorist. In 1949, she wrote what is perhaps her most noteworthy text, "The Second Sex". In the novel, Beauvoir explores the notion of femininity and the history of the relationship between men and women, and makes the ambitious claim that "One is not born, but rather becomes, Woman." (283) This bold statement has sparked the interest of many feminist activists and scholars, but for one to truly understand Beauvoir's work, one must ask, what does it mean? Although this statement is ostensibly simple, it holds great meaning and depth. Essentially, it signifies that women are taught to be women, by their mothers and by society, and are not simply born being society's definition of a woman. She exemplifies this on multiple occasions in her novel. In one instance, she writes, "It is here that little girls first appear privileged. A second weaning, slower and less brutal than the first one, withdraws the mother's body from the child's embraces; but little by little boys are the ones who are denied kisses and caresses; the little girl continues to be doted upon..." (285) Here Beauvoir shows that even from birth, the stereotype that girls are more delicate and fragile than boys is perpetuated by parents treating girls with more affection and delicacy. In another example, she states, "The boy is also brought up by his mother in the beginning; but she respects his maleness ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 17. Colonialism In Miguel Street Trinidad, an island ravaged by colonialism, leaving its imprints on many, notwithstanding our prized writer, V.S. Naipaul. Miguel Street, published in 1959, is a collection of short stories about a fictional street in Trinidad and its occupants during the 1940's. Each chapter focuses on a character and the experience had with the protagonist, a young boy. The British flooded the island with English literature and education, leaving many of the islanders lost in the sea of the forced external culture. Naipaul captures the effects of this colonialism, especially so in chapter six. This chapter is focused around a man, known as B. Wordsworth, who speaks proper English and dresses well. The story shows us, as Beck states, "the colonized subject responding to the English literary canon thrust upon him by colonial education and an imposed foreign culture." ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Wordsworth, like many beggars, is found outside of the house of the protagonist, only he comes with a much stranger request. He asks to look at the bees in the grugru trees of the boy's yard. As odd as it is, B. Wordsworth divulges in the boy that he is "the greatest poet." He spends the majority of his days admiring with his gaze the wonders of Nature; an assortment of bugs and even morning glories, and cries over them. We learn, from the curiosity of the boy, that the 'B' in the poet's name stands for Black, and that his brother is "White Wordsworth" and they "share on heart." White Wordsworth is the name given to the famed poet of the Romantic Age, Williams Wordsworth. Seeing that he calls him 'White' based on his skin colour, we can carefully deduce that 'Black' is not his real name. It is a name taken on by him. In the face of invasion, Black forsakes his Trinidadian identity and embraces a new, more 'appropriate' one, based on a traditional English poet. Like his 'brother,' we see the strong admiration for Nature in ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 18. Grapes Of Wrath Land Analysis Steinbeck presents a connection between the land and the people who work the land throughout his novel Grapes of Wrath. The capitalist ideology is believed to be a Monster by the farmers and laborers, for it takes away all that matters from the people: their identity. The connection between people and their basis of life is what the Monster takes away, and this leaves people questioning who they truly are, but hope remains. When the time comes to leave one's land, the true value of it is revealed. Grampa decides he "ain't a goin'" because even though the Oklahoman land is "no good" it is still his land (Steinbeck 111). The connection to the land is through memories and history, not because of profit. The connection is underlying in the identity of the people who live on it. The same connection between the people and the land ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Due to the emergence of tractors, which the capitalist mindset perpetuates, "wonder goes out of work, so efficient that the wonder goes out of land and the working of it, and with the wonder the deep understanding and relation" (115). The connection that existed between the farmers and the land cannot exist between the machine and the land. Mechanization must occur for capitalism to prosper, because efficiency must be achieved. However, mechanization also leads to a distancing from the true nature and difficulty of labor. Thus, the Monster eradicates all possibility of emotional connection with the land. Due to capitalism, the pioneers of industry "forgot the land, the smell, the feel of it, and remembered only that they owned it, remembered only what they gained and lost by it," and therefore, it held only value in how much profit it generated (232). The