Deflection

The way in which Human beings have long prided themselves in surviving throughout history is through the creation of a civilization. In which has only survived by “successfully” reflecting the best interest of all its members within it instead of each individual. In Sigmund Freud’s Civilization and Its Discontents the question of whether or not this creation is for the better or for the worse of humankind is exemplified. By suppressing a vast amount of our instincts in order to function within a…

Langston Hughes was a private, mysterious poet, whose sexuality became the focus of curiosity by his critics and readers before and after his 1967 passing. While there was limited scholarly works that accurately biographed his life, there was indeed a plethora of critical reviews and analyzations of his writing itself by various writers and poets (Summers 3). His work was different in that it mostly remained gender ambiguous and defied stereotypes about what it meant to be a man, a woman,…

Terrorist attacks forefront American media and grab the World’s attention because they amount to a large number of casualties. A vast sum of the attacks are committed by groups that attribute their actions to a fight in the name of Allah, god. Because the terror attacks are carried out by Islamic terror groups, the Muslim population developed a negative reputation as they commonly are associated with the violence. The entirety of Islam followers is lambasted by others for the actions of a few…

She sees the problems in her relationship with the American but resorts to sarcasm or deflection instead of discussing them. An example of this is when Jig changes the topic in order to avoid confrontation after the American gets defensive about whether he had seen white elephants or not which eventually leads to them drinking more alcohol…

You are encouraged to go to networking events, only to be told that you have been wasting your time” (51). Furthermore, Ehrenreich also states her feeling about being in a networking - “It (networking) feels ‘fake’ because we know it involves the deflection of our natural human sociability to an ulterior end ... …No matter how crowed the room, the networker prowls alone, scavenging to meet his or her individual needs” (Ehrenreich 62). Thus, networking with other people who are desperately…

In Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature like a Professor, Foster writes an entertaining guide of how to dig deeper into the metaphorical meaning of every piece of literature in hopes to inspire the minds of tomorrow not only to grow in their understanding of symbols but also to trust themselves and the knowledge they already have. In relation to Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake, Foster lends understanding to such common symbols like sex not being at all about the actual act but representing the…

‘unreality’ filled with meaning and symbolic actions that delivers a meaningful message immediate to the audience’s present (Hoechsmann & Poyntz, 2012, p. 63). “Every act of representation,” Hoechsmann & Poyntz write, “involve a reflection, selection and deflection of reality” (Hoechsmann & Poyntz, 2012, p. 73). Therefore, the students are, not merely reflecting on creating the ‘unreality’ of their commercial, but, besides, are reflecting on their own reality; its symbols and how they…

Throughout the years, women have fought for the same rights as men do. Some may argue that women are still doing this with the current wage gap and the fight against sexual assault. But poet Carmen Giménez Smith does this in a different way. In her poetry, she shows the raw reality of being a female in the darkest ways. Giménez Smith work explores many issues that affect the lives of females. Many of her works have an underlying tone of brutally honest realism in it. For example, in “Bleeding…

Abstract: The 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge, the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge, was a suspension bridge in the U.S. state of Washington that spanned the Tacoma Narrows strait of Puget Sound between Tacoma and the Kitsap Peninsula. It opened to traffic on July 1, 1940, and dramatically collapsed into the Northwestern coast of Washington on November 7 of the same year. At the time of its construction, the bridge was the third-longest suspension bridge in the world in terms of main span…

In the short story Weekend, by Ann Beattie the main characters, Lenore and George have a very interesting relationship. As the story develops one begins to wonder why Lenore stays with George despite obvious flaws in their partnership. What makes her stay is very possibly her own insecurities, comfort, and even for him and his insecurities. As the story develops one begins to see watch of these ideas develop. Lenore despite being an intelligent woman, she often is found doubting herself. One…