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Lessons in the Pursuit of Happyness
The Pursuit of Happyness is an American movie, based on the life of American entrepreneur Chris Gardner, which specifically sheds light on the period of his life when he was homeless. The movie was released in the year 2006 and was directed by Gabriele Muccino. Highlighting the struggle period of Gardner's life, while being homeless and father of an almost five-year-old son, the movie has provided some life lessons for all the viewers. The main character was facing economic issues due to the loss of his job and had to face the relationship issues, which resulted in divorce and left him with the responsibility of his son. The movie the Pursuit of Happyness may have been the source of acknowledging the struggle of the American entrepreneur, however, it also provides some life lessons of enduring the difficult times of life, while constantly putting effort to make the things work, instead of backing out and losing hope.
The Pursuit of Happyness depicts that Gardner invested all his savings in scanner devices and had to face economic issues, as he could not meet the required number of sales. He could not get a proper job but got an unpaid internship. The relationship difficulties ended in divorce and the financial difficulties made him homeless, as his house was garnished. He worked hard to achieve the sales target while caring for his five years old son and spending nights in shelter homes. He finally succeeded in achieving the sales target and got a permanent position, which was a great achievement in his life, at that time. Later, he became one of the most famous entrepreneurs in the United States of America (Muccino).
The story of the film is autobiographical and has used cinematic opportunities to shed light on the struggles of the main character. The characters are believable, as the autobiographical account is evident from the plot of the movie. The actors are also appropriately cast, and perfectly shed light on the real-life characters. The theme of the film is the financial and relationship struggle of Gardner, which is explored through the plot of the film. The plot, acting, and other cinematic elements contribute to the directors' presentation of the real-life story. Moreover, the setting and locale of the film are appropriately selected, which contribute to the realistic presentation. The camera angles are also used quite effectively to enhance the ideology, the director wants to communicate to the viewers (Depedri, 23).
The film has also utilized the symbols to efficiently shed light on the condition, as well as the attitude of Gardner towards the difficulties of his life. The symbols are also used to shed light on his capabilities and the lack of the availability of opportunities or resources on making progress, which he finally gets. The film also contains the mise-en-scene, which provides the commentary on the thematic approach and perspective of the director. One such scene is the encounter of Gardner and Mr. Twsitle on the crowded road, which critically highlights the busy life and schedules of the public and the efforts of Gardner to get a permanent job (Kurniawan, 15).
One of the most important life lesson promoted by the film is that the children have to face the circumstances of the relationship issues of their parents. They have to face the dilemma of being with their mother or father. On the other hand, being a single parent is an equally tough and demanding job, which aches the hearts of the parents as well, as they have to depend on others for the wellbeing of their child, in order to earn a living for them. Another important life lesson shared by the film to all the viewers is that they should never give up on their dreams. Being poor is not a crime and it should not take away the chance of dreaming from a person. However, dreaming can provide the courage of making the effort and turning the dreams into reality (Depedri, 30).
One of the most important aspects of the movie, which is also a life lesson, is that a person should always be ready for the tough times, as the conditions can become hard at any time. Moreover, there is no need to panic during the dark times of life, but the person should take the opportunity to relax and reflect back on life. This is also an opportunity to explore the hidden talents and make use of them. However, all the struggles and efforts should be directed towards the goal and should not be just a waste of time. The movie has highlighted that the struggle and efforts of any person do not go in vain, likewise, a person cannot make progress until he puts all his efforts to achieve his target (Kurniawan, 18).
The Pursuit of Happyness sheds light on the struggle of Chris Gardner to get a permanent job and provide better opportunities for life to his five-year-old, who is his responsibility after his divorce. The movie has been presented in a quite realistic and convincing manner, as it is an autobiographical account of the struggling period of the American entrepreneur. The movie has provided the life lessons of not losing heart in the difficult times of life. It also highlights that a person should be well prepared for the tough times of life and even if he is not, he should not panic in such situation but relax and think of the ways to get out of the situation. Constant struggle and effort is the key to progress and one should never forget that.
Works Cited
Depedri, Sara. "The pursuit of happiness: When work makes the difference." Trento: University of Trento (2008).
Kurniawan, Rian. A Study on Chris Gardner’s Motivation to Survive In the “Pursuit of Happiness “Film by Gabrielle Muchino. Diss. University Of Muhammadiyah Malang, 2016.
Muccino, G. "The Pursuit of Happyness [motion picture]. (2006)." The Pursuit of Happyness.
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What we think about ourselves is important than what other people think about us
Introduction
World is like a platform where people come and go, and it is a spontaneous process. There would be a lot of people who will arrive and depart, taking into account a wide range of perspectives. What remains is, “us”. Everything changes with time except the “inner self”. People talk and they will always talk, avoiding what you do or say, there would be serious scrutinization. According to Oscar Wilde,
“Most people are other people and their thoughts are someone else’s opinion, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation”.
In order to live one has to be itself and living demands strength to adhere to persistence. It is important to know that life is a juggler’s trick, several perspectives, and a million manipulations still perfect. Self-identity is something very positive, in fact “considering others” is important for a real identity taking into account that one can choose the suitable suggestion and go on. Life is all about one’s grooming and it can only be done by considering what we think about ourselves. The most significant goal of life is personal tranquility and mental peace. A sense of ingenuity is one of the attributes that makes someone a living being. Survival demands a thick skin that can withstand “babbling puppets” i.e. public around. (Micati, et, al. 2019). It is important to note that all great leaders had power of acceptance and it demands a staunch shield that can defend negativity by staying gracious and reluctant to pessimism asserted by others. Real gratitude lies in happiness with what one has, love and does, taking into account that the world will adjust itself. It is important to consider what we think about ourselves because others only see what one wants them to see and know what one wants to share. It is us who knows real story so it is crucial to take people a challenge and live life under self-propositions.
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Micati, Loredana. "Anticipation and the First Encounters." 2019
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Whether or not cooking at home is safer than buying the cooked meals in the store
Introduction
In this generation, many people of all ages are slowly becoming obese simply because they opt to eat fast food rather than home-cooked meals. Accurately, every individual need food to survive but preferring to ingest fast food and not home cooked meal is not the most ideal choice. Restaurants, as well as other fast food enterprises, have foods that contain high amounts of salt, fat as well as sugar which is not good for your body. Everything ingested in the body should be taken in moderate amounts. There exists a lot of difference between fast food and home cooked especially when it comes to convenience, eminence as well as preparation time. Health experts often associate any health issue with the type of food we eat and thus highly recommend ingesting the right food in your body. Fast food has been blamed to be the leading cause of obesity across the globe and this is the core reason why homemade food is recommended at all times.
When it comes to nourishing the body and mind, nothing is much better and satisfying than preparing your very own food from scratch, using ingredients that are of high quality (GORD). Additionally, you get an opportunity to use ingredients that have low amounts of sodium and fat making it easier to serve the meal with love. Own-cooked meals are also made using fresh ingredients such as vegetables making the food healthy and nutritious (Mills). Fast food meals, on the other hand, are meals that have been made using a lot of saturated fat and sodium which ends up being unhealthy and not nutritious enough.
Additionally, home-cooked meals do play a part in bringing the family together as they are expected to sit on one table and enjoy the meal (Tuttle). Children especially have been known to greatly benefit from the norm of eating meals together as a family. Family meals do help in offering a window for sharing the day’s happenings and generates a relaxing transition from day’s work to a slower-rapid evening.
Compared to fast food meals, home-served meals are much safer as the tools as well as ingredients used to prepare the meals are well cleaned and stored (LAURA). Moreover, the home-served meals are much cheaper and cost-effective if proper planning is used to help keep the meals interesting as well as palatable. Depending on what meal you’re cooking, the cost being used can be cheaper as well. Cooking your very own food gives you the peace of mind that goes hand in hand with having total control over the quality and kind of ingredients you will use and the degree of cleanliness that is being employed to prepare the food (Stender). Fast food is always served right in front of you, is sometimes cheaper to buy and is often fast to cook but it never offers the satisfaction home-cooked meals offer.
Conclusion
However, people continue to consume and ingest fast food as it is more immediate, faster to make and can be consumed anywhere something home-cooked meals doesn’t offer. Due to the busy schedule, many working citizens have, fast food is the only solution to their problem. Despite all these, home cooked meals will always be the best as they offer a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment knowing the ingredients used and health benefits to be encountered later. Additionally, home-cooked meals provide a sense of belonging for families especially children. With home-cooked meals, you are assured of reducing the risk of being obese as other health-related issues. So, the next time you prefer to buy fast foods instead of cooking your own food, think again.
Works cited
GORD KERR, 2018 Homecooked Meals Vs. Fast Food Meals retrieved from; https://www.livestrong.com/article/517636-homecooked-meals-vs-fast-food-meals/
LAURA NEWCOMER; 2015 Kitchen Confidential: The Health and Social Benefits of Home-Cooked Meals https://www.fix.com/blog/perks-of-home-cooked-meals/
Mills, Susanna, et al. "Health and social determinants and outcomes of home cooking: a systematic review of observational studies." Appetite 111 (2017): 116-134.
Reicks, Marla, Megan Kocher, and Julie Reeder. "Impact of cooking and home food preparation interventions among adults: a systematic review (2011–2016)." Journal of nutrition education and behavior 50.2 (2018): 148-172.
Soliah, Lu Ann Laurice, Janelle Marshall Walter, and Sheila Ann Jones. "Benefits and barriers to healthful eating: what are the consequences of decreased food preparation ability?." American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine 6.2 (2012): 152-158.
Stender, Steen, J. Dyerberg, and Arne Astrup. "Fast food: unfriendly and unhealthy." International journal of obesity 31.6 (2007): 887.
Tiwari, Arpita, et al. "Cooking at home: a strategy to comply with US dietary guidelines at no extra cost." American journal of preventive medicine 52.5 (2017): 616-624.
Tuttle, B., “News Flash: A Healthy Home-Cooked Meal Costs Less Than Fast Food,” Time, September 26, 2011; http://business.time.com/2011/09/26/news-flash-a-healthy-home-cooked-meal-costs-less-than-fast-food/.
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Why dwell in incertitude?
Stay in trouble or get confused?
Do you know what world has now?
All around its longitude and latitude?
Since the flower of internet has bloomed,
Fragrance of its signals has intertwined
In the life of every being
It removed the threat of error’s sin
Vanished the curse of being an ignorant
Spread the nectar of enlightenment,
Is that it and nothing else?
Let me tell you how it mold
Life of youngster, men and women
Mine’s and every single one
Even though who are all grey and old
All can find what they seek
Now wisdom and skills
Are in everyone’s reach
Is becoming and transforming
Into a burning star of knowledge
Perhaps the only goal?
It isn’t right . . . .
As an internet is a magical hole
Which magnetizes one in
And offers an infinite possibilities
Makes sure that nothing in life gets dim
The brightest one is social media
It has shrunken this massive earth virtually
And turned it into a little virtual village
Where people all around the globe
Meet and communicate smoothly
Distance is a past now
People are just one video call away to meet
Listen to each other, see and greet
One gets drunk by using it
Stay online all day long
But . . . .
Never gets tired of it
The world is on the new horizon
Capsuled by the soul of internet
Where none can stop one from getting information
Not even the god of Poseidon
One is willingly captivated in its charm
Thinking doing that is no harm
But is it so?
You may call it a modern blasphemy
“Extreme” has always been the worst enemy
That’s what one should know
Balance is what this world needs
Its hunger, voracity and greed
That blurs the sight that is, in need.
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Pages: 1 Words: 300
Importance of Technology in Diagnosing and Assisting Patients
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Introduction
Technology is not only progressing in the field of smartphones and internet rather it has advanced in the medical field too. It is changing the ways the doctors learn in the medical schools and how they treat their patients. Medical technology is a wider field in which the inventions share an imperative part in the patient’s health. It has specifically progressed in the extents such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, information technology, and the manufacturing of the medical equipment ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"U4eIZk8d","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(\\uc0\\u8220{}5 Ways Technology is Improving Health | UIC Health Informatics,\\uc0\\u8221{} 2016)","plainCitation":"(“5 Ways Technology is Improving Health | UIC Health Informatics,” 2016)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":437,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/Tqq4tlqy/items/LKLHATEP"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/Tqq4tlqy/items/LKLHATEP"],"itemData":{"id":437,"type":"webpage","title":"5 Ways Technology is Improving Health | UIC Health Informatics","container-title":"Health Informatics Online Masters | Nursing & Medical Degrees","abstract":"A MSHI degree is a first step toward contributing to the evolution of healthcare. From EHRs to telehealth and wearables, see how technology is improving health.","URL":"https://healthinformatics.uic.edu/blog/5-ways-technology-is-improving-health/","language":"en-US","issued":{"date-parts":[["2016",8,9]]},"accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",5,11]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (“5 Ways Technology is Improving Health | UIC Health Informatics,” 2016). If technology had not provided us with the new equipment and the techniques then we won’t be able to diagnose or treat many of the diseases. The technology has not only helped the doctors to diagnose the patients better, also the patients to be treated better way.