pioneers who created the Monster allowed it to dominate their mindsets, and the emotional connection that existed prior to the industrial age was lost. Capitalism created the Monster, which created a sole focus and connection to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 19. Brief Summary Of Archie's Story 'Boy Wonder' Boy Wonder Archie Smith was your everyday boy. But he was sad. Both his parents had died in a tragic accident when he was just a few years old. He was later adopted by a kind family of the Smiths and there twins, Adriana and Oliver. But he was like a sore thumb in the family of dirty blondes and hazel eyes with his black hair and mismatched eyes his left blue and right green. Archie was happy about having a family, but he didn't feel like he belonged. Archie laid in his bed sleeping soundly on a cool june night. But his sleep was disturbed by the sound of a small tinkling of wind chimes. He opened his eyes looking over the foot of his bed he saw two small lights one blue and one Violet. Archie quickly turned away from the light keeping his ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 20. Sexism Vs Misogyny Lindsey, I am not surprised at all by your findings, as it seems most people prefer a boy for patriarchal and sexist reasons, like to continue on the family name or because they are supposedly easier to parent, while these are all stereotypical ideas attached to gender. It is surprising though, that all of your respondents answered wanting a boy, because like you stated, recent studies have shown this difference has decreased in recent years, along with the belief that sexism and misogyny within society has also decreased. I also performed this study, and although many reported that they would prefer a boy, I was surprised that in fact many of the women preferred a girl, in which I attributed to them as having more feminine ideals. I wonder ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 21. The Day I Hear The Rumor The day I hear the rumor I am 14 years old, enclosed in a bathroom stall. Its walls are light blue, exactly the color of mold. Through a crack in its door, I can see three girls enter: heavy metal gir ls with tremendous eyelashes. They stand in front of the mirror, speaking urgently: "Did you hear about H.?" one of them says. "I hear she did it with Mitch and all his friends, like 12 guys at once!" "Twelve guys?" says another. "She is disgusting!" Th e last chimes in. "Oh, my God, she is such a slut!" she says, drawing out the last word for effect. From my vantage point, I can see their faces in the mirror as they talk; the way their eyes open wide in amazement as they contemplate the horrors of what this girl has done. I 'm thrilled by their outrage. When they finally leave the bathroom, I emerge, reeling with what I 've just heard. Twelve guys. Impossible. So impossible I believe it utterly. I have seen the girl they 're talking about. She 's dark and w omanly, with an air of mystery about her that the kids in the hallway assume is sex. She is usually alone, but she always acts as if she 's on her way somewhere, as if she 's late. I 'd never admit it in school, but I 'm drawn to her. Everyone looks at her, wh ile I 'm a gloomy, invisible girl with a maximum of three friends, a girl whose name nobody can remember. Beer, parties and kisses are remote. I 'm a Save the Whales activist, so antisocial I 've convinced myself that whales are smarter than people. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 22. Why Are Boys Dirty Why do boys like to get dirty? It's a mystery to so many people! Sisters and mothers and neighborhood girls scoff at the immaturity and Neanderthal nature of the activity in which boys partake in immersing themselves in filth. Growing up there is some kind of fascination with grime and dust and sweat and most of all mud. Almost every boy grew up with a sand box where he could at least get somewhat dirty. In our youth, we boys would spend hours digging holes in the backyard, building forts in the woods, riding dirt bikes, building dams in the rain, only to return home to the frowns upon our mom's faces at the state of our clothes and bodies. But of course we loved every minute of it, and dreaded the time when we had to take a bath, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... However, the lack of rain had turned the tiny cove into a shoe–swallowing, waist deep acre of muck and mire. Standing on the wooden platform that regularly served as a floating dock, I watched my companion journey across this small wasteland to retrieve a fishing net, long abandoned at the bottom of the lake. Excitement overwhelmed me when after a few steps, I saw him lurch forward as the wet ground appeared to swallow him up to his hams. I could not resist plunging in with him, and the next six hours were spent in this wonderland, swimming and sinking and laughing in the slime. There is a sense of freedom and recklessness and power and rejection of responsibility that accompanies the male as he submerges himself in the land of dirt. He finds freedom in forgetting all cares of what his mother or father will think, so he can do what he wants. In not caring he becomes reckless, allowing his masculine wild