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There is not one person that can go in life without communicating, it is how people get to know each other and gather information. The power of communication is what makes things occur. In “Sex, Lies, and conversations” by Deborah Tannen, talks about how opposite genders respond to conversations, and how women are sensible and men are tougher. Tennan also describes how there is a distance between a marriage because of the lack of conversation,“‘When I come home from work I have nothing to say.…

Gender Binaries: Fact or Fiction? Deborah Tannen’s piece, Sex, Lies and Conversation: Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other and Deborah Cameron’s piece, What language barrier, show comparisons and differences through the communication between men and women. Deborah Tannen, in her essay, argues that men and women have grown up with different types of communication with the same and opposite sexes. Deborah Cameron, in her essay, argues that there are more language differences…

winners. However, many American history courses fail to mention the effects of settler colonialism on racialized groups, specifically the Native Americans, resulting in the deletion of their existence and stories. Through her memoir Bad Indians, Deborah Miranda thoroughly brings forth the continuous oppression and experiences of Native Americans by revising the version of U.S. history that many are taught with her counter-narrative, which brings a new perspective and more knowledge…

Everyone has their own style when communicating with one another. When looking into Deborah Tannen’s book, “That’s Not What I Meant! How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships,” at some of the concepts in Tannen’s chapter “The World of Conversational Style” it is clear to say that there are different ways a person can convey a conversation and the way a person carries their communication style. Tannen connects some concepts that can relate to the way communicating with technology can…

The article, “The Argument Culture,” by Deborah Tannen claims that debates often create problems in communication and that oftentimes a debate only represents two sides of an argument. Tannen states that the principles of debate have been distorted and have plunged society into what she calls “the argument culture” (Reid & DelliCarpini, 2017, p. 302). Tannen states that the argument culture has become the preferred method of interaction; that one must criticize and argue to get his or her…

Throughout this summer I read the book “Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language” by Deborah Fallows. It is a memoir about the discoveries Deborah Fallows made through her journey of living in China for three years. She wrote about the good and bad but also the different things she learned in the process. For example she wrote about her troubles when she first started getting introduced to the different tones, but then she learned that although the tones may sound the…

People will do anything to win an argument. Ripping apart an argument trying to make the other person feel bad will cause tempers to flare. In her article “The Triumph of the Yell” written by Deborah Tannen, she talked about how almost everything is being argued and she is blaming journalists and politicians for feeding the flame of public arguments. In the article, Tannen talked a lot about a “culture of critique”. In classes and in the workforce we are expected to use “critical thinking” on…

“The Origins of Commitment” by Deborah Larson is an article looking into the Berlin Blockade, The U.S Airlift, and the reason why the U.S, specifically Harry Truman decided to stay in West Berlin. The main argument or ideas of Larson’s article, are that many people believed that after the Soviet Blockade the U.S would no longer stay in West Berlin, due to West Berlin’s recently established government. Also, Larson claims that the U.S was hesitant to stay in West Berlin as a result of the Soviets…

“Does anyone want to try out for the main role?” asks Deborah Spiegelman. Mrs. Spiegelman is my Hebrew teacher whom I could always depend on. She always makes sure that my class’s needs are met, but at the same time she is strict in order to further our own independence. After an entire year of being in her class, and seeing what she has been accomplishing with us, I felt obligated to try out for the act. But what if I fail, what if I forget all the words, or lose my voice? These thoughts are…

Deborah Smith Pegues book is a concrete guide to confronting conflict fortified with biblical standards. The book is broken down into five parts which shows confrontation harmony, styles, effectiveness, personality, and selected situations. Part 1 consists of the goal of confrontation and the commanded to confront. Pegues called it “the bridge to harmony”. The goal of confrontation is to have clarity on the desired outcome and biblical teaching to deal with issues before they get out of hand.…