Discussion
Talking about the field of the neurosurgery, the technology has helped the neurosurgeons discover negligibly intrusive means to treat patients with a brain sickness, stated by Frank Hsu, stand-in chairman of the sector of neural operation. He also stated that the advancements in the imaging technology have made neurosurgery harmless and further effective. He further stated that to use of MRI has helped the surgeons to take the images of the brain before the surgery to detect the hotspot of the activity so that they can be avoided. For years, a surgeon handling an aneurysm in a patient's head would require to cut through the cranium, trace the blood vessel and fasten the out-pouching vessel wall. However nowadays, endovascular surgical procedure is prevalent. Aneurysm produces when the walls of some artery deteriorate, making a big bag or lump. Modern techniques, nevertheless, let a surgeon to strand a tube in the cerebral artery of the patient and put a loop or a wire stent into the bag, transmitting blood far from the aneurysm. With the blood no longer thrashing with the walls of aneurysm, it may ultimately cure, as said by Hsu ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"JaPaQZpF","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(\\uc0\\u8220{}Technology is Changing How Doctors Diagnose, Treat Patients,\\uc0\\u8221{} n.d.)","plainCitation":"(“Technology is Changing How Doctors Diagnose, Treat Patients,” n.d.)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":435,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/Tqq4tlqy/items/5DVYJFJS"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/Tqq4tlqy/items/5DVYJFJS"],"itemData":{"id":435,"type":"webpage","title":"Technology is Changing How Doctors Diagnose, Treat Patients","abstract":"Three physicians from UC Irvine Health discuss the future of medicine and how medical students are learning ways that technology can be leveraged to improve patient care.","URL":"https://www.govtech.com/health/Technology-is-Changing-How-Doctors-Diagnose-Treat-Patients.html","language":"en","accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",5,11]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (“Technology is Changing How Doctors Diagnose, Treat Patients,” n.d.).
Refining excellence of life is one of the key profits of assimilating new inventions in the field of medicine. The incorporation of medical equipment technology and telehealth has also formed mechanical operations, however in many cases, doctors do not require to be in the operational chamber with a patient when the operation is executed. In contrary to that the doctors can now operate from their home base, and the patients can be treated in the nearby private clinics close their own hometown, eradicating the disturbances and pressure of travel for the health-related issues. With new mechanical operations, the doctor is yet in the room, controlling the mechanical devices, however the technology agree to a minimally intrusive process that leaves patients with fewer blemishing and expressively shorter regaining period ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"lxkIXjn5","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(\\uc0\\u8220{}Medical Technology,\\uc0\\u8221{} 2011)","plainCitation":"(“Medical Technology,” 2011)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":430,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/Tqq4tlqy/items/RWVZBHCK"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/Tqq4tlqy/items/RWVZBHCK"],"itemData":{"id":430,"type":"webpage","title":"Medical Technology","abstract":"Advancements in medical technology have allowed physicians to better diagnose and treat their patients since the beginning of the professional practice of medicine. Thanks to the continuous develop…","URL":"http://www.healthcarebusinesstech.com/medical-technology/","language":"en-US","issued":{"date-parts":[["2011",12,23]]},"accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",5,11]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (“Medical Technology,” 2011).
Medical experts and doctors are continually doing the research and testing novel measures to help stop, identify, and treat illnesses along with making novel drugs and medications that can reduce indications or cure illnesses. Through the practice of technology in medical study, scientists have been able to inspect illnesses on the level of the cells and generate antibodies to counter them. These inoculations to cure the fatal ailments such as malaria, polio, MMR, and other thwart the blowout of virus and protect thousands of people all around the world ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"cmvabcXv","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(McCullers & Dunn, 2008)","plainCitation":"(McCullers & Dunn, 2008)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":432,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/Tqq4tlqy/items/U2WAKVZ6"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/Tqq4tlqy/items/U2WAKVZ6"],"itemData":{"id":432,"type":"article-journal","title":"Advances in Vaccine Technology And Their Impact on Managed Care","container-title":"Pharmacy and Therapeutics","page":"35-41","volume":"33","issue":"1","source":"PubMed Central","abstract":"The discovery of vaccines has led to the near eradication of several important diseases and has had a tremendous impact on health for a relatively low cost. However, most vaccines in use today were developed by techniques that were pioneered more than 100 years ago and do not represent the full potential of the field. The introduction of genetic engineering has fueled rapid advances in vaccine technology and is now leading to the entry of new products in the marketplace., In the past, options for the utilization of vaccines in the area of managed care had been quite limited because of the historically straightforward application of immunizations. The growing number and type of vaccine targets, coupled with novel, more effective formulations, adjuvants, and routes of delivery for vaccines, will undoubtedly create new challenges. Although progress in vaccine technology has the potential to prevent illness and reduce the economic burden of diseases in the long term, thereby improving outcomes, ongoing problems remain in the short term., Who should and will pay for these anticipated improvements in health?, How will this period of change be managed?, This article describes the present “vaccine revolution” and attempts to answer these questions, which are becoming increasingly important in managed care.","ISSN":"1052-1372","note":"PMID: 19749990\nPMCID: PMC2730064","journalAbbreviation":"P T","author":[{"family":"McCullers","given":"Jonathan A."},{"family":"Dunn","given":"Jeffrey D."}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2008",1]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (McCullers & Dunn, 2008).
Conclusion
Technology has helped the patients to cure faster and in a better way. New inventions and the new techniques are opening the ways for the doctors to treat the patients in a better way as many of the diseases are diagnosed only by the use of the technology. So, the technology we can say aids the patients and the doctors both.
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McCullers, J. A., & Dunn, J. D. (2008). Advances in Vaccine Technology And Their Impact on Managed Care. Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 33(1), 35–41.
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Boys Beware
Homosexuality is a very sensitive issue. In many areas of the world, homosexuality is considered a serious sin and people are subjected to serious and cruel punishments on having a relationship with the people of same-sex. Much work has been done on this topic since the beginning of times. This topic has always been an issue of hot discussion due to its sensitive and controversial nature. Scholars, experts, storytellers, writers, journalists, movie makers, and many other people belonging to creative fields have tried in their own unique way to express their personal opinion about the issue (Faye).
Hollywood, as it has always kept up the tradition of going ahead with unique ideas about everything, has also not remained far behind regarding this topic as well. There are a number of movies, dramas, short films, telefilms and tv series that have been made on the topic under discussion. There is no piece of art in Hollywood that had been made on homosexuality and has not raised the controversy on the topic. Every single movie or drama made on the topic under discussion, whether in favor or against has stirred a controversy (Krason). One of such remarkable movies is “Boys Beware”.
“Boys Beware” is a 1961 emotional short social direction publicity movie discharged through Sid Davis Productions. It manages the threat to little fellows from ruthless gay people. The film was discharged under the copyright laws in the United States at the hour of its discharge, has passed into the open space and is accessible from the Prelinger Archives.
"Boys Beware", a film delivered in 1959 and later appeared around numerous American schools in 1961 has a calamitously solid enemy of Homosexual message appended to it. Basically, it pursues three 'debilitated' men who go after little fellows, explicitly manhandling and in one case, executing them. Had "young men be careful" utilized the correct rationale, it could have been useful to kids and adolescents in anticipating pedophilia and assault. Rather it holes up behind fanaticism and contempt, superbly delineating its social mentalities times.
"That looks honest enough isn't that right? A lot of youngsters take a ride. Be that as it may, in some cases there are risks are included that don't meet the eye. Jimmy didn't care for strolling home so he chose to get a lift. He'd done it one hundred times previously and he didn't think anything was irregular when the driver started up discussion. The outsider was a decent audience as well and it just appeared minutes before they pulled up before jimmy's home. At the point when jimmy hauled out the outsider gave him an amicable pat." The opening snapshots of the film appear to be intelligent and significant. Shots of an obscure man offering a little fellow a ride home are joined by omniscient voice-over which is loaded with indications that the man is a pedophile or attacker and that the character Jimmy is obviously in potential threat of damage both physically and inwardly. Any half taught individual watching this film in today's times would declare that "Boys be careful" was investigating pedophilia sexuality and its risks. Had the film pursued from its unique meanings it would have appeared well and good, however then obviously it would not be imprudence for investigation on its advancement of heteronormativity. As the following scene starts, "Young men Beware" starts to disintegrate in its rationality. Homophobia and absence of comprehension of different sexualities (which both exist within the heteronormative worldview) will raise its terrible head. "The next Saturday they went angling together. By then they were utilizing first names. Ralph said it was all the more neighborly. At that point during lunch, Ralph demonstrated to him some obscene pictures (Lipkin). What Jimmy cannot deny is that Ralph was debilitated. An affliction that was not noticeable like smallpox but rather no less hazardous and infectious. An infection of the brain. Ralph was gay. An individual who requests a private association with individuals from their very own sex." Homosexuality is upbraided here without precedent for the film, brimming with crazy presumptions and fears that are so ridiculous one think that it’s difficult to accept any spectators even paid attention to the film. Having characterized the expression "homosexuality," the film effectively advances male/female connections without demonstrating any. It does this just by contrasting homosexuality with a malady, naming it hazardous and infectious going far enough to isolate any type of sexuality that doesn't fit in with the hetero worldview as wiped out. While media in mainstream culture in this day and age will, in general, avoid forthright and direct analysis of homosexuality, "young men be careful" reveals insight into the way that the media can be a factor in how the foolish masses reach resolutions. During the 1950s, a great many people were appalled with Gay individuals through and through as appeared and perhaps to some extent due to this film. Today, a great many people approve of Gay individuals however inasmuch as they are not a dear companion or relative. Pop culture mirrors this, as prove by gigantic measures of Gay characters utilized for comedic (yet not emotional) impact on network shows. What this clue is that heteronormativity will consistently be around any general public until a broad greater part of its kin acknowledges other sexual directions unequivocally. The heteronormativity in "young men be careful" is only a demonstration of the contempt felt at the time, similar to the uninvolved heteronormativity appeared through today's utilization of cliché Gay characters that are barely ever constructed to interface with crowds on a significant level.
One should feel profoundly upset for the measure of Gay or befuddled adolescents who have demonstrated this film after its discharge (as it was appropriated for more than twenty years). In advancing heteronormativity as the main acknowledged standard, the film amplifies the amount Homosexuals are the "other." This would have been harming to naive Gays: "However all gay people are not inactive," the storyteller starts, "The outsider consented to give Mike a ride home. The friendship, the commendation, the neighborly frame of mind dispersed any qualms about going with an outsider (Tyler). He most likely never acknowledged until it was past the point of no return that he was riding in the shadow of death. Be that as it may, at some point that night Mike Merric exchanged his life for a paper feature." "In the shadow of death"? Whoever made this film clearly got the hang of scriptwriting exercises in exaggeration. 'I will end up being an executioner'- - is the thing that numerous little youngsters cannot be blamed for intuition after reviewing this film fifty years back. On the off chance that one at any point asked why such a significant number of Homosexual men wedded into straight connections and led lives of falsehoods, one needs to look no further to this film, and movies, for example, this that power Heterosexuality as the main human relationship by a hardline default. Whatever else is named diseases that can lead a gay to turn into a killer. Contrasting such a crazy film with most media today, we are very agreeable. The facts demonstrate that Gender alternate extremes keep on being the mind-boggling standard and that heteronormativity (at any rate subliminally) is difficult to get away (Tropiano). In any case, being gay is never again so isolated from the heteronormative worldview that it used to be. Survey memorable, yet, dumb movies, for example, "Young men be careful" is significant in understanding that as a general public we have gained ground in our acknowledgment of things outside the hetero standard, yet in addition sends a chilling token of the occasions we missed distinctly by a couple of decades.
Works Cited
Faye, Guillaume. Sex and deviance. Arktos, 2014.
Krason, Stephen M. "1965: The Dawn of Our Current Age." Catholic Social Science Review 21 (2016): 191-194.
Lipkin, Arthur. Understanding homosexuality, changing schools. Routledge, 2018.
Tropiano, Stephen. Rebels and chicks: A history of the Hollywood teen movie. Backstage Books, 2006.
Tyler, Parker. Screening the Sexes: Homosexuality in the movies. Perseus Books Group, 1993.
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Memoir: My journey into writing
Writing processes helps the writer to generate strong and focused work. The event of ‘writing course’ holds great significance in my life. I learned many new things in the writing session that improved my overall writing ability. The course was effective for me as it played a significant role in the development of my writing skills. My writing experience helped to change and grow. The semester polished my writing skills as I realized the changes. The writing semester helped me to identify my strengths and weaknesses in writing. In the writing course, I had to compose several essays each with a new method that helped me to progress on course objectives. I employed the methods of synthesis and evaluation that resulted in the enhancement of my critical thinking and developed personal responsibility.
The event means a lot to me because it made me a better writer. I believe the course improved my critical thinking significantly that it is now one of my strength. I used my critical thinking in writing different essays that portrayed the relationship between the symbols and the metaphors. It is only through consistent practice and learning that I overcome my weaknesses in writing. When I compare my present writing with the older one, I can see the difference. I learned an important aspect of the good thesis is sound research and evaluation of the sources. I developed essential skills that helped me to find authentic sources and research became one of my strength. I used to rely on others for research, but the course helped me to use my ability to do sound research. Self- monitoring is another strength that helps me to keep track of my writing and focus on the right dimension.
