Bloom

Perpetuating the Predispositions of Prejudice Whether people like it or not it takes one tenth of a second to make a first impression. This impression can form judgments and preconceived notions of bias within people who are completely unaware that their brains’ are categorizing so quickly. Although we make these pre-judgments based on a person’s appearance in less than a second, we still make pre-judgments about a person or group of people when we know their personalities and characteristics…

After numerous unsuccessful attempts to get his life together, Coleridge decided to just settle into an unsatisfying life (Bloom 2). He got married for the second time and “his health rapidly deteriorated” (Bloom 2). He fell into rampant drug abuse as a result of this deteriorating health, and “to help endure the pain he began to drink laudanum, liquid opium” (Bloom 2). Coleridge’s work began reflecting his downfall, as his poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is a direct representation of…

jellyfish and has been seen to be blooming in great numbers in Pacific and Mediterranean waters. Scientists have mainly focused on blooms of Aurelia Aurita in Pacific waters because of their extreme impact on the fishing industry. It has been speculated by scientists that the combination of overfishing and warming waters have directly affected these blooms. Aurelia aurita is part of the phylum named Cnidaria. These simple animals have no brain, circulatory system, respiratory system,…

Shakespeare’s plays, he connects with the audience by putting them through a unique experience that was not seen in his time. His “creation of personality added to the representation of character” is what sets his plays apart from other plays. As Dr. Bloom said in his podcast, in more than one way Shakespeare invented the human and the personality as we know it today. The way his plays were written, prove that the more realistic the characters are, the more relatable they are. For example, in…

orange that sat in a North Carolina parking lot, Jonathan Bloom wrote American Wasteland to examine the growing problem of food-waste in America. I think Bloom did a tremendous job by presenting this looming issue. His numerous anecdotes pertaining to food-waste creates an innate sense of relatability, which in turn direct readers’ attention to the statistical and logical presentations of the issue. This is an impressive feat because Bloom avoided coming off as preachy or judgmental in a book…

Lake Erie’s toxic algae blooms are becoming deadly, all of the local residents need our help. Everything started in the 1960’s in Cleveland, Ohio. Many factories/machinery at that time made lots of pollution that was dumped into the lake on purpose. All of this pollution gave Lake Erie many bad vibes, which led to the nicknames Lake On Fire or Dead Lake. Lake on Fire is due to the Lake catching fire many times. “As a result of these pollutants, Lake Erie contained increased levels of phosphorus…

cell anemia “is the result of abnormal hemoglobin” (Bloom 3). Hemoglobin is the “oxygen-carrying molecule of the red blood cell” (Bloom 3). In sickle cell disease, the red blood cells take shape of a crescent moon, leading to lifelong health problems. Sickle cell disease is an obstacle for thousands of people’s lives. A large quantity of sickle cell disease cases are among blacks, “both in Africa and in countries with a slave-trading history” (Bloom 22). According to 1993 studies, “over 50,000…

(CVD), which involves heart or blood vessels is known to cause coronary heart disease, stroke, and congestive heart failures (Bloom, et al., 2011). The CVD components make up 82% of the mortality cases (Bloom, et al., 2011). The impact of CVD associated death takes place between the ages of 35-64 that of the working labor force age resulting in economical loss of wages (Bloom,…

Kennedy’s inauguration, and was to speak in front of thousands of citizens and politicians with a poem he had written for the occasion. The poet had stood before the crowd, wearing a slightly impatient expression as he brought out his papers to read (Bloom 1). The sunlight that day had been harsh, and that did nothing to aid the old man in his attempt to read the blinding white paper. Swifts gusts of wind did not help the situation as well as the papers failed to stay still long enough to be…

fiction but are considered ordinary in magical realism. As Edward Bloom plans to leave town in Tim Burton's film Big Fish, Bloom recalls in his past that a giant was destroying…