side to show its colors, forgetting about stained clothes, and matted hair. He'll run free and get dirty, ignoring the consequences because he knows they are small. He loves to get dirty so he can prove that he can survive. He wants to know that he can live in nature and overcome it, and the dirt is evidence of his survival, similar to the way old soldiers take pride in their battle scars. Playing in dirt has been a major way many a boy has expressed his masculinity and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 23. Summary : ' Boy Wonder ' Annotated Bibliography Aradillas, Elaine, and Kathy Ehrich Dowd. Boy Wonder, People 25 Oct. 2010: Vol. 74 issue 15: 91– 93 Boy Wonder is an article that discusses Zuckerberg's background of work with computers and his education at Harvard. This article also discusses Zuckerberg's relationship with his friends and family, and how much they disagree with the way the real Zuckerberg is portrayed in the movie The Social Network. The film portrays Zuckerberg as person who is desperately trying to fit in, in a place where elite secret clubs exist. His desire to stand out took him to invent Facebook, and during the process he made some enemies; however, his friends said that is nothing like the jerk onscreen. People who know Mark Zuckerberg shared that he was a workaholic and very dedicated to his computer and math classes and these very qualities perhaps played an important role in achieving what he was destined to become. Bolduc, Brian. The Face of Ambition: A Harvard Grad Reviews The Social Network. 22 Jan. 2011 When Zuckergerg is dumped by his girlfriend, he gets really upset and write terrible things about her on life journal. Moreover, at request of his friends he creates a website called "Facematch,"in which students can rate the hotness of Harvard female students. Facematch gets more than 22,000 views in two hours, which draw the attention of two Harvard students, who asked Zuckerberg to create a code for a new website called Harvard Connection. Zuckerberg promises to help ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 24. A Look Into Nagy's Face Analysis A Look Into Nagi's Face Analysis How destructive is power? This is a question one might contemplate while reading 'A Look into Nagi's Face'. Alaa' El Aswani depicted power's effect on a very small environment represented in the classroom. A Look into Nagi's Face tells the story of a young boy who appears to be in the lower/middle class. This boy went to a strict French school where the teacher would hit whoever makes a mistake. When this happens other students would act as if they had seen nothing and the day would just continue normally. One day, Nagi, a new rich student with French origins came to the school and all the students became fascinated by him. He became their leader and the day the teacher hit him they all revolted. The ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... But he pushes me violently away and then turns to the blackboard and writes my name, and the frère comes and he gives me ten strokes with the cane in front of the class.' When we come to analyze the style of the writer in the story we find that he used a simple style, yet emphasized symbolism. The writer used informal diction in order to appeal to the people and not complicate the message he is sending. However, the writer depended largely on symbolism, which might be difficult for some readers to grasp. The whole story is based on symbolism; the school resembled a country, the teacher resembled the leader, the students resembled the people and finally Nagi resembled a political party or a potential leader. When looking at it from this point of view, it shows that at the beginning the people –students– were slaves to the teacher and even not supporting each other, but then came the potential leader –Nagi– who gave them a ray of hope, which made them follow him. However, the minute this leader got authority, he became a slave to power just like the previous leader and forgot about the people who helped him reach where he is. This story shows how power enslaves people and how destructive it could be to people's souls and conscience. Which is stated clearly in the last paragraph if the story: 'Here I am. Tears wet my face, my hand stings, and I turn to Nagi, who stands forever next to the frère. I keep looking at him. Maybe he ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 25. The Father Mccarthy As shown when they encounter the thief with their cart, The Boy and The Father do not always agree. We find the boy continuously fighting for the morally right, although often unreasonable, solution for situations. The Father, has to explain, although it was once the right thing to do, it is the wrong thing to do for the predicament they are in. The reader can sympathize with The Father as he explains something to his kid that most fathers do not have to; that morality is not an option if your life is at stake. McCarthy leaves the audience's mind stirring as they query some of the choices made by The Father, by not directly stating if his decisions were the right one. One of these decisions is not questioned until the very end, when we are ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 