Beat Generation

Marketing to Their Own Beat Founded in 2006 by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, Beats is a premium auditory brand in quality entertainment dedicated to giving music lovers superior sound they can appreciate. Almost 10 years into the business, and the company has already had incredible success, which can be attributed to their intelligence in marketing strategy. When Dre and Iovine, first came up with the idea all they knew is that they were going to sell speakers and headphones. Then, as they began to…

The wrench is a useful tool used for a variety of different tasks, like tightening nuts and bolts. Without it, nuts and bolts everywhere would be falling out of place, and people everywhere would go “nuts” trying to reassemble desks and reattach the tires onto their cars. In Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, people do in fact “go nuts,” and wrenches are indeed used, but not in the exact same ways. Randle McMurphy, the main character of this novel, frequently causes mishap in the…

In an action packed life of 70 years in the Beat movement, Allen Ginsberg accomplished an abundance of achievements. These achievements included advancements in gay rights, freedom of speech and much more. Ginsberg is famous for his free speech that was controversial in the 1950s but then praised in the 1960s. When Ginsberg first started out, he was one of the first to talk about taboo subjects like sex, much like his idol, Walt Whitman. Free speech is not the only thing that Ginsberg was…

Howling at Moloch Examining a poem and a film in detail to find how they each work as individual pieces and how they function together helps to better understand them. The 1968 poem, Howl by Allen Ginsberg, was the basis for the 2010 film by the same name, which was directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. One of the main themes throughout both the poem and the film was Moloch. The author introduces Moloch in his poem as a metaphor for all the terrible things that separate humanity from…

Having an altered perception of the world, Ken Kesey created the captivating novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. In his novel Kesey has constructed a world within a psychiatric ward, which becomes a microcosm of society. In this world the assumed deaf and dumb Chief Bromden, and other timid patients are heavily controlled by Nurse Ratched, an authority apart of the powerful and dehumanising combine. Through figurative language, foreshadowing and motifs readers are warned about the influence…

Song of Myself “Song of Myself”, which is famous for “representing the core of Whitmans poetic vision” (Greenspan) was written in 1881 by Walt Whitman. This poem is baffling to many people because of both the symbolism and wordplay. Walt Whitman begins by introducing the subject in the poem, which is himself and he goes on by celebrating this theme. Whitman utilizes words such “I”, “myself” and his inner soul to generate a feel of being and depiction in specific sects of the poem. Whilst it…

The poem “Somebody blew up America” by Amiri Baraka centers around the attack on the world Trade Center and the media’s claims of Osama Bin Laden being the master mind behind the attack. In this poem, Baraka shows the hidden messages of systematic racism that has long been embedded in the United States history. The 9/11 poem takes a different approach, as each stanza in Baraka’s poem explains the act of racial terrorism being the main reason behind the 9/11 attack. Over the years,…

Throughout my life, I have had many instances in which I failed at something or I had messed up extremely bad. I can remember when I was in Guam and fell down on slippery rocks to forgetting to submit an assignment. Furthermore, during and even after these experiences I had learned something each time and I continue to learn from my mistakes and failures to this day and I plan to continue to learn something new for a very long time. However, I am able to recall one occurrence where something…

The Rich Point that I chose is the word hipster. I chose this word because I think it is a really interesting how the definition changes in context to how its being used. There also really isn’t an accepted modern definition of the word. The Webster dictionary defines the word as “a person who is unusually aware of and interested in new and unconventional patterns (as in jazz or fashion).” However, urban dictionary says that hipsters “value independent thinking, counter-culture, progressive…

Deanna is a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist with 17 years of counseling experience, and has a Master’s Degree in Counseling. Specializing in trauma and addiction recovery, EMDR and trained in the John Gottman Method, Deanna has a heart for those struggling with Same Gender Attraction. She also has extensive knowledge and experience in Porn Addiction Recovery. Deanna’s unique approach teaches emotional mechanics, healing wounds or trauma in the soul, brain science, counseling principles and…