The second male accuser, Lavell McBride, also showed spontaneous emotion of anger. Lavell discovered as well that his brother was involved with his significant other, Chelsea. When the host informs Lavell that Chelsea is cheating on him with his brother, he is immediate reaction are jaw dropping and eyes opening. He is infuriated. His facial expression was anger and it was also noted by his eyebrows movements of anger (Fisher, Voracek, and Cox 2008). When he got to the scene where Chelsea and his brother were at, there was a violent breakout between Lavell and his brother. Lavell manages to get some punches towards his brother, while the audience hears the brother repeatedly says, “Calm down, you are just angry, look at your face.” After the…
Imagine being involved in a school activity that literally consumes almost every moment of one's life. Anna Skelly is involved in Hempfield Area High School Marching Spartan Marching Band. i have known Anna since middle school. We just became close because we both attend Cosmetology in CWCTC tech school. While interviewing Anna, I learned many interesting things about her family life, school activities, and hobbies.…
Born Laurie Wasserman on October 18, 1957 to Edith Joy, 27, and Norman Wasserman, 28, an accountant, she was a very, very quiet girl growing up (Papajohn and Kaplan). She had a brother, Mark, five years her senior. Laurie grew up near South Shore, a neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. When she was seven her family moved to North Shore in Highland Park. Both in elementary and middle school, she was not known to have any close friends but always made good grades. In high school, after sophomore year, Laurie’s family moved to Glencoe where she attended New Trier High School. There Laurie did not seem to have many girlfriends but…
In the year 2081, everybody was finally equal. They weren’t equal before God and law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody had more money then anyone else. George Bergeron was a man who wore 47 pound weights around his neck and had a mental radio in his ear. Hazel Bergeron is the wife of George, she is “perfectly average intelligence”. Harrison Bergeron is the son of George and Hazel, he also wore the 47 pound weights around his neck just like George, he also to wear a big red clown nose and had a mental radio in his ear. People always made comments about Harrison. The government describes him as “a genius and an athlete”. Harrison is seven feet tall and burdened by 300 pounds of handicaps.…
“Every time a crime was committed by a Muslim, that person's faith was mentioned, regardless of its relevance. When a crime is committed by a Christian, do they mention his religion?”(Eggers 37). Dave Egger states in his novel Zeitoun. Zeitoun is a nonfiction book written by Dave Eggers about the main character named Abdulrahman Zeitoun and his Muslim family that lives in New Orleans. During this time, Hurricane Katrina is about to run its course through New Orleans. Zeitoun decides to ride the hurricane out and tell his family to leave without him. Throughout the rest of the book, the Zeitouns will face many struggles that they may or may not be able to overcome. Although he has good intentions, Zeitoun makes the wrong decision by staying…
The book of Zeitoun is like none other that I have read before. Through this captivating story, the characters are faced with so many challenges with the coming of Hurricane Katrina, prejudices, and losing everything that you’ve come to know and love. Every day Zeitoun is faced with problems due to being part of a culture that is often looked down upon and discriminated. Three cultural differences that he encountered were getting rejected from clients because of his name, accused of being a terrorist, and his religious beliefs.…
Archetypal tragic heroes are often portrayed in ancient settings with unrealistic situations. In the novella Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton, counters this opinion by crafting a tragic hero that both connects with the archetype and defies the classic setting. The novella takes place in wintery Starkfield Massachusetts, in modern times. Nevertheless, Ethan Frome fits the characteristics of an archetypal tragic hero, as he has a tragic flaw and increased awareness of his situation. Thus, many arguments claiming that Ethan is not a tragic hero can easily be countered with close analysis of Ethan Frome. Thus, Wharton proved that Frome was a tragic hero, despite being placed in a modern, American setting.…
In All The Kings Men, Jack, finds for his dissertation to get his PhD, he writes on his great uncle, Cass Mastern. Cass Mastern was a poor when he was born, but his brother, becoming rich from cotton plantations, came back and supported Cass financially. By the suggestion from Jefferson Davis, he went to Transylvania College in Lexington where through Jefferson, he becomes good friends with Duncan and Annabelle Trice. He fell "head over heels" for Annabelle and had an affair with her. Phebe, the Trice's slave, finds Duncan's wedding ring on his pillow right after he commits suicide which is a sign that he knew that his wife was having an affair. Annabelle, not being able to cope with Phebe knowing she was having an affair, sells Phebe to a…
