David Stern

In Tim O’Brien’s speech “Heroes,” O’Brien describes what he defines as a hero. O’Brien describes a hero as someone who is not fooled by what is going on around them. To personify his definition of a hero, O’Brien uses Elroy Birdall, an old man he met before he made his decision on whether or not he was going to dodge the draft, to show how Birdall has met his criteria of a hero is. O’Brien uses physical descriptions of Birdall to convey his message. Birdall is described by O’Brien as “tiny” and…

Have you ever wondered what the person next to you is thinking? Feeling? How they’re perceiving the world? Myers-Briggs Type Indicator also known as Mbti, is an assessment to aid people gain insight on how they learn, feel, perceive and react. Most people think Mbti is a silly, inaccurate personality test you do for fun, but the science behind it is interesting and it’s important for society to get in the know. Mbti is an assessment about 60 questions long. Based on your nearly unique or…

There are many qualities to a hero. Most heroes usually do some sort of selfless act to help or save another person. There can also be everyday heroes. These people do small but important acts for others. In the novel Hunger Games, I think that Katniss Everdeen is definitely a hero for many reasons. Throughout her time in the Hunger Games, she does many brave things to help her friends. She could have died multiple times, but she risked her life in many instances. First of all, Katniss was…

Most heroes are seen as a role model to the surrounding citizens. They perform courageous acts to help the people around them. Even though there are many heroes, there are also many tragic heroes. A tragic hero has a flaw that negatively affects themselves or the people around them. They eventually have a reversal and right their wrongs before experiencing a literal or spiritual death. Britney Spears is a tragic hero because she stopped caring what the public thought of her and eventually lost…

David Bowie was born in South London's Brixton neighborhood on January 8, 1947. He was a pop/rock artist who was often referred to as a musical chameleon, because of his aptitude for so many different styles of music and ability to create iconic characters that he could so seamlessly play one could think they were real (David Bowie,2017). His Characters include Major Tom, The Thin White Duke, and, his most famous, Ziggy Stardust. Ziggy was designed by Bowie to be the “perfect” rock superstar.…

David Fincher's Se7en, directed in 1995, is a noir thriller film that turns those traditional deadly sins into a force to be reckoned with. Se7en focuses on the realities of death than life. The plot revolves around two detectives on the hunt of a religious psychopath who embarks a crusade for God. Detective Somerset, played by Morgan Freeman, and his new replacement Detective Mills, Brad Pitt, are both introduced in a case of a man’s gruesome death. There is great imagery when connecting the…

COSMETOLOGY The results for my survey is that I have the personality type is ISFJ and I truly agree with my results I was in between being Extrovert and Introvert and I was 52%. As for Sensation and iNtuition I was 43%. For Thinking and Feeling was 52%. As for Judging and Perceiving I was 12%. The career I pick is Cosmology I pick Cosmetology because I always loved to play in someone hair and to style it was always fun and interesting to me. Doing hair was something I always enjoyed. So I…

White lies are the most commonly type of lies used, but there are also lies to protect others and lies to cause harm which are used less often. Teen and adults lie they feel like it and need to in a situation that is is presented to them. Experts like Immanuel Kant explain that all lies are unjustified, whereas Randy Cohen and Bella DePaulo express their professional opinion that lying is usually unjustified lying is sometimes justified due to the need to protect others, to maintain a…

The Scottish philosopher David Hume produced a description and analysis of the relation of cause and effect and our use of it in reasoning about matters of fact. Hume’s analysis was able to wake the Prussian philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) from his so called dogmatic slumber. From the awakening of Kant comes the questions Why did Hume’s arguments wake Kant from his dogmatic slumber? And what is Kant’s response to Hume’s analysis and how successful is Kant in his response to Hume? In…

important roll in their creation of music. Pink Floyd still has some members living and making music. Floyds fans were getting tired of waiting for new music so on July 2nd, 2005 Pink Floyd was on stage with Rodger Waters for a fundraiser. In 2016 David Gilmour put on a concert for his fans. Pink Floyd had an interesting career. They helped create acid rock and earned several awards. Pink Floyd won 3 grammys and they were brought into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Pink Floyd is broke up now…