"Offering Truth" was painted by Kendra Runnells. This painting has a lot of life lessons and meaning. The colors in the painting give off a sad and dark feel‚ but one can see another person giving instead of receiving and it also shows that it is sometimes better to stand alone than to go along with the crowd. Throughout the painting one can see darkness and sadness. It appears to be raining. When it rains‚ it sometimes makes people sad. It also makes things really dark‚ not just the sky‚ but also
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secret; they might feel regretful that they have hurt a friend; or they might feel embarrassed that they have betrayed a close relationship. So overall‚ shall we feel against with lying or the other? From the short story‚ “The Truth About Lying” by Judith Viorst‚ it highlights the ways and the result of lying under different circumstances. In my opinion‚ lying is not a good way to benefiting or helping others and ourselves. Lying is just an emergency expression‚ the truth itself will appear in one
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negative‚ their parents bore the blame. This perspective seemed to leave little room for other influences for how children turn out; influences such as biological factors and personality type‚ cultural and peer influences‚ and the child’s own choices. Judith Rich‚ however‚ in her Group Socialization Theory of Development‚ proposes that influences outside the home‚ with peer-groups‚ carry greater importance in development than parental influence. Using biological evidence‚ studies of twins and immigrant
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The response paper Youngil Hong The Psychic Life of Power- Judith Butler Butler surveys the ideas of Hegel‚ Althusser‚ and Foucault around subject formation‚ interrogating how power produces its subject and how that subject comes to perceive itself as one. Butler understands power as forming the subject and as providing the very condition of its existence. I believe that her basic idea is that the subjects become attached to the conditions of their own subjectivity even if these conditions
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In Abuela Invents the Zero by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ Constancia meets her grandmother for the first time‚ which leads to her being ashamed of being with her grandmother because she acts and dresses differently; that makes Abuela very sad that her grandmother. The theme is given people with the utmost respect‚ or you will lose the respect from the other person. To begin‚ the main character named Constancia and her family picks up her Abuela. Constancia’s mother tells her about the stories of her mother
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In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “First Love”‚ the speaker is opportunistic and infatuated. The narrator is opportunistic because she did not let a sense of morality stop her from taking advantage of whatever opportunity she had to get what she wants. Simply because the narrator wanted a mere glimpse of her crush who worked at a grocery store‚ she hoped her mother “[smoking] with so little enthusiasm”(Cofer 1) did not mean that she’d have to stop going to the store to pick up cigarettes. The narrator did
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because people have to make difficult choices every day. People choose to do something to fit in with other people. This reason convinces them to choose a specific decision so they can feel better about themselves. In “Abuela Invents the Zero”‚ by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ it is portrayed that Constancia made her decision so she would fit in and wouldn’t be made fun of. For example‚ when Constancia knew that her friends saw her with her Abuela in the church‚ she thought‚ "I just know that on Monday my friends
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in adolescence. Children are judged by if one is ‘wearing glasses‚ they must be smart’ or ‘one is tall so they must play volleyball.’ Society should not judge a child based on their looks especially since they have not developed their identity. Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ author of “The Story of My Body” published in The Latin Deli in 1993‚ shares her story of dealing with self-image and finding her identity‚ "My skin color‚ my size and my appearance were variables - things that were judged according to
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and overcome challenges‚ for in doing so they gain an appreciation of self and self worth. Conversely‚ those who do not test themselves and the barriers‚ can only experience a superficial sense of belonging that can not result in a deep connection. Judith Wright’s poem “The Surfer” presents an individual who puts himself up against the waves everyday‚ and thrives on the feeling he gets when he conquers them. Luhrman’s film “Strictly Ballroom” is focused around the standards of ballroom dancing by which
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Exploring the life of an ordinary girl and discovering her emotions is the main theme in the novel One Whole and Perfect Day‚ by Australian author‚ Judith Clarke. The book‚ aimed at young adult readers‚ portrays an important moral message that advances the readers knowledge of growing up. Irritating and stressful problems arise in this novel‚ which are faced generally by the main character‚ Lily. She experiences changes throughout the novel as she overcomes the challenges of maturing to an adult
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