The year is 2026; the world has blown itself to hell. The advantages of our modern society mattered little; when man, in his brash irrational thinking, went and pulled the trigger on the final act as a species. In Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” the reader envisions the end of the world witnessed through the eyes of the last member of the family; furthermore, in that moment it is hard to remember that the witness was indeed not human. Man has long instilled humanistic characteristics onto inanimate objects: the car that takes on a (usually) female gender’s name, a hunting rifle that has shot true for the hunter. It is man’s nature to ascribe these tendencies to objects; indeed, the possibilities are limitless with the advent…
Overwhelming, exciting, and joyful are only a few adjectives I would use to describe Lancer days. It wasn’t anything that I expected it to be, it was much better. Kami was so helpful and was willing to help us with answering questions, showing us our classes, and making us feel welcome. Everything seemed so enlightening and eye-opening. There are so many different opportunities for everyone. Those opportunities include anything from sports, clubs, fraternities, sororities, and many other…
My eighth characteristic is another one I’m not proud of. The eighth one is that I’m very temperamental. It does not take much to make me upset. If someone says something or does something I don’t like, I immediately get an attitude or become very upset. I remember one day my mother tried to make me wear an outfit I did not like and I immediately got upset. I remember yelling at my mother and getting really angry. Little things can upset me just like big things. I’m not sure what caused this to…
attributes that distinguishes and them from their peers. Throughout this paper, I will be discussing a few public essential elements that help shape who I truly am. The variety of statuses I hold are immensely influential to my reflective image. I am a daughter, a sister, a girlfriend, and a friend, as well as a nursing student at Husson University. All of these statuses characterize who I am or what I am doing at this time in my life. Some of these are ascribed statuses, such as daughter,…
Status Characteristics Theory Carmen is a 27 year old, Hispanic female who works in a law office and is chosen to sit on a panel of juries. During her interaction with the 11 other juries, two theories are demonstrated. I have chosen, an analysis of Carmen’s jury experience using Status Generalization theory, and Brewers model of perception. Overview of Status Generalization, written by Murray Webster, Jr and Martha Foshci, explains this theory as a social psychological process in which…
Andelina Dreshaj is an Albanian female who lives in the United States and attends Mercy College. The Dominican and Albanian cultures share some similarities and some differences. Each country holds different morals and rules on higher or lower pedestal. For example, the way marriage is conducted, children are raised, the crimes that occur on a day-to-day basis. Although we share the same planet and have similar qualities such as our choice of meal and music, we often have plenty of differences,…
where “Children inherit genetic tendencies from their parents, and parents also provide an environment that matches their own genetic tendencies” (Santrock, 2015, pg. 66). In which we can understand the reasoning as to why a child tends to choose the sport or activity that they want to master when they are growing up. Based on the reasoning that they want to be like their parents, and the parents want them to be like them when they were younger. Thus, promoting the parent to provide an…
A believable character is one who exhibits similar behavior that is found in reality. Jimmy Valentine, the antihero in the short story, “A Retrieved Reformation”, is a truly realistic person. The fact that he is determined proves that he acts similar to a genuine human being. Subsequently, the traits of being skillful and secretive result in him being lifelike. It is through the development of these attributes within the story that the reader is able to identify him as authentic. One of Jimmy…
One way to view this is to notice that Naoki is an extremely intelligent human being, but unfortunately is hindered by the condition of autism. By directly connecting Naoki with autism and not recognizing his positive attributes of which that allow him to fit in with normal society this puts a negative label not only on Naoki, but all human beings that are autistic. Another way Naoki advances the positive view of autism is to observe how interesting Naoki’s language is, which as I said before…
Stephen Crane’s short story, “The Open Boat”, is a great example of Naturalist writing. The story shows the struggle that four men face with nature and its uncontrollable tendencies. The four men are depicted as a captain, correspondent, cook, and an oiler named Billie. The story starts with these men out at sea on a dinghy after their steamer ship the Commodore sank. Naturalists believe that human beings are shaped by heredity and environment and dominated by economic, social, or natural…