Who is the Real Blind Man? In the story Cathedral‚ by Raymond Carver‚ the narrator makes multiple statements as to how he feels about Robert‚ the blind man. The statements are made purely on what the narrator has seen in movies and what he has read. The narrator makes harsh judgments of the blind mind regarding his inability to see his surroundings and other people. However‚ the narrator fails to see things the same way that Robert does‚ more deeply. Throughout the story the narrator finds himself
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Sequoia Booth ENG 100 Professor Legler Short Paper #3 One of the videos we viewed in class was a Ted Talk by health psychologist Kelly McGonigal. She talked about stress‚ particularly making the case that stress is not as detrimental as we have been taught to think it is. In fact‚ McGonigal claims that stress can actually be a friend to you and your health. Mcgonigal asks her audience to indicate the level stress they’ve felt over the past year. To not surprise the vast majority of the
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The Ted talk is by Rébecca Kleinberger‚ and the title is “Why you don’t like the sound of your own voice”. I chose it because I have never heard someone say that they didn’t like the sound of their own voice‚ but I have heard that when they talk and hear it back they sound different. Rébecca Kleinberger is a voice expert pursuing research as a Ph.D. candidate in the MIT Media Lab’s Opera of the Future group. During her talk‚ she used a lot of things to prove he this which were people don’t like
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The Other Wes Moore connected to TED Talk John Coyle the speaker of my Ted Talk talked about strengths and weaknesses. Coyle encouraged his audience to focus more on their strengths rather that their weaknesses. Coyle believed that if a person worked too long to improve their weaknesses‚ then it is obvious that they can’t improve those weaknesses‚ and should move on to focusing on their strengths. Therefore‚ the best thing to do is to move on to building up their strengths‚ because they can surely
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family members‚ and friends. Since they lied‚ they made people reassess what they knew about each other. Lying leads to confusion. When Stanford lies to his mom about doing his best‚ she just sits in silence‚ contemplating whether Stanford is telling the truth. As his mom‚ she wants to believe him‚ but does not think that she should. This disorientates her greatly. Stanford feels guilty after lying‚ but feels it is what he needed to do. Soon‚ he realizes that telling the truth will always work
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1. What have you think about the view of the author? I think the author just want to share his experience in riding a jeepney and at the same time how Filipino characteristics are depicts or show in jeepney riding. The author connects how the people acts when riding a jeepney and how they act in real life. One of what he mentions is about how Filipinos are opportunistic because they cover more space than they should. Mostly what he wrote was about the negative side of Filipino‚ like how we are
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After watching the TED Talk‚ “How Reliable is Your Memory” I was saddened to learn how unreliable eyewitness testimony is since hundreds of people’s lives have been ruined because of it. It is important to consider that not every memory someone remembers is real and while their intentions may not be to lie‚ memory itself gets changed unconsciously. Dr. Elizabeth Loftus did some amazing research in understanding false memories and explained how it relates to real-world situations. Dr. Loftus’s studies
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In this tech-based world‚ media is one of the channels to discover what is happening all round the world. Through watching the TED shows‚ we are looking into two huge global challenges that the world is encountering – modern slavery and women inequality. Regarding to slavery‚ Kelvin Bales‚ a writer‚ shares the information and the plausible solutions for this issue. For women inequality‚ Sheryl WuDunn provides a few examples to illustrate how women are treated in the less fortunate regions. Comparing
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People can talk in many ways to show their true nature. In Toni Cade Bambara’s story‚ “Raymond Run”‚ the characters speak in many different and unique ways. From how Squeaky and the characters talk‚ the readers can figure out what type of person he/she is and what his/her life is like. Squeaky is interesting due to how they talk about slang‚ rhythm‚ and the variety of sentences they use. In this story‚ Squeaky uses a lot of slang when she talks to show us about herself‚ and with that‚ we can see that
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Ho Chi Minh (alias Nguyen Sinh Cung‚ Nguyen Tat Thanh‚ and Nguyen Ai Quoc) was one of the greatest leaders of all time in Vietnam. He was born on the nineteen of May‚ 1890 in Kim Lien village‚ Nam Dan district‚ Nghe An province. Social context and family education has a profound affected him when he was young. He attended school in Hue and then taught at a private school in Phan Thiet for a short time. In 1911‚ he went to abroad‚ did many different jobs. He also participated in the revolutionary
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