I struggled the most in writing thesis because it is not that easy to produce an effective thesis. The first step in writing my thesis was searching for the right topic, and it took me one whole week. I knew the thesis requires patience and takes time so I decided to choose an interesting topic that could hold my interest. To select an effective topic I needed to identify my determination and purpose. At the initial stage, I limited the scope of what I needed to search so that it could generate potential and appealing content.
I managed to consider only the most relevant articles that supported my thesis and work. After the selection of the topic, I needed to produce adequate evidence that could support my claim. After thorough research and consistent efforts, I was able to design an influential thesis statement. I searched a lot and was able to derive relevant articles from good journals. It is important for the writer to use well recognized and authentic journals that increase the chances of acceptability of the thesis. I learned in the writing course about the significance of authenticating sources.
After finding enough evidence and supporting material I encountered difficulty in transforming the ideas of other writers in my thesis. It required a lot of skills to present the thoughts and views of other authors in the form of a literature review. In a literature review, I needed to build a link of supporting evidence with my work and research topic. I believe without the writing course I would not have been able to develop a well- organized thesis. Before starting my thesis, I needed to make a case and structure the evidence in an organized manner.
I made the most dramatic improvements in writing my thesis and getting my thoughts organized. When you decide to write a thesis, you need to convert the thoughts to words, and I think my knowledge about writing allowed me to transform my ideas into words. The evaluation of what I produced reflects the structure of my thesis. The beauty of the writing reflects the structure used by the writer, and I managed to maintain connections through the thesis. The selection of words and texts helped me to transform my views into the thesis. I experienced dramatic changes in the organization of thesis, and I produced texts that produced in-depth analysis. The whole thesis appeared to be unified and connected that reflects the significant improvements in my writing.
There are many aspects of the essays of the course that makes me proud. One of my essay that I would never forget and is the one I wrote about ‘racism.' The essay helped to explore the darker side of the world, and I was able to use my writing ability to transform the ugly world into my essay. The essay makes me proud because I realized I improved massively during and after the course. The learning about writing gave me the power to use my ideas and creativity to assess different aspects of the world and reality.
The event changed me as I managed to generate complete subjectivity in my writing. I feel I mastered my objective of producing sound and effective content. I learned to use correct sentence structure and format that adds more vividness to my writing. I have always been a good thinker, but I lacked writing skills to transform my thoughts into language. The essay on ‘racism’ makes me proud because I managed to present the issues of black community in the most impressive manner. I believe it is the power of words that transform thoughts and the world. The essay was so powerful and effective that I scored the highest grade. Organization of an essay plays a significant role in the presentation of the essay and a good framework reflects the beauty of essay. I am proud of my essay because it proved I did not waste my time in the entire program and what I learned is visible in my writings.
Subject: English
Pages: 6 Words: 1800
Text Analysis: Starbucks’ Straw-less Lids
Mohammed Al-Shammari
[Institutional Affiliation(s)]
Author Note
Text Analysis: Starbucks’ Strawless Lids
In the article Starbucks’ new strawless lids are not a win for the environment, Davis (2019) questions the intentions of companies, citing the example of Starbucks, who have recently announced to end using plastic straws and sees it more as a marketing strategy than a serious attempt at curbing environmental pollution. The article focusses on the recent campaigns to limit the consumption of straws as evidence pointed out its adverse effects on aquatic life and water bodies. However, even as Starbucks announced to replace plastic straws with plastic lids, it will have limited benefits and seems more like a marketing strategy to win over an increasingly environmentally-aware consumer base. The paper will analyze the text in terms of its position, its ability to communicate its message to the target audience, objectivity of the research and findings, and validity of the arguments. The ideas and reasoning presented by the author substantiate her claims that Starbucks is trying to appeal to environmentalism, as a marketing tactic, to increase its customer base and appeal owing to their continued use of plastic in disposable beverage cups.
The key aim of the author in the article is to caution the reader to look beyond an organization’s marketing ploys before accepting their claims. The article is published in Crimson White, a student-published newspaper, and is specifically targeted at student activists besides addressing the surrounding community of the University of Alabama. She asks the rhetorical question, “Are companies really focused on the reduction of plastic waste, or are they merely using this as a marketing strategy?” CITATION Dav19 \l 1033 (Davis, 2019). The case being discussed relates to Starbucks, who banks on the increased sustainability and environmental-degradation concerns of its consumers by announcing to replacing the use of plastic straws with strawless lids in their disposable cups. The author takes a strong position on the subject by examining the justification presented by Starbucks in light of evidence, which was presented in each subsequent paragraph to make the point.
Even before presenting her thesis in the form of a rhetorical question, Davis gives the reader a background of why straws have specifically been made the target of Starbucks latest campaign. According to Davis, Starbucks plans to eliminate billions of plastic straws every year, that are sold in their own franchise. One of the reasons is that many "videos have emerged of plastic straws and other small plastic items affecting ocean life and polluting bodies of water” CITATION Dav19 \l 1033 (Davis, 2019). As most of the target audience are social media users, they have likely come across images and videos of sea turtles, whales, and other aquatic life being harmed by plastic waste. With several of those videos specifically blaming plastic straws for the situation, it was expected that a campaign which would resonate with the concerned population would emerge. Evidence suggests that straws make up a large amount of plastic waste and their ability to break apart into pieces and degrade slowly can pose lasting effects on the air and water quality CITATION Set18 \l 1033 (Borenstein, 2018). While Starbucks discontinuation of plastic straws may hardly affect the overall waste percentage, however, it serves as a good strategy to enhance their corporate image as a brand concerned about the environment. With this background, Davis provides a good reason for the readers to buy into the arguments she makes.
In the article, Davis uses logical arguments as well as counter-arguments to support her distrust of Starbucks' campaign. One of the first argument is based on the findings that “strawless lids actually use more plastic than the separate plastic straw and lid currently in use at most locations” CITATION Dav19 \l 1033 (Davis, 2019). The findings suggest that the use of thicker plastic would naturally increase the overall plastic consumption of the organization. Furthermore, Davis responds to a common defense presented by Starbucks to back their move; the lids are made from polypropylene which, due to its nature and size, is easy to recycle. Davis anticipates this argument and cites data that only 9% of the global plastic is actually recycled, which means that despite the newer material’s ability to recycle easily, it is highly unlikely that it would be recycled at all. Although Davis fails to cite a source for the data and figures, there is evidence to suggest that only 5.1% of polypropylene is actually recycled within the U.S; 91% of the global plastic remains unrecycled, while thick propylene would take hundreds of years to break down CITATION Lau18 \l 1033 (Parker, 2018). From an economic standpoint, the recycling process of propylene is more expensive than manufacturing new propylene CITATION Lau18 \l 1033 (Parker, 2018). Hence both arguments and counter-arguments presented by Davis find support in the evidence, even if their sources were not cited in the form of hyperlinks.
After examining Starbucks decision and justifications, Davis leads the reader back to her main thesis; corporations are banking on environmentalism as a marketing strategy. She writes, “Although Starbucks has made an effort to aid the environment, this is not the most beneficial way they can help” CITATION Dav19 \l 1033 (Davis, 2019). Although the position taken by the author is strong, the approach is neither forceful nor does it indicate a strong bias. Instead, Davis first credits Starbucks to have at least made an effort that could later inspire serious efforts, and then goes on to prove that the massive effort will not be as beneficial as advertised. She further backs this by Starbucks’ lack of interest in exploring biodegradable options which do not damage the environment as much. Hence, the only reasonable explanation the reader is left to contend with is the fact that Starbucks move was more of a greenwashing attempt. In such cases, the amount of resources and time spent in marketing and advertising the “green” nature of the corporation outweigh their actual business practices that are implemented to reduce the ecological impact of their operations. Davis terms this practice as utilizing environmentalism as a tactic to lure more customers and improve their brand image, based on their lack of interest in investing in other environmental-friendly options.
The rhetoric and the style would resonate well with the younger target audience that the author is trying to address, and helps her successfully achieve the aim of the writing the article. Davis writes, “It appears that environmentalism is something companies are utilizing as a fad in efforts to bring in more customers with new, seemingly helpful tactics” CITATION Dav19 \l 1033 (Davis, 2019). As younger audiences are made aware that corporations are using the pretext of recyclability, sustainability, and green operations to expand their profits, they will be better equipped to understand the deceiving tactics used by these companies and could make the right choices. Since many advertisers portray their products as green to ease the consumption guilt of their customers, it is important for the community to see through these tactics and test a corporation's claims and advertising against evidence before buying into the advertising messages. The style used by the author that mixes rhetorical questions, emotional appeals and logical evidence helps engross the target reader and successfully manages to get the message across.
In conclusion, Davis' literary style alongside her arguments and reasoning help her substantiate her claims regarding Starbucks. The readers are made aware of Starbucks attempt to utilize environmentalism to enhance its brand image and expand its consumers-base. The young audience, at whom the article is primarily aimed at, would feel more informed about the issue through the various data, figures, and arguments Davis presents in the article. In the end, the reader is not pressured to accept the author's conclusion, but rather, finds the author's claims to be the only reasonable explanation behind Starbucks' attempt at greenwashing their products. The article ends with a striking message to the stakeholders of such organizations reminding them of their actual responsibility towards the environment; indirectly pressing them to take concrete and beneficial measures because the community sees through their marketing ploys.
References
BIBLIOGRAPHY Borenstein, S. (2018, April 21). Science Says: Amount of straws, plastic pollution is huge. Retrieved from Phys: https://phys.org/news/2018-04-science-amount-straws-plastic-pollution.html
Davis, O. (2019, June 26). Starbucks’ new strawless lids are not a win for the environment. Retrieved September 15, 2019, from The Crimson White: https://cw.ua.edu/52900/opinion/starbucks-new-strawless-lids-are-not-a-win-for-the-environment/
Parker, L. (2018, December 20). A whopping 91% of plastic isn't recycled. Retrieved from National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/07/plastic-produced-recycling-waste-ocean-trash-debris-environment/
Conference Worksheet
Name: ________________________ Date: _____________
Please complete this worksheet and bring it to your conference.
1. What is your thesis statement?
The ideas and reasoning presented by the author substantiate her claims that Starbucks is trying to appeal to environmentalism, as a marketing tactic, to increase its customer base and appeal owing to their continued use of plastic in disposable beverage cups.
2. What is the topic of each body paragraph?
1. Aim and purpose of the author
2. Successful use of background to serve as an explanation of the move
3. Good use of logical arguments and counter-arguments by the author
4. How the premises help the author deduce her position.
5. The style and rhetoric used to appeal to the target audience
3. What do you think is the strongest part of your paper?
The paragraph which highlights how the author anticipates the opposing argument and justifications by Starbucks.
4. What questions do you have about your paper? Which part are you uncertain about, or which part do you think needs improvement?
Uncertain about whether I should pay more attention to the literary and rhetorical aspects of the text or its ideas and arguments. The part where I discussed literary styles could be improved.
5. How will you improve your paper in the next draft? Be specific
I could improve the connectivity between paragraphs and expand on the use of rhetorical devices and emotional appeals used by the author to make her point.
Subject: English
Pages: 4 Words: 1200
Mohammed Alshammari
Jian Gao
En 120
April 30, 2019
Portfolio
My work progressed over the course of English Writing throughout the semester. I developed sufficient writing skills that allowed me to reach an advanced level. I managed to prepare essays through various rhetorical modes that included description, argumentation and exposition. Out-of-class writing experience has also assisted me in becoming a good writer. I witnessed that my writing improved throughout the course. The opportunities allowed me to overcome my weaknesses and inadequacies in writing.
I adopted the revision strategy for improving the two essays selected for the course. During the course, I got the opportunity to write about Japanese culture, my first essay. Through appropriate rhetoric technique, I managed to write about my encounter with Marie Kondo’s innovative approach to better living. I incorporated different rhetoric tools such as a shift in tones allowed me to establish an argument about universal lifestyle advises and how they are marketed as an inspirational and soulful Japanese way of doing things. to make the essay interesting I manipulated themes for grabbing the attention of the audience.
I used my enhanced writing skills for narrating another important thing about my Japanese culture such as building adequate knowledge about their ways of living and different aspects of life. I uncovered their interest in building a modern life in which spiritual progress is integrated with technological achievements, emotion and intuition are integrated with rationality, and a deeper sense of community is integrated with individualism. By adopting this new style of writing I managed to add humour that makes the essay more appealing to them. In revising the essay I had used personification for sharing my thoughts in a vivid manner. This allowed me to remove the ambiguities that were apparent in my previous essays. I included more details that provide a clear illustration to the readers. I used imagery by mentioning the role of Buddhist sect of ‘Zen', promoted as a way to refresh the West’s spiritual connection with Christianity, by bringing a contemplative dimension to it. The purpose of including this point was to add more clarity for the readers. Another change made in the essay was to remove lengthy sentences because they have a negative impact on the readers and causes distractions.
