According to Elliot Aronson in his book The Social Animal we are in a constant tension between our values of individuality and conformity. We want to fit in with the group without losing our unique qualities. However‚ at one point or another we all conform whether it be changing our answer from line B to line A in Solomon Asch’s experiment or changing our positions in an argument in order to be more liked by the group. All of this relates to self-esteem in some way‚ how we perceive our value to
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This poem is really easy to identify with. The first 4 stanzas are clearly relating the reader to the poem. Everyone at some point has to learn these general‚ seemingly useless facts. “A state flower” “The capital of Paraguay” so arbitrary‚ but so true in that this brings back memories of 3rd or 5th grade for almost all of us‚ it is bound to strike a chord with the reader. This is also coupled with a slightly nostalgic loss of these facts in the first stanza‚ as slowly the individual sections of
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The title of this poem suggests that this person will always have the heart of the person they love. The person could actually be holding their lover’s heart‚ or a locket or other heart-shaped object belonging their loved one. Figuratively‚ the person does not actually carry around their lover’s heart‚ but rather that the person will always be loved‚ cherished‚ and remembered by the speaker‚ no matter where their loved one is. In the first stanza‚ I think it means that he is always
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Presumably‚ the poem “Aristotle” is an adaptation to Aristotle’s conceptions on tragedies‚ in which a tragedy must contain a beginning‚ middle‚ and end. Throughout the poem there are unequivocal transitions telling the audience the when the beginning‚ middle‚ and end have arrived. Furthermore‚ the tile may also allude to the way the poem will be written. Since Aristotle was a well renowned philosopher‚ the poem may contain reflections upon certain actions‚ that lead to misfortunes found in tragedies
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Title- I think that this poem will be about money and how influential it can be. Nowadays‚ money practically runs the world. Perhaps the theme of this poem is “wealth and poverty in modern society”. Paraphrase- The poet describes the internal conflict of a man who is pondering on whether he is in love with a girl or not. Is he too old to be in love? Is he too young to fully appreciate a loving relationship? Then‚ the man tosses a penny in the air. It’s like he’s playing the game heads or tails
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The underlying subtext of the poem is apparent through the successful use of literary devices which entice the reader’s attention. Throughout history‚ poets have continuously proven that words are the window to the depths of the soul via a mass release of internal expression. Their ability to ignite a spark in all those who invite its entrance into their lives sets them on an inimitable level‚ far from the ordinary class of literature. The tools to which this level of understanding can be reached
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Billy Joel is a very well known musician who is respected and acknowledged all around the world. I think he was an appropriate speaker for a college graduation. He used one question at the beginning of the speech that caught the audience’s curiosity‚ "Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes?" He then branched out from there to discuss more important issues. This question helped him create an invitational environment. I think asking a question also helped him show a sense of organization
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expensive art‚ extravagant banquets and grand architecture present in the church. In its defense‚ the Catholic Church responded by addressing the issues from corruption from within and defended the doctrines that Protestants were against. The opposition of the Protestants against the Catholic Church can also be viewed as political because some of the vices they frowned upon were of political
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Billy Bishop Goes to War is one of the most famous and widely produced plays in Canadian theatre‚ it is a dramatization of the life of Canadian World War I fighter pilot Billy Bishop. The concepts of survival and underdog heroes‚ as well as the attitudes towards war‚ are explored in this play. The concepts mentioned above fall into the themes of Personality and Values as well as voices through time‚ while also strongly relating to the Canadian identity A prominent theme in Canadian literature and
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Opposition was felt by both the north and south. In the North‚ the opposers felt the Southerners possessed the right to be independency and felt the war affected them negatively. In the South‚ the opposers did not want a war or a Union advance on the newly declared Confederacy. All the opposers didn’t see a positive side to having the war. Both side also had people that just wanted peace between the sides. North- • The main opposition from the north came from Copperheads. The copperheads were Southern
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