The Realness

Tupac Shakur & Black Vernacular CSU Chico Nicholas Pedroza There has been widespread debate on the creation and use of Ebonics, or black vernacular within the education system, it has not been inputted into the schools, but nonetheless the use of it is very popular and the reason for that are rappers. Black vernacular is widely spoken throughout the black community so when rappers rap in black vernacular and whatever they rap about the people can relate to it. Stated by Matthew Feldman,…

Ernest Hemingway was an American journalist, novelist, and poet. Born July 21, 1899 in the small town of Oak Park, Illinois, Hemingway would go on to create a lasting impact on the world through his writing. Most people are familiar with Hemingway and his books, but few actually know that it became possible for him to write them due to the experience he garnered as a journalist. From For Whom the Bell Tolls to The Old Man and the Sea Hemingway’s novels remain a staple of American literature.…

directly see the person you’re talking to. The implications of your actions seem much lesser through the internet because you simply can not see other people’s expressions and reactions. When you can’t see the reactions of others, it diminishes the realness of the emotions they experience because you can’t physically see their emotional expressions, and therefore your brain won’t fully grasp the impact you’re…

A bird through close-set bars of a cage, flutters about restless, and unsure; a captive of her own mind. Her desire for love ensnares her, and keeps her there, though she has the means to escape. She sits and waits for her master, her love, to open the door and set her free. To be free she must discover her own self, to find love in herself, then she may burst through those bars and soar high above the clouds, and finally she 'll be able to see. Jane Eyre, a story of passion, mystery, and…

If I had heard the phrase “respecting the media of film” before this lass, I would have thought that someone was simply referring to trying to interpret the message behind a film or respecting the directors storytelling. There is some accuracy to this statement, however there is much more to it. There is an understanding to it that allows you to know what makes certain films work and what makes them fail. Too often people do not realize that there are subtle ways a film can go from good to great…

Chapter II- Nexus Between Beowulf and Batman Though these epic tales were created about 1000 years apart, the story of Batman and the story of Beowulf actually have a lot in common. These two characters are indeed heroes in their actions and are praised by the people in their society; they fight a foe which can only be beaten by them and they do such things for unselfish reasons. “Beowulf had brought his king Horses and treasures- as a man must Not weaving nets for malice for his comrades…

Wyoming, Illinois is a representation of a small farming community. It sits among acres of old, history filled corn, wheat and bean fields about thirty minutes from the “big” city. My first childhood home sat on a corner. The old home used to belong to my great grandparents, but was currently occupied by my mom, sister and two cats. I looked over to my mom, “Can I go to the grocery store?” I asked her. Turning from her book, “What do you need?”. “Oh, I don’t know, I want candy”. “Okay, there…

Alas, on that point are some stores that choose not to behave thus. The realness is the N.R.A. Does sell goods to people who shouldn't be permitted to have that right to own a gas pedal. In the media it is factorial that there are homicides, accidental deaths, shootings, killings. Everyplace you look at America, people are attempting…