A Room of One's Own

Social comparison theory is the idea that people judge themselves based on others for their own validity. The article “A Diary Study of Self-Compassion, Upward Social Comparisons, and Body Image-Related Outcomes”, the movie Mean Girls and my own personal experiences support the theory about how people compare themselves socially. The article demonstrates that social comparison has happened between young Australian university women aged 18-30 years. The experiment had the women do online surveys…

audience “hone [their] own storytelling techniques and build… confidence [in] presenting [their] own tale in front of a crowd”. Although the workshop failed to meet the goals stated in the Fall for Books summary, it was still a successful performance because Foxworth and Robinson used the feedback loop to continuously monitor the audience’s response level in order to teach and engage the audience. Setting and Context The performance occurred in the Johnson Center’s Meeting Room F. The physical…

Further on in the film Kubrick shows Jack being sent into the forbidden Room 237 to inspect the room to see if there was anyone in there, after Danny comes back extremely disheveled with bruises around his neck claiming that a strange woman had strangled him in Room 237. Kubrick uses a variety of camera shots, sound techniques and symbolism to show Jack being triumphed by an evil and unstable mind. In the scene Jack is shown to be confronted by a young, beautiful, naked woman stepping out of the…

stand as strong examples to follow but there is room for one more. Adding a seventh principle to wrap up and create a solid foundation for historic institutions to get guidance as to how to educate and guide the public in gaining an experience. The principle to add would explain and emphasize that a love for one’s work is crucial to be an ideal interpreter. Passion is something Freeman Tilden highlights all throughout his book. Passion translates into one’s work and enhances the visitors…

reading, Bourdieu defines objectified cultural capital as that of which physically or symbolically connotes one’s tastes and/or status. Examples of physical/material cultural capital would include paintings, instruments, writings, etc. Examples of symbolic cultural capital would include musical tastes, experiences obtained, knowledge gained, etc. Cultural capital requires scarcity. The value of one’s cultural capital is diminished if everyone else also has the same type or similar type of…

1. For me cultural competency is the ability for someone to have knowledge or experiences in other cultures besides their own. This entails actively learning and reflecting on one’s own culture and realizing similarities and differences between cultures. The country we live in is a very diverse place with people of all different walks of life amalgamate together. Being open to learn about different cultures can help create better relationships with people and can help when trying to…

getting back into the school mindset. Everything in the syllabus and the course requirements seems straightforward I have marked all the due dates out in my planner so I can stay organized and on top of all my work. I enjoyed the movie The Waiting Room much more than I thought I would this week. It was really eye opening to see the hurdles some people must overcome in order to get medical…

relationships manifests itself through the destruction of various characters including: Dorian Gray and Basil Hallward. One of the broader notions presented in the novel reveals itself as the stark disapproval of sacrificing one's self to another to the point of destruction, or the loss of one's soul. Wilde deftly delivers this recurrent theme to sway readers by using potent diction and implying grave repercussions. Throughout the first chapter, Wilde utilizes deliberate and…

imagery utilized. One of the first literary devices utilized is the point of view which the essay is presented: third-person. For instance, the narrator recounts the events surrounding only Gabriel’s character which enables the reader to draw one’s own conclusions. During the beginning of the essay, it is shown that Gabriel is watching, what the reader can infer, his wife. He is thinking about the events of the night and the shares Gabriel’s thoughts. For example, the narrator says that…

transforming ‘space’ into ‘place’ is known as appropriation. Appropriation refers to the act of taking or making something as one’s own. “Appropriation of space is a term that has been used in environment and behavior research to describe individuals' and groups' creation, choice, possession, modification, enhancement of, care for, and/or simply intentional use of a space to make it one's own … Appropriation is conceptualized as an interactive process through which individuals purposefully…