In revising the essays I incorporated imagery for providing a realistic experience to the readers. This is an effective rhetoric tool used for improving the understanding of the reader. I managed to use this specific rhetoric device for making the essay more appealing. Another important aspect of my writing is parallel construction. It allowed me to use the grammatical form in appropriate manner prevented me from unnecessary repetitions. In revising the essays I managed to remove the things that seemed to be repetitive. Creating a parallel construction allowed me to follow the same grammatical pattern. This is essential for enhancing the beauty of the writing and eliminating variations in the grammatical format.
My work progressed in the course because I started from a beginner and reached the highest level of writing on reaching the end. The course played a significant role in enhancing my writing skills and competencies. My engagement with the essays permitted me to familiarize myself with the practical methods of writing.
Subject: English
Pages: 2 Words: 600
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Society and WE!
Charles Darwin propounded the most intriguing yet curious notion about the individual differences possessed by human beings. Even a slight contemplation brings us closer to the idea that each human even two identical twins demonstrate unique cognitive and behavioral patterns including their sensations, perceptions, preferences, outlooks, orientations, coping mechanisms, personality and behavioral ramifications—this is what makes them distinctive from others. How do we acquire these temperaments and attitudes? A simple yet compelling explanation was proposed by English Philosopher John Locke; human being, at the time of birth, is having an empty mind, which he termed as Tabula Rasa (blank slate)—this is all he has. With the passing time, this tabula rasa undergoes series of experiences with his environment and interpersonal interactions, which ultimately lead him to develop a dynamic and dominant personality.
In simple words, human being is the product of his genetics and society. In this paper, we would centralize our focus to society because society, as evident from the Locke’s ideas; is an excellent and powerful determinant of human personality—the set of cognitive and behavioral attributes. Now, proceeding towards the definition of “life” this point does not require further elaboration that life is unpredictably dynamic and ever-changing entity depending wholly upon the nature of experiences that we acquire from our belongings and other individuals of the society. Positive experiences undoubtedly lead to positive personality development whereas negative and undesirable experiences are potent enough to generate maladjustments.
This paper is concerned with the documentation of significance that “life experiences” pose to our personality and behavior—based on the interview from selected subject; one of my close relatives, Patricia. Although everyone undergoes some sort of experiences that assimilate, accommodate and mould our predefined cognitive schemas yet some experiences are exceptionally “super-colossal” in nature that make us entirely different person. The subject I interviewed was 20 years old female, who was doing quite well in her academics with an ambition to become a healthcare professional. She was an extrovert, always accompanying her friends and peers; her life was quite unimaginable without her friends and school fellows. She never resisted joining new people; social clubs and parties even if she did not feel physically well. She was a social creature in a true sense. In addition, she was an excellent eater and never bothered to take exercise to keep herself physically fit and never attended her body image factor deliberately as most of the females are typically concerned.
Soon she got shifted to another area, changed her school and again it was an exciting period for her as she scrounged for new people to make a social circle at relatively newer place. This was the period exactly when her life started taking an unusual pirouette. Experience that she got from her peer group and friends was contrary to her expectations. She started getting hateful commenting from her school fellows over her physical appearance including deformed body, unattractive looks and hilarious walking style. She was bullied when she get to café for eating something. Bullying was not only confined verbal expression but she was nearly banished from her peer group. These things kept on happening whole year in various forms.
These actions fell on her fragile mind like a thunder clap, as a result, her self confidence, self concept, self efficacy and even motivation for attending school and confronting people was shattered gravely. She started holding herself aloof, keeping herself refrained from social interactions and meeting even her close acquaintance. Her academic, social and mental functioning was deteriorated badly and she was diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder and a severe eating disorder called Bulimia Nervosa. The extrovert, open and fun loving girl was then overwhelmed by the fear of being evaluated, scrutinized and judged over even the way she takes breath. She was preoccupied with the feelings of inferiority, inadequacy, humiliation, and embarrassment.
Bulimia Nervosa is a psychological condition in which individual becomes excessively concerned with the body image but has uncontrolled eating habit. He usually eats larger amounts of food but after eating try to get rid of excessive calories by self-induced vomiting and laxatives. This condition is potentially damaging and life threatening because body becomes weak for not getting sufficient energy. Currently, she is unable to attend her school, and got failed in the previous academic year. She is undergoing psychological and psychopharmacological treatment—that is all she has now.
Her example makes the idea clear that social factors are potent enough to determine our personality and induce unwanted alterations aversively. Bullying is a serious issue affecting the mental health of many, leaving them alone, battling against their irrational preoccupations. Realizing the significance of social forces, we must use our words and actions wisely because it is not only the matter of words but other’s life.
Interview template
Hi, Hope you are feeling good now, can you give some of your time so that I could tell others than how serious consequences bullying might have?
Yes sure, I would like others to know this as well because others might be unaware of what bullying is and how devastating it might be.
Thank you Patricia, well, please tell me something about your premorbid personality. Did you like to study? What were your aims and how you embraced life?
Yes I wanted to be a doctor because I do not want others to suffer from pain and lingering sense of uncertainty. I attended school regularly because my friends and peers were all I had and I loved being with them; I partied; I laughed and never left any get-together even if I was unwell. I was happy; UMM… My life was happy, I was a happy eater!
When did you realize that school has become problematic for you?
Since my life was centered on my academics and socialization; I bothered not to consider my body getting fatter and that I am turning to be what others won’t accept. We had to change our residence; I left my school with a heavy heart but I was excited because new opportunities were in front of me, meeting new people has always been my favorite thing. But contrary to my expectations, I get the worst experience of my life there.
Oh that’s really bad. What happened to you? And how it impacted you?
It was the first day of school, in new class with new classmates. I introduced myself; they laughed. I said nothing; they laughed. I entered café and grabbed something to eat; they laughed. Soon their laughter turned to verbal abuse; they started commenting my physique and dressing. Whenever they saw me eating, they named me “churning cow” my life was so hard, I hated going to school.
That’s seriously commendable. How it impacted you? Certainly it is quite hard attending school with such circumstances, that’s really commendable.
I felt reluctant going school. My teachers complained, I told them everything but all in vain. They started threatening me. My self confidence was shattered. I felt anxious when leaving my home and when facing others’ glance. I started eating uncontrollably but I had to lose weight so I went for self induced vomiting after eating enough. I repeated this and now I lost control over it. Later my therapist renamed these conditions as social anxiety disorder and bulimia nervosa. This is what my peer did to me! I am a complete failure now.
I hope you will get to the path again, I wish you a very good luck and thank you for allowing me to ask you these bitter questions and sharing your life story with me. Take Care.
Subject: English
Pages: 4 Words: 1200
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Prosperity and suffering go hand in hand
Introduction
The short story written by Ursula K. Le Guin," The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas", is one of the most classic pieces of literature in the genre of fiction. The story's premise is based on the question regarding morality and quandary related to morals presented by William James. He imagined the hideousness of happiness if it were gained through the suffering of a child (Le Guin). This in some way, is a representation of how wealthier countries are happier as compared to less wealthy countries. These countries exploit the less fortunate ones to promote their happiness. This essay focuses on the relationship between this story and the level of exploitation less wealthy nations feel at the hands of wealthier nations to keep themselves happy.
Discussion
The story of “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, in its essence is a story of exploitation of the weak for the happiness of the powerful. Where the suffering of a child has no value in front of the happiness of the citizens of Omelas (Le Guin). Their happiness makes them selfish and delusional regarding the implications of their actions. This society is filled with shimmering seas and exuberant festivals in the summer and overall thought to be a perfect society. However, the truth is that none of it is of any worth when it is all predicated on the basis of the suffering of a child.
The suffering of the child within this short story can also be considered as a political allegory. The beautiful and flourishing city made on the foundation of the misery of a child can be related to the progress of wealthier nations which is based on the suffering and exploitation of less wealthy countries (Le Guin). For the wealthier nations to stay happy and prosperous, they need the suffering and exploitation of the less wealthy nations. This exploitation can be in many forms either of their resources, their labor or their technology. All of this is transferred from the less wealthy nations to wealthier nations.
Furthermore, as the reader goes further into reading the story, there is an emergence of ethical confusion. This ethical confusion stays the same while reading the story and while the reader attempts to correlate the story with what’s currently happening in the world (Le Guin). Most of the writers have considered this story as a form of an allegory of the capitalist nature of the wealthier nations. How these nations have progressed so much in their time on the back of nations that were not even given a chance to understand how they are being used in the façade of being assisted by these wealthier nations.
Furthermore, there is increased use of symbolism within this short story. Symbolism refers to the use of a person, action, object and a place in such a way that other than its literal meaning, it suggests a plethora of different meanings (Le Guin). The fact about symbolism is that the interpretation of the person, action, object, and a place is dependent on the reader itself. This means that every person has a way of relating things they read with what is happening around in the world. So in essence, their understanding of the lesson of the story would also be different.
In the case of this short story, at first glance, the festival in the sun is not such a big thing. Moreover, most readers would overlook it and its importance to the whole story. Most readers would consider it as an overall representation of how happy the whole town is and the overall level of happiness within this town (Le Guin). Furthermore, most readers would consider it as the vibe of the town and how happy and vivacious the town is. On the other hand, that same festival symbolizes something else if a closer look is taken. It symbolizes the security and prosperity wealthier nations have because of the exploitation of poorer nations. The child in the basement are the less wealthy nations on whose back the wealthier countries have access to this increased security and prosperity. These less developed and less wealthy nations are the foundations for the prosperity and security that the wealthier nations have witnessed for decades
The second form of symbolism used in this short story is the people's eyes or more precisely, how they view and judge each other. In the story, the people in the Omelas are not supposed to judge each other. Furthermore, they cannot have any involvement in anything in their lives that could be considered morally wrong. On the hand, someone's eyes are always watching every reaction occurring within the town. Furthermore, each individual in the town is constantly judging every other person and keeping a keen eye on how people are living their lives. These actions of the town’s people are the representation of the judgmental side of the wealthier nations (Le Guin). In the perfect society, they emphasize that they are accepting of every race, color and religion but when it comes to it, they cannot even accept people born of their land with features different from their own. Furthermore, they judge how the less wealthy nations are operating their economies, livelihoods, and cultures when in truth, most of the problems that have been caused in their lives are due to the uncalled intervention of wealthier nations. They have always tried to promote that acceptance is an integral part of their society but in truth, it is seen nowhere in their economic, political and social aspects of their lives. This shows that even in the perfect society they might have created for themselves, there is still the aspect of judging others that they have not worked on.
Furthermore, the suffering child in the basement, the most important aspect of the book is another important form of symbolism that connects this story with how the wealthier nations exploit the less wealthy nations. The city’s beauty, the level of tenderness they feel for their friends, the children’s health, the height of wisdom their scholars have achieved, the innovation in their skills, the increased profits that they are blessed with and the good weather they witness, all of it is based on the misery of a child (Le Guin). Even while reading the above statement one understands that this story symbolizes the state of the wealthier nations in comparison to the exploitation of less wealthy nations and what they have to deal with every day. The child represents the level of injustice and inhumanity that is predominant in the relationship between wealthier nations and less wealthy nations. How one is prospering to new heights of success, while on the other hand, the other is going into the deepest depths of poverty and lawlessness. People in wealthier countries can live with the fact that the people in less wealthy countries are suffering, unlucky to have their peace and security as they are not directly affected by their suffering. People in wealthier countries are content with living in peace and harmony even if they know that people around them are suffering.
Conclusion
Taking all the above-mentioned details into consideration, it could be said that weak ones have always been oppressed by those who are in power. It is heartbreaking to see people in the world are taking advantage of other's suffering as they are concerned with their benefits only. As the oppressed child becomes the source of happiness of the Omelas’s people, likewise, countries that are lagging in economic growth are squeezed by the leading powers of the world. So as a whole, it could be promulgated that morality is being overlooked by the elites as they are just concerned with their materialistic growth for which they are plundering natural and human resources of the weak ones without any regret.
Works Cited
Le Guin, Ursula. "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas." Miafarrow.org. N.p., 2019. Web. 20 Sept. 2019.
Subject: English
Pages: 4 Words: 1200
[Name of the Writer]
Ms. Decker
English 1301
[Date]
Drinking age should be raised
Introduction
There have been a lot of debates for the past few years on the drinking age. Different sociological, psychological and medical researchers have shed light on this debate as per justification from their field. Several arguments are made to change drinking age. Some think that drinking age should remain the same while many assert that drinking age should be raised. All these suggestions are proposed with reasoning, taking into account the necessity of logic that can facilitate a productive decision. According to a medical research, it is brought to attention that young adults reach physical maturity when they are 21 years old, while researchers finding the effect of drugs on young adults and teens affirm that physical maturity, especially of brain and nervous system, does not occur until an individual is 25 years old (Rosenthal, et al). In continuation of this research along with an exegetical approach to society and health, it is affirmed that drinking age should be raised because drugs can cast a highly negative effect on the social moral and ethical growth of teenagers.
