Emily Bazelon’s “How to Stop the Bullies” first appeared in The Atlantic in March 2013. In this essay Bazelon‚ shows the real life of the ‘Gossip Girls’ with some conflict on the social network‚ Facebook. In addition‚ Doug Johnson’s “Staying Safe on the Read-Write Web” first appeared in the Library Media Connection in March 2008. In this essay‚ Johnson aims to convince his reader to be safe on the social networks especially teenagers. The articles “How to Stop the Bullies” by Emily Bazelon and “Staying
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A Different Mirror: Takaki’s use of the Tempest In the first chapter of “A Different Mirror” by Ronald Takaki‚ he explains stereotypes and biases of white‚ Eurocentric attitudes that have been with us since the earliest days of the colonies and settlements here. Beginning with the early colonists and their treatment of the natives‚ there is a pattern of ruthless acquisition of land and goods. According to Takaki‚ the early settlers judged native americans as lacking everything identifiable in
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In the “Nosedive” episode of Black Mirror‚ the director‚ Charlie Booker satirically presents the idea that our society continues to abuse the privilege of utilizing social media‚ especially‚ how individuals choose to display themselves on social media in comparison to reality. This idea is conveyed when Lacie was forced to ride with Susan‚ an individual who was rated below 2.0. Lacie was initially hesitant about this; however‚ she began to realize that this individual was actually a kind individual
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I am Mirror: A Historical Critique Claribel Alegrίa in Nicaragua in 1924 and a year later her family was exiled to El Salvador because of her father’s support of Nicaraguan guerrilla leader Augusto César Sandino‚ Alegría ’s family was forced into exile by Anastasio Somoza‚ a Nicaraguan politician who later became commander-in-chief of the Nicaraguan army and eventually the nation ’s president. Her poem I am Mirror was translated in 1978. And is the topic for this critique. In 1978 Alegrίa would
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Bandar-log and Bullies How are the Bandar-log and bullies the same? The Bandar-log are just as mean and bad as bullies. This makes the Jungle-People in‚ The Jungle Books in the chapter “Kaa’s Hunting” by Kipling‚ hate them. That is why the Bandar-log always want the Jungle-People to notice them. Here are some points on why the Bandar-log are just like bullies. The Bandar-log are always doing something that the Jungle-People in “Kaa’s Hunting” hate them for. For example‚ Kipling wrote‚ “But whenever
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Should Bullies be kicked out of school‚ or shouldn’t get kicked out of school? They shouldn’t. Why bullies should be able to stay in school is because they can learn how to be a better person. Bullies have the right to stay in school and deserve an education like any other kid would. They may be punished‚ but give them an opportunity to become the person you want them to be and let them get a job‚ money‚ and
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states that the Greeks probably did not use a burning mirror which is often believed to have been used to defend themselves from attacks by the Roman navy about 2‚200 years ago and provides three reasons of support. The professor‚ however‚ explains that the reasons are not compelling and refutes each of the author’s reasons. First‚ the reading says that the ancient Greeks did not have technologies sophisticated enough to make a burning mirror‚ which is supposedly a large sheet of copper having a
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The sight of its own reflection in a mirror will stimulate a ritualized series of responses toward the intruder. The purpose of this experiment is to describe the ritualized agonistic display of a male Siamese fighting fish after by stimulated by its own reflection in a mirror. If two fish are placed in the same aquarium together there is typically a ritualistic display until one of the fish becomes subordinate. We conducted an experiment by placing a mirror to the Male Siamese Fighting Fish‚ creating
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Film as Mirror in Hitchcock’s Vertigo Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo is a master’s class in subtle and effective filmmaking - its noirish tale of obsession and loss is considered one of his best works. This is due in no small part to the directors’ use of the various elements of film as a mirror. Hitchcock intends to create a sense of repetition and a cyclical nature to the life of the characters in the film; following Scottie (James Stewart) through his descent and ascent into madness deals significantly
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From Francesca Woodman and the Mirror Stage In Douglas Crimp’s article the Photographic Activity of Postmodernism there are several terms that have been brought up over and over again. Presence is one of them‚ “presence that is only through the absence that we know to be the condition of representation.” It reminds me of one of my favorite photographers --- Francesca Woodman. She once said that “I allow you to see what you couldn’t see --- the inner force of one’s body.” She recreates
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