The Realness

In the commentary article, “‘The Butler’ and The Truth” from The Miami Herald, Leonard Pitts reports on the film “The Butler”, the tale of a White House servant, which portrays “The Truth. As in The Truth of How Things Were, and how that shapes How Things Are” (Pitts). Pitts opens his article by setting a scene, that of a crowd of people waiting in line to see ‘The Butler’. He describes the varying shades of what we call ‘black’ people, specifically adults, but draws attention, not to just their…

Paris is Burning is an iconic film that gives the heterosexual world a look into the underground scene of queer culture that is the ballroom. The film presented new slang and phrases that people in the present still use, but the stories and the issues of the oppressed are often overlooked and forgotten. At the time of release in the 1990s, gay culture was still somewhat misunderstood, but Paris is Burning portrayed the struggles that gay individuals experience every day. The movie showed that…

was Carl Rogers and Client Centered Therapy. In Client Centered Therapy, according to Rogers, the therapist needs to be genuine and congruent while displaying a nothing hidden attitude (1965). Prior to his session with Gloria, he said, “realness in me equals realness in her” (1965). It is important in Client Centered Therapy for the therapist to display attending skills by actively listening to what the client is saying; thus allowing them to explore deep within themselves. I did notice during…

There is much to learn concerning the adherent of other religious belief about God and Jesus Christ. Some religion may have similarities, but worded or rephrased differently. As a result, a person can be persuaded to believe in a false god. The Islamic names Sarmad (meaning, “eternity”) and Musa (meaning, prophet) Qutub could easily fit the description of serving false god. For instance, the Muslim believe in one god, but not as the Trinity, like Christianity. The Christianity’s religion…

Erving Goffman was a sociologist and writer. During his time, he was perceived as “the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth century.” He used his talent and creativity to express In “Performances”: The Presentation of the Self in Everyday life, Goffman presents life in a theatrical way. He uses the theater world to demonstrate how human lives their everyday life by hiding behind a mask when encountering with others and in different settings. However, when “behind scenes” they…

attention of the African-American community, teaching what they could get out of life. In her short story The Lesson she definitely teaches a lesson but without taking away from her art and morals but enhancing them. The Lesson, reaches deep into the realness of the economics in the 1960s, through the eyes of a young girl named Sylvia. Bambara made her a proud yet sensitive girl who appears to be tough and too smart to not notice what’s really going on around her, even when it’s probably best to…

Ernest Hemingway’s short story, Banal Story, juxtaposes the difference between flashy headlines found in stories and articles, and the raw truth of reality. The story is set with an unnamed writer (who remains unnamed through the story’s entirety) sitting at his writing spot, eating oranges and watching the snow. Hemingway starts the story off this way to show the realty of the unnamed writers life. The beginning of this short story parallels the ending by concluding the story with a forum about…

We often measure the realness of a smile by whether there are creases in the eye; the look denotes happiness or pride. The pride of a father watching his child. The advertisement is in a GQ, an men’s magazine. It is not much of a stretch to assume there is a large male audience…

Life as a high school student is an eventful roller coaster and I haven’t made it to twelfth grade yet. The eleventh grade doesn’t seem as awful, however, many people and situations tell me otherwise. From the uncivil teachers to the disloyal acquaintances, the experiences at North Caroline High are never ending. Despite the negativity, there were amusing times I would never forget in my life. My story is no different from the average person, but the divergent stories I have to tell answer for…

I practiced my monologue for honors and spoke in a British accent for the better part of two months. My director explained to me the realness of every moment on stage brought Alice to life. That I did not play Alice. I became her. The true highlight of my Alice in Wonderland experience came from greeting my littlest fans. Following each performance, the cast and crew go out to greet the…