1970s American television series

“Everyday Use” is a short story written by Alice Walker. The story began with Maggie and Mama, who is waiting for Dee, Maggie’s older sister, and a man who Mama predicts they might be together arrival. Mama tells that Maggie is nervous and she bears with burn scar marks on her arms and legs, she feels envied by her older sister. Dee, who had a distasteful feeling of her family’s lifestyle, has attended school and now feels more like a superstar. The theme of the short story is about education,…

Bambara does not explain what kind of neighborhood this is but the reader is able to get an image of it through the language. "And the starch in my pinafore scratching the shit outta me and I'm really hating this nappy-headed bitch and her goddamn college degree" (Bambara 136). This sentence gives the image that this is a poor, low class neighborhood. The reader is able to identify that this is not a high-class place, but one possibly in the slums. The language is symbolic because it represents…

This chapter of the story begins with Scout and Jem making their way to town to buy a baton for Scout among other things. They pass Mrs. Dubose’s house. She is sitting on the porch and begins to make snarky comments about the Finch family. On their way back from town Jem is unable to act responsibly and this results in him destroying Mrs. Dubose’s camellia bushes. Prior to this Atticus had warned the kids to act nicely to Mrs. Dubose because she is an ill elderly lady. When Atticus returns home…

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler is set in 2024 in a world thrown into chaos by poverty, company control, and violence. The main character named Lauren Olamina is forced to travel north because her gated community was destroyed along with most of her neighbors. The traveling group consists of Zahra, Harry, and Lauren but it grows along the way. Harry and Zahra were in the same gated community with Lauren. Other characters that are included are people that Lauren comes across on her journey…

The movie only you tells a story about a girl that has been in love with a guy that she never met. Until one day that she decided to go look for him in Italy. The movie it is not only a common love story, but also teaches a lesson about choices in life. The main character Faith Corvatch ( Marisa Tomei) was only a kid when a fortune teller told her the name of her true love Damon Bradley . Since then she has not stopped thinking and looking for him, but as the time went by she got tired of…

While indulging in a binge watching weekend I spotted one of my all-time favorite films. Recently placed on Amazon prime Trouble with the Curve starring Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams. There are so many reasons why I love this movie. First and foremost it is the romance aspect, being that I am truly a romantic at heart, I can never pass up a romantic comedy. The second reason is that it’s a movie about baseball. I love a good baseball game and how could I pass up a baseball movie with some good…

At the beginning of last semester, I started watching Shameless. Shameless, created by Paul Abbott and developed by John Wells, stars William Macy and Emmy Rossum. The series is successfully able to interpolate its audience and is successfully able to relate to people. The series focuses on many issues within the Gallagher family and messages can easily be perceived through interpolation, cultural analysis, queer analysis, rhetoric and Stuart Hall’s Encoding and Decoding essay. The “Just as the…

Many of the jurors responded to the atmosphere of the jury room differently based on their personalities and self-concepts. Juror number 1 for example, played by Martin Balsam, initially acted as a leader in the jury by being the foreman. He soon realized that he cannot fulfill the leadership position and passively allowed someone else to manage the discussion. Another prime example of a personality and self-concept that affects the communication in the room would be juror #2 or John Fiedler.…

Maxwell Maltz, author of a novel that explains how one can improve their self image, writes, “You will act like the sort of person you conceive yourself to be.” How a person acts is directly related to the level of self esteem they have. It is natural that a person with vanity carries themselves more confidently and is more assertive, whereas a lack of dignity negatively affects their attitude and outlook. Our impressions of ourselves are perplexed by daily comparisons to those surrounding us.…

Mothers and daughters have good bonds with each other, but some of them end up in conflicts. This is a part of a life skill between mothers and daughters. The relationship with the two must create boundaries to help improve their relationship. The mothers’ job is to manage their daughters and help them fix the problems, such as break-ups with boyfriends or help with their schoolwork. The daughters’ job is to obey their mothers’ rules and follow their guidelines. Mothers and daughters can be a…