Barnum

Most people in the United States have watched TV. The programs that people watch show people doing things that aren’t usually seen in an ordinary day, and because of this Barbara Ehrenreich argues that TV is unrealistic and does not represent real people in the real world. (claim)Ehrenreich is correct in saying that TV is unrealistic, yet while she is trying to show this as a negative quality, this is actually the very purpose of most TV. Most of the best TV shows and movies are very unrealistic…

Ever since I could remember, I have always been skeptical about personality assessments because I simply assumed they all have high levels of generalizability. However, this class has helped open my eyes to the different forms of personality tests and their benefits. I never took the time to think about the different forms of determining qualities of an individual’s personality. Whether it is a projective test (e.g., the Rorschach Inkblot test) or objective test (Minnesota Multiphasic…

animals are now seen as entertainers, not wild beings. The captivity of animals began when a healthy two-year-old elephant calf left the fields of Ethiopia by the hands of snatchers. P.T. Barnum purchased the giant elephant from the Royal Zoological Society of London in 1880 and named him Jumbo. Barnum was looking for something that would generate money and an audience for his act, The Greatest Show on Earth. Jumbo became an instant hit. Especially with the children, Jumbo’s nickname was…

In October of 1918 a very strong forest fire burned up a large portion of Northern Minnesota. At the time of the fire my Grandpa Arvid was around 5 years old. Although it’s called the Cloquet fire it was actually about 50 fires combined into a single event. The two major fires were the Cloquet-Duluth fire and the Moose Lake fire. Dry conditions, strong winds, and lumbering are 3 reasons why the fire was so out of control. Conditions were building for months. The summer of 1918 was extremely dry…

Nature’s Own The Tyrannosaurus Rex: History's Greatest Immigrant? IN THE YEAR 1909, the renowned fossil hunter, Barnum Brown, made one the most legendary fossil discoveries of all time, he unearthed the bones of the Tyrannosaurs rex! This discovery Introduce the world Reconstruction of the T. rex type specimen (CM 9380) at the Carnegie Museum of Natural Historyto what is now not only the most popular dinosaur, but arguably the most iconic prehistoric creature known to man today. Just a few…

Ahhhh, Hillsboro―Heavenly Hillsboro. The buckle on the Bible Belt”(1.1.15). Hornbeck is mocking the religiousness of Hillsboro. At the end of the play, after Brady dies, Hornbeck makes remarks about Brady to Drummond. Hornbeck states that Brady was “A Barnum-bunkum Bible-beating bastard”(3. 125)! Hornbeck is so dedicated to being iconoclastic that he is refusing to admit that Brady was a good man. Also at the end of the play, Drummond mentions to Hornbeck that he “never pushed a noun against a…

4 main supporting cables is almost 16 inches in diameter. Because in the early years of the bridge, altho it was state of the arch newest technology some people didn't feel safe about crossing it as it was a one of its kind. In 1884 the showman PT Barnum led 21 elephants across the bridge. He wanted to show that this bridge was strong and could take the load of any car, bus or truck. If you're planning to walk across the bridge, it will take about 30 minutes to travel the mile long length of…

Astrology is the study of the movements and relative positions of celestial objects as a means for divining information about human affairs and terrestrial events. Astrology is a study based off the position of the sun, stars, moon, and planets. This study involves observing the positioning of these celestial cosmos at the time of peoples’ births in belief that they will have an effect on their personalities, relationships, and economic fortunes. Astrology has been declared a pseudoscience by…

Judgment of Paris.” However, in ancient Greece there is no real evidence of beauty pageants, so the most direct line of beauty pageant history takes place in the medieval era. The beauty pageants of the modern era can be traced back to Phineas T. Barnum in the 1850s. As can be seen, beauty pageants have been around for many years and have been formed from very much tradition. However, how much good do beauty pageants actually do? For many girls, if they start young, they grow up believing that…

behaviours. The aforementioned ambiguity creates doubt in what may constitute an aspect of the recommended profile leading to a narrowed suspect pool that does not accurately represent the offender. The current study, similar to participants of the early Barnum studies, suggests individuals may be able to attribute inexplicit characteristics toward a…