BIRTHDAY LETTERS Introduction: Conflicting perspectives are different points of view expressed and influenced by ones context and values. “Birthday Letters” by Ted Hughes is an anthology of poems challenging the accusation that he was responsible for his wife‚ Sylvia Plath’s death. The three poems The Minotaur‚ Your Paris‚ and Red are an insight into Hughes justification of the death of Plath using a very subjective and emotive poetic form. The poems possess many deliberate techniques such as extended
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In her Ted Talk‚ Maryn McKenna illustrates the danger that humanity was in before the rise of antibiotics‚ and the future risks that will arise if further intervention on antibiotic resistance is not done. She describes that in the past‚ before penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming‚ infections were the primary cause of death and most people did not live past the age of forty. Once antibiotics were discovered‚ they functioned as a panacea‚ saving people from injuries and infections and allowed
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Susan Sontag‚ in her book Illness as Metaphor‚ describes illness as being a “kingdom” where each person must eventually reside. She first states that each person has “dual citizenship” to the nation of the well and the nation of the ill‚ then explains that each person must acknowledge himself as a part of “that other place”. She finally states that as a person living in the “kingdom of the sick”‚ she has learned that the best way to confront illness is without the use of distracting metaphors‚ since
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beginning. Starting from their different roles in society to stereotypical roles in the workplace as well as the home. Susan B. Anthony played a large role in the first women’s right’s movement that took place in the late 1800’s. The visual above took place in 1920’s. Three women apart of the National Women’s Party picketed the Republican Convention for its refusal to support the Susan B. Anthony Amendment‚ which was the Women’s Suffrage Amendment that supported women’s right to vote. It was not until
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Vihar Desu Tedx Talk Title: Divergent Thinking in the 21st Century Good Afternoon‚ I wanted to start of the talk with a little thought experiment called Divergence Thinking Test. It’s sort of like an IQ Test‚ but instead of logic and reason‚ you have to use your creativity and your imagination. Your test is to come up with as many alternative uses for an Apple as you can think of…People doing this at home‚ give yourself about 5 minutes. How many uses do you think you can come up with for an Apple
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n the Ted-Talk video by Julian Treasure‚ he first starts by claiming that intention is very important in sound and listening. He gives an example of a promise he made to his wife‚ that he would listen to her everyday as if it were the first time. I believe that if you are willing to listen and are open to new ideas then‚ you will build effective relationships at school‚ work‚ and I the rest of your life. You must want to be a better listener and realize that listening is an active process. All in
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In A Woman’s Beauty: Put Down or Power Source?‚ Susan Sontag elaborates on the internal hardships women face due to societal gender roles that have existed for millenniums. She poses a series of historical and modern day contradictions to highlight the absurdities of these rigid gender roles and the way we think about the role of women. While her message is meant to appeal to all women‚ she risks alienating many who may feel as if beauty is something they truly don’t want to give up. In the beginning
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Ted Talks by Malcolm Gladwell on Spaghetti Sauce in term of Economic perspective Gladwell talks about Howard Moskowitz‚ who was the food industry guru and most famous for re-inventing spaghetti sauce. The key point in this story is basically the destruction of the Platonic Ideal. Prego has hired him to find the perfect spaghetti sauce so as to compete with Ragu. Moskowitz created dozens of prototype sauces testing each variety with different American people. Moskowitz concluded that there is no
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The notion of the "whole man" as talked about in Susan Faludi’s essay "Naked Citadel" is undermined by the "whole-body seers" as well as the power of imagination as mentioned in Oliver Sacks essay. The "whole man" refers to the stripping of the individuality of young boys in order to turn them into men through monstrous ways while devoting their lives to the Citadel. However‚ Faludi’s own belief is something way different than the Citadel’s. Faludi ridicules the Citadel throughout her essay‚ mocking
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"Hawk Roosting"‚ by Ted Hughes is a poem that focuses upon a benevolent hawk‚ who believes that the world belongs to him. The poem written in first person as a dramatic monologue‚ creates a comparison in the readers mind‚ between the hawk and an egoistic dictator. In the opening lines of the poem‚ a very negative impression is given‚ beginning with the visually threatening lines: "Between my hooked head and hooked feet". This image has a strong effect‚ because sharp claws and sharp beaks are often
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