Logan T. Mckeown Heather L. Jones Writing 101 June 20th‚ 2013 Chapter 1 and 2 Summary What has television done to us? A look back at the eras that led up to the TV generation shows the rise and fall of many communication technologies; the most recent being television. Neil Postman’s book‚ Amusing Ourselves To Death‚ is about the underrated significance of one technology replacing another. Postman accomplishes this by providing perspectives from history‚ touching on technology and waking the
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Chapter 1 – East and West In Chapter 1‚ the author assesses the unique and eternal achievements of 5th century BCE Athenian culture. She introduces several basic dichotomies that define her understanding of the writers and events of the period in the later chapters. One of the basic themes of the book is that the thought and the art of classical Athens is full of meaning for people of later generations. It is the full of meaning for nations‚ cultures and societies beset by broad-scale and profound
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issues that teens struggle with. Through 53 chapters‚ each one effectively discussed an issue a teen may be dealing with‚ Vukich and Vandegriff achieve their goal: “to raise awareness so when you [the reader] are faced with these issues‚ you will have a Reader’s Digest condensed version of what you are dealing with.” By using biblical stances and common sense‚ these authors cover major issues‚ alphabetically. Personally‚ these
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I’m Not Scared CHAPTER SUMMARIES CHAPTER 1: Main characters have a race‚ Maria hurts her leg. Barbara forced to complete a forfeit‚ Michele does it instead. Michele completes forfeit. Most of the main characters are talked about. Papa brings them a present of a model Gondola; Acqua Traverse is revealed. CHAPTER 2: There is a talk with Michele and Maria at the start. Michele finds Fillipo‚ there is a lot of description of Michele finding him. Michele at this point is horrified‚ he tries to
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Plot Summary A group of young boys are stranded alone on an island after their plane crashes. Left to fend for themselves‚ they must take on the responsibilities of adults‚ even if they are not ready to do so. Inevitably‚ two factions form: one group (lead by Ralph) want to build shelters and collect food‚ whereas Jack’s group would rather have fun and hunt; illustrating the difference between civilization and savagery. The growing enmity between them leads to a bloody and frightening
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Summary: Chapter 7 of Macionis and Plummer (2013) focuses on the idea of human societies through interactions of everyday life through the term ‘micro-society’. Building our social world is an important part where individuals participate in the interaction with others to form a ‘social construction of reality’‚ consequently‚ relying on social experiences to learn from their adopting behaviours of their cultures. John. B. Watson believed that our behaviour is shaped by our responses to the
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Eduardo Salazar 9D Summary North-anger Abby Chapter 11 The father of the Tilney brothers does not want Frederick and Isabella getting married because she does not have money‚ compared to their family. Catherine’s family is a little richer than Isabella’s family‚ but she thinks how General Tilney has been good to her. Catherine and Henry try to discover about how Frederick will take care of his apparent marriage to Isabella. Henry goes home to be ready for they to come. Catherine is amazed
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The novel is split into three sections and written from three different points of view. The three sections involve the time during the abuse‚ the investigation and a small portion of when justice is finally attained. The story is unraveled through the eyes of Aaron‚ Dawn and Mike. Aaron retells his story of sexual abuse that occurred in his childhood and his struggle to overcome his victimization and receive justice. Dawn is his mother‚ though completely oblivious to the tragedies that went on‚ once
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Chapter 8 Summary In Neil Postman’s book‚ Amusing Ourselves to Death‚ he attempts to persuade Americans that television is changing every aspect of our culture and world. In chapter 8‚ Shuffle Off to Bethlehem‚ Postman uses three arguing styles very well: ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos‚ which help him push the reader‚ specifically televised religion viewers and churchgoers‚ to believe that televised religion is not a replacement for religion. Throughout the chapter‚ Postman creates the feeling of guilt
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Summary: In Chapter 7‚ Steele discovered that people felt anxious under stereotype threat‚ but most people did not acknowledge it or they did not aware it. For example‚ after crossing a narrow‚ wobbly bridge‚ men tended to interpret their their feelings of anxiety as an intense attraction for interviewer. Black students who were told to finish a task which measure their intelligence would experience blood pressure rising dramatically‚ while they did not consciously aware of it. Steele later also
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