3) Explain the Noel and Blauner hypotheses and how they apply to the contact situations covered in this chapter. Explain each of the following key terms: ethnocentrism, competition, power, colonized minority groups, and immigrant minority group. How did group conflict vary when competition was over land instead of labor? The Noel Hypothesis: A theory about the creation of minority groups that asserts that if two or more groups come together in a contact situation characterized by ethnocentrism, competition, and a differential in power.…
When all of her troubles began to build she became angry, upset, and confused. She subconsciously tore up the marigolds to get rid of her anger. But when she saw that she did nothing but break an old woman?s spirit she felt remorse. She realized that what she had done was childish and selfish. The experience of finding out about real life and problems hardened her.…
In The Secret Garden, readers learn the devastating effects on a child when he or she is shown no love. Mary Lennox, the protagonist of the story, was given all the goods and things that she wants, but with no real feeling from her parents, she feels neglected and soon adapts a very nasty character. When you first read it, it may seem like she might never change, but when she encounters a secret garden tucked away in a hidden room in a giant mansion, she changes completely. Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote books mostly for children.…
Carnations and Circumvention Flowers have long been a symbol for love, adoration, sex, and beauty. In Willa Cather’s short story “Paul’s Case” flowers are used to represent something else entirely. The ever-fleeting and defiant nature of the main character is likened to flowers many times throughout the story. On the surface it might have seemed like Paul, the main character, had a simple fascination with flowers because of their beauty; however, the relationship goes much deeper than aesthetics. Paul wanted to be different and express himself in a way that went against the lifestyle that was associated with his humdrum town.…
“Hear my cry, Jefe. Release my sisters and their husbands and mine. But most especially, I beg you, oh Jefe, give me back my son. Take me instead.”…
Spartan Women by Sarah B. Pomeroy, is a book on the roles of women in Sparta. The book revolves the daily lives of Spartan women and goes in depth about the elite and lower classes. The women of Sparta are commonly believed to be unimportant and to have an insignificant role in society. Most primary sources were not from Sparta itself and were usually written by other people such as Plutarch and Xenophon. Pomeroy work on ancient Greek history has led her to try and better understand the women of Sparta.…
Because the experiment takes place in a laboratory, Baumrind argues that participants will not act how they might in the real world. She states that the laboratory is an unaccustomed setting for a typical being and may cause anxiety and passivity (225). Correspondingly, Saul Mcleod, a psychologist who summarizes and critiques Milgram’s experiment, states that the “important” location of the experiment, obedience levels increased (Simply Psychology). The point about setting is one in which Baumrind and Parker are able to reach a consensus.…
Teaching Observation of Professor Sandra Rutherford: I attended the first hour of a three hour class of Professor Sandra Rutherford from 6:00-7:00 of GEOS 103, Oceans and Atmosphere class. This class began with a student presentation about the garbage patch that is floating in the Pacific Ocean. The two students dressed up with garbage bags to illustrate the types of materials that end up in the garbage patch. Some of the highlights of the talk included the size of the patch about twice the size of Texas and the depth and damage done to the ocean floor and coral reefs. The assignment had a clear outline and inspiring students to dress up for a talk speaks well to inspiration that Professor Rutherford providers.…
Rutherford was the visionary who originally created the experiment and Geiger and Marsden were his assistants. Even though Rutherford didn't finish the experiment i think it's completely fair that the credit went to him. After the experiment Rutherford said: "It was quite the most incredible event that has ever happened to me in my life". That just goes to show how important this experiment was to him. In a way Rutherford was the one playing the Orchestra and his assistants were the musicians in it.…
Experimenting with the Belko Experiment: Everyone has the unborn thought of going on a rampage. Questioning perhaps how close their limit is to the threshold of chaos and violence. Man is there always, despite our most honorable opinions of our nature. The most common of us and even the most exceptional can be pushed to the brink. Some narratives experiment as to how hard or soft we would actually have to be pushed.…
Each symbol is related to the condition of Janie’s life at that time. Janie is very beautiful and innocent to the ways of men and sexuality. Janie has her first sexual feelings one afternoon beneath a pear tree. She sees a “bee sinking into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister calyxes arch to meet the love embrace (Hurston 11)” and she comments on how happy the tree must be to have such a feeling.…
Confucius once said “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier can illustrate how the characters undergo change when they faced with conflicts. Through the use of paradox themes, Du Maurier depicts the complex characteristics of the characters of Rebecca. The strong elements of symbolism throughout the story show the complication of the characters. In the story, the flowers are used as symbols.…
Foreshadowing is an author's way to give small, secretive events that predict the end of the story. “The Flowers”by Alice Walker and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell each include foreshadowing as a big part of the story. In both of these stories the foreshadowing in each takes the characters and changes them. In both “The Flowers” by Alice Walker and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the authors show the character's entry into the real world and change through foreshadowing in the exposition and rising action.…
All children must face the loss of innocence at one point in their lives. Alice Walker’s character Myop from her short story “The Flowers” is no exception. Myop, like most children, passes the threshold from innocence to knowledge when she chooses to embark on her own path and comes across the skeleton of a black sharecropper who had been beaten and hung because of the color of his skin. Through this discovery, she realizes the harsh truth of society. Walker portrays Myop’s loss of innocence through historical context, the juxtaposition of light and dark diction, and symbolism in order to depict a coming of age story by gaining knowledge.…
Pina Bausch’s Vollmond is very unique. This piece has choreographers dancing in water and is a must see piece. The dance is made up of many movements physically and abstractly, these movements express certain meaning and have a purpose. After watching “Vollmond”, you will realize the true meaning behind the complex movements and motions of their hands and bodies. This meaning being the complexity of life and all the struggles but also the happiness of life and all its excitement that comes with it.…