Godzilla vs. the Giant Scissors: Cutting the Antiwar Heart out of a Classic Brent Staples wrote a very interesting article that caught my attention. It is about Godzilla and how the American cinemas took Godzilla and hid its true meaning. Even pop culture can relay moralistic messages by using tone‚ purpose‚ and subliminal. Pop culture such as movies‚ books‚ music‚ and television shows‚ normally are about fictitious things that we watch to get away from our everyday lives. Some on the other
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often ignored by those around it‚ discrimination is an impending problem in our towns. In the essay “Black Men and Public Space” written by Brent Staples‚ Staples responds to the racism he faces in various social situations. He reveals how he has “become thoroughly familiar with the language of fear” (1). As a large black man‚ people seem to fear Staples without a valid reason to. They do not see his character‚ but rather only his appearance. This reveals how people are fast to stereotype a
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Americans today have their negative and positive sides to them. For example‚ many Americans‚ like my father‚ focus on the any positives of the people. He sees the good in everyone‚ and he is always providing sweet southern hospitality to his neighbors and community members. Another positive of Americans is the passion that every soul carries with them; Americans strong belief in freedom and justice always brings the great nation together‚ this love is so great that often times this patriotism for
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Cited: Staples‚ Brent. “Just walk on by”. Patterns for college writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide. Laurie G. Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell‚ eds. 12th ed. Boston: Bedford/St.Martin’s‚ 2012. 240-43. Print. Bronte‚ Charlotte. “Jane Eyre”. Ed. Margaret Smith. Oxford:
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difficult task. Brent Staples‚ a graduate of the University of Chicago‚ is often painted as a dangerous man by people whose brushes have been tainted by their upbringing. In Staples “Just Walk on By”‚ his language expresses a strong and experienced persona‚ greatly affected by these plights. Tactics such as use of diction‚ and various analogies help to translate to his audience the feeling of being outcast. Being one who is outside and made to look in is a difficult position to hold. Staples’ words speak
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Topic: What difficulties do Kezia in “The Wedding Gift” and Brent Staples in “Just Walk On By” face as disadvantaged members of society? There are many different people in our society‚ rich people‚ poor people‚ female‚ male‚ influence‚ and so on. Inside the society‚ people mostly classed in different level by their background and finances. And people who are poor and powerless will classed in disadvantaged members of the society. As disadvantaged members of the society‚ they need to face many
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they perceive the world come from a short story by Jerald Walker “Scattered Inconveniences.” A story of how assumption can be dangerous. Another story that can relate is “Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Ability to Alter Public Space” by Brent Staples. A story of how stereotypes can be a menace in someone’s life and how ridiculous it can be. In the story “Scattered Inconveniences” there was a black family from Iowa City on their way to a secure a better life financially in New England
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"Black Space"‚ Brent Staples claims that he is black man who whenever in public is meet with fear from his surrounding because of his races stereotype. He clearly points out one can easily change physical behavior and dressing in order to alter public space in a good way or bad way. As Staples says‚ Black men have a very bad reputation of being a mugger‚ a rapist or even worse (P115‚ paragraph 2). Therefore‚ many people are afraid of them. However‚ from time to time‚ Staples had learned a way
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Does My Hair Offend You? The way we look tells a story about where we are in life or where we’ve been. From our head to our toes we get summed up and judged based on the way we style our hair‚ whether we wear make-up or jewelry‚ if we wear a t-shirt and jeans or a dress‚ and if our nails are painted or bare. Heaven forbid if we cut our hair short and happen to be a girl. Allow me to take you back two years. I was a junior in high school and my main concern in life was‚ purely and simply‚
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09/28/20 Black Men and Public Places by Brent Staples In the short story Black Men and Public Spaces by Brent Staples‚ the writer goes through a struggle of being viewed as other “Black men” in society such as perpetrators of violence. Although he felt enraged as he stated on pg.316‚ “Over the years‚ I learned to smother the rage I felt at so often being taken for a criminal”. He begins to understand why people‚ mainly woman fear him so much. This is because as he states “I understand
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