26. The Separation Of What A Boy Or A Girl Stories surround most young children in a pleasant way. As soon as they will listen to a book, they are shown different adventures and characters that they are supposed to wish to be. When they finally pick out books for themselves there seems to be an idea of a divide between what a boy will choose to read and what a girl will. This anxiety is not new, but instead the product of thoughts founded back in the 19th century. Although not as present in today's literature, the separation of what a boy or a girl will read is still presented as if it a problem in the book market. Children's novels began not just as tools just for the benefit of literacy, but as ideal characters to model behavior. In the 19th century the American Sunday School Union began to create books for children that would help develop morally (Foreman, History of Adolescent Literature). These literature books had obvious religious themes and presented didactic lessons meant to show children the consequences of failing to be proper. A perfect example of this kind of novel is Hubert Lee: Or How a Boy May do Good, by Herbert Lee. The very introduction of this book announces its intentions, "The author trusts [this book] will be read with interest, and every child will resolve, by God's help, to 'go and do likewise.'"(i, Lee). The idea was that a novel was to not be solely for pleasure, but it should do something to advance the children's idea of how to act in the world. This idea was developed further to fit ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 27. Wonder By Rj Palacio Essay Imagine being made fun of every day in school. Imagine hiding your face in a mask. Imagine wanting a perfect face. This was sadly the life of August. August, a boy in the book Wonder by RJ Palacio, is not different from other boys. His face makes him look unique. Although his face might look different, lots of kids in school think it is okay to make fun of him. Until one day he makes a new friend, in a new school. "She handed him his folder and pointed to the desk next to mine. Although I didn't look at him directly, I could just tell Henry did not want to move next to me, just by the way he dragged his backpack on the floor as he came over, like he was moving in slow motion. Then he plopped his backpack up really high on the right side of the desk so it was kind of like a wall between his desk and mine" (Palacio 39). The theme of the novel is never judge a book by its cover. This was demonstrated when the character experienced his first day of school. August's first day of school was going well until he saw a group of girls in the hallway ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... I recommend the book to all girls and boys in middle school. All boys and girls will enjoy this book because the book tells a story that all girls and boys would enjoy. Wonder teaches a lesson that everyone should learn! Girls and boys in middle school will understand what is going on the book better than a little kid in elementary school. Therefore I highly recommend the book to all girls and boys in middle school. On a scale of 1–10, I rate Wonder a 10! It was such a great book to read. I loved the story the book told. The story taught me a lesson that I will always remember. You should never judge a book by its cover. A boy named August is unique due to his face. Kids at school think it is okay to bully him and it is not. While reading the book I did not have any trouble understanding the story or the word choice. Wonder was an excellent book and I rate it a ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 28. Out, Out By Robert Frost Analysis Both poets share the same view towards young men, they express them as careless and innocent. In 'Out,Out–' the story could represent the author's view regarding the ongoing war and how he believes young men are not ready and don't understand the consequences of their own actions. This is expressed in the poem by, "But the hand!, The boy's first outcry was a rueful laugh". This shows that Frost believes that the 'big boy' does not understand the severity of what happened until it was too late as he has been forced into adulthood. Using the word 'rueful' shows that the young boy does understands what he has just done but only realises it once it is too late. This expresses that the youth did not want to be working yet he was forced to do so ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... this creates a sense of concern within the reader as the personification creates vivid imagery for the readers. In 'out, out–' the saw is said to, 'snarl and rattle'. Giving the saw characteristics of a vicious animal. the words 'snarl and rattle' depict the alarming scene of the youth doing a dangerous job in the readers mind; this creates a sense of fear to the reader seeing that the onomatopoeia makes the readers feel threatened by the saw as if a merciless animal threatening and terrifies them. The words do this as they describe the scene and make the reader feel included in it and thus feel the danger of the situation. it gives them a feeling that a terrible event is about to occur. The saw is also described to have 'leaped out of the