Discussion
According to the research that was published in Wall Street Journal, it is asserted that from the perspective of neuroscientists, the human brain is not fully developed until the age of 25, taking into account that it can exhibit some negative effect on the mind of the consumer. As a result of drinking, brain develops some abnormalities that are a threat to life. If drinking age is lowered such as 18-20 years or it is kept constant i.e. 18 years, then alcohol would be readily available to the teenagers. As a result of drinking, the teenagers might get engaged in some accidents as proved by research in the United States that showed that a large number of car crash accidents are alcohol-related and mostly occur in teenagers who are 15 to 17 years old (Rosenthal, et al).
In accordance with the research that was conducted by Core Institute, it is observed that almost 73% of the college students drink, although sometimes, still the overall ratio shows that 74 alcoholic beverages are consumed in a single week. Moreover, about 1/3 of the students have missed their classes because of the temptation to drink and 1/5 of the students have failed in the exam because either they are drunk or they are out with a friend to drink (Chalfin, et al). Another research by (Chalfin, et al), highlighted that people who can’t live without alcohol are found to be addicted to alcohol when they were 18 to 24 years old (Rosenthal, et al). Among them, 1/3 of the people assert that despite several efforts, they cannot stop themselves from consuming alcohol. Sociological studies have highlighted that lowering drinking age can empower and give way to a lot of social dilemmas and unethical behaviors such as crime rates. It is proven that a teenager become an addict more quickly as compared to an adult. (Rosenthal, et al). In order to fulfill addiction, a teenager will commit crimes and the only crime in their reach is "robbing, theft, and smuggling on a minor level". These teenagers when grown will obviously grow up into major criminals who will find more peace and ease in using illegal ways to get their desires fulfilled rather than strive to work hard and earn money. Moreover, addicts are afraid of the social conduct that can deprive them of their flexibilities (Chalfin, et al).
There are several evidence found in the research of (Rosenthal, et al), these evidence justify that youngsters and teenagers who consume alcohol are more towards suicidal attempts and they face impaired cognitive functions that will automatically hamper and influence the ability of the child to reach educational capacity. In accordance with collective research conducted in different countries, it is revealed that increasing alcohol drinking age will help to reduce the problems that are related to alcohol consumption or drinking (Rosenthal, et al). This evidence is traced by analyzing the situation and the ratio of teenagers who are addict or adults who cannot live without drinking in New Zealand and Australia with lowered drinking age (Chalfin, et al). It was concluded that lowering of drinking age resulted in an increased ratio of traffic accidents along with other harms in young people. According to the research by (Rosenthal, et al), it is asserted that increasing drinking age has resulted in saving 900 lives every year, because of fewer alcohol-related fatalities in the underage drivers (Rosenthal, et al).
Although all these evidences are sufficient to assert that the drinking age should be increased still there are some arguments that are proposed. Many researchers are of the view that increasing drinking age will make students use unfair means to get alcohol and it is more dangerous (Chalfin, et al). It is observed that this argument lacks logic because increasing drinking age means there would be a check and balance on buying and selling of alcohol and this initiative will let few use unfair means while many can be saved from life-threatening risks. It is also argued that increasing drinking age will make teenagers develop a rebellious attitude which is defied by the notion that increasing drinking age is capable of saving the lives of students not only socially but also mentally by keeping them away from addiction. It is also important to note that raising drinking age will reduce the number of addicts because youngsters are addicted to drugs when they are exposed to it with freedom (Chalfin, et al). Some limitations and restrictions will not only reduce the number of addicts but it will also help to control the rate of accidents that can save the life of a youngster. Although many of the researchers still believe that maturity comes at 18 years and maturity gives the right to decide fair and wrong, however, the point of analysis is, maturity in the age of 18 does not allow an individual to decide life and death, when actions are equally devastating for the people around. It is evident that a criminal group will also attract others with negative mind, roadside accident can injure someone who has nothing to do with the accident and all these facts are threatful for the progress and status of the country in the long run because youth is the future deciders of the country (Chalfin, et al).
Conclusion
Drinking age is one of the most discussed topics, without any solid conclusion. Still, it is asserted that the drinking age should be raised because it can save a lot of youngsters from mental diseases, societal crimes, health issues and accidents that can affect their life. Moreover, raising drinking age can help save future of the country in the long run because addicts in youth do more harm than good to a country. Also, such violent accidents can deprive the United States of the talent that can help it to make up a mark in the world. In a nutshell, lowering drinking age is more like dragging youth and teenagers to the caves of death and destruction because there is no future of a country in which youth is addicted to alcohol. Also, drinking has both long term and short-term disadvantages that can even deprive a teenager of his life. All these assertions and arguments assert that the drinking age should be raised so that not all but many lives can be saved from getting a victim to social crimes and a narrowed approach of life that leads to death.
Works Cited
Chalfin, A., Hansen, B., & Ryley, R. (2019). The Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Crime Victimization (No. w26051). National Bureau of Economic Research.
Rosenthal, Martha S. Drugs: Mind, Body, and Society. Oxford University Press, 2019.
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Childhood stories or Story of a Childhood?
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood and its sequel Story of a Return are two parts of an Iranian girl Marjane Satrapi’s graphic autobiography during the times of the Islamic Revolution. Being a direct descendant of Iran’s last emperor, Satrapi is greatly affected at the tender age of nine when the Shah of Iran is overthrown by the fundamental rebels and totalitarianism is prevalent over the state. The autobiography which is in the form of a graphic novel oozes great charm and is humorous at the same time. The art in the novel is even though minimal in style, but the powerful black and white images still shock the reader and succeed in depicting the warfare, tragedy, and loss in her surroundings. At first glance, the readers are reminded of the precariousness when there are tense political and social situations. The English editions of the graphic novel are based on two sections and characters in Book 1 include, Marjane, her parents, grandmother, paternal uncle and the housemaid with whom Satrapi shares a special bond. In Book 2, Satrapi’s closest friend Julie and her husband Reza are also introduced. The novel follows four years of Satrapi’s life from when she turned six to the impressionable age of fourteen. Background of the novel is the Islamic Revolution in Iran during the late 1970s and strict rules have been imposed across the country, including segregation of girls and boys in schools and orders inflicted upon women to veil their faces at all times. The novel is a unique exploration into Satrapi’s loss of impeccability and innocence, reflecting on her transition from a child to a young adult and stressing on the growth of her resilient spirit.
During the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini replaces the Shah of Iran and there is enforcement of strict laws across Iran. Being an outspoken and clever child, Satrapi shares all her struggles and experiences of living in a conservative environment which was not conducive to the smooth transition of her inner self from a child to a young adult and forced her to take steps that can be labeled as "teenage rebellion." The memoir is a direct attempt at stipulating the factors which helped shaped her identity and the author wants that the readers should change their perspectives towards Iran.
This graphic novel manages to make this account of pain and tragedy somehow more approachable for those readers who are not well-acquainted with warfare and repression. There is a fathomable undertone of rebellion throughout the story and there is a customization to the illustrations that perfectly delineate the author's resentment and unease. Redolent of her life in Tehran, during Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq war which was a time abject with oppression, the author provides a narrative of the Iranians give and take between the push and pull of a dictatorial, totalitarian government and the society's rebellious culture. The constant bombing of the houses of Satrapi’s neighbors, killing of her childhood playmates, and parties and social gatherings being forbidden were some of the contingent elements, which propounded a child’s reflection on war and her changing norms and values.
An unforgettable portrayal which moves the readers is painted in Persepolis and discerns the conflicts between domestic and public lives of the Iranians. In the wake of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, the author is bewildered over the fact that suddenly all the matters of personal nature are now issues of concern for the government. Satrapi’s vulnerable and childish view of emperors who have been dethroned, whippings sanctioned by the state and opinions about the revolutionary heroes have also been influenced by Persian poetry and its fascinating history. Themes such as feminism, Marxism, and post-colonialism are also apparent in the novel through ample examples. Before the advent of the Islamic revolution, the people of Iran were similar to the westernized world in a lot of ways. Iran was considered a progressive country, there were strong ties among the family members unlike oppressed households and there was a liberty to practice religion. The invasion of Iran by Iraq aggravated the problems of the fearful nation and resulted in divides among the societies. Iran was invaded merely because it had value due to the presence of oil in the region and this caused the uprooting of a lot of homes and hearths. People turned against refugees in the fear of utilizing their scavenged resources and sincere friends started to deceive others and pretend about their religious practices.
The book without sounding too emotional or depressing manages to express the pains of the author as being born a female in one of the most repressive Islamic regimes that history had to witness. Powerful themes such as people getting absurd and or disillusioned with extreme religious views have also been inspected upon in the book. Even though her parents are trying to keep the domestic environment normal, they actively resist and protest against the changes at the same time. Satrapi and her family face many difficulties during the revolution, they endure hardships and try to scavenge food and wine to survive hunger, and the author's life is saved in numerous ways when it is sent to Europe for further studies. Satrapi’s paternal uncle getting killed at the hands of revolutionary executors was a major traumatic event for her and when pain increases from a certain threshold it emerges in the form of unforgettable art which is evident from the account of this book.
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Testing Center
Volunteer State Community College is one of the most famous colleges located in Gallatin, Tennessee that is being supported by community. There are many departments, offices, organizations, and employees in this college that have been assigned different tasks by the central authorities or administration. Testing center is one of the central departments that have been serving students, faculty and all other community members that are working or studying in this community college. It facilitates people from all the four campuses who wanted its assistance. This testing center helps college in arranging test or examination that would help college in selecting the applicants, who would be competent to be enrolled in Volunteer State Community College.
Functions of the testing center:
Many workers work at the office of this testing center so by having interview of one of its employee much useful information has been gathered about function, nature of work and staff members of this testing center. During interview, employee has told about the purpose of this testing center and how this testing center is helping people when they wanted to get admission in this college (Consacro,et,al,1996). There are many tasks that this organization does, such as, it took exam or offer tests, result of the test score and do the career counseling of students who wanted to have guidance when they got confused while choosing their subjects. Students who apply for admission in this after being selected for test by clearing initial formalities, test center schedules tests for. Tests are conducted from students for checking their capabilities before giving them admission in college. Testing appointments are only online that’s why this center is of great importance for college as well as students. While setting a suitable time for testing appointment, this center takes care of the thing that a candidate should be able to complete his test before the published closing time of this center. Students could have all other necessary information about their exams and syllabus from this center just by logging into their student profile. All the things are being done online before the student comes for their test and walk-in cannot be guaranteed, so the examinee has to contact the center before the scheduling of exam. The examinee has to pay fee of examination that he is going to take. No edibles are allowed inside testing center, and no candidate is allowed to take any member with him inside the center.
There are specific requirements of this testing center as well because before having an exam, examinee has to provide unexpired identification photos so that one could have an entry in this testing center, photocopies, and faxes, etc. Examinees used to be given sufficient time so that they could easily complete their exam, before closing time of this testing center. Another important thing that employee has told during the interview was that, this centers also help applicants in knowing about specific courses that four campuses of this college offer. Through the interview, it was cleared that not all campuses are going to offer same courses rather they would have different courses that are going to be offered by specific campuses. Not all the tests are going to be available at all campuses. Testing center not only plays a vital role for conducting tests of ordinary applicants or examinees even it offers services for disabled applicants with best of its efforts. It offers accommodation and support services for disabled students who would be registered with the Office of Disability Services. Testing center also encourages disabled students to contact Office of Disability Services before conducting any test at this center. It also has a healthy system of check and balance, for preventing incidents of academic dishonesty and takes such incidents seriously.
Methods used for advertisement:
Testing center as being one of the most important parts of this college, do its advertisement along with advertisement of this college. It uses internet for making people aware about it. When a student would want to get in this institute, he has to contact this testing center and has to be in touch with this center. It also uses the main website of this college for its advertisement as when one is going to search for this college he is going to check how one could have an admission. Not only this center is going to take test at the time of admission, instead it is also going to provide most relevant information to students regarding their course and syllabus, so it advertise about itself, after a student is being selected for admission in this institute (Stein,et,al,2011). Testing center also does advertisement by giving all significant information about it, on college website so that students could have all details about the testing center by having a click on the specific space on the college website where there would a specific place for this testing center. Being an individual part of college, it advertises about itself on different social sites such as Facebook. Other social sites that are popular among students are being used by this testing center for its advertisement. So as a whole it could be concluded that this testing center is helping college for enrolling students and also it helps enrolled students by providing them guidance throughout their semester before they pass their final exam. Testing center is helping not only to the students but also it is serving as a great helping hand for the college.
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A student is going to choose a subject by having a look at the list of subjects that one campus would offer, so only the chosen subject would automatically fit into the school. English would fit in the school as it would offer English as one of its subject. So the students should not worry about their subject would fit as the institute would not offer the subjects that would not fit.
The testing center is going to provide all the services mentioned above to the students and would facilitate students who would be competent enough to get enrolled in college.
The testing center is quite valuable for the population as well as students as it would screen eligible and non-eligible students. It is valuable because it would provide the opportunity of study to only those students who would deserve among all the applicants.
English subject has been presented as an essential subject and students who wish to clear test of the testing center should have excellent command over their subject. English presents itself as a prestigious subject. English being one of the compulsory subjects would be offered in almost all the four campuses.
The audience of this subject is not explicitly separated or recognized, but mainly it would include those who would be more interested in literature or poetry, etc. But professors would be the audience when it comes to writing, and they would see what caliber one got.
