allows the individual to become more recognized to the population, much like Trump. With the ability to create more wealth, it enables them to become more popular, more famous, which in essence gives them power. For example, celebrities have power because of their popularity. It’s common sense really, the richer you are, the more famous you are, and the more powerful you…
A hero to me, is someone who does not let others bring them down. He reminds others they deserve more. My first encounter with my hero was through my phone screen the summer of 2015. My hero is Zach Clayton, fifteen year old former web star from Austin, Texas. Primarily known for his live streams, zach Clayton is a web personality known as "BruhitsZach". During the summer of 2014, Zach enjoyed broadcasting live with an audience of about twenty. As of October 2015, he entertains over 455,000…
is untrue, the average person living there often feels that they are not unique. Pablo Neruda is a famous Latin American poet and his poems “We Are Many” and “Too Many Names” show this feeling through just their titles. One theme that is pervasive in Latin American literature is the lack of individuality. A lack of individuality often causes stress and unease, resulting in some level of conflict. Latin American authors use person versus self, person versus person, and person versus society…
Every human person is created in the likeness and image of God. This means that all human persons have a certain level of dignity that can not be taken away from them. This is a truth that was stressed during the first trimester coursework. Pope Francis is an inspiration to all and many people look up to him due to his good works and knowledgeable sayings. He was tremendously impactful in his visit to United States this past year where he visited the Catholic dioceses in New York City and…
destruction of government. Lord Acton’s famous words, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” ring true in Julius Caesar and the novel Animal Farm. The corruption that power can cause can still happen today in many ways. It happened in Animal Farm and in the play Julius Caesar. Corruption of power leads to either tyranny or dictatorship, both go hand in hand, and yet there are some differences between the two. In the beginning of the novel, the person who sparked the…
a hero is someone who prevails through the adversity and reaches the peak of the mountain through their inner courage. In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone harry and his friends show heroism through their journeys and obstacles. When the average person thinks of a hero they usually think of a superhero that goes out and fight crimes like Batman, Superman, and Spiderman, but not all hero’s wear capes. There are multiple types of hero’s in hero myths such as the classic hero and the anti-hero…
The custom of the culture from the Japanese gang, the tattoos are not only for the beauty, the process of the tattooing is more important than the beautiful result. “ If you want to tattoo your whole body, there will be a person spending time to tattoo you and it is really hurt. Also, this process is telling you that there is no way back”, said one of the members from Yamaguchi- gumi. In the Japanese gang culture, tattoo means you pass through the first stage, and there…
the community trusts someone Famous People are known to have their reputations precede them but the process of gaining that reputation is not as simple as some normal people could think. The opinion that people have about someone or something can be considered as a kind of measurement or evaluation for that person or famous and well known character or product or any other things. It also means the quality or character as judged or seen by people in general or persons in one society. Tibet is a…
the fusiform face area. The fusiform face area is the ability for an individual’s brain to be able to help recognize different faces (Biotti & Cook, 2016). One thing that is interesting about this topic is, a person with DP is not able to recognize faces but they can recognize the color a person has on and facial emotions. For example, a video from YouTube, was shown to the class based on a woman named Terry, who has prosopagnosia. Terry was presented four pictures of different people and the…
wear multiple masks to conceal who they really are. False identities may be used to cover up insecurities, gain credibility, or even status. Whatever the reason may be, when an identity is fabricated or stolen and given to someone else, does that person become the new identity, or would the identity be a mere mask over the person’s true character? Jose Eduardo Agualusa’s fictional story, The Book of Chameleons: A Novel, indicates that people seek comfort through hiding behind new identities. The…