boy's hand'. Frost creates an idea within the reader that the saw is too unpredictable and difficult to handle for the, 'big boy' not yet a man when he describes the saw to 'leap'. This once again shows the dangerous situation the character is in and it causes a sense of concern within the reader for the character as they understand that the boy is in danger. this also adds to my previous point that a common theme between the two points is the innocence of youths as the reader understands that the saw is dangerous but the youth doesn't which is an example of dramatic irony as the audience can tell something is about to happen whilst the character doesn't know he will get ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 29. Don T Jeopardize Men's Vulnerability To Emotion? Shunning Emotions Jeopardizes Men's Vulnerability to Emotion Stop crying, boys don't cry is the most common phrase typically used by parents when raising their little boys to become true men, yet what the parents do not acknowledge is that they are also teaching them to shun their emotions. Shunning their emotions can cause psychological harm to the individual by making them believe that their emotions must be concealed from everyone around them. Remarks such as don't be a sissy, take it like a man and boys have to be tough aside from implying that they must not show negative emotions also implies a negative connotation toward women. Although it may seem like most research is done in where more positive emotions are regarded to the physic of the man than negative emotions not much has been focused on how keeping negative emotions to themselves becomes risky for the individual as they age. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... "Depression in men can often be hidden, overlooked, not discussed or acted out" (Brownhill, Wilhelm, Barclay & Schmied 2005) this because of the stereotype imposed on men and their inability to portray their emotions to others. While parents believe that teaching their sons to be tough young will help them better adjust to peers in school they are also emphasizing that when they grow up they should be dominant and look for ways they can portray that. This leads to men doing things that he might not want to do, but feel has no other option because if done otherwise he will be judged and even bullied by other men around him who were also raised with the same mentality. This paper will place focus on the hardships that men face when trying to live by the stereotype of men being ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 30. Compare And Contrast The Boy Who Could Turn Into Things... The two stories The boy who could turn into things and Wonder are pretty similar in ways and are different in some ways. Both stories are made up and are made to teach us about bullying and to entertain us. But if look deep in them you will see that both stories (the boy who could turn into things and wonder) actually have some common things. In both stories the author teaches us making friends can only be done after you accept yourself for who you are. In the book the boy who could turn into things stuart baum the author shows us accepting yourself will help you make friends. Brian is a lonely overweight kid who has too small clothes and wears glasses. In the beginning of the story aBrian is lonely and has no friends. He can turn into ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Auggie is the main character who is deformed and is starting in at a real school. In the beginning of the story Auggie is a kid who is homeschooled because he is afraid to go to a real school because of his deformed face. In the middle of his story Auggie joins a real school and makes a few friends, it starts off with everybody is afraid of him until summer comes and sits next to auggie on the first day of school. This action by summer surprise all the kids. At the end of the story auggie is starting to be liked by the other kids and hangs out with them and laughs with them. At the end of the story auggie get bullied by some older kids and something really bad happens. This drops auggie's acceptance level by a ton. This lesson was a good lesson to this story is, Accepting yourself will make a big difference in your life and other lives. Both of these stories teach us accepting yourself will make a big difference, The book the boy who could into things is a shorter book and teaches us in a subtle way. The book Wonder is a long chapter book for older viewers than the boy who could turn into things this book tells us the claim in a proper form for all the older viewers. Both authors show us the importance of accepting yourself. Accepting yourself is one of the hardest thing to do especially you are like Brian or Auggie. But in both stories they accept himself and their life takes a good turn for the right ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 31. Wonder Woman Short Story The Wonder That the World Has Yet to Truly Uncover... For centuries woman has fought valiantly to step out of man's shadow. In a world where the most powerful nations were built on ideas of patriarchy, social injustice, and inequality, the fate of women, as well as other underrepresented groups, looked rather