The Vietnam War had different effects on many people. It affected people at home and obviously greatly affected those who were fighting in Vietnam. An excerpt from Everything We Had by Al Santoli and Beginning and Arrival, excerpts from If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Send Me Home by Tim O’Brien, are memoirs that explore the effects and influences of war on two young men. Tim O’Brien wrote about his own experiences in the war, and in the piece of work by Santoli, he tells about the events of a soldier named Robert Santos. These men are quickly shaped and molded by the war and the people there.…
Discovery can occur when new knowledge is learnt, thus developing a new perspective. It involves the revelation of the unknown or forgotten. Go Back To Where You Came From is a reality TV shows that follows six Australians as they journey into unknown areas, meet new people and ultimately get taken out of their comfort zones.…
“Leave and forget.” Multiple challenges in life can change someone positively or negatively. In Everyone Leaves, Wendy Guerra reveals that losing something or someone can change a person physically, mentally, and emotionally.…
Donna Cooner’s Can’t Look Away projects that popularity can take a hard hit on how person can act. Everyone needs friends in their life that are going to have their backs and to be supportive, and that is what Torrey needs through this hard time. Many people struggle to see past popularity and to truly understand what’s important in life. Hubert H. Humphrey once said, “The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.”…
This is the album's first track and it discusses killing Jay-Z's ego. This track was written by Shawn Carter known as Jay-Z, Producer No I.D., Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson. No I.D. was also a producer in this single. This single samples Alan Parsons Project's song "Don't Let It Show". In this track, Jay-Z discusses important events that have affected his life and were highly publicized. The first occurrence was the shooting of his crack addicted brother when he was twelve years old. Although, Jay Z was never prosecuted for this event, he never forgets it. In addition, he rhymes about growing up in the Marcy projects in Brooklyn without a father. His father abandons him and the rest of the family when Jay Z was young. He mentions how for a long time he had a built an "armor" to protect him against getting emotionally hurt. However, now as a father, he has to show his daughter that he loves her and is her super hero. Additionally, he rhymes about how before being a successful rapper he sold drugs to survive and the guilt he feels for doing so. Jay-Z briefly mentions rapper Kanye West and the rant Kanye did at his 2016 Sacramento Tour Stop. The lyrical content in this track is emotionally raw with a low tempo sound.…
“She was met by a white segregationists mobs, many of them students who screamed, spat and threatened her” (Cornish). In America, there was a deep set hatred toward African-americans ever since the civil war. Especially in the South segregation was a major part of daily life, and they were used to it. The Supreme Court in 1954 ordered integration of school. Three years later in Little Rock at a school named Central High School, this plan was put into action. Nine student that year signed up to be at the school along with all the segregation with it. Even though some people believe the songs provide better background, the photographs and narratives helped provide the richest background information for understanding the…
Borderline Personality Disorder is amongst the hardest personality disorders to treat. BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) continues to aggravate, baffle, and reward doctors and psychologists. Psychotherapies differ considerably; however, there are two major paths to treatment with this disorder: insight-oriented therapy or stabilizing interventions. Each pathway is characterized by particular techniques and interventions, but each is primarily defined by its overarching goal or objective. (2)…
“Between Me and You” a book created by Ta-Nehisi Coates describes how tough it is being an African American man in America. The book which I read a couple of months ago showed how hard it is not to be targeted and judged in society if a person is of color. Coates mentioned how the rise of police brutality scares him on a daily basis for his African American son who is able to see these attacks on the black community through different outlets. Due to the use of social media, cellphones, video cameras and more we are able to see the destruction of minority communities. Though, the use of excessive force and police brutality happened years ago, now we are able to see blatant racism right before our eyes. The killings of Corey Jones, Tamir Rice,…
Capitalism is the root of exploitation all around the world especially the colonized countries. Domitila Barrios De Chungara, a Bolivian woman, along with Moema Viezzer wrote the book Let Me Speak to illustrate and provide a deep understanding of the revolution and the living conditions of the miners and their family in Bolivia. Capitalism is an economic and political system which is central to modernism and ruled the countries that depended on industrialized countries like the United States. Domitila Barrios De Chungara is a courageous woman who sacrifices so much in the struggle to better the condition of the poor working class. Chungara despises the exploitative and repressive aspect of capitalism and unites her compañeras and their compañeros…
Clients tend to perceive themselves in a constant state of crisis, make outrageous demands, and have vast mood fluctuations. Dialetical Behavior Therapy (DBT) “provides a clear framework for treating borderline personality disorder that takes into account the client’s need for validation and self-coping skills and therapist’s need for boundaries in relationships with clients.” DBT creates a balance between opposing ideas while recognizing the “all or nothing” attitude that drives the thoughts and behaviors of people with borderline personality…
Exploring the reasons of why we gain weight and how to lose it, the movie Fed Up tells us a secret about the American food industry. More people get sick from eating unhealthy things than we ever imagined. Twelve year olds are slowly dying from eating habits more often seen at an older age. Fed Up shows us how the American food industry cover up faults in the food industry. Between balancing agriculture and a healthy diet, we are more often than not eating things deadly to our body. When society asks for less fat, asre they really getting less? No. when the fat goes down, something must go up to keep the taste. Sugar is constantly used to replace fat. But the thing is, in your body sugar is turned into fat. Either way you consume the same or more fat.…
People with borderline personality disorder have been the inspiration for fictional characters in movies such as Fatal Attraction, Misery, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and Single White Female (Sansone & Levitt, 2005). There is an interesting combination of characteristics, such as mood instability, intense fear of abandonment, self-damaging impulsivity, and intense unstable relationships that make for interesting dramatic characters. People suffering with this illness in real life have to face many difficulties due to this illness. They are avoided by others, even kept distant from their clinicians, and blamed for their own illness when others see it as an attitude or character flaw. They suffer through self-injury and…
When it comes to colors, the opening scenes are dominated by grays – parking lot, kitchen appliances, the staff’s uniforms – which then transition to warmer tones and dim lighting once Kenny gets home. These grays at Kenny’s workplace are quite typical when it comes to colors associated with a place of work – a place that is dull and somber. Also, the tasks that the characters have to perform all take place over the course of one day. Towards the very end of the episode, Kenny is shown walking along the road, all bloody and barely holding on, and it’s finally nighttime. This transition from day to night, or from light to darkness, metaphorically represents the transition from hopefulness to complete lack of hope as we see other characters receiving a troll face via SMS and realizing that they have been played.…
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a mental health disorder that usually begins by early childhood. It that affects the way you feel and think about yourself and about others. This in turn can get in the way of functiong and living through a normal everyday life. It produces unstable relationships, intense emotions, frequent mood swings, and inappropriate anger.…
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