Iva Rhiana C. Santiago 4218 “Man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks. The greater the denominator‚ the lesser the fraction.” –Lev Tolstoy We should take note that in a fraction‚ as the denominator becomes larger‚ the value of the fraction becomes lesser. Man is also like a fraction as what Lev Tolstoy said in his quotation. Life is full of choices‚ full of situations. Where sometimes all our way to run away is by pretending. Pretending is one
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People’s identities come from their backgrounds; from their connections with the past and their predecessors. They often resemble their parents‚ even in ways they criticize and disapprove. When trying to renounce this connection‚ they often realize that it takes more than just denying it‚ because it is a part of them and it can’t be taken away. In the novel‚ The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan‚ three American-born Chinese girls; Waverly Jong‚ Rose Hsu and Jing-mei Woo constantly feel embarrassed or criticized
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author‚ Annie Dillard‚ a modern day transcendentalist‚ published her work‚ "Living Like Weasels" in 1974. Her essay deals with an "out of body" experience and enlightenment Dillard had with a wild animal. The span between Thoreau and Dillard is almost 120 years‚ but the concepts which the two authors address remain almost identical. Although Thoreau’s "Where I Lived‚ What I Lived For" and Dillard’s "Living Like Weasels" appear upon first glance as if both essays have essentially little in common
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There Is No Frigate Like a Book Emily Dickinson There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away‚ Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry. This traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of toll; How frugal is the chariot That bears a human soul! Emily Dickinson foregrounds the simple pleasure of reading an enjoyable book by four striking metaphors: 1. A book is compared to a "frigate" - a light sailing vessel capable of travelling at high speeds. 2. light verse is compared
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The summer when Louise and Tom Spradley BISC 7A Paper #1 Summary of Deaf like Me Louise and Thomas Spradley are a fairly average American couple. They are young‚ married‚ and have one child‚ Bruce‚ and they of course love him deeply. One summer‚ Bruce becomes ill with German measles‚ or rubella. Just a few days before this diagnosis‚ Louise discovered that she was pregnant. The doctor tells her that contracting rubella while pregnant could lead to various congenital defects in the newborn.
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throughout the film Bend It Like Beckham (Directed by Gurinda Chadha) was the act of challenging ‘gender stereotypes’. I found the presentation of conflicting typical gender requirements especially important because this taught me that expectations are not always meant to be met‚ and that sometimes going against them gives you the opportunity to become the person you would like to be‚ and not what others want you to. The demonstration of challenging gender stereotypes in Bend It Like Beckham played a vital
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TO WHAT EXTENT IS SPORT LIKE RELIGON This essay will discuss the extent of religion being like sport. The main argument will be towards sport being like religion. Extracts from the following books have been used to gather information for this essay; Coakley (1998)‚ Coakley and Pike (2009)‚ Overman 1997‚ Rojek (1995)‚ Weber (1976) and Hoffman (1992). In the 17th century Weber (1976) came up with a theory linking Protestant religion and modern capitalistic values. Overman then used Weber’s theory
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To think like a sociologist‚ one must first want to see the behind the scenes look of the social environment of the world. Peter Berger describes sociology as entering a new and unfamiliar society‚ one in which a form of culture shock is introduced (Berger‚ 6). I would venture off to say that what Peter Berger means by “things are not what they seem’ (Berger‚ 6) is that‚ sociology trains you to not settle for the outer surface of things‚ but to dig deeper into a particular cause‚ establishment‚ corporation
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“People like Us” In People like Us‚ David Brooks suggests that maybe America isn’t as diverse as we all say it is. That maybe no one really cares about diversity as much as they claim to. He may be right. Have you ever been to a school cafeteria? People group together into different racial and social groups. It’s more comfortable to be around people similar to us‚ and comfort is what America is all about. It’s human nature to want to be around people similar to us. Some wise man once
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Question 1: Mantsios claims that the poor are invisible to us and the media contributes to this. What do you think of that claim in light of the Mantsios article‚ Ehrenreich article‚ and the People Like Us video we watched in class? The poor is invisible to us just as the Mantsios article states. It is invisible in the sense that many people frame the poor as urban black or Hispanic people that have their own culture that need not to be interfered with. On the other hand what people fail to
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