how it is utilized to attract us as consumers‚ and affect our lives. In his book “Ways of Seeing‚” John Berger talks about viewing images‚ viewing the world around us‚ especially the world of classic art. Susan Bordo’s essay “Beauty (Re) discovers the male body” argues about the “powerful taboos” of male nudity in advertisement‚ and the way we view it. Although there is a gap of almost three decades between the two
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Two ways of shopping As current society has become increasingly commercialized‚ the ways of shopping has been more varied. Among them‚ there are two major ways of shopping include shopping online and shopping at stores. Such is the case with shopping on EBay and shopping at Wal-Mart. Both EBay and Wal-Mart offer after-sale services for goods and excellent quality of their products. Beyond this similarity‚ the prices of goods and the time of delivery in these two companies are different.
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Two Ways to Belong in America Tiffany Detter PRPE 108 October 3‚ 2012 Caparas Mukherjee states‚ “In one family‚ from two sisters alike as peas in a pod‚ there could not be a wider divergence of immigrant experience.” (p. 282). Bharati Mukherjee was born and raised in Calcutta‚ India and immigrated to the United States in 1961 to earn an M.F.A. and a Ph. D. in literature. In “Two Ways to Belong in America‚” Mukherjee addresses the issues that confront immigrants in America. In this passage
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17 September 2017 Reading Response 2 Two Ways to See a River 1. Twain uses analogies in this short piece. In the first paragraph Twain says.” A broad expanse of the river turned to blood; in the middle distance the red hue brightened into gold…” (1). Twain is comparing the way the river shined to blood because they both are red. Using analogies puts imagery into the readers head of how the scene looked. If Twain was just to compare this river to another river that he had seen it doesn’t put images
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John Berger’s “Ways of Seeing” is a short commentary that seems to be about how different classes of people perceive art‚ how its meaning has changed through the ages‚ and how the introduction of technology has affected it. Berger seems to be an extremely controversial art critic‚ based off opinions of him that range from “stimulating” to “preposterous”. He has been praised numerous times‚ yet condemned just as much. His writings can seem extremely complex and difficult‚ even cryptic at times; but
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from a male perspective‚ which has lead to a highly objectified ideal represented numerous patriarchal societies throughout the western world. John Berger stated in the 1972 BBC documentary television series Ways of Seeing: “Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at” (Ways of Seeing). This quote clarifies the male gazer’s distortion of the female form through the creation of a ‘better and more beautiful’ image‚ while forcing the opposite gender
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Put simply‚ the Two-Step Flow Theory is about how KEY PEOPLE affect other people. This hypothesis was first introduced by Paul Lazarsfeld‚ Bernard Berelson and Hazel Gaudet in a 1944 study which focused on the process of making decisions around the time of a Presidential election campaign called ‘The People’s Choice’. The expected result was that the mass media’s messages would have a direct influence of people’s votes however the researchers were surprised to find out this was infact not
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In John Berger’s essay titled “Ways of Seeing‚” he shines a light on the way we collectively and individually see the world. Mr. Berger has conjured the fact that everyone has experienced their own view of the world‚ throughout time. This has‚ in turn‚ revealed our history‚ through visual communication. Mr. Berger is sharing his view on how the reproductions of art‚ and through reproducing historical and contemporary art‚ that it is mystifying our direct correlation to the past. John Berger states
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objects and their relationship to the painter and the viewer. What the paintings might be made to say‚ however‚ depends upon the viewer’s expectations‚ his or her sense of the questions that seem appropriate or possible. Berger argues that because of the way art is currently displayed‚ discussed‚ and reproduced‚ the viewer expects only to be mystified. For this assignment‚ imagine that you are working against the silence and mystification Berger describes. Go to a museum (The Everson for example)— or‚
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In “Big Two-Hearted River”‚ despite the seemingly relaxing subject of fishing‚ Earnest Hemingway’s clever word choices to make it clear that Nick Adams has been through a rough experience‚ such as war‚ and is trying to leave whatever happened behind him. His brief thoughts of the past and controlled mannerisms hint to something deeper. By delving into the story and researching (Brin and Page) the allusions and various other elements of the story‚ we can begin to see the darker tale lurking just beneath
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