The purpose of this organization is to arrange tests for examinees and it used to do evolution for the examinees as well. It would help the college in deciding who should get in the college and who should not. Also, it would keep the students update about all the essential things about the semester as well.
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Consacro, D. Peter, and Richard G. Rhoda. "Community colleges in Tennessee." Community College Journal of Research and Practice 20.6 (1996): 575-584.
Stein, Barry, and Ada Haynes. "Engaging faculty in the assessment and improvement of students' critical thinking using the critical thinking assessment test." Change: the magazine of higher learning 43.2 (2011): 44-49.
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Religious Discrimination is on the Rise than it ever was before
Believers all around the world who have numerous backgrounds of faith experience similar desecrations of their basic and most essential human rights. The concept of religious discrimination is not limited to any particular geographical region, part of a society, or a group of people who have a different outlook in life. Its roots are broad and expanding continuously since forever. Today, this discrimination is rising strongly on the horizon of social injustices than it has ever before.
We all have mourned school shootings, massacre, and butchery in many incidences. Other than the loss of precious lives, religious discrimination in this matter also holds significant attention. Whenever the shooter or attacker has a beard, speaks Arabic and claims to be a Muslim, he is declared as a terrorist.
Of course, it is an inhumane and unforgivable act; that person is a terrorist in all definitions. European and American media and society play strong propaganda against Islam because of this act of a single individual or a group without even knowing that it is this not what Islam teaches like every other religion that is practiced in this world.
But whenever a shooter is white, an atheist, or belongs to any other religion, he is usually declared as a mentally sick person, who has mental issues which pumped him to do what he did. Such individuals are not declared as terrorists which is clear discrimination. When it comes to terrorists or so-called-Muslims, much hatred is spread all over the world against Islam specifically by media and other sources, and it seems like term “terrorism” is only confined to those terrorists who claim to be Muslims. In Burma, almost 700,000 Rohingyans have been enforced to escape to Bangladesh since August 2017. Because of the ethnic campaign of cleansing which has been approved by the security forces of Burma. Their brutal acts and genocide of Muslim minority continue, and there is nothing much about it on European or American media. According to reports, elderly, infirm persons and children were slaughtered and burned alive in their houses (“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo”).
Moreover, earlier in 2018, six United States of America-based Uighur journalists were hosted by the State Department with Radio Free Uighur Service of Asia. Reports according to them direct that authorities of China are possibly hindering, at least, thousands of Muslims, Uighurs, and other minorities in Xinjiang imprisonment camps. Gulchehra Hoja, a journalist, shared: her 23 members of the family have been captive in the area. Just like others, she has not even a little information about the well-being of her family ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"aFyXobnM","properties":{"formattedCitation":"{\\rtf (\\uc0\\u8220{}Secretary of State Mike Pompeo\\uc0\\u8221{})}","plainCitation":"(“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo”)"},"citationItems":[{"id":605,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/2RJg7y7G/items/7IVZGHJQ"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/2RJg7y7G/items/7IVZGHJQ"],"itemData":{"id":605,"type":"webpage","title":"Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: Religious persecution in Iran, China must end now","container-title":"USA TODAY","abstract":"Around the world, religious minorities are persecuted and stripped of human rights. This is an issue many countries must work together to solve.","URL":"https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/07/24/defend-religious-freedom-global-attacks-mike-pompeo-column/818972002/","shortTitle":"Secretary of State Mike Pompeo","language":"en"}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo”).
Furthermore, in February, Presbyterian Evangelical Church in Sudan was demolished by the government after police charged congregants to evacuate it without giving any warning in advance after the Sunday worship services. That attack was another church demolition in the country which was ordered directly by the government (“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo”).
Such incidences prove that religious discrimination is certainly not limited to any specific geographical region, part of a society, culture or a group of people. In order to advance the basis of freedom of religion, we all require the strength of our voices to work with a united force.
To kill this horrible social injustice, groups of civil society are needed who mostly hear violation reports. First, they are needed to linger their work with courage and spirit on front lines. Religious leaders belonging to every faith and religion are required to address and convey to their supporters that terrorism, violence, brutality are not the answers and righteous ways to promulgate certain belief.
Governments can play an important part in recognizing religious persecution and discrimination; they need to take a strong stance against this injustice and must treat freedom of religion as prior international policy.
Promoting freedom of religion for everyone advances interests of faith groups, individuals and even countries. Where fundamental speech, religious freedom, peaceful assembly, and press exists, notions contest with each other and several opinions are openly deliberated. From this free exchange, greater understanding comes. Freedom of societies essentially demands religious freedom for development.
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Theme Analysis for Poet “Edwin Arlington Robinson”
Introduction
Poetry is characterized as one of the strong mediums of literature that is used by poets to express their feelings. Undoubtedly, this is one of the influential forms of expression to convey the central message concisely and phenomenally. The world has experienced a great form of poetic work by popular poets in different periods. Messages delivered by these poets played a vital role as even today’s generation can relate to the crux of old classic poems. This specific phenomenon appeared because elements of poetry were appropriately utilized by poets to deliver their main themes to a potential audience. Edwin Arlington Robinson is recognized as one of the most influential American poets of the twentieth century. His memorable poetic piece of work is mainly established in the form of short poems. In this paper, my primary focus is to show that the poetic contribution of E.A. Robinson mostly emphasized on factors of imaginative pursuit, materialism, and the unavoidability of change in the context of personal failures in life.
Discussion
It is important to present a brief background of E.A. Robinson to make better inferences about his central themes of poetry. He was born in a small village of Head Tide, Maine on December 22, 1869. In 1870, he moved to the area of Gardiner, Maine with his family, which was categorized as “Tilbury Town”. This geographical region has a greater significance because most of his poetry connects with the life spent in this town. He used the literary medium of poetry to express the feelings and difficulties he faced in childhood. He lived in a period when the country of America was reconstructing and changing dramatically, mainly in the form of industrial changes and developments. He presented traditional domains of society and included the changing societal factors, which were mostly in the forms of transcendentalism and puritanism. The specific poetic theme of Robinson better apprehends by considering some of his most influential poems. The deep analysis of these poems can be helpful to determine the overall poetic style, voice, and poetic philosophy developed by the poet to express his main theme successfully. The five popular and influential poems of E.A. Robinson selected for this analysis include Richard Cory, Merlin, Miniver Cheevy, Children of the Night, and Town Down the River.
Analysis of “Richard Cory”
“Richard Cory” is a renowned piece of poetry created by E.A. Robinson to deliver his main idea in a concise manner. This poem is established as a narrative domain, which illustrates a story version to the potential audience. This poem was first published in 1897 and it immediately gained huge popularity. The character of Richard Cory was comprehensively developed by the poet to deliver the actual narrative along with the theme. The main subject of this poem is the title character, who was critically observed by people when he moved through town. Robinson, as a poet, to develop a necessary connection between narrator and Richard Cory, successfully uses the element of narration. In other words, the entire poem is based on the narrator’s feelings and perceptions about the character of Richard Cory. The gentleman's perspective of Richard Cory was different from the townspeople, that ultimately encouraged them to focus on his unique dressing style.
The poet, in this poem, used Richard Cory to convey his message. The technique of the four-line stanza is applied for the poetic form of Richard Cory. It is also vital to indicate that an ABAB rhyme poetic scheme was selected by the poet to convey the main meaning of the poem directly and successfully. This particular approach characterized as the consideration of the first and third lines of each stanza rhyme. The overall voice of the poem is another critical aspect to make better inferences about the writing approach of E.A. Robinson. The continuous changes in the narrator’s tone help the audience to recognize the potential voice of this poem. The author, in the form of poem narration, successfully incorporated various poetic instruments as the poet’s voice. Robinson successfully utilized the poetic approach of metaphor in this poem to explain the main theme of this poem.
The poetic style of Robinson in this poem is considered as a unique style. This style is known as iambic pentameter. The poet uses this form of the meter by adopting options of a downbeat and upbeat approach to develop an idea of rolling rhythm in the poem. The adoption of this poetic style has helped the poet to illustrate his main themes in the form of systematic narration to the audience. Consideration of rhythmic poetic style in this poem has eventually made it easy for the audience to recognize the materialistic aspirations of the transitional society. The glory of Richard Cory was greatly fantasized by the people of the economically deprived town. A comprehensive assessment of E.A. Robinson’s poetic voice in this poem is also a necessary condition to make better inferences about the main idea of his poetry. The element of syntax in the form of words of arrangement is greatly used by the poet to create an influential feel in the entire text.
Analysis of “Merlin”
“Merlin” is another poetic piece of exemplary literary work created by E.A. Robinson to define the reality of human beings in society. It was published in 1917 that depicts the strong influences of World War I. The element of transition is greatly apprehended by the poet in this poem that helps the audience to strongly connect with the social change of the earlier phase of the 20th Century. This poem is characterized as one epic long piece of Arthurian poems. A deep reading of this poem indicates a creative prospect established by Robinson. The story of King Arthur presented in this poem is characterized as a different approach because Arthur was not portrayed as a hero who was always on the right track. In other words, the development and depiction of the character of Arthur and his knights illustrated the bare reality of social life. Illustration of King Arthur in a diverse manner eventually helped the audience to recognize E.A. Robinson as one influential modern poet. The overall spirit and treatment of this poem are recognized as an example of a modern poem that profoundly talks about personal failures in someone’s life. This specific approach can be recognized as the basic theme of this poem that invites the audience to focus on the positive and negative aspects of any character.
The narrative style of poetry was used by E.A. Robinson in this poem to illustrate King Arthur’s discussion with his knights. The contemporary approach of writing was utilized by the poet to successfully convey the main theme, tone, and overall poetic style to the potential audience. All the elements of poetic voice used by Robinson in this poem eventually connect with the main idea that is presented in this piece of poetry. Arrangement of words in the form of syntax is helpful to clearly establish a conversation between different characters in this poem. Moreover, character development is another strong factor utilized by E.A. Robinson in this poem. The depiction of Arthur King is different as compared to the conventional approach of poetic writing. Robinson never crafted the character of King Arthur as the all heroic individual who never faced any inner weakness.
Poetic philosophy is another influential factor established by E.A. Robinson in the form of “Merlin”. The central philosophy of this poem truly connects with the main theme of the unavoidability of change and failure of an individual in life. These factors are dramatically portrayed by Robinson through the narrative of King Arthur. Illustration of many new motifs in this poem helps critics to visualize the narrative of King Arthur is a diverse manner. Merlin’s legendary role was used as the foundation to depict the entire development of Arthur. This form of development ensured Merlin as the mandatory part of King Arthur’s narrative. The allegorical style of this poem ultimately gave a piece of hope to the audience. The central philosophical idea behind this narrative is that faith and love are mandatory elements to restore hope for an individual.
Analysis of “Miniver Cheevy”
The development of the modern world is the fundamental idea of “Miniver Cheevy” crafted by E.A. Robinson. It is a poetic story of an individual’s immense dissatisfaction to properly functions in a changing world. In other words, it is a tale of personal disappointments handled by a person in case of the unavoidability of social change. The style of narration was adopted by E.A. Robinson for this poem which was firstly published in 1910. The discontent of human beings in modern society was developed by Robinson through the character of Miniver Cheevy, who even wept that he was born and one example of failure in society. The factor of fate was tragically used by a speaker in this poem to define the hardships and tranquilities of this life. The entire narrative created by Robinson through the character of Miniver Cheevy truly depicts the basic themes of poetry embraced by the poet throughout his career. The changing factors of the modern world were under discussion through the character of Miniver Cheevy in this particular poem. The main idea of the poem was successfully developed by the poem that the misery of the modern world is entirely different from the heroic aspects of the traditional form of society.
Various literary devices and stylistic techniques used by the poet helps audience to apprehend the main theme of this narrative poem. The element of diction as the voice of the poem was successfully delivered the miseries and disappointments of Cheevy as the unfortunate individual in the modern world. The discount of the young boy was successfully described by Robinson to establish the hardship of societal change. Anaphora is another literary device successfully utilized by Robinson to grab the audience’s attention towards the main theme of this poem. Some words, such as “thought” was repeatedly used by Robinson to enhance focus on all the emotions of discontent that appeared in the case of the main character of this poem. The aspect of allusion was also successfully used by the poet in this poem to define the imaginative perspective of young Miniver who wanted some form of escape from his current situation of life. Imaginative pursuit as one central poetic theme of E.A. Robinson can be clearly witnessed in the disappointed character of Miniver who constantly considered the memory of past glorification and never able to embrace the changing reality of the society. The tone of pitying used by Robinson to successfully portrayed thoughts of dismal and disappointment of Miniver Cheevy as the main character. This tendency of the overall poem illustrates how the main character was not able to accept the changing reality of society and dreaming of old-fashioned time. The satirical style of this poem clearly defines the central philosophy of this poem that as the individual, it was immensely difficult for Miniver Cheevy to embrace the reality of the new world as in its thoughts, he still stuck in medieval time-period. The phenomenon of social transition was not easy for him and this idea is the ultimate reality of every individual.
