They may love their big wall sized television sets, or their soap operas, but none of them really care about the world beyond their technological advanced lives. They have become oblivious to the rest of the world. No one cares about books anymore when they can watch it all on TV. The community in the book only cares about affording another wall television to make their wife’s and them happy. Ignorance is bliss in their minds. They do not care about learning new thing from books or advancing in the world. They live absentmindedly everyday only caring about the price of a new…
Jonathan Edwards was a minister who gave the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Ao” to his congregation. Edwards did this to connect to his people on a personal level, The theme of Edwards sermon is for people not to sin. His writing was very dark and intense to say the least. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the “Minister's Black Veil.” Hawthorn did this to show how something as simple as a black veil can change someone's life. Out of the two pieces of writing jonathan Edwards had the stronger of the them.…
The author stated “Invisible Institution was not an accident of a few rebellious people. It was a divine necessity for people for whom religion was integrally related to all of life” (Costen 36). God always has a Ram or better yet a way of escape for His people. Thus, the Invisible Institution was a plan set up by God to assist His people in a time if despair. When challenges come our way we need to remember that there is nothing too hard for God to deliver the slaves.…
The minister’s black veil is revealed in Mr. Hooper's remarks to Elizabeth when she wonders why he had chosen to wear that mysterious black veil.Mr. Hooper was the pastor who gives a sermon on the subject of sins which, when he is giving the sermon he wears the black veil, which makes people wonder why he wears that. No one dares to ask him why he wears it , the only person who had the courage to ask was his fiance Elizabeth. He is asked to remove it but he refuses to do so. It was so strange how everywhere he went he always had that mysterious black veil.…
In Hidden Intellectualism by Gerald Graff, he begins with the argument of “street-smarts” versus “school-smarts”. Graff explains that school-smarts can be hidden within street smarts and can be learnt through not just talking with friends, but also from the media and our surroundings, hence the “hidden” intellectualism. He goes onto explain that “schools and colleges overlook the intellectual potential of street-smarts” (198) because these types of intellectualism are actually considered anti-intellectualism. Graff then begins to discuss that intellectualism is often looked down upon within schools, and people that are considered “school-smart” are seen as nerdy, or boring. We learn that as a child, Graff was afraid of bullying and name-calling so he did not show his intellectual side out of fear. As he wanted to be accepted so badly, he decided to become an “inarticulate, carefully hiding telltale marks of literacy like correct grammar and pronunciation”. (201) Through this, he discovered that he was still able to show his intellectual side by using arguing and reasoning strategies while talking about subjects such as sports and toughness with his friends.…
The book I read is Among the hidden wich is wrote by Margaret Peterson Haddix. This book was published by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing in 1998. It is a science-fiction book wich has about 150 pages. My first impression of this book is that it is a sad story because the cover page is made up by cool tone.…
The audience I want to appeal are people who do not know who is Gerald Graff and are not familiar with his Intellectualism essay.…
Another special meaning of being American is to come together in times of struggle and also in times of celebration. Events such as the moon landing, and the JFK assassination, and 911. Brung us Americans down in the dumps, and on the edge of our feet. But one thing's for sure. When we get knocked down we come together as a nation and stand right back up. Because Americans are strong and brave, and prideful and…
Do you think today's society are hypocrites? Nathaniel Hawthorne's parable "The minister's Black Veil" is a critique of society and human nature. Hawthorne was trying to teach the reader a lesson or a moral. He was trying to teach society his point of view by using in a parable. The parable that Nathaniel Hawthorne's wrote "The minister's Black Veil" was about a minister who randomly started wearing a black veil. All the people around the minister saw him different and started to criticize him and judge him for what he had done, and though he was hiding something. In the scarlet letter Hester was also criticize and judge but she didn't care she dealt with it. The minister was trying to teach a point and get it through everyone's head. In reality he was just trying to show that everyone has their own black veil and that our society is full of hypocrisy. Everyone talks about someone…
In his article "Hidden Intellectualism," Gerald Graff criticizes those that do not put value into "street smarts." Graff insists that knowledge goes far beyond academic learning and continues into the everyday world.…
I believe this essay "Hidden Intellectualism," by Gerald Graff is a very persuasive argument. It seems to be a sound, strong argument for the authors point. he not only lists exactly what he is talking about, but also what could help other; specifically how street smarts can very well be more intellectual than book smarts.…
In Gerald Graff’s essay, Hidden Intellectualism, one is exposed to the author’s view of different means of intellectualism. Graff gives the reader an uncommon perception of what it means to be an intellectual. He expresses his views by stating that a person can be an intellectual in fields that have nothing to do with academia, such as street smarts or particular interests. He also states that if you incorporate these particular interests in the classroom, students deemed as unintellectual would be more likely to grasp the taught materials. These students could then perform to their true potential.…
“Hidden Intellectualism” is all about being smart in different ways rather than just in academics. Gerald Graff talks about how boring school was for him and compares school to two uncompetitive sports teams. Watching uncompetitive sports gets extremely boring and makes someone not want to pay attention anymore. I tend to agree with the author to a point.…
It is to help people see that they are all the same, The veil of ignorance hides people’s place in society. For example, they don’t know if they are rich or poor, smart or unintelligent, so if they don’t know that they are these things, they will most likely choose the fairest principle. Rawls agrees that when we don’t know our position in society we will most likely be equally concerned for others. We would be concerned with individuals less fortunate in society because it could be possible (under the veil of ignorance) that we could be just like…
Thank you, for your thoughtful post. Your post for me was a reminder of how social justice is not only pertinent to our own country but also globally. The practice of oppression is not exclusive to Canada and similar practices are happening worldwide. For instance, in Canada girls were often excluded from accessing educational goals because of their gender. This practice was not changed until the cause was taken up by activists who lobbied for change. The practice of excluding girls from education continues today in countries all over the world. Global equality for inclusive education is taken up by activists such as Malala Yousafzai, a young Pakistani activist who was shot in the head for demanding equal access to education for girls. Malala…