When signing up for my classes this semester, CO-150 was the class I was least excited about. As an Electrical Engineering major, I couldn’t grasp the idea that this class was going to be beneficial for my major at all for a multitude of reasons. I found that the only motivation I had in the beginning of the semester was knowing this class was a requirement to graduate. However, as the class progressed and I started learning more and more,...
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College life is quite challenging, and it helps people to get a lot of experience. The experience in college shapes people's lives and ensures that they can take responsibility for their actions. Students do come to realize their potential in college, and they tend to learn more about themselves while in college. The challenges they experience help them to grow into mature people in society. Also, there is a lesson that people learn about happiness and how to counter problems...
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While white people may not be able to detect racism all the time, some encounter it and still do not act. Bell hooks recalls an interaction in her book, Killing Rage, when her friend is forced to move her seat after the plane had overbooked the flight. The white man who took her seat apologizes and claims that it was not his fault (hooks). While this may be true, hooks says in response that “it was an occasion for [him]...
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Introduction Ever since the colonization of the North American continent by the Europeans, Native Americans had to deal with their land being slowly taken from them whether it’s by force or peace. The Cherokees are by far concerned. The excerpt under study is a taken from Mankiller, A Chief and her People, an autobiographic book written by Wilma Mankiller. She was the very first woman in the Cherokee history to be elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee nation from 1985...
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The author uses allusions to allow the reader to indulge themselves into the story without explaining a lot of the action in a given scene. In the first paragraph of the extract, the narrator uses the words 'shy of' when describing Mrs. Tibbs to add emphasis on how small she felt around the people in her presence due to an incident that had happened earlier. Furthermore, Charles uses 'lords of creation' to illustrate the class of people seated at the...
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The topic that I chose for my final paper is Non-citizen Youth in the Juvenile Justice System. The reason why I chose this topic is because we are currently in a generation where racism and hate is still very much alive and we live in a generation that is tackling the issue with un-documentation in a very bad way. Splitting families up, losing undocumented youth and keeping them in detention facilities with unbearable in humane conditions. The primary goals of...
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Pool cleaner Pool cleaner models are proposed by companies to collect sediments and debris from our swimming pools and reduce the human intervention. Dirty pool can cause health problems so cleaning your pools is necessary. These models provide us with ease and can be used for both small-sized and large-sized pools. There are many types of pool cleaner models which include manually-powered as well as battery-powered automated cleaners. Maytronics is a USA company that designed great products and ensure safety...
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Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy is a genetic disorder linked to the X chromosome that is caused by a deficiency in the protein dystrophin (Mendell et al., 1995). This disease weakens skeletal and cardiac muscles, and may pose obstacles when sitting, standing, walking, and speaking. Treatment by myoblast transfer showed promising results in animal trials. This method strives to replace dystrophin through the injection of donor myoblast cells into skeletal muscles. The donor cells are able to replace dystrophin by fusing with...
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Amazon was created with the intention of it being a book selling website, but with its success Jeff Bezos diversified it into many different markets to expand his own company. The website is now used to sell/buy apparel, medicine, movies, electronics, and even grocery shopping for some people. With online shopping at its highest point it's ever been, Amazon is pursuing the perfect strategies to keep their company at the absolute top. A few reasons why Amazon is as successful...
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The non-western society I chose to research about its art tradition is China because its art has one of the oldest traditions in the world and it comes in many forms. Chinese Calligraphy is one of the eight most elegant forms of art in China, in the same ranking as “Zheng (harp), chess, paintings, poems, tea, flowers, and liquor”. Calligraphy has been changing since the Chinese language developed because different dynasties use a different official font for Chinese. China is...
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According to Albert Camus, the Absurd is man’s impossible search for meaning in life arising from our desire to understand the world and our existence but never being able to. Camus expands upon this idea by stating that the only response to the absurdity of life is Revolt and not suicide. In this essay, I argue in support of Camus’ view that Revolt is essential because both physical and philosophical suicide represent giving up. Revolt is the only way for...
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I need financial help to attend college in the UK because I am a low-income student. I am the 1st child to attend college. Although my parents gave me much support, I received limited financial help because of low family income. My father, who was the bread weaner of the family, passed away. To reduce family burden, I took out student loans, enter competitions to pay for my tuition. Meanwhile, I am working 45 hours per week off-campus to support...
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Alan Paton’s, Cry, the Beloved Country, is a compelling novel that really puts the reader in the perspective of South Africa during the early 1900’s. It is a story of discrimination, determination, and forgiveness. It tells the story of a brave father and leader who is willing to risk it all for his family. The novel is consistent of two main themes throughout: the breakdown of traditional family and society structures within the black African population and the economic inequalities...
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Many novelists have tackled the historical events of the infamous Salem witch trials of Massachusetts, one of the novelists being Stacy Schiff. She is well known for winning the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Cleopatra. When I saw that Stacy Schiff wrote a novel on the Salem Witch trials, I was immediately drawn and intrigued to read her perception of the historical events found written in our history books and portrayed on the movie screens. Stacy Schiff’s book The Witches,...
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Effective leadership involves problem-solving and decision making. These are only achievable if one can think critically without assuming lots of things and looking at everything from the face value. It is, therefore, necessary that a critical thinker has to learn critical thinking skills so that he can be best placed to successfully lead and control a company. These critical thinking skills enable the leaders to understand the effect of their decisions and the impact it might bring to the company....
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Black people have had a hard time going through many different situations just because of their skin color. Every single individual deserves to receive their own rights and be treated equally. Growing up in the 20th century was hard, because racism happened all the time. The Blacks suffered a lot through different oppressions; it makes them hurt both physically and mentally. In the book Black Boy, Richard Wright is the author of his book and protagonist. He shared his early...
