we were young‚ we learned how a good friend and lover should act; such the case that now with reality tv shows we tend to compare our friends to them. Certain shows like jersey shore had morphed are views on life‚ and has influenced the culture of ‘hook ups’: sex without commitments or any further relationship. As an academic‚ this study will focus more on how “media twists love to look like a flurry of overwhelming passion”‚ while influencing the action of break ups‚ because of unhappy ideals based
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at the most inopportune of ocassions before sulking off into the unspecified realm of dark situations yet again. It has no preference for a certain variety of victims; to seek and destroy is the only goal with matter. Such is the case of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting on December 14‚ 2012. With fear then cast into the community of Newtown‚ Connecticut‚ and all of America‚ it may only be said that tragedy is received in the massive doses of heartache‚ despair‚ and a continuing aura of hopelessness
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“Hook”. Arthur Miller gives us insight through his novel‚ The Crucible. Set in 1692‚ Massachusetts‚ the characters in the story are put through trials to prove their integrity‚ loyalty‚ and conspicuously‚ what is valuable to them; their name. Also‚ Arthur Miller establish the characters in a society where the law bounds to the bible‚ and in which‚ the society drastically takes a turn into chaos when people commence‚ and accuse others of witchery. This not merely puts the villager’s viability at
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Love vs. Punishment In the article “Justice: Childhood Love Lessons” bell hooks claims that “there is nothing that creates more confusion about love in the minds and hearts of children than unkind or cruel punishment” (hooks 27). In other words punishment of any kind‚ let it be pinching‚ flicking or spanking will result in disorientation in a child’s mind. This statement is true to some people‚ false to others‚ but overall hooks tends to be bias in her argument. She doesn’t explore the different variations
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Laura Vanderkam writes the essay‚ “Hookups Starve the Soul”. The essay explains the reality of most college students‚ the hookup. The main focus of the essay is to demonstrate that hookups may satisfy our physical needs‚ but they do not satisfy our emotional needs. Vanderkam mentions that the causes behind this could include sexual revolution or co-ed dorms and alcohol abuse‚ but she insists that there is a bigger picture behind all of this. Vanderkam defines the hookup and uses various definitions
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Sandy Hook Shooting On December 14‚ 2012 the most horrific school shooting happened. A young man took the lives of innocent children and adults. No one knew what was ahead of them that Friday morning as they awoke and started their daily routines. Adam Lanza took the lives of 26 people. There are clear statements as to why this happened. The poor security‚ School Shooter video game‚ mental illness‚ and pedophilia are all causes to why this could have happened. The poor security in the school at
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a sheet of paper. Author bell hooks‚ however‚ believes these margins not only represent sites of oppression‚ but also serve as places of resistance. To hook’s‚ the margins are something the marginalized need to hold on to‚ for it is a site of resistance that allows the oppressed to hold on to their individuality and use it as a source of power. Resistance is the space in the margins where the oppressed can say "no" to the oppressor. Bob Marley’s song is an example of such resistance‚ "We refuse
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In his essay “ Hook-up Culture‚” Jack Grimes tries to figure out why the generation of people right now are more interested in hook-ups rather than relationships‚ while arguing that hook-ups are more than just a fling but for fulfillment of personal needs. Grimes starts off by stating a reason for hook-ups being mostly hormones. Also‚ he talks about people who are into hook-ups might not have the commitment that relationships need. Next‚ hook-ups are roughly defined as casual sexual encounters
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College and universities have made great strides over the years. The campuses have grown‚ and the resources have improved tremendously. However‚ it is questionable if that social scene on these campuses has changed for the better over the years. “Work hard‚ party hard” has become the motto of college students to live by. Students spend the week focused on their academics‚ striving to grow as intellects. However‚ the weekend becomes the time when students look to go out and socialize at the various
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Watkins under the pen name bell hooks (1994)‚ addresses how poverty is presented through society and criticizes the misrepresentations made by the higher class and media. Watkins (1994) emphasizes her argument that the dehumanizing form of representing the poor is the root cause low self-esteem among poor people. Poverty is portrayed through a variety systems of representation that have come to create misconceptions about this issue. Throughout the article‚ hooks (1994) was able to present her argument
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