Denotation

Path to the Present Although literacy’s denotation states that it is simply the ability to read and write, it can be expanded upon to include its immense impact on one’s social connections and ability to be successful in the world. Ba-dum, Ba-dum, Ba-dum. My four year old heart raced as the moment I had been waiting for all day approached. I watched the clock in my bedroom closely as it crept towards nine pm. I took a deep breath and instantly took in the smoky scent of incense that my mother…

Albert Camus is widely recognized as one of the most influential writers in the field of existentialism. Despite his personal distaste for being labeled as such, many of his literary works contain elements that strongly resemble the ideas held by the existentialist school of thought. In Camus’ novel The Stranger, the main character, Meursault, kills an Arab on the beach due to the perceived notion that the Arab was an agent of the sun sent to harm him; the author conveys this absurdity by…

Throughout Plato’s Symposium there are many encounters where a theme is present. All seven of the eulogies touch on a few important points, origin of genealogy, good qualities other than virtue but also virtue such as, wisdom, justice, and courage, habits and way of life, and lastly, achievement of subject contested with those of the other. The most relevant theme of all was, love and wisdom. Plato is known for the style of writing, frame within a frame. This style of writing will become…

Reading Ted C. Fishman’s online article “What Happened to Motorola” provides an opportunity to analyzing his article’s effectiveness because Fishman uses many rhetorical techniques throughout it. For example, Fishman’s technique of using ethos, pathos, and logos all contribute to his article’s effectiveness because they persuade his audience to agree with his argument by appealing to the author’s credibility and the emotions and logical reasoning of the audience. Essentially, Fishman’s argument…

the topic and shows the author’s belief that the Triangle Fire left a lasting impact on America. Also, the name of Chapter V is “Holocaust,” which means, “destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.” If the denotation did not make his thoughts clear enough, the word also carries an extremely negative connotation. In paragraph two, the author describes how the fire spread quickly. He writes, “Flames shot up, igniting the line of hanging paper patterns.…

REL-2300 Prof. Francisco Castillo Name: Fedor Felixovich Cabrera Exam # 1 Identify and explain the sources of religion. State the many and varied reasons why religion exists. Include in your answer the different theories advanced by these three thinkers: Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, and Rudolph Otto. No matter what the sources of religion are, they all are circumscribed to human activity, therefore religion is a human creation; although, some of these sources could have been inspired by…

There are many factors seen as threats to the United States’ welfare and democracy. More specifically, the expansion of presidential power has implications that are a threat to our democracy. The United States’ democracy is seen as a form of government in which all citizens participate equally—either directly or, through elected representatives. The founding fathers also incorporated John Locke’s idea that the duty of the government is to protect the natural rights—life, liberty, and property—of…

Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.” Those powerful words spoken by James Allen in, As A Man Thinketh, are validated in Jane Austen’s, Sense and Sensibility. The novel takes the readers on an adventure through the lives of Marianne and Elinor Dashwood on their quest for happiness. Both Marianne and Elinor are faced with challenges in relation to love. Elinor is the mature, eldest sister who is associated with sense, while Marianne is more sentimental and is…

In light of Donald Trump’s shocking rise to political eminence as the newly elected president of the United States, numerous rhetorical artifacts relating to an uncertain and fraught future for American government and politics have inundated mainstream media and news outlets, hailing a resurgence of national interest in federal government through largely dogmatic and peremptory ideological and propagandistic rhetorical texts. The recent controversial “Person of the Year” cover of TIME magazine…

no two cultures will be the same. Self-awareness of ones culture is the first step in identifying what emanates from the cultural aspect of the world, and what arises from the universal aspects. When trying to conceive a word that has the same denotation of the westernized meaning of the word, “depression,” it is exceptionally challenging. The universality of words can be culturally affected. But the general ideas can be translated, even though the interpretation is going to be up to the…