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Introduction: “May Day”, by F.scott Fitzgerald is a tale of America after the World War I. The author begins the tale with, “There had been a war fought and won …”The setting is in New York, USA in May 1919 which is evident from the references of Yale graduates, and Gordon’s telephonic conversation with Phil when he said, “I heard you were in New York.” The main protagonist, Gordon Sterrett, is a soldier who has recently got back from France...
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From anciеnt timеs till today, an еnormous amount of discovеriеs and invеntions wеrе madе by humans to makе thеir lifе much еasiеr. In ordеr to аchiеvе thе goаl of improving thеir living stаndаrds, аnciеnt civilizаtions focusеd on thе dеvеlopmеnt of sciеncе аnd tеchnology. Onе of thеsе civilizаtions is аncient Egypt sociеty. Thеir knowlеdgе and tеchnology wеrе so dееp and complеx that thеy could build gorgеous structurеs callеd pyramids which is еvеn nеarly impossiblе to build with today’s tеchnology. This sociеty...
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In the book, In the Time of The Butterflies, Dedè Mirabal the final surviving Mirabal sister tells the story of her family and how her three sisters grew to become martyrs and national heroines. The novel takes place in The Dominican Republic during the era of rule under Rafael Trujillio. The story focuses on three of the four sisters, Patria, Minerva and Mate (“The Butterflies”) who go through many hardships as they fight for freedom as a woman in their...
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Genre is defined as typical rhetorical ways of responding to a situation that repeatedly occurs within a scene. To help better understand that a scene is a place in which communication happens among groups of people with some shared objectives. Lastly, a situation are various rhetorical interactions happening within a scene, involving participants, subject, setting, and purposes. To further analyze genre, we look to music videos, which is when an artist creates a short film to go along with the...
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A discourse community is a group of people who share a set of goals, which are basic values and assumptions, and ways of communicating about those goals. The ability to communicate is very important to a discourse community. It is important because without communication the community would not be able to convey information to each other, and they wouldn’t have the knowledge they need to do their jobs. An example of this would be the Black Lives Matter organization. I...
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Everyone knows the classic fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood.” But what some people don’t know is that the story has had several adaptions, each of which have been reimagined into something that is like the original story, yet more interesting. Some of those adaptations, however, were written as exaggerations of what the narrator was saying. One example of an LRRH adaptation that has been recreated – yet not exaggerated – is “The Company of Wolves”, in which certain plot...
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As humans, it is in our nature to have a way of characterizing ourselves than what we may be giving out to the world. In O'Connor's short stories, “Everything That Rises Must Converge” and “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”, and “Good Country People” they show multiple characters that portray themselves in a different perspective than what they think of themselves, even though they may not be aware that they don't see themselves as a malicious person. In the...
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The abhorrence of mankind and their society, projected in Slaughterhouse-Five, written by Kurt Vonnegut, once a prisoner of war, revolves around the firebombing at Dresden, during World War II. The tone of Vonnegut’s black humor creates a subtle disguise as light-hearted mockery on a horrific and sore subject of war throughout Slaughterhouse-Five. The pessimistic outlook seen in Slaughterhouse-Five, showcases Vonnegut’s personal bitterness on society, and the devastating effects of war/violence, which society fails to acknowledge the extent of damage. Slaughterhouse-Five...
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The United States of America, the “land of the free”, is not living up to its ideals of freedom. Our criminal justice system is unjust and discriminatory towards people of color and low socioeconomic status. They’re more likely to receive a death penalty sentence than a white person because race and finacial assets, unfortunately, are some of the determining factors of who gets the death penalty. It has turned into a system of oppression for the poor, defenseless, and falsely...
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Although the 2nd Amendment is only 27 words in its entirety, it has been the focus of controversy many times in the last 223 years. In 1791 when the second amendment was added to the bill of rights America did not have a well put together army. They relied on the civilians to pretty much be the protection if someone invaded their town or city. So an addition was made to The Bill of Rights the second amendment: 'A well-regulated...
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Justice comes from acknowledging the truth. Discuss in relation to Twelve Angry Men and The Crucible. In the allegorical plays The Crucible and Twelve Angry Men, Arthur Miller and Reginald Rose unveil the flaws within the American legal system by expressing how justice cannot be truly obtained unless the truth is recognized. Justice is represented in the two texts and is found when the truth is acknowledged by looking at the facts, evidence, testimonies and then removing the bias. In...
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Del Paso Dental is located in Sacramento on Del Paso Blvd. It is a Health Clinic for the community primarily for Medi-Cal patients. The agency that Bou Vang works specifically for the Health and Life Organization which is a non-profit corporation that administers quality inclusive initial healthcare to under income and ethnically diverse and impoverished residents residing inside the city of Sacramento. She is a registered dental assistant who performs a wide variety of responsibilities inside the dental office. Such...
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The Sneakerhead Discourse Community The Sneaker discourse community is a diverse one, which encompasses the minds of many creative members ranging from a plethora of diverse backgrounds. To communicate ideas with a central focus on modern and retro footwear, members of this group use specific terminology in their dialect. This “sneakerhead language” allows a smooth transfer of ideas between one member to another, which leaves no loose information excluded. Interestingly enough, I first entered this world through listening to what...
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A good education is something that all children, teens, and young adults across America deserve, but what’s the point of it? Over time, people learn the basic skills needed to function in society such as reading, writing, and basic arithmetic, but beyond that, what’s the purpose? Although people are going to college more than ever, so many more are asking why they’re even there. They may ask themselves, “why am I wasting four years of my life for a piece...
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