Bilal Philips

Deconstruction of Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1983) by Natalie Bakeer Koyaansiqatsi is paced and sequenced in an interesting manner. The way the shots are sequenced, affect how people think and feel about the film. The pace of the shots, along with the powerful score, by Phillip Glass, determine the feelings viewers get as they watch it. Sometimes Reggio decided what to shoot only after Glass came up with the music that would end up energizing Reggio’s films. Reggio chose to shoot unscripted…

Before his time as a professor at a university, Jeffrey Williams worked as guard at the New York State correctional prison. He spent most of his time working at Downstate Correction Facility in Fishkill, New York. The prison had a “campus” style in which cluster of cells were arranged in horseshoe shape, rather than long rows. This style seemingly permitted for a more pleasing environment with less chaos. Williams writes that most of the prisoners in Downstate Correction Facility are serving for…

Conducted in August 1971 by Professor Philip Zimbardo, the Stanford Prison Experiment was an experimental study using students to evaluate how an individual’s behavior can be shaped when put in certain situations involving power. The students chosen to participate were assigned randomly as either a prison guard or a prisoner and were placed in the basement of the Psychology Department at Stanford University to conduct the experiment. Despite being planned to run for two weeks, the experiment…

I strongly believe that there were only a few bad apples with dark side hidden down deep as far as the Abu Ghraib prison torture, sexual harassment and killings perpetrated by soldiers in the prison and all what it takes for these bad apples is for the right opportunity to come to show out all their dark sides. Its only small portion of the American army soldiers that was operating and controlling Abu Ghraib prison. Accountability for the abuse of the inmates at Abu Ghraib prison have been…

Philip Zimbardo Short Intro + Approach Philip Zimbardo was born on the the 23rd of March 1933 in the Bronx, New York and was a professor at Stanford University. He is most known from his 1971 Stanford prison experiment and his research on the The Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory. In 2012, Zimbardo received the American Psychological Association Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in the Science of Psychology. His approach throughout his studies within psychology was social cultural. Main…

On 10/25/17, at 1900 hours, in Durango 8 located at 3225 W. Gibson Ln Phoenix AZ 85009, Inmate Rubio, Daniel T391297 informed Officer Mossman B3777 that he was the victim of an alleged PREA violation while he was housed in Durango 9. Officer Mossman immediately removed Inmate Rubio from the housing unit for his safety and notified a supervisor. Inmate Rubio was taken to the Durango Medical Clinic by Officer Encinas B3226 where he was evaluated by RN Anthony 1247H. Inmate Rubio was cleared to…

The act of running away from home is an act that every child considers. As an adult, though, the hope and majesty of the idea can start to fade. In Philip Larkin’s “Poetry of Departures”, the narrator speaks of someone who had considered leaving home. Larkin develops two ways of living in his poem, one where the character spontaneously abandons his life and walks out, and the other being the mundane life at home. Larkin’s attitude toward the two ways of living is shown through his diction,…

Compare the ways in which the poets you studied this year use poetry as a form of protest. Different poets utilise various poetic techniques to express their opposition against war, death and society. Wilfred Owen in ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ and Siegfried Sassoon in ‘Suicide in the Trenches’ condemn the glorification of war based on their experiences in World War One. ‘Funeral Blues’ by WH Auden and ‘Do no go gentle into that good night’ by Dylan Thomas convey the poets’ common objection against…

In Bruce Catton's essay "Grand and Lee: A study in Contrasts," the author uses compare and contrast to highlight each general's different strengths, upbringing, and values. In addition to compare and contrast, describing aspects of their life provides better insight into each general's envision for the country. Both armies in the Civil War fought to preserve their way of life, and their purpose reflected the values of their leaders. But despite their differences, the two generals were able to…

Dr. Philip Zimbardo was an American psychologist who largely contributed to social psychology with his well-known study: the Stanford Prison Experiment. Zimbardo studied sociology, anthropology, and psychology throughout college and landed a job as a psychology professor. He then began studying cult behavior and mind control, which led to starting of the Stanford Prison experiment. The controversial study led to debates of ethical standards and negative psychological impacts on participants…