Analysis of “Children of the Night”
The poem, “Children of the Night” is another significant example that clearly depicts the central poetic theme of E.A. Robinson as a great modern poet. It describes the connection between darkness and hope. It further established the immense need for human beings to remain positive in life, which is undoubtedly one difficult approach. This poem first published in 1897 that describes the comparison of various aspects of life. The factors of misery and despair are extensively discussed by the poet to deliver the main theme to the audience in an effective manner. The quatrain style with the inclusion of rhyming words is used by Robinson in this poem to describe the explicit differences between different elements such as disappointment and hope, dark and light, etc.
The factor of poetic voice is also successfully utilized by the poet to depict two different approaches to life. This particular reveals in the form of successful use and arrangement of words in this poem. Two entirely different sides of this world are successfully compared by the poet by developing a tone of comparison between different words. The poetic philosophy of this poem successfully portrayed the main theme of poetry developed by E.A. Robinson as one great unconventional poet. His main poetic theme in the form of despair and disappointment of human beings is explicitly established by defining the difference between optimist and pessimist individuals. It is established by the poet through this poem that darkness in someone’s life is one hostile factor that made it immensely difficult to successfully sustain in life and find light in the entire scenario of disappointment.
Analysis of “Town Down the River”
“Town Down the River” is another example of classic poetic work presented by E.A. Robinson to illustrate the chronic reality of this world. This piece of poetry originally published in 1910. Various poetic features and expressions used by Robinson to convey the main theme of the poem to the audience. The poetic style of naturalism used in this poem to successfully define the reality of life. It is established by the presenter that life is a combination of two opposite forces that appeared as dark side and positivity. It is strongly comprehended through the use of specific words in this poem that unfortunates in life made it difficult for human beings to accept the changing reality of this world. The failure of an individual is this form eventually causes immense dissatisfaction with anyone with the new developments of life. The central themes of poetic themes of materialism and unavoidability of social change are established by Robinson in this poem. The force of imagination in the form of children’s dreaming also developed the philosophical idea of imaginative pursuit successfully delivered by the poet. Different rhyming words used in this poem to powerfully deliver the main poetic philosophy to the audience in a comprehensive manner. Proper arrangement of words established the great tone of this poem that helps the audience to successfully connect with various aspects of life in a social context.
Conclusion
To conclude the critical discussion on the main poetic themes presented by Robinson as a great poet, it is vital to indicate that he used a more conventional and modern domain of writing to express the transition of life. The growing change in society in a particular time period is the main poetic philosophy of Robinson that appears in the case of all his selected poems. He defines the hardships of someone’s life when it comes to accepting the changing domain of modern society.
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The Connection between learning English and Assimilating into American Culture PAGEREF _Toc7231223 \h 4
Immigrants Learn the English Language to be American PAGEREF _Toc7231224 \h 7
Conclusion PAGEREF _Toc7231225 \h 8
References PAGEREF _Toc7231226 \h 10
Learning English is learning to Assimilate into American Culture
Introduction
According to political scientists, social boundaries that define core national values are helpful in recognizing each other’s identity. These social boundaries are based on race, language, and ethnicity. It may also be based on political beliefs like individualism and liberalism and civic attributes. These attributes are necessary for mutual recognition. There are various social processes that help to get mutual national identification or assimilation (Lash, 2018).
Assimilation is a process where foreigners become the part of a national and they intermingle with the local ethnic group. Some of the classical theorists say that it is a phenomenon of cultural subtraction. The race was particularly the main factor that led the immigrants to be part of American culture. It became easier for some racial groups to assimilate with the American culture within no time and some were not able to adopt American Culture. It was easy for the people to belong to the white race to be the part of American culture but it was not easy for Asian and African to assimilate easily with the Native Culture. This intermingling of the white race gave birth to the core values of American Culture (Lash, 2018).
American culture is shaped both by the immigrants and the native people. Assimilation became a reason of changes experienced by the immigrants as well as by the host country. The schools, churches and other major educational institutes have tried to bring up a mutual culture to make the cultural minorities the part of American society and its culture. The intermingling of an immigrant with the American society gave a new concept of American society that became the base of “true American” or a nation with diverse culture. Assimilation truly proved as a process of change for American society (Lash, 2018). Due to the rise in the number of immigrants in America, the American institutes are trying to minimize the Ethnic distance and they are considering the English language as a cohesive force between the native people and the immigrants.
Language is essential for social adjustments. In teaching modern language like English, the cultural and social aspect of the native speakers are always focused. It is the best example of acceptance of the cultural and social existence of society through learning its language. Language become the tools for a child to have friendship, to love and to make memories (Covello, 1939)
English language is the core part of American Culture and learning this language will help to assimilate completely with American culture. Being able to understand English will help to have more insides of American Culture and it is an essential tool for assimilation into the new culture. The main focus of this discussion is based on the question that, how learning the English language is a vehicle for assimilation in American Culture?
The Connection between learning English and Assimilating into American Culture
English is a lingua franca in this globalized world and it is the part of the core values of American Culture. The anthropological studies have shown that language and culture are interdependent and language is always attached to the cultural and social context. Cultural acquisitions also happen with the help of language. Language has been a powerful medium for socializing because the cultural material pass to each other through language and the cultural discourse are also displayed in a specific culture. For immigrant learning, the English language is a source to get closer psychologically and physically with the host culture. Proficiency in the English Language is a mean of integration into American society. It brings with itself the commitment to the great American Value (Hoffman, 1989).
Only 14 percent of us population were foreign-born in 2015 and 12 percent was the second generations of the immigrant staying in the country for long. But now the percentage of immigrant has increased tremendously and the majority of the native believes that it is not necessary to born inside the country to be American (Hoffman, 1989).
The informative function of the English language:
The most important medium of communication in America is English and it is amen by which people will get to know each other. It is understood as an instrument for action. It is understood as a medium of cognitive development.
The social dimension of culture can be better expressed through language. The English language will make the people bridge the cultural gap and to assimilate in American culture. They will be able to communicate and understand the core values of the dominant culture if they get to know their language.
All the historical books, stories and policy designs of the country are in the English language and if an individual has learned English he/she will easily explore the cultural existence of the society. Idioms and slang words are also essential to understand the cultural makeup of society. Without learning English it is not possible to understand the cultural existence of the society. The factual statements related to the background of American culture are also saved in the English language and to get an in-depth understanding of those learning English is a must.
In the perspective of English language learning, the classroom environment is set in a way that it targets the specific American cultural and the overcoming of stereotypes in the culture is being generally toughed. That gives a better understanding of the culture. Immigrants learn the language as a requirement of their educational institutes but it is also delivering them information regarding the cultural makeup of America. They are basically doing cultural learning because the textbooks reveal the music, food, religion, and beliefs of Americans.
English is not just playing a role of communication but it is the main tool to intermingle with the American culture. It helps to identify the norms and values of the society that are being saved in the textbooks or expressed through media. It breaks the barrier among people and helps to develop a more cohesive environment. (“English as a Global Language and the Effects on Culture and Identity,” 2017).
Expressive Function of English language:
Language is the major means of interaction and communication in a diverse environment like that of the United States. Learning the English language is the same as opening the channel to enter in the American culture. Communication is not just speaking but it refers to the manners that come develops with interactions. Learning the English language will help to learn about the code of conducts in American culture. Culture is transferred in a way of text expressed through language. Language is a model of culture (Graddol, Thompson, & Byram, 1993).
To understand the feelings and emotions of the native people learning their language is important. It will help to express ideas, emotions and will help to explore their way of life by communication with them.
The directive function of the English language:
To get orders, request or to have a command over the anything English language is most commonly used inside America. Being a highly developed country, technology has been the part of their culture and the English language is a requirement for undressing the direction of those technological developments. Research and development is an integral part of American society. Being able to understand the lifestyle of American the knowledge and skills regarding modern technologies are must and learning the English language will make it easy to understand the operation of a technology. It thus helps a foreigner to adopt the American lifestyle.
Immigrants Learn the English Language to be American
Immigration has been seen as an issue in America because the country is receiving an influx of hostility from the immigrants. Immigrants are trying to be the part of the economic, social and cultural makeover of the country. For them learning English is not just a step of development for the immigrants. Being the part of a classroom where a teacher is helping to understand the vocabulary and accent of the English language is the first step to adopt the American culture. It is the same as introducing them with the American culture through their language.
The Americans do the favor to have a proficiency in English for legal immigration. Usually, the immigrants have to pass the English language test before coming to America. Because the English language will help them understand and adopt a new life in America. In fact, it will help them to adopt American culture and lifestyle (Guido, 2008)
American consider English as one of the founding principles of America and the language as an important role for upbringing responsible American citizen. This concept of the American increased the immigrant patience of learning the English language. An immigrant from Norway, Russia, Southern European and Finns have shown great interest in English language and English names. They preferred to be the part of American identity by learning its language and by following its naming patterns. Both the naming and learning English will help them to be part of the economic and social sector of society (Guido, 2008).
The American culture in most of the AMERICAN INSTITUTE teaches immigrant English through music, American history, movies, Dramas, books, stories, news, and novels.
The course that teaches English through music, develops speaking and listening skills by examining American music. The language of the poet and the idioms of the song is interpreted. The also explain the current American culture in perspective of the lyric used in the song. The course that teaches English through stories focuses on the improvement of native speech and fluency through stories of American storytellers. The activities of the students including presenting and listening to those stories. They also have to take the inte4rview from native speakers.
English through American History focuses on the building of student’s writing, reading, and grammar by studying the historical and cultural materials of the United States of America. The class focuses on the significant events that happened in the history of the United States that shaped the political and cultural trends of the society (Skinner & Hagood, 2008).
Conclusion
Assimilation is no doubt a process of ethnic change and the foreigners become part of the nation by adopting its cultural values. Foreigner becomes part of American society by having proficiency in the English language. Because language is the median they use to communicate with the native people. The educational institution that teaches the English language to immigrants teaches it by exploring the dramas, movie, poetry, history books, stories, and music. By exploring that aspect the immigrant develops an interest in American music, history, poetry, movies and in short in American culture. So learning English is a tool that accelerates the assimilation of immigrant into American culture.
The English language is used to strengthen the grips in a developing country like American and people want to be the part of that developed society so the prefer learning English as a second language. English is the language of Science and technology. The American lifestyle is driven by both technology and scientific innovation so learning the English Language is equal to adopting an American lifestyle.
References
ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[["http://zotero.org/users/local/LY9XXHSK/items/WM3JA69Q"]],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Covello, L. (1939). Language as a Factor in Integration and Assimilation. The Modern Language Journal, 23(5), 323–333. https://doi.org/10.2307/316830
English as a Global Language and the Effects on Culture and Identity. (2017). American Research Journal of English and Literature. https://doi.org/10.21694/2378-9026.16010
Graddol, D., Thompson, L., & Byram, M. (1993). Language and Culture: Papers from the Annual Meeting of the British Association of Applied Linguistics Held at Trevelyan College, University of Durham, September 1991 (Vol. 7). Multilingual Matters.
Guido, M. G. (2008). English as a lingua franca in cross-cultural immigration domains (Vol. 84). Peter Lang.
Hoffman, D. M. (1989). Language and Culture Acquisition among Iranians in the United States. Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 20(2), 118–132. Retrieved from JSTOR.
Lash, C. L. (2018). Making Americans: Schooling, Diversity, and Assimilation in the Twenty-First Century. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 4(5), 99–117.
Skinner, E., & Hagood, M. C. (2008). Developing literate identities with English language learners through digital storytelling. The Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 8(2).
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Pages: 6 Words: 1800
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Live before you die
Introduction
We often hear wise words from our elders that live before you die but unfortunately most of us perceive the meaning of living the life to be just breathing. We come to this world with no idea of how things will happen for us and we become dependent on the views of other people on life. We never understand the meaning of life and this is why instead of going after our dreams we start following the expectations of society as a herd. The moment we realize the things we really wanted, it becomes too late to go back in time and get what we really needed. This is what the author of “This is water” tried to convey to his readers by giving daily examples from life (Wallace, 2009). The idea is to live life to the fullest and accomplish all the things that make us alive. The aim of this essay is to make the reader understand the significant things that matter to us i.e. passion but are always taken for granted. This essay will throw some light on the contradictions we face with our families in pursuing the passion dreams that can bring a drastic change in our life.
Discussion
Every person has some dreams, some interests and some passion in life that makes him keep going and enjoy the journey he has planned for himself. With this journey, some hurdles also come in the way which stops us and draw us into confusion about our wants and needs. These hurdles are most of the times the challenges we face in the form of societal expectations, family preferences for us, the norms and myths which most of us blindly follow. Many people give up in the way and surrender to the demands asked from them by making them compromise on their dreams and passion. They do that and later ends up regretting in life when they see someone accomplished their dreams and stood against society. Just like that, I too have a passion for building LEGOs in my life. I have a key interest in this activity and I really enjoy performing the work related to LEGOs but my family does not have similar views about this interest. They think that I am wasting my time by not giving enough input to my studies. My family has always kept education on the topmost priority for me but I disagree on this matter with them. They should give me enough choice to decide for myself because for me education is not the only way to success and happiness. Education is important for those who want to do extraordinary work in the Fifield of research and I do not have such interest. My priorities are different as I have many other choices to plan for my success in life.