bleak. However, wherever inequity lies, it can also be expected for hope to rise. The story of Wonder Woman follows Princess Diana, later to be known as Diana Prince, as she leaves her world to enter man's. Diana comes from a hidden paradise island by the name of Themyscira. The island was created by the Greek gods for the Amazonian women as a sort of safe haven from mankind and their evil doings. No men were allowed to step foot there. Diana was the daughter of Hippolyta who was the daughter of Ares and ruled as the Queen of the Amazons. When Steve Trevor, a United States intelligence officer, crashes his plane near Themyscira and needs to be healed and returned home, a tournament is held to decide which Amazon will be chosen for the job. After a series of tests, Diana is chosen to not only return Trevor but also help bring peace to mankind as they are currently engaged in World War II. Wonder Woman is described to be as beautiful as Aphrodite, wise as Athena, swifter than Hermes, and stronger than Hercules. She will use her plethora of gifts and powers to become arguably the most powerful heroine in the history of American comics. With that being said, it is ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 32. How Does Society Have Gender Roles? Growing up, kids are subconsciously taught how to act, what to wear, and what not to do. From as early as elementary school, girls are afraid to partake in gym class activities in fear of not being as athletic as the guys. Boys are pressured to constantly show their masculinity, by hitting each other in the genitalia, or fighting other boys. Why is this? Why does our society have gender roles? Everyone is taught their gender roles at a very young age. We have all been conditioned to think, and act a certain way, because of the predetermined "rules" we, as a society, make up on our own. We are taught to take on our gender expectations at an early age. Young girls play with baby dolls, and ponies. Adolescent boys play with toy bulldozers, and nerf guns. This shows parents conditioning their children to like certain things when they are older. Young girls are "supposed" to play with baby dolls, because one day they will be expected to take care of a child. If a young boy plays with a baby doll, their parent would take it away from them, because it is not what boys are expected to play with. It is seen as too feminine. If a young boy wants to play with baby dolls and wear a dress, then he should. It is the same case if a young girl plays football with boys, or hunts, she is labeled as a tomboy. This is because she is not doing the stereotypical activities that young girls do, for example, play with Barbie dolls or play house. In adulthood moms are expected to stay home, and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 33. Theme Of Discovery In The Alchemist Where Does the Path of Self–Discovery Begin? "Who am I?" A question we often ask ourselves while trying to discover what we were meant to do here in this world. Who exactly, are you? Well, that is a journey that you must undertake yourself, just as a shepherd on the path to fulfill his Personal Legend once did. In Paulo Coelho's novel, The Alchemist, a young boy sets out on a journey. It is a journey of adventure, courage, and most importantly, self–discovery. During his quest to achieve his Personal Legend, Santiago encounters many significant people and endures multiple experiences that are not only essential in adding to his knowledge of the Soul of the World, but to his knowledge of his own soul, too. Throughout his voyage, Santiago encounters a variety of people who all teach him something different about achieving one's Personal Legend and fulfilling one's destiny. Early on in the novel, while Santiago is attempting to read a book in Tarifa, an old man claiming to be the king of Salem approaches Santiago. Melchizedek is the first person to encourage Santiago to pursue his Personal Legend. The old king plays a critical role in the story, encouraging Santiago to begin his journey and introducing him to the ways of the world. In many ways, Melchizedek is the first step Santiago takes towards accomplishing his Personal Legend and discovering who he really is. After traveling for some time, Santiago settles down at a crystal merchant's shop in Tangier for a year. The crystal merchant is an important friend to Santiago, but he also teaches him about the dangers of not pursuing your Personal Legend. The merchant's dream is to make a pilgrimage to Mecca, but he does not want to make the journey, fearing change. He thinks that if he made the journey, he would have nothing left to live for after. By observing the crystal merchant, Santiago realizes it would be foolish to not try to pursue your Personal Legend. From the crystal merchant, Santiago learns that you should never give up and settle when you can always improve and do better. Finally, after a long journey, the boy meets the alchemist, a wise and powerful 200–year–old man living in the desert oasis. The alchemist takes Santiago in as his student, and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 34. Examples Of Prejudging In Mean Girls Judging That guy over there is mean, much meaner than those girls in Mean Girls. That guy over there probably abuses his girlfriend, hits her more times than boxers in a ring. But that guy over there is nice, once I talked to him, and put the absurd concepts out of my head, that guy over there became my friend, that guy over there is like family, his name is Carlos; he is nice, considerate, and a great person. This occurrence was eye opening, prejudging is a global phenomenon that puts the worst of details in our naïve minds to make us only see the corrupt in people. In sequence, prejudging is a biological inheritance derived from ancient ancestors that once ruled this world, but lived in constant terror of outside their comfort. