An analysis of educational leadership reveals one of the many challenges facing a principal is the development of the school’s value system. The rituals of the school often demonstrate to the students, staff and community what the school values as important. The principal is often the leader of these rituals and they reaffirm the values of the school through what they attend to (Deal & Peterson, 1994, p. 30). Thus, the principal becomes a symbol of what to value and believe in.…
Breaking Down the Stereotype Alexie, author of “Superman and Me”, uses the trope analogy to compare Superman breaking down a door to breaking indian stereotypes through education. Alexie states that as a child he read Grapes of Wrath while other children were reading Dick and Jane (216). While his reading skills were impressive because he was an Indian child these talents were ignored. Alexie argues that Indian children were held to oppressive stereotypes were they are “expected to fail in the non-Indian world” (217). Yet by reading, Alexie was able to disprove these clichés by learning to read.…
"Everyone's Hero" Her name was Krystine Wiley, everybody called her Krys but, she was better known as Ms. Wiley by her students. She was about 5'6" and kinda pudgy but also curvy, she was blonde and had soft brown eyes that matched her caramel colored skin. She was middle aged but she looked very young. Ms. Wiley was an elementary school teacher, very much admired by her students, and she admired them too, she would do anything for them, in fact one day she almost died for them that is, until she discovered who she was meant to be. Krys grew up believing in Superheroes.…
Everyone has their weaknesses; Superman’s weakness was kryptonite, Akele’s was his heel, and the Wicked Witch of the West’s was water. Since I am part of “everyone” I have weaknesses, too. The key is creating goals to turning my weaknesses into strengths. Out of all the goals I could have come up with, three seem to be the best. One goal I have for this year is to write my paragraphs as fluently as possible.…
Before the story has begun, the African American is already accused of raping a white, nineteen year old Mayella Ewell. Many townspeople of Maycomb believe that Robinson is not responsible for his crime because he is a hard-working and well-respected man. On the other hand, they disrespect and distrust the prosecutor, Mayella Ewell, because she belongs to a poor, disgraceful “white trash” family who lives by the town’s dump. The second evidence that proves Tom Robinson’s innocence is found in Mr. Ewell’s testimony on the rape. Mr. Ewell, Mayella’s father and one of the witnesses of the incident, tells Atticus, the lawyer of Tom Robinson, that he does not call a doctor for Mayella on that day.…
There are many heroes in the Novel “Fearless,” but the main heroes in my opinion would be Adam and Kelly Brown . Adam and kelly we're not always the perfect couple, they went through a lot for each other. Adam needed help with some problems he had, and Kelly needed someone like him in her life. They both loved each other very much, Just being with each other made them happy. Adam had a very rough and difficult past to go through alone.…
Superman does not Dream In Part 3 of Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Raskolnikov once again wrestles with his emotions after his murder of Alyona and constant evasion of the police. The police just found a piece of Raskolnikov's writing from about two month before. He describes his belief for the need of some great being to be above the law, in order to make their society more safe. Once reminded of his old writing, Raskolnikov begins to wrestle with himself whether he truly could consider himself the superman.…
Savage Steve Holland's movie Better Off Dead, uses a variety of symbols, themes, and characters to illustrate the story of a troubled highschooler as he struggles to deal with his latest break up. The film begins with the main character, Lane Meyer, as he attempts to make the Greendale High School ski team. After falling a few seconds short and getting cut, Lane discovers that his girlfriend Beth has “dumped” him for the Ski Captain Roy Stalin. Heartbroken, Lane soon finds himself slipping into a deep pit of depression and misery. The Movie Better Off Dead uses symbolism with the mighty K-12 mountain by creating a massive looming obstacle, that is standing in the way of Lane Meyer’s deepest hopes and dreams.…
1. Looking at commercial advertising of boy and girl’s toys; girl’s commercials played soft musical tune, while boy’s toy commercials had more of a rock and roll musical tune. Furthermore, the media enforced general roles to the viewers by only including males in boy’s toy commercials and females in girl’s toy commercials. The settings for boy’s toy commercials were usually outside and consisted of darker colors. In addition, they included toy weapons and/or action figures (males with large muscles) that provoked thoughts of violence.…
The comic, Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibson, employs a reoccurring symbol of a smiley face stained with blood covering its left eye. This reoccurrence of the symbol suggests that there is more to it than what the eye meets. It is such a simple symbol that shows happiness, yet is presented in such a convoluted manner in the comic. The smiley face in Watchmen is used ironically throughout the text to show how the characters, and perhaps all humans try to overlook or falsify violence, reality, and immorality, and further shows that these characteristics can’t be covered up. Additionally, the symbol suggests that we live in a pretense world where we try to find happiness, by ultimately happiness is unobtainable because there will always…
In My Brilliant Friend, Ferrante reveals that the change from childhood to adolescence is scary and upsetting because the breakdown of innocence occurs. In the first chapter of Adolescence, Lila’s experience of “dissolving margins” (2) is symbolic of what occurs in every child during puberty. Furthermore, Ferrante symbolizes change with the motif of fire, which is seen in the fireworks display. During the display, Lila feels disgust towards the changes she sees in her brother and repulsion towards the human body, which “seem[s] to her attributes of monstrous beings” (39). Lila’s disgust of the body is representative of the disgust most children may feel about their own bodies, and the unveiling of the changes in Rino is symbolic of a loss of…
In the book Understanding Comics McCloud talks about how he humans are so condition to recognize different icons and know what they stand for. Comics have two important icons that looked over a lot by people. With these icons that comic just wouldn’t make sense. These icons are the word bubbles and the panels. In his novel McCloud says “…the most widely-used most complex and most versatile of comics’ many synesthetic icons is the ever-present, ever-popular word balloon”…
He is afraid to come out due to his past experiences. In the narrator’s manhole, he has thousands of lights hung up and steals electricity from the local electric company. He explains how being invisible can have its benefits because he gets free services. The narrator loves light because, although no one else can, he can see himself. The light symbolizes the truth in the world.…
"Since I know what I 'm up against / We as rappers must decide what 's most important / And I can 't help the poor if I 'm one of them / So I got rich and gave back, to me that 's the win-win" – Jay Z (Carter, 2003) Shawn “Jay Z” Carter is among the most recognized identities in pop culture; one of the wealthiest recording artists alive (Lynch, 2014), as well as being widely considered in the hip-hop community to be a contender for the greatest rapper of all time.…
At the time this story was written, red was often a symbol for love, life, passion and maturity. Since she wore a cloak of red, it became a symbol of her innocence and entering adulthood.…