Life does not come with compulsion; it comes with a lot of choices. Choices are provided to us at all the stages of life and based on those choices we decide our own fate. We can choose to remain happy by not stressing or and we can also choose to ruin our day by overthinking. This is what David Foster also tried to tell us and I agree with him as far as the matter of choices is concerned (Wallace, 2009). Sometimes the reality is right in front of eyes and we choose to deny the truth by keeping our eyes closed. It is not necessary o always think in a certain pattern like others. We can choose to think differently and will discover many hidden truths of life which will facilitate us in our journey to success and happiness. Foster's brief piece of literature about compassion, realization, and choices makes sense to me because I have also seen the pressure to remain in the line and sacrificing real pleasure we receive from our passions and dreams.
There is no exact formula or a roadmap for the journey forward d in our lives as we have to continuously deal in the gains and losses we received from the choices we made. But my view is that, instead of experiencing the gains and losses for something I never wanted in the first place, I should choose to opt for the pain and loss for the things I always wanted. Let's suppose that I opt for the choices that everyone demands from me and abandon my choices. I will feel the pain twice and will be neutral to the gains received from pursuing the choices my family wants me to make. I will have a stable career and will earn money but I will not feel happy in that kind of success. There will always be a part of me which will be dying every moment I wake up in the morning to go to the hectic job I never desired for. I will die before the death comes in and people bury me. This is why it is really important to start actually living before choosing to die in the hands of wrong choices made consciously.
Conclusion
David Foster only provides a glimpse of what the actual life should be for the people who die before they actually lived. He has great life lessons for us but does not provide a solid roadmap to move forward in life. The roadmap to life is within us and only we should be empathic enough to realize the truth on our own. He only helps us on climbing the first step to realizing that what we are living is not life, life should be explored in the things that move and evolves us not just provide us monetary gains and settlement in life.
Works Cited
Wallace, David Foster. This is water: Some thoughts, delivered on a significant occasion, about living a compassionate life. Little, Brown, 2009.
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TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u Introduction PAGEREF _Toc7231222 \h 3
The Connection between learning English and Assimilating into American Culture PAGEREF _Toc7231223 \h 5
Immigrants Learn the English Language to be American PAGEREF _Toc7231224 \h 7
Conclusion PAGEREF _Toc7231225 \h 9
References PAGEREF _Toc7231226 \h 11
Learning English is learning to Assimilate into American Culture
Introduction
According to political scientists, social boundaries that define core national values are helpful in recognizing each other’s identity. These social boundaries are based on race, language, and ethnicity. It may also be based on political beliefs like individualism and liberalism and civic attributes. These attributes are necessary for mutual recognition. There are various social processes that help to get mutual national identification or assimilation (Lash, 2018).
Assimilation is a process where foreigners become the part of a national and they intermingle with the local ethnic group. Some of the early classical theories consider it the phenomenon of cultural subtraction. The classical theories of assimilation consider ethnic and majority groups converging into the norms and values. This theory suggests that people who have been a part of a new culture for a longer period of time show more similarities. Gordon, in 1964, described different stages, which show the process of acquisition of language and culture The race was particularly the main factor that led the immigrants to be part of American culture. It became easier for some racial groups to assimilate with the American culture within no time and some were not able to adopt American Culture. It was easy for the people to belong to the white race to be the part of American culture but it was not easy for Asian and African to assimilate easily with the Native Culture. This intermingling of the white race gave birth to the core values of American Culture (Lash, 2018).
American culture is shaped both by the immigrants and the native people. Assimilation became a reason of changes experienced by the immigrants as well as by the host country. The schools, churches and other major educational institutes have tried to bring up a mutual culture to make the cultural minorities the part of American society and its culture. The intermingling of an immigrant with the American society gave a new concept of American society that became the base of “true American” or a nation with diverse culture. Assimilation truly proved as a process of change for American society (Lash, 2018). Due to the rise in the number of immigrants in America, the American institutes are trying to minimize the Ethnic distance and they are considering the English language as a cohesive force between the native people and the immigrants.
Assimilation, which can be defined as the process of cultural and ethnic change in which the foreigners become like locals. Many examples of assimilation have been witnessed in America after the increase in immigrants. All the immigrants coming from different races, ethnicities and cultural backgrounds learn to assimilate into American culture. Learning the English language is one part of assimilation. Immigrants who come to America also learn about their technologies and inventions made by Americans. Most of these immigrants enjoy Christmas and Easter holidays, they celebrate Thanksgiving, Halloween and other events of American culture. All the American popular games are also played by immigrants baseball, gridiron. All types of races and immigrants learn to assimilate in American culture.
Other examples of assimilation are the adoption of the lifestyle, customs, eating and dining habits, etc. In some cases, cultural assimilation also results in the adoption of beliefs and values of the other cultures. The immigrants in America learn and comprehend American culture, which makes it more rich and diverse.
Language is essential for social adjustments. In teaching modern language like English, the cultural and social aspect of the native speakers are always focused. It is the best example of acceptance of the cultural and social existence of society through learning its language. Language become the tools for a child to have friendship, to love and to make memories (Covello, 1939)
English language is the core part of American Culture and learning this language will help to assimilate completely with American culture. Being able to understand English will help to have more insides of American Culture and it is an essential tool for assimilation into the new culture. That is why learning the English language, plays a vital role in cultural assimilation. The main focus of this discussion is based on the question that, how learning the English language is a vehicle for assimilation in American Culture?
The Connection between learning English and Assimilating into American Culture
English is a lingua franca in this globalized world and it is the part of the core values of American Culture. The anthropological studies have shown that language and culture are interdependent and language is always attached to the cultural and social context. Cultural acquisitions also happen with the help of language. Language has been a powerful medium for socializing because the cultural material pass to each other through language and the cultural discourse are also displayed in a specific culture. For immigrant learning, the English language is a source to get closer psychologically and physically with the host culture. Proficiency in the English Language is a mean of integration into American society. It brings with itself the commitment to the great American Value (Hoffman, 1989).
Only 14 percent of us population were foreign-born in 2015 and 12 percent was the second generations of the immigrant staying in the country for long. But now the percentage of immigrant has increased tremendously and the majority of the native believes that it is not necessary to born inside the country to be American (Hoffman, 1989).
The informative function of the English language:
The most important medium of communication in America is English and it is a mean by which people get to know each other. It is understood as an instrument for action. It is understood as a medium of cognitive development. The social dimension of culture can be better expressed through language. The English language will make the people bridge the cultural gap and to assimilate in American culture. They will be able to communicate and understand the core values of the dominant culture if they get to know their language.
All the historical books, stories and policy designs of the country are in the English language and if an individual has learned English he/she will easily explore the cultural existence of the society. Idioms and slang words are also essential to understand the cultural makeup of society. Without learning English it is not possible to understand the cultural existence of the society. The factual statements related to the background of American culture are also saved in the English language and to get an in-depth understanding of those learning English is a must.
In the perspective of English language learning, the classroom environment is set in a way that it targets the specific American cultural and the overcoming of stereotypes in the culture is being generally toughed. That gives a better understanding of the culture. Immigrants learn the language as a requirement of their educational institutes but it is also delivering them information regarding the cultural makeup of America. They are basically doing cultural learning because the textbooks reveal the music, food, religion, and beliefs of Americans.
English is not just playing a role of communication but it is the main tool to intermingle with the American culture. It helps to identify the norms and values of the society that are being saved in the textbooks or expressed through media. It breaks the barrier among people and helps to develop a more cohesive environment. (“English as a Global Language and the Effects on Culture and Identity,” 2017).
Expressive Function of English language:
Language is the major means of interaction and communication in a diverse environment like that of the United States. Learning the English language is the same as opening the channel to enter in the American culture. Communication is not just speaking but it refers to the manners that come develops with interactions. Learning the English language will help to learn about the code of conducts in American culture. Culture is transferred in a way of text expressed through language. Language is a model of culture (Graddol, Thompson, & Byram, 1993). To understand the feelings and emotions of the native people learning their language is important. It will help to express ideas, emotions and will help to explore their way of life by communication with them.
The English language makes use of phrases, idioms and words to express feelings and emotions in a better way. The English language comprises of words that are an expression of a feeling such as angry, apprehensive, bewildered, ecstatic, furious, overwhelmed etc. These words are most commonly used to express emotions in the English language. With the development of language, natives keep on inventing different phrases that are used to express feelings and emotions. This also includes some slang words, which become popular among the American community. For instance, some of these slangs are, No Worries, I am in! Dude etc.
The directive function of the English language:
To get orders, request or to have a command over anything, the English language is most normally used inside America. Being a highly developed country, technology has been the part of their culture and the English language is a requirement for undressing the direction of those technological developments. Research and development is an integral part of American society. Being able to understand the lifestyle of American the knowledge and skills regarding modern technologies are must and learning the English language will make it easy to understand the operation of a technology. It thus helps a foreigner to adopt the American lifestyle.
Like any other language, the English language also serves to perform some directive functions associated with it. English is the most common language of all the immigrants and ethnic groups that come to America. This language is also commonly used in business and professional meetings, conversations, documents. The documents having commands, orders and directions are written in the English language. Example of simple commands in English is "Close the windows", "Do not smoke in this area", and "Do not disturb”, “Don't you want to help me?”, “It’s late!”. English is most commonly used in all the actions that need command or direction.
Immigrants Learn the English Language to be American
Immigration has been seen as an issue in America because the country is receiving an influx of hostility from the immigrants. Immigrants are trying to be the part of the economic, social and cultural makeover of the country. For them learning English is not just a step of development for the immigrants. Being the part of a classroom where a teacher is helping to understand the vocabulary and accent of the English language is the first step to adopt the American culture. It is the same as introducing them with the American culture through their language.
The Americans do the favor to have a proficiency in English for legal immigration. Usually, the immigrants have to pass the English language test before coming to America. Because the English language will help them understand and adopt a new life in America. In fact, it will help them to adopt American culture and lifestyle (Guido, 2008). American consider English as one of the founding principles of America and the language as an important role for upbringing responsible American citizen. This concept of the American increased the immigrant patience of learning the English language. An immigrant from Norway, Russia, Southern European and Finns have shown great interest in English language and English names. They preferred to be the part of American identity by learning its language and by following its naming patterns. Both the naming and learning English will help them to be part of the economic and social sector of society (Guido, 2008).
The American culture in most of the AMERICAN INSTITUTE teaches immigrant English through music, American history, movies, Dramas, books, stories, news, and novels.
The course that teaches English through music, develops speaking and listening skills by examining American music. The language of the poet and the idioms of the song is interpreted. The also explain the current American culture in perspective of the lyric used in the song. The course that teaches English through stories focuses on the improvement of native speech and fluency through stories of American storytellers. The activities of the students including presenting and listening to those stories. They also have to take the inte4rview from native speakers. English through American History focuses on the building of student’s writing, reading, and grammar by studying the historical and cultural materials of the United States of America. The class focuses on the significant events that happened in the history of the United States that shaped the political and cultural trends of the society (Skinner & Hagood, 2008).
Conclusion
Assimilation is no doubt a process of ethnic change and the foreigners become part of the nation by adopting its cultural values. Foreigner becomes part of American society by having proficiency in the English language. Because language is the median they use to communicate with the native people. The educational institution that teaches the English language to immigrants teaches it by exploring the dramas, movie, poetry, history books, stories, and music. By exploring that aspect the immigrant develops an interest in American music, history, poetry, movies and in short in American culture. So learning English is a tool that accelerates the assimilation of immigrant into American culture.
The English language is used to strengthen the grips in a developing country like American and people want to be the part of that developed society so the prefer learning English as a second language. The functions of the English language are considered and used by the immigrants to express feelings, emotions and to direct and command as well. English is the language of Science and technology. The American lifestyle is driven by both technology and scientific innovation so learning the English Language is equal to adopting an American lifestyle.
References
ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[["http://zotero.org/users/local/LY9XXHSK/items/WM3JA69Q"]],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Covello, L. (1939). Language as a Factor in Integration and Assimilation. The Modern Language Journal, 23(5), 323–333. https://doi.org/10.2307/316830
English as a Global Language and the Effects on Culture and Identity. (2017). American Research Journal of English and Literature. https://doi.org/10.21694/2378-9026.16010
Graddol, D., Thompson, L., & Byram, M. (1993). Language and Culture: Papers from the Annual Meeting of the British Association of Applied Linguistics Held at Trevelyan College, University of Durham, September 1991 (Vol. 7). Multilingual Matters.
Guido, M. G. (2008). English as a lingua franca in cross-cultural immigration domains (Vol. 84). Peter Lang.
Hoffman, D. M. (1989). Language and Culture Acquisition among Iranians in the United States. Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 20(2), 118–132. Retrieved from JSTOR.
Lash, C. L. (2018). Making Americans: Schooling, Diversity, and Assimilation in the Twenty-First Century. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 4(5), 99–117.
Skinner, E., & Hagood, M. C. (2008). Developing literate identities with English language learners through digital storytelling. The Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 8(2).
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