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Stereotypes in Mass Media: A Rhetorical Analysis While modern society may seem post-racial, degrading perceptions are continually inflicted upon various races and cultures. Within Joni Adamson’s article, “Indigenous Literatures, Multinaturalism, and Avatar: The Emergence of Indigenous Cosmopolitics” and Agustín Fuentes’ excerpt from his article, “The Myth of Race”, the authors produce a strong case for the fact that the portrayal of racism and stereotypes in the media is continually a…

case study where I have applied the gamification elements inside the AAETC (Al Azhar English Training Center) classrooms. According to Claudia Pesce, para. 2, n.d, normal elements of games would be the use of badges, board games, points, levels, avatars, etc. Yet, to gamify the classroom, you do not use games but to turn the whole classroom into one big game. You have to be ready to design the whole game or, in my case, guide your students on designing their game in an introductory session.…

One thing that children do very well is play; yet it can be difficult to define behaviors are considered play with the introduction of technology based games This paper will discuss what components make up children’s by describing the types of play and their functions, how play has changed with the rise of globalization and the digital play, and will conclude with the developmental ramifications of these changes. As stated in lecture, there are a numerous types of play children engage in…

The Change in Female Video Game Characters When one enters a video game store and looks around at the different covers for the games. Most games one picks up will have a male character on the front and a less prominent woman character in the back(see fig. 1). In fact, most principal video game characters are male. The supporting roles are usually played by female characters if there are any female characters.Image Even some of the first characters like Donkey Kong and Pac-Man although they…

Many people often mistakenly assume that any lives we lead in online games have no effect on our real lives. In “In Real Life,” Doctorow uses Anda’s friendship with Raymond to prove that life online is not fake, but rather our lives mediated through a piece of technology. Doctorow humanizes Raymond to Anda when she first meets him by having him save her and then having them have a conversation. Even though Anda had killed all of the other gold farmers, Raymond was eager to help her when she was…

We experience phases, traumas, struggles, that persist in our lives. These phases and traumas can happen due to certain people, but have the most impact on our very lives. In ‘The Alchemist’ by Paulo Coelho, and ‘Life of Pi’ directed by Ang Lee, both protagonists became conscious of the things (beliefs and animals) that impact them and their own spiritual journeys that changed their views. As well as in Life of Pi, The Alchemists protagonist Santiago begins to understand the…

Daoist belief to the perspective the Hindus are working with, the following analogy would likely be suitable: the Eight Immortals are to Daoism as the avatars of Vishnu are to Hindus. While the avatars of Vishnu and the Immortals are not exactly the same, there is a general concept that still applies. The Hindu people worship and look to the avatars of Vishnu, like Rama for example, and try to model their lives after what their stories proclaim. Daoist believers practically…

Life is ripe with complex and unanswered questions. Often, contemplation of these difficult topics can enhance an individual’s understanding of both themselves and the world around them in meaningful ways. Despite the various misconceptions and stereotypes that frequently surround the genre, science fiction is often written for these types of introspective purposes. Although science fiction authors typically write fantastic tales that take place in a wide variety of futuristic societies, there…

Define and describe at least two areas each of personal and academic growth that you have experienced as part of completing this course. The first academic growth I have taken on while studying Aboriginal is habit. In the States, we are assigned homework just like this class, but instead of having one homework assignment per week it was sporadic. So keeping a steady flow of a lecture and reading due every single week on the same day and same time made me gain a habit of doing my homework every…

can be studied. Yet, it also brings the dinosaurs to life through CGI that even looks great today. In fact, you could say that the way the dinosaurs were made on screen has really affected many movies today such as the animals that were made in Avatar. A more recent example of blending of the categories is the more recent Star Trek movies. J.J. Abrams does a very good job at staying true to the older Star Trek movie, while also expanding it using better CGI to capture the…