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 35. Gender Roles In Gender Socialization Girls and boys both grow up being socialized on what is normal and unusual for their gender. At a young age they are given the idea of what is expected of them based on whether they are male or female. Toys are a prominent factor in this socialization, because they are typically presented for one gender and are unacceptable for the other. To assess how toys play a role in gender socialization, I made a trip to Toys R' Us in College Station and surprisingly found that the gender beliefs have changed quite a bit since I was a child in the late 90s to early 2000s. The first thing that went through my mind when walking into the store was to look for the Girls and Boys signs that would indicate to me which section was for which gender. There weren't any signs though! Toys R' Us had their aisles organized by categories such as arts & crafts, travel systems, learning & education, bikes & wheels, sports, and fun. In order to determine what aisle may be targeted to one gender, I looked at what types of toys were in the aisles and what were the dominant colors in each aisle. The aisles I assumed to be for girls were filled with lots of pink while boy aisles had darker colors such as blue, green, orange, and dark purple. The majority of girl toys were composed of beauty sets, dress up, and dolls whereas boy toys were super heroes, Legos, tools, and vehicles. There wasn't a huge selection in gender neutral toys, but the ones offered were more on the educational side. Most of the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 36. Comparing Stevie Wonder's Life And Music Stevie Wonder is one of the greatest known musician, singer, and performer in the United States and throughout the country. For most the first thing that comes to mind about Wonder is the fact that he is blind, but there is much more to his story. The journey that he has made to get where he is now may not be known by many. Wonder has had his share of struggles and hardships to overcome and has persevered through them all. Not only is Wonder an amazing artist, his personal triumphs are inspiring and place him a step above the rest. Stevie Wonder was born as Stevland Hardaway Judkins in Saginaw, Michigan on the 13th of May in 1950. He was born four weeks early and was placed in an incubator directly after birth. He lost his vision just a few hours after birth due to getting too much oxygen in the incubator. This permanent loss of sight he had was a condition called retinopathy of prematurity. Wonder was more aware of sounds and music due his sight loss. His mother left his father and moved to Detroit with him and his siblings when he was very young. He started singing in the church choir at the early age of ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... His partner Glover had a cousin named Ronnie White who was in the group "Miracles" with Smokey Robinson. White and one of the other members of the group heard the two play and they were very impressed. Soon after Wonder was auditioning for Berry Gordy and was then signed for Motown Records while he was eleven years old. So many were blown away by Wonder's ability to sing and play numerous instruments that he was given the stage name Little Stevie Wonder. Not long after being singed he released his first number one hit in 1963 called "Fingertips Pt (2)" which reached number one on the charts. Within the next year, he was in his first movie and its sequel in which he sang the song "Dance and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 37. Essay on Pre-K Observation I observed in the preschool class for two hours, there were a total of 12 children in the class Most of the kids that are in the preschool class were four years old, but there was one five year old. When I first arrived at the preschool, the kids seemed very shy towards me and they did not seem like they were very sociable. I was a stranger to them, and I would have to guess that all of the children were experiencing a little bit of stranger anxiety. I talked to the teacher about how the children reacted to all "strangers" She said that the children often become very uneasy. As I sat down to observe the children, I noticed one thing right away. The boys in the group were very wild and rambunctious, and the girls seemed to be shy and ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... some of their reactions were hilarious. I noticed that one child jumped around and screamed that "he was here, he was here," and another child was