1. Benedict Anderson/Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism: 1983 (Revised 2006)/Brooklyn‚ New York 2. What is the central theme – the topic – of the reading? “The reading is about....” Anderson articulates that a nation is an “imagined political community – and imagined as both inherently limited and sovereign” (6). People will not meet every person in their community and nationalism has been proven to be hard to define. The people from the same community will
Premium Nation Nationalism
and feelings of the “Lost Generation‚” which faced the harsh brutalities of global war. In most Modernist texts‚ authors focus upon the ideas of disillusionment‚ alienation‚ collectiveness‚ disappearing faith‚ and having little direction. Sherwood Anderson‚ uses the ideals of the modernist era in his novel‚ Winesburg‚ Ohio‚ to negatively portray the American Dream. In this novel‚ which is entirely comprised of short stories‚ he tends the show the fragility in conventional means of success and the pursuit
Premium Modernism Literature Poetry
Pamela Anderson is changing and trying a new career‚ to become a stand-up comedian‚ according to Fox News‚ April 16‚ 2016. Pamela had five minutes to get the audience laughing on Thursday night when she was the host of “Gotham Comedy Live” that was simultaneously broadcast live on the AXS network. Many remember Pamela Anderson as a former Baywatch star where she played the role of a sexy lifeguard‚ C.J. Parker. She had the part for five years where her main clothes were skimpy swimwear. “I’ve always
Premium Sociology Heteronormativity Transgender
Speak: Perfectly full of flaws Art has the power to express what words cannot; it describes what one is feeling and thinking. The novel “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson demonstrates how art can express more than a thousand words. Her artwork is a symbol of how she struggles with finding her herself like she struggles to create the perfect tree. Melinda’s efforts to create the right tree in her art class represent her hardship and her ability to overcome them. Melinda is struggling with hiding
Premium Psychology Linguistics Fiction
Feed by M. T. Anderson Feed‚ a satirical novel written by M. T. Anderson‚ depicts a futuristic world where technology is not just all around us anymore‚ but inside our own heads at all times. The majority of Americans have a Feed. This is the mechanism that is installed into one’s brain (preferably at birth‚ as the reader learns) that allows for one to immediately look up anything‚ watch a show‚ shop‚ message one another and everything else that people nowadays are used to doing using laptops and
Premium Science fiction Brain Natural environment
Summary Paragraph In Feed by M.T. Anderson‚ Titus is a teenager with a feed. A feed is a computer implanted in the brain which is used similarly to a smartphone. The story takes place in the United States as well as the Moon‚ roughly one hundred years in the future. Titus and his friends receive suggestions‚ such as advertisements‚ from the feed on what products to purchase and venues to visit. Titus’ love interest Violet is against the feed and her and Titus discover the damage that the feed is
Free Education Love Traumatic brain injury
the gardens were small and they were covered with soil. 2.25 million families had Anderson Shelters located in their homes. One of the most important advantages of Anderson Shelters is that they had a very little chance of falling apart‚ however‚ there was a very little chance that they would not be able to survive a direct hit. They were cold and damp and often flooded when it rained. There were four types of Anderson Shelters: Semi-sunken‚ sunken‚ surface and deep shelters. Semi-sunken shelters were
Premium World War II United Kingdom Royal Air Force
Anderson Cooper was born on June 3‚ 1967 in New York City‚ NY as Anderson Hays Cooper. He was born to Wyatt Emory Cooper‚ a writer‚ and Gloria Vanderbilt‚ an entrepreneur. Early in his life Cooper was exposed to his mother’s glamorous lifestyle and the media. He
Premium
I really enjoyed listening to renowned author Laurie Halse Anderson because she is different author than I’m used to reading/hearing about. She said that she was born in 1961 and she was raped at age 13‚ which prompted her style of writing. She had a broken childhood and she was on the path of living a broken life until she decided to take a different path down the writing lane. One of the main things that Anderson repeatedly mentioned in her talk is that she writes about the things that are hard
Premium Laurie Halse Anderson Rape Education
inner city neighborhood in Philadelphia written by Elijah Anderson. The “code of the streets” combined with respect‚ loyalty‚ and honor is a system used to regulate social interactions within the city. The people within the inner city are pressured into living by the code of the street as a survival mechanism. The book describes the issues that are present within the city like teen pregnancy and the absence of economic opportunity. Anderson used ethnography research methods to obtain his information
Premium Sociology English-language films Crime