What the heck is the postmorbid condition? Whatever. So here it is. Vivian Sobchack explains it in her essay by the same name. After you read her‚ you’ll find out things like this. Films such as Bonnie and Clyde and Pulp Fiction still stand as leaders in terms of Sobchak’s “hyperbolic escalation and quantification of violence.” Television programs like 24 and Law and Order Criminal Intent are somewhat more tame examples of this phenomenon. Some folks wanna go with the flow and says it’s okay. Actually
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Eight totally different girls are on this year’s new list. Will they stay true to themselves or will the list have the power to change who they are as a person? In the book‚ The List by Siobhan Vivian‚ there is a new list produced each year. It includes one pretty girl and one ugly girl from each grade. These two girls are the most known girls in their grade. This List tends to define the girls and can either make or break their reputations. The list equals‚ todays‚ society with the judgment of others
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Money is a Responsibility In his essay‚ “What’s in a Name?” Henry Louis Gates Jr. travels back to an event in time where his father encountered prejudice and at that time‚ Henry Louis Gates Jr. made an extraordinary realization at a young age. We have all had small realizations‚ but like Gates Jr.‚ I had one that changed my life. Zero responsibility and no value of money can seem like a great way of thinking‚ but as I look back on it‚ I wouldn’t want to go back to that mindset. Before moving to
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Vivian Thomas (1910-1985) Viviam Thomas was born in New Iberia‚ Lousisana‚ the son of an carpenter. His family moved to Nashville where he later graduated from high school with honors. Vivian had an older brother who also became a teacher. His brother was involved in the Brown vs Broad Case. In 1929 Vivian lost his tution money he was saving for medical school‚ because of an October Stock market crash. With no money to contine medical school Vivian had to take a job as an janitor‚ working
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doctor‚ Harvey Kelekian (Christoper Lloyd)‚ deliberately prescribe chemotherapy treatment and that he ultimately believes in her strength in undergoing the treatments. Here‚ Dr. Kelekian sort of challenges Vivian by emphasizing that she is a tough and independent woman. Interestingly‚ once Vivian is in the hospital‚ she begins to look and talk to the camera. As if‚ she is documenting her chemotherapy treatment. She is kind of having a conversation with the audience to express her feeling. Later in
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The “Finding Vivian Maier” documentary was really interesting due to the fact that Vivian was an extremely good photographer and she wasn’t even heard about until after she died. She also had a very unique lifestyle and that also caught my attention because she wasn’t like any regular person and that could have been a major factor in helping her become incredible photographer she was. There were several themes that the documentary of Vivian Maier included like poverty and wealth‚ photography as anonymity
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Vivian Bearings is a single middle-aged woman who has just found out that she has stage IV metastatic ovarian cancer. Dr. Kelekian goes from telling her the diagnosis to having her sign a consent form for a very harsh form of chemotherapy in a matter of minutes. She is not even given any time to emotionally process the diagnosis. Dr. Posner‚ the young doctor working with Dr. Kelekian‚ while performing an exam on Vivian only speaks of himself and does not even explain any part of the procedure
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Case 8 RE: Melvin Corporation and Vivian Company Nonmonetary Transaction Facts: Melvin Corporation and Vivian Company entered into an agreement on January 1‚ Year 1‚ to unconditionally exchange assets. Melvin agreed to transfer‚ on January 1 of Year 2‚ a building that cost $100‚000‚ but had an appraised value of $300‚000‚ while Vivian agreed to transfer a boat that had originally cost $250‚000. As of December 31‚ Year 2‚ Melvin had received title to the boat but had not transferred title to
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Importance of Heritage Throughout this semester in African American Literature we have read and analyzed many different literary works from The Norton Anthology of African American Literature by Henry Louis Gates Jr. We have discussed several of them in class either as a whole or in groups. I thoroughly enjoyed gaining useful knowledge about my own culture and heritage. This course also furthered my knowledge of the African American Experience. A few literary works stood out to me in particular;
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Witnessing Vivian go through this journey alone makes us reflect on our own thoughts and feelings on the subject. To see how little compassion the doctors and staff of the hospital show towards Vivian shows us how easy it is to detach from our work too much. This detachment can cause us to see our patients for much less than they are. We begin to see them as a diagnosis instead of as the unique individual they are. Throughout the film‚ Vivian is breaking the third wall and explaining the mental and
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