“Everybody was finally equal.” This is what all people aspire to have, but true equality should never be attained. In the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., the year is 2081 and the government has finally constructed their perfect world and made all its people equal. The government forcefully administers handicaps on those who are stronger and smarter than the average person. The character Harrison Bergeron passionately disagrees with this. With Harrison’s rebellious and forceful ways, he tries to overthrow the government because he feels this is unjust.…
“Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut is about a fictional time in the future where everyone is forced to wear handicapping devices to ensure that everyone is equal. As the story begins, George and Hazel Bergeron are sitting on the couch watching television. George is intellectually superior so every few seconds a raucous noise is played in his ear to keep him from being able to hold a consistent thought, which happens continuously throughout the story. This system of “handicappers” is overseen by a rather unsympathetic woman named Diana Moon Glampers. As George and Hazel are watching a ballet on the T.V., the show is interrupted by a bulletin warning viewers that Harrison Bergeron, George and Hazel 's son, has just escaped from jail. Harrison is described as very dangerous, as well as very intelligent and strong, and “under-handicapped” despite the fact that he is fitted with a wide variety of contraptions meant to diminish his ability. This bulletin is interrupted by the appearance of Harrison himself who rushes onstage and removes his “handicappers,” while exclaiming his superiority. He challenges a ballerina to remove hers as well and, after convincing the band to play to the best of their ability, they launch into a superb display of dancing, leaping higher and higher until they touch the ceiling and kiss. At this point the “Handicapper General,” Diana Moon Glampers, rushes in with a shotgun and shoots them both dead. The story ends as George returns from the kitchen with a beer and finds Hazel crying, though neither can remember any of the events that had just unfolded. Vonnegut shows that efforts to force equality have tragic consequences.…
“Harrison Bergeron” is a satirical short story written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr, a story that is a probable and mocking glimpse into how dark society may become in the future. The characters in this story are all equal, therefore not one person stronger, smarter, or better looking than any other individual. This is achieved by the use of handicaps produced by the government, which include a mask if you are ascetically pleasing, heavy weights to slow down individuals who are too fast or strong, and also earphones with vociferous radio signals to make ingenious people lose their train of thought or certain memories. These handicaps make a significant impact to everyone in the dystopia, including the three main characters in “Harrison Bergeron” who are fourteen year-old Harrison Bergeron, his father George Bergeron, and his mother Hazel Bergeron. Kurt Vonnegut’s dystopian and socially paralyzed world is brought out of the dark and into the light by his use of simple characters and their dispassionate reactions to rebellion and abnormality.…
Interviewing both ladies, I can reflect on the passion is their voices, telling me how they love what they do. Ms. Lucas adoptive her son out of foster care. MS. Harris house 3-4 teen age girls in her home. I admire both ladies, being single and willing to make a difference in a child’s life was what lead me to interview them. During my interviews, the ladies shared a mutual interest, when you focus your life helping others, your problems lose significance and fade to tranquility.…
“Writers provide glimpses of other worlds giving readers opportunities to reflect on their own world”. To what extended do you agree.…
Krakauer wrote that Chris McCandless was, "green, and he overestimated his resilience, but was sufficiently skilled to last for sixteen weeks on a little more than his wits and ten pounds of rice"(Krakauer 182). In this quote it seems that Krakauer thought that McCandless was well equipped with his skills, so that made moderately prepared to survive in any situation. I feel that McCandless was rather prepared, yet again he never could have been fully prepared for the unexpected. My opinion is that McCandless was vaguely aware of the struggles that he would encounter in the Alaskan wilderness such as his epiphany that "happiness is only real when shared" was realized when his body was dying of starvation. I believed that he found what he was…
The child I chose to observe during the course of the semester name is Adrianna, she is in third grade in class 3-221. She is a female and eight years old. She is currently attending the school P.S.225, which is located on 1075 Oceanview Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11235. I chose Adrianna because I felt I could relate to her positive energy. Adrianna seems to be a troublemaker and that is what caught my eye at Adrianna is bursting with energy and I honestly thought she was super cute! I thought she was very smart, always eager to answer any questions the teacher asks. The entire class is filled with cute little third graders who are all smart and capable of doing…