Bias is in the eye of the beholder - Creative written task It’s a warm autumn afternoon. I’m on a bus making its way to the centre of the city. I can feel the sun gently warming my skin even though the windows of the bus are covered in dull advertisements. The overload of advertisements annoy me when I go to the city. I’m looking for a new hoodie‚ not a mortgage. I get off the bus at the second to last stop so I can gaze upon the lavish central train station before I enter the shopping centre which
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Cynthia Ms. Stern AP Language Bluest Eye Passage 28 November 2012 Bluest Eye The passage is an excerpt from The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. The overall purpose of this excerpt is to showcase both Claudia’s and Freida’s innocence as they struggle to comprehend—and fix—the tragedy of the situation Pecola was in. Our astonishment was short-lived‚ for it gave way to a curious kind of defensive shame; we were embarrassed for Pecola‚ hurt for her‚ and finally we just felt sorry for her. Our
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Portrait of a Victim: Toni Morrison ’s The Bluest Eye Bryan D. Bourn The Bluest Eye (1970) is the novel that launched Toni Morrison into the spotlight as a talented African-American writer and social critic. Morrison herself says "It would be a mistake to assume that writers are disconnected from social issues" (Leflore). Because Morrison is more willing than most authors to discuss meaning in her books‚ a genetic approach is very relevant. To be truly effective‚ though‚ the genetic approach
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Are There Blind Spots in Our Eyes? ABSTRACT Our eyes are vital organs because they help us visualize our surroundings. But are our eyes perfect in seeing what’s right in front of us? Sadly I learned in our evolution‚ nature messed up at one point and gave us blind spots in our eyes. This project shows why we have these blind spots‚ how to discover them‚ and how big they are. I researched on how our eyes see things; why when one eye is closed‚ the other eye sometimes can’t see what’s in front
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course of literature‚ eyes have been viewed as gateways to one’s true nature and thought process; there’s even a cliché that states as much‚ one that is consistently being reiterated. D.H. Lawrence’s "Rocking-Horse Winner" contains various instances of this motif in action‚ with the repeated mention of eyes providing crucial insight into both Paul and his mother by revealing the true nature of the latter’s feelings towards her children whenever they look into each other’s eyes and by revealing the
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Lets start this by defining beauty-Well‚ I think it’s something that is pleasing to eyes. What about a beautiful thought? Well then beauty has to be pleasing to mind and what about beautiful music? So lets just extend it and say-beautiful to our ears. Wait didn’t we leave a few things behind? like for instance beautiful smell‚ and beautiful texture? and a beautiful poem or literature or work of art? Wow So beauty may involve a perception of pleasure to all our senses....Yes indeed I think that’s
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At first‚ it may seem shallow to care a whole lot about one’s appearance‚ but according to Daniel Akst’s essay “What Meets the Eye”‚ we learn that in many ways‚ appearances actually serve as a source of inequality. In his expository piece‚ Akst probes into the importance of appearances in our society today; he explores the role that beauty plays in everyday life and and how it influences society. Akst makes numerous interesting discoveries on the role of appearances in society‚ but several of his
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Journey to Happiness Happiness cannot be explained in a simple definition; however Janie in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston‚ explains how to achieve happiness. “Two things everybody’s got tuh do fuh theyselves. They got tuh go tuh God‚ and they got tuh find out about livin’ fuh theyselves” (192). The only way Janie was going to find happiness was to go out and find it on her own. One would think that finding happiness is a simple thing to do. However‚ Janie shows us otherwise
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opened Americans’ eyes of the individual being defeated by society. Local Color freed the minds of the readers as well as the writers by putting the tone of the actual character‚ not everyone being sophisticated and educated. Despite the fact that Naturalism and Local Color was love‚ there were two notorious books of each kind; The Awakening‚ Naturalism‚ and Their Eyes were Watching God‚ Local Color. The Awakening by Kate Chopin was banned from most of the places and Their Eyes were Watching God
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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. What one may consider beautiful‚ the next person may not. Everyone has their own perception of beauty and most of the times‚ one may look towards the media to figure out what is actually considered to be beautiful. In the novel‚ “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison‚ one of the main themes was the concept of beauty. The characters are living in a segregated world where being white was deemed beautiful. Unfortunately‚ what seems to be the face of beauty is usually
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