Crash Course on Allyship My life experiences have been critical to my unwavering commitment to “allyship”. Over the course of my social justice journey, I’ve learned that allyship is key to social justice and is an active way of life and a state of being. It is using bridge-building to ensure equality, inclusion and opportunity for everyone by evoking empathy and perspective to those around you to inspire a call of action. Recently, I attended the Women’s Convention hosted by the Women’s March…
ENG 103 HAND OUTS I. DATA ANALYSIS: Tabular Presentation Introduction to Data Analysis Why do we analyze data? Make sense of data we have collected Basic steps in preliminary data analysis Editing Coding Tabulating Introduction to Data Analysis Editing of data Impose minimal quality standards on the raw data Field Edit -- preliminary edit, used to detect glaring omissions and inaccuracies (often involves respondent follow up) Completeness Legibility Comprehensibility…
Bhabani Bhattacharya was born in the same decade of the 20th century in which famous Indian Novelists Mulk Raj Anand, R. K. Narayan and Raja Rao were born. He is strongly called as one of the four wheels of the Indian English novelist. The other three are Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan and Raja Rao. Bhabani Bhattacharya is one of the most famous amid the older generation of Indian English novelists. He was born on the 10th of November, 1906 in Bhagalpur (Bihar). Bhabani Bhattacharya belonged to…
The hard-boiled detective, in noir tradition, is typically depicted as a lone wolf figure, one that upholds morality while balancing the corruption inherent in his line of work. He could be defined by his sexual potency, just as much as by his denial of pleasure. Raymond Chandler, in his 1950 essay, The Simple Art of Murder, outlines this archetype, with an authority appropriate to his foundational authorship. Chandler writes, “He talks as the man of his age talks, that is, with rude wit, a…
Communication, 1979) * "The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions but by his habitual acts." (Pascal) * "In general, the passive voice should be avoided unless there is good reason to use it, for example, in this sentence, which focuses on 'the passive…
An Essay on the Major themes in Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick' Moby Dick by Herman Melville has proved to be a remarkable piece of art. Perhaps this is because Moby Dick is so ambiguous that each reader closes the book at the end with different understanding of its meaning and message. Understanding the major themes in the book can help the reader understand the book better. Themes in literature serve as guides to readers. However each individuals interpretation of the themes will vary. This…
Spy books are documentation for the researchers of knowledge to empower them to consider the verifiable setting. They reflect true geopolitical tensions that exist in a particular time. Extraordinary Amusement presents key clash between the colossal settler controls in focal Asia, England, France, and Tsarist Russia. Kim is a contemplation on the magnificent development and interests of Russia against India. Martin Tomas remarks on this issue: "In Kipling's enigmatic story Kim, the orphaned…
Critique Form 1 Alphabet, Concept, Number Books title: Blue Hat, Green Hat author: Sandra Boynton publisher: Little Simon earliest date of publication: 1984 type: Concept difficulty level: Preschool, Kindergarten awards: Summary of Content ‘Blue Hat, Green Hat’ is a book to teach children the concept of colors and how to wear clothes. It starts off with an elephant wearing a blue hat, a moose wearing a green hat, a bear wearing a red hat and then it says “oops” because the next animal is a…
Between the world and me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a novel written towards the author’s teenaged son. Throughout the novel, the author expresses deep concern with the identity and situation of African-Americans in American society. He justifies his concerns and worries by comparing his past and current experiences that affected him and his environment. His thoughts are not unwarranted and clearly are a product of his identity in American society. This novel expresses a deep psychological effect…
Momento Mori is a short story written by, Jonathan Nolan in 2001. It published in the Esquire magazine and was largely accepted by the audience as well as accredited by the critics. The story revolves around a man named ‘Earl’ who is suffering from a disease known from the acronym CRS. This disease creates a situation of a short term memory loss (which causes Earl to lose his memories within ten to fifteen minutes), described in the story as “backwards amnesia”. Another element which complicates…