looking around the room trying to find the leprechaun. Overall, I found that most of the kids seemed to have beliefs based on what they sensed to be true, rather than on what would be logic or rational. Language development between the 4 year old children was amazing. There were some grammatical problems that I picked up on throughout the observation. The five year old girl was very good with sentence structure and words. I did notice a lot of the four year old children struggled with prepositions, suffixes, and prefixes. I few sentences I heard were, "he sitted down on me," or "she hitted me with the beaver. I noticed a lot of imitation in the children. I guess I was an adult model for some of the children. I noticed that one child followed me around the room one time when I went to go to the bathroom. He did not go into the bathroom, but I did notice that everything I did when I walked back to the room, he did. The two twin girls that I observed came over to me and started asking me questions, like "what's your name?", what are you doing?" when I answered the question the two girls would repeat everything that I said. I guess that would be a form of imitation. I also noticed imitation between the kids themselves. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 38. Lust Leads to Death in Mann's Death in Venice Essay Can lust lead to your death bed? Aschenbach is known as the main character in the novel "Death in Venice." He grew up in a rich background where he had the fame, wealth and money. Aschenbach was born the son of a career civil servant in the justice ministry, while his mother was the daughter of a music director. Aschenbach had his life planned out; he was very accurate and organized. Even in his youth, he set out a goal for himself. He envision to live an old age and to continue to produce great literature. "He was practically still in high school when he made a name for himself. Ten years later he learned how to keep up appearances to manage his fame from his writing desk to produce gracious and significant sentences for his necessarily ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... As a reader, I can assume that his death awaits him in Venice, that the lust and desire that he possesses of traveling to Venice might be the cause of his death because somehow I feel as if the title of the novel seemingly gives it away. Arriving at Venice, he promptly checks into a hotel. Making himself comfortable in the drawing room, he takes his time to examine his surroundings and the people with whom he will be vacationing with. The hotel guests are an international mix. He notices 3 adolescent girls and a boy, yet his attention is quickly drawn to the boy who is about 14 years of age. Achenbach noted with astonishment that the boy was "perfectly beautiful" (Mann, 2004, p.1855), as he went on observing and describing the boy's entire feature. "It was a face reminiscent of Greek statues from the noblest period of antiquity; it combined perfection of form with a unique personal charm that caused the onlooker to doubt ever having met with anything in nature or in art that could match his perfection." ( Mann, 2004, p.1855). From this point on, I began to question his sexuality because to me, it seems that he has homosexual tendencies. Furthermore, any reader can conclude that he envies the boy. In Achenbach's mind; the young boy reflects the perfect image of happiness. Something he never felt deep within. Achenbach never got a chance to enjoy his childhood. Most of his childhood days were gloom since it was spent ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 39. Brief Synopsis Of The Movie ' Wonder Boy ' A baby who fell to earth in a capsule with the ability to fly is brought up as a human and becomes a famous magician, but a jealous rival threatens to reveal his secret. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: During the 1950's, a space capsule falls from the sky right through the roof of the barn belonging to THURL WONDER II and his wife, LIZZY. Inside they find a baby boy wearing a metallic diaper and a gold ring on his toe. They decide to adopt him as their own, but are surprised when they learn he can fly. The baby floats away whenever he gets excited. Thurl and Lizzy decide to keep it a secret. They fear if anyone found out they would do experiments on the boy. He becomes known as WONDER BOY. Wonder Boy hides his secret from his friends, especially MARGARET, who he has a crush on. However, bully rival, TOMMY, who also has a crush on Margaret, sees Wonder Boy fly. Tommy threatens to tell Wonder Boy's secret, but Wonder Boy makes Tommy promise not to tell anyone. Later, Tommy finds the capsule inside the barn, but when he tells his parents, the capsule is gone. Thurl hid the capsule, making Tommy look like a liar. Wonder Boy is fascinated with Magic and Murrison the Magnificent. Wonder Boy decides that when he grows up he's going to be a magician. His mother, Lizzy, tells Wonder Boy that he has a special gift, but he shouldn't let anyone know. She gives him the ring with unearthly engravings. It 's his family heirloom. One day he can give it to his